Patents by Inventor Christopher Schmidtmann

Christopher Schmidtmann 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: 10049442
    Abstract: This application discloses a video inspection system for a rework station, which includes multiple image capture devices to capture multiple images or videos of a printed circuit board assembly, a presentation tool to merge the captured images or video into a image or video, and a display device to present the image video. The presentation tool also can augment the captured video of the printed circuit board assembly with information from a layout design of the printed circuit board assembly. The presentation tool can receive a selection of a portion of the layout design or a selection of at least one component in the printed circuit board assembly, and annotate the captured video of the printed circuit board assembly with design data from the layout design that corresponds to the selected portion of the layout design or the selected component in the printed circuit board assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Schmidtmann, Oliver Hartfuß, Sahmusa Akbayir, Jörg Schaaf, Thomas Koddenberg, Rainer Oder
  • Publication number: 20170221197
    Abstract: This application discloses a video inspection system for a rework station, which includes multiple image capture devices to capture multiple images or videos of a printed circuit board assembly, a presentation tool to merge the captured images or video into a image or video, and a display device to present the image video. The presentation tool also can augment the captured video of the printed circuit board assembly with information from a layout design of the printed circuit board assembly. The presentation tool can receive a selection of a portion of the layout design or a selection of at least one component in the printed circuit board assembly, and annotate the captured video of the printed circuit board assembly with design data from the layout design that corresponds to the selected portion of the layout design or the selected component in the printed circuit board assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Schmidtmann, Oliver Hartfuß, Sahmusa Akbayir, Jörg Schaaf, Thomas Koddenberg, Rainer Oder
  • Publication number: 20060242670
    Abstract: A digital television system includes a network that connects a display, an operating unit that requests a program or program information, and a television reception unit, a demultiplexer that separates the audio, video and miscellaneous data, a matching stage that matches the audio signal with the video signal, a multiplexer that combines the audio and video signal into one data stream, an evaluation device in communication with the demultiplexer, a memory that stores the miscellaneous data and a controller that manages the miscellaneous data. The memory and the controller form a server unit, and the controller is in communication with the operating unit. The miscellaneous data is transmitted to the network by the controller when recalled from the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Detlef Teichner, Christopher Schmidtmann, Philipp Woehrle
  • Publication number: 20060029139
    Abstract: A data transmission synchronization system provides a method for transmitting a stream of continuous audio and/or video data from a transmitter to a receiver on a communication link where the system determines if synchronization information is present in a data source. If no synchronization information is present, the system generates new synchronization to insert into a transmitted data stream. If synchronization information is present, the system checks the information accuracy and corrects the information if necessary. The system transmits a data stream with inserted synchronization information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Detlef Teichner, Christopher Schmidtmann, Hans-Jurgen Nitzpon