Patents by Inventor Dirk Maiwald

Dirk Maiwald 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: 11288872
    Abstract: In some embodiments of the present disclosure, augmented reality and/or virtual reality technologies are used to present information for a vehicle to a technician. A virtual object model file that includes a context model and at least one assembly detail model is created based on a vehicle design model. A VR/AR device uses its camera to generate video of a vehicle, and superimposes a depiction of a vehicle component or assembly from the virtual object model file over the video in the location in which the vehicle component or assembly is actually located, as if the vehicle were “see-through.” The VR/AR device may then also allow the technician to select specific components of the depicted assembly in order to retrieve and display detailed information about the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc.
    Inventors: David Wei-Cheng Yin, Dirk Maiwald, William Timothy Ryan, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200327736
    Abstract: In some embodiments of the present disclosure, augmented reality and/or virtual reality technologies are used to present information for a vehicle to a technician. A virtual object model file that includes a context model and at least one assembly detail model is created based on a vehicle design model. A VR/AR device uses its camera to generate video of a vehicle, and superimposes a depiction of a vehicle component or assembly from the virtual object model file over the video in the location in which the vehicle component or assembly is actually located, as if the vehicle were “see-through.” The VR/AR device may then also allow the technician to select specific components of the depicted assembly in order to retrieve and display detailed information about the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: David Wei-Cheng Yin, Dirk Maiwald, William Timothy Ryan, JR.
  • Patent number: 10657721
    Abstract: In some embodiments of the present disclosure, augmented reality and/or virtual reality technologies are used to present information for a vehicle to a technician. A virtual object model file that includes a context model and at least one assembly detail model is created based on a vehicle design model. A VR/AR device uses its camera to generate video of a vehicle, and superimposes a depiction of a vehicle component or assembly from the virtual object model file over the video in the location in which the vehicle component or assembly is actually located, as if the vehicle were “see-through.” The VR/AR device may then also allow the technician to select specific components of the depicted assembly in order to retrieve and display detailed information about the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PACCAR INC
    Inventors: David Wei-Cheng Yin, Dirk Maiwald, William Timothy Ryan, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190251747
    Abstract: In some embodiments of the present disclosure, augmented reality and/or virtual reality technologies are used to present information for a vehicle to a technician. A virtual object model file that includes a context model and at least one assembly detail model is created based on a vehicle design model. A VR/AR device uses its camera to generate video of a vehicle, and superimposes a depiction of a vehicle component or assembly from the virtual object model file over the video in the location in which the vehicle component or assembly is actually located, as if the vehicle were “see-through.” The VR/AR device may then also allow the technician to select specific components of the depicted assembly in order to retrieve and display detailed information about the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: David Wei-Cheng Yin, Dirk Maiwald, William Timothy Ryan, JR.
  • Patent number: 9612189
    Abstract: An integrity monitoring system for monitoring integrity of at least a part of a stationary structure includes a vibration sensor for sensing vibration as a function of time, a computer, transmitting means for transmitting vibration data from the vibration sensor to the computer, means for acquiring position as a function of time data of a movable object, such as a vessel, a vehicle or a digging tool. The movable object includes a transmitter transmitting the position as a function of time data to the computer when the movable object is within a selected distance to a monitoring site. The monitoring site includes the part of the stationary structure to be monitored and the vibration sensor is arranged to sense vibrations within the monitoring site. The computer includes hardware and software for comparing the vibration data with the position as a function of time data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: NKT CABLES GROUP A/S, ENERGINET.DK
    Inventors: Henrik Roland Hansen, Lars Højsgaard, Dirk Maiwald
  • Publication number: 20130275055
    Abstract: The invention concerns an integrity monitoring system for monitoring integrity of at least a part of a stationary structure. The system comprises a vibration sensor for sensing vibration as a function of time, a computer, transmitting means for transmitting vibration data from the vibration sensor to the computer, means for acquiring position as a function of time data of a movable object, such as a vessel, a vehicle or a digging tool, where the movable object comprises a transmitter, and transmitting the position as a function of time data to the computer when the movable object is within a selected distance to a monitoring site. The monitoring site comprises the part of the stationary structure to be monitored and the vibration sensor is arranged to sense vibrations within the monitoring site. The computer comprises hardware and software for comparing the vibration data with the position as a function of time data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicants: ENERGINET.DK, NKT CABLES GROUP A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Roland Hansen, Lars Højsgaard, Dirk Maiwald
  • Patent number: 6556945
    Abstract: A system for measuring unevenness formed by grooves and/or long waves in a surface of an object by using a measuring platform. The system moves the object and the measuring platform relative to each other and projects from the measuring platform a light streak that extends in a direction of the movement onto a surface of the object at a fixed projection angle that is tilted relative to a surface normal of the surface. The light streak is reproduced on a planar, position-sensitive photo receiver with a plurality of successive instantaneous exposures of the photo receiver, where the photo receiver is fixedly arranged on the measuring platform with a recording angle that is tilted relative to the fixed projection angle. The system records the surface along the direction of the movement with a plurality of continuous light-streak images and determines a surface profile of the surface along the direction of the movement from deformations in the plurality of the light-streak images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Burggraf, Rolf Kettenburg, Andreas Krupp, Dirk Maiwald, Dirk Rathjen