Patents by Inventor Reiner DEUTSCHER

Reiner DEUTSCHER 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).

  • Orientation device for electrically operated transportation vehicles, automatically guided in factory building
    Patent number: 9971351
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for the orientation of electrically driven transport vehicles, especially so-called AGVs (automatic guided vehicles), automatically guided in factory buildings, the invention having the following features: a) a camera for identifying the reference points of a planned route using markers, in particular on the basis of the data matrix code, wherein a position marker is made up of an arrangement of nine data matrix codes arranged in a square, and wherein the diagonals of 3 individual codes are located on a straight line; b) a front ultrasound sensor and a rear ultrasound sensor; c) a laser scanner; and d) a light-field sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: GRENZEBACH MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Reiner Deutscher, Gunar Baier
  • ORIENTATION DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY OPERATED TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES, AUTOMATICALLY GUIDED IN FACTORY BUILDING
    Publication number: 20160313740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for the orientation of electrically driven transport vehicles, especially so-called AGVs (automatic guided vehicles), automatically guided in factory buildings, the invention having the following features: a) a camera for identifying the reference points of a planned route using markers, in particular on the basis of the data matrix code, wherein a position marker is made up of an arrangement of nine data matrix codes arranged in a square, and wherein the diagonals of 3 individual codes are located on a straight line; b) a front ultrasound sensor and a rear ultrasound sensor; c) a laser scanner; and d) a light-field sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: GRENZEBACH MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Reiner DEUTSCHER, Gunar BAIER