Patents by Inventor Herbert Meier
Herbert Meier 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: 9221355Abstract: A method and display for displaying the operating range of an electric drive vehicle and a display for carrying out same are provided. The battery energy in a vehicle is detected, and a maximum operating range of the vehicle is determined therefrom. At least one battery service station is selected as destination point for determining the maximum operating range. Based on a starting point, a reachability threshold is determined. If exceeded, the vehicle will be unable to reach the destination point with the current battery energy available, wherein said reachability threshold is displayed as an operating range in a map illustration. During the determination of the reachability threshold, the current location is used as the starting point and the current battery energy of the vehicle is used, both of which are updated at pre-defined intervals while the vehicle is moving.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Thomas Kuhn, Herbert Meier, Nhu Nguyen Thien, Alexander Stege
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Patent number: 9179492Abstract: An electronic device and method for half duplex data transmission in a long range keyless entry and go system, and more specifically to an RFID transponder, a corresponding read/write (R/W) unit and methods for operating the RFID transponder and the R/W-unit. There is a first coil, a second coil and a third coil, being arranged as a three-dimensional antenna, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and a third capacitor couplable in parallel to the first coil, the second coil and the third coil, respectively, for selectively forming a first, a second and a third parallel-resonant circuit for receiving radio signals, a series-resonant circuit for transmitting radio signals and a control stage configured to either use one of the first, second or third parallel-resonant circuits for receiving radio signals or the series-resonant circuit for transmitting signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignees: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH, Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Herbert Meier, Andreas Hagl, Jim Childers
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Publication number: 20140343731Abstract: A common automation system controller configured using a hierarchical approach for use in a building automation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Gerhard Brun, James Coogan, Heinrich Meier, Herbert Meier, Franz Renggli
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Publication number: 20140172285Abstract: A method and display for displaying the operating range of an electric drive vehicle and a display for carrying out same are provided. The battery energy in a vehicle is detected, and a maximum operating range of the vehicle is determined therefrom. At least one battery service station is selected as destination point for determining the maximum operating range. Based on a starting point, a reachability threshold is determined. If exceeded, the vehicle will be unable to reach the destination point with the current battery energy available, wherein said reachability threshold is displayed as an operating range in a map illustration. During the determination of the reachability threshold, the current location is used as the starting point and the current battery energy of the vehicle is used, both of which are updated at pre-defined intervals while the vehicle is moving.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: Thomas Kuhn, Herbert Meier, Nhu Nguyen Thien, Alexander Stege
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Patent number: 8693244Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a floating gate transistor with a floating gate capacitor. The floating gate transistor can be programmed to be in an ON or an OFF state by charging the floating gate capacitor. The circuit further includes a deactivation capacitor adapted to store a charge sufficient for deactivating the floating gate transistor temporarily. The deactivation capacitor is connectable in series to the floating gate capacitor. A method for deactivating a floating gate transistor temporarily is provided, wherein the floating gate transistor includes a floating gate capacitor. A deactivation capacitor is charged with a charge sufficient for changing the state of the floating gate transistor temporarily. The deactivation capacitor is connected in series to the floating gate capacitor for deactivating the floating gate transistor.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Herbert Meier, Jens Graul
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Publication number: 20130107762Abstract: An electronic device and method for half duplex data transmission in a long range keyless entry and go system, and more specifically to an RFID transponder, a corresponding read/write (R/W) unit and methods for operating the RFID transponder and the R/W-unit. There is a first coil, a second coil and a third coil, being arranged as a three-dimensional antenna, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and a third capacitor couplable in parallel to the first coil, the second coil and the third coil, respectively, for selectively forming a first, a second and a third parallel-resonant circuit for receiving radio signals, a series-resonant circuit for transmitting radio signals and a control stage configured to either use one of the first, second or third parallel-resonant circuits for receiving radio signals or the series-resonant circuit for transmitting signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicants: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Herbert Meier, Andreas Hagl, Jim Childers
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Publication number: 20130085719Abstract: A system, process, and method for modeling a building automation system is provided that permits a control program to easily and efficiently add field devices, gather data from, and provide data to field devices, iterate though all field devices in a hierarchical structure, poll the field devices, evaluate the results, and react accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: SIEMENS AGInventors: Gerhard Brun, Herbert Meier, David E. Bornside, Diego Madone
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Publication number: 20130085588Abstract: A system, process, and method for modeling a building automation system is provided that permits a control program to easily and efficiently add building automation devices and automatically name them to improve efficiency and reduce errors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: Siemens AGInventors: Gerhard Brun, Herbert Meier
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Publication number: 20120284031Abstract: A method and device for operating technical equipment, in particular in a motor vehicle. Speech inputs are fed by a speech input unit and manual inputs are fed by means of a manual input unit as operating instructions to a controller by which a command corresponding to the operating instruction is generated and fed to the corresponding technical equipment, which then executes the operating procedure associated with the operating instruction. A basic structure of the command is established by the speech input unit or the manual input unit, and then the basic structure of the command is supplemented by the manual input unit or the speech input unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Ronald Hain, Herbert Meier, Nhu Nguyen Thien, Thomas Rosenstock, Alexander Stege
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Publication number: 20120227743Abstract: The passenger oxygen mask is provided for emergency situations on board an aircraft. The mask body is designed collapsible at least in sections. An axial overall height of the mask body is reduced by way of the one or more mask sections. This simplifies the accommodation of the oxygen mask or even permits a smaller constructional size of the preparation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Wolfgang RITTNER, Herbert Meier, Rüdiger Meckes, Hasso Weinmann, Christopher L. Lanza, Wolfgang Marquardt
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Publication number: 20120106256Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a floating gate transistor with a floating gate capacitor. The floating gate transistor can be programmed to be in an ON or an OFF state by charging the floating gate capacitor. The circuit further includes a deactivation capacitor adapted to store a charge sufficient for deactivating the floating gate transistor temporarily. The deactivation capacitor is connectable in series to the floating gate capacitor. A method for deactivating a floating gate transistor temporarily is provided, wherein the floating gate transistor includes a floating gate capacitor. A deactivation capacitor is charged with a charge sufficient for changing the state of the floating gate transistor temporarily. The deactivation capacitor is connected in series to the floating gate capacitor for deactivating the floating gate transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Herbert Meier, Jens Graul
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Publication number: 20100290368Abstract: A half-duplex RFID transponder with an integrated three-dimensional front-end circuit which includes three LC resonant circuits arranged in a three-dimensional configuration. Each LC resonant circuit is coupled to a different one of three storage capacitors which are charged during a capacitor charging phase by energy in an RF signal received by the associated LC resonant circuit. The front-end circuit includes three receiver channels and each receiver channel is associated to a different one of the three LC resonant circuits. A channel selector is adapted to detect, which one of the three storage capacitors is first charged to a threshold voltage, to select the receiver channel associated to the LC resonant circuit which is coupled to the storage capacitor which is first charged and to deactivate the two other receiver channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Herbert Meier, Andreas Hagl, Christian Keller
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Patent number: 7667548Abstract: An oscillation maintenance circuit for a half-duplex transponder that has an LC resonant circuit, a storage capacitor and a rectifier connected to charge the storage capacitor with a rectified oscillation signal, having an end-of-burst detector providing an end-of-burst signal when the amplitude of the oscillation signal has dropped below a predetermined threshold. A clock regenerator provides a clock signal derived from the oscillation signal. Switching means controlled by the clock signal in the presence of the end-of-burst signal connect the storage capacitor with LC resonant circuit through at least one current limiting resistor during part of the period of the clock signal, in such a manner that energy is fed into the LC resonant circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventor: Herbert Meier
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Publication number: 20090211948Abstract: The invention relates to a method and also a device for switching over a cracking furnace between production mode and decoking mode, wherein a first shut-off member (TLV), which is arranged in the transfer line and equipped with a first actuating drive, and a second shut-off member (EGV), which is arranged in the decoking line and equipped with a second actuating drive, are actuated simultaneously and wherein the differential pressure DP across the shut-off member TLV is continuously measured and monitored. The actuation of the shut-off members TLV and EGV is carried out in an automated manner, wherein TLV is moved monotonously between its end positions, while the second actuating drive is triggered by the actuating signal of a control means and EGV is as a result actuated in such a way that DP is at all times approximated to a predefined target value (DP target).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventor: Herbert MEIER
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Publication number: 20090195366Abstract: A RFID transponder having a high quality factor antenna (LR), and a resonance capacitor (CR) coupled to the high quality factor antenna (LR) for providing a resonant circuit (LR, CR), wherein the RFID transponder is adapted to vary the quality factor of the resonant circuit (LR, CR) such that the quality factor is low during downlink data transmission when the RFID transponder receives data through the antenna (LR), and the quality factor is high during uplink data transmission, when the RFID transponder transmits data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND, GMBHInventors: Herbert Meier, Konstantin O. Aslanidis
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Publication number: 20090153300Abstract: A RFID transponder includes a high quality factor antenna, and a resonance capacitor coupled to the high quality factor antenna for providing a resonant circuit. The RFID transponder has a symmetrical RF input stage and is adapted to vary the quality factor of the resonant circuit such that the quality factor is low during downlink data transmission when the RFID transponder receives data through the antenna, and the quality factor is high during uplink data transmission, when the RFID transponder transmits data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND, GMBHInventor: Herbert Meier
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Publication number: 20090033411Abstract: An oscillation maintenance circuit for a half-duplex transponder that has an LC resonant circuit, a storage capacitor and a rectifier connected to charge the storage capacitor with a rectified oscillation signal, having an end-of-burst detector providing an end-of-burst signal when the amplitude of the oscillation signal has dropped below a predetermined threshold. A clock regenerator provides a clock signal derived from the oscillation signal. Switching means controlled by the clock signal in the presence of the end-of-burst signal connect the storage capacitor with LC resonant circuit through at least one current limiting resistor during part of the period of the clock signal, in such a manner that energy is fed into the LC resonant circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2007Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Herbert Meier
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Patent number: 7380150Abstract: A power management circuit for a system that has combined power supplies from an inductively coupled circuit and from a battery comprises voltage sensing circuitry for sensing the voltage of each of the power supplies. A switching arrangement selectively connects one of the power supplies with a user or with plural users. The switching arrangement is controlled by appropriate control circuitry in response to outputs from the voltage sensing circuitry. The power management makes the best use of energy received over the inductive interface to preserve battery lifetime.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2004Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Herbert Meier, Ruediger Ganz, Andreas Hagl
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Patent number: 7378951Abstract: A vehicular tire pressure monitoring system, including a transponder unit (10) for each tire to be monitored, the transponder unit having an incorporated RF transmitter (12) and being physically associated with the tire to be monitored. A pressure sensor for each tire to be monitored is connected to circuitry in a corresponding transponder unit. An interrogator unit (7) is associated with each transponder unit and physically mounted on a vehicle in proximity to a wheel (9) whereon a tire to be monitored is mounted. A central RF receiver (4) for all transponder units is provided. Each transponder unit is inductively coupled with an associated interrogator unit and includes an electric charge accumulation element adapted to be charged by energy inductively supplied from the associated interrogator unit in a first mode of operation, and the charge accumulation element providing a power supply to the RF transmitter of the transponder unit in a second mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Andreas Hagl, Herbert Meier
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Patent number: 7264647Abstract: A device for enriching air with oxygen in an aircraft, and a method for operating the device provides product gas enrichment with oxygen with minimum requirements. An oxygen measurement apparatus analyzing the product gas flow as well as a throughput sensor are provided in combination with a change-over device. A flow connection to an outlet channel is created in a first switch position, and a flow connection to a consumer conduit exists in a second switch position. A device for producing a change-over signal from the first switch position to the second switch position is provided if the determined oxygen output as a product of the product gas flow and the oxygen concentration has reached or exceeded a predefined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2004Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Dräger Aerospace GmbHInventors: Rüdiger Meckes, Wolfgang Rittner, Herbert Meier