Peter Krumhauer

Short Biography:1941  Born in Stettin1963-1969 Study: Machine Building and Precision Engineering at the TU Berlin1974  Promotion to Dr.-Ing. at Technical University Berlin1974-1976 Head of Mechanical Research, Hell GmbH, Kiel – Setting Computers1976-1980 Head of Development of Laaser and Co., Berlin – Measuring devices for flow, pressure and level1980-1982 Advisor to the board of directors, Berthold AG, Berlin – Setting Computers1982-1985 Vice President of Engineering, Alphatype Corp., Tampa, USA, Setting Computers1985-2006 Professor at the TFH Berlin for Precision Engineering and MechatronicsMain Developments:1988  Book scanner with turn-page-automatic1988  Ultrafast Single Font OCR: 1000 characters in 2 sec1998  Fast rendering of 3D-bodies1998  Ultrafast detection of collision of complex 3D bodies: Detection of collision of bodies of 600,000 polygons in 40ms (150MHz Pentium)1985  Fast Generation of Characters for Setting Computers1994  Quasi automatic generation of multilingual dictionaries and thesauri2002  Ultrafast measuring of size, position and ovality of partially masked solder bumps on wafers (30 bumps in 200ms-500MHz Pentium)2003  Program for the teaching of writing and reading for children with visual and mental handicaps2005  Simulation of complex mechanical simulation for mechanical wristwatches2006  Automatical Stacking of laser diodes with 30mm accuracy