Patents by Inventor Tobias SCHRAMM

Tobias SCHRAMM 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: 11774228
    Abstract: A method is described for measuring workpieces, each having structural features that form test features for measurement. The method determines an unstable one and a stable one of the test features, based on expected violation or satisfaction, respectively, of a statistical control rule. The method measures workpieces such that the unstable test feature is measured more frequently than the stable test feature. The method ascertains whether the unstable test feature remains unstable and whether the stable test feature remains stable. The method measures additional workpieces if the unstable test feature remained unstable and the stable test feature remaining stable. The determining is repeated if the unstable test feature is no longer unstable, the stable test feature is no longer stable, or any other measurement feature changes, such as if a new batch of workpieces is to be measured, environmental conditions change, or measurement has proceeded longer than a predefined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Haas, Florian Dotschkal, Tobias Schramm
  • Publication number: 20210180933
    Abstract: A method is described for measuring workpieces, each having structural features that form test features for measurement. The method determines an unstable one and a stable one of the test features, based on expected violation or satisfaction, respectively, of a statistical control rule. The method measures workpieces such that the unstable test feature is measured more frequently than the stable test feature. The method ascertains whether the unstable test feature remains unstable and whether the stable test feature remains stable. The method measures additional workpieces if the unstable test feature remained unstable and the stable test feature remaining stable. The determining is repeated if the unstable test feature is no longer unstable, the stable test feature is no longer stable, or any other measurement feature changes, such as if a new batch of workpieces is to be measured, environmental conditions change, or measurement has proceeded longer than a predefined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Günter HAAS, Florian DOTSCHKAL, Tobias SCHRAMM
  • Patent number: 10539417
    Abstract: A computer-assisted method for determining dimensional properties of a measurement object using a coordinate measuring machine. An image representation of the measurement object is shown to a user and the user selects a first geometric element of the measurement object, resulting in the display of eligible test features for the selected first geometric element. The eligible test features are automatically determined from a plurality of typical test features stored in a database, by the selected first geometric element being assigned to one of a plurality of predefined measurement elements stored in the database. A defined measurement sequence is generated in a computer-assisted manner based on the test feature selected by the user. Individual measured values are recorded on the first geometric element using the defined measurement sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS INDUSTRIELLE MESSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Dotschkal, Günter Haas, Josef Wanner, Florian Mayer, Tobias Schramm
  • Publication number: 20180010910
    Abstract: A computer-assisted method for determining dimensional properties of a measurement object using a coordinate measuring machine. An image representation of the measurement object is shown to a user and the user selects a first geometric element of the measurement object, resulting in the display of eligible test features for the selected first geometric element. The eligible test features are automatically determined from a plurality of typical test features stored in a database, by the selected first geometric element being assigned to one of a plurality of predefined measurement elements stored in the database. A defined measurement sequence is generated in a computer-assisted manner based on the test feature selected by the user. Individual measured values are recorded on the first geometric element using the defined measurement sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Florian DOTSCHKAL, Günter HAAS, Josef WANNER, Florian MAYER, Tobias SCHRAMM