Patents by Inventor Peter Schoettle

Peter Schoettle 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: 11380015
    Abstract: A method for the optical determination of an intensity distribution, includes a) producing a spatially inhomogeneous radiation field of electromagnetic radiation; b) producing a first relative movement between a position-resolving image sensor and the radiation source with the radiation field moving along a first measurement path over a sensor field of the image sensor, so it is scanned by a first measurement path region of the radiation field; c) recording a first image set with position-resolved images of the radiation field during the first movement; d) producing a similar second relative movement between the image sensor and the radiation source, along a second measurement path not parallel to the first movement path; d) similarly recording a second image set during the second relative movement; e) evaluating the position-resolved images of the first and second image sets at least at points of intersection, the locations of which are defined by evaluation lines; and f) determining a relative intensity dis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Peter Nitz, Anna Heimsath, Peter Schoettl, Gregor Bern, Moritz Bitterling, Thomas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210295562
    Abstract: A method for the optical determination of an intensity distribution, includes a) producing a spatially inhomogeneous radiation field of electromagnetic radiation; b) producing a first relative movement between a position-resolving image sensor and the radiation source with the radiation field moving along a first measurement path over a sensor field of the image sensor, so it is scanned by a first measurement path region of the radiation field; c) recording a first image set with position-resolved images of the radiation field during the first movement; d) producing a similar second relative movement between the image sensor and the radiation source, along a second measurement path not parallel to the first movement path; d) similarly recording a second image set during the second relative movement; e) evaluating the position-resolved images of the first and second image sets at least at points of intersection, the locations of which are defined by evaluation lines; and f) determining a relative intensity dis
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Peter NITZ, Anna HEIMSATH, Peter SCHOETTL, Gregor BERN, Moritz BITTERLING, Thomas SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11073307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a calibration method for a group of reflectors for concentrating solar radiation onto a radiation receiver, having the following steps: A) aligning the reflectors in order to at least partly expose a calibration surface to solar radiation reflected by the reflectors; B) modifying the intensity distribution of the radiation incident on the calibration surface by carrying out a pattern of movements by each reflector of the group, wherein at least one specified parameter for the pattern of movements of each reflector differs from the parameters of the other reflectors, said parameter being selected from the group: —movement frequency,—movement amplitude,—movement phase angle, and—trajectory of the solar radiation, reflected by the reflector, within the calibration surface; C) recording rows of pixels for a plurality of differently located location points of the calibration surface by at least one camera, each row of pixel having at least five temporally offset pixel recordings; D) ascert
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gregor Bern, Peter Schoettl, De Wet Van Rooyen, Peter Nitz, Anna Heimsath
  • Publication number: 20190264953
    Abstract: The invention relates to a calibration method for a group of reflectors for concentrating solar radiation onto a radiation receiver, having the following steps: A) aligning the reflectors in order to at least partly expose a calibration surface to solar radiation reflected by the reflectors; B) modifying the intensity distribution of the radiation incident on the calibration surface by carrying out a pattern of movements by each reflector of the group, wherein at least one specified parameter for the pattern of movements of each reflector differs from the parameters of the other reflectors, said parameter being selected from the group: movement frequency, movement amplitude, movement phase angle, and trajectory of the solar radiation, reflected by the reflector, within the calibration surface; C) recording rows of pixels for a plurality of differently located location points of the calibration surface by at least one camera, each row of pixel having at least five temporally offset pixel recordings; D) ascerta
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gregor Bern, Peter Schoettl, De Wet Van Rooyen, Peter Nitz, Anna Heimsath
  • Patent number: 7131725
    Abstract: A self-focussing spectacle as well as a method for self-focussing a spectacle are proposed. The spectacle comprises at least one spectacle lens of adjustable refracting power, and means for adjusting the refracting power of the spectacle lens as a function of a measured parameter representing a state of accommodation of a corresponding eye of a user of the spectacle. The means measure the refracting power of the eye directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Walh, Peter Schnitzer, Klaus-Peter Schoettle, Ingo Kohschmieder
  • Publication number: 20060012747
    Abstract: A self-focussing spectacle as well as a method for self-focussing a spectacle are proposed. The spectacle comprises at least one spectacle lens of adjustable refracting power, and means for adjusting the refracting power of the spectacle lens as a function of a measured parameter representing a state of accommodation of a corresponding eye of a user of the spectacle. The means measure the refracting power of the eye directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Eberhard Wahl, Peter Schnitzer, Klaus-Peter Schoettle, Ingo Kohschmieder
  • Patent number: 5570951
    Abstract: An illuminating device for motor vehicles has a plurality of light sources formed as semiconductor light sources, each of the semiconductor light sources emitting light of only one color and light colors emitted by different semiconductor light sources are different. The semiconductor light sources include several semiconductor light sources which emit light of a same color. The semiconductor light sources are distributed so that the lights emitted by all semiconductor light sources produce a light of a uniform color which exits the illuminating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes-Gerhard Bertling, Doris Boebel, Peter Schoettle
  • Patent number: 5477436
    Abstract: An illuminating device for motor vehicles has a plurality of light sources formed as semiconductor light sources, each of the semiconductor light sources emitting light of only one color and light colors emitted by different semiconductor light sources are different. The semiconductor light sources include several semiconductor light sources which emit light of a same color. The semiconductor light sources are distributed so that the lights emitted by all semiconductor light sources produce a light of a uniform color which exits the illuminating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes-Gerhard Bertling, Doris Boebel, Peter Schoettle
  • Patent number: 5323302
    Abstract: An illumination device comprises a light source, a reflector which reflects light emitted by the light source, a light disc, and a plurality of optically active elements arranged in a path of rays of the light reflected by the reflector for at least one of dispersing and deviating of the light, the optically active elements being formed as diffraction-optical elements and together forming a diffraction grating which is formed as a member which is separate from the light disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes-Gerhard Bertling, Doris Boebel, Peter Schoettle