150 patents
Utility
Modular servo cartridges for precision metrology
16 Jan 24
Motorized cartridges and coordinate measuring machines having motorized cartridges are provided.
Kishore Lankalapalli, John Lucas Creachbaum, Dragos M. Stanescu, Alessandro Patrioli
Filed: 1 May 19
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System and method for verifying a position of a component on an object
9 Jan 24
An apparatus and method is provided for verifying the position of an edge of component on an object.
Maxime Thierry Isabelle, Benjamin Parkin
Filed: 13 Jan 21
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Capturing environmental scans using landmarks based on semantic features
9 Jan 24
A method for performing a simultaneous location and mapping of a scanner device includes detecting a set of lines in a point cloud, and identifying a semantic feature based on the set of lines.
Mark Brenner, Aleksej Frank, Ahmad Ramadneh, Oliver Zweigle
Filed: 7 May 21
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Method of operating a coordinate measurement device
2 Jan 24
A three-dimensional (3D) coordinate measurement device and method of operating combines tracker and scanner functionality.
Kenneth Steffey, Robert E. Bridges, David H. Parker
Filed: 22 Jul 21
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Shape dependent model identification in point clouds
2 Jan 24
A system for shape dependent model identification in a point cloud includes a scanner device that captures a 3D point cloud that contains a representation of an object.
Denis Wohlfeld, Florian Schellroth
Filed: 11 Jun 20
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System and method of scanning an environment and generating two dimensional images of the environment
19 Dec 23
A system and method for scanning an environment and generating an annotated 2D map is provided.
Aleksej Frank, Matthias Wolke, Oliver Zweigle
Filed: 7 Oct 21
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Capturing environmental scans using landmarks based on semantic features
28 Nov 23
A method for performing a simultaneous location and mapping of a scanner device includes detecting a set of lines in a point cloud, and identifying a semantic feature based on the set of lines.
Mark Brenner, Aleksej Frank, Ahmad Ramadneh, Oliver Zweigle
Filed: 7 May 21
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Using a two-dimensional scanner to speed registration of three-dimensional scan data
14 Nov 23
A method for measuring and registering 3D coordinates has a 3D scanner measure a first collection of 3D coordinates of points from a first registration position.
Oliver Zweigle, Bernd-Dietmar Becker, Reinhard Becker
Filed: 20 Aug 21
Utility
Calibrating system for colorizing point-clouds
17 Oct 23
A system includes a three-dimensional (3D) scanner that captures a 3D point cloud corresponding to one or more objects in a surrounding environment.
Jafar Amiri Parian, Martin Ossig, Hani Kaabi
Filed: 23 Feb 22
Utility
System and method of scanning an environment and generating two dimensional images of the environment
3 Oct 23
Systems and methods of generating two-dimensional (2D) images of an environment are provided.
Joao Santos, Aleksej Frank, Ahmad Ramadneh, Simon Raab, Oliver Zweigle, Derik J. White
Filed: 24 Aug 20
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Compensation of three-dimensional measuring instrument having an autofocus camera
19 Sep 23
A 3D measuring instrument includes a registration camera and a surface measuring system having a projector and autofocus camera.
Martin Ossig, Johannes Buback
Filed: 20 Jul 22
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Tracking data acquired by coordinate measurement devices through a workflow
12 Sep 23
A method that includes providing a database for storing meta-data that describes steps in a workflow and an order of the steps in the workflow.
Martin Ossig, Oswin Horvath, Daniel Flohr
Filed: 7 Mar 22
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Automated channel cross-section measurement for microfluidic channels
5 Sep 23
Provided are embodiments of a method for performing automatic analysis of cross-sections of micro-channels.
Ariane Stiebeiner, Georgios Balatzis, Stefan Wagner
Filed: 2 Mar 21
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Handheld three-dimensional coordinate measuring device operatively coupled to a mobile computing device
15 Aug 23
A handheld device has a projector that projects a pattern of light onto an object, a first camera that captures the projected pattern of light in first images, a second camera that captures the projected pattern of light in second images, a registration camera that captures a succession of third images, one or more processors that determines three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of points on the object based at least in part on the projected pattern, the first images, and the second images, the one or more processors being further operable to register the determined 3D coordinates based at least in part on common features extracted from the succession of third images, and a mobile computing device operably connected to the handheld device and cooperating with the one or more processors, the mobile computing device operable to display the registered 3D coordinates of points.
Daniel Döring, Rolf Heidemann, Martin Ossig, Gerrit Hillebrand
Filed: 11 Apr 22
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Artifact filtering using artificial intelligence
15 Aug 23
A system and a method for removing artifacts from a 3D coordinate data are provided.
Louis Bergmann, Vadim Demkiv, Daniel Flohr
Filed: 5 Jun 20
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Hybrid photogrammetry
15 Aug 23
A method for determining three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of an object surface with a 3D measuring device includes forming from the determined 3D coordinates a mesh having a first face, constructing a voxel array aligned to the first face, obtaining a plurality of images from a first camera having a corresponding plurality of poses, obtaining for each voxel in the voxel array a plurality of voxel values obtained from the corresponding plurality of images, determining for each voxel row a quality value determined based at least in part on an average value of a first quantity and a dispersion of the first quantity, the first quantity based at least in part on first voxel values determined as a function of pose, and determining a distance from a point on the first face to the object surface based at least in part on the determined quality values for the voxel rows.
Martin Ossig, Johannes Buback
Filed: 28 Sep 21
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Correction of current scan data using pre-existing data
15 Aug 23
A system and method for measuring coordinate values of an environment is provided.
Denis Wohlfeld, Evelyn Schmitz
Filed: 10 Dec 20
Utility
Part inspection method using computed tomography
8 Aug 23
A system and method of inspecting a plurality of objects using a computed tomography (CT) system is provided.
Ariane Stiebeiner, Georgio Balatzis, Simon Raab, Stefan Wagner
Filed: 7 Jun 21
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Method of remotely controlling a laser tracker using a mobile computing device
8 Aug 23
A laser tracker system and method of operating the laser tracker system is provided.
Kalyan Nagalla, Yicheng Zhang
Filed: 30 Sep 20
Utility
Construction site defect and hazard detection using artificial intelligence
1 Aug 23
A system and method for detecting construction site defects and hazards using artificial intelligence (AI) is provided.
Denis Wohlfeld, Evelyn Schmitz
Filed: 19 Jan 21