Patents by Inventor Wilfried HERMES

Wilfried HERMES 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).

  • Publication number: 20250098337
    Abstract: Described herein is an optical sensor, a detector including the optical sensor for an optical detection of at least one object, a method for manufacturing the optical sensor and various uses of the optical detector. The optical sensor can, be supplied as a non-bulky hermetic package which provides an increased degree of protection against possible degradation by humidity and/or oxygen over long terms. Further, the optical sensor may be easily manufactured and integrated on a circuit carrier device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Wilfried HERMES, Sebastian VALOUCH, Sebastian MUELLER, Regina HOEH, Heidi BECHTEL, Timo ALTENBECK, Fabian DITTMANN, Bertram FEUERSTEIN, Thomas HUPFAUER, Anke HANDRECK, Robert GUST, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
  • Publication number: 20240094329
    Abstract: Described herein is an illumination source adapted to generate a regular pattern integrated into a portable device, the illumination source including an array of light emitting diodes or laser light sources and a diffractive optical element. Also described herein is a detector including the illumination source, an array of optical sensors, where each optical sensor is configured to generate a sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area, and an evaluation device adapted to evaluate the sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Christian SCHILDKNECHT, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Michael EBERSPACH, Peter FEJES, Robert SEND, Sebastian VALOUCH, Thomas OHMER, Wilfried HERMES, Stefan HENGEN, Christian LENNARTZ
  • Publication number: 20240085518
    Abstract: Described herein is a mobile device with an optical detector including: at least one illumination source adapted to generate at least one illumination pattern for illuminating an object, where the illumination pattern includes a regular and/or constant and/or periodic pattern; at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, where each optical sensor is configured to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of the light-sensitive area by at least one light beam propagating from the object to the detector; and at least one evaluation device adapted to determine at least one region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Thomas OHMER, Robert SEND, Christian LENNARTZ, Christopher HAHNE, Stefan HENGEN, Sebastian VALOUCH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES, Celal Mohan OEGUEN, Christian Daniel SCHILDKNECHT, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter FEJES
  • Publication number: 20240012092
    Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes: at least two optical sensors, each optical sensor having a light-sensitive area, where each light-sensitive area has a geometrical center, where the geometrical centers of the optical sensors are spaced apart from an optical axis of the detector by different spatial offsets, where each optical sensor is configured to generate a sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by a light beam propagating from the object to the detector; and at least one evaluation device being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object by combining the at least two sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christian SCHILDKNECHT, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Michael EBERSPACH, Peter FEJES, Robert SEND, Sebastian VALOUCH, Thomas OHMER, Wilfried HERMES, Stefan HENGEN, Christian LENNARTZ
  • Publication number: 20230213610
    Abstract: A detector for object authentication includes first and second illumination sources. The first illumination source projects an illumination pattern including a plurality of illumination features onto a surface of an object. The second illumination source projects an illuminating light beam onto the object. The detector also includes an image capture device for determining a first image including a plurality of reflection features generated by the surface of the object in response to the illumination pattern and for determining a second image including two dimensional information associated with the surface of the object generated in response to the illuminating light beam. The detector also includes an evaluation device for evaluating the first image and the second image, identifying a geometrical feature of the object, determining a material property of the object, and comparing the two dimensional information to data stored in a database for authentication of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Thomas OHMER, Robert SEND, Christian LENNARTZ, Christopher HAHNE, Stefan HENGEN, Sebastian VALOUCH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES, Celal Mohan OEGUEN, Christian Daniel SCHILDKNECHT, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter FEJES
  • Publication number: 20230125347
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a communication system, a monitoring system for in-situ monitoring of a substance used in a gas scrubbing process, and related methods. The monitoring system can be used to monitor the at least one substance and provide treatment data for treating the at least one substance. The communication system includes a cloud server, a first server, a second server, and a third server. The first and second servers respectively include first and second communication interfaces configured to provide spectral information to the cloud server. The cloud server is configured to generate a calibration model including at least one parameter; apply the calibration model to the spectral information provided by the second server, whereby at least one value for the at least one parameter is extracted; and provide the at least one value for the at least one parameter to the first server via the first communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Uwe BINDER, Georg SIEDER, Wolfgang FERSTL, Torsten KATZ, Gerd MODES, Wilfried HERMES, Felix SCHMIDT, Michel Valentin KETTNER, Jochen BRILL, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED
  • Publication number: 20220373641
    Abstract: A detector (110, 1110, 2110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed. The detector (110, 1110, 2110) comprises: at least one transfer device (128, 1128), wherein the transfer device (128, 1128) has at least one focal length in response to at least one incident light beam (116, 1116) propagating from the object (112, 1112) to the detector (110, 1110, 2110); at least two optical sensors (113, 1118, 1120), wherein each optical sensor (113, 1118, 1120) has at least one light sensitive area (121, 1122, 1124), wherein each optical sensor (113, 1118, 1120) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by the light beam (116, 1116), at least one evaluation device (132, 1132) being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (112, 1112) by evaluating a quotient signal Q from the sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Thomas OHMER, Robert SEND, Christian LENNARTZ, Christopher HAHNE, Stefan HENGEN, Sebastian VALOUCH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES, Celal Mohan OEGUEN, Christian Daniel SCHILDKNECHT, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter FEJES
  • Publication number: 20220093811
    Abstract: Described herein is an optical sensor, a detector including the optical sensor for an optical detection of at least one object, a method for manufacturing the optical sensor and various uses of the optical detector. The optical sensor can be supplied as a non-bulky hermetic package which provides an increased degree of protection against possible degradation by humidity and/or oxygen over long terms. Further, the optical sensor may be easily manufactured and integrated on a circuit carrier device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Wilfried HERMES, Sebastian VALOUCH, Sebastian MUELLER, Regina HOEH, Heidi BECHTEL, Timo ALTENBECK, Fabian DITTMANN, Bertram FEUERSTEIN, Thomas HUPFAUER, Anke HANDREK, Robert GUST, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
  • Publication number: 20210025761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detector (110) for optical detection comprising a circuit carrier (130) designed to carry at least one layer, wherein the circuit carrier (130) is or comprises a printed circuit board (132); a reflective layer (138), the reflective layer (138) being placed on a partition of the circuit carrier (130), wherein the reflective layer (138) is designed to reflect the incident light beam (120), thereby generating at least one reflected light beam (124); a substrate layer (114), the substrate layer (114) being directly or indirectly adjacent to the reflective layer (138), wherein the substrate layer (114) is at least partially transparent with respect to the incident light beam (120); a sensor layer (122), the sensor layer (122) being placed on the substrate layer (114), wherein the sensor layer (122) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor layer (122) by the incident light beam and the reflected light beam (124); and an eval
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Timo ALTENBECK, Heidi BECHTEL, Regina HOEH, Fabian DITTMANN, Sebastian MUELLER, Thomas HUPFAUER, Peter Paul KALETTA, Robert GUST, Bertram FEUERSTEIN, Wilfried HERMES, Sebastian VALOUCH, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
  • Publication number: 20200183006
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Trinamix GmbH
    Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Robert SEND, Thomas OHMER, Stefan HENGEN, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES, Sebastian VALOUCH, Christian LENNARTZ, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER
  • Publication number: 20200049800
    Abstract: A detector (110) for an optical detection of at least one object (112) is proposed. Further, the invention relates to a method for optical detection of at least one object (112) and to various uses of the detector (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Wilfried HERMES, Stefan HENGEN, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
  • Publication number: 20190386064
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a detector including (i) a transversal optical sensor adapted to determine a transversal position of a light beam traveling from the object to the detector, wherein the transversal optical sensor has a photosensitive layer embedded between at least two conductive layers such that at least one of the conductive layers contains an at least partially transparent graphene layer on an at least partially transparent substrate, and wherein the transversal optical sensor generates a transversal sensor signal indicative of the transversal position of the light beam in the photosensitive layer, and (ii) an evaluation device designed to generate at least one item of information on a transversal position of the object by evaluating the at least one transversal sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Wilfried HERMES, Ingmar BRUDER, Robert SEND, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED
  • Publication number: 20190353767
    Abstract: A detector (110, 1110, 2110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed. The detector (110, 1110, 2110) comprises: at least one transfer device (128, 1128), wherein the transfer device (128, 1128) has at least one focal length in response to at least one incident light beam (116, 1116) propagating from the object (112, 1112) to the detector (110, 1110, 2110); at least two optical sensors (113, 1118, 1120), wherein each optical sensor (113, 1118, 1120) has at least one light sensitive area (121, 1122, 1124), wherein each optical sensor (113, 1118, 1120) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by the light beam (116, 1116), at least one evaluation device (132, 1132) being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (112, 1112) by evaluating a quotient signal Q from the sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Michael EBERSPACH, Thomas OHMER, Robert SEND, Christian LENNARTZ, Christopher HAHNE, Stefan HENGEN, Sebastian VALOUCH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES, Celal Mohan OEGUEN, Christian Daniel SCHILDKNECHT, Peter SCHILLEN, Patrick SCHINDLER, Peter FEJES
  • Publication number: 20190339356
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is proposed. The detector (110) comprises: —at least two optical sensors (118, 120, 176), each optical sensor (118, 120, 176) having a light-sensitive area (122, 124), wherein each light-sensitive area (122, 124) has a geometrical center (182, 184), wherein the geometrical centers (182, 184) of the optical sensors (118, 120, 176) are spaced apart from an optical axis (126) of the detector (110) by different spatial offsets, wherein each optical sensor (118, 120, 176) is configured to generate a sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area (122, 124) by a light beam (116) propagating from the object (112) to the detector (110); and—at least one evaluation device (132) being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (112) by combining the at least two sensor signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Christian SCHILDKNECHT, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Ingmar BRUDER, Michael EBERSPACH, Peter FEJES, Robert SEND, Sebastian VALOUCH, Thomas OHMER, Wilfried HERMES, Stefan HENGEN, Christian LENNARTZ
  • Publication number: 20190277703
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical detector (110) for an optical detection, in particular, of radiation within the infrared spectral range, specifically, with regard to sensing at least one optically conceivable property of an object (112). More particular, the optical detector (110) may be used for determining transmissivity, absorption, emission, reflectance, and/or a position of at least one object (112). Further, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing the optical detector (110) and to various uses of the optical detector (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: TrinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Wilfried HERMES
  • Publication number: 20190198206
    Abstract: Described are a kit comprising at least two magnetocaloric materials having identical stoichiometry but different Curie temperature, a magnetocaloric regenerator comprising at least two magnetocaloric materials having identical stoichiometry but different Curie temperature and a process for producing at least two magnetocaloric materials having identical stoichiometry but different Curie temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Johan TER MAAT, Sumohan MISRA, David VAN ASTEN, Bernard REESINK, Wilfried HERMES, Michael ZEILINGER, Fabian SEELER, Kerstin SCHIERLE-ARNDT, Ekkehard BRUECK, Van Thang NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20190170849
    Abstract: A detector for optical detection of at least one object includes: at least one longitudinal optical sensor including at least one sensor region, and configured to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by a light beam, wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region, wherein the sensor region includes at least one thermoelectric unit configured, upon illumination of the sensor region or a part thereof by the light beam, to generate the longitudinal sensor signal resulting from at least one of a spatial variation or a temporal variation of a temperature in the thermoelectric unit; and at least one evaluation device configured to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried HERMES, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Sebastian VALOUCH, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER
  • Publication number: 20190172964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical sensor, a detector comprising the optical sensor for an optical detection of at least one object, a method for manufacturing the optical sensor and various uses of the optical sensor and the detector. Furthermore, the invention relates to a human-machine interface, an entertainment device, a scanning system, a tracking system, a stereoscopic system, and a camera. The optical sensor (110) comprises a layer (112) of at least one photoconductive material (114), at least two individual electrical contacts (136, 136?) contacting the layer (112) of the photoconductive material (114), and a cover layer (116) deposited on the layer (112) of the photoconductive material (114), wherein the cover layer (116) is an amorphous layer comprising at least one metal-containing compound (120). The optical sensor (110) can be supplied as a non-bulkyhermetic package which, nevertheless, provides a high degree of protection against possible degradation by humidity and/or oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried HERMES, Sebastian VALOUCH, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Bertram FEUERSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20190157470
    Abstract: A detector for determining a position of at least one object, in particular for 3D-sensing concepts, is disclosed. The detector comprises a longitudinal optical sensor (110) for determining a longitudinal position of an object by a light beam traveling from the object to the detector and a transversal optical detector (112) which may be designed as an imaging device or a position sensitive detector. The longitudinal sensor (110) has at least two PN structures or PIN structures (138, 140). Each of the PN structures or PIN structures is located between two electrode layers (144), thereby forming photodiodes (146) having a longitudinal sensor region (148) each. Longitudinal sensor signals from the photodiodes (146) are, given the same total power of illumination, are dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the longitudinal sensor regions (148).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Wilfried HERMES, Sebastian VALOUCH
  • Publication number: 20190140129
    Abstract: A simple and still reliable detector for an accurate determination of a position of at least one object in space is provided. The detector comprises a longitudinal optical sensor (114) having a stack of at least two individual pin diodes (130, 130?) arranged between at least two electrodes (132, 132?). Upon illumination of the sensor region by an incident light beam (136), a longitudinal sensor signal is generated. The longitudinal sensor signal, given the same power of illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam (136). The at last two individual pin diodes (130, 130?) have different spectral sensitivities in order to enable the determination of a distance between the object and the detector by light beams in different spectral ranges, e.g. by light beams in the visible spectral range and in the infrared spectral range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: trinamiX GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian VALOUCH, Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED, Wilfried HERMES, Robert SEND, Ingmar BRUDER