Patents by Inventor Simon Daniel Fischer

Simon Daniel Fischer 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).

  • Patent number: 9165443
    Abstract: A detector includes a housing with at least one window for allowing radiation to enter, at least one sensor for sensing entered radiation, a unit for processing sensor signals, and mirrors that are shaped and mounted in the housing for reflecting radiation from outside detection zones better than radiation from elsewhere, onto the sensor. Linked mirrors reflect radiation from a detection zone consecutively and each mirror in at least one linked pair is shaped and mounted in the housing so as to prevent it from reflecting radiation from another detection zone in sequence with other mirrors onto the sensor, thus optically isolating the pair from other mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Vanderbilt International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bachels, Simon Daniel Fischer
  • Publication number: 20140224969
    Abstract: A detector has a frame, a window for allowing radiation to enter, outlook sensors for sensing radiation, a unit for processing outlook sensor signals and outlook mirrors that are shaped and mounted in the frame for reflecting radiation from outside detection zones onto the outlook sensor, some of which are mounted near the window such that they face each other. When the detector is installed and operated as intended, the perpendicular to the inner window surface in its centroid of the perpendicular projections of the mirror surfaces of the near-mounted mutually-facing outlook mirrors onto the inner window surface intersects the horizontal plane at floor level outside. Any sector of the horizontal plane around said perpendicular without the detection zones of the near-mounted mutually-facing outlook mirrors extends over 160° at most.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AB
    Inventors: Simon Daniel FISCHER, Kurt MUELLER
  • Patent number: 8772702
    Abstract: A detector contains a housing with at least one window for allowing radiation to enter, at least one outlook sensor for sensing entered radiation, a unit for processing outlook sensor signals, and outlook mirrors that are shaped and mounted in the housing for reflecting onto the outlook sensor radiation from outside detection zones better than radiation from elsewhere. At least some of the outlook mirrors face the window and in operative orientation neighbor each other vertically. The detector further contains one or more window sensors for sensing radiation indicative of the window being masked or having been damaged and a unit for processing window sensor signals. A gap between at least two of the outlook mirrors allows radiation to travel between the window and at least one window sensor or accordant window sender or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens AB
    Inventors: Thomas Bachels, Andreas Erni, Simon Daniel Fischer, Peter Gruber
  • Publication number: 20120228477
    Abstract: A detector contains a housing with at least one window for allowing radiation to enter, at least one outlook sensor for sensing entered radiation, a unit for processing outlook sensor signals, and outlook mirrors that are shaped and mounted in the housing for reflecting onto the outlook sensor radiation from outside detection zones better than radiation from elsewhere. At least some of the outlook mirrors face the window and in operative orientation neighbor each other vertically. The detector further contains one or more window sensors for sensing radiation indicative of the window being masked or having been damaged and a unit for processing window sensor signals. A gap between at least two of the outlook mirrors allows radiation to travel between the window and at least one window sensor or accordant window sender or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: THOMAS BACHELS, ANDREAS ERNI, SIMON DANIEL FISCHER, PETER GRUBER
  • Publication number: 20120112073
    Abstract: A detector includes a housing with at least one window for allowing radiation to enter, at least one sensor for sensing entered radiation, a unit for processing sensor signals, and mirrors that are shaped and mounted in the housing for reflecting radiation from outside detection zones better than radiation from elsewhere, onto the sensor. Linked mirrors reflect radiation from a detection zone consecutively and each mirror in at least one linked pair is shaped and mounted in the housing so as to prevent it from reflecting radiation from another detection zone in sequence with other mirrors onto the sensor, thus optically isolating the pair from other mirrors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Bachels, Simon Daniel Fischer