Patents by Inventor Patrick Schindler
Patrick Schindler 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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Patent number: 12235361Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes at least one projector for illuminating the object, at least one sensor element, and at least one evaluation device.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Patrick Schindler, Peter Schillen, Benjamin Rein, Christian Lennartz, Lars Diesselberg, Hamid Muhammed Hamed
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Publication number: 20250055970Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector for determining at least one material property of at least one object. The detector includes at least one projector configured for illuminating the object with at least one illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features; at least one first camera having at least one first sensor element; at least one second camera having at least one second sensor element; and at least one evaluation device configured for evaluating a first reflection image and the second reflection image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Ruben HUEHNERBEIN, Christian LENNARTZ, Jakob UNGER
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Publication number: 20250045368Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for authenticating a user of a mobile device. The method includes: a) imaging at least one first image of a face by using at least one camera of the mobile device; b) providing the at least one first image to a regular execution environment of a processor of the mobile device and providing the at least one first image to a trusted execution environment of the processor; c) analyzing the at least one first image using at least one trained model in the regular execution environment thereby determining a multi-dimensional vector comprising image information; and d) a face verification step.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Friedrich SCHICK, Peter SCHILLEN, Benjamin GUTHIER, Patrick SCHINDLER, Dimitri BUTOV, Mark PREDIGER
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Publication number: 20240426661Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for calibrating a spectrometer device. The method includes the following steps: a) illuminating at least one detector device of the spectrometer device with at least one broadband light source through at least one narrow band pass filter having a plurality of predetermined transmission bands; b) generating, by using the detector device, a plurality of detector signals depending on the illumination of step a); c) determining at least one item of wavelength calibration information, where the item of wavelength calibration information includes at least one assignment assigning wavelengths of incident light to corresponding photosensitive elements being responsive to these wavelengths; and d) determining at least one item of stray light calibration information based on the plurality of detector signals. Further disclosed herein are a system for calibrating a spectrometer device, a computer program and a computer-readable storage medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: December 26, 2024Inventors: Sebastian Stephan WINKLER, Henning ZIMMERMANN, Andre HORSAK, Robert LOVRINCIC, Felix SCHMIDT, Patrick SCHINDLER
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Publication number: 20240418503Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for calibrating at least one camera and at least one projector of a detector. The projector is configured for illuminating at least one object with at least one illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features, where the camera has at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, where each optical sensor is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by a light beam propagating from the object to the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Benjamin REIN, Christian BONSIGNORE, Peter FEJES, Ruben HUEHNERBEIN, Stephan KNAPP, Patrick SCHINDLER
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Publication number: 20240402342Abstract: A detector for material detection of at least one object is disclosed. The detector includes: at least one projector for illuminating at least one object with at least one illumination pattern; at least one flood light source configured for scene illumination; at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, and at least one evaluation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Stephan KNAPP, Patrick SCHINDLER
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Publication number: 20240377533Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property m by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image and evaluation of a material feature ??2m.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Friedrich SCHICK, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Andre SCHMIDT, Michael EBERSPACH, Christian LENNARTZ, Robert SEND, Lars DIESSELBERG, Heiko HENGEN, Ingmar BRUDER, Jakob UNGER, Christian BONSIGNORE
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Patent number: 12087003Abstract: A detector for determining a position of at least one object, the detector including: at least one projector for illuminating the object with at least one illumination pattern; at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors; and at least one evaluation device configured for determining initial distance information of reflection features by analysis of their respective beam profiles, where the evaluation device is configured for performing a calibration method.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Inventors: Patrick Schindler, Friedrich Schick, Christian Lennartz, Peter Schillen, Jakob Unger
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Publication number: 20240241255Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property m by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image and evaluation of a material feature ?2m.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2024Publication date: July 18, 2024Inventors: Friedrich SCHICK, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Andre SCHMIDT, Michael EBERSPACH, Christian LENNARTZ, Robert SEND, Lars DIESSELBERG, Heiko HENGEN, Ingmar BRUDER, Jakob UNGER, Christian BONSIGNORE
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Patent number: 11995857Abstract: A method for determining a depth map of at least one object, the method including: a) illuminating a scene including the object by using at least one flood light source; and imaging at least one pixelated flood image of the scene by using at least one camera; b) projecting at least one illumination pattern on the scene by using at least one projector and imaging at least one pixelated reflection image using the at least one camera; c) evaluating the flood image by using at least one evaluation device thereby determining reflectance R(x) for each pixel position x of the flood image; d) evaluating the reflection image by using the evaluation device; e) assigning and extrapolating with the evaluation device; and f) determining the depth map with the evaluation device.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventor: Patrick Schindler
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Patent number: 11989896Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device including an illumination source for projecting an illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features on a scene; an optical sensor for determining a first image including a plurality of reflection features; a translucent display, where the illumination source and the optical sensor are placed in a direction of propagation of the illumination pattern in front of the display; and an evaluation device configured for evaluating the first image by identifying and sorting the reflection features with respect to brightness, each reflection feature including a beam profile, determining a longitudinal coordinate for each reflection feature by analyzing their beam profiles, unambiguously matching reflection features with corresponding illumination features using the longitudinal coordinate classifying a reflection feature as a real feature or a false feature, rejecting the false features, and generating a depth map for the real features using the longitudinal coordType: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Patrick Schindler, Benjamin Rein, Christian Bonsignore, Michael Eberspach, Peter Schillen
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Publication number: 20240119624Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, wherein the sensor element is configured to determine a reflection image of the object. The detector also includes an evaluation device configured to select a reflection feature of the reflection image, and determine a distance estimate of the selected reflection feature of the reflection image by optimizing at least one blurring function fa, wherein the distance estimate is given by a longitudinal coordinate z and an error interval±?. The evaluation device is adapted to determine at least one displacement region in at least one reference image corresponding to the distance estimate, and to match the selected reflection feature with at least one reference feature within the displacement region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Christian LENNARTZ, Robert SEND, Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter SCHILLEN, Ingmar BRUDER
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Patent number: 11947013Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Friedrich Schick, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Andre Schmidt, Michael Eberspach, Christian Lennartz, Robert Send, Lars Diesselberg, Heiko Hengen, Ingmar Bruder, Jakob Unger, Christian Bonsignore
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Publication number: 20240085518Abstract: Described herein is a mobile device with an optical detector including: at least one illumination source adapted to generate at least one illumination pattern for illuminating an object, where the illumination pattern includes a regular and/or constant and/or periodic pattern; at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, where each optical sensor is configured to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of the light-sensitive area by at least one light beam propagating from the object to the detector; and at least one evaluation device adapted to determine at least one region of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Thomas OHMER, Robert SEND, Christian LENNARTZ, Christopher HAHNE, Stefan HENGEN, Sebastian VALOUCH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES, Celal Mohan OEGUEN, Christian Daniel SCHILDKNECHT, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter FEJES
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Patent number: 11922657Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of an object. The detector includes a sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, wherein the sensor element is configured to determine a reflection image. The detector also includes an evaluation device configured to select a reflection feature of the reflection image at a first image position in the reflection image, determine a longitudinal coordinate z of the selected reflection feature by optimizing a blurring function fa, and determine a reference feature in a reference image at a second image position in the reference image corresponding to the reflection feature. The reference image and the reflection image are determined at two different spatial configurations, wherein the spatial configurations differ by a relative spatial constellation, wherein the evaluation device is configured to determine the relative spatial constellation from the longitudinal coordinate z and the first and the second image positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Michael Eberspach, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Robert Send, Christian Lennartz, Ingmar Bruder
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Patent number: 11920918Abstract: Described herein is a method for calibrating a detector including at least one camera and at least one projector. The projector is configured for illuminating at least one target with at least one predefined illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features. The camera has at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, where each optical sensor is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by a light beam propagating from the target to the camera. The target includes at least one first target and at least one second target. The first target and the second target have a predefined fixed relative distance. The target is positioned at a pre-defined distance from the detector.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Patrick Schindler, Christian Bonsignore, Benjamin Rein, Ruben Huehnerbein
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Patent number: 11908156Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, wherein the sensor element is configured to determine a reflection image of the object. The detector also includes an evaluation device configured to select a reflection feature of the reflection image, and determine a distance estimate of the selected reflection feature of the reflection image by optimizing at least one blurring function fa, wherein the distance estimate is given by a longitudinal coordinate z and an error interval ±?. The evaluation device is adapted to determine at least one displacement region in at least one reference image corresponding to the distance estimate, and to match the selected reflection feature with at least one reference feature within the displacement region.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Michael Eberspach, Christian Lennartz, Robert Send, Patrick Schindler, Peter Schillen, Ingmar Bruder
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Patent number: 11906421Abstract: A detector (110) for determining at least one material property of at least one object (112) is proposed.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Patrick Schindler, Ruben Huehnerbein, Christian Lennartz, Jakob Unger
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Publication number: 20240020864Abstract: A detector for determining a position of at least one object, the detector including: at least one projector for illuminating the object with at least one illumination pattern; at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors; and at least one evaluation device configured for determining initial distance information of reflection features by analysis of their respective beam profiles, where the evaluation device is configured for performing a calibration method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Patrick SCHINDLER, Friedrich SCHICK, Christian LENNARTZ, Peter SCHILLEN, Jakob UNGER
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Patent number: 11875522Abstract: Described herein is a method for determining a filling level in at least one storage unit. The method includes illuminating the storage unit with at least one illumination pattern; selecting at least one first reflection feature and at least one second reflection feature; for the first reflection feature, generating at least two first sensor signals, and for the second reflection feature, generating at least two second sensor signals; evaluating the two first sensor signals and the two second sensor signals; determining at least one position of the first reflection feature and at least one position of the second reflection feature and determining at least one first vector of the first reflection feature and at least one second vector of the second reflection feature; and determining from the first vector and the second vector at least one elevation map and determining therefrom the filling level in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: TRINAMIX GMBHInventors: Christian Bonsignore, Christian Schildknecht, Peter Schillen, Patrick Schindler, Edgar Matevosjan, Christoph Lungenschmied, Robert Send, Ingmar Bruder