Patents by Inventor Gernot Goebbels

Gernot Goebbels 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).

  • Method for representing flexible elongate volume objects
    Patent number: 8055480
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the simplified, physically correct representation of flexible elongate volume objects. The volume object is divided up into sections and each section begins and ends with an interaction point and is connected to an adjacent section by means of said point. Each interaction point has six degrees of freedom and the physical properties of the sections are defined according to several factors. The invention also relates to obtained experimental values which are used to represent another elongate volume object using a model function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: ICIDO GmbH
    Inventors: Gernot Goebbels, Martin Göbel
  • Method For Representing Flexible Elongate Volume Objects
    Publication number: 20080201114
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the simplified, physically correct representation of flexible elongate volume objects. The volume object is divided up into sections and each section begins and ends with an interaction point and is connected to an adjacent section by means of said point. Each interaction point has six degrees of freedom and the physical properties of the sections are defined according to several factors. The invention also relates to obtained experimental values which are used to represent another elongate volume object using a model function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: FLEXILUTION GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Gobel, Gernot Goebbels