Patents by Inventor Markus ERBACHER

Markus ERBACHER 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: 11216943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a two-dimensional whole image of a recording region captured by means of a plurality of individual images, each having its own viewing direction and its own distance, wherein a spatial orientation of a main image plane of each individual image relative to a main image plane of the respective further individual image is determined on the basis of an overlap of the respectively captured subregions, and at least a plurality of the individual images are combined in accordance with the spatial orientations to form the whole image. The whole image area is the surface of a torus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Anders Adamson, Markus Erbacher, Steffen Hauth, Björn Voss
  • Publication number: 20210097680
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a two-dimensional whole image of a recording region captured by means of a plurality of individual images, each having its own viewing direction and its own distance, wherein a spatial orientation of a main image plane of each individual image relative to a main image plane of the respective further individual image is determined on the basis of an overlap of the respectively captured subregions, and at least a plurality of the individual images are combined in accordance with the spatial orientations to form the whole image. The whole image area is the surface of a torus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Anders ADAMSON, Markus ERBACHER, Steffen HAUTH, Björn VOSS