Patents by Inventor Peter Halter

Peter Halter 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: 7579580
    Abstract: An optical sensor (1) with a light beam (7) created by a pulsed primary light source (5), which light beam is reflected at a surface (13) of an object and is recognized by a detector. In order to mask interfering effects, which might develop due to diffused light of the light beam (7), a compensation light source (25) emits a light cone during station breaks in operation of the primary light source (5), which includes the diffused light range of the light beam (7) of the primary light source (5). In this way, objects within the diffused light area create a compensation light portion, which prevents the activation of the sensor output merely by the diffused light of the light beam (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Baumer Electric AG
    Inventor: Peter Halter
  • Publication number: 20060219876
    Abstract: An optical sensor (1) with a light beam (7) created by a pulsed primary light source (5), which light beam is reflected at a surface (13) of an object and is recognized by a detector. In order to mask interfering effects, which might develop due to diffused light of the light beam (7), a compensation light source (25) emits a light cone during station breaks in operation of the primary light source (5), which includes the diffused light range of the light beam (7) of the primary light source (5). In this way, objects within the diffused light area create a compensation light portion, which prevents the activation of the sensor output merely by the diffused light of the light beam (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Baumer Electric AG
    Inventor: Peter Halter
  • Patent number: 6784441
    Abstract: A manually controlled sensor for authenticity identification of luminescent identification features on documents is described, in which the identification feature is illuminated with an excitation wavelength and may respond at a different wavelength, with the response wavelength being detected and evaluated by a radiation receiver. In order to improve the sensitivity and to comply with the safety at work regulations, a focused beam (31, 32), which is emitted from a beam source (1), is converted by focusing optics (2, 3) in such a manner that a scanning bar (22), which is approximately in the form of a line, is projected on the surface of the object (5) to be investigated, which causes the identification region (21) which is arranged on the object (5) to fluoresce in a luminescent manner in at least one subregion, and the luminescence signal produced in this way is passed via detection optics (9, 9′, 10) to an evaluation unit (11), which evaluates the luminescence signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignees: Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Baumer Electric AG
    Inventors: Benedikt Ahlers, Roland Gutmann, Arnim Franz-Burgholz, Anett Bailleu, Manfred Paeschke, Peter Halter, Hans Zerbel, Uwe Weber
  • Patent number: 6741336
    Abstract: A sensor is proposed for authenticity identification of luminescent identification features on documents, in which the identification feature is illuminated with an excitation wavelength and may respond at a different wavelength, with the response wavelength being detected and evaluated by a radiation receiver. The focused beam emitted from a beam source is converted by focusing optics in such a manner that a scanning line, which is approximately in the form of a bar, is projected on the surface of the document to be investigated, which causes the signet, which is arranged on the document, to fluoresce at least in one subregion, and the fluorescence signal produced in this way is passed via detection objects to an evaluation unit, which evaluates the fluorescence signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignees: Bundesruckerai GmbH, Bauner Electric
    Inventors: Benedikt Ahlers, Roland Gutmann, Arnim Franz-Burgholz, Anett Bailleu, Manfred Paeschke, Peter Halter
  • Publication number: 20040031929
    Abstract: A manually controlled sensor for authenticity identification of luminescent identification features on documents is described, in which the identification feature is illuminated with an excitation wavelength and may respond at a different wavelength, with the response wavelength being detected and evaluated by a radiation receiver. In order to improve the sensitivity and to comply with the safety at work regulations, a focused beam (31, 32), which is emitted from a beam source (1), is converted by focusing optics (2, 3) in such a manner that a scanning bar (22), which is approximately in the form of a line, is projected on the surface of the object (5) to be investigated, which causes the identification region (21) which is arranged on the object (5) to fluoresce in a luminescent manner in at least one subregion, and the luminescence signal produced in this way is passed via detection optics (9, 9′, 10) to an evaluation unit (11), which evaluates the luminescence signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Applicant: Bunderdruckerei GmbH of Oranienstrasse 91, D-10958
    Inventors: Benedikt Ahlers, Roland Gutmann, Arnim Franz-Burgholz, Anett Bailleu, Manfred Paeschke, Peter Halter, Hans Zerbel, Uwe Weber
  • Publication number: 20030030012
    Abstract: A manually controlled sensor for authenticity identification of luminescent identification features on documents is described, in which the identification feature is illuminated with an excitation wavelength and may respond at a different wavelength, with the response wavelength being detected and evaluated by a radiation receiver. In order to improve the sensitivity and to comply with the safety at work regulations, a focused beam (31, 32), which is emitted from a beam source (1), is converted by focusing optics (2, 3) in such a manner that a scanning bar (22), which is approximately in the form of a line, is projected on the surface of the object (5) to be investigated, which causes the identification region (21) which is arranged on the object (5) to fluoresce in a luminescent manner in at least one subregion, and the luminescence signal produced in this way is passed via detection optics (9, 9′, 10) to an evaluation unit (11), which evaluates the luminescence signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Bunderdruckerei GmbH of Oranienstrasse 91, D-10958
    Inventors: Benedikt Ahlers, Roland Gutmann, Arnim Franz-Burgholz, Anett Bailleu, Manfred Paeschke, Peter Halter, Hans Zerbel, Uwe Weber
  • Publication number: 20020003619
    Abstract: A sensor is proposed for authenticity identification of luminescent identification features on documents, in which the identification feature is illuminated with an excitation wavelength and may respond at a different wavelength, with the response wavelength being detected and evaluated by a radiation receiver. The focused beam emitted from a beam source is converted by focusing optics in such a manner that a scanning line, which is approximately in the form of a bar, is projected on the surface of the document to be investigated, which causes the signet, which is arranged on the document, to fluoresce at least in one subregion, and the fluorescence signal produced in this way is passed via detection objects to an evaluation unit, which evaluates the fluorescence signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: Bunderdruckerei GmbH
    Inventors: Benedikt Ahlers, Roland Gutmann, Arnim Franz-Burgholz, Anett Bailleu, Manfred Paeschke, Peter Halter