Patents by Inventor Peter Almhager

Peter Almhager 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: 11066280
    Abstract: A container crane control system including: a camera configured to be fixedly mounted to a crane to obtain a series of captured images, a video output configured to provide a video signal including a series of cropped image based on the series of captured images; and a control device configured to, for at least part of the captured images and the respective cropped image, receive an input signal indicating a current height of a load of the crane, wherein the control device is configured to control a position of the respective cropped image within the captured image based on the current height of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Peter Almhager, Stefan Lindberg, Uno Bryfors
  • Patent number: 10696525
    Abstract: A container crane control system includes: a first camera configured to be mounted to a container crane such that the first camera is rotatable only along a substantially vertical axis, implementing a tilt function of the first camera, the first camera being configured to provide a first video signal; a control device configured to tilt the first camera based on a current height of a load of the crane, to thereby track the load; and an operator terminal, being configured to receive the first video signal, for presentation to an operator and being configured to receive user input for controlling the crane, resulting in a crane control signal for provision to the control device. The control device may further be configured to receive the crane control signal from the operator terminal and to provide a corresponding control signal to control crane operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: André Ryman, Peter Almhager
  • Publication number: 20190345009
    Abstract: A container crane control system includes: a first camera configured to be mounted to a container crane such that the first camera is rotatable only along a substantially vertical axis, implementing a tilt function of the first camera, the first camera being configured to provide a first video signal; a control device configured to tilt the first camera based on a current height of a load of the crane, to thereby track the load; and an operator terminal, being configured to receive the first video signal, for presentation to an operator and being configured to receive user input for controlling the crane, resulting in a crane control signal for provision to the control device. The control device may further be configured to receive the crane control signal from the operator terminal and to provide a corresponding control signal to control crane operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: André Ryman, Peter Almhager
  • Publication number: 20180370774
    Abstract: A container crane control system including: a camera configured to be fixedly mounted to a crane to obtain a series of captured images, a video output configured to provide a video signal including a series of cropped image based on the series of captured images; and a control device configured to, for at least part of the captured images and the respective cropped image, receive an input signal indicating a current height of a load of the crane, wherein the control device is configured to control a position of the respective cropped image within the captured image based on the current height of the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Almhager, Stefan Lindberg, Uno Bryfors