Patents by Inventor Christoph Windolph

Christoph Windolph 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: 10222602
    Abstract: An optics device with an optics module that includes at least one optical element and a control module for controlling the optics device is provided. The optics module includes a sub-system with a memory as well as at least one of an actuator and a sensor. An instruction for setting the actuator and/or the sensor of the sub-system is stored in the memory. The control module is formed such that, during operation of the optics device, it reads the instructions from the memory of the sub-system and activates the actuator and/or the sensor of the sub-system according to the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Steinborn, Steffen Leidenbach, Christoph Windolph
  • Publication number: 20170003489
    Abstract: An optics device with an optics module that includes at least one optical element and a control module for controlling the optics device is provided. The optics module includes a sub-system with a memory as well as at least one of an actuator and a sensor. An instruction for setting the actuator and/or the sensor of the sub-system is stored in the memory. The control module is formed such that, during operation of the optics device, it reads the instructions from the memory of the sub-system and activates the actuator and/or the sensor of the sub-system according to the instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan STEINBORN, Steffen LEIDENBACH, Christoph WINDOLPH
  • Publication number: 20140226204
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical assembly for spectral filtration of light, having a plurality of filters which are permeable to light of different spectral ranges, a filter selection mirror which can be moved for selectable deflection of light to different optical paths to the different filters, and an output mirror which can be moved to guide light coming from one of the filters to an optical path which is the same for all the filters. The optical assembly is characterized according to the invention in that in each case at least one stationary deflection optical system is provided for each of the optical paths to the different filters to guide light from the filter selection mirror to the respective filter and/or light from the respective filter to the output mirror, and the stationary deflection optical systems are arranged so that optical path lengths on the different optical paths from the filter selection mirror to the output mirror are equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY GMBH
    Inventors: Reiner Mitzkus, Heino Heise, Peter Westphal, Christoph Windolph