Patents by Inventor Max Gulde

Max Gulde 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: 12372353
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for determining the capability of a sensor contained in a satellite to access a target region. The position of the satellite is ascertained, the viewing radius of the sensor in the direction of a target reference point in a target region is then determined, the extension of the target region in the direction of a satellite position point is ascertained, and the sensor is determined to be capable of accessing the target region if the distance between the satellite position point and the target reference point in the target region is less than or equal to the sum of the viewing radius of the sensor and the extension of the target region in the direction of the target reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Max Gulde, Clemens Horch, Frank Schäfer
  • Patent number: 12211237
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a thermal map of an area, wherein the thermal map is generated by a combination of two thermal images of different properties, and both thermal images comprise pixels associated with the area and have been recorded by satellites. The two thermal images are recorded at different times using different recording devices. Furthermore, a radiometric precision of the first thermal image is higher than that of the second thermal image, and a spatial resolution of the second thermal image is higher than that of the first thermal image. The two thermal images are used to determine a measurement value offset of a first pixel group belonging to the second thermal image and spatially associated with the area, and then corrected absolute measurement values of the pixels belonging to the second thermal image and spatially associated with the area are determined. A precise thermal map of the area is then created on this basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventor: Max Gulde
  • Publication number: 20230056849
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for georeferencing remote sensing data of a remote sensing platform. According to the invention, a remote sensing dataset is received by the received sensing platform, which maps a visual range of the ground surface, and a georeferencing of the remote sensing dataset is determined using a reference dataset with known georeferencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventor: Max GULDE
  • Publication number: 20210319590
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a thermal map of an area, wherein the thermal map is generated by a combination of two thermal images of different properties, and both thermal images comprise pixels associated with the area and have been recorded by satellites. The two thermal images are recorded at different times using different recording devices. Furthermore, a radiometric precision of the first thermal image is higher than that of the second thermal image, and a spatial resolution of the second thermal image is higher than that of the first thermal image. The two thermal images are used to determine a measurement value offset of a first pixel group belonging to the second thermal image and spatially associated with the area, and then corrected absolute measurement values of the pixels belonging to the second thermal image and spatially associated with the area are determined. A precise thermal map of the area is then created on this basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Max Gulde