Patents by Inventor Ulrich Heitz

Ulrich Heitz 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).

  • Publication number: 20240044692
    Abstract: A filling level measuring device for the microwave-based determination of the filling level of a filling material in a container includes at least one reflection point arranged outside the container. The reflection point generates a reflection point echo signal by means of reflection of a transmit signal, wherein an electronics unit calibrates and/or verifies a filling material echo signal in-line based upon the at least one reflection point echo signal. Further disclosed is a method for the in-line calibration and/or verification of a filling level measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Ulrich Heitz, Norbert Thomann, Jürgen Steitz, Ralf Reimelt
  • Patent number: 10989574
    Abstract: A method for in-situ calibration of an analog measurement transmission path coupled with the determining and/or monitoring of a process variable of a medium is disclosed, wherein analog electrical signals are transmitted via the measurement transmission path from a control/evaluation unit to a control unit, wherein the control/evaluation unit is associated with a sensor, which determines and/or monitors the process variable based on at least one component sensitive for the process variable. The sensor is operated either in a measuring mode or in a simulation mode, wherein, in the simulation mode, the control/evaluation unit outputs for a set time span an analog electrical signal, which is unequivocally recognizable as simulated and is recognized and registered by control unit, and the calibrating of the measurement transmission path is performed, in that the control unit determines the deviation between the analog electrical signal and the registered analog electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Wetzer GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heitz, Daniel Koch, Marc Stahl
  • Publication number: 20180328765
    Abstract: A method for in-situ calibration of an analog measurement transmission path coupled with the determining and/or monitoring of a process variable of a medium is disclosed, wherein analog electrical signals are transmitted via the measurement transmission path from a control/evaluation unit to a control unit, wherein the control/evaluation unit is associated with a sensor, which determines and/or monitors the process variable based on at least one component sensitive for the process variable. The sensor is operated either in a measuring mode or in a simulation mode, wherein, in the simulation mode, the control/evaluation unit outputs for a set time span an analog electrical signal, which is unequivocally recognizable as simulated and is recognized and registered by control unit, and the calibrating of the measurement transmission path is performed, in that the control unit determines the deviation between the analog electrical signal and the registered analog electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich Heitz, Daniel Koch, Marc Stahl