Patents by Inventor Peter Munstermann

Peter Munstermann 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: 11490068
    Abstract: A triangulation scanner having a projection unit, at least one first image acquisition unit and one second image acquisition unit and a control and processing unit for deriving distance measured values from image information. The scanner comprises a third image acquisition unit and a fourth image acquisition unit and an acquisition zoom functionality for activating or reading out the sensors such that a respective first acquisition state and a respective second acquisition state can be provided for each sensor. The acquisition of an image corresponding to a field of view defined by the respective acquisition zoom level is provided by each such acquisition zoom level thus definable, wherein the fields of view are each different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Jensen, Michael Hermstein, Johan Stigwall, Andreas Schwendener, Robert Godding, Peter Münstermann
  • Publication number: 20210152810
    Abstract: A triangulation scanner having a projection unit, at least one first image acquisition unit and one second image acquisition unit and a control and processing unit for deriving distance measured values from image information. The scanner comprises a third image acquisition unit and a fourth image acquisition unit and an acquisition zoom functionality for activating or reading out the sensors such that a respective first acquisition state and a respective second acquisition state can be provided for each sensor. The acquisition of an image corresponding to a field of view defined by the respective acquisition zoom level is provided by each such acquisition zoom level thus definable, wherein the fields of view are each different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas JENSEN, Michael HERMSTEIN, Johan STIGWALL, Andreas SCHWENDENER, Robert GODDING, Peter MÜNSTERMANN
  • Patent number: 6646749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the optical measurement of dental objects (30) with the use of topometric measurement procedures, having a rotatably mounted object receptacle (18) for holding the object (30) to be measured, a projector (11) for the projection of structured lighting patterns onto the object (30), a detection unit (12) for the detection of lighting structures projected onto the object (30), and an evaluation unit (20) for the calculation of the spatial structure of the object (30) to be measured. In order to improve operability, with the possibility of measuring individual parts of any geometry, the object receptacle (18) is mounted so as to be additionally pivotable around a pivot axis (B) arranged perpendicularly to the axis of rotation (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Kaltenbach & Voigt GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Anton Bodenmiller, Bernd Breuckmann, Michael Stocker, Peter Munstermann, Michael Runge
  • Publication number: 20030058456
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the optical measurement of dental objects (30) with the use of topometric measurement procedures, having a rotatably mounted object receptacle (18) for holding the object (30) to be measured, a projector (11) for the projection of structured lighting patterns onto the object (30), a detection unit (12) for the detection of lighting structures projected onto the object (30), and an evaluation unit (20) for the calculation of the spatial structure of the object (30) to be measured. In order to improve operability, with the possibility of measuring individual parts of any geometry, the object receptacle (18) is mounted so as to be additionally pivotable around a pivot axis (B) arranged perpendicularly to the axis of rotation (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Anton Bodenmiller, Bernd Breuckmann, Michael Stocker, Peter Munstermann, Michael Runge