Patents by Inventor Christian BONSIGNORE
Christian BONSIGNORE 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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Publication number: 20240418503Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for calibrating at least one camera and at least one projector of a detector. The projector is configured for illuminating at least one object with at least one illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features, where the camera has at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, where each optical sensor is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by a light beam propagating from the object to the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Benjamin REIN, Christian BONSIGNORE, Peter FEJES, Ruben HUEHNERBEIN, Stephan KNAPP, Patrick SCHINDLER
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Publication number: 20240410688Abstract: Disclosed herein is a projector for illuminating at least one object with at least one illumination pattern. The illumination pattern includes a plurality of illumination features, where the illumination pattern further includes at least one marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Benjamin REIN, Peter FEJES, Christian BONSIGNORE, Andre SCHMIDT, Jan David Alexander KOLOCZEK
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Publication number: 20240377533Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property m by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image and evaluation of a material feature ??2m.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Friedrich SCHICK, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Andre SCHMIDT, Michael EBERSPACH, Christian LENNARTZ, Robert SEND, Lars DIESSELBERG, Heiko HENGEN, Ingmar BRUDER, Jakob UNGER, Christian BONSIGNORE
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Publication number: 20240284031Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes at least one projector for illuminating at least one object with at least one illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features; at least one control unit configured for controlling light emission of the array areas; at least one camera having at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area; and at least one evaluation device configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate for reflection features by analysis of their respective beam profiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: August 22, 2024Inventors: Benjamin REIN, Jan David Alexander KOLOCZEK, Christian BONSIGNORE, Peter FEJES
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Publication number: 20240241255Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property m by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image and evaluation of a material feature ?2m.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Friedrich SCHICK, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Andre SCHMIDT, Michael EBERSPACH, Christian LENNARTZ, Robert SEND, Lars DIESSELBERG, Heiko HENGEN, Ingmar BRUDER, Jakob UNGER, Christian BONSIGNORE
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Patent number: 12031808Abstract: Described herein is a projector for illuminating at least one object with at least two illumination patterns. The projector includes at least one tunable laser source and at least one diffractive optical element. The projector is configured to generate the at least two illumination patterns each including a plurality of illumination features by controlling at least one property of the tunable laser source. The projector includes at least one control unit. The control unit is configured for controlling the at least one property of the tunable laser source.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Christian Bonsignore, Nils Berner, Benjamin Rein, Robert Send
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Patent number: 11989896Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including an illumination source for projecting an illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features on a scene; an optical sensor for determining a first image including a plurality of reflection features; a translucent display, where the illumination source and the optical sensor are placed in a direction of propagation of the illumination pattern in front of the display; and an evaluation device configured for evaluating the first image by identifying and sorting the reflection features with respect to brightness, each reflection feature including a beam profile, determining a longitudinal coordinate for each reflection feature by analyzing their beam profiles, unambiguously matching reflection features with corresponding illumination features using the longitudinal coordinate classifying a reflection feature as a real feature or a false feature, rejecting the false features, and generating a depth map for the real features using the longitudinal coordType: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Patrick Schindler, Benjamin Rein, Christian Bonsignore, Michael Eberspach, Peter Schillen
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Patent number: 11947013Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Friedrich Schick, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Andre Schmidt, Michael Eberspach, Christian Lennartz, Robert Send, Lars Diesselberg, Heiko Hengen, Ingmar Bruder, Jakob Unger, Christian Bonsignore
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Patent number: 11920918Abstract: Described herein is a method for calibrating a detector including at least one camera and at least one projector. The projector is configured for illuminating at least one target with at least one predefined illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features. The camera has at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, where each optical sensor is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by a light beam propagating from the target to the camera. The target includes at least one first target and at least one second target. The first target and the second target have a predefined fixed relative distance. The target is positioned at a pre-defined distance from the detector.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Patrick Schindler, Christian Bonsignore, Benjamin Rein, Ruben Huehnerbein
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Patent number: 11875522Abstract: Described herein is a method for determining a filling level in at least one storage unit. The method includes illuminating the storage unit with at least one illumination pattern; selecting at least one first reflection feature and at least one second reflection feature; for the first reflection feature, generating at least two first sensor signals, and for the second reflection feature, generating at least two second sensor signals; evaluating the two first sensor signals and the two second sensor signals; determining at least one position of the first reflection feature and at least one position of the second reflection feature and determining at least one first vector of the first reflection feature and at least one second vector of the second reflection feature; and determining from the first vector and the second vector at least one elevation map and determining therefrom the filling level in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Christian Bonsignore, Christian Schildknecht, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Edgar Matevosjan, Christoph Lungenschmied, Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder
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Publication number: 20240011770Abstract: Described herein is a method for calibrating a detector including at least one camera and at least one projector. The projector is configured for illuminating at least one target with at least one predefined illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features. The camera has at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, where each optical sensor is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by a light beam propagating from the target to the camera. The target includes at least one first target and at least one second target. The first target and the second target have a predefined fixed relative distance. The target is positioned at a pre-defined distance from the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Christian BONSIGNORE, Benjamin REIN, Ruben HUEHNERBEIN
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Publication number: 20240005538Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including a. at least one illumination source configured for projecting at least one illumination pattern comprising a plurality of illumination features on at least one scene; b. at least one optical sensor having at least one light sensitive area, wherein the optical sensor is configured for determining at least one first image comprising a plurality of reflection features generated by the scene in response to illumination by the illumination features; c. at least one translucent display configured for displaying information, wherein the illumination source and the optical sensor are placed in direction of propagation of the illumination pattern in front of the display; and d. at least one evaluation device for analyzing the first image, wherein the evaluation device is configured for unambiguously matching of reflection features with corresponding illumination features.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Benjamin REIN, Christian BONSIGNORE, Michael EBERSPACH, Peter SCHILLEN
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Publication number: 20220398759Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including an illumination source for projecting an illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features on a scene; an optical sensor for determining a first image including a plurality of reflection features; a translucent display, where the illumination source and the optical sensor are placed in a direction of propagation of the illumination pattern in front of the display; and an evaluation device configured for evaluating the first image by identifying and sorting the reflection features with respect to brightness, each reflection feature including a beam profile, determining a longitudinal coordinate for each reflection feature by analyzing their beam profiles, unambiguously matching reflection features with corresponding illumination features using the longitudinal coordinate classifying a reflection feature as a real feature or a false feature, rejecting the false features, and generating a depth map for the real features using the longitudinaType: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Patrick Schindler, Benjamin Rein, Christian Bonsignore, Michael Eberspach, Peter Schillen
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Publication number: 20220157044Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Friedrich Schick, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Andre Schmidt, Michael Eberspach, Christian Lennartz, Robert Send, Lars Diesselberg, Heiko Hengen, Ingmar Bruder, Jakob Unger, Christian Bonsignore
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Publication number: 20220146250Abstract: Described herein is a projector for illuminating at least one object with at least two illumination patterns. The projector includes at least one tunable laser source and at least one diffractive optical element. The projector is configured to generate the at least two illumination patterns each including a plurality of illumination features by controlling at least one property of the tunable laser source. The projector includes at least one control unit. The control unit is configured for controlling the at least one property of the tunable laser source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Christian Bonsignore, Nils Berner, Benjamin Rein, Robert Send
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Publication number: 20210326593Abstract: Described herein is a method for determining a filling level in at least one storage unit. The method includes illuminating the storage unit with at least one illumination pattern; selecting at least one first reflection feature and at least one second reflection feature; for the first reflection feature, generating at least two first sensor signals, and for the second reflection feature, generating at least two second sensor signals; evaluating the two first sensor signals and the two second sensor signals; determining at least one position of the first reflection feature and at least one position of the second reflection feature and determining at least one first vector of the first reflection feature and at least one second vector of the second reflection feature; and determining from the first vector and the second vector at least one elevation map and determining therefrom the filling level in the storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Christian Bonsignore, Christian Schildknecht, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Edgar Matevosjan, Christoph Lungenschmied, Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder
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Publication number: 20200003899Abstract: A detector for optical detection of at least one object, the detector including: at least one optical sensor including at least one sensor region. The optical sensor is configured to generate at least one sensor signal dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by an incident modulated light beam. The sensor signal is dependent on a modulation frequency of the light beam. The sensor region includes at least one capacitive device including at least two electrodes. At least one insulating layer and at least one photosensitive layer are embedded between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes is at least partially optically transparent for the light beam. The detector further includes at least one evaluation device configured to generate at least one item of information on a position of the object by evaluating the sensor signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: trinamiX GmbHInventors: Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Christian BONSIGNORE, Anke HANDRECK, Ingmar BRUDER, Robert SEND