Patents by Inventor Torsten Olbrecht

Torsten Olbrecht 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 for detecting objects
    Patent number: 8330964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting objects in which a light pattern is beamed by a plurality of transmitting modules into an observation zone, the transmitting modules being spaced to each other, in which light radiated back from the observation zone is detected by at least one spatially resolving detector unit, in which a surface contour of an object located in the observation zone is determined on the basis of the detected light according to the light section principle, in which a maximum spatial resolution is caused by the intervals at which the transmitting modules are spaced from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Pepperl + Fuchs GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Olbrecht, Benedikt Rauscher, Ernst Tabel
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20110075155
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting objects in which a light pattern is beamed by a plurality of transmitting modules into an observation zone, the transmitting modules being spaced to each other, in which light radiated back from the observation zone is detected by at least one spatially resolving detector unit, in which a surface contour of an object located in the observation zone is determined on the basis of the detected light according to the light section principle, in which a maximum spatial resolution is caused by the intervals at which the transmitting modules are spaced from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Torsten Olbrecht, Benedikt Rauscher, Ernst Tabel