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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2023
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Jan Behling, Dortmund, DE;
Mathias Rotgeri, Dortmund, DE;
Jan Sören Emmerich, Dortmund, DE;
Dirk Höning, Dortmund, DE;
Patrick Klokowski, Dortmund, DE;
Christian Hammermeister, Dortmund, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus having a processing unit configured to obtain scanning information, provided by a detection unit, from a scan of a surface, wherein the scanning information have information on an inherent feature of the surface. Furthermore, the processing unit is configured to extract extraction information for the inherent feature from the scanning information and to perform matching with a database based on the extraction information, wherein extraction information for a plurality of inherent features of the surface are stored in the database. Furthermore, the processing unit is configured to determine the position of the detection unit based on the matching.