Patents by Inventor Michael Kandler
Michael Kandler 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: 9221309Abstract: Embodiments can provide a system, a wheel localizer, a wheel localization device, a method or a computer program for locating a position of wheel. The system for locating the position of the wheel on the vehicle includes a detector for obtaining information related to a state of movement of the vehicle and a locator for determining the position of the wheel based on the information related to the state of movement of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Michael Kandler
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Publication number: 20140107946Abstract: A system includes an acceleration sensor for detecting a centrifugal acceleration, and a processing unit, which is coupled to the acceleration sensor and which is configured to determine numerical values from measured values of the centrifugal acceleration. The determined numerical values are representative of a mileage of a tire and/or wear of the tire and/or an installation radius of the system in the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Michael Kandler, Thomas Lange, Christoph Steiner
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Publication number: 20140058580Abstract: Embodiments can provide a system, a wheel localizer, a wheel localization device, a method or a computer program for locating a position of wheel. The system for locating the position of the wheel on the vehicle includes a detector for obtaining information related to a steering angle of the vehicle and a locator for determining the position of the wheel based on the information related to the steering angle of the vehicle. Embodiments further provide a device, a method and a computer program configured to determine information related to one or more expected rotational frequencies of one or more wheels of a vehicle. The device includes a path detector configured to determine expected path lengths of the one or more wheels of the vehicle based on information related to a path of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Andre Peine, Michael Kandler
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Publication number: 20130204573Abstract: Embodiments can provide a system, a wheel localizer, a wheel localization device, a method or a computer program for locating a position of wheel. The system for locating the position of the wheel on the vehicle includes a detector for obtaining information related to a state of movement of the vehicle and a locator for determining the position of the wheel based on the information related to the state of movement of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Michael Kandler
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Patent number: 7242845Abstract: A recording arrangement receives reception information including program, picture and/or sound information in a receiving channel of a television program. A detector detects the received program information which characterizes the start and end times of the television programs. A recorder is adapted to record the picture and/or sound information on a record carrier from a recording start time till a recording end time. A recording controller which, when a user of the recording arrangement has defined the recording start time and the receiving channel for a recording, is adapted to propose the end determined by the detector as the recording end time for the recording of the television program that can be received in the receiving channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2001Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Herbert Gerharter, Andras Kalmar, Michael Kandler, Adolf Proidl, Hannes Riedl, Franz Schuegerl
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Patent number: 7225678Abstract: A pressure sensor apparatus includes a reception container for receiving a pressure sensor, the reception container having an opening on one side. Furthermore, the pressure sensor apparatus includes a protective membrane closing the opening, a pressure sensor arranged in the reception container, and a gel arranged between the pressure sensor and the protective membrane.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Michael Kandler, Alfred Niklas
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Patent number: 7171849Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor module in a flexible housing with integrated transmission means. A possible application of such a flexible sensor module would be the use as transponder-based tire pressure measuring system. Here, the complete module could be vulcanized into the tire, and the data could be transmitted by means of a standardized receiver unit. The transmission may herein be made by radio or inductively, for example.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2003Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Michael Kandler
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Patent number: 7124638Abstract: A pressure sensor for detecting an effective pressure comprises a first pressure detection means for providing a first pressure measurement signal and a second pressure detection means for providing a second pressure measurement signal, wherein the first pressure measurement signal differs from the second pressure measurement signal, as well as an evaluation means for determining the effective pressure based on the first and the second pressure measurement signal. Thereby it is achieved that in a pressure measurement the measurement errors are reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2004Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Michael Kandler
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Publication number: 20060053895Abstract: A pressure sensor apparatus includes a reception container for receiving a pressure sensor, the reception container having an opening on one side. Furthermore, the pressure sensor apparatus includes a protective membrane closing the opening, a pressure sensor arranged in the reception container, and a gel arranged between the pressure sensor and the protective membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2005Publication date: March 16, 2006Inventors: Michael Kandler, Alfred Niklas
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Publication number: 20050000293Abstract: A pressure sensor for detecting an effective pressure comprises a first pressure detection means for providing a first pressure measurement signal and a second pressure detection means for providing a second pressure measurement signal, wherein the first pressure measurement signal differs from the second pressure measurement signal, as well as an evaluation means for determining the effective pressure based on the first and the second pressure measurement signal. Thereby it is achieved that in a pressure measurement the measurement errors are reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2004Publication date: January 6, 2005Inventor: Michael Kandler
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Publication number: 20040150499Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor module in a flexible housing with integrated transmission means. A possible application of such a flexible sensor module would be the use as transponder-based tire pressure measuring system. Here, the complete module could be vulcanized into the tire, and the data could be transmitted by means of a standardized receiver unit. The transmission may herein be made by radio or inductively, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventor: Michael Kandler
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Publication number: 20040118407Abstract: The invention relates to a device for artificial respiration of a patient by delivery of a perfluorocarbon, said device having an aerosol generator by means of which an aerosol of the perfluorocarbon is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventor: Michael Kandler
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Publication number: 20030044161Abstract: In the case of an output device (1) for direct output or for storage and deferred output of received audio (EAI) and video (EVI) television program data, having receiving means (3) for receiving the audio (EAI) and video (EVI) data and having memory means (11) for storing the received audio (EAI) and video (EVI) data, the memory means (11) allowing simultaneous storage of the received audio (EAI) and video (EVI) data and read-out of previously stored audio (WAI) and video (WVI) data, and having selection means (4, 5, 17, 18) for selecting audio (AAI) and video (AVI) data to be output and having output means (17, 18) for outputting the audio (AAI) and video (AVI) data to be output, in order to allow visual playback of the video data (AVI) and acoustic playback of the audio data (AAI), wherein the selection means (4, 5, 17, 18) are designed to select the video data (EVI) currently being received with the audio data (WAI) received and stored a back period (TR) ago or to select the video data (WVI) received and sType: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventor: Michael Kandler
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Patent number: 6526051Abstract: A system (1; 49; 65) comprising a data source (2, 4; 50; 66) for supplying an information packet stream containing digital data coded in accordance with a first coding method and/or a second coding method, a processing device (3; 51; 69) for processing an information packet stream, and a data sink (4, 5, 6; 52, 53; 67) for receiving an information packet stream comprises insertion means (37; 62; 71), which the insertion means (37; 62; 71) comprise detection means (38) adapted to detect digital data contained in a sub-stream of the information packet stream and coded in accordance with a second coding method and to supply control information upon detection of such data, and a packet stream generator (16) which, when control information appears, is adapted to insert further digital data coded in accordance with the first coding method and containing additional information about the sub-stream into further information packets of the information packet stream.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1998Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventor: Michael Kandler
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Publication number: 20020056108Abstract: A recording arrangement (1) having receiving means (4) for receiving reception information (EI1, EI2) including program information (PI1, PI2) and, in at least one receiving channel (C1, C2, C3), picture information and/or sound information of a television program, and having detection means (10) for the detection of the received program information (PI1, PI2), which characterizes the start times (BZ) and end times (EZ) of television programs that can be received in the receiving channels (C1, C2, C3), and having recording means (6), which are adapted to record the picture information and/or sound information received in the receiving channel (C1, C2, C3) on a record carrier from a recording start time (ABZ) till a recording end time (AEZ), includes recording control means (13) which, when a user of the recording arrangement (1) has defined the recording start time (ABZ) and the receiving channel (C1, C2, C3) for a recording, are adapted to propose the end time (EZ) determined by the detection means (10) as tType: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2001Publication date: May 9, 2002Inventors: Herbert Gerharter, Andras Kalmar, Michael Kandler, Adolf Proidl, Hannes Riedl, Franz Schuegerl
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Patent number: 5583296Abstract: A pressure sensor comprises a substrate and a layer defining together with said substrate a pressure sensor cavity, said layer including a diaphragmlike area which is adapted to be acted upon by an external pressure. A micro-miniaturizable pressure sensor of the above-mentioned type, which is used for differential pressure measurement or for relative pressure measurement, is provided on the basis of the features that said cavity is followed by a channel which extends along the surface of said substrate, said channel comprising a layered structure including also the layer which also defines the diaphragmlike area of the pressure sensor, the ratio of the width of the channel to the thickness of the layered structure above the channel being smaller than the ratio of the smallest extension of the diaphragmlike area in the diaphragm plane to the thickness of the diaphragmlike area.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E. V.Inventors: Wilfried Mokwa, Michael Kandler, Jorg Amelung
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Patent number: 5431057Abstract: A process for manufacturing an integratable capacitative pressure sensor includes the following steps, starting from a semiconductor substrate (1): application of a guard film (2), precipitation of a polycrystalline semiconductor film (4), doping the polycrystalline semiconductor film (4) and removal of the guard film (2) by etching; then insulating the semiconductor zone (7) from the semiconductor substrate (1), and applying an insulator film (8) on the insulated semiconductor zone (7). The pressure sensor product, which is compatible with CMOS circuits and has increased sensor accuracy, includes a semiconductor zone (7) insulated from the semiconductor substrate (1) and an insulator film (8) applied on the insulated semiconductor zone (7), the polycrystalline semiconductor film (4) being located on the insulator film (8) above the insulated semiconductor zone (7).Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1994Date of Patent: July 11, 1995Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Gunther Zimmer, Jorg Eichholz, Wilfried Mokwa, Michael Kandler, Yiannakis Manoli
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Patent number: 5321989Abstract: A process for manufacturing an integratable capacitative pressure sensor includes the following steps, starting from a semiconductor substrate (1): application of a guard film (2), precipitation of a polycrystalline semiconductor film (4), doping the polycrystalline semiconductor film (4) and removal of the guard film (2) by etching; then insulating the semiconductor zone (7) from the semiconductor substrate (1), and applying an insulator film (8) on the insulated semiconductor zone (7). The pressure sensor product, which is compatible with CMOS circuits and has increased sensor accuracy, includes a semiconductor zone (7) insulated from the semiconductor substrate (1) and an insulator film (8) applied on the insulated semiconductor zone (7), the polycrystalline semiconductor film (4) being located on the insulator film (8) above the insulated semiconductor zone (7).Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1993Date of Patent: June 21, 1994Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Gunther Zimmer, Jorg Eichholz, Wilfried Mokwa, Michael Kandler, Yiannakis Manoli