Patents by Inventor Torsten Gerrath

Torsten Gerrath 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: 20250137877
    Abstract: A method or an apparatus for quality control of ophthalmic lenses are proposed, wherein a pattern is imaged through the lens to be controlled and the image is captured by a camera as a raw image, a basic image is generated from several raw images, which is subjected to a cascaded classification, wherein detected defects are quantified according to their intensity and are judged as acceptable or unacceptable by means of at least one quality criterion based on intensity and position, which can be predefined according to customer specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Torsten GERRATH, Helwig BUCHENAUER
  • Patent number: 12194595
    Abstract: A device and a method for processing, in particular edge processing, an optical lens, wherein the device has a measuring system, a processing system, a loading system, an unloading system, an intermediate conveyor, and a belt conveyor. The loading system is arranged between the measuring system and the processing system. The unloading system is arranged on the opposite side of the processing system. A lens that is to be processed is picked up and oriented at the optical reference point that is determined by the measuring system in order to determine as precisely as possible the blocking point for the subsequent processing. The loading system and unloading system each have a linearly movable swiveling system with linearly movable suction devices arranged therein. The processing system is designed for the simultaneous processing of two lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Gerrath, Stephan Huttenhuis, Gunter Schneider, Benjamin Schneider
  • Publication number: 20240150124
    Abstract: A system, method and use for picking objects for eyeglass manufacturing are proposed. The objects are stored in storage containers and output via a collecting conveyor in such a way that objects belonging to a defined work order are deposited adjacent to each other. At a storage outlet, a transport box is loaded with the deposited objects belonging to a defined work order and the loaded transport box is transported out of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Torsten GERRATH, Helwig BUCHENAUER, Gunter SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20200122291
    Abstract: A device and a method for processing, in particular edge processing, an optical lens, wherein the device has a measuring system, a processing system, a loading system, an unloading system, an intermediate conveyor, and a belt conveyor. The loading system is arranged between the measuring system and the processing system. The unloading system is arranged on the opposite side of the processing system. A lens that is to be processed is picked up and oriented at the optical reference point that is determined by the measuring system in order to determine as precisely as possible the blocking point for the subsequent processing. The loading system and unloading system each have a linearly movable swiveling system with linearly movable suction devices arranged therein. The processing system is designed for the simultaneous processing of two lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Torsten GERRATH, Stephan HUTTENHUIS, Gunter SCHNEIDER, Benjamin SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 10549400
    Abstract: A device and a method for processing, in particular edge processing, an optical lens, wherein the device has a measuring system, a processing system, a loading system, an unloading system, an intermediate conveyor, and a belt conveyor. The loading system is arranged between the measuring system and the processing system. The unloading system is arranged on the opposite side of the processing system. A lens that is to be processed is picked up and oriented at the optical reference point that is determined by the measuring system in order to determine as precisely as possible the blocking point for the subsequent processing. The loading system and unloading system each have a linearly movable swiveling system with linearly movable suction devices arranged therein. The processing system is designed for the simultaneous processing of two lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Gerrath, Stephan Huttenhuis, Gunter Schneider, Benjamin Schneider
  • Publication number: 20170348823
    Abstract: A device and a method for processing, in particular edge processing, an optical lens, wherein the device has a measuring system, a processing system, a loading system, an unloading system, an intermediate conveyor, and a belt conveyor. The loading system is arranged between the measuring system and the processing system. The unloading system is arranged on the opposite side of the processing system. A lens that is to be processed is picked up and oriented at the optical reference point that is determined by the measuring system in order to determine as precisely as possible the blocking point for the subsequent processing. The loading system and unloading system each have a linearly movable swiveling system with linearly movable suction devices arranged therein. The processing system is designed for the simultaneous processing of two lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Gerrath, Stephan Huttenhuis, Gunter Schneider, Benjamin Schneider
  • Patent number: 9061395
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a miffing, cutting or grinding tool of a spectacle lens frame machining unit, for which a) in a first machining step, prior to shaping an edge or surface shape RF by the milling, cutting or grinding tool, the lens is measured by an optical measuring device, b) the shaping of an edge or surface shape RF is carried out by the milling, cutting or grinding tool, c) the generated edge or surface shape RF is measured by the optical measuring device, d) a deviation between the surface or edge shape RF so produced and the desired surface or edge shape target values is determined, and e) the tool is calibrated at least by adjusting the control variables. The invention further relates to a device for the initial working of edges, chamfers and/or grooves at the edges of lenses, wherein an optical measuring system for measuring surface or edge shapes RF and/or edges K of the lens prior to and/or after machining the lens is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Schneider, Torsten Gerrath
  • Patent number: 9030671
    Abstract: A measuring assembly for measuring an inside of a lens frame of a spectacle frame, said lens frame at least partially delimiting an inscribed surface area F that corresponds to a lens shape, comprising a holding device for mounting the spectacle frame, at least one light source for generating a light beam to be projected on a region of the lens frame to be evaluated, and at least one sensor that can be coupled to an evaluation unit for detecting the reflected light beam, wherein the holding device can be rotated about a rotational axis r and moved in the direction of a movement axis x, and the movement axis x comprises at least one movement component in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis r. The holding device is used to fix the spectacle frame by spectacle frame bows, wherein at least one free space is provided in the region of the holding device, said free space being used to receive the spectacle frame bows of a spectacle frame to be held which are not folded in or cannot be folded in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Schneider, Torsten Gerrath, Ulf Boerner
  • Publication number: 20140041184
    Abstract: A device and a method for machining of a border of an optical lens in which the transition of the lens material to a blocking material or film material which adjoins along a border edge is optically detected in order to determine the shape of the border edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Schneider, Torsten Gerrath
  • Patent number: 8411288
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for determining the coordinates K of at least one point P1 on an edge of an optical lens, wherein the lens is held/can be positioned, by a retaining device, with the edge which is to be measured in an optical path of an optical micrometer, whereby the lens is held/can be positioned with the edge in the optical path, a coordinate Za is determined for the point P1, a variation of the relative position between the lens and the optical path is made, which is based on a pivotal axis S, a coordinate Zb is determined in the new position B for the point P1, and the coordinates Ya and Yb are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Schneider GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Schneider, Torsten Gerrath, Klaus Krämer
  • Publication number: 20130055540
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a miffing, cutting or grinding tool of a spectacle lens frame machining unit, for which a) in a first machining step, prior to shaping an edge or surface shape RF by the milling, cutting or grinding tool, the lens is measured by an optical measuring device, b) the shaping of an edge or surface shape RF is carried out by the milling, cutting or grinding tool, c) the generated edge or surface shape RF is measured by the optical measuring device, d) a deviation between the surface or edge shape RF so produced and the desired surface or edge shape target values is determined, and e) the tool is calibrated at least by adjusting the control variables. The invention further relates to a device for the initial working of edges, chamfers and/or grooves at the edges of lenses, wherein an optical measuring system for measuring surface or edge shapes RF and/or edges K of the lens prior to and/or after machining the lens is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG.
    Inventors: Gunter Schneider, Torsten Gerrath
  • Publication number: 20130027709
    Abstract: A measuring assembly for measuring an inside of a lens frame of a spectacle frame, said lens frame at least partially delimiting an inscribed surface area F that corresponds to a lens shape, comprising a holding device for mounting the spectacle frame, at least one light source for generating a light beam to be projected on a region of the lens frame to be evaluated, and at least one sensor that can be coupled to an evaluation unit for detecting the reflected light beam, wherein the holding device can be rotated about a rotational axis r and moved in the direction of a movement axis x, and the movement axis x comprises at least one movement component in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis r. The holding device is used to fix the spectacle frame by spectacle frame bows, wherein at least one free space is provided in the region of the holding device, said free space being used to receive the spectacle frame bows of a spectacle frame to be held which are not folded in or cannot be folded in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Schneider, Torsten Gerrath, Ulf Boerner
  • Publication number: 20100141965
    Abstract: A method for determining the coordinates K of at least one point P1 on an edge of an optical lens, wherein the lens is held by means of a retaining device 3 with the edge which is to be measured in an optical path which runs in the direction of a Y axis of an optical micrometer which measures in the direction of a Z axis, wherein the relative position between the retaining device and the micrometer is known, in which a) the lens is held with the edge to be measured in the optical path, b) a first Z coordinate Za is determined for the point P1 of the edge which is located in a position A, wherein an X coordinate Xa of the point P1 of the X coordinate corresponds to a Y-Z level of the optical path, c) a variation of the relative position between the lens and the optical path is guaranteed which is based on a pivoting movement, d) a second Z coordinate Zb is determined in the varied relative position for the point P1 of the edge in the optical path, e) on the basis of two equation systems for the point P1 in the
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Schneider, Torsten Gerrath, Klaus Krãmer