Patents by Inventor Sören Sofke

Sören Sofke 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: 20220120663
    Abstract: The invention is based on a sensor device (10) with at least one sensor unit (12) comprising at least one laser unit (14) for a generation of at least one laser beam (16) and comprising at least one detection unit (18) for a detection of, in particular reflected, laser beams (20), with an evaluation unit (22) which is configured to process detected laser beams (20) into at least one sensor signal (39), and with a control unit (26) which is configured, in a continuous operation state, to actuate the sensor unit (12) and the evaluation unit (22) for an operation of the sensor unit (12) and the evaluation unit (22) in alternating switch-on intervals (31, 43) and switch-off intervals (33, 45). It is proposed that the evaluation unit (22) is configured to generate the at least one sensor signal (39) from at least two different switch-on intervals (31) of the sensor unit (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Soeren Sofke, Tarek Zaki
  • Patent number: 10935483
    Abstract: An optical particle sensor device comprises an optical emitter device for emitting a multitude of measurement laser beams; a detector device for detecting the measurement laser beams scattered on particles in the vicinity of the optical particle sensor device and for generating a single measuring signal assigned to this for each measurement laser beam; and an evaluation device for determining at least one estimated particle value for the number of particles per volume using at least one single measurement signal, wherein the evaluation device determines at least two estimated particle values for the number of particles per volume, which are based on at least partially different single measurement signals and/or a different number of single measurement signals, and on the basis of at least part of the estimated particle values, determines at least one output value for the particle load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Van Der Lee, Robert Weiss, Sören Sofke, Hans Spruit, Jens-Alrik Adrian
  • Patent number: 10876947
    Abstract: An optical particle sensor apparatus is equipped with a housing (MD) having an optical exit region (OF); an optical emitter device (LD) in the housing that is set up to emit an optical measurement beam (OB) for capturing particles; a focusing lens device (LE) in the housing for directing the optical measurement beam through the optical exit region to outside the housing in a focus region (FA), within which particle capturing is performable; an optical detector device (DD) arranged in the housing and set up to capture the measurement beam (OB?) scattered by particles (P) and to output information produced using an algorithm relating to the presence of the particles; and a controllable adaptation device (C, E), which is set up to adapt at least one optical property of the lens device and/or of the optical emitter device and/or of the optical detector device based on an input signal (ES; ES?) that provides information relating to a presence and to optical properties of an external optical window (EF) arranged be
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Weiss, Alexander Herrmann, Robert Wolf, Sören Sofke
  • Patent number: 10782221
    Abstract: A system for determining a particle contamination and a method for determining a particle contamination in a measurement environment is provided in which individual particles in the measurement environment are detected (S1), wherein a) an estimate of the number of particles per volume in the measurement environment is ascertained (S2), b) an estimate of the number of particles per volume and characterization information describing the particle source in the measurement information are taken as a basis for ascertaining an output value for the particle contamination in the measurement environment (S3), and c) context-related data are made available and the characterization information is estimated on the basis of the available context-related data (S4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Weiss, Alexander Herrmann, Robert Wolf, Alexander Van Der Lee, Wolfram Johannes Martin Lyda, Balazs Jatekos, Robert Weiss, Sören Sofke, Hans Spruit, Jens-Alrik Adrian, Matthias Falk, Dominik Moser
  • Publication number: 20200132582
    Abstract: A system for determining a particle contamination and a method for determining a particle contamination in a measurement environment, is provided in which individual particles in the measurement environment are detected (S1), wherein a) an estimate of the number of particles per volume in the measurement environment is ascertained (S2), b) an estimate of the number of particles per volume and characterization information describing the particle source in the measurement information are taken as a basis for ascertaining an output value for the particle contamination in the measurement environment (S3), and c) context-related data are made available and the characterization information is estimated on the basis of the available context-related data (S4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Weiss, Alexander Herrmann, Robert Wolf, Alexander Van Der Lee, Wolfram Johannes Martin Lyda, Balazs Jatekos, Robert Weiss, Sören Sofke, Hans Spruit, Jens-Alrik Adrian, Matthias Falk, Dominik Moser
  • Publication number: 20200056981
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical particle sensor device (1), comprising an optical emitter device (2), which is designed to emit a multitude N of measurement laser beams (Li) into a vicinity of the optical particle sensor device (1); a detector device (3), which is designed to detect the measurement laser beams (Li) scattered on particles in the vicinity of the optical particle sensor device (1) and to generate to generate a single measuring signal (Ei) assigned to this for each measurement laser beam (Li); and an evaluation device (4), which is designed to determine at least one estimated particle value for the number of particles per volume using at least one single measurement signal (Ei).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Van Der Lee, Robert Weiss, Sören Sofke, Hans Spruit, Jens-Alrik Adrian
  • Publication number: 20200033242
    Abstract: An optical particle sensor apparatus is equipped with a housing (MD) having an optical exit region (OF); an optical emitter device (LD) in the housing that is set up to emit an optical measurement beam (OB) for capturing particles; a focusing lens device (LE) in the housing for directing the optical measurement beam through the optical exit region to outside the housing in a focus region (FA), within which particle capturing is performable; an optical detector device (DD) arranged in the housing and set up to capture the measurement beam (OB?) scattered by particles (P) and to output information produced using an algorithm relating to the presence of the particles; and a controllable adaptation device (C, E), which is set up to adapt at least one optical property of the lens device and/or of the optical emitter device and/or of the optical detector device based on an input signal (ES; ES?) that provides information relating to a presence and to optical properties of an external optical window (EF) arranged be
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Weiss, Alexander Herrmann, Robert Wolf, Sören Sofke