Patents by Inventor Uwe Siedenburg
Uwe Siedenburg 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).
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Patent number: 9360572Abstract: A liquid mixture is used to test and validate test devices for inspecting objects or persons, said mixture containing glycerol and sodium hydroxide, in a weight ratio of glycerol to solid hydroxide between 6.5 and 3.8, and containing water.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Smiths Heimann GmbHInventor: Uwe Siedenburg
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Publication number: 20150260858Abstract: A liquid mixture is used to test and validate test devices for inspecting objects or persons, said mixture containing glycerol and sodium hydroxide, in a weight ratio of glycerol to solid hydroxide between 6.5 and 3.8, and containing water.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Applicant: Smiths Heimann GmbHInventor: Uwe SIEDENBURG
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Patent number: 9128200Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for detection of a particular material in an object, in particular in an item of luggage, by means of electromagnetic radiation in which the intensities of non-absorbed radiation from at least three radiation planes are measured and evaluated in associated detector apparatus, wherein an image is produced, initially from the intensities of the non-absorbed radiation, and then if single regions of low complexity are found which are characterized by approximately constant intensities, an estimation of the attenuation coefficient s performed and a material detection is carried out in the region according to an algorithm which calculates a three-dimensional reconstruction from different views.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2010Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Smiths Heimann GmbHInventors: Matthias Muenster, Joerg Nittikowski, Pia Dreiseitel, Andreas Mader, Rainer Heinkel, Thomas Ries, Dirk Naumann, Uwe Siedenburg
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Patent number: 9091764Abstract: A liquid mixture used to test and validate test devices for inspecting objects or persons is provided. The mixture containing glycerol and consisting of a mixture of glycerol, ethanoic acid and water.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Smiths Heimann GmbHInventor: Uwe Siedenburg
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Patent number: 9052398Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid mixture used to test and validate test devices for inspecting objects or persons, said mixture containing glycerol and comprising a mixture of glycerol, ethanol and water.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: SMITHS HEIMANN GmbHInventor: Uwe Siedenburg
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Publication number: 20140166936Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid mixture used to test and validate test devices for inspecting objects or persons, said mixture containing glycerol and comprising a mixture of glycerol, ethanol and water.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Smiths Heimann GmbHInventor: Uwe SIEDENBURG
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Publication number: 20140166935Abstract: A liquid mixture used to test and validate test devices for inspecting objects or persons is provided. The mixture containing glycerol and consisting of a mixture of glycerol, ethanoic acid and water.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: SMITHS HEIMANN GMBHInventor: Uwe SIEDENBURG
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Publication number: 20140166937Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid mixture to test and validate test devices for inspecting objects or persons, the mixture containing glycerol. The glycerol portion is at least 90% by weight, preferably approximately 99.5% by weight and the remaining portion is water.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Smiths Heimann GmbHInventor: Uwe SIEDENBURG
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Patent number: 8472587Abstract: The invention relates to a collimator with adjustable focal length, especially for use in X-ray testing devices whose operating principle is based on diffraction phenomena in an object. Fixed focal length collimators used in such X-ray testing devices have to be displaced over a large range. The aim of the invention is to reduce the range of displacement. For this purpose, the collimator has at least two diaphragms having respective substantially circular slots arranged about a common center axis, wherein at least one diaphragm can be displaced along the center axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Smiths Heimann GmbHInventors: Norbert Haunschild, Ullrich Herda, Uwe Siedenburg, Martin Hartick, Patricia Schall
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Patent number: 8311309Abstract: A method for improving the ability to recognize materials in an X-ray inspection system is provided that includes the steps of recording at least two absorption X-ray images of an object to be examined at different energies, mathematically modeling the object by a number of layers assuming a particular material for each layer, wherein an absorption value describes the absorptivity of a layer, the number of layers is less than or equal to the number of X-ray images and at least one layer is assumed to be a material to be recognized during the inspection, decomposing the absorption value of each layer into a path-dependent factor and an energy-dependent factor, calculating the path-dependent factors for all layers from the absorption X-ray images using the absorption equation, calculating at least one synthetic image from the sum of all layers of the product of the absorption values and the weighting factors, evaluating the synthetic image.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Smiths Heimann GmbHInventor: Uwe Siedenburg
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Publication number: 20110182404Abstract: The invention relates to a collimator with adjustable focal length, especially for use in X-ray testing devices whose operating principle is based on diffraction phenomena in an object. Fixed focal length collimators used in such X-ray testing devices have to be displaced over a large range. The aim of the invention is to reduce the range of displacement. For this purpose, the collimator has at least two diaphragms having respective substantially circular slots arranged about a common center axis, wherein at least one diaphragm can be displaced along the center axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2007Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventors: Norbert Haunschild, Ullrich Herda, Uwe Siedenburg, Martin Hartick, Patricia Schall
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Publication number: 20110091013Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for detection of a particular material in an object, in particular in an item of luggage, by means of electromagnetic radiation in which the intensities of non-absorbed radiation from at least three radiation planes are measured and evaluated in associated detector apparatus, wherein an image is produced, initially from the intensities of the non-absorbed radiation, and then if single regions of low complexity are found which are characterized by approximately constant intensities, an estimation of the attenuation coefficient s performed and a material detection is carried out in the region according to an algorithm which calculates a three-dimensional reconstruction from different views.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Matthias MUENSTER, Joerg NITTIKOWSKI, Pia DREISEITEL, Andreas MADER, Rainer HEINKEL, Thomas RIES, Dirk NAUMANN, Uwe SIEDENBURG
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Publication number: 20100158384Abstract: A method for improving the ability to recognize materials in an X-ray inspection system is provided that includes the steps of recording at least two absorption X-ray images of an object to be examined at different energies, mathematically modeling the object by a number of layers assuming a particular material for each layer, wherein an absorption value describes the absorptivity of a layer, the number of layers is less than or equal to the number of X-ray images and at least one layer is assumed to be a material to be recognized during the inspection, decomposing the absorption value of each layer into a path-dependent factor and an energy-dependent factor, calculating the path-dependent factors for all layers from the absorption X-ray images using the absorption equation, calculating at least one synthetic image from the sum of all layers of the product of the absorption values and the weighting factors, evaluating the synthetic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2010Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventor: Uwe SIEDENBURG
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Patent number: 7020241Abstract: A method for the detection of a specific material in an object (1), especially in a piece of luggage, using electromagnetic beams, whereby the intensities of non-absorbed beams from at least three beam planes (5.1–5.2) in corresponding detector arrays (4.1–4.5) are measured and evaluated, using the following steps according to the invention: 1. generating an at least two-dimensional picture of the object (1) from the measured intensity values; 2. selecting one of the spatial regions displayed in the picture as a basis of the value of a material value, which is determined from intensity measurements, for examination; 3. determining at least one spatial-geometric value in the region to the examined from positional data of a two-dimensional picture and from intensity values using a stored value of a specific, absorption-influenced value of a suspected material. 4.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2002Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Heimann Systems GmbHInventors: Knut Beneke, Joerg Nittikowski, Dirk Naumann, Hermann Ries, Uwe Siedenburg, Claus Meder, Stefan Ullrich
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Publication number: 20030190011Abstract: A method for the detection of a specific material in an object (1), especially in a piece of luggage, using electromagnetic beams, whereby the intensities of non-absorbed beams from at least three beam planes (5.1-5.2) in corresponding detector arrays (4.1-4.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: Knut Beneke, Joerg Nittikowski, Dirk Naumann, Hermann Ries, Uwe Siedenburg, Claus Meder, Stefan Ullrich
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Patent number: 6597760Abstract: In an inspection device for inspecting objects for explosives and other items prohibited for travel, particularly in carry-on baggage, a transport shaft (101) where there is little space, has incorporated thereabout radiation sources (10, 20, 30), which generate at least three beams (FX1, FX2, FX3) at which are directed at corresponding linear detectors (11, 21, 31). This transport shaft (101) is extended by incorporation of equipment or system components (3, 4, 40) that are not part of the inspection system (100), or by additional system components (4, 40) being integrated into a housing (103) of the inspection device (100), with a necessary radiation protection for the inspection device in compliance with radiation protection regulations being provided by a shielding (102) placed on or around a piece of equipment or its system components (3) already existing in the transport system (1), ideally in front of the transport shaft (101).Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2002Date of Patent: July 22, 2003Assignee: Heimann Systems GmbHInventors: Knut Beneke, Uwe Siedenburg, Dirk Naumann, Helmut Thoma
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Publication number: 20020176533Abstract: In an inspection device for inspecting objects for explosives and other items prohibited for travel, particularly in carry-on baggage, a transport shaft (101) where there is little space, has incorporated thereabout radiation sources (10, 20, 30), which generate at least three beams (FX1, FX2, FX3) at which are directed at corresponding linear detectors (11, 21, 31). This transport shaft (101) is extended by incorporation of equipment or system components (3, 4, 40) that are not part of the inspection system (100), or by additional system components (4, 40) being integrated into a housing (103) of the inspection device (100), with a necessary radiation protection for the inspection device in compliance with radiation protection regulations being provided by a shielding (102) placed on or around a piece of equipment or its system components (3) already existing in the transport system (1), ideally in front of the transport shaft (101).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventors: Knut Beneke, Uwe Siedenburg, Dirk Naumann, Helmut Thoma