Patents by Inventor Mareike STULZ

Mareike STULZ 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).

  • Environment monitoring apparatus and method for operating an environment monitoring apparatus
    Patent number: 12637009
    Abstract: An environment monitoring apparatus for vehicles comprises a stereo camera that has two fisheye lenses, an image sensor apparatus having at least two sensor regions for detecting optical signals of the fisheye lenses in a respective one of the sensor regions and for generating and outputting image data signals based on the respective optical signals, wherein the sensor regions each have at least a first part region, which corresponds to a first aperture angle within the maximum aperture angle of the respective fisheye lens, and a second part region that corresponds to a second aperture angle within the maximum aperture angle of the respective fisheye lens, a processing unit for processing the image data signals output by the image sensor apparatus and for providing the processed image data signals, wherein the processing unit can be set in order, in particular at a respective point in time, to selectively process the image data signals corresponding to only one of the part regions, and a control unit for sett
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Thomas Dieng, Mareike Stulz, Matthias Heinz
  • ENVIRONMENT MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ENVIRONMENT MONITORING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20250187542
    Abstract: An environment monitoring apparatus for vehicles comprises a stereo camera that has two fisheye lenses, an image sensor apparatus having at least two sensor regions for detecting optical signals of the fisheye lenses in a respective one of the sensor regions and for generating and outputting image data signals based on the respective optical signals, wherein the sensor regions each have at least a first part region, which corresponds to a first aperture angle within the maximum aperture angle of the respective fisheye lens, and a second part region that corresponds to a second aperture angle within the maximum aperture angle of the respective fisheye lens, a processing unit for processing the image data signals output by the image sensor apparatus and for providing the processed image data signals, wherein the processing unit can be set in order, in particular at a respective point in time, to selectively process the image data signals corresponding to only one of the part regions, and a control unit for sett
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas DIENG, Mareike STULZ, Matthias HEINZ