Patents by Inventor Rainer Kiesel

Rainer Kiesel 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).

  • LIDAR measurement system
    Patent number: 11686822
    Abstract: LIDAR measurement system with a LIDAR transmitting unit and a LIDAR receiving unit, which is configured in a focal-plane-array arrangement, wherein the LIDAR receiving unit has a plurality of sensor elements and wherein the LIDAR transmitting unit has a plurality of emitter elements, wherein a plurality of sensor elements form a macrocell, wherein the macrocell is associated with a single emitter element, wherein the distance between two adjacent emitter elements is unequal to an integer multiple of the distance between two adjacent sensor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Microvision, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralf Beuschel, Rainer Kiesel
  • DE-ICING SYSTEM FOR A SENSOR
    Publication number: 20210331650
    Abstract: A de-icing system for a sensor is provided. The de-icing system has a heating element for tempering a fluid, a flow generator for driving a fluid, and a cover element, which separates an external area from an internal area. The cover element is configured in such a way that a fluid driven by the flow generator flows along the cover element, in order to heat the cover element up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Domokos HALMOS, Simon FRICK, Daniel SLANGEN, Rainer KIESEL, Nicolas SCHREIBMÜLLER, Stefan HAKSPIEL, Daniel PFEIFFER, Tobias NUSSER, Heinz REICHERT, Daniel SEGLER, Gerhard BIRKENMAIER
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SENSOR ELEMENTS OF A LIDAR MEASURING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210109196
    Abstract: A method for controlling sensor elements of a LIDAR measuring system, wherein a sensor element is activated and deactivated during a measurement cycle, wherein a measurement process comprises a plurality of measurement cycles, wherein the sensor element is activated at a first time during a first measurement cycle and the same sensor element is activated at a second time during a second measurement cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf Beuschel, Rainer Kiesel
  • LIDAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210080548
    Abstract: LIDAR measurement system with a LIDAR transmitting unit and a LIDAR receiving unit, which is configured in a focal-plane-array arrangement, wherein the LIDAR receiving unit has a plurality of sensor elements and wherein the LIDAR transmitting unit has a plurality of emitter elements, wherein a plurality of sensor elements form a macrocell, wherein the macrocell is associated with a single emitter element, wherein the distance between two adjacent emitter elements is unequal to an integer multiple of the distance between two adjacent sensor elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Beuschel, Rainer Kiesel
  • METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A MEASUREMENT PROCESS
    Publication number: 20210026013
    Abstract: A method for performing a measurement process for a LIDAR measuring system, wherein during the measurement process a multiplicity of essentially similar measurement cycles are performed, wherein a new measurement cycle only begins after the end of the preceding measurement cycle and a waiting time, wherein the waiting times of consecutive measurement cycles are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf Beuschel, Rainer Kiesel