Patents by Inventor Jörg Hüttner
Jörg Hüttner 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: 10006992Abstract: A system and method for determining the relative position of stations through radio location is proposed. In one aspect, a station is configured as an apparatus having at least one antenna. At least one first station has at least one first antenna, and at least one second station has at least two base-modulated antennas. The first station sends at least one locating signal via the first antenna. The second station reflects the locating signal as a first modulated reflected locating signal via a first base-modulated antenna and as a second modulated reflected locating signal via a second base-modulated antenna. The first station receives the modulated reflected locating signals via the antenna. The phase relationships of the received modulated reflected locating signals are used to ascertain at least one position angle for the relative position between the first station and the second station.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jörg Hüttner, Andreas Ziroff
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Publication number: 20170242115Abstract: A multi-channel radar method is provided for carrying out a transmission by at least two channels, in which at least one channel is provided with a frequency detuning by at least one respective switch for switching a signal amplitude and/or signal phase of the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Sönke Christoph Wilhelm Appel, Jörg Hüttner, Andreas Ziroff
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Patent number: 9712210Abstract: A method and system supply energy to at least one mobile component in a wireless communications system, in particular to RFID tags of an RFID system. In the method for supplying energy to at least one mobile component in a wireless communications system with two or more base stations, coherent electromagnetic waves are transmitted by at least two of the base stations. In the system of base stations of a wireless communications system, at least two of the base stations are designed for transmitting coherent electromagnetic waves.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2012Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Joerg Huettner, Dominikus Joachim Mueller, Andreas Ziroff
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Patent number: 9612321Abstract: In an installation including first and second components, a radar sensor that has at least two channels, each arranged to be spatially at a distance from the other, is motion-coupled to the first component, and at least two coding radar targets, each arranged to be spatially at a distance from an adjacent target, are motion-coupled to the second component. A signal is sent to each of the radar targets using one of the at least two channels of the radar sensor. At least one coded signal is respectively sent by the radar targets upon or after receiving such a signal, one of the at least two coded signals being received by one or more channels of the radar sensor from each target. The temporal relationship between at least two of the received coded signals is acquired and used to determine an angle between the first and second components.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Jörg Hüttner, Andreas Ziroff
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Patent number: 9581669Abstract: The embodiments relate to an image reconstruction to be carried out on a base unit of a MRI system, where data is formed by reception signals obtained by a local coil unit. Provisions are made for an alternating magnetic field, modulated in accordance with a reference clock, the alternating magnetic field to be used by the local coil unit for obtaining electric energy for supplying local electronics of the local coil unit and the reference clock to be retrieved from the received alternating magnetic field by the local electronics, a radio signal containing MRI information representing the reception signals and clock information representing the retrieved reference clock to be produced by the local electronics and transmitted to the base unit, and the received radio signal to be processed by the base unit such that the data and the clock information are retrieved therefrom and provided for the image reconstruction.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jan Bollenbeck, Jörg Hüttner, Klaus Pistor, Stefan Schwarzer, Markus Vester
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Patent number: 9337888Abstract: Message symbols are sent radio transmission using an ultra wideband transmitter emitting a pulse-phase-modulated transmission signal that has isolated pulses, each of which has a time offset in relation to a time pattern, which time offset is dependent on a message symbol that the pulse represents. The transmission signal has a line spectrum having a multiplicity of modulated frequency lines. The transmission signal is received at a receiver, which obtains a narrowband signal from a single one of the modulated frequency lines. The modulated frequency line includes a bandwidth that corresponds to less than twice a pattern frequency of the time pattern. A phase of the narrowband signal is ascertained at predetermined instants and the respectively ascertained phase is associated with one of a plurality of predetermined message symbols.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Ulrike Glänzer, Jörg Hüttner
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Patent number: 9246547Abstract: A method transmits data via an electric conductor of a current network. At least one first node and at least one second node are coupled to the electric conductor by a respective impedance-transparent coupling device. The method involves transmitting a carrier signal by the first node via the electric conductor, rectifying the transmitted carrier signal at the second node in order to supply energy to the second node, and modulating the transmitted carrier signal by the second node using a load modulation in order to transmit response data to the first node. The method is suitable in particular for low-maintenance and inexpensive sensor applications in current networks. An arrangement is used to transmit data via the electric conductor of a current network.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joerg Huettner, Fabian Kurz, Gerhard Metz, Andreas Ziroff
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Publication number: 20150229351Abstract: Message symbols are sent radio transmission using an ultra wideband transmitter emitting a pulse-phase-modulated transmission signal that has isolated pulses, each of which has a time offset in relation to a time pattern, which time offset is dependent on a message symbol that the pulse represents. The transmission signal has a line spectrum having a multiplicity of modulated frequency lines. The transmission signal is received at a receiver, which obtains a narrowband signal from a single one of the modulated frequency lines. The modulated frequency line includes a bandwidth that corresponds to less than twice a pattern frequency of the time pattern. A phase of the narrowband signal is ascertained at predetermined instants and the respectively ascertained phase is associated with one of a plurality of predetermined message symbols.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Ulrike Glänzer, Jörg Hüttner
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Publication number: 20150168535Abstract: A system and method for determining the relative position of stations through radio location is proposed. In one aspect, a station is configured as an apparatus having at least one antenna. At least one first station has at least one first antenna, and at least one second station has at least two base-modulated antennas. The first station sends at least one locating signal via the first antenna. The second station reflects the locating signal as a first modulated reflected locating signal via a first base-modulated antenna and as a second modulated reflected locating signal via a second base-modulated antenna. The first station receives the modulated reflected locating signals via the antenna. The phase relationships of the received modulated reflected locating signals are used to ascertain at least one position angle for the relative position between the first station and the second station.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Jörg Hüttner, Andreas Ziroff
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Publication number: 20150139341Abstract: A method transmits data via an electric conductor of a current network. At least one first node and at least one second node are coupled to the electric conductor by a respective impedance-transparent coupling device. The method involves transmitting a carrier signal by the first node via the electric conductor, rectifying the transmitted carrier signal at the second node in order to supply energy to the second node, and modulating the transmitted carrier signal by the second node using a load modulation in order to transmit response data to the first node. The method is suitable in particular for low-maintenance and inexpensive sensor applications in current networks. An arrangement is used to transmit data via the electric conductor of a current network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Joerg Huettner, Fabian Kurz, Gerhard Metz, Andreas Ziroff
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Publication number: 20140285374Abstract: In an installation including first and second components, a radar sensor that has at least two channels, each arranged to be spatially at a distance from the other, is motion-coupled to the first component, and at least two coding radar targets, each arranged to be spatially at a distance from an adjacent target, are motion-coupled to the second component. A signal is sent to each of the radar targets using one of the at least two channels of the radar sensor. At least one coded signal is respectively sent by the radar targets upon or after receiving such a signal, one of the at least two coded signals being received by one or more channels of the radar sensor from each target. The temporal relationship between at least two of the received coded signals is acquired and used to determine an angle between the first and second components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2012Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: Jörg Hüttner, Andreas Ziroff
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Publication number: 20140266190Abstract: The embodiments relate to an image reconstruction to be carried out on a base unit of a MRI system, where data is formed by reception signals obtained by a local coil unit. Provisions are made for an alternating magnetic field, modulated in accordance with a reference clock, the alternating magnetic field to be used by the local coil unit for obtaining electric energy for supplying local electronics of the local coil unit and the reference clock to be retrieved from the received alternating magnetic field by the local electronics, a radio signal containing MRI information representing the reception signals and clock information representing the retrieved reference clock to be produced by the local electronics and transmitted to the base unit, and the received radio signal to be processed by the base unit such that the data and the clock information are retrieved therefrom and provided for the image reconstruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Jan Bollenbeck, Jörg Hüttner, Klaus Pistor, Stefan Schwarzer, Markus Vester
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Publication number: 20140246921Abstract: A method and system supply energy to at least one mobile component in a wireless communications system, in particular to RFID tags of an RFID system. In the method for supplying energy to at least one mobile component in a wireless communications system with two or more base stations, coherent electromagnetic waves are transmitted by at least two of the base stations. In the system of base stations of a wireless communications system, at least two of the base stations are designed for transmitting coherent electromagnetic waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Joerg Huettner, Dominikus Joachim Mueller, Andreas Ziroff
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Patent number: 8742978Abstract: A method and an arrangement for determining the delay of a signal between a first station and a second station of the arrangement, with the aim of determining the spatial distance between the stations. A first series of first signal pulses is generated in the first station at a first pulse repetition rate f1. A second and a third series of second and third signal pulses is generated in the second station, comprising a second f2 and third pulse repetition rate f3, where f2=f1+?f and f3=f1??f. The second and third series of second and third signal pulses are transmitted to the first station, where the series are correlated with the first series of first signal pulses. The delay of the signal can be determined from the time elapsed between two successive pulses of the signal arising from the correlation.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Roland Gierlich, Jörg Hüttner, Andreas Ziroff
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Patent number: 8714912Abstract: An arrangement for detecting bending deflection of a wind turbine blade is provided. The arrangement for the wind turbine includes a radio transmitter and a linear antenna array assigned to the radio transmitter. The radio transmitter is mounted on the blade tip and emits a signal. The antenna array is mounted on the rotor of the wind turbine in a co-rotating manner and receives the signal. On the basis of the transit times of the signal from the rotor to the individual antennas of the array, the position of the radio transmitter relative to the array is determined. In the event of blade deflection, for example when a high wind load is present, the relative position changes which is detected by the arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Roland Gierlich, Jörg Hüttner, Andreas Ziroff
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Publication number: 20120268141Abstract: A method for determining a delay ? of a signal between a UWB transmit unit and a FSCW receiver unit includes: generating a pulsed transmit signal Str by the transmit unit and emitting the pulsed transmit signal Str, the transmit signal Str comprising a broadband spectrum SPEKtr having a plurality of lines w; receiving the emitted signal Str by the receiver unit as a received signal Srx, wherein the received signal Srx comprises a broadband spectrum SPEKrx having a plurality of lines m; determining at the receiver unit a channel impulse response hn of the received signal Srx; and determining the signal delay ? based on the channel impulse response hn.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Roland Gierlich, Jörg Hüttner, Andreas Ziroff
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Publication number: 20120147940Abstract: A method and an arrangement for determining the delay of a signal between a first station and a second station of the arrangement, with the aim of determining the spatial distance between the stations. A first series of first signal pulses is generated in the first station at a first pulse repetition rate f1. A second and a third series of second and third signal pulses is generated in the second station, comprising a second f2 and third pulse repetition rate f3, where f2=f1+?f and f3=f1??f. The second and third series of second and third signal pulses are transmitted to the first station, where the series are correlated with the first series of first signal pulses. The delay of the signal can be determined from the time elapsed between two successive pulses of the signal arising from the correlation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Roland Gierlich, Jörg Hüttner, Andreas Ziroff
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Publication number: 20110150647Abstract: An arrangement for detecting bending deflection of a wind turbine blade is provided. The arrangement for the wind turbine includes a radio transmitter and a linear antenna array assigned to the radio transmitter. The radio transmitter is mounted on the blade tip and emits a signal. The antenna array is mounted on the rotor of the wind turbine in a co-rotating manner and receives the signal. On the basis of the transit times of the signal from the rotor to the individual antennas of the array, the position of the radio transmitter relative to the array is determined. In the event of blade deflection, for example when a high wind load is present, the relative position changes which is detected by the arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Roland Gierlich, Jörg Hüttner, Andreas Ziroff