Patents by Inventor Andrea Schmidt

Andrea Schmidt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240082759
    Abstract: Device for removing foreign matter from a liquid by means of at least one filter, wherein the liquid with the foreign matter is fed from a bath to the filter by means of a rotor (34) via a shaft or an extension (40) in a housing (9), wherein an inlet (22) extends columnar vertically over at least a major part of a rear wall (21) of the housing (9) opposite to the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: VITO AG
    Inventor: Andreas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20240073751
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile communication system sub-network comprising a macrocell base station, and a plurality of small cell base stations, the plurality of small cell base stations being in wireless communication with the macrocell base station, wherein each small cell base station is either in direct connection with the macrocell base station or is in connection with the macrocell base station via one or more other small cell base stations, wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure a UE device having a RRC connection to the macrocell base station with candidate small cell base station information for enabling the UE device to switch autonomously between small cell base stations, and wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure the small cell base stations with small cell base station configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: IPCom GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMIDT, Martin HANS HANS
  • Patent number: 11913506
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission includes a hydraulic circuit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: obtain (20) a target pressure specification; convert (26) the target pressure specification into a target volume flow rate; determine (42) a valve volume flow rate as a function of the target volume flow rate and as a function of parameters that represent system properties of the hydraulic circuit; determine (46) a pressure drop at a valve due to flow forces as a function of the valve volume flow rate; determine (48) a compensated valve output pressure as a function of the valve volume flow rate and the pressure drop; determine (58) the electric control current as a function of the compensated valve output pressure; and activate a valve with the electric control current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Anton Fritzer, Thilo Schmidt, Andreas Schmidt, Valentine Vincent, Christoph Köhler, Jonas Knör, Michael Miller, Mario Hasel, Jakob Mayer, Christian Hunger, Fabian Schöniger
  • Patent number: 11910424
    Abstract: A method of reducing interference in a mobile communication system is provided to reduce interference caused by a first user equipment, UE, device operating in a cell at a significantly higher altitude than other UE devices in the cell so as to cause interference. The method detects that the first UE device is operating at an altitude considered by the mobile communication system to be an extraordinary altitude and reduces interference caused by the first UE device operating at the extraordinary altitude by controlling the operation of the first UE device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: IPCom GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Maik Bienas, Martin Hans
  • Publication number: 20240021031
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for deleting user data in a motor vehicle. The method includes storing user data in an eUICC chip of a communication controller that enables user access to a mobile radio network, the user profile data including setting data of a device setting performed during use of the motor vehicle by at least one user in at least one other controller different from the communication controller, and receiving a delete command for removal of the user profile data in the communication controller by a profile assistant module of the communication controller from a server computer, the profile assistant module being coupled to a data management module of the motor vehicle, executing the delete command, wherein the user access to the mobile radio network is prevented by executing the delete command, and sending a clearing command by the profile assistant module to the data management module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMIDT, Issam CHOURAIB, Benjamin KLIMPKE
  • Publication number: 20240014883
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanism for a receiver to determine a quality of orthogonality of received polarized signals by monitoring polarized reference signals RSc,j which either change polarization with time or are aligned with polarized data signals. Depending on the quality, multiplexing may change between polarization division multiplexing and spatial division multiplexing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: IPCom GmbH &Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMIDT, Maik BIENAS
  • Patent number: 11867866
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for detecting fissionable materials. In one embodiment the system may incorporate a neutron pulse generator configured to generate multiple short pulses of neutrons, or a single pulse of sufficient intensity, in a vicinity of an object of interest. The source pulse of neutrons includes neutrons which each have a full width half maximum time duration of less than about 100 ns and a peak energy level no greater than about 20 MeV. A fast response detector is used which is able to detect single neutron events indicative of fission neutrons having been produced by the source pulse of neutrons interacting with fissionable material associated with the object of interest, and which arrive at the fast response detector within a predetermined time window immediately before arrival of the source neutron pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Yuri Podpaly, James M. Hall, Alexander Peter Povilus, Andrea Schmidt, Dustin Yang
  • Patent number: 11864171
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of transmitting data to a receiving entity, the method comprising establishing a plurality of transmission channels to the receiving entity, the transmission channels being established using more than one radio access technology; for each transmission channel determining a buffer status of a data buffer containing data to be transmitted using that transmission channel; and determining if transmission capacity is available in a packet data unit of a first radio access technology and if such transmission capacity is available determining whether data may be taken from a data buffer of a transmission channel of a second radio access technology and transmitted to the receiving entity in the packet data unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: IPCom GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Achim Luft, Maik Bienas, Martin Hans
  • Patent number: 11849357
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile communication system sub-network comprising a macrocell base station, and a plurality of small cell base stations, the plurality of small cell base stations being in wireless communication with the macrocell base station, wherein each small cell base station is either in direct connection with the macrocell base station or is in connection with the macrocell base station via one or more other small cell base stations, wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure a UE device having a RRC connection to the macrocell base station with candidate small cell base station information for enabling the UE device to switch autonomously between small cell base stations, and wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure the small cell base stations with small cell base station configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: IPCom GmbH & CoKG
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Martin Hans
  • Publication number: 20230399027
    Abstract: A method for classifying a driving behavior of a road user in the environment of an ego vehicle. The method includes: receiving trajectory data of a driving trajectory of a road user arranged in the environment of an ego vehicle; ascertaining a latent-space representation of the driving trajectory of the road user in a latent space; ascertaining a distance of the latent-space representation of the driving trajectory of the road user to a latent-space representation of at least one normal trajectory in the latent space and classifying a driving behavior of the road user as a normal driving behavior if the distance in the latent space falls below a predetermined limit value; or classifying the driving behavior of the road user as an abnormal driving behavior if the distance in the latent space exceeds the predetermined limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Koba Natroshvili, Maxim Dolgov, Steffen Knoop
  • Publication number: 20230400069
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission includes a hydraulic circuit and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: obtain (20) a target pressure specification; convert (26) the target pressure specification into a target volume flow rate; determine (42) a valve volume flow rate as a function of the target volume flow rate and as a function of parameters that represent system properties of the hydraulic circuit; determine (46) a pressure drop at a valve due to flow forces as a function of the valve volume flow rate; determine (48) a compensated valve output pressure as a function of the valve volume flow rate and the pressure drop; determine (58) the electric control current as a function of the compensated valve output pressure; and activate a valve with the electric control current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Anton Fritzer, Thilo Schmidt, Andreas Schmidt, Valentine Vincent, Christoph Köhler, Jonas Knör, Michael Miller, Mario Hasel, Jakob Mayer, Christian Hunger, Fabian Schöniger
  • Publication number: 20230396973
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of enabling a provision of public warning system, PWS, messages to a user equipment, UE, device via a non-3GPP radio network, the method comprising establishing an internet protocol security, IPSec, tunnel connection from the UE device to a non-3GPP interworking function, N3IWF, via a non-3GPP, N3GPP, radio access technology, requesting from a first core network, CN, entity a provision of public warning system, PWS, messages; and providing the first CN entity with information about a location of the UE device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: IPCom GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMIDT, Martin HANS HANS, Achim LUFT, Maik BIENAS
  • Publication number: 20230380013
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of operating a first relay-capable device in a communications network, the network including a base station and a plurality of relay-capable devices, including the first relay-capable device, which are each able to act as a relay device for connection of at least one communication device to the base station, the method comprising the first relay-capable device establishing a connection with a second relay-capable device acting as a relay device for the base station; the first relay-capable device transmitting to the second relay-capable device information providing a measurement of a suitability of the first relay-capable device to act as the relay device for the base station; and after receiving from the second relay-capable device an indication that the first relay-capable device should take over as the relay device for the base station, starting operation as the relay device for the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: IPCOM GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Achim LUFT, Andreas SCHMIDT, Maik BIENAS, Martin HANS
  • Publication number: 20230373533
    Abstract: A method for classifying a driving behavior of a road user in the environment of an ego vehicle. The method includes: receiving trajectory data of a driving trajectory of a road user arranged in the environment of an ego vehicle; ascertaining a latent-space representation of the driving trajectory of the road user in a latent space; ascertaining a distance of the latent-space representation of the driving trajectory of the road user to a latent-space representation of at least one normal trajectory in the latent space; and classifying a driving behavior of the road user as a normal driving behavior if the distance in the latent space falls below a predetermined limit value; or classifying the driving behavior of the road user as an abnormal driving behavior if the distance in the latent space exceeds the predetermined limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Koba Natroshvili, Maxim Dolgov, Steffen Knoop
  • Patent number: 11820351
    Abstract: A device for protecting a travel trajectory of an ego vehicle. An information evaluation device creates an ego grid for the travel trajectory of the ego vehicle through the travel surroundings so that for each ego grid cell, a temporal occupation of the particular ego grid cell by the ego vehicle, driving along the travel trajectory, is established, and creates a surroundings grid for the travel surroundings so that a temporal occupation of a surroundings grid cell by at least one object that is possibly present is established for each surroundings grid cell. The device includes a grid evaluation device that examines each ego grid cell and the particular associated surroundings grid cell with regard to a simultaneous occupation of the particular ego grid cell by the ego vehicle, driving along the travel trajectory, and of the particular associated surroundings grid cell by the at least one possibly present object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Markus Schuetz, Thomas Schamm, Steffen Knoop
  • Patent number: 11818780
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of establishing a wireless communication link between two infrastructure nodes in a wireless communication system, the method comprising at a user equipment, UE, device receiving a link establishment request message transmitted by a first node; obtaining information relating to a position of the first node; and transmitting a message to a second node informing the second node of the position of the first node to assist in establishing the link between the first and second nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: IPCom GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Achim Luft, Maik Bienas, Martin Hans
  • Patent number: 11799494
    Abstract: A delta-sigma modulator which receives an input signal. The input signal is combined with a feedback signal and the combined signal is filtered by the delta-sigma modulator. The filtered signal is quantized, wherein the feedback signal is generated on the basis of the quantized signal. The quantized signal is output as an output signal. The input signal and/or the filtered signal and/or the feedback signal are filtered in such a way that at least one frequency in an out-of-band frequency range of the input signal is amplified in order to suppress out-of-band quantization noise at the at least one frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Rudolf Ritter, Andreas Schmidt, Thorsten Balslink
  • Publication number: 20230336239
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for configuring a mobile relay node in a communications system wherein the method comprises the mobile relay node requesting location dependent configuration data from an infrastructure node of the communications system; the mobile relay station receiving from the infrastructure node said location dependent configuration data; and configuring radio transmission characteristics of the mobile relay node in accordance with the received location dependent configuration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Wollochet Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMIDT, Achim LUFT, Maik BIENAS, Martin HANS
  • Publication number: 20230322390
    Abstract: A partition wall arrangement for a cabin of a passenger aircraft includes a partition wall, a seat arrangement secured to the partition wall in an assembled state and containing a carrier structure, and at least one cabin attendant seat. The carrier structure contains a mechanically load-bearing wall structure for the partition wall, a mechanically load-bearing seat structure for the seat arrangement, and at least one fastening device in order to secure the wall structure and the seat structure to each other in the assembled state. In a method for producing the carrier structure or the partition wall arrangement, the wall structure or at least a main component thereof is produced as a milled component by milling out a solid material plate. In a design method, the entire carrier structure is subjected in the assembled state to a load path optimization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Claudius Wahl, Michael Quadbeck, Andreas Schmidt, Roberto Giraldo
  • Patent number: 11778447
    Abstract: A method of enabling a provision of public warning system, PWS, messages to a user equipment, UE, device via a non-3GPP radio network including establishing an internet protocol security, IPSec, tunnel connection from the UE device to a non-3GPP interworking function, N3IWF, via a non-3GPP, N3GPP, radio access technology, requesting from a first core network, CN, entity a provision of public warning system, PWS, messages; and providing the first CN entity with information about a location of the UE device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: IPCOM GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schmidt, Martin Hans, Achim Luft, Maik Bienas