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公开(公告)号:US20180007343A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-04
申请号:US15534343
申请日:2015-12-07
Applicant: BASF SE
Inventor: Robert SEND , Ingmar BRUDER , Sebastian VALOUCH , Stephan IRLE , Erwin THIEL , Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED
CPC classification number: H04N13/218 , G01S5/16 , G01S7/4816 , G01S17/46 , G02F1/29 , H04N5/2354 , H04N5/335 , H04N9/045 , H04N13/271
Abstract: An optical detector (110) is disclosed, comprising: at least one optical sensor (122) adapted to detect a light beam (116) and to generate at least one sensor signal, wherein the optical sensor (122) has at least one sensor region (126), wherein the sensor signal of the optical sensor (122) is dependent on an illumination of the sensor region (126) by the light beam (116), wherein the sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a width of the light beam (116) in the sensor region (126); at least one focus-tunable lens (130) located in at least one beam path (132) of the light beam (116), the focus-tunable lens (130) being adapted to modify a focal position of the light beam (116) in a controlled fashion; at least one focus-modulation device (136) adapted to provide at least one focus-modulating signal (138) to the focus-tunable lens (130), thereby modulating the focal position; and at least one evaluation device (140), the evaluation device (140) being adapted to evaluate the sensor signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20170363465A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-21
申请号:US15534335
申请日:2015-12-07
Applicant: BASF SE
Inventor: Robert SEND , Ingmar BRUDER , Sebastian VALOUCH , Stephan IRLE , Erwin THIEL
CPC classification number: G01J1/4228 , G01C3/06 , G01J1/08 , G01J1/44 , G01S5/16 , G01S7/4816 , G01S11/12 , G01S17/023 , G01S17/46 , G02B7/32
Abstract: An optical detector(110) is disclosed, comprising: at least one optical sensor(122) adapted to detect a light beam(120) and to generate at least one sensor signal, wherein the optical sensor(122) has at least one sensor region(124), wherein the sensor signal of the optical sensor(122) exhibits a non-linear dependency on an illumination of the sensor region(124) by the light beam (120) with respect to a total power of the illumination; at least one image sensor(128) being a pixelated sensor comprising a pixel matrix(174) of image pixels(176), wherein the image pixels(176) are adapted to detect the light beam(120) and to generate at least one image signal, wherein the image signal exhibits a linear dependency on the illumination of the image pixels(176) by the light beam(1,6) with respect to the total power of the illumination; and at least one evaluation device(132), the evaluation device(132) being adapted to evaluate the sensor signal and the image signal. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the non-linear dependency of the sensor signal on the total power of the illumination of the optical sensor(122) is expressible by a non-linear function comprising a linear part and a non-linear part, wherein the evaluation device(132) is adapted to determine the linear part and/or the non-linear part of the non-linear function by evaluating both the sensor signal and the image signal. Herein, the evaluation device(132), preferably, comprises a processing circuit(136) being adapted to provide a difference between the sensor signal and the image signal for determining the non-linear part of the non-linear function.
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公开(公告)号:US20180276843A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-27
申请号:US15534294
申请日:2015-12-07
Applicant: BASF SE
Inventor: Robert SEND , Ingmar BRUDER , Sebastian VALOUCH , Stephan IRLE , Erwin THIEL , Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED , Mustapha AL HELWI
IPC: G06T7/70 , G01C3/08 , H04N5/225 , H04N5/232 , A63F13/213
CPC classification number: G06T7/70 , A63F13/213 , G01C3/06 , G01C3/08 , G02B3/14 , H04N5/2256 , H04N5/23212
Abstract: An optical detector (110) is disclosed, comprising: at least one optical sensor (122) adapted to detect a light beam (120) and to generate at least one sensor signal, wherein the optical sensor (122) has at least one sensor region (126), wherein the sensor signal of the optical sensor (122) is dependent on an illumination of the sensor region (126) by the light beam (120), wherein the sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a width of the light beam (120) in the sensor region (126); at least one focus-tunable lens (128) located in at least one beam path (130) of the light beam (120), the focus-tunable lens (128) being adapted to modify a focal position of the light beam (120) in a controlled fashion; at least one focus-modulation device (136) adapted to provide at least one focus-modulating signal (138) to the focus-tunable lens (128), thereby modulating the focal position; at least one imaging device (140) being adapted to record an image; and at least one evaluation device (142), the evaluation device (142) being adapted to evaluate the sensor signal and, depending on the sensor signal, to effect a recording of the image by the imaging device (140).
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公开(公告)号:US20200259567A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-13
申请号:US16639387
申请日:2018-08-23
Applicant: BASF SE
Inventor: Sebastian VALOUCH , Robert SEND , Sorin IVANOVICI , Hannah Stephanie MANGOLD , Martin KOENEMANN
IPC: H04B10/572 , H04B10/50 , H01L33/50 , C09K11/06
Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmitter for transmitting data and for emitting electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectral range, wherein the transmitter comprises a) a radiation source for generating and emitting first electromagnetic radiation, b) a modulator being adapted to modulate the first electromagnetic radiation depending on the data to be transmitted generating modulated first electromagnetic radiation, and c) a frequency converter for converting at least a part of the modulated first electromagnetic radiation into modulated second electromagnetic radiation, said modulated second electromagnetic radiation being different from the modulated first electromagnetic radiation, wherein the frequency converter comprises a polymeric matrix material comprising at least one organic fluorescent colorant. Furthermore, the invention relates to an illumination device comprising such transmitter. Moreover, the invention relates to a data transmission system comprising such a transmitter as well as a receiver and a data analyzer.
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公开(公告)号:US20180067213A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15554496
申请日:2016-03-03
Applicant: BASF SE
Inventor: Robert SEND , Ingmar BRUDER , Sebastian VALOUCH , Stephan IRLE , Erwin THIEL
CPC classification number: G01S17/42 , G01S5/16 , G01S7/481 , G01S7/4816 , G01S7/483 , G01S11/12 , G01S17/46 , G01S17/48 , G06F3/002 , G06F3/011
Abstract: A detector for optical detection of an object contains a modulation device generating at least one modulated light beam from the object to the detector; a longitudinal optical sensor having at least one sensor region and designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal depending on an illumination of the sensor region by the modulated light beam; and an evaluation device designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object. The longitudinal sensor signal contains a first component, which depends on a response of the longitudinal optical sensor to a variation of the modulation of the modulated light beam, and a second component, which depends on the total power of the illumination. The item of information is generated by deriving the first component and the second component from the longitudinal sensor signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20180003993A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-04
申请号:US15533572
申请日:2015-12-07
Applicant: BASF SE
Inventor: Robert SEND , Ingmar BRUDER , Sebastian VALOUCH , Stephan IRLE , Erwin THIEL
CPC classification number: G02B27/0916 , G01B11/00 , G01B11/002 , G01B11/08 , G01B11/22 , G01B11/285 , G01J3/0208 , G01J3/46 , G01J3/50 , G01J3/513 , G01J3/524 , G01S7/4816 , G01S17/026 , G01S17/48 , G01S17/58 , G01S17/66 , G01S17/89 , G02B27/0955
Abstract: A detector (110) for an optical detection of at least one object (112) is proposed. The detector (110) comprises: —at least one transfer device (120), wherein the transfer device (120) comprises at least two different focal lengths (140) in response to at least one incident light beam (136); —at least two longitudinal optical sensors (132), wherein each longitudinal optical sensor (132) has at least one sensor region (146), wherein each longitudinal optical sensor (132) is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region (146) by the light beam (136), wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam (136) in the sensor region (146), wherein each longitudinal optical sensor (132) exhibits a spectral sensitivity in response to the light beam (136) in a manner that two different longitudinal optical sensors (132) differ with regard to their spectral sensitivity; wherein each optical longitudinal sensor (132) is located at a focal point (138) of the transfer device (120) related to the spectral sensitivity of the respective longitudinal optical sensor (132); and —at least one evaluation device (150), wherein the evaluation device (150) is designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position and/or at least one item of information on a color of the object (112) by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal of each longitudinal optical sensor (132). Thereby, a simple and, still, efficient detector for an accurate determining of a position and/or a color of at least one object in space is provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20170363741A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-21
申请号:US15534041
申请日:2015-12-07
Applicant: BASF SE
Inventor: Robert SEND , Ingmar BRUDER , Sebastian VALOUCH , Stephan IRLE , Erwin THIEL , Heiko HENGEN
CPC classification number: G01S17/46 , G01S3/781 , G01S5/16 , G01S7/4816 , G06F3/0304 , H04N5/2354 , H04N5/335 , H04N9/045
Abstract: A method of controlling pixels (134) of at least one spatial light modulator (114) is disclosed. The spatial light modulator (114) has a matrix of pixels (132). Each pixel (134) is individually controllable. The method comprises the following steps: receiving at least one image (331), (342); defining at least one image segment (333) within the image (331),(344); assigning at least one gray scale value to each image segment (333),(348); assigning at least one pixel (134) of the matrix of pixels (132) to each image segment (333),(350); assigning a unique modulation frequency to each gray scale value assigned to the at least one image segment (333),(352); controlling the at least one pixel (134) of the matrix of pixels (132) assigned to the at least one image segment (333) with the unique modulation frequency assigned to the respective image segment (333),(354).
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