Patents by Inventor Daniel Reymann

Daniel Reymann 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).

  • Optical encoder system including a structured code wheel
    Patent number: 9091568
    Abstract: An optical encoder system includes a module that has a light emitting element and a light detecting element, wherein the light detecting element is operable to detect light at a wavelength emitted by the light emitting element. The optical encoder system also includes a code wheel that has facets on its surface. Each facet has a surface that provides diffuse reflectance, with adjacent facets being inclined by different amounts. The code wheel can be disposed with respect to the module so that at least some light emitted by the light emitting element is reflected by the facets back toward the module, wherein an amount of reflected light detected by the light detecting element in the module depends at least in part on the rotational position of the code wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jens Geiger, Daniel Reymann
  • OPTICAL ENCODER SYSTEM INCLUDING A STRUCTURED CODE WHEEL
    Publication number: 20150108353
    Abstract: An optical encoder system includes a module that has a light emitting element and a light detecting element, wherein the light detecting element is operable to detect light at a wavelength emitted by the light emitting element. The optical encoder system also includes a code wheel that has facets on its surface. Each facet has a surface that provides diffuse reflectance, with adjacent facets being inclined by different amounts. The code wheel can be disposed with respect to the module so that at least some light emitted by the light emitting element is reflected by the facets back toward the module, wherein an amount of reflected light detected by the light detecting element in the module depends at least in part on the rotational position of the code wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Jens Geiger, Daniel Reymann