Patents by Inventor MICHAEL MAYLE

MICHAEL MAYLE 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: 11740170
    Abstract: A method operates a measuring device used to determine a fluid variable. The measuring devices contains a vibration transducer driven to excite a wave in the fluid due to a test excitation signal. The wave is guided along a propagation path back to the vibration transducer or to an additional vibration transducer, thereby exciting the (additional) vibration transducer to vibrate. An output signal relating to this vibration is acquired, and a frequency of that segment of the output signal that lies in an analysis interval is determined. The analysis interval starts once the driving of the vibration transducer to excite the wave has finished, and/or once a maximum of the amplitude of the vibration is reached. The determination of the fluid variable is performed based on the determined frequency. An error message or a notification is output to a user and/or to a device external to the measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Mayle, Andreas Madinger, Alexander Hofmann, Markus Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20230221155
    Abstract: A method determines a measured quantity relating to the flow of a fluid through a measuring tube, in two propagation directions, and a receive signal is captured. A transit time difference is determined depending on the position of the main maximum of a cross-correlation of the receive signals. Whereupon the measured quantity is determined depending on the transit time difference, and the transmitting ultrasonic transducer is controlled in each case with an excitation signal. The excitation signal has a fixed carrier frequency. The excitation signal has a phase shift and/or an envelope with a plurality of temporally spaced maxima, and/or, if a trigger condition is fulfilled, the fulfilment of which depends on the height of the main maximum and/or of at least one secondary maximum of the cross-correlation. The determination of the measured quantity is modified compared with a normal operating mode and/or a message is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Benkert, Roland Horn, Marcus Wetzel, Andreas Madinger, Michael Mayle
  • Patent number: 11340100
    Abstract: A method for evaluating discrete measurement data sequences of an ultrasonic flow measuring device having a recording frequency and ultrasound signal, includes determining time position or height of a maximum of a sinusoidal profile of a time sequence of evaluation values, determined as part of a measurement data sequence or cross-correlation of two sequences recorded at different positions of the device by determining a maximum evaluation value of the time sequence and evaluation values thereof adjacent thereto. Initial values, including an initial maximum value and time, are determined by quadratic fit of evaluation values. Output values including output time describing the position or output height describing the height of the maximum are determined by a determination relationship setting output values in relation with initial values and a calculation quantity formed from selected evaluation values for known recording frequency and known signal frequency and based on a known sinusoidal profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Mayle, Andreas Madinger, Ulrich Gaugler, Alexander Hofmann
  • Patent number: 11262332
    Abstract: A measuring device, in particular a flow meter, has a measurement tube for receiving or conveying a fluid, first and second oscillation transducers on a side wall of the measurement tube, and a control device. An operating method has the control device drive the first oscillation transducer chronologically in succession for respective mode-selective excitation of a first and a second oscillation mode of a wave conducted in the side wall of the measurement tube. The second oscillation transducer is driven similarly for a second measurement direction. The excited waves are conducted directly in the side wall or indirectly through the fluid and recorded in the other oscillation transducer, resulting in measurement data for each measurement direction and oscillation mode. Result information relates to a property of the fluid or a state of the measuring device determined from the measurement data for both measurement directions and both respective oscillation modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Benkert, Michael Mayle, Peter Ploss
  • Publication number: 20210123846
    Abstract: A method operates a measuring device used to determine a fluid variable. The measuring devices contains a vibration transducer driven to excite a wave in the fluid due to a test excitation signal. The wave is guided along a propagation path back to the vibration transducer or to an additional vibration transducer, thereby exciting the (additional) vibration transducer to vibrate. An output signal relating to this vibration is acquired, and a frequency of that segment of the output signal that lies in an analysis interval is determined. The analysis interval starts once the driving of the vibration transducer to excite the wave has finished, and/or once a maximum of the amplitude of the vibration is reached. The determination of the fluid variable is performed based on the determined frequency. An error message or a notification is output to a user and/or to a device external to the measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: MICHAEL MAYLE, ANDREAS MADINGER, ALEXANDER HOFMANN, MARKUS SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 10989578
    Abstract: An ultrasonic meter for recording a flow quantity dependent on a flow of a fluid, has a control device, a measuring tube having a plurality of side walls, mutually adjacent side walls being at an angle to one another, and through which the fluid can flow in a longitudinal direction of the measuring tube, and first and second ultrasound transducers which are arranged at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction on the measuring tube. The first and second ultrasound transducers respectively contain one transducer element or a predetermined arrangement of a plurality of transducer elements. The ultrasound transducer can be driven by the control device in order to excite an acoustic wave conducted in a side wall of the measuring tube, and conducted through the fluid to the other ultrasound transducer and recorded there by the control device to determine a signal time of flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Mayle, Peter Ploss
  • Patent number: 10943065
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a plurality of web templates associated with a web page. A buffer having a fixed, pre-determined length is allocated. A first set of data associated with a first web template of the plurality of web templates is copied to the buffer. A second set of data associated with a second web template of the plurality of web templates is copied to the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Michael Mayle
  • Patent number: 10852171
    Abstract: A method for determining measurement information includes conducting waves excited by first oscillation transducers to second oscillation transducers or back to the first transducers and recording to determine measurement data. The measurement information is determined using first and second data or first data determine an excitation parameter of a second wave. The first transducers excite the second wave with polarities reversed relative to a polarity for excitation of a first wave, or subgroups of the first transducers operate differently to excite the first and second waves, and/or first and second subgroups of the first or second transducers are used for recording. Only measurement signals of the first subgroup are used, or measurement signals of first and second subgroups are added to record the first data. Only measurement signals of the second subgroup are used, or measurement signals of subgroups are subtracted, or vice versa, to record second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Ploss, Michael Mayle
  • Patent number: 10852170
    Abstract: A method determines a fluid quantity relating to a fluid flowing in a measuring device. The measuring device has a measuring tube which receives the fluid, and first and second oscillation transducers. An excitation of a total wave, which is conducted through a wall of the measuring tube, by the first and/or second oscillation transducer, by wave components which are conducted in the wall being excited by the oscillation transducers in a plurality of excitation regions. These wave components are superposed to form the total wave. A distance between the centers of the excitation regions and the excitation frequency are selected such that an oscillation mode to be attenuated is quenched by destructive interference of the wave components in a propagation direction. Excitation of a compression oscillation of the fluid by the total wave occurs. Measurement data relating to the compression oscillation is used to determine the fluid quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Mayle, Peter Ploss
  • Patent number: 10837816
    Abstract: A method for operating a measuring device determining a fluid quantity relating to fluid or fluid flow uses a measuring tube receiving the fluid or conducting the flow and oscillation transducers spaced along the tube. A first flight time is recorded, then an ultrasound signal excited by a first transducer, after travel on a propagation path including only components of the measuring device to a second transducer, is recorded at a second transducer. A second flight time is recorded, then an ultrasound signal excited by the second transducer, after travel on the propagation path to the first transducer, is recorded at the first transducer. Then fulfillment of a report condition depending on a difference between flight times is checked. Upon fulfillment, a report is output to a user or a report message is sent to an external device or a correction parameter for determining the fluid quantity is adapted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Mayle, Peter Ploss, Andreas Benkert
  • Patent number: 10837851
    Abstract: A measurement device for ascertaining a pressure in a measurement volume which receives a fluid or through which fluid flows. The measurement volume is bounded at least sectionally by a side wall and a vibration transducer is arranged on the side wall. The vibration transducer is actuable by a control device of the measurement device to excite a wave that is guided through the side wall. The guided wave is able to be guided through the side wall along a propagation path back to the vibration transducer or to at least one further vibration transducer and it is captured there by the control device in order to ascertain measurement data. The pressure in the measurement volume is then ascertained by the control device in dependence on the measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Ploss, Michael Mayle, Andreas Benkert, Michael Ponschab
  • Patent number: 10775222
    Abstract: A measurement module determines a fluid quantity which relates to a property of a fluid located in or flowing through a measurement tube. The measurement module contains a base body, a control device and first and second oscillation transducers fastened at a distance from one another on the base body. The first and/or the second oscillation transducer is controlled by the control device to excite an oscillation of a side wall of the measurement tube when a contact face of the measurement module is coupled to the side wall of the measurement tube directly or via a coupling layer. The oscillation of the side wall excites compression oscillations of the fluid, which are conducted through the fluid to the respective other oscillation transducer and recorded the control device to determine a measurement quantity. The fluid quantity can be determined by the control device in dependence on the measurement quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Ploss, Michael Mayle
  • Patent number: 10746578
    Abstract: A measuring device for determining a fluid variable relating to a fluid or fluid flow includes a control device, a measuring tube receiving the fluid or fluid flow, and oscillation transducers spaced apart on the measuring tube. At least one oscillation transducer is drivable by the control device to excite a wave conducted through at least one side wall of the measuring tube, the conducted wave exciting compression oscillations of the fluid conducted through the fluid to the other oscillation transducer and recorded there by the control device to determine measurement data. The fluid variable can be determined by the control device as a function of the measurement data. At least one further side wall of the measuring tube has at least one recess extending in a flow direction and increasing a flow cross section of the measuring tube. A method for determining a fluid variable is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Deihl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Ploss, Michael Mayle, Andreas Benkert
  • Publication number: 20200191628
    Abstract: A measuring device determines a fluid variable via a control device. A measuring tube serves to guide the fluid, and a first vibration transducer is arranged at the measuring tube. The first vibration transducer has a supporting device and two vibration elements spaced apart from one another. A spring element is clamped between a side face of the vibration elements averted from the measuring tube, which presses the respective vibration element against the measuring tube. The control device drives the vibration elements such that they excite a guided wave in a side wall of the measuring tube guided directly in the side wall or indirectly via the fluid to a second vibration transducer arranged at the measuring tube or back to the first vibration transducer, to be detected there by the control device resulting in measurement data. The control device determines the fluid variable depending on the measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: ANDREAS BENKERT, THOMAS STURM, MICHAEL MAYLE, PETER PLOSS
  • Publication number: 20200191627
    Abstract: A measuring device determines a fluid variable with a control device, a measuring tube and a first vibration transducer arranged at the measuring tube. The first vibration transducer contains a vibration element. The vibration element has a vibration body, a first electrode on the measuring tube side and a second electrode averted from the measuring tube. The first electrode extends over a first end face of the vibration body. The second electrode extends to a second end face that lies opposite the first end face. A respective conductive contact element contacts the first electrode at a first end face and the second electrode at a second end face electrically and mechanically such that the vibration element is supported by the contact elements. A voltage between the first and second electrodes can be varied through the vibration element to excite a guided wave in a side wall of the measuring tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: PETER PLOSS, Thomas Sturm, Michael Mayle, Andreas Benkert
  • Publication number: 20200182667
    Abstract: A method for evaluating discrete measurement data sequences of an ultrasonic flow measuring device having a recording frequency and ultrasound signal, includes determining time position or height of a maximum of a sinusoidal profile of a time sequence of evaluation values, determined as part of a measurement data sequence or cross-correlation of two sequences recorded at different positions of the device by determining a maximum evaluation value of the time sequence and evaluation values thereof adjacent thereto. Initial values, including an initial maximum value and time, are determined by quadratic fit of evaluation values. Output values including output time describing the position or output height describing the height of the maximum are determined by a determination relationship setting output values in relation with initial values and a calculation quantity formed from selected evaluation values for known recording frequency and known signal frequency and based on a known sinusoidal profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: MICHAEL MAYLE, ANDREAS MADINGER, ULRICH GAUGLER, ALEXANDER HOFMANN
  • Patent number: 10681267
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media can obtain information relating to a bias associated with a camera sensor. A plurality of images of a scene captured by the camera sensor can be obtained, where the plurality of images are captured at a resolution supported by the camera sensor. A plurality of weights for each image of the plurality of images can be determined based at least in part on the bias. A combined image of the scene can be generated based on the plurality of images and the determined weights, the combined image having a resolution higher than the resolution supported by the camera sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas Michael Mayle
  • Publication number: 20200166393
    Abstract: A measuring device, in particular a flow meter, has a measurement tube for receiving or conveying a fluid, first and second oscillation transducers on a side wall of the measurement tube, and a control device. An operating method has the control device drive the first oscillation transducer chronologically in succession for respective mode-selective excitation of a first and a second oscillation mode of a wave conducted in the side wall of the measurement tube. The second oscillation transducer is driven similarly for a second measurement direction. The excited waves are conducted directly in the side wall or indirectly through the fluid and recorded in the other oscillation transducer, resulting in measurement data for each measurement direction and oscillation mode. Result information relates to a property of the fluid or a state of the measuring device determined from the measurement data for both measurement directions and both respective oscillation modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: ANDREAS BENKERT, MICHAEL MAYLE, PETER PLOSS
  • Patent number: 10657157
    Abstract: A method of generating user groups using sharding parameters is disclosed. The method identifies a set of sharding parameters including a number of user groups and a set of attributes associated with the number of user groups. The method defines one or more shards based on the number of user groups. The method further creates a user group based on the set of sharding parameters. The method further in response to determining that a number of users in the created user group exceeds a maximum number of users, modifies the set of sharding parameters. The method generates one or more modified user groups based on the modified set of sharding parameters, wherein each of the one or more user groups includes more than a single user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Michael Mayle, Joshua R. Siegel
  • Publication number: 20200103263
    Abstract: A measuring device for determining a fluid variable has a control device, a measuring tube, and first and second ultrasound transducers on the measuring tube. The ultrasound transducer(s) are driven to excite a wave through a side wall of the measuring tube and to excite compression oscillations of the fluid. The other ultrasound transducer records the oscillations to determine measurement data, and the fluid variable is determined based on the measurement data. Either the first and/or the second ultrasound transducer has an oscillation element coupled in a plurality of separated contact regions of the oscillation element to the measuring tube or to a carrier structure (19, 32, or the first and/or the second ultrasound transducer respectively have a plurality of oscillation elements coupled in separate contact regions of the measuring tube, or of a carrier structure coupled to the measuring tube, to the measuring tube or the carrier structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: PETER PLOSS, MICHAEL MAYLE