Patents by Inventor Thomas Koddenberg

Thomas Koddenberg 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).

  • Video inspection system with augmented display content
    Patent number: 10049442
    Abstract: This application discloses a video inspection system for a rework station, which includes multiple image capture devices to capture multiple images or videos of a printed circuit board assembly, a presentation tool to merge the captured images or video into a image or video, and a display device to present the image video. The presentation tool also can augment the captured video of the printed circuit board assembly with information from a layout design of the printed circuit board assembly. The presentation tool can receive a selection of a portion of the layout design or a selection of at least one component in the printed circuit board assembly, and annotate the captured video of the printed circuit board assembly with design data from the layout design that corresponds to the selected portion of the layout design or the selected component in the printed circuit board assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Schmidtmann, Oliver Hartfuß, Sahmusa Akbayir, Jörg Schaaf, Thomas Koddenberg, Rainer Oder
  • VIDEO INSPECTION SYSTEM WITH AUGMENTED DISPLAY CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170221197
    Abstract: This application discloses a video inspection system for a rework station, which includes multiple image capture devices to capture multiple images or videos of a printed circuit board assembly, a presentation tool to merge the captured images or video into a image or video, and a display device to present the image video. The presentation tool also can augment the captured video of the printed circuit board assembly with information from a layout design of the printed circuit board assembly. The presentation tool can receive a selection of a portion of the layout design or a selection of at least one component in the printed circuit board assembly, and annotate the captured video of the printed circuit board assembly with design data from the layout design that corresponds to the selected portion of the layout design or the selected component in the printed circuit board assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Schmidtmann, Oliver Hartfuß, Sahmusa Akbayir, Jörg Schaaf, Thomas Koddenberg, Rainer Oder