Trinamix Gmbh

Basf Se Corporation

Wilfried Hermes

Robert Send

Sebastian Valouch

Ingmar Bruder

Bertram Feuerstein

Christoph Lungenschmied

Stefan Hengen

Christian Lennartz

Michael Eberspach

Robert Gust

Thomas Ohmer

Sebastian Mueller

Christian Schildknecht

Patrick Schindler

Peter Schillen

Peter Fejes

Timo Altenbeck

Heidi Bechtel

Regina Hoeh

Fabian Dittmann

Thomas Hupfauer

Celal Mohan Oeguen

Christopher Hahne

Anke Handreck

Peter Paul Kaletta

Peter Erk

Georg Sieder

Erwin Thiel

Torsten Katz

Stephan Irle

Ingolf Hennig

Daniel Kaelblein

Jochen Brill

Daniel Waldmann

Juergen Moors

Michel Valentin Kettner

Felix Schmidt

Kai Uwe Binder

Wolfgang Ferstl

Gerd Modes

Hubert Waindok

Svetlana Guriyanova

Alexander Klein

Celal Mohan ÖGÜN

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

Communication system, monitoring system and related methods

Described herein is an optical sensor, a detector for an optical detection including the optical sensor, a method for manufacturing the optical sensor and various uses of the optical detector. The optical sensor includes a stack.

Method for selecting an optical sensor

Described herein is a spectrometer device. The spectrometer device is configured for determining at least one spectral or spectroscopic information of at least one object. The spectrometer device is configured for determining intensities of constituent wavelength signals of at least one light beam propagating from the object to the spectrometer device. The spectrometer device includes at least one distance detector configured for determining at least one distance information about a distance between at least one object and the spectrometer device, at least one pixelated imaging detector configured for determining at least one image of the object, and at least one evaluation device configured for determining at least one material information of the object by evaluating of at least one image of the object determined by the pixelated imaging detector. The evaluation device is configured for performing at least one spectroscopic analysis of the determined intensities of constituent wavelength signals.

Spectrometer device

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.

Optical sensor and detector for an optical detection

Described herein is a detector for detecting optical radiation, especially within the infrared spectral range, specifically with regard to sensing at least one of transmissivity, absorption, emission and reflectivity, being capable of avoiding or diminishing a cross detection between sensor areas, specifically between adjacent sensor areas, thus, avoiding or diminishing a deterioration of a measurement based on the at least one sensor signal.

Optical detector

Described herein is a spectrometer device. The spectrometer device includes:

Described herein is an optical sensor, a detector including the optical sensor for an optical detection of at least one object, and a method for manufacturing the optical sensor. The optical sensor () includes The optical sensor () exhibits a linear current-voltage characteristic according to Ohm's law.

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.

Detector and methods for authenticating at least one object

A detector () for determining a position of at least one object () is proposed. The detector () comprises: The detector is adapted to determine the longitudinal coordinate z of the object in at least one measurement range independent from the object size in an object plane.

Detector for optically detecting at least one object

A detector () for determining a position of at least one object () is proposed. The detector () comprises: &#x2014;at least two optical sensors (), each optical sensor () having a light-sensitive area (), wherein each light-sensitive area () has a geometrical center (), wherein the geometrical centers () of the optical sensors () are spaced apart from an optical axis () of the detector () by different spatial offsets, wherein 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&#x2014;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.

A detector () for an optical detection of at least one object () is proposed. Further, the invention relates to a method for optical detection of at least one object () and to various uses of the detector (). The detector () comprises: &#x2014;at least one optical sensor (), the optical sensor () having at least one sensor region (), the sensor region () comprising at least one curved substrate () and at least one film () having a photoconductive material (), wherein the film () is placed on at least one surface () of the curved substrate (), wherein the optical sensor () is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region () by a light beam (); &#x2014;at least one transfer device (), the transfer device () being adapted to transfer the light beam () from the object () to the optical sensor (), thereby being adapted to guide the light beam () to the film () located on the curved substrate (); and&#x2014;at least one evaluation device (), wherein the evaluation device () is designed to generate at least one item of information on a position of the object () by evaluating the sensor signal of the optical sensor (). Thereby, a simple, cost-efficient and, still, reliable detector () for an accurate determining of a position of at least one object () in space is provided.

Detector for an optical detection of at least one object

A detector () for determining a position of at least one object () is proposed. The detector () comprises: at least one transfer device (), wherein the transfer device () has at least one focal length in response to at least one incident light beam () propagating from the object () to the detector (); at least two optical sensors (), wherein each optical sensor () has at least one light sensitive area (), wherein each optical sensor () is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by the light beam (), at least one evaluation device () being configured for determining at least one longitudinal coordinate z of the object () by evaluating a quotient signal Q from the sensor signals. The detector is adapted to determine the longitudinal coordinate z of the object in at least one measurement range independent from the object size in an object plane.

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 () comprises a layer () of at least one photoconductive material (), at least two individual electrical contacts (') contacting the layer () of the photoconductive material (), and a cover layer () deposited on the layer () of the photoconductive material (), wherein the cover layer () is an amorphous layer comprising at least one metal-containing compound (). The optical sensor () can be supplied as a non-bulky hermetic package which, nevertheless, provides a high degree of protection against possible degradation by humidity and/or oxygen. Moreover, the cover layer () is capable of activating the photoconductive material () which results in an increased performance of the optical sensor (). Further, the optical sensor () may be easily manufactured and integrated on a circuit carrier device.

The invention relates to a detector () for optical detection comprising a circuit carrier () designed to carry at least one layer, wherein the circuit carrier () is or comprises a printed circuit board (); a reflective layer (), the reflective layer () being placed on a partition of the circuit carrier (), wherein the reflective layer () is designed to reflect the incident light beam (), thereby generating at least one reflected light beam (); a substrate layer (), the substrate layer () being directly or indirectly adjacent to the reflective layer (), wherein the substrate layer () is at least partially transparent with respect to the incident light beam (); a sensor layer (), the sensor layer () being placed on the substrate layer (), wherein the sensor layer () is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor layer () by the incident light beam and the reflected light beam (); and an evaluation device () designed to generate at least one item of information by evaluating the sensor signal; and at least two individual electrical contacts (') contacting the sensor layer (), wherein the electrical contacts (&#x2032;) are designed to transmit the sensor signal via the circuit carrier () to the evaluation device (). The detector () constitutes a detector for detecting optical radiation, especially within the infrared spectral range, specifically with regard to sensing at least one of transmissivity, absorption, emission and reflectivity, being capable of avoiding a loss of incident light.

A detector () for determining a position of at least one object () is disclosed. The detector () comprises: at least one sensor element () having a matrix () of optical sensors (), the optical sensors () each having a light-sensitive area (), wherein 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 (); at least one evaluation device () configured for evaluating the sensor signals, by a) determining at least one optical sensor () having the highest sensor signal and forming at least one center signal; b) evaluating the sensor signals of the optical sensors () of the matrix () 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 () by evaluating the combined signal.

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Wilfried Hermes