Patents by Inventor Matthias Burkhard

Matthias Burkhard 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).

  • Device and method for optically sorting bulk material
    Patent number: 8285029
    Abstract: A device and a method are described for the optical selection of components of at least one fraction from a bulk material stream conveyed along a conveyance direction, having a camera unit, whose camera viewing direction is oriented toward the bulk material stream, a background, situated in the camera viewing direction behind the bulk material stream, whose color is adaptable to the color of a selected fraction of components of the bulk material stream, an analysis and control unit, connected to the camera unit, in which control commands for a separation unit, which is capable of separating the components to be selected out of the bulk material stream upon activation, may be generated according to a decision criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Detlef Paul, Matthias Burkhard, Michal Palmer, Matthias Hartrumpf
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY SORTING BULK MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20100080456
    Abstract: A device and a method are described for the optical selection of components of at least one fraction from a bulk material stream conveyed along a conveyance direction, having a camera unit, whose camera viewing direction is oriented toward the bulk material stream, a background, situated in the camera viewing direction behind the bulk material stream, whose color is adaptable to the color of a selected fraction of components of the bulk material stream, an analysis and control unit, connected to the camera unit, in which control commands for a separation unit, which is capable of separating the components to be selected out of the bulk material stream upon activation, may be generated according to a decision criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Detlef Paul, Matthias Burkhard, Michal Palmer, Matthias Hartrumpf