Patents by Inventor Dierk Hobbie

Dierk Hobbie 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).

  • Apparatus and method for scanning by means of a rotatable detector array
    Patent number: 5280370
    Abstract: An apparatus for capture of image data from an object has a detector array containing at least one detector row, and arrangements for rotating the detector array relative to the object, as well as for moving the object and the detector array relative to one another in a desired direction of scan. A control arrangement causes the detector array to be rotated to a desired orientation with respect to the object based on information in the object and causes the object to be scanned by the detector array in such a way that the detector row is at right angles to the direction of scan. A similar method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Intergraph Corporation
    Inventors: Hans W. Faust, Karl Felle, Dierk Hobbie, Heinz Krastel, Richard J. Kaiser, Robert L. Kuelthau, Alward J. Pinard, Gary D. Wylie
  • Computer-controlled evaluation of aerial stereo images
    Patent number: 4669048
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus for evaluating aerial stereo images. The apparatus includes an analytical plotter which is supplemented with an ancillary device for photoelectrically scanning and digitalizing subregions of both stereo images. The signals of the device are computer-correlated with each other to automatically, for example, determine the coordinates of homologous points and the occurring parallaxes. A method of carrying out the invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
    Inventors: Fritz Ackermann, Karl Felle, Dierk Hobbie