公开(公告)号：US20240085518A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18477104

申请日：2023-09-28

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： 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

IPC: G01S5/16 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/493 ,  G01S11/12 ,  G01S17/32 ,  G01S17/36 ,  G01S17/46 ,  G01S17/50 ,  G01S17/66 ,  G01S17/89

CPC classification number: G01S5/16 ,  G01J1/0411 ,  G01J1/0422 ,  G01J1/4228 ,  G01S7/4804 ,  G01S7/4808 ,  G01S7/4816 ,  G01S7/493 ,  G01S11/12 ,  G01S17/32 ,  G01S17/36 ,  G01S17/46 ,  G01S17/50 ,  G01S17/66 ,  G01S17/89

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240012092A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18189008

申请日：2023-03-23

Applicant: TRINAMIX GMBH

Inventor： Christian SCHILDKNECHT ,  Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED ,  Ingmar BRUDER ,  Michael EBERSPACH ,  Peter FEJES ,  Robert SEND ,  Sebastian VALOUCH ,  Thomas OHMER ,  Wilfried HERMES ,  Stefan HENGEN ,  Christian LENNARTZ

IPC: G01S5/16 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S11/12 ,  G01S17/36 ,  G01S17/46 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S7/493 ,  G01S17/32 ,  G01S17/50 ,  G01S17/66 ,  G01S17/89

CPC classification number: G01S5/16 ,  G01S7/4816 ,  G01S11/12 ,  G01S17/36 ,  G01S17/46 ,  G01J1/0411 ,  G01J1/0422 ,  G01J1/4228 ,  G01S7/4804 ,  G01S7/4808 ,  G01S7/493 ,  G01S17/32 ,  G01S17/50 ,  G01S17/66 ,  G01S17/89

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200183006A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16347364

申请日：2017-11-17

Applicant: Trinamix GmbH

Inventor： Michael EBERSPACH ,  Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED ,  Robert SEND ,  Thomas OHMER ,  Stefan HENGEN ,  Ingmar BRUDER ,  Wilfried HERMES ,  Sebastian VALOUCH ,  Christian LENNARTZ ,  Peter SCHILLEN ,  Patrick SCHINDLER

IPC: G01S17/32 ,  G01S17/66 ,  G01S17/50 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S7/493

Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112) is disclosed. The detector (110) comprises: at least one sensor element (118) having a matrix (120) of optical sensors (122), the optical sensors (122) each having a light-sensitive area (124), wherein each optical sensor (122) is configured to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of the light-sensitive area (124) by at least one light beam (116) propagating from the object (112) to the detector (110); at least one evaluation device (134) configured for evaluating the sensor signals, by a) determining at least one optical sensor (122) having the highest sensor signal and forming at least one center signal; b) evaluating the sensor signals of the optical sensors (122) of the matrix (120) and forming at least one sum signal; c) determining at least one combined signal by combining the center signal and the sum signal; and d) determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (112) by evaluating the combined signal.

公开(公告)号：US20200049800A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-13

申请号：US16344511

申请日：2017-10-24

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Sebastian VALOUCH ,  Wilfried HERMES ,  Stefan HENGEN ,  Robert SEND ,  Ingmar BRUDER

IPC: G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/46

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). The detector (110) comprises: —at least one optical sensor (114), the optical sensor (114) having at least one sensor region (132), the sensor region (132) comprising at least one curved substrate (142) and at least one film (134) having a photoconductive material (136), wherein the film (134) is placed on at least one surface (140, 172) of the curved substrate (142), wherein the optical sensor (114) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region (132) by a light beam (124); —at least one transfer device (120), the transfer device (120) being adapted to transfer the light beam (124) from the object (112) to the optical sensor (114), thereby being adapted to guide the light beam (124) to the film (134) located on the curved substrate (142); and —at least one evaluation device (154), wherein the evaluation device (154) is designed to generate at least one item of information on a position of the object (112) by evaluating the sensor signal of the optical sensor (114). Thereby, a simple, cost-efficient and, still, reliable detector (110) for an accurate determining of a position of at least one object (112) in space is provided.

公开(公告)号：US20200011995A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-09

申请号：US16483231

申请日：2018-03-15

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Robert SEND ,  Celal Mohan OEGUEN ,  Christopher HAHNE ,  Michael EBERSPACH ,  Ingmar BRUDER ,  Bernd SCHERWATH

IPC: G01S17/46 ,  G01S3/783 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/48

Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object is proposed. The detector (110) comprises: —at least one angle dependent optical element (130) adapted to generate at least one light beam (131) having at least one beam profile depending on an angle of incidence of an incident light beam (116) propagating from the object (112) towards the detector (110) and illuminating the angle dependent optical element (130), wherein the angle dependent optical element (130) comprises at least one optical element selected from the group consisting of: at least one optical fiber, in particular at least one multifurcated optical fiber, in particular at least one bifurcated optical fiber; at least one diffractive optical element; at least one angle dependent reflective element, at least one diffractive grating element, in particular a blaze grating element; at least one aperture stop; at least one prism; at least one lens; at least one lens array, in particular at least one microlens array; at least one optical filter; at least one polarization filter; at least one bandpass filter; at least one liquid crystal filter, in particular a liquid crystal tunable filter; at least one short-pass filter; at least one long-pass filter; at least one notch filter; at least one interference filter; at least one transmission grating; at least one nonlinear optical element, in particular one birfringent optical element; —at least two optical sensors (113), wherein each optical sensor (113) has at least one light sensitive area (121), wherein each optical sensor (113) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by the light beam (131) generated by the angle dependent optical element (130); at least one evaluation device (133) being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object (112) by evaluating a combined signal Q from the sensor signals.

公开(公告)号：US20200003899A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-02

申请号：US16484369

申请日：2018-02-07

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Christoph LUNGENSCHMIED ,  Christian BONSIGNORE ,  Anke HANDRECK ,  Ingmar BRUDER ,  Robert SEND

IPC: G01S17/42 ,  G01S7/481 ,  H01L27/30 ,  H01L51/42 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H01L31/0384 ,  H01L31/032 ,  H01L31/0296 ,  H01L31/028 ,  H01L31/0368 ,  H01L31/0376 ,  H01L31/0304

Abstract: A detector for optical detection of at least one object, the detector including: at least one optical sensor including at least one sensor region. The optical sensor is configured to generate at least one sensor signal dependent on an illumination of the sensor region by an incident modulated light beam. The sensor signal is dependent on a modulation frequency of the light beam. The sensor region includes at least one capacitive device including at least two electrodes. At least one insulating layer and at least one photosensitive layer are embedded between the electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes is at least partially optically transparent for the light beam. The detector further includes at least one evaluation device configured to generate at least one item of information on a position of the object by evaluating the sensor signal.

公开(公告)号：US20190277703A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16344538

申请日：2017-10-24

Applicant: TrinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Sebastian VALOUCH ,  Robert SEND ,  Ingmar BRUDER ,  Wilfried HERMES

IPC: G01J5/20 ,  G01J5/08 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/09 ,  H01L31/0296 ,  H01L31/032

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). The optical detector (110) comprises —an optical filter (114) having at least a first surface (116) and a second surface (118), the second surface (118) being located oppositely with respect to the first surface (116), wherein the optical filter (114) is designed for allowing an incident light beam (120) received by the first surface (116) to pass through the optical filter (114) to the second surface (118), thereby generating a modified light beam (122) by modifying a spectral composition of the incident light beam (120); —a sensor layer (128) comprising a photosensitive material (130) being deposited on the second surface (118) of the optical filter (114), wherein the sensor layer (128) is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor layer (128) by the modified light beam (122); and —an evaluation device (140) designed to generate at least one item of information provided by the incident light beam (120) by evaluating the sensor signal. The optical detector (110) constitutes an improved simple, cost-efficient and, still, reliable detector for detecting optical radiation, especially within the infrared spectral range, specifically with regard to sensing at least one of transmissivity, absorption, emission and reflectance. Hereby, the optical detector (110) is capable of effectively removing stray light as far as possible.

公开(公告)号：US20240263937A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-08

申请号：US18567124

申请日：2022-06-30

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Celal Mohan OEGUEN ,  Christopher HAHNE ,  Robert SEND ,  Ingmar BRUDER

IPC: G01B11/02 ,  G01B11/22

CPC classification number: G01B11/026 ,  G01B11/22

Abstract: Described herein is a measurement head for determining a position of at least one object. The measurement head includes:



at least one transfer device; and
at least one bundle of optical fibers.

公开(公告)号：US20240119624A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-11

申请号：US18543015

申请日：2023-12-18

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Michael EBERSPACH ,  Christian LENNARTZ ,  Robert SEND ,  Patrick SCHINDLER ,  Peter SCHILLEN ,  Ingmar BRUDER

IPC: G06T7/70 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06V10/14 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/60

CPC classification number: G06T7/70 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06T5/70 ,  G06V10/14 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/60 ,  G06T7/571

Abstract: Described herein is a detector for determining a position of at least one object. The detector includes at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area, wherein the sensor element is configured to determine a reflection image of the object. The detector also includes an evaluation device configured to select a reflection feature of the reflection image, and determine a distance estimate of the selected reflection feature of the reflection image by optimizing at least one blurring function fa, wherein the distance estimate is given by a longitudinal coordinate z and an error interval±ε. The evaluation device is adapted to determine at least one displacement region in at least one reference image corresponding to the distance estimate, and to match the selected reflection feature with at least one reference feature within the displacement region.

公开(公告)号：US20240045097A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18480644

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: trinamiX GmbH

Inventor： Robert SEND ,  Celal Mohan OEGUEN ,  Ingmar BRUDER

IPC: G01V8/22 ,  F16P3/14

CPC classification number: G01V8/22 ,  F16P3/144

Abstract: Described herein is a device for optically surveilling at least one area. The device includes a sender unit and a receiver unit. The sender unit has at least one illumination source. The illumination source is designed to generate at least one light beam having a beam profile. Each light beam is designated for propagating to the receiver unit, thereby traversing at least one area for surveillance. The receiver unit includes



at least one transfer device,
at least two optical sensors, and
at least one evaluation device