Patents by Inventor Michael ZAPP

Michael ZAPP 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: 12498691
    Abstract: A Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) system comprising a CMM, a rotary table, and a rotation arrangement, wherein the CMM system is configured to be calibrated by determining the 6 dof pose of a jig, and to a method for calibrating. The jig may be mounted such that a current pose of the jig is associated with a current pose of the rotary table with respect to the CMM. The rotary table may be moved into multiple poses, and the 6 dof pose of the jig is measured for each of the multiple poses of the rotary table. An error map is generated, based on the angles associated with the poses of the rotary table, and is used to generate a coordinate transformation from the CMM coordinate system to the part coordinate system, which is associated with the rotary table, based on the error map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Sprecher, Marcel Rohner, Michael Zapp
  • Publication number: 20250198947
    Abstract: A method for optical inspection of a feature of interest on a workpiece using an optical measuring system comprising at least one camera and a plurality of light sources, the method comprising: simulating illumination of a workpiece model; training, based on synthetic images obtained from the simulated illumination, an AI agent or an ML model to automatically control the plurality of light sources; inferring, in at least one image captured by the at least one camera, properties of the feature of interest on the workpiece; the trained AI agent controlling the plurality of light sources to select a light setting for illuminating the feature of interest; and optically inspecting the illuminated feature of interest while it is illuminated with the selected light setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd REIMANN, Fabian BRAUN, Alexandre HEILI, Michael ZAPP
  • Publication number: 20220050436
    Abstract: A Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) system comprising a CMM, a rotary table, and a rotation arrangement, wherein the CMM system is configured to be calibrated by determining the 6 dof pose of a jig, and to a method for calibrating. The jig may be mounted such that a current pose of the jig is associated with a current pose of the rotary table with respect to the CMM. The rotary table may be moved into multiple poses, and the 6 dof pose of the jig is measured for each of the multiple poses of the rotary table. An error map is generated, based on the angles associated with the poses of the rotary table, and is used to generate a coordinate transformation from the CMM coordinate system to the part coordinate system, which is associated with the rotary table, based on the error map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Markus SPRECHER, Marcel ROHNER, Michael ZAPP