Patents by Inventor Harald Frankenberger

Harald Frankenberger 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: 9878803
    Abstract: An interactive system for unlocking a locked airplane cockpit door having at least one ground station and at least one system for transmitting data between the ground station and airplane, including a ground station signal for actuating a door unlock mechanism. The airplane has: a passenger cabin located door unlock request unit to generate a door unlock request signal; a unit to transmit the request signal; at least one image capture unit in the passenger cabin or a cockpit and a unit to transmit images; a unit for receiving a door unlock signal; and an on-board computer, configured to receive the door unlock signal from the receiving unit and activate the door unlock mechanism. The ground station is connected to at least one receiving station for door unlock request and image signals transmitted from airplanes and is provided with or connected to a transmitting unit for door unlock signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Airbus DS GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Frankenberger
  • Publication number: 20170081042
    Abstract: An interactive system for unlocking a locked airplane cockpit door having at least one ground station and at least one system for transmitting data between the ground station and airplane, including a ground station signal for actuating a door unlock mechanism. The airplane has: a passenger cabin located door unlock request unit to generate a door unlock request signal; a unit to transmit the request signal; at least one image capture unit in the passenger cabin or a cockpit and a unit to transmit images; a unit for receiving a door unlock signal; and an on-board computer, configured to receive the door unlock signal from the receiving unit and activate the door unlock mechanism. The ground station is connected to at least one receiving station for door unlock request and image signals transmitted from airplanes and is provided with or connected to a transmitting unit for door unlock signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Harald Frankenberger
  • Patent number: 9121933
    Abstract: Method, computer program to implement method, storage medium to store the program and apparatus for computing Signal-in-Space Accuracy (SISA) parameters in a regional or Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The method includes at least of: determining individual Signal-in-Space Error (SISE) vectors; mapping individual SISE vectors to a service area; accumulating empirical sample sets; processing density functions of estimations of accumulated sample sets; individually overbounding density functions in one of an overbounding sense related to the regional or GNSS or in a paired overbounding with excess mass sense; and selecting a worst case according to predefined requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: ASTRIUM GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Frankenberger, Michael Kirchner
  • Patent number: 8849569
    Abstract: A method for determining overbounds comprises the steps of determining conservative overbounds (qi) of at least one error (?i) in a first phase space, multiplying the conservative overbounds (qi) of errors (?i) in the first phase space by a first parameter (?(?x)·2) and a second parameter (?(x)·2), and determining an upper bound for the integrity risk at the alert limit (pw,int(AL)) in a second phase space using overbounds (qi) of errors (?i) in the first phase space by the first parameter (?(?x)·2) and the second parameter (?(x)·2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: EADS Astrium GmbH
    Inventors: Hans L. Trautenberg, Harald Frankenberger
  • Publication number: 20120038511
    Abstract: Method, computer program to implement method, storage medium to store the program and apparatus for computing Signal-in-Space Accuracy (SISA) parameters in a regional or Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The method includes at least of: determining individual Signal-in-Space Error (SISE) vectors; mapping individual SISE vectors to a service area; accumulating empirical sample sets; processing density functions of estimations of accumulated sample sets; individually overbounding density functions in one of an overbounding sense related to the regional or GNSS or in a paired overbounding with excess mass sense; and selecting a worst case according to predefined requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: ASTRIUM GMBH
    Inventors: Harald FRANKENBERGER, Michael KIRCHNER
  • Patent number: 7994972
    Abstract: A satellite navigation system generates a smooth and flexible parameterization of satellite orbits and/or clock corrections. The satellite orbit(s) and/or the satellite clock corrections, are described by a first function system of advancing differentiable functions having a high approximation quality and long range of influence. Satellite orbits and/or clock corrections parameterized from the first function system are transmitted from a central ground processing unit to satellite(s) and then to a user device. (Alternatively, transmission may be effected via only a ground infrastructure.) In addition, a second advancing function system of at least continuous functions of moderate approximation quality and a very short range of influence may be provided, which permits a conversion to the first function system, particularly via the user terminal. Thus, the time required to determine the first navigation information (the time to the first fix) can be significantly shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Astrium GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Frankenberger
  • Publication number: 20100019961
    Abstract: Operation of a satellite navigation system utilizes a method of generating a sufficiently smooth and very flexible parameterization of satellite orbits and/or satellite clock corrections of a satellite. For description of the satellite orbit(s) and/or of the satellite clock corrections, a first system of advancing differentiable functions (first function system) is provided which has a high approximation quality and a long range of influence. The satellite orbits and/or satellite clock corrections parameterized from the first function system are transmitted from a central ground processing unit to one or more satellites and then to a user device. (Alternatively, the transmission may take place without utilizing the space segment, via only a ground infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Astrium GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Frankenberger
  • Publication number: 20070222669
    Abstract: A method for determining overbounds comprises the steps of determining conservative overbounds (qi) of at least one error (?i) in a first phase space, multiplying the conservative overbounds (qi) of errors (?i) in the first phase space by a first parameter (?(?x)·2) and a second parameter (?(x)·2), and determining an upper bound for the integrity risk at the alert limit (pw,int(AL)) in a second phase space using overbounds (qi) of errors (?i) in the first phase space by the first parameter (?(?x)·2) and the second parameter (?(x)·2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: EADS Astrium GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Trautenberg, Harald Frankenberger