Patents by Inventor Ulrich HORNUNG

Ulrich HORNUNG 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).

  • Surveying device with automatic training of locked object or person for camera based target tracking
    Patent number: 11378398
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to an industrial or geodetic surveying device having a tracking unit configured to receive over a tracking channel a tracking signal which is used to track a cooperative target. According to the invention, the surveying device comprises a camera to generate image data, wherein based on the additional knowledge about the position of the cooperative target in an image generated in the locked state, the visual appearance of the target carrier is learned and the result is stored in the form of a detector for use in a backup tracking mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Hornung, Zoltán Török, Veroljub Maksimovic, Bernhard Metzler
  • SURVEYING APPARATUS COMPRISING EVENT-BASED CAMERA
    Publication number: 20200249017
    Abstract: Surveying apparatus comprising an event-based camera comprising a dynamic vision sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Zoltán TÖRÖK, Stefan Martin Benjamin GÄCHTER TOYA, Thomas MÖRWALD, Ulrich HORNUNG
  • Device for automatically finding a mobile geodetic target object
    Patent number: 10508914
    Abstract: The invention relates to a surveying system for surveying and tracking a mobile target object which defines a target point, wherein the surveying system has a control and evaluation unit, a surveying device with a sighting device which defines a target axis, and a target object. The control and evaluation unit is designed to track the moving target object within the scope of a target-finding functionality, wherein a first change in alignment of the target axis about a first axis occurs as a function of detected target-finding radiation in such a way that the target axis tracks the movement tendency of the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Zoltán Török, Ulrich Hornung
  • Surveying device having a fine targeting and target tracking functionality
    Patent number: 10352699
    Abstract: Measuring device with a control and evaluation unit, a radiation source for emitting an illumination light ray and a fine targeting and target tracking functionality, a variation of the emission of the illumination light ray being effected automatically controlled by the control and evaluation unit, in the course of the fine targeting and target tracking functionality, such that a known sequence of illumination ray flashes is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventor: Ulrich Hornung
  • DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY FINDING A MOBILE GEODETIC TARGET OBJECT
    Publication number: 20170219345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a surveying system for surveying and tracking a mobile target object which defines a target point, wherein the surveying system has a control and evaluation unit, a surveying device with a sighting device which defines a target axis, and a target object. The control and evaluation unit is designed to track the moving target object within the scope of a target-finding functionality, wherein a first change in alignment of the target axis about a first axis occurs as a function of detected target-finding radiation in such a way that the target axis tracks the movement tendency of the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Zoltán TÖRÖK, Ulrich HORNUNG
  • SURVEYING DEVICE HAVING A FINE TARGETING AND TARGET TRACKING FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20160258752
    Abstract: Measuring device with a control and evaluation unit, a radiation source for emitting an illumination light ray and a fine targeting and target tracking functionality, a variation of the emission of the illumination light ray being effected automatically controlled by the control and evaluation unit, in the course of the fine targeting and target tracking functionality, such that a known sequence of illumination ray flashes is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Ulrich HORNUNG