Patents by Inventor Axel Buettner
Axel Buettner 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).
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Patent number: 11916695Abstract: A field device of automation technology having a function for checking quality of a network connection includes an operating electronics and at least one communication interface for connecting to a communication network having one or more network participants and for building a communication connection, wherein a communication stack and a PHY are associated with the communication interface, wherein the communication stack and the PHY are embodied continually to gain and to store communication information regarding the communication connection, wherein the operating electronics is embodied to read out communication information from the communication stack and from the PHY, and by means of an algorithm to subject the communication information to computation and based on the result of the computation to classify a communication state.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AGInventors: Karl Büttner, Axel Eidmann, Benedikt Spielmann, Benjamin Schaupp, Martin Lohmann, Oliver Zwick, Harald Freimark
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Patent number: 11022691Abstract: A 3-D lidar sensor, in particular, for motor vehicles, includes a laser beam source, an optical receiver and a scanning system for deflecting a laser beam generated by the laser beam source in two scanning directions perpendicular to each other; to increase the functionality, a further detection device for deviations from normal operation being provided in the 3-D lidar sensor. In addition, a corresponding method for operating the 3-D lidar sensor is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Annette Frederiksen, Axel Buettner, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Jan Sparbert, Joem Ostrinsky, Klaus Stoppel, Mustafa Kamil, Siegwart Bogatscher
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Patent number: 10996322Abstract: A lidar sensor, especially for motor vehicles, having a light source, a movable deflection mirror for producing a scanning beam that sweeps across a monitored space by deflecting a light beam emitted by the light source, and having an optical receiver for detecting light reflected by an object hit by the scanning beam in the monitored space. The light source and the deflection mirror are adapted for using the deflected light beam to scan an array of micro-optical elements, each of which, in response to being impinged upon by this light beam, widens it into a divergent beam; and, configured at a distance from the array of micro-optical elements, is a light-concentrating element that transforms the divergent beam into a beam which forms the scanning beam and whose beam diameter is larger than that of the deflected beam.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Axel Buettner, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Klaus Stoppel, Reiner Schnitzer
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Publication number: 20200408883Abstract: A lidar device for scanning solid angles with at least one beam, having at least one beam source configured so as to be capable of horizontal rotation for producing at least one beam, having at least one beam emitter for forming the at least one produced beam, having a beam collector capable of horizontal rotation for receiving at least one beam reflected by an object and for deflecting the at least one reflected beam onto a detector, the at least one produced beam being capable of being formed in a variable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2018Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Annette Frederiksen, Axel Buettner
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Publication number: 20200049824Abstract: A 3-D lidar sensor, in particular, for motor vehicles, includes a laser beam source, an optical receiver and a scanning system for deflecting a laser beam generated by the laser beam source in two scanning directions perpendicular to each other; to increase the functionality, a further detection device for deviations from normal operation being provided in the 3-D lidar sensor. In addition, a corresponding method for operating the 3-D lidar sensor is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Annette Frederiksen, Axel Buettner, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Jan Sparbert, Joern Ostrinsky, Klaus Stoppel, Mustafa Kamil, Siegwart Bogatscher
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Patent number: 10241206Abstract: A sensor system for a vehicle for detecting bridges and tunnels is described, which includes a lateral LIDAR sensor, which is located on a first side of the vehicle and has a detection area covering a lateral surrounding area of the vehicle, and a control unit for evaluating the measuring data from the lateral LIDAR sensor. The lateral LIDAR sensor is positioned rotated about a vertical axis so that part of the detection area of the lateral LIDAR sensor at the front in the travel direction detects an upper spatial area located at a predefined distance ahead of the vehicle. The lateral LIDAR sensor is tilted about its transverse axis with respect to the horizontal, so the detection area of the lateral LIDAR sensor detects the remote upper spatial area at a predefined height above the vehicle using its part which is at the front in the direction of travel.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Oliver Pink, Axel Buettner, Dominik Maucher, Achim Feyerabend, Christoph Schroeder
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Publication number: 20180267148Abstract: A lidar sensor, especially for motor vehicles, having a light source, a movable deflection mirror for producing a scanning beam that sweeps across a monitored space by deflecting a light beam emitted by the light source, and having an optical receiver for detecting light reflected by an object hit by the scanning beam in the monitored space. The light source and the deflection mirror are adapted for using the deflected light beam to scan an array of micro-optical elements, each of which, in response to being impinged upon by this light beam, widens it into a divergent beam; and, configured at a distance from the array of micro-optical elements, is a light-concentrating element that transforms the divergent beam into a beam which forms the scanning beam and whose beam diameter is larger than that of the deflected beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Axel Buettner, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Klaus Stoppel, Reiner Schnitzer
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Patent number: 10043394Abstract: A sensor system for a vehicle for recognizing adjacent vehicles, situated in an adjacent lane, with protruding or exposed objects, is described which includes a first lateral LIDAR sensor. The first lateral LIDAR sensor is tilted about a first transverse axis with respect to the horizontal, so that the first detection range, with its front portion in the travel direction, detects a first upper spatial area laterally ahead of the vehicle, at a height above the installed position of the first lateral LIDAR sensor. The second lateral LIDAR sensor is tilted opposite to the tilt direction of the first LIDAR sensor about a second transverse axis with respect to the horizontal, so that the second detection range, with its rear portion in the travel direction, detects a second upper spatial area laterally behind the vehicle, at a height above the installed position of the second LIDAR sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Oliver Pink, Axel Buettner, Dominik Maucher, Achim Feyerabend, Christoph Schroeder
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Publication number: 20170023678Abstract: A sensor system for a vehicle for detecting bridges and tunnels is described, which includes a lateral LIDAR sensor, which is located on a first side of the vehicle and has a detection area covering a lateral surrounding area of the vehicle, and a control unit for evaluating the measuring data from the lateral LIDAR sensor. The lateral LIDAR sensor is positioned rotated about a vertical axis so that part of the detection area of the lateral LIDAR sensor at the front in the travel direction detects an upper spatial area located at a predefined distance ahead of the vehicle. The lateral LIDAR sensor is tilted about its transverse axis with respect to the horizontal, so the detection area of the lateral LIDAR sensor detects the remote upper spatial area at a predefined height above the vehicle using its part which is at the front in the direction of travel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Oliver Pink, Axel Buettner, Dominik Maucher, Achim Feyerabend, Christoph Schroeder
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Publication number: 20170025019Abstract: A sensor system for a vehicle for recognizing adjacent vehicles, situated in an adjacent lane, with protruding or exposed objects, is described which includes a first lateral LIDAR sensor. The first lateral LIDAR sensor is tilted about a first transverse axis with respect to the horizontal, so that the first detection range, with its front portion in the travel direction, detects a first upper spatial area laterally ahead of the vehicle, at a height above the installed position of the first lateral LIDAR sensor. The second lateral LIDAR sensor is tilted opposite to the tilt direction of the first LIDAR sensor about a second transverse axis with respect to the horizontal, so that the second detection range, with its rear portion in the travel direction, detects a second upper spatial area laterally behind the vehicle, at a height above the installed position of the second LIDAR sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Oliver Pink, Axel Buettner, Dominik Maucher, Achim Feyerabend, Christoph Schroeder