Patents by Inventor Hilmar Schachenmayr

Hilmar Schachenmayr 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 testing an optical investigation system
    Patent number: 10602914
    Abstract: A method for testing an optical investigation system, with an imaging device, a video camera and a light source for optical investigation of an object including a reference surface with predetermined optical properties being illuminated with illuminating light from a light source. An image of the reference surface is recorded by the imaging device and the video camera. An operating condition of the video camera that prevails during the recording of the image is recorded. The functionality or another property of the investigation system is determined on the basis of the recorded operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerd Beck, Andre Ehrhardt, Uwe Martin, Bernhard Gloeggler, Hilmar Schachenmayr, Bryan Kennedy, Raymond Coussa, Nathan Tang
  • Apparatus and method for controlling a multi-color output of an image of a medical object
    Patent number: 8520919
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a multi-color output of an image of a medical object for assisting medical personnel, the medical object is illuminated with light with an illumination spectrum. By means of an image sensor, image data are acquired for a group of one or more color channels. Image information concerning an additional color channel, which is not among the group of one or more color channels, is generated depending on the acquired image data. An image output device for multi-color output of the image is controlled depending on the acquired image data and the acquired image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Stepp, Hilmar Schachenmayr
  • Method for testing an optical investigation system
    Publication number: 20110149057
    Abstract: A method for testing an optical investigation system, with an imaging device, a video camera and a light source for optical investigation of an object, a reference surface with predetermined optical properties is illuminated with illuminating light from a light source. An image of the reference surface is recorded by the imaging device and the video camera. An operating condition of the video camera that prevails during the recording of the image is recorded. The functionality or another property of the investigation system is determined on the basis of the recorded operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Gerd Beck, Andre Ehrhardt, Uwe Martin, Bernhard Gloeggler, Hilmar Schachenmayr, Bryan Kennedy, Raymond Coussa, Nathan Tang
  • Apparatus And Method For Controlling A Multi-Color Output Of An Image Of A Medical Object
    Publication number: 20100322492
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a multi-color output of an image of a medical object for assisting medical personnel, the medical object is illuminated with light with an illumination spectrum. By means of an image sensor, image data are acquired for a group of one or more color channels. Image information concerning an additional color channel, which is not among the group of one or more color channels, is generated depending on the acquired image data. An image output device for multi-color output of the image is controlled depending on the acquired image data and the acquired image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Herbert Stepp, Hilmar Schachenmayr