Patents by Inventor Sebastian Reitelshofer

Sebastian Reitelshofer 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).

  • Process module library and programming environment for programming a manipulator process
    Patent number: 9102061
    Abstract: A process module library according to the invention for programming a manipulator process, in particular an assembly process, comprises a plurality of parametrisable process modules (“search( )”, “peg_in_hole( )”, “gear( )”, “screw( )”) for carrying out a sub-process which in particular is common to different manipulator processes. Each of the process modules comprises a plurality of basic commands of a common set of basic commands for carrying out a basic operation, in particular an atomic or molecular operation, and a process module can be linked, in particular mathematically, to a further process module and/or a basic command. During programming, a manipulator can be controlled by means of a functional module of a graphic programming environment (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: KUKA Roboter GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Schmirgel, Gerhard Hietmann, Sebastian Reitelshofer, Simon Klumpp, Johannes Kurth
  • Process Module Library And Programming Environment For Programming A Manipulator Process
    Publication number: 20120317535
    Abstract: A process module library according to the invention for programming a manipulator process, in particular an assembly process, comprises a plurality of parametrisable process modules (“search( )”, “peg_in_hole( )”, “gear( )”, “screw( )”) for carrying out a sub-process which in particular is common to different manipulator processes. Each of the process modules comprises a plurality of basic commands of a common set of basic commands for carrying out a basic operation, in particular an atomic or molecular operation, and a process module can be linked, in particular mathematically, to a further process module and/or a basic command. During programming, a manipulator can be controlled by means of a functional module of a graphic programming environment (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: KUKA LABORATORIES GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Schmirgel, Gerhard Hietmann, Sebastian Reitelshofer, Simon Klumpp, Johannes Kurth