Patents by Inventor Mathias Salzer

Mathias Salzer 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).

  • Protective device for safeguarding a hazardous area and method of checking the functional reliability of such a device
    Patent number: 7310109
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a protective device for safeguarding a hazardous area and a method for checking the functional reliability of such a device. The protective device has an image recording unit with an image sensor which includes a large number of light-sensitive pixels. During operation, the image recording unit records an object image. The image sensor is also supplied with a defined test image in order to check the functional reliability, wherein the test image recorded by the image sensor is compared with a defined expectation. According to one aspect of the invention, the object image is specifically made dynamic by means of a testing device and the modified object image is used as the test image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Pilz GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Dietmar Döttling, Oliver Fuchs, Mathias Sälzer, Martin Wendler, Christoph Weishaar
  • Protective device for safeguarding a hazardous area and method of checking the functional reliability of such a device
    Publication number: 20030030723
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a protective device for safeguarding a hazardous area and a method for checking the functional reliability of such a device. The protective device has an image recording unit with an image sensor which includes a large number of light-sensitive image points (pixels). During operation, the image recording unit records an object image. The image sensor is also supplied with a defined test image in order to check the functional reliability, wherein the test image recorded by the image sensor is compared with a defined expectation. According to one aspect of the invention, the object image is specifically made dynamic by means of a testing device and the dynamized object image is used as the test image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Dietmar Dottling, Oliver Fuchs, Mathias Salzer, Martin Wendler, Christoph Weishaar