Patents by Inventor Florian Hartwich

Florian Hartwich 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).

  • Patent number: 11700143
    Abstract: A user station for a serial bus system. The user station includes a communication control device for controlling a communication of the user station with at least one other user station, and a transceiver device for transmitting a transmission signal, generated by the communication control device, onto a bus, so that for a message that is exchanged between user stations of the bus system, the bit time of a signal transmitted onto the bus in the first communication phase is different from a bit time of a signal transmitted in the second communication phase. The communication control device generates the transmission signal according to a frame in which a field for a header check sum and a field for a frame check sum are provided, and computers the header check sum from all bits in the header of a frame that is formed for the message, except fixed stuff bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich
  • Patent number: 11677581
    Abstract: A subscriber station for a serial bus system and a method for communicating in a serial bus system. The subscriber station includes a communication control device for controlling a communication of the subscriber station with at least one other subscriber station of the bus system, a transmitting/receiving device for receiving a transmission signal generated by a communication control device of a subscriber station of the bus system in a frame from a bus of the bus system and for generating a reception signal from the received frame, and a connection quality block for detecting and evaluating a quality of a communication connection to a subscriber station of the bus system from the reception signal generated by the transmitting/receiving device by using at least two time quanta, into which the bit time of a bit of the generated reception signal is subdivided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Steffen Walker
  • Patent number: 11665019
    Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting data over a bus system, having a storage device for at least temporary storage of messages transmittable over the bus system. The apparatus is designed to check at least one message, stored in the storage device, for at least one criterion and to alter at least one portion of the message based on the check.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Franz Bailer, Ramona Jung, Thomas Enderle
  • Publication number: 20230148180
    Abstract: A subscriber station for a serial bus system. The subscriber station includes: a communication control device for controlling a communication of the subscriber station with at least one other subscriber station of the bus system and for generating a transmission signal according to a frame; a transmitting/receiving device which is designed for the serial transmission of the transmission signal generated by the communication control device to a bus of the bus system, and which is designed for the serial reception of signals from the bus; and a marking module for evaluating whether or not a frame received from the bus is permitted to occur on the bus, and for marking a frame with a marking in such a way that the transmitting/receiving device transmits the marking to the bus in order to communicate the result of the evaluation to the at least one other subscriber station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Ramona Jung, Thomas Enderle
  • Patent number: 11632265
    Abstract: A transceiver unit for a user station of a serial bus system. The transceiver unit has a first connection for receiving a transmit signal from a communication control unit, a transmitter for transmitting the transmit signal to a bus of the bus system, a receiver for receiving the signal from the bus, the receiver generating a digital receive signal from the signal received from the bus, a second connection for transmitting the digital receive signal to the communication control unit and for receiving an additional signal from the communication control unit, and an operating mode switching block for evaluating the receive signal output by the receiver and a signal received at the second connection by the communication control unit. The operating mode switching block switches the transmitter and/or the receiver into one of at least two different operating modes as a function of a result of the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Steffen Walker
  • Publication number: 20230111945
    Abstract: A communication control device for a subscriber station of a serial bus system. The communication control device has a communication control module for generating a transmitted signal for controlling a communication of the subscriber station with at least one other subscriber station of the bus system, in which bus system at least a first communication phase and a second communication phase are used for exchanging messages between subscriber stations of the bus system, a first terminal for transmitting, in an operating mode of the first communication phase, the transmitted signal to a transmitting/receiving device, a second terminal for receiving, in the operating mode of the first communication phase, a digital received signal from the transmitting/receiving device, and an operating mode switching module for switching the transmission direction of the first and the second terminal in the second communication phase to the same direction for differential signal transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Steffen Walker
  • Patent number: 11621868
    Abstract: A device for a serial bus system. The device includes a receiver for receiving a signal from a bus, in which for a message that is exchanged between user stations of the bus system, the bus states of a signal received from the bus in the first communication phase differ from bus states of the signal received in the second communication phase. The receiver generates a digital signal based on the received signal, and outputs the signal to a communication control device to evaluate the data. The receiver uses a first reception threshold and a second reception threshold in the second communication phase to generate the digital signal. The second reception threshold has a negative voltage value or has a voltage value that is greater than the largest voltage value that is driven by a user station of the bus system for a bus state in the second communication phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Hartwich, Arthur Mutter, Steffen Walker
  • Publication number: 20230049285
    Abstract: A transceiver device, communication control device, and method for a user station of a serial bus system. The transceiver device includes a first terminal for receiving a transmission signal from a communication control device, a transmission module for transmitting the transmission signal onto a bus, a reception module for receiving the signal from the bus, the reception module configured to generate a digital reception signal from the signal received from the bus, a second terminal for sending the digital reception signal to the communication control device and for receiving an operating mode changeover signal from the communication control device, and a changeover feedback block for outputting feedback regarding a changeover of the operating mode that has taken place based on the operating mode changeover signal. The changeover feedback block is configured to output the feedback to the communication control device via the second terminal and in the digital reception signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Steffen Walker
  • Publication number: 20230046824
    Abstract: A communication control device. The communication control device has a communication control module for generating a transmit signal for controlling communication of the subscriber station with other subscriber station(s) of the bus system which uses at least one first communication phase and one second communication phase for exchanging messages between subscriber stations of the bus system, and an interface module for encoding the transmit signal in at least one part of the second communication phase of a message into an encoded transmit signal, and for inserting additional data into at least one symbol of the encoded transmit signal. The interface module is configured to insert the additional data into the encoded transmit signal as at least one symbol of the encoded transmit signal serially with the information of the symbol of the transmit signal. The symbol duration of the transmit signal and of the encoded transmit signal is identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Steffen Walker, Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich
  • Publication number: 20230052387
    Abstract: A transceiver device for a user station of a serial bus system, a communication control device, and a method. The transceiver device includes a first terminal for receiving a transmission signal from a communication control device, a transmission module for transmitting the transmission signal onto a bus of the bus system, a reception module for receiving the signal from the bus, the reception module being designed to generate a digital reception signal from the signal received from the bus, a second terminal for sending the digital reception signal to the communication control device and for receiving an operating mode changeover signal from the communication control device, and a changeover feedback block for outputting feedback regarding a changeover of the operating mode that has taken place as a result of the operating mode changeover signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Steffen Walker, Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich
  • Publication number: 20220407619
    Abstract: A user station for a serial bus system. The user station includes a communication control device for controlling a communication of the user station with at least one other user station, and a transceiver device to serially transmit a transmission signal generated by the communication control device onto a bus and to serially receive signals from the bus. The communication control device generates the transmission signal according to a frame, and inserts a header check sum into the frame, only bits of a frame header that is situated in front of a data field provided for useful data in the frame being included in the computation. For computing the header check sum, the communication control device uses a predetermined starting value and a predetermined check sum polynomial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Senger, Arthur Mutter, Christian Horst, Florian Hartwich
  • Publication number: 20220398212
    Abstract: A user station for a serial bus system. The user station includes a communication control device for controlling a communication of the user station with at least one other user station, and a transceiver device to serially transmit a transmission signal, generated by the communication control device, onto a bus, and serially receive signals from the bus. The communication control device generates the transmission signal according to a frame and inserts into the frame two check sums that include different bits of the frame in the computation. The communication control device inserts dynamic stuff bits into the frame in such a way that an inverse stuff bit is inserted into the bit stream of the frame after 5 identical bits in succession. The communication control device computes the two check sums so that a maximum of one of the two check sums includes the dynamic stuff bits in the computation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Franz Bailer
  • Patent number: 11487687
    Abstract: A device for a serial bus system. The device has a receiver receiving a signal from a bus of the bus system. For a message exchanged between user stations of the bus system, a recessive bus state is overwritable by a dominant bus state and the recessive bus state is generated differently in the first communication phase than in the second communication phase. The receiver generates a digital signal based on the received signal, and the signal being output to a communication control unit for evaluating the data contained in the digital signal. The receiver uses a first and second reception threshold for generating the digital signal in the second communication phase, the second reception threshold having a voltage value lower than that of the first reception threshold or higher than the highest voltage value which, during normal operation, is established on the bus for a dominant bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Steffen Walker
  • Publication number: 20220292036
    Abstract: A device for a serial bus system. The device includes a reception block for receiving a signal from a bus of the bus system. The signal is based on a transmission signal via which a message is exchanged between user stations. The reception block receives, in a first communication phase, the signal using a first reception threshold, and in a second communication phase, receives the signal using a second reception threshold. The device includes an evaluation block for evaluating the signal from the bus using a switchover reception threshold that differs from the first and second reception thresholds, and a reception threshold switching block for the time-limited switchover of the reception threshold of the reception block from the first reception threshold to the second reception threshold when the evaluation block detects the bus level for data of the transmission signal, using the switchover reception threshold in the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich
  • Publication number: 20220286320
    Abstract: A user station for a serial bus system, including a communication control device for controlling a communication of the user station with at least one other user station of the bus system, and a transceiver device for transmitting a transmission signal, generated by the communication control device, onto a bus of the bus system. The communication control device is designed to generate the transmission signal according to a frame, and to insert into the frame at least one field that is designed for checking whether the bit stream of the frame in a user station of the bus system that receives the frame is shifted by at least one bit compared to the expected frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Franz Bailer
  • Publication number: 20220255768
    Abstract: A user station for a serial bus system and a method for communication in a serial bus system. The user station includes an application for carrying out a task, a transceiver unit for serially receiving a message in the form of a frame from a bus of the bus system, via which user stations of the bus system exchange messages with one another, and a filter module for filtering the received frame. The filter module for filtering is designed to check at least two segments of the frame separately to determine whether or not the received frame is to be passed on to the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Thiele, Arthur Mutter, Christian Horst, Florian Hartwich
  • Publication number: 20220239527
    Abstract: A device and method for a serial bus system. The device has a transmit signal analysis module for counting edges of a transmit signal to be transmitted on a bus of the bus system; a receive signal analysis module for counting edges of a receive signal generated from a signal transmitted on the bus because of the transmit signal; and an evaluation module for evaluating the difference that results from a comparison of the edges counted by the transmit signal analysis module and the edges counted by the receive signal analysis module. If the signal propagation time on the bus is greater than the bit time of the receive signal, the evaluation module signals whether the amount of the difference is less than or equal to a predefined value or whether the amount of the difference is greater than the predefined value, the predefined value being greater than zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Florian Hartwich, Arthur Mutter, Steffen Walker
  • Publication number: 20220239576
    Abstract: An error detection test device for a subscriber station of a serial bus system. The error detection test device has an evaluation module for evaluating which bit of a signal must be interrupted so that the receivers of the resulting signal in which the at least one bit is interrupted can check the function of an error detection mechanism, the signal being processed by a protocol control unit while the subscriber station is in operation in order to be able to be transmitted as a frame onto a bus of the bus system or, after a frame has been received from the bus, to decode the signal from the frame, and an output terminal for outputting a switching signal to the protocol control unit to interrupt the at least one bit. The evaluation module generates the switching signal based on the at least one bit evaluated by the evaluation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Carsten Gebauer, Christian Horst, Florian Hartwich
  • Publication number: 20220217014
    Abstract: A transceiver unit for a user station of a serial bus system. The transceiver unit has a first connection for receiving a transmit signal from a communication control unit, a transmitter for transmitting the transmit signal to a bus of the bus system, a receiver for receiving the signal from the bus, the receiver generating a digital receive signal from the signal received from the bus, a second connection for transmitting the digital receive signal to the communication control unit and for receiving an additional signal from the communication control unit, and an operating mode switching block for evaluating the receive signal output by the receiver and a signal received at the second connection by the communication control unit. The operating mode switching block switches the transmitter and/or the receiver into one of at least two different operating modes as a function of a result of the evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich, Steffen Walker
  • Publication number: 20220209984
    Abstract: A subscriber station for a serial bus system. The subscriber station has a communication control device for controlling a communication of the subscriber station with at least one other subscriber station, a transmitting/receiving device for transmitting a transmission signal generated by the communication control device, and a scheduling unit for scheduling a temporal access of the subscriber station to the bus in at least one time slot of a cycle of temporally consecutive time slots. At least one time slot is provided in a cycle for each subscriber station of the bus for transmitting its transmission signal and the cycle repeats cyclically. The scheduling unit determines, together with the other subscriber stations of the bus in the operation of the bus system using a priority of the transmission signal, which time slot of the cycle the transmitting/receiving device may use for transmitting the transmission signal on the bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur Mutter, Florian Hartwich