Patents by Inventor Manuel BRONNER

Manuel BRONNER 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).

  • Optical sensor device with a transmission unit, with a receiving unit, and with an evaluation unit for scanning the received signal at at least one scanning point in its rising and/or falling flank
    Patent number: 11525893
    Abstract: An optical sensor device has a transmission unit for emitting light, a receiving unit for light emitted by the transmission unit, and an evaluation unit for evaluating a receive signal, which is based on the received light, wherein the emitted light is designed as a light pulse which is based on a transmission signal, which has a signal shape with a rising and/or falling flank, wherein the receive signal has substantially the same signal shape as the transmission signal, wherein the evaluation unit is suitable for scanning the receive signal at at least one scanning point in its rising and/or falling flank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Balluff GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Reissing, Manuel Bronner
  • OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200292668
    Abstract: An optical sensor device has a transmission unit for emitting light, a receiving unit for light emitted by the transmission unit, and an evaluation unit for evaluating a receive signal, which is based on the received light, wherein the emitted light is designed as a light pulse which is based on a transmission signal, which has a signal shape with a rising and/or falling flank, wherein the receive signal has substantially the same signal shape as the transmission signal, wherein the evaluation unit is suitable for scanning the receive signal at at least one scanning point in its rising and/or falling flank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Balluff GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias REISSING, Manuel BRONNER