Patents by Inventor Markus Breu

Markus Breu 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).

  • 3D input apparatus, mobile device and 3D input device
    Patent number: 12601614
    Abstract: A 3D input apparatus including a first object, a second object movable relative to the first object, and at least one sensor unit for detecting displacements and/or angular rotations of the objects relative to each other. Each sensor unit includes a magnetoresistive sensor, a magnetic field element, and a magnetic marker element. The magnetoresistive sensor and the magnetic field element of respectively one sensor unit are connected to one of the objects, and the marker element of said sensor unit is connected to the other object. For each sensor unit the magnetoresistive sensor of said sensor unit detects a magnetic field emitted by the magnetic field element of said sensor unit and influenced by the marker element of said sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Josef Reill, Armin Wedler, Volker Senft, Markus Breu
  • 3D Input Apparatus, Mobile Device and 3D Input Device
    Publication number: 20240167849
    Abstract: A 3D input apparatus including a first object, a second object movable relative to the first object, and at least one sensor unit for detecting displacements and/or angular rotations of the objects relative to each other. Each sensor unit includes a magnetoresistive sensor, a magnetic field element, and a magnetic marker element. The magnetoresistive sensor and the magnetic field element of respectively one sensor unit are connected to one of the objects, and the marker element of said sensor unit is connected to the other object. For each sensor unit the magnetoresistive sensor of said sensor unit detects a magnetic field emitted by the magnetic field element of said sensor unit and influenced by the marker element of said sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Josef Reill, Armin Wedler, Volker Senft, Markus Breu