Patents by Inventor Matthias Wieser
Matthias Wieser 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).
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Publication number: 20250093467Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment, particularly for surveying and/or for detecting an object within an infrastructure. One aspect relates to a mobile reality capture device configured to be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person or a robot or a vehicle, and to be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device has a localization unit, particularly comprising an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the localization unit is configured for generating localization data for determining a trajectory of the mobile reality capture device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
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Publication number: 20250093466Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment, particularly for surveying and/or for detecting an object within an infrastructure. One aspect relates to a mobile reality capture device configured to be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person or a robot or a vehicle, and to be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device has a localization unit, particularly comprising an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the localization unit is configured for generating localization data for determining a trajectory of the mobile reality capture device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
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Publication number: 20250085396Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment, particularly for surveying and/or for detecting an object within an infrastructure. One aspect relates to a mobile reality capture device configured to be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person or a robot or a vehicle, and to be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device has a localization unit, particularly comprising an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the localization unit is configured for generating localization data for determining a trajectory of the mobile reality capture device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
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Publication number: 20250085395Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment, particularly for surveying and/or for detecting an object within an infrastructure. One aspect relates to a mobile reality capture device configured to be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person or a robot or a vehicle, and to be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device has a localization unit, particularly comprising an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the localization unit is configured for generating localization data for determining a trajectory of the mobile reality capture device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
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Publication number: 20250085394Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment, particularly for surveying and/or for detecting an object within an infrastructure. One aspect relates to a mobile reality capture device configured to be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person or a robot or a vehicle, and to be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device has a localization unit, particularly comprising an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the localization unit is configured for generating localization data for determining a trajectory of the mobile reality capture device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
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Patent number: 12018457Abstract: A construction machine comprising a chassis, a steering, and a powertrain for driving the construction machine by the chassis, an earth-moving tool for working a terrain, and a measuring system having a first measuring unit configured for generating first measuring data in a first detection range and comprising at least a first camera and a first LiDAR scanner configured for rotating a first measuring beam around a first axis and around a second axis non-parallel to the first axis with a rotating speed of at least 0.5 Hz with respect to each axis, an interface connecting the first measuring unit to a computer configured for, based on the first measuring data, at least one of generating a three-dimensional model of the terrain within the first detection range, identifying an obstacle or a person within the first detection range, and controlling the steering, the powertrain, and/or the earth-moving tool.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignees: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY A/S, LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, HEXAGON GEOSYSTEMS SERVICES AGInventors: Magnus Thibblin, Tommi Juhani Kauppinen, Burkhard Böckem, Matthias Wieser, Roman Steffen, Pascal Gohl
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Publication number: 20240153127Abstract: A pose tracking system for continuously determining a pose of a digital video camera while filming a scene at a set of a film or TV production, wherein the system comprises a pose tracking device that comprises 2D cameras configured to provide 2D image data of an environment and at least one time-of-flight camera comprising a sensor array and one or more laser emitters, wherein the pose tracking device is attached to or configured to be attached to the digital video camera so that the ToF camera is oriented to capture 3D point-cloud data of the scene filmed by the digital video camera, wherein the pose tracking device comprises a localization unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: HEXAGON GEOSYSTEMS SERVICES AGInventors: Ralph HARTI, Matthias WIESER, Lukas HEINZLE, Roman STEFFEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Axel MURGUET, Garance BRUNEAU, Pascal STRUPLER
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Publication number: 20230050932Abstract: A system for autonomously measuring workpieces, the system comprising one or more mobile robots, configured to move autonomously in a production environment with a plurality of production facilities that produce a plurality of different workpieces, each of the mobile robots comprising a spatial localization system for deriving a location of the mobile robot in the production environment, an autonomous navigation and propulsion unit configured for providing mobility of the mobile robot in the production environment, a wireless communication interface providing a data link to at least one other mobile robot and/or to computation and storage system, wherein a first mobile robot comprises a sensor setup comprising one or more sensors and is configured to use one or more of the sensors for identifying a workpiece to be measured and for determining an at least rough position of the workpiece that allows collecting or measuring the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBHInventors: Simon MARK, Roman STEFFEN, Matthias WIESER, Pascal JORDIL, Claudio ISELI, Silvan MEILE, Lukas HEINZLE
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Publication number: 20220373685Abstract: A reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment enables an object within an infrastructure to be surveyed or detected. The reality capture device is compact and easy to use, allowing for fast and reliable capture. The reality capture device can be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person, robot or vehicle, and can be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device includes a localization unit for providing a simultaneous localization and mapping functionality, a laser scanner, and a camera unit. The mobile reality capture device is configured to be carried by a user through the room. The room is surveyed during the movement of the mobile reality capture device. The data from the laser scanner and the camera unit are referenced to each other by means of the localization unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
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Patent number: 11493599Abstract: A surveillance system for detecting an object within a monitored infrastructure and to a hybrid 3D surveying device, wherein a LiDAR device is configured that scanning is carried out with respect to two essentially orthogonal axes and wherein the LiDAR device comprises a cover mounted on the base, such that the base and the cover form an enclosure that encloses all moving parts of the LiDAR device, wherein the cover is configured to be opaque for visible light and translucent for the wavelength range of the LiDAR transmission radiation. The system further comprises a computing unit configured for processing the LiDAR measurement data to generate a 3D point cloud of the monitored infrastructure, and an object detector configured for classification of the object based on the 3D point cloud.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Burkhard Böckem, Jürgen Dold, Klaus Bereuter, Simon Mark, Matthias Wieser
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Publication number: 20210397202Abstract: The invention relates to a computer implemented UAV control method comprising, in a target selection mode, the steps of displaying on a touch sensitive display a 3D-view of an environment of a UAV; Overlaying a moveable target indicating symbol to the 3D-view of the environment, wherein the target indicating symbol is moveable in the 3D-view by a touch input; While moving the target indicating symbol, continuously determining a location of the target indicating symbol in the 3D-view and dynamically changing the appearance of the target indicating symbol such that it creates the impression of being displayed in an orientation matching the orientation of a face over which the target indicating symbol is located wherein the orientation of the respective face is derived from stored 3D-data or from the 3D-view; And selecting a target based on the location of the target indicating symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: HEXAGON GEOSYSTEMS SERVICES AGInventors: Burkhard BÖCKEM, Fabio DIEM, Pascal GOHL, Dimitrios GRYPARIS, Andreas JÄGER, Tim OBERHAUSER, Marko PANJEK, Lukas SCHMID, Pascal STRUPLER, Matthias WIESER
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Publication number: 20210254308Abstract: A construction machine comprising a chassis, a steering, and a powertrain for driving the construction machine by the chassis, an earth-moving tool for working a terrain, and a measuring system having a first measuring unit configured for generating first measuring data in a first detection range and comprising at least a first camera and a first LiDAR scanner configured for rotating a first measuring beam around a first axis and around a second axis non-parallel to the first axis with a rotating speed of at least 0.5 Hz with respect to each axis, an interface connecting the first measuring unit to a computer configured for, based on the first measuring data, at least one of generating a three-dimensional model of the terrain within the first detection range, identifying an obstacle or a person within the first detection range, and controlling the steering, the powertrain, and/or the earth-moving tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicants: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY A/S, LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, HEXAGON GEOSYSTEMS SERVICES AGInventors: Magnus THIBBLIN, Tommi Juhani KAUPPINEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Matthias WIESER, Roman STEFFEN, Pascal GOHL
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Publication number: 20200200872Abstract: A surveillance system for detecting an object within a monitored infrastructure and to a hybrid 3D surveying device, wherein a LiDAR device is configured that scanning is carried out with respect to two essentially orthogonal axes and wherein the LiDAR device comprises a cover mounted on the base, such that the base and the cover form an enclosure that encloses all moving parts of the LiDAR device, wherein the cover is configured to be opaque for visible light and translucent for the wavelength range of the LiDAR transmission radiation. The system further comprises a computing unit configured for processing the LiDAR measurement data to generate a 3D point cloud of the monitored infrastructure, and an object detector configured for classification of the object based on the 3D point cloud.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Burkhard BÖCKEM, Jürgen DOLD, Klaus BEREUTER, Simon MARK, Matthias WIESER
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Patent number: D873158Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Leica Geosystems AGInventor: Matthias Wieser
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Patent number: D906141Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Inventor: Matthias Wieser
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Patent number: D906846Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Inventors: Andreas Dimitriadis, Matthias Wieser
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Patent number: D913448Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Bradley Fixtures CorporationInventors: Matthias Wieser, Pablo Bernal Ruesta, Alexander Hoffart, Andreas Dimitriadis
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Patent number: D950544Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Inventors: Timothy Bucher, Alexander Fischer, Stefan Riehle, Matthias Wieser
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Patent number: D952807Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Bradley Fixtures CorporationInventors: Matthias Wieser, Pablo Bernal Ruesta, Alexander Hoffart, Andreas Dimitriadis
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Patent number: D1049100Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Inventor: Matthias Wieser