Patents by Inventor Matthias Westenhofer

Matthias Westenhofer 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).

  • Apparatus and Method for Examining a Curved Suface
    Publication number: 20080192261
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for examining a curved surface (5), having a camera (2) and an objective (3) and a lamp (4), is described. The camera (2) can be aimed at the inside of the curved surface (5), and the lamp (4) can be located such that light (7) emitted by the lamp (4) is reflected from the inside of the curved surface (5) into the camera (2). To attain high contrast with a simple arrangement, the lamp (4) is located in the beam path of the objective (3) of the camera (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Joerg Schipke, Matthias Westenhofer