Patents by Inventor Jochen Scheja

Jochen Scheja 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: 10349515
    Abstract: A camera system including an objective, an objective holder carrying the objective, an image sensor and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board and the image sensor are connected to one another in an electronically conductive manner, and the image sensor and the objective are arranged such that an image is n focus on the image sensor. The printed circuit board has a circuit layer made of an electrically insulating material and a printed circuit board substrate, wherein the printed circuit board substrate is manufactured from a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion aL which deviates by no more than 30% from the coefficient of thermal expansion of a material from which the objective holder is manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventor: Jochen Scheja
  • Patent number: 10281276
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Knut Siercks, Bernhard Metzler, Elmar Vincent Van Der Zwan, Thomas Fidler, Roman Parys, Alexander Velizhev, Jochen Scheja
  • Patent number: 10274316
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Knut Siercks, Bernhard Metzler, Elmar Vincent Van Der Zwan, Thomas Fidler, Roman Parys, Alexander Velizhev, Jochen Scheja
  • Patent number: 10274306
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a measuring probe adapted to be attached to a probe head of a coordinate measuring machine for determination of at least one spatial coordinate of a measurement point on an object to be measured, the measuring probe comprising an optical measuring unit adapted to provide distance measurements of measuring points at the object and a probe interface which provides modular mounting of the measuring probe to a probe head of the coordinate measuring machine and transmission, in particular bidirectional transmission, of optical signals between the probe and the coordinate measuring machine. The probe interface is designed as an integrally formed module providing a reproducible mountability of the measuring probe at the probe head and comprising a one-sided component of a ball bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Scheja, Danick Brühlmann, Thomas Jensen
  • Publication number: 20190094022
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Knut SIERCKS, Bernhard METZLER, Elmar Vincent VAN DER ZWAN, Thomas FIDLER, Roman PARYS, Alexander VELIZHEV, Jochen SCHEJA
  • Publication number: 20190094345
    Abstract: A laser scanner device can be adapted to be mounted to a vehicle, the device comprising a LiDAR module working based on a laser measuring beam and time-of-flight-measurement-principle. The LiDAR module is configured to provide a horizontal field of view of at least 60°, an instantaneous vertical field of view of at least ±2°, a scan resolution of at least one point per 0.8° in horizontal and vertical direction, and a frame rate of at least 10 Hz for scanning at least the entire horizontal and instantaneous vertical field of view with said scan resolution, wherein the LiDAR module comprises a multibeam transmitter configured for generating a plurality of measuring beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicants: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Julien SINGER, Lukas HEINZLE, Jochen SCHEJA, Simon MARK, Jürg HINDERLING, Burkhard BÖCKEM
  • Patent number: 10234287
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Knut Siercks, Bernhard Metzler, Elmar Vincent Van Der Zwan, Thomas Fidler, Roman Parys, Alexander Velizhev, Jochen Scheja
  • Publication number: 20180042106
    Abstract: A camera system including an objective, an objective holder carrying the objective, an image sensor and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board and the image sensor are connected to one another in an electronically conductive manner, and the image sensor and the objective are arranged such that an image is n focus on the image sensor. The printed circuit board has a circuit layer made of an electrically insulating material and a printed circuit board substrate, wherein the printed circuit board substrate is manufactured from a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion aL which deviates by no more than 30% from the coefficient of thermal expansion of a material from which the objective holder is manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventor: Jochen SCHEJA
  • Publication number: 20180017384
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Knut SIERCKS, Bernhard METZLER, Elmar Vincent VAN DER ZWAN, Thomas FIDLER, Roman PARYS, Alexander VELIZHEV, Jochen SCHEJA
  • Patent number: 9791272
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention may relate to an optical surveying device having a base for setting up the surveying device and a targeting unit, which is rotatable in relation to the base about two axes, and which defines a target axis or targeting a target object to be surveyed. In some embodiments, the targeting unit has a first beam path for emitting optical radiation in the direction of the target object to be surveyed and a second beam path for receiving a component of the optical radiation, which is reflected from the target object, by way of an optoelectronic receiving element. In some embodiments, at least one of the beam paths, has an optical element, which is implemented having an optically transparent, deformable volume body, and which has at least one interface toward a medium having an optical index of refraction deviating from the volume body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Jürg Hinderling, Jochen Scheja, Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin, Claudio Iseli
  • Publication number: 20170285147
    Abstract: A laser scanner device adapted to be mounted to a vehicle, the device comprising a LIDAR module, the LIDAR module comprising at least one laser source, characterized by a horizontal field of view of at least 60°, an instantaneous vertical field of view of at least ±2°, a scan resolution of at least one point per 0.8° in horizontal and vertical direction, and a frame rate of at least 10 Hz for scanning at least the entire horizontal and instantaneous vertical field of view with said scan resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Julien SINGER, Lukas HEINZLE, Jochen SCHEJA, Simon MARK, Jürg HINDERLING, Burkhard BÖCKEM
  • Patent number: 9778037
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention relate to a surveying apparatus in the form of a scanner comprising a beam deflection unit, such a beam deflection unit and a measuring method to be carried out with said surveying apparatus. The surveying apparatus comprises a radiation source for generating measurement radiation and a detector for receiving reflected measurement radiation, called reflection radiation for short, which was reflected at an object of interest, wherein measurement radiation and reflection radiation have substantially the same optical path. Situated in said optical path there is a beam deflection unit mounted rotatably about a rotation axis and serving for adjustably aligning the measurement radiation and for capturing the reflected radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Bestler, Jochen Scheja, Jürg Hinderling
  • Publication number: 20170176172
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a measuring probe adapted to be attached to a probe head of a coordinate measuring machine for determination of at least one spatial coordinate of a measurement point on an object to be measured, the measuring probe comprising an optical measuring unit adapted to provide distance measurements of measuring points at the object and a probe interface which provides modular mounting of the measuring probe to a probe head of the coordinate measuring machine and transmission, in particular bidirectional transmission, of optical signals between the probe and the coordinate measuring machine. The probe interface is designed as an integrally formed module providing a reproducible mountability of the measuring probe at the probe head and comprising a one-sided component of a ball bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen SCHEJA, Danick BRÜHLMANN, Thomas JENSEN
  • Publication number: 20170091923
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Knut SIERCKS, Bernhard METZLER, Elmar Vincent VAN DER ZWAN, Thomas FIDLER, Roman PARYS, Alexander VELIZHEV, Jochen SCHEJA
  • Publication number: 20170091922
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Knut SIERCKS, Bernhard METZLER, Elmar Vincent VAN DER ZWAN, Thomas FIDLER, Roman PARYS, Alexander VELIZHEV, Jochen SCHEJA
  • Publication number: 20170082436
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Knut SIERCKS, Bernhard METZLER, Elmar Vincent VAN DER ZWAN, Thomas FIDLER, Roman PARYS, Alexander VELIZHEV, Jochen SCHEJA
  • Publication number: 20170067739
    Abstract: A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Knut SIERCKS, Bernhard METZLER, Elmar Vincent VAN DER ZWAN, Thomas FIDLER, Roman PARYS, Alexander VELIZHEV, Jochen SCHEJA
  • Patent number: 9529084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device (1), in particular a laser scanner for optically scanning and measuring an environment. The measuring device (1) comprises a rotatably mounted measuring head (2) and a rotation unit (10) mounted therein and having a rotatably mounted rotation body (20), wherein a targeting element (70) for sighting a target point is integrated into the rotation body (20), said targeting element comprising an opening (70?) passing through the rotation body (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Bestler, Jochen Scheja
  • Patent number: 9429733
    Abstract: An optical instrument for measuring has an a stabilization component for stably connecting an optical assembly and holder to at least one stabilization element that can be compressed in the gap. The stabilization element has, in an unmounted state, a thickness which is greater than the width of the gap, and the optical assembly, the holder and the stabilization component are configured and cooperate such that the stabilization element, which is positioned between optical assembly and holder, in a roughly positioned state, is compressed, by way of inserting the optical assembly into the holder, into the gap and is plastically deformed in the gap such that elastic forces act radially with respect to the optical axis between assembly and holder and the assembly and the holder are disposed in the radial direction in a stabilized state with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Claudio Iseli, Jochen Scheja
  • Patent number: 9341474
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention relate to a rotation unit for a surveying device, in particular a laser scanner for optically scanning an environment and such a surveying device. The surveying device has a rotation unit having a rotation mirror, for deflecting an emission light beam and a reception light beam, and a rotation body implemented as a cylinder having a on a beveled, free end. The rotation body is implemented as a hollow cylinder having a cylinder bottom and a beveled cylinder wall on its free end. The hollow cylinder is connected coaxially with respect to its cylinder axis in a rotationally-fixed manner to a motor-driven shaft via the cylinder bottom. The rotation mirror is fastened in the region of its free end to the cylinder wall of the hollow cylinder so it is supported thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Helmut Plangger, Tim Mayer, Jochen Scheja