Patents by Inventor Jonas SPILLMANN

Jonas SPILLMANN 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: 9424761
    Abstract: Simulation systems and methods may enable medical training. A manufacturing unit may receive data from a configuration unit indicating identification and manufacturing parameters for an anatomy model. A data processing unit may receive data from the configuration unit identifying the anatomy model, and data from a calibration unit indicating a position and/or orientation of a position and orientation sensor relative to the anatomy model. The data processing unit may also receive data from the position and orientation sensor indicating a position and/or orientation of the anatomy model. The data processing unit may generate a virtual image using the data from the position and orientation sensor, the data from the calibration unit, and the data from the configuration unit. The data processing unit may render the virtual image to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: VIRTAMED AG
    Inventors: Stefan Tuchschmid, Carolyn O'Brien, Daniel Bachofen, Matthias Harders, Jonas Spillmann
  • Patent number: 9330502
    Abstract: Mixed reality simulation in general, and more specifically to mixed reality simulation devices and systems for training purposes, for example in the medical field, may be provided. For example, a mixed reality simulation method for rendering on a display a mixed reality scenario of a virtual environment adapted to a physical environment, may comprise acquiring, with a sensor, a position of a physical environment object; identifying a mismatch between a physical environment surface and a virtual environment surface, the mismatch depending on the physical environment object position and a mixed reality scenario parameter; and computing a mapping displacement for a virtual environment surface based on the identified mismatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH (ETH ZURICH), VIRTAMED AG
    Inventors: Stefan Tuchschmid, Jonas Spillmann, Matthias Harders
  • Patent number: 8992230
    Abstract: Simulation systems and methods may enable virtual imaging. A data processing unit may receive data from a calibration unit indicating a position and/or orientation of a position and orientation sensor relative to a physical model. The data processing unit may also receive data from the position and orientation sensor indicating a position and/or orientation of the physical model. The data processing unit may generate a virtual image using the data from the position and orientation sensor and the data from the calibration unit. The data processing unit may render the virtual image to a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Virtamed AG, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich
    Inventors: Stefan Tuchschmid, Daniel Bachofen, Matthias Harders, Jonas Spillmann
  • Publication number: 20140071165
    Abstract: Mixed reality simulation in general, and more specifically to mixed reality simulation devices and systems for training purposes, for example in the medical field, may be provided. For example, a mixed reality simulation method for rendering on a display a mixed reality scenario of a virtual environment adapted to a physical environment, may comprise acquiring, with a sensor, a position of a physical environment object; identifying a mismatch between a physical environment surface and a virtual environment surface, the mismatch depending on the physical environment object position and a mixed reality scenario parameter; and computing a mapping displacement for a virtual environment surface based on the identified mismatch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH (ETH ZURICH), VIRTAMED AG
    Inventors: Stefan TUCHSCHMID, Jonas SPILLMANN, Matthias HARDERS