Patents by Inventor Frank Schindler
Frank Schindler 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).
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Patent number: 10400473Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the position of window handles or door handles, the apparatus including a magnetic-field sensor and a microcontroller unit, the microcontroller unit being designed to read out data from the magnetic-field sensor, to record a magnetic fingerprint for at least one window-handle/door-handle position, and to detect the at least one window-handle/door-handle position by comparing data of the magnetic-field sensor with the recorded magnetic fingerprint. An operating method for such a window handle or door handle is also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Fernando Suarez Lainez, Christoph Volk, Frank Schindler, Juan Nogueira-Nine, Wolf-Bastian Poettner
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Patent number: 10074876Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for balancing out states of charge of a battery which has a number of N battery cells. In order to balance out the individual states of charge (SOCn) of the n=1 to N cells, the state of charge of at least one cell is changed to a target state of charge (SOCtarget,n) which depends on the discharge depth (DODk) of the cell having the lowest capacity (Capk) according to the equation SOCtarget,n=1?DODk/Capn, Capn being the capacity of the nth cell to be changed. Advantageously, the method is suitable for optimizing the voltage or the energy content of a battery that is constituted of a plurality of cells.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Andre Boehm, Frank Schindler
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Publication number: 20180144592Abstract: A device for theft recognition, having a processing unit, a communication unit that is at least set up to send out a first signal, and a first motion sensor realized as an acceleration sensor. The device further includes at least one second motion sensor. In addition, the processing unit is set up to acquire a respective first value at a first time, and to acquire a respective second value at a second time, from each motion sensor, to determine in each case a change between the first value and the second value of each motion sensor, and, after a change that exceeds a threshold value for the respective motion sensor, to control the communication unit in such a way that this unit sends out the first signal. In addition, a method for theft recognition using the device is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Fernando Suarez Lainez, Frank Schindler
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Publication number: 20180051479Abstract: An apparatus for detecting the position of window handles or door handles, the apparatus including a magnetic-field sensor and a microcontroller unit, the microcontroller unit being designed to read out data from the magnetic-field sensor, to record a magnetic fingerprint for at least one window-handle/door-handle position, and to detect the at least one window-handle/door-handle position by comparing data of the magnetic-field sensor with the recorded magnetic fingerprint. An operating method for such a window handle or door handle is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Fernando Suarez Lainez, Christoph Volk, Frank Schindler, Juan Nogueira-Nine, Wolf-Bastian Poettner
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Patent number: 9896876Abstract: A method for ascertaining a closing state of a house door or of a house window, having the following method steps: acquisition of a rate of rotation of the house door or of the house window using a first acquisition device, and calculation of an opening angle of the house door or of the house window on the basis of the acquired rate of rotation, and ascertaining whether the calculated opening angle falls below a prespecified angular threshold value; acquisition of a rate of vibration of the house door or of the house window using a second acquisition device, and ascertaining whether the acquired rate of vibration exceeds a prespecified rate of vibration threshold value within a prespecified first time span; and ascertaining whether the acquired rate of rotation exceeds a prespecified rate of rotation threshold value within a prespecified second time span since the exceeding of the vibration rate threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Sergej Scheiermann, Frank Schindler, Julian Batholomeyczik, James Njikam Mofen
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Patent number: 9811986Abstract: A method for determining the unauthorized intrusion through a door, including: a) determining a movement path of the door as a function of time in all three spatial axes using a movement sensor in an active mode; b) determining parameters in all three spatial axes based on the movement path of the door, an unauthorized intrusion at the door exists when the actual value of the particular parameter is within an assigned parameter range for the unauthorized intrusion; c) determining an opening angle of the door using an angle measuring sensor when an unauthorized intrusion has been determined; and d) comparing the opening angle of the door with a threshold value for a closed door; e) determining that the door has been opened when the opening angle exceeds the threshold value, and outputting an alarm signal if the door has been opened. A device is also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Maxime Loidreau, Julian Bartholomeyczik, Frank Schindler, Qiulu Dai
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Patent number: 9799209Abstract: An intrusion sensor for monitoring an entrance to a building to be monitored, the intrusion sensor being situated at the entrance on the inside of the building, includes an acceleration sensor which is configured to detect motions of the intrusion sensor in at least one spatial axis, and in the case of a motion in the at least one axis, to output an acceleration signal, including a surroundings sensor which is configured to detect at least one value of at least one physical variable in the surroundings of the intrusion sensor, and including a plausibility check device, which is configured to carry out a plausibility check of the acceleration signal using the detected value of the physical variable, and to output an intrusion signal if the result of the plausibility check is negative. Also described is a corresponding method and an alarm system including an intrusion sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Frank Schindler, Julian Bartholomeyczik, Christian Reichert, Qiulu Dai
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Patent number: 9702165Abstract: A sensor system for a locking system of a door includes: an acceleration sensor which is designed to detect movements of the door in at least two dimensions and to record a time-resolved acceleration profile; a magnetic field sensor which is designed to detect a magnetic field in the area of the locking system, to detect changes of the magnetic field and to record a time-resolved magnetic field change profile; and a control device which is coupled to the acceleration sensor and to the magnetic field sensor and which is designed to correlate the acceleration profile to the magnetic field change profile, to compare the profile correlation to a predetermined correlation signature, and to output an alarm signal if the profile correlation matches the correlation signature.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Michael Feirer, Philipp Stark, Frank Schindler, Julian Bartholomeyczik
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Publication number: 20160343217Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for determining the unauthorized intrusion through a door, the method including the steps: a) determining a movement path of the door as a function of time in all three spatial axes by a receiver and evaluation unit with the aid of a movement sensor (10) in an active mode; b) determining parameters, by the receiver and evaluation unit (12), in all three spatial axes on the basis of the movement path of the door determined by the movement sensor (10) as a function of time, the receiver and evaluation unit (12) determining that an unauthorized intrusion at the door exists when the actual value of the particular parameter is within an assigned parameter range for the unauthorized intrusion, the parameter range being stored in a memory unit (19); c) determining an opening angle of the door using the receiver and evaluation unit with the aid of an angle measuring sensor (11) when an unauthorized intrusion has been determined; and d) comparing the opening angle of theType: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2014Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Maxime Loidreau, Julian Bartholomeyczik, Frank Schindler, Qiulu Dai
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Publication number: 20160290009Abstract: A sensor system for a locking system of a door includes: an acceleration sensor which is designed to detect movements of the door in at least two dimensions and to record a time-resolved acceleration profile; a magnetic field sensor which is designed to detect a magnetic field in the area of the locking system, to detect changes of the magnetic field and to record a time-resolved magnetic field change profile; and a control device which is coupled to the acceleration sensor and to the magnetic field sensor and which is designed to correlate the acceleration profile to the magnetic field change profile, to compare the profile correlation to a predetermined correlation signature, and to output an alarm signal if the profile correlation matches the correlation signature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Michael FEIRER, Philipp Stark, Frank Schindler, Julian Bartholomeyczik
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Publication number: 20160168899Abstract: A method for ascertaining a closing state of a house door or of a house window, having the following method steps: acquisition of a rate of rotation of the house door or of the house window using a first acquisition device, and calculation of an opening angle of the house door or of the house window on the basis of the acquired rate of rotation, and ascertaining whether the calculated opening angle falls below a prespecified angular threshold value; acquisition of a rate of vibration of the house door or of the house window using a second acquisition device, and ascertaining whether the acquired rate of vibration exceeds a prespecified rate of vibration threshold value within a prespecified first time span; and ascertaining whether the acquired rate of rotation exceeds a prespecified rate of rotation threshold value within a prespecified second time span since the exceeding of the vibration rate threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Sergej SCHEIERMANN, Frank SCHINDLER, Julian BATHOLOMEYCZIK, James MOFEN
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Patent number: 9367420Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an arrangement for monitoring at least one battery, to a battery having such an arrangement, and to a motor vehicle having a corresponding battery that is used for safely monitoring the battery condition with a reduced amount of hardware. The at least one battery is monitored by analyzing measured variables of the at least one battery using at least one data processing device. The signals exchanged between the at least one battery and the at least one data processing device via a communication connection are monitored at least once.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jochen Weber, Chrysanthos Tzivanopoulos, Dirk Hasenkopf, Stefan Butzmann, Andreas Heyl, Frank Schindler
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Publication number: 20160117918Abstract: An intrusion sensor for monitoring an entrance to a building to be monitored, the intrusion sensor being situated at the entrance on the inside of the building, includes an acceleration sensor which is configured to detect motions of the intrusion sensor in at least one spatial axis, and in the case of a motion in the at least one axis, to output an acceleration signal, including a surroundings sensor which is configured to detect at least one value of at least one physical variable in the surroundings of the intrusion sensor, and including a plausibility check device, which is configured to carry out a plausibility check of the acceleration signal using the detected value of the physical variable, and to output an intrusion signal if the result of the plausibility check is negative. Also described is a corresponding method and an alarm system including an intrusion sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Frank SCHINDLER, Julian Bartholomeyczik, Christian Reichert, Qiulu Dai
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Publication number: 20140159665Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for balancing out states of charge of a battery which has a number of N battery cells. In order to balance out the individual states of charge (SOCn) of the n=1 to N cells, the state of charge of at least one cell is changed to a target state of charge (SOCtarget,n) which depends on the discharge depth (DODk) of the cell having the lowest capacity (Capk) according to the equation SOCtarget,n=1?DODk/Capn, Capn being the capacity of the nth cell to be changed. Advantageously, the method is suitable for optimizing the voltage or the energy content of a battery that is constituted of a plurality of cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andre Boehm, Frank Schindler
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Publication number: 20130346783Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an arrangement for monitoring at least one battery, to a battery having such an arrangement, and to a motor vehicle having a corresponding battery that is used for safely monitoring the battery condition with a reduced amount of hardware. The at least one battery is monitored by analyzing measured variables of the at least one battery using at least one data processing device. The signals exchanged between the at least one battery and the at least one data processing device via a communication connection are monitored at least once.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicants: SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD, ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Jochen Weber, Chrysanthos Tzivanopoulos, Dirk Hasenkopf, Stefan Butzmann, Andreas Heyl, Frank Schindler
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Patent number: 6288409Abstract: In a method for measuring lift and for adjusting a valve, easily focused, high-energy radiation is used, which permits a contact-free measuring operation. The radiation is directed at the valve-closure member that is permanently joined to the valve needle in the installed valve. By performing a differential measurement, thus a measurement in both end positions of the valve needle, the lift of the valve needle can be determined and, thus, corrected. The measurement is performed on a dry valve. The method is particularly suited for electromagnetically actuated fuel-injection valves of mixture-compressing internal-combustion engines having externally supplied ignition.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1996Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Stefan Maier, Joachim Stilling, Frank Schindler
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Patent number: 5775355Abstract: In a method for measuring lift of a valve needle and for adjusting the volume media flow of a valve, easily focused, high-energy radiation is used, which permits a contact-free measuring operation. The high-energy radiation is directed at the valve-closure member that is permanently joined to the valve needle in the installed valve. By performing a differential measurement, thus a measurement in both end positions of the valve needle, the lift of the valve needle can be determined and, thus, corrected. The measurement is performed on a dry valve. The method is particularly suited for electromagnetically actuated fuel-injection valves of mixture-compressing internal-combustion engines having externally supplied ignition.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1996Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Stefan Maier, Joachim Stilling, Frank Schindler