Patents by Inventor Urlich HORNUNG

Urlich 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
    Publication number: 20200056886
    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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Urlich HORNUNG, Zoltán TÖRÖK, Veroljub MAKSIMOVIC, Bernhard METZLER