Patents by Inventor Thomas Zebisch

Thomas Zebisch 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).

  • Method for synchronizing a local time base on a central time base and device for implementing said method with preferred applications
    Patent number: 6865686
    Abstract: Time messages are transmitted from a central timebase to a local timebase. The transmission time of a time message is detected and is entered as a data value in a subsequent time message. The reception time of a time message is detected, and the transmission time contained in it is reproduced, by the local timebase. Finally, the difference between associated transmission and reception times of time messages is used to determine the time discrepancies occurring in the process, and these are evaluated for synchronization of the local timebase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Krause, Thomas Zebisch
  • Automation system to access functionality of hardware components with each hardware component having system connection unit with function objects representing real functionality of components
    Patent number: 6625664
    Abstract: An automation system 1, and a method for accessing the functionality of hardware components H1 . . . Hn of the automation system. Hardware components are connected by at least one bus system B1 . . . B3, and at least one hardware component contains a system connection unit 5. The system connection unit eliminates the need for special transmission objects, which until now were required between an administrative system and the hardware components of an automation system. The system connection unit contains function objects D1 . . . DB as images of the real functionality of the hardware components, whereby the function objects are provided for accessing the functionality of the hardware components via the bus system. The function objects are designed, for example, as DCOM objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hubert Gehring, Horst Koerzdoerfer, Thomas Talanis, Thomas Zebisch
  • Automation system and method for accessing the functionality of hardware components
    Publication number: 20010052041
    Abstract: An automation system 1, and a method for accessing the functionality of hardware components H1 . . . Hn of the automation system. Hardware components are connected by at least one bus system B1 . . . B3, and at least one hardware component contains a system connection unit 5. The system connection unit eliminates the need for special transmission objects, which until now were required between an administrative system and the hardware components of an automation system. The system connection unit contains function objects D1 . . . DB as images of the real functionality of the hardware components, whereby the function objects are provided for accessing the functionality of the hardware components via the bus system. The function objects are designed, for example, as DCOM objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Hubert Gehring, Horst Koerzdoerfer, Thomas Talanis, Thomas Zebisch