Patents by Inventor Kai Schaeffauer

Kai Schaeffauer 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: 10852122
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for capturing an object by a movable sensor are provided. The method includes moving the sensor relative to the object and repeatedly ascertaining an instantaneous position of the sensor by a position measurement system, outputting the position to an evaluation device at a predetermined time point, repeatedly capturing the object by the sensor during a capturing time interval and outputting a measurement signal corresponding to the information captured during the capturing time interval. For at least one capturing time interval, a point in time of the capturing of the object is determined which lies within the capturing time interval, position values are ascertained and outputted at points in time which include the point in time of the capturing, and a position main value is ascertained based on the position values which approximates the position of the sensor at the point in time of the capturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Kern, Guenter Grupp, Kai Schaeffauer
  • Publication number: 20190301851
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for capturing an object by a movable sensor are provided. The method includes moving the sensor relative to the object and repeatedly ascertaining an instantaneous position of the sensor by a position measurement system, outputting the position to an evaluation device at a predetermined time point, repeatedly capturing the object by the sensor during a capturing time interval and outputting a measurement signal corresponding to the information captured during the capturing time interval. For at least one capturing time interval, a point in time of the capturing of the object is determined which lies within the capturing time interval, position values are ascertained and outputted at points in time which include the point in time of the capturing, and a position main value is ascertained based on the position values which approximates the position of the sensor at the point in time of the capturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Rudolf Kern, Guenter Grupp, Kai Schaeffauer