Patents by Inventor Klemens Wehrle
Klemens Wehrle 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).
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Publication number: 20230367904Abstract: A method for the anonymized image acquisition in an industrial plant, comprising acquiring an image, wherein the image comprises an optoelectronically readable code and a personal feature; identifying the personal feature in the image; and obscuring the personal feature in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Klemens WEHRLE, Thomas KALTENBACH
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Publication number: 20220229291Abstract: A camera device is provided that comprises a camera having an image sensor for recording images of the objects and at least one first deflection element, and wherein the field of view of the camera has at least one first part field of vision with detection of the first deflection element and a second part field of vision with detection of the first deflection element. In this respect, the first deflection element is arranged such that a first perspective of the first part field of vision is a different one than a second perspective of the second part field of vision; the first part field of vision thus provides a different perspective of the object than the first part field of vision so that at least two sides of the object are simultaneously recorded by the image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Klemens WEHRLE, Ralf PASKE
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Patent number: 10853613Abstract: An optoelectronic code reading apparatus is provided that has at least one camera-based code reader having an image sensor for recording image data from a reading zone, that has a control and evaluation unit that comprises a decoding unit for locating code zones in the image data and for reading their code content, and that has a filter unit to determine whether a multiple reading has taken place in which a plurality of codes were read. In this respect, the filter unit is furthermore configured to check the geometry of the code zones in the case of a multiple reading to identify a valid code.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Klemens Wehrle, Andreas Bierer, Björn Denz
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Publication number: 20190272405Abstract: An optoelectronic code reading apparatus is provided that has at least one camera-based code reader having an image sensor for recording image data from a reading zone, that has a control and evaluation unit that comprises a decoding unit for locating code zones in the image data and for reading their code content, and that has a filter unit to determine whether a multiple reading has taken place in which a plurality of codes were read. In this respect, the filter unit is furthermore configured to check the geometry of the code zones in the case of a multiple reading to identify a valid code.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Klemens WEHRLE, Andreas BIERER, Björn DENZ
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Patent number: 9989354Abstract: A conveying apparatus for transporting and for measuring an object includes a sensor having a light transmitter arranged at a conveyor belt and transmits first light beams in the direction of the conveyor belt. The sensor also has a light receiver that is arranged at the conveyor belt and that receives second light beams. The sensor further has an evaluation device for determining a dimension of the object by evaluating the received second light beams. The conveyor belt is an endless conveyor belt that is driven by at least one drive unit and that moves in a main conveying direction. At least one gap is provided in the endless conveyor belt free of interruption, through which gap the first light beams pass, and the first light beams form a scan plane in the at least one gap transversely to the main conveying direction of the conveyor belt.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Ralf Paske, Klemens Wehrle
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Patent number: 9977948Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the localization of gripping points of objects, wherein the objects are scanned by means of a 3D sensor and the objects are illuminated by means of at least one first illumination unit while the objects are detected by means of a camera, wherein the relative positions of the 3D sensor, of the first illumination unit and of the camera with respect to one another are known and the 3D sensor, the first illumination unit and the camera are arranged in a fixed position with respect to one another. In this respect, the boundary of the objects is determined from a two-dimensional image generated by the camera, a spatial position is determined from detected distance information of the 3D sensor and of the two-dimensional image and the gripping points for the objects are determined from the boundaries and from the spatial position of the objects.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Klemens Wehrle, Heinrich Hippenmeyer, Hubert Uhl, Björn Denz, Martin Grafmüller
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Publication number: 20180038679Abstract: A conveying apparatus for transporting and for measuring an object includes a sensor having a light transmitter arranged at a conveyor belt and transmits first light beams in the direction of the conveyor belt. The sensor also has a light receiver that is arranged at the conveyor belt and that receives second light beams. The sensor further has an evaluation device for determining a dimension of the object by evaluating the received second light beams. The conveyor belt is an endless conveyor belt that is driven by at least one drive unit and that moves in a main conveying direction. At least one gap is provided in the endless conveyor belt free of interruption, through which gap the first light beams pass, and the first light beams form a scan plane in the at least one gap transversely to the main conveying direction of the conveyor belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Ralf PASKE, Klemens WEHRLE
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Patent number: 9810527Abstract: To obtain a high-resolution image on a detection of a contour of an object, an image detection system for detecting an object is provided which comprises a defined detection zone in which the object moved through the detection zone is detectable; at least two lighting units for lighting the detection zone with a respective light beam; and at least two light reception units for receiving light reflected at the object, wherein one respective lighting unit is associated with a light reception unit, and wherein the lighting units each transmit their light beams at a defined light wavelength and the light reception units are configured to receive a respective light wavelength of the reflected light associated with them, wherein the one light reception unit receives a different light wavelength than the other light reception unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Klemens Wehrle, Long Lu
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Publication number: 20160217317Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the localization of gripping points of objects, wherein the objects are scanned by means of a 3D sensor and the objects are illuminated by means of at least one first illumination unit while the objects are detected by means of a camera, wherein the relative positions of the 3D sensor, of the first illumination unit and of the camera with respect to one another are known and the 3D sensor, the first illumination unit and the camera are arranged in a fixed position with respect to one another. In this respect, the boundary of the objects is determined from a two-dimensional image generated by the camera, a spatial position is determined from detected distance information of the 3D sensor and of the two-dimensional image and the gripping points for the objects are determined from the boundaries and from the spatial position of the objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2016Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Klemens WEHRLE, Heinrich HIPPENMEYER, Hubert UHL, Björn DENZ, Martin GRAFMÜLLER
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Publication number: 20160010979Abstract: To obtain a high-resolution image on a detection of a contour of an object, an image detection system for detecting an object is provided which comprises a defined detection zone in which the object moved through the detection zone is detectable; at least two lighting units for lighting the detection zone with a respective light beam; and at least two light reception units for receiving light reflected at the object, wherein one respective lighting unit is associated with a light reception unit, and wherein the lighting units each transmit their light beams at a defined light wavelength and the light reception units are configured to receive a respective light wavelength of the reflected light associated with them, wherein the one light reception unit receives a different light wavelength than the other light reception unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Klemens WEHRLE, Long LU
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Publication number: 20150310242Abstract: A camera is provided for the detection of a flow of objects moved relative to the camera, comprising an image sensor for the taking of images of the objects and a receiving optics that is arranged in front of the image sensor and that has a depth of field range. In this respect, a mirror unit having at least two mirror elements is arranged in front of the receiving optics, the mirror elements having a different spacing amongst one another with respect to the receiving optics and/or having a different tilt angle and in this way imaging sections of the object flow a plurality of times with light paths of different length and in this way with different depth of field ranges at the image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventor: Klemens WEHRLE
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Patent number: 8893972Abstract: The invention relates to an RFID reading tunnel for identifying objects by means of RFID having a screen for electromagnetic radiation which forms the tunnel and has side walls and a cover part, a cover device or conveying device for the object in or through the tunnel and at least one RFID reader having at least one RFID antenna. To provide an improved RFID reading tunnel which is less expensive and can be installed more easily, it is proposed that the screen is formed by modules which can be variably and releasably connected to one another and that the modules are selected from a kit of predefined modules.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Sick AGInventors: Ralf Paske, Klemens Wehrle
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Publication number: 20140158766Abstract: The invention relates to an RFID reading tunnel for identifying objects by means of RFID having a screen for electromagnetic radiation which forms the tunnel and has side walls and a cover part, a cover device or conveying device for the object in or through the tunnel and at least one RFID reader having at least one RFID antenna. To provide an improved RFID reading tunnel which is less expensive and can be installed more easily, it is proposed that the screen is formed by modules which can be variably and releasably connected to one another and that the modules are selected from a kit of predefined modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: SICK AGInventors: Ralf PASKE, Klemens WEHRLE
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Patent number: 7579582Abstract: A scanning method for optical scanning of a body includes illuminating the body by a lighting unit and a light receiver unit receives light transmitted from the lighting unit to the body and reflected by the body so that a scanning zone of a scanning unit is defined by the lighting unit and the light receiver unit. Two scanning units each having a scanning region are used, which overlap at least in part in an overlap zone, and at least when the surface of the body is in an overlap zone, the scanning sensitivity of at least one of the scanning units is reduced at least for the overlap zone. At least one scanning unit is used which is configured and/or arranged such that it can scan a part of the body which is as large as possible. A scanning apparatus is also provided for carrying out the scanning method.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2007Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Sick AGInventors: Thomas Kaltenbach, Klemens Wehrle
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Publication number: 20070252078Abstract: A scanning method for optical scanning of a body includes illuminating the body by a lighting unit and a light receiver unit receives light transmitted from the lighting unit to the body and reflected by the body so that a scanning zone of a scanning unit is defined by the lighting unit and the light receiver unit. Two scanning units each having a scanning region are used, which overlap at least in part in an overlap zone, and at least when the surface of the body is in an overlap zone, the scanning sensitivity of at least one of the scanning units is reduced at least for the overlap zone. At least one scanning unit is used which is configured and/or arranged such that it can scan a part of the body which is as large as possible. A scanning apparatus is also provided for carrying out the scanning method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2007Publication date: November 1, 2007Inventors: Thomas Kaltenbach, Klemens Wehrle
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Patent number: 7199385Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for the detection of objects moved on a segmented conveyor means by means of an optoelectronic sensor, in which in each case the geometric center of the objects is determined via the optoelectronic sensor, whereupon the objects are each associated with that conveyor segment in the region of which the respectively determined geometric center is located. The invention further relates to a method and to an apparatus for the determination of the dimensions of objects moved on a conveyor means by means of an optoelectronic sensor, in which the dimensions of the objects are detected and corresponding.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Sick AGInventors: Klemens Wehrle, Achim Nübling, Thomas Kaltenbach, Hubert Uhl
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Patent number: 6896185Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic code reader and to a method for the reading in of codes, which move relative to the code reader within a reading zone, by scanning the reading zone at least along one scan direction. For the reading of codes which are arranged along the scan direction at different distances to the code reader, at least one first scanning device and one second scanning device are provided which are controlled along the scan direction at different focal positions.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2003Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Sick AGInventors: Hubert Uhl, Klemens Wehrle
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Patent number: 6849860Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system and a detection method for the detection and tracking of optical codes on objects which are transported along a monitored zone, comprising a plurality of optoelectronic sensors to read the codes and to generate corresponding reading data and comprising at least two data buses, each having its own associated bus control unit, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is connected both to the one and to the other of the two data buses and wherein the one of the two data buses with the associated bus control unit, on the one hand, and the other data bus with the associated bus control unit, on the other hand, are divided into a primary branch and a secondary branch which is subordinate to the primary branch.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: Sick AGInventors: Roland Gehring, Juergen Reichenbach, Reinhold Kilian, Hubert Uhl, Klemens Wehrle, Daniel Schumacher
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Publication number: 20040144934Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for the detection of objects moved on a segmented conveyor means by means of an optoelectronic sensor, in which in each case the geometric center of gravity of the objects is determined via the optoelectronic sensor, whereupon the objects are each associated with that conveyor segment in the region of which the respectively determined geometric center of gravity is located.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Klemens Wehrle, Achim Nubling, Thomas Kaltenbach, Hubert Uhl
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Publication number: 20040051062Abstract: The invention relates to a detection system and a detection method for the detection and tracking of optical codes on objects which are transported along a monitored zone, comprising a plurality of optoelectronic sensors to read the codes and to generate corresponding reading data and comprising at least two data buses, each having its own associated bus control unit, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is connected both to the one and to the other of the two data buses and wherein the one of the two data buses with the associated bus control unit, on the one hand, and the other data bus with the associated bus control unit, on the other hand, are divided into a primary branch and a secondary branch which is subordinate to the primary branch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2002Publication date: March 18, 2004Applicant: Sick AGInventors: Roland Gehring, Juergen Reichenbach, Reinhold Kilian, Hubert Uhl, Klemens Wehrle, Daniel Schumacher