Patents by Inventor Michael Fangerau

Michael Fangerau 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).

  • Method and arrangement for displacement
    Patent number: 9176391
    Abstract: A method and apparatus operable for displacing an image, which is transmitted by electromagnetic radiation, perpendicular to the direction of radiation by use of a rotatably disposed radiation-refracting body, located in the path of an imaging beam, having a refractive index that differs from the surrounding medium with regard to the radiation used. The method allows for precise image displacement. The rotation of the radiation-refracting body causing the displacement is measured, and the change of the optical path length caused by the angular change in a further electromagnetic beam utilized for the measurement is determined by evaluating the superimposition of the radiation reflected by a planar reflecting surface with the incident electromagnetic radiation. Part of the electromagnetic measurement beam, which is reflected on the surface of the radiation-refracting body, strikes a measurement unit, which supplies an electrical signal as a function of the incident position of the electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Heidelberg Instruments Mikrotechnik GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Fangerau, Alexander Mangold, Roland Kaplan
  • METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20110007322
    Abstract: A method and apparatus operable for displacing an image, which is transmitted by electromagnetic radiation, perpendicular to the direction of radiation by use of a rotatably disposed radiation-refracting body, located in the path of an imaging beam, having a refractive index that differs from the surrounding medium with regard to the radiation used. The method allows for precise image displacement. The rotation of the radiation-refracting body causing the displacement is measured, and the change of the optical path length caused by the angular change in a further electromagnetic beam utilized for the measurement is determined by evaluating the superimposition of the radiation reflected by a planar reflecting surface with the incident electromagnetic radiation. Part of the electromagnetic measurement beam, which is reflected on the surface of the radiation-refracting body, strikes a measurement unit, which supplies an electrical signal as a function of the incident position of the electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Heidelberg Instruments Mikrotecknik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fangerau, Alexander Mangold, Roland Kaplan