Patents by Inventor Tobias Herbert KURZ

Tobias Herbert KURZ 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).

  • Method of investigating a solid sample
    Patent number: 9237279
    Abstract: A method of investigating a solid sample, in particular a geological sample, such as a borehole core sample, includes the steps of positioning the sample on a sample support device, positioning a hyperspectral camera device, so that a line-shaped surface region of the sample is covered by a field of view of the hyperspectral camera device, illuminating the sample on the sample support device, moving the hyperspectral camera device and the sample support device relative to each other, wherein the field of view of the hyperspectral camera device is moved along a scanning direction over the surface of the sample, and collecting a hyperspectral image of the sample during the moving step, wherein the hyperspectral image is composed of multiple hyperspectral line images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Bergen Teknologioverfoering AS
    Inventors: Tobias Herbert Kurz, Simon John Buckley, John Anthony Howell
  • METHOD OF INVESTIGATING A SOLID SAMPLE
    Publication number: 20140327760
    Abstract: A method of investigating a solid sample, in particular a geological sample, such as a borehole core sample, includes the steps of positioning the sample on a sample support device, positioning a hyperspectral camera device, so that a line-shaped surface region of the sample is covered by a field of view of the hyperspectral camera device, illuminating the sample on the sample support device, moving the hyperspectral camera device and the sample support device relative to each other, wherein the field of view of the hyperspectral camera device is moved along a scanning direction over the surface of the sample, and collecting a hyperspectral image of the sample during the moving step, wherein the hyperspectral image is composed of multiple hyperspectral line images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Bergen Teknologioverfoering AS
    Inventors: Tobias Herbert KURZ, Simon John BUCKLEY, John Anthony HOWELL