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20130166140 | ACCELERATION DETECTION AND ANGULAR POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS - Embodiments relate to tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). In embodiments, a TPMS comprises a wheel unit and a control unit. Each wheel unit collects acceleration data and uses that data to determine a time at which the wheel unit will be at an angular position desired for signal transmission. Embodiments also include systems and methods for detecting vehicle acceleration by wheel units and determining robustness of acceleration data with respect to noise and vehicle acceleration. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166166 | TIRE LOCALIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS - Embodiments relate to tire localization in tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). In embodiments, a TPMS includes a wheel unit and a control unit. Each wheel unit collects acceleration data and transmits that data to the control unit for processing. The control unit processes the data and, using additional data received from another vehicle system, for example an antilock braking system (ABS) or electronic stability control (ESC) system, correlates the data in order to localize each wheel unit to a particular wheel of the vehicle. Advantages include increased processing power at the control unit as compared to the wheel unit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130211764 | AUTO-CALIBRATION OF ACCELERATION SENSORS - Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide calibration for a sensor. The calibration includes adapting an output signal of the sensor based on acceleration components at the sensor and a rotational frequency of the sensor. | 08-15-2013 |
20140107946 | System and Method for Determining the Mileage and Wear of a Tire - A system includes an acceleration sensor for detecting a centrifugal acceleration, and a processing unit, which is coupled to the acceleration sensor and which is configured to determine numerical values from measured values of the centrifugal acceleration. The determined numerical values are representative of a mileage of a tire and/or wear of the tire and/or an installation radius of the system in the tire. | 04-17-2014 |
20140200785 | TIRE LOCALIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEMS - Embodiments relate to a control unit comprising a data input to receive wheel rotation data from each of a plurality of fixed wheel rotation sensors associated with a wheel of a vehicle and acceleration samples from a plurality of wheel units. The control unit includes a processor to localize each of the plurality of wheel units to a particular wheel of the vehicle from a joint processing of the wheel rotation data and the acceleration samples. | 07-17-2014 |
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20150116105 | Apparatus and Method for Determining a State Parameter of an Object to be Monitored - An apparatus for determining a state parameter of an object to be monitored comprises a means for providing a plurality of measurement values, wherein the measurement values comprise information relating to the state parameter of the object to be monitored, a comparison means for comparing the measurement value to a predeterminable comparison parameter, wherein the comparison means is formed to output a first comparison signal when a predeterminable number of measurement values falls below the comparison parameter within a measurement interval, or to output a second comparison signal when the predeterminable number of measurement values exceeds or reaches the comparison parameter, wherein the first comparison signal or the second comparison signal indicate the state parameter. | 04-30-2015 |
20150180581 | EXCHANGING INFORMATION BETWEEN TIME-OF-FLIGHT RANGING DEVICES - Embodiments address a concept for exchanging information between time-of-flight ranging devices. For example, a first time-of-flight camera has an illumination unit configured to transmit information to a second time-of-flight camera by modulating a light signal to be emitted in accordance with an information bearing signal. The second time-of-flight camera has a time-of-flight sensor configured to detect the information bearing signal included in the emitted light signal of the first time of flight camera. | 06-25-2015 |
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20080251963 | Method and Device for Producing Profiled, at Least Sectionally Elongated Elements - A method and an injection mold for the production of profiled and at least partially elongated components out of liquid or viscous solidifying molding compounds, by said injection mold, the molding compound being injected into the mold cavity and transported away under steady extension of the mold cavity and under steady elongation of the component to be formed after the initial filling of the mold cavity. The molding compound transported away is transported out of the mold while molding compound is continuously being injected until the forming component reaches its final length. The mold has at least one mold insert whose surface is part of the peripheral surface of the mold cavity and which is supported in the mold in a movable way in longitudinal direction of the component to be formed so that the mold cavity forming the component can be expanded to the desired size and shape of the component inside and outside of the mold by a movement of the mold insert. Thus the invention makes it possible to produce components that have complex contours, are elongated, at least partially, and have a finite size in a high quality at a low expenditure. | 10-16-2008 |
20090304843 | INJECTION-MOLDING APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PROFILED ELONGATED PARTS - The invention relates to an injection molding installation with a fixed and a moveable machine clamping plate, and at least one injection unit as well as an injection-molding device which is located between the machine clamping plates for producing profiled parts, elongated at least in sections, by means of closure-side components which are assigned to the one machine clamping plate, and nozzle-side components which are assigned to the other machine clamping plate, as well as a slide module which is located between these components and which has a slide which is arranged in a moveable manner on a closure-side or nozzle-side component, wherein said slide contributes to form an original mould cavity, and a drive module for controlling the movement of the moveable part(s) of the slide module, wherein the part is produced in the intended dimension and shape inside and outside the mold via the movement of the slide. An at least partial functional integration of at least the closure-side components, and/or the drive module, and or the slide module in one or more components in the installation is intended. | 12-10-2009 |
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20150273747 | Method And Apparatus For Injection Moulding Of An Elongated Hollow Article - The present disclosure concerns an apparatus and a method for injection moulding of an elongated hollow article, such as a urinary catheter, said apparatus comprising a heated central mould with an inlet opening for entering liquid moulding compound into a substantially tubular cavity formed in said central mould; an elongated central mould core which is provided in the tubular cavity and extends beyond said tubular cavity and into a tip mould cavity of a tip mould part which is aligned with the tubular mould cavity in the longitudinal axis of the central mould core; wherein the tip mould part is moveable in a linear movement in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the elongated central mould core. | 10-01-2015 |
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20110205030 | METHOD OF DE-ACTIVATING AND ACTIVATING AN ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE (ESA) DEVICE, AND AN EAS DEVICE - A device for use in electronic article surveillance EAS is disclosed which comprises a resonant circuit, typically designed for 8.2 MHz operation, in addition to a transponder, such as RFID, for non-contact communication with a communication station. The RFID transponder can provide a signal to detune the resonant circuit to disable the EAS and optionally another signal to tune or retune the resonant circuit to enable or re-enable the EAS. The detuning and tuning or retuning may preferably be achieved using phase change memory material, configured as a programmable switch having two states with different resistances. | 08-25-2011 |
20120223809 | TRANSPONDER, METHOD AND READER FOR MONITORING ACCESS TO APPLICATION DATA IN THE TRANSPONDER - A transponder for wirelessly receiving external data and for monitoring access to application data, the transponder including: a data storage storing application data; a data storage control region; and a data storage access controller configured to store, in the data storage control region, data indicative of an access to the application data stored in the data storage, when the application data was accessed based on the external data. Further, a method and a reader for monitoring access to application data stored in a transponder are described. | 09-06-2012 |
20140057148 | ENERGY STORAGE - An energy storage apparatus having a housing, a plurality of battery cells, a temperature-control system with a liquid temperature-control medium for cooling and/or heating the battery cells in the housing. An absorbent element is arranged spatially between the battery cells and the housing such that any temperature-control medium escaping from the temperature-control system is absorbed by the absorbent element. The absorbent element is separated from the battery cells by an electrically insulating layer, the electrically insulating layer being impermeable to the temperature-control medium. | 02-27-2014 |
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20090295615 | Sigma-Delta Converter and Signal Processing Method - A sigma-delta converter comprises a sigma-delta modulator (SDM) with a signal processing block (SP) and a quantizer (QNT), as well as a stage adaptation element (DCC). The signal processing block (SP) is designed for deriving a modulated signal (MOD) in dependence on the respective signals at a signal input (SIN) and at a feedback input (FIN). The quantizer (QNT) comprises a quantization input (QIN) that is coupled to the signal output (SOT) and a quantization output (QOT) that is coupled to the feedback input (FIN), wherein the quantizer is designed for deriving a first quantized signal (Q1) from the modulated signal (MOD) by quantization with a first number of stages and for outputting this first quantized signal at the quantization output (QOT). The stage adaptation element is coupled to the quantization output (QOT) on the input side and to a converter output (COT) on the output side and is designed for deriving a second quantized signal (Q2) with a second number of stages that is smaller than the first number of stages from the first quantized signal (Q1). | 12-03-2009 |
20120280743 | SIGNAL PROCESSING ARRANGEMENT AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PARTICULARLY FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - A signal processing arrangement including a signal processing stage that divides an input signal (Vin) applied to a signal input (In) of the signal processing stage into at least two subsignals (Vin_a, Vin_b) as a function of a signal amplitude (A) of the input signal (Vin), wherein the signal processing stage is designed for parallel signal processing of the subsignals (Vin_a, Vin_b), and a reconstruction stage connected to the signal processing stage and provides an output signal (Vout) by weighting and combining the at least two processed subsignals (Vin_a, Vin_b). | 11-08-2012 |
20130208783 | TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER FOR PULSE DENSITY MODULATED SIGNALS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A transmitter (TX) for transmitting a pulse density modulated signal comprises means (SDM) for generating a pulse density modulated input signal (SI) and an encoder (ENC). The encoder (ENC) comprises a first input for receiving the pulse density modulated input signal (SI) and a second input for receiving additional information (AI) comprising at least one data bit. The encoder (ENC) is configured to generate a multi-bit telegram (TG) on the basis of the additional information (AI), the telegram (TG) comprising a predefined bit-sequence, and to replace an appropriate number of consecutive bits of the input signal (SI) with the telegram (TG) in order to generate an output signal (SO). | 08-15-2013 |
20130266156 | SENSOR AMPLIFIER ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR AMPLIFICATION OF A SENSOR SIGNAL - A sensor amplifier arrangement includes an amplifier having a signal input to receive a sensor signal and a signal output to provide an amplified sensor signal, and a feedback path that couples the signal output to the signal input and provides a feedback current that is an attenuated signal of the amplified sensor signal and is inverted with respect to the sensor signal. | 10-10-2013 |
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20100281130 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE TRANSMISSION OF TT ETHERNET MESSAGES - The goal of the present invention is to improve the useful data efficiency and reliability in the use of commercially available ETHERNET controllers, in a distributed real time computer system, by a number of node computers communicating via one or more communication channels by means of TT ETHERNET messages. To achieve this goal, a distinction is made between the node computer send time (KNSZPKT) and the network send time (NWSZPKT) of a message. The KNSZPKT must wait for the NWSZPKT, so that under all circumstances, the start of the message has arrived in the TT star coupler at the NWSZPKT, interpreted by the clock in the TT star coupler. The TT star coupler is modified, so that a message arriving from a node computer is delayed in an intelligent port of the TT star coupler until the NWSZPKT can send it precisely at the NWSZPKT into the TT network. | 11-04-2010 |
20110138080 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING LOCAL CLOCKS IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER NETWORK - The invention relates to a method for synchronizing local clocks in a distributed computer network, where said computer network consists of a number of components that are connected to each other via bi-directional communication links, characterized in that an a priori configured set of components of the network generates synchronization messages and sends these synchronization messages to the network. An a priori configured set of components consumes the generated synchronization messages. One or more message-relaying components in between a component that generates a synchronization message and the component that consumes the synchronization message will add a delay value to the synchronization message reflecting the delay imposed by the message-relaying component. A component that is configured to consume a synchronization message will delay a received synchronization message upon reception for a duration that is calculated by an a priori configured value for the maximum transmission delay minus the value of the sum of all delay values added to the received message before further usage of the message in the synchronization process of said component. | 06-09-2011 |
20110173347 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING LOCAL CLOCKS IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER NETWORK - The invention relates to a method for synchronizing local clocks in a distributed computer network, where said computer network consists of a number of end systems and at least two switches. Each end system is connected to at least two switches via bi-directional communication links. A configured subset of end systems and switches executes the method in form of a synchronization state machine. The state machine uses at least three different frame types. The states in the state machine are either said to belong to an unsynchronized set of states or belong to a synchronized set of states. All end systems that are configured as Synchronization Master periodically send coldstart frames in one of the unsynchronized states and react to the reception of a coldstart frame by sending a coldstart acknowledgment frame a configurable first timeout after the reception of the coldstart frame on all replicated communication channels, provided that the end system is in a state in which the synchronization state machine defines a transition for coldstart frames, and where said first timeout is reset when a consecutive coldstart frame is received before the coldstart acknowledge is sent. All end systems that are configured as Synchronization Master react to the reception of a coldstart acknowledgment frame by starting a configurable second timeout, provided that they are not already executing said first timeout, and entering a synchronized state when said second timeout expires. | 07-14-2011 |
20130142204 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE TRANSMISSION OF TT ETHERNET MESSAGES - The goal of the present invention is to improve the useful data efficiency and reliability in the use of commercially available ETHERNET controllers, in a distributed real time computer system, by a number of node computers communicating via one or more communication channels by means of TT ETHERNET messages. To achieve this goal, a distinction is made between the node computer send time (KNSZPKT) and the network send time (NWSZPKT) of a message. The KNSZPKT must wait for the NWSZPKT, so that under all circumstances, the start of the message has arrived in the TT star coupler at the NWSZPKT, interpreted by the clock in the TT star coupler. The TT star coupler is modified, so that a message arriving from a node computer is delayed in an intelligent port of the TT star coupler until the NWSZPKT can send it precisely at the NWSZPKT into the TT network. | 06-06-2013 |
20150120803 | Method and Device for Relaying Time-Triggered and Event-Triggered Communications - The invention relates to a method for distributing event-triggered (ET) and time-triggered (TT) messages in a distributed real-time system by means of a distributor unit that comprises a low-level relay unit (LLVME) and a high-level relay unit (HLVME), wherein communication ports of the distributor unit to other relay units and/or end systems of the real-time systems are attached to the LLVME. The invention further relates to such a distributor unit and to a real-time system comprising such a distributor unit. According to the invention, the LLVME has access to a global time base and is configured to differentiate between ET messages and TT messages, wherein the LLVME forwards an ET message that is incoming at one of its ports to the HLVME such that the HLVME can carry out the analysis and temporal scheduling of said ET message before it delivers this ET message back to the LLVME for issue at the designated output ports of the LLVME, and, prior to the known issuing of a TT message, the LLVME transmits a pause frame to the HLVME such that no ET message is scheduled to be transmitted by the HLVME during this anticipated and scheduled TT message transmission slot, and wherein the LLVME delivers an incoming TT message directly for issue at the designated output ports in accordance with the known time plan. | 04-30-2015 |
20150334060 | Method and Computer Network for Transmitting Real-Time Communications - The disclosed embodiments of the invention provide a method for the transmission of messages in a computer network comprised of computing nodes which are interconnected via active components. The computing nodes exchange real-time-messages that are allocated defined CM time intervals of constant duration. The bandwidth available for real-time messages within a CM time interval is limited to a defined real-time bandwidth. | 11-19-2015 |
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20090122812 | SAFE START-UP OF A NETWORK - A method for start-up of a network, including a number of nodes, which are connected via channels. The nodes exchange information in the form of messages via the channels. The transition phase of a synchronizing node from its initial phase to a synchronized phase is separated in a first integration phase and a second subsequent cold-start phase. A synchronizing node in the integration phase listens to messages being sent from nodes in the synchronized phase and only reacts to an integration message (i-frame) if the integration message is a valid message. Furthermore, a synchronizing node, wherein integration of the synchronizing node to a set of already synchronized nodes was not successful after a specifiable period, changes into the cold-start phase, in which a cold-start procedure of the node is extracted, wherein in the cold-start phase the node does not react to integration messages of a node in the synchronized phase. | 05-14-2009 |
20120243438 | SAFE START-UP OF A NETWORK - A method for start-up of a network, including a number of nodes, which are connected via channels. The nodes exchange information in the form of messages via the channels. The transition phase of a synchronizing node from its initial phase to a synchronized phase is separated in a first integration phase and a second subsequent cold-start phase. A synchronizing node in the integration phase listens to messages being sent from nodes in the synchronized phase and only reacts to an integration message (i-frame) if the integration message is a valid message. Furthermore, a synchronizing node, wherein integration of the synchronizing node to a set of already synchronized nodes was not successful after a specifiable period, changes into the cold-start phase, in which a cold-start procedure of the node is extracted, wherein in the cold-start phase the node does not react to integration messages of a node in the synchronized phase. | 09-27-2012 |
20120250572 | VERSATILE SOURCE PORT ENFORCEMENT FOR DATA NETWORKS - A communication switch comprises a plurality of ports and a processing unit configured to identify source ports and destination ports from the plurality of ports on a per virtual link basis. Each virtual link comprises one or more source ports via which frames are received from one or more source nodes and one or more destination ports via which received frames are forwarded to one or more destination nodes. For at least one virtual link, the processing unit is configured to accept more than one of the plurality of ports as source ports. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250694 | CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC SHAPING FOR DATA NETWORKS - A communication system comprises a plurality of nodes and a switch having a plurality of ports, each port coupled to one of the plurality of nodes. At least one of the plurality of nodes is configured to transmit a first unregulated flow of frames associated with a first virtual link to a first port of the plurality of ports of the switch. The switch is configured to regulate the first unregulated flow of frames by buffering frames of the first unregulated flow in a first input queue associated with the first virtual link, applying traffic shaping parameters associated with the first virtual link to the frames in the first input queue associated with the first virtual link, and outputting the first regulated flow of frames to one or more output queues associated with one or more output ports based on the first virtual link. | 10-04-2012 |
20150078399 | Method and Apparatus for Consistent Modification of the Schedules in a Time-Controlled Switch - The invention relates to a method for dynamic modification of the schedules in a time-controlled switch for relaying time-controlled messages in a real-time computer system, wherein at least one active schedule and at least one new schedule are stored at a point in time in a switch, wherein, at a specified changeover time in the active interval of a sparse time base, the active schedule is deactivated and a new schedule is activated. | 03-19-2015 |
20150127702 | Method for the Transmission of Messages in a Computer Network and Computer Network - The invention pertains to a method for the transmission of messages in a computer network, wherein the computer network comprises computing nodes with said computing nodes being interconnected by means of at least one star coupler and/or at least one multi-hop network, wherein each computing node is connected to the at least one star coupler via at least one communication line, and wherein the computing nodes exchange Ethernet messages among each other and with the at least one star coupler and/or the at least one multi-hop network, and wherein at least a portion, e.g. one, two, multiple or all Ethernet messages are communicated in a time-controlled manner, and wherein at least one star coupler implements at least one function (COF); the at least one function (COF) is characterized by using one, two or multiple time-controlled Ethernet messages and/or parts of one, two or multiple Ethernet messages as input parameter(s), and generating one, two or multiple Ethernet messages or parts of one, two or multiple Ethernet messages as output; and the time use of the function (COF) is for at least a portion, for example for one, two, multiple or all time-controlled communicated Ethernet messages and/or its multiple implementation in the star coupler linked to the communication schedule of the time-controlled Ethernet messages, so that the time use of the function (COF) and/or its multiple implementation is at least partially predefined by the communication schedule of the time-controlled messages. | 05-07-2015 |