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).

  • Device for the measurement of dental objects
    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
  • Device for the measurement of dental objects
    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