Patents by Inventor Simon MARK

Simon MARK 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: 20260038725
    Abstract: The invention relates to a passive electrotechnical component for damping common mode and differential mode interference on at least two electrical lines leading to the component, with two toroidal cores, wherein at least two windings are arranged on each toroidal core, wherein the two windings on the first annular core are wound and/or interconnected in such a manner that high damping of common mode signals on the electrical lines is obtained, and wherein the windings on the second toroidal core are wound and/or interconnected in such a manner that high damping of differential mode interference on the electrical lines is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Robert Hartung, Simon Mark
  • Patent number: 12517502
    Abstract: A system for autonomously measuring workpieces, the system comprising one or more mobile robots, configured to move autonomously in a production environment with a plurality of production facilities that produce a plurality of different workpieces, each of the mobile robots comprising a spatial localization system for deriving a location of the mobile robot in the production environment, an autonomous navigation and propulsion unit configured for providing mobility of the mobile robot in the production environment, a wireless communication interface providing a data link to at least one other mobile robot and/or to computation and storage system, wherein a first mobile robot comprises a sensor setup comprising one or more sensors and is configured to use one or more of the sensors for identifying a workpiece to be measured and for determining an at least rough position of the workpiece that allows collecting or measuring the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: HEXAGON INNOVATION HUB GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Mark, Roman Steffen, Matthias Wieser, Pascal Jordil, Claudio Iseli, Silvan Meile, Lukas Heinzle
  • Patent number: 12471836
    Abstract: A measuring system for measuring an object, the measuring system comprising a capture device comprising a set of illumination elements for illuminating the object and a set of cameras for capturing an image of the object, and a controlling and processing unit. The controlling and processing unit comprises at least a data acquisition functionality which is configured to provide surface data by activating at least a part of the set of illumination elements for illuminating the object with measuring light and capturing at least one image by detecting measuring light reflected at the object by means of at least a part of the set of cameras and a 3D-modelling functionality which is configured to provide a 3D model of the object by processing the surface data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Gemma Taverni, Hakki Karaman, Stefan Geissbühler, Simon Mark, Zheng Yang, Burkhard Böckem, Lukas Buchmann, Sandra Tobler, Jan Glückert, Markus Wettstein
  • Publication number: 20250322986
    Abstract: An inductive component for high-current applications is described. The inductive component comprises a core and a conductor with a winding section arranged circumferentially around the core. The winding section extends circumferentially around the core along a circular arc with a center point angle b, where: 45°?b<360°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas BRANDER, Simon MARK
  • Patent number: 12339368
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon Mark, Klaus Bereuter, Benjamin Müller, Roman Steffen, Burkhard Böckem, Jürgen Dold, Jochen Scheja, Lukas Heinzle, Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin
  • Patent number: 12329535
    Abstract: A measuring system for measuring an object, the measuring system comprising a capture device comprising a set of illumination elements for illuminating the object and a set of cameras for capturing an image of the object, and a controlling and processing unit. The controlling and processing unit comprises at least a data acquisition functionality which is configured to provide surface data by activating at least a part of the set of illumination elements for illuminating the object with measuring light and capturing at least one image by detecting measuring light reflected at the object by means of at least a part of the set of cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Gemma Taverni, Hakki Karaman, Stefan Geissbühler, Simon Mark, Zheng Yang, Burkhard Böckem, Lukas Buchmann, Sandra Tobler, Jan Glückert, Markus Wettstein
  • Patent number: 12287408
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon Mark, Klaus Bereuter, Benjamin Müller, Roman Steffen, Burkhard Böckem, Jürgen Dold, Jochen Scheja, Lukas Heinzle, Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin
  • Patent number: 12265156
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon Mark, Klaus Bereuter, Benjamin Müller, Roman Steffen, Burkhard Böckem, Jürgen Dold, Jochen Scheja, Lukas Heinzle, Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin
  • Publication number: 20250093467
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment, particularly for surveying and/or for detecting an object within an infrastructure. One aspect relates to a mobile reality capture device configured to be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person or a robot or a vehicle, and to be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device has a localization unit, particularly comprising an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the localization unit is configured for generating localization data for determining a trajectory of the mobile reality capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
  • Publication number: 20250093466
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment, particularly for surveying and/or for detecting an object within an infrastructure. One aspect relates to a mobile reality capture device configured to be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person or a robot or a vehicle, and to be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device has a localization unit, particularly comprising an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the localization unit is configured for generating localization data for determining a trajectory of the mobile reality capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
  • Publication number: 20250085395
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment, particularly for surveying and/or for detecting an object within an infrastructure. One aspect relates to a mobile reality capture device configured to be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person or a robot or a vehicle, and to be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device has a localization unit, particularly comprising an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the localization unit is configured for generating localization data for determining a trajectory of the mobile reality capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
  • Publication number: 20250085394
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment, particularly for surveying and/or for detecting an object within an infrastructure. One aspect relates to a mobile reality capture device configured to be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person or a robot or a vehicle, and to be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device has a localization unit, particularly comprising an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the localization unit is configured for generating localization data for determining a trajectory of the mobile reality capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
  • Publication number: 20250085396
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reality capture device for generating a digital three-dimensional representation of an environment, particularly for surveying and/or for detecting an object within an infrastructure. One aspect relates to a mobile reality capture device configured to be carried and moved by a mobile carrier, particularly a person or a robot or a vehicle, and to be moved during a measuring process for generating a digital representation of an environment. The mobile reality capture device has a localization unit, particularly comprising an inertial measurement unit (IMU), wherein the localization unit is configured for generating localization data for determining a trajectory of the mobile reality capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Jürgen DOLD, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Roman STEFFEN, Lukas HEINZLE, Ralph Patrick HARTI, Hendrik DESCHOUT, Roland GRAF, Mattheus Henricus Maria MICHELS, Michael DIETSCHI, Adam BAIJRIC, Andrea BONFANTI, Kristian Walker MORIN, Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Markus RIBI, Michele PORTENTOSO, Matthias WIESER
  • Patent number: 12241982
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon Mark, Klaus Bereuter, Benjamin Müller, Roman Steffen, Burkhard Böckem, Jürgen Dold, Jochen Scheja, Lukas Heinzle, Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin
  • Patent number: 12204031
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon Mark, Klaus Bereuter, Benjamin Müller, Roman Steffen, Burkhard Böckem, Jürgen Dold, Jochen Scheja, Lukas Heinzle, Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin
  • Publication number: 20240420318
    Abstract: A measuring system for measuring an object, the measuring system comprising a capture device comprising a set of illumination elements for illuminating the object and a set of cameras for capturing an image of the object, and a controlling and processing unit. The controlling and processing unit comprises at least a data acquisition functionality which is configured to provide surface data by activating at least a part of the set of illumination elements for illuminating the object with measuring light and capturing at least one image by detecting measuring light reflected at the object by means of at least a part of the set of cameras.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Gemma TAVERNI, Hakki KARAMAN, Stefan GEISSBÜHLER, Simon MARK, Zheng YANG, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Lukas BUCHMANN, Sandra TOBLER, Jan GLÜCKERT, Markus WETTSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20240415444
    Abstract: A method for identifying a surface property of the skin of a person, the method comprises acquiring surface data of the skin of the person by activating illumination elements for illuminating the skin of the person with measuring light and capturing at least one image by detecting measuring light reflected by the skin of the person by means of a camera, and providing a 3D model of the skin of the person by processing the surface data. The 3D model is provided in a virtual space and a virtual light source is provided in the virtual space to virtually illuminate the 3D model with illumination light, wherein illumination parameters of the virtual light source are variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Gemma TAVERNI, Hakki KARAMAN, Stefan GEISSBÜHLER, Simon MARK, Zheng YANG, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Lukas BUCHMANN, Sandra TOBLER, Jan GLÜCKERT, Markus WETTSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20240420317
    Abstract: A measuring system for measuring an object, the measuring system comprising a capture device comprising a set of illumination elements for illuminating the object and a set of cameras for capturing an image of the object, and a controlling and processing unit. The controlling and processing unit comprises at least a data acquisition functionality which is configured to provide surface data by activating at least a part of the set of illumination elements for illuminating the object with measuring light and capturing at least one image by detecting measuring light reflected at the object by means of at least a part of the set of cameras and a 3D-modelling functionality which is configured to provide a 3D model of the object by processing the surface data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Gemma TAVERNI, Hakki KARAMAN, Stefan GEISSBÜHLER, Simon MARK, Zheng YANG, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Lukas BUCHMANN, Sandra TOBLER, Jan GLÜCKERT, Markus WETTSTEIN
  • Patent number: 12123976
    Abstract: A laser scanner device can be adapted to be mounted to a vehicle, the device comprising a LiDAR module working based on a laser measuring beam and time-of-flight-measurement-principle. The LiDAR module is configured to provide a horizontal field of view of at least 60°, an instantaneous vertical field of view of at least ±2°, a scan resolution of at least one point per 0.8° in horizontal and vertical direction, and a frame rate of at least 10 Hz for scanning at least the entire horizontal and instantaneous vertical field of view with said scan resolution, wherein the LiDAR module comprises a multibeam transmitter configured for generating a plurality of measuring beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Julien Singer, Lukas Heinzle, Jochen Scheja, Simon Mark, Jürg Hinderling, Burkhard Böckem
  • Publication number: 20240310525
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are 10 arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Benjamin MÜLLER, Roman STEFFEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Jürgen DOLD, Jochen SCHEJA, Lukas HEINZLE, Charles Leopold Elisabeth DUMOULIN