Patents by Inventor Gerhard Kern

Gerhard Kern 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: 7342650
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic display and control device for a geodesic measuring device containing capturing means and representation means for detecting and reproducing a measuring range together with input means for controlling the measuring processes. The radiation beam necessary for said measuring processes is emitted by a radiation source and is influenced in the direction of emission thereof by orientating means such that it can be orientated onto a selected target within the measuring range without the capturing means being displaced. Determining the target and initiating the measuring process occurs by displacing a position mark on a screen. A suitable operating module con be produced by suitably combining the representation means with means for inputting data. Said module can also be used independently from and separately from a measuring device which is connected thereto by communication means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Leica Geosystems AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Kern, Klaus Schneider, Pius Vorburger, Jürg Hinderling
  • Publication number: 20060158423
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic display and control device for a geodesic measuring device containing capturing means and representation means for detecting and reproducing a measuring range together with input means for controlling the measuring processes. The radiation beam necessary for said measuring processes is emitted by a radiation source and is influenced in the direction of emission thereof by orientating means such that it can be orientated onto a selected target within the measuring range without the capturing means being displaced. Determining the target and initiating the measuring process occurs by displacing a position mark on a screen. A suitable operating module con be produced by suitably combining the representation means with means for inputting data. Said module can also be used independently from and separately from a measuring device which is connected thereto by communication means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Kern, Klaus Schneider, Pius Vorburger, Jurg Hinderling