Patents Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
  • Patent number: 8250014
    Abstract: A method for the computer-aided learning of a control of a technical system is provided. An operation of the technical system is characterized by states which the technical system can assume during operation. Actions are executed during the operation and convert a relevant state into a subsequent state. The method is characterized in that, when learning the control, suitable consideration is given to the statistical uncertainty of the training data. This is achieved in that the statistical uncertainty of a quality function which models an optimal operation of the technical system is specified by an uncertainty propagation and is incorporated into an action selection rule when learning. By a correspondingly selectable certainty parameter, the learning method can be adapted to different application scenarios which vary in statistical requirements. The method can be used for learning the control of an operation of a turbine, in particular a gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Daniel Schneegaβ, Steffen Udluft
  • Patent number: 8223924
    Abstract: A grating with a large aspect ratio is disclosed, in particular to be used as an X-ray optical grating in a CT system and in particular produced by a lithography method. In at least one embodiment, the grating includes a multiplicity of recurring alternating grating webs and grating gaps with a height, and a multiplicity of filler beams, respectively arranged in the grating gaps with a spacing from one another in the direction of the gaps, which beams connect respectively adjacent grating webs over their height. In at least one embodiment, the grating webs and the grating gaps run from a first to a second side of the grating, and a filler beam has a width in the direction of the gaps and this width is at most 10% of the spacing between two adjacent filler beams. In at least one embodiment, the spacings between respective adjacent filler beams in a grating gap do not vary by more than 10% in the entire grating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft, Karlsruher Institut for Technologie
    Inventors: Martin Börner, Eckhard Hempel, Hartmut Kumm, Jürgen Mohr, Elena Reznikova
  • Patent number: 8020310
    Abstract: A measuring element with a circular or linear track that encompasses a material measure and a number of sensors for scanning the track is disclosed. At least two scanning heads having the sensors are provided for scanning the track. The track of the measuring element has at least one first and a second partial track which are each provided with a first and a second grating period. For each grating period, one of the scanning heads is equipped with a sensor array that is adjusted to the grating period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventor: Roland Finkler
  • Publication number: 20100329129
    Abstract: A method provides service quality in a WiMAX communication network, and a method selects an access transport resource control function by a guideline decision-making function in a communication network. According to a method for providing service quality on an air interface of an access network in a WiMAX communication network by an application function, the application function aims to provide a user of the WiMAX communication network with a service quality-related application. The desired service quality is signaled by an authentication, authorization and accounting infrastructure of the WiMAX communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSHAFT
    Inventors: Dirk Kröselberg, Domagoj Premec, Hannes Tschofenig, Richard Wisenöcker
  • Patent number: 7589985
    Abstract: A switching regulator is configured as a fixed-voltage regulator and contains a voltage divider. The voltage divider is supplied with a voltage signal available from a regulator output via a first connection. The voltage divider feds an output signal to the driver circuit functioning as a regulating variable that is compared to a reference voltage. The switching regulator further contains a monitoring device which impinges the driver circuit with a voltage signal exceeding the reference voltage as a new regulating variable depending on the voltage signal applied to the first connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Helmuth Orlogi, Reinhart Weber
  • Patent number: 7590849
    Abstract: In order to operate a communication terminal for packet-oriented data transmission, at least one piece of status information is stored, for a communication terminal, in a memory unit associated with the communication terminal. Said status information is provided with a digital signature that is calculated from the status information by means of a private key for an asymmetrical encoding method associated with a first control unit associated with the communication terminal, for the resolution and/or conversion of network addresses. If the first control unit fails, a request is transmitted comprising the status information and the digital signature to associate the communication terminal with at least one second control unit, and the digital signature is checked. In the event of a positive check result, the communication terminal is associated with the second control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Stefan Berndt, Bruno Bozionek, Bernd Hinz, Thorsten Laux, Ralf Neuhaus, Christian Scheering, Rainer Uecker, Rainer Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7237516
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an actuator which can be displaced between two end positions, said actuator being impinged in one end position and being capable of displacement to the other end position by an electromagnetic part. The actuator is first supplied with an electromagnetic current using a pulse-duration modulation in a retaining mark space ratio. Once the application of current has ended, an oversaturation of the electromagnet is taken into consideration, either by influencing the application of current in the mark space ratio in an appropriate manner, or the oversaturation is completely prevented by a suitable configuration of the application of current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventor: Franz Kunz
  • Patent number: 7040297
    Abstract: The current guided to the piezo actuator and the voltage which is consequently established thereon is used for calculating with the help of a non-linear actuator model, the characteristics of the longitudinal variations (s) and the force (F) exerted by the actuator (F), and variables therefrom or the derived variables (dF/dt) therefrom determine the beginning of the opening (tA) of a servovalve and the duration of injection (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Dirk Baranowski, Lorand D'Ouvenou, Hellmut Freudenberg, Christian Hoffmann, Wolfgang Lingl, Richard Pirkl
  • Publication number: 20060053914
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission assembly comprising a toothed rack (1) and a gear (2) that is linked with a shaft (4) constituting a control cam and that engages with the toothed rack (1). The inventive transmission assembly is characterized in that a stop (5) is provided on the toothed rack (1) and interacts with a projection (6) of the gear (2) or with the shaft (4). The inventive stop substantially simplifies installation of the transmission assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventor: Heinz-Josef Hautvast
  • Patent number: 6977430
    Abstract: A transistor module formed on a substrate comprises a first transistor, a first recovery diode, a second transistor and a second recovery diode. A first transistor chip associated with the first transistor and a second diode chip associated with the second recovery diode are disposed adjacently on a positive potential area. The first transistor chip and the second diode chip are disposed on an output potential area. A second transistor chip associated with the second transistor and a first diode chip associated with the first recovery diode are adjacently disposed on the output potential area. At least two sides of the output potential area are adjacent to a negative potential area. Both the second transistor chip and the first diode chip are connected to the negative potential area, and one of the first and second transistor chips is disposed opposite one of the first and second diode chips located on a different potential area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventor: Stefan Nowak
  • Publication number: 20050145815
    Abstract: The present invention is a method where a one-piece throttle valve is fastened to a throttle valve shaft in a first step. In another step, at least one elastic compensating element is placed onto the throttle valve. In another step, the elastic compensating element is pressed against the inner wall of the throttle valve housing by an expanding tool. In another step, the elastic compensating element pressed against the inner wall of the throttle valve housing is joined to the throttle valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSHAFT
    Inventor: Thomas Hannewald
  • Publication number: 20050047562
    Abstract: Managing incoming calls and/or messages in a communications system In a communications system, incoming calls and/or messages are managed by checking upon receipt of a call and/or message—if a pre-defined availability status allocated to a recipient of the call and/or message is activated. Upon activation of a pre-defined availability status a pre-defined filter rule is applied to the call and/or message in accordance with the activated availability status. A call and/or message handling action associated with the activated availability status is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Stefan Holz, Jane Liu, Dave Winikoff
  • Publication number: 20040125939
    Abstract: A method for managing CTI data in an automatic call distribution ACD is described. In this case, caller data is determined by a call center forwarding CCR and/or an interactive voice response unit is transmitted to a CTI instance CTII for forwarding control, with customer data being extracted from a customer database KDB and entered in a customer data document KDD to which access takes place from an agent workstation AWP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventor: Erich Drobek
  • Patent number: 6731611
    Abstract: The system has a demodulator for duplex data transmission with quadrature amplitude modulation via two conductors with two oppositely transporting channels. The channels include an “upper” channel with a higher frequency band fo±Bo/2 and a “lower” channel with a lower frequency band fu±Bu/2. The two frequency bands do not overlap each other. Each of the channels transmits two digital signals at a respective symbol frequency fT, and the received modulated carrier signal is so sampled at a sampling frequency fAo in the case of the upper channel and fAu in the case of the lower channel, respectively. The frequencies are chosen in such a way that fo/fu is a rational number K and fAo=2fo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventor: Heinrich Schenk
  • Publication number: 20040006714
    Abstract: In the method and the arrangement for checking the authenticity of a first communication subscriber in a communications network, a first information item is formed in the first communication subscriber using a fault detection data item of the first communication subscriber and an information item relating to a random data item. In a second communication subscriber in the communications network, a second fault information item is formed using a fault detection data item of the second communication subscriber and the information relating to the random data item. The authenticity of the first communication subscriber is checked using the first fault information and the second fault information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Jorge Cuellar, Guenther Horn
  • Publication number: 20030228054
    Abstract: The model is a third generation neurosimulator. It has a plurality of areas whose functions can be identified with the functions of the areas of the dorsal and ventral path of the visual cortex of the human brain. Feedback is provided between different areas during processing. There is additionally provided competition for attention between different features and/or different spatial regions. The model is very flexibly suitable for image processing. It simulates natural human image processing and explains many experimentally observed phenomena.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventor: Gustavo Deco
  • Publication number: 20030229784
    Abstract: In the method and the arrangement for checking the authenticity of a first communication subscriber in a communications network, a first information item is formed in the first communication subscriber using a fault detection data item of the first communication subscriber and an information item relating to a random data item. In a second communication subscriber in the communications network, a second fault information item is formed using a fault detection data item of the second communication subscriber and the information relating to the random data item. The authenticity of the first communication subscriber is checked using the first fault information and the second fault information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Jorge Cuellar, Guenther Horn
  • Patent number: 6653835
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, in particular an iron-guided or permanently magnetic, short or open magnetic resonance tomography apparatus, has thermally highly sensitive components and a temperature controller, formed by a foil heater which is provided with a control device and can be controlled in opposition to the internal dynamic heat sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Roeckelein, Klaus Schleicher
  • Patent number: 6602553
    Abstract: An article that is particularly well suited for use as a gas turbine engine component has a metallic substrate and a ceramic thermal barrier layer including a mixed metal oxide system comprising a compound selected from the group consisting of (i) a lanthanum aluminate and (ii) a calcium zirconate, the calcium in which is partially replaced by at least one calcium-substitute element, such as strontium (Sr) or barium (Ba). In addition, the lanthanum in the lanthanum aluminate can be partially replaced by a lanthanum-substitute element from the lanthanide group, particularly gadolinium (Gd). A process for producing such an article comprises providing a pre-reacted mixed metal oxide system as described above and applying it to the substrate by plasma spraying or an evaporation coating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft, Rolls-Royce Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Beate Heimberg, Wolfram Beele, Karl Kempter, Ulrich Bast, Thomas Haubold, Michael Hoffmann, Axel Endriss, Peter Greil, Chu-Wan Hong, Fritz Aldinger, Hans J. Seifert
  • Publication number: 20030065953
    Abstract: An application-layer-coded message is received in a proxy unit and is decoded on the basis of an application layer protocol format. A check is carried out to determine whether the decoded message satisfies at least one prescribed attack test criterion, and only the messages which do not satisfy the prescribed attack test criterion are transmitted to the application server program which is to be protected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventors: Dirk Lehmann, Peter Trommler