Patents by Inventor Richard BÄUMER

Richard BÄUMER 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: 20260148418
    Abstract: A medical visualization system and a method for determining a pose of a stereo base of a stereo system of the medical visualization system are provided. The method includes setting a first relative pose between a calibration object and a focal pose of the medical visualization system, generating a reference image with a first image capturing device, determining a reference image-specific zoom center in the reference image, generating a remaining image with a second capturing device, and determining a pose of a back-projected zoom center as the pose of the reference image-specific zoom center back-projected into the remaining image. The pose of the stereo base is determined depending on poses of the back-projected zoom center in the remaining image, or the pose of the stereo base is determined depending on poses of the image-specific zoom center and the back-projected zoom center in the remaining image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Wirth, Richard Bäumer, Manuela Warnecke, Christian Beder
  • Patent number: 12508100
    Abstract: A method and a medical optical tracking system, wherein the medical optical tracking system is synchronized with at least one other medical optical tracking system, extraneous light signals of the at least one other optical tracking system are detected by way of a sensor or a camera used for tracking of the optical tracking system, temporal properties of the detected extraneous light signals are determined based on acquired sensor data or acquired camera images, and temporal properties of light signals generated by way of a light source of the optical tracking system and/or a measuring window of the sensor or the camera are defined, on the basis of the determined temporal properties of the extraneous light signals, such that the light signals from the light source and/or the measuring window lie in light signal pauses of the at least one other optical tracking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: BRAINLAB SE
    Inventors: Dieter Quendt, Dominik Litsch, Richard Bäumer, Johannes Manus
  • Patent number: 12228721
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adjusting and/or calibrating a medical microscope, the following being implemented for at least one observer beam path of the medical microscope: capturing respective image representations of an object at different magnification levels of a zoom optical unit, and determining a zoom center using the captured image representations as a starting point, and i) capturing respective further image representations at different axis positions of at least one linear or rotational movement axis of the medical microscope, a rotation of the capture device relative to the at least one linear or rotational movement axis being determined using the captured further image representations as a starting point, and/or ii) capturing respective further image representations of the object in different focal planes and/or at different working distances in the case of an off-centered imaging optical unit, a rotation of the capture device being determined using the captured further image representa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC AG
    Inventors: Richard Bäumer, Marco Woerner
  • Publication number: 20240386607
    Abstract: A method for determining an optical axis of a main observer camera of a medical microscope arrangement in a reference coordinate system includes capturing a capture region with a main observer camera and at least partly with an environment camera. The environment camera is configured to track objects and its coordinate system or a coordinate system of an optical marker forms the reference coordinate system. A test object is captured at at least one working distance where a neutral point of a zoom system of the main observer camera is determined in the coordinate system of the environment camera by capturing and evaluating image representations of the test object at different magnifications. The optical axis is determined proceeding from the neutral point. At least one item of descriptive information describing the determined optical axis in the reference coordinate system is generated and provided. Furthermore, a medical microscope arrangement is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventor: Richard Bäumer
  • Publication number: 20240197435
    Abstract: A method and a medical optical tracking system, wherein the medical optical tracking system is synchronized with at least one other medical optical tracking system, extraneous light signals of the at least one other optical tracking system are detected by way of a sensor or a camera used for tracking of the optical tracking system, temporal properties of the detected extraneous light signals are determined based on acquired sensor data or acquired camera images, and temporal properties of light signals generated by way of a light source of the optical tracking system and/or a measuring window of the sensor or the camera are defined, on the basis of the determined temporal properties of the extraneous light signals, such that the light signals from the light source and/or the measuring window lie in light signal pauses of the at least one other optical tracking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Dieter QUENDT, Dominik LITSCH, Richard BÄUMER, Johannes MANUS
  • Publication number: 20230248467
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of medical navigation including the method steps of: capturing a first image representation of a medical marker in a first perspective; capturing a second image representation of the medical marker in a second perspective; determining a three-dimensional representation of the medical marker on the basis of the first image representation and the second image representation; capturing a third image representation of the medical marker; and determining a spatial pose of the medical marker on the basis of a comparison of the third image representation and the three-dimensional representation of the medical marker. The present disclosure further relates to a medical navigation system, to a computer program and to the use of a three-dimensional representation of a medical marker for registering a medical instrument, a patient and/or a piece of medical equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Richard BÄUMER, Matthias KARL
  • Publication number: 20230252681
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of medical calibration, including the method steps of: capturing an image representation of a medical marker and of a medical instrument connected therewith; determining a spatial pose of the medical marker on the basis of the image representation; determining a first position of a tracking point of the medical instrument on the basis of the determined spatial pose and on the basis of information relating to a spatial pose relationship between medical marker and tracking point, and determining a second position of the tracking point on the basis of the captured image representation; determining a deviation between the first position and the second position; adjusting the information relating to the spatial pose relationship between medical marker and tracking point on the basis of the determined deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Richard BÄUMER, Matthias KARL
  • Publication number: 20230236407
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adjusting and/or calibrating a medical microscope, the following being implemented for at least one observer beam path of the medical microscope: capturing respective image representations of an object at different magnification levels of a zoom optical unit, and determining a zoom center using the captured image representations as a starting point, and i) capturing respective further image representations at different axis positions of at least one linear or rotational movement axis of the medical microscope, a rotation of the capture device relative to the at least one linear or rotational movement axis being determined using the captured further image representations as a starting point, and/or ii) capturing respective further image representations of the object in different focal planes and/or at different working distances in the case of an off-centered imaging optical unit, a rotation of the capture device being determined using the captured further image representa
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Richard BÄUMER, Marco WOERNER