Patents by Inventor Reiner KICKINGEREDER

Reiner KICKINGEREDER 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).

  • Publication number: 20230083039
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for optically measuring an object having a reflective and/or partially reflective surface. According to the invention, by means of a pattern generator (1), a planar pattern (13) is generated which is varied in at least one optical property such that, at least in partial regions (10), a plurality of different points (p) or a plurality of different groups of points are distinguishable from each other. At least parts of the pattern (13) are reflected by a reflective surface (2) of the object (3) as a reflected pattern onto a detector (14) of a camera unit (4), wherein the reflected pattern is converted by the detector (14) into a camera image (9). A connection between points (q) of the camera image (9) and corresponding points (p) of the pattern (13) can be described by means of a correspondence function which is dependent on geometric properties of the reflective surface (2) of the object (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Reiner KICKINGEREDER, Alexander ZIMMERMANN, Christian FABER, Hanning LIANG
  • Publication number: 20210364277
    Abstract: A method of optically measuring a surface of a measurement object is disclosed. The method includes generating image light having an image pattern, projecting the generated image light onto the measurement object, and recording influenced light having an influenced image pattern. The image light is generated by an image generation device and the influenced light is captured by a capturing device. The influenced light is light that is reflected, scattered, diffracted, and/or transmitted by the measurement object based on interaction of the image light with the measurement object. The method further includes applying a correcting function to the image light. The correction function alters the image light such that the influenced image pattern recorded by the capturing device shows temporally and/or locally an at least approximately constant and/or homogenous and/or linear brightness. A device having an image generation device, image capture device, and correcting device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hannes LOFERER, Reiner KICKINGEREDER, Josef REITBERGER, Rainer HESSE, Robert WAGNER
  • Patent number: 11125550
    Abstract: A method of optically measuring a surface of a measurement object is disclosed. The method includes generating image light having an image pattern, projecting the generated image light onto the measurement object, and recording influenced light having an influenced image pattern. The image light is generated by an image generation device and the influenced light is captured by a capturing device. The influenced light is light that is reflected, scattered, diffracted, and/or transmitted by the measurement object based on interaction of the image light with the measurement object. The method further includes applying a correcting function to the image light. The correction function alters the image light such that the influenced image pattern recorded by the capturing device shows temporally and/or locally an at least approximately constant and/or homogenous and/or linear brightness. A device having an image generation device, image capture device, and correcting device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MICRO-EPSILON MESSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Hannes Loferer, Reiner Kickingereder, Josef Reitberger, Rainer Hesse, Robert Wagner
  • Publication number: 20200158498
    Abstract: A method of optically measuring a surface of a measurement object is disclosed. The method includes generating image light having an image pattern, projecting the generated image light onto the measurement object, and recording influenced light having an influenced image pattern. The image light is generated by an image generation device and the influenced light is captured by a capturing device. The influenced light is light that is reflected, scattered, diffracted, and/or transmitted by the measurement object based on interaction of the image light with the measurement object. The method further includes applying a correcting function to the image light. The correction function alters the image light such that the influenced image pattern recorded by the capturing device shows temporally and/or locally an at least approximately constant and/or homogenous and/or linear brightness. A device having an image generation device, image capture device, and correcting device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Hannes LOFERER, Reiner KICKINGEREDER, Josef REITBERGER, Rainer HESSE, Robert WAGNER