Patents by Inventor Werner Gebauer

Werner Gebauer 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).

  • Automatic focusing control of a video camera for industrial and military purposes
    Patent number: 4998209
    Abstract: The brightness and the contrast are optimized in a video image which is used for controlling a manipulator unit. For this purpose, the gain/offset control means of a video camera producing the video image, is controlled using an image control unit in a manner such that the image data of an object can be processed by the image control unit in optimum manner. The manipulator unit may comprise an industrial robot manipulating a workpiece or a tool of a machine tool acting upon a workpiece. The manipulator unit can also be constructed as a target tracking platform for tracking a target which is imaged by the video camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Contraves AG
    Inventors: Albin Vuichard, Werner Gebauer, Bruno Buhler