Patents by Inventor Bernward Mock

Bernward Mock 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).

  • Light barrier and method for pulsed operation in which the incidence of extraneous light on the detector can be detected and compensated for
    Patent number: 8803065
    Abstract: Pulsed operation of a light barrier that can be operated in a normal mode and in a compensation mode includes repeating a cycle of transmitting electromagnetic radiation over a transmission period recording measured radiation values at various measurement times and establishing whether extraneous light is incident on the detector by examining a measured value curve of the recorded measured radiation values. The respectively next cycle in the normal mode being run through when no extraneous light is incident, and in the compensation mode when extraneous light is incident, at least one compensation measure being carried out in the compensation mode in order to compensate the influence of extraneous light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Pantron Instruments GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Ottleben, Bernward Mock, Petra Ottleben
  • Method for Pulsed Operation of a Light Barrier, and a Light Barrier
    Publication number: 20120001062
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for pulsed operation of a light barrier that can be operated in a normal mode and in a compensation mode, there being run through repeatedly a cycle that comprises the following steps: a) transmitting electromagnetic radiation over a transmission period ttransmit by means of a transmission device (2), b) recording measured radiation values Ii of the electromagnetic radiation at various measurement times tmeas (24) within the measurement period ttransmit by means of a detector (4), and c) establishing whether extraneous light is incident on the detector (4) by examining a measured value curve of the recorded measured radiation values Ii, the respectively next cycle in the normal mode being run through when no extraneous light is incident, and in the compensation mode when extraneous light is incident, at least one compensation measure being carried out in the compensation mode in order to compensate the influence of extraneous light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Bernd Ottleben, Bernward Mock, Petra Ottleben