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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 26, 2023
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung 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;
Michael Ten Hompel, Dortmund, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus with a processing unit configured to obtain scanning information of a two-dimensional scan of a surface is described herein. The processing unit is further configured to obtain positional information indicating an inclination of a capturing unit with respect to the surface, said capturing unit providing the two-dimensional scan and to evaluate the scanning information using the positional information with respect to a localization of the capturing unit relative to the surface.