Patents by Inventor Andreas Holmann

Andreas Holmann 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).

  • Task flexibility for actuators
    Patent number: 8626326
    Abstract: A method of flexibly controlling a system including determining control policies for a system having at least one qualitative state goal for the system to achieve, determining a first current qualitative state of the system and generating a qualitative control and state trajectory, provided the current system state is capable of achieving the at least one goal, that enables the system to proceed from the current state to the goal state in the most cost effective and energy efficient manner to conserve power while maintaining any necessary operational constraints on the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Vecna Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Theobald, Andreas Holmann