Patents by Inventor Andreas Messerschmid

Andreas Messerschmid has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8872110
    Abstract: Disclosed is an IR measuring instrument (1) comprising a least one sensor element (29) which is sensitive to infrared radiation and generates an output signal (12) that depends on the radiation incident on the at least one sensor element (29). The output signal (12) for a predefined incident radiation can be varied by means of an integration time. The actual temperature prevailing on the at least one sensor element (29) is detected and is used for varying the integration time in such a way that the integration time compensates the influence of the temperature variations on the output signal (12) of the at least one sensor element (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Testo AG
    Inventors: Martin Stratmann, Karl Schuler, Andreas Messerschmid
  • Patent number: 8476590
    Abstract: In a thermal imaging camera for acquisition of thermographic images of a measurement object, an electronic evaluation unit is integrated into the thermal imaging camera; it is designed for recognition of corresponding partial regions of the acquired thermographic images, and with it, the acquired images can be assembled into an overall image by overlapping the corresponding partial regions and displayed. The acquisition of the images preferably takes place during the swiveling of the thermal imaging camera over the solid angle region of the desired overall image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Testo AG
    Inventors: Martin Stratmann, Andreas Messerschmid, Patrick Zahn, Matthias Schmieder
  • Patent number: 8410441
    Abstract: In a thermal imaging camera for acquisition of thermographic images of a measurement object, an electronic evaluation unit is integrated into the thermal imaging camera; it is designed for recognition of corresponding partial regions of the acquired thermographic images, and with it, the acquired images can be assembled into an overall image by overlapping the corresponding partial regions and displayed. The acquisition of the images preferably takes place during the swiveling of the thermal imaging camera over the solid angle region of the desired overall image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: TESTO AG
    Inventors: Martin Stratmann, Andreas Messerschmid, Patrick Zahn, Matthias Schmieder
  • Patent number: 8368021
    Abstract: In a temperature measuring device (1) an IR-radiation detector (2) and a reference element (3) are provided, connected to a surface (6) of an object (7) in a heat-conducting fashion, with a first area (4) with high emissivity and a second area (5) with high reflectivity formed at the reference element (3), and the IR-radiation detector (2) is equipped for a separate detection of IR-radiation (9, 10, 11) from the first and second areas (4, 5) and a surface area (12) of the object (7). A computer (13) in the IR-radiation detector (2) is equipped to deduct a temperature measurement for the object (7), corrected for emissions and reflections from the detected IR-radiations (9, 10, 11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Testo AG
    Inventors: Martin Stratmann, Sabine Hinkel, Daniel Auer, Patrick Zahn, Andreas Messerschmid
  • Publication number: 20120086810
    Abstract: A method for a touchless determination of the temperature of an object (13) in which at least one IR-image (10) and at least one VIS-image (12) of the object (13) are generated with an IR-detector unit (2) and with a VIS-detector unit (3) of a thermal imaging camera (1), a feature detection (16) is applied to the IR-image (10) and/or the VIS-image (12), thus extracting features (17), and identifying the object (13) from the features (17) extracted and present as a result of the feature detection (16), and to determine and display from the IR-image (10) at least one temperature value (25) of the object (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: TESTO AG
    Inventor: Andreas Messerschmid
  • Publication number: 20110235918
    Abstract: In a temperature measuring device (1) an IR-radiation detector (2) and a reference element (3) are provided, connected to a surface (6) of an object (7) in a heat-conducting fashion, with a first area (4) with high emissivity and a second area (5) with high reflectivity formed at the reference element (3), and the IR-radiation detector (2) is equipped for a separate detection of IR-radiation (9, 10, 11) from the first and second areas (4, 5) and a surface area (12) of the object (7). A computer (13) in the IR-radiation detector (2) is equipped to deduct a temperature measurement for the object (7), corrected for emissions and reflections from the detected IR-radiations (9, 10, 11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: TESTO AG
    Inventors: Martin Stratmann, Sabine Hinkel, Daniel Auer, Patrick Zahn, Andreas Messerschmid
  • Publication number: 20100294933
    Abstract: Disclosed is an IR measuring instrument (1) comprising a least one sensor element (29) which is sensitive to infrared radiation and generates an output signal (12) that depends on the radiation incident on the at least one sensor element (29). The output signal (12) for a predefined incident radiation can be varied by means of an integration time. The actual temperature prevailing on the at least one sensor element (29) is detected and is used for varying the integration time in such a way that the integration time compensates the influence of the temperature variations on the output signal (12) of the at least one sensor element (29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: TESTO AG
    Inventors: Martin Stratmann, Karl Schuler, Andreas Messerschmid
  • Publication number: 20100289901
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermographic camera comprising at least one infrared radiation detector and at least one adjusting device that supplies control and/or supply voltages required for operating the thermographic camera. In order to design a thermographic camera in which the temperature-induced drift of the electronics can be compensated while the cost of parts is reduced, a storage medium in which at least one temperature-related characteristic curve is stored is provided on the thermographic camera, and the thermographic camera automatically compensates a temperature-induced drift of the at least one adjusting device on the basis of the characteristic curve. The invention further relates to a method for operating such a thermographic camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: TESTO AG
    Inventors: Martin Stratmann, Karl Schuler, Andreas Messerschmid
  • Publication number: 20100148066
    Abstract: In a thermal imaging camera for acquisition of thermographic images of a measurement object, an electronic evaluation unit is integrated into the thermal imaging camera; it is designed for recognition of corresponding partial regions of the acquired thermographic images, and with it, the acquired images can be assembled into an overall image by overlapping the corresponding partial regions and displayed. The acquisition of the images preferably takes place during the swiveling of the thermal imaging camera over the solid angle region of the desired overall image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: TESTO AG
    Inventors: Martin Stratmann, Andreas Messerschmid, Patrick Zahn
  • Publication number: 20090304041
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the moisture of a surface, particularly a wall surface device for determining a room dew point, a surface temperature device for determining the surface temperature by means of an infrared radiation measuring instrument, and an assembly for determining the surface moisture from the room dew point and the surface temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Manfred Streicher, Frank Eder, Martin Rombach, Martin Stratmann, Andreas Messerschmid, Lars Hinkelmann, Patrick Zahn, Karl Schuler