Patents Assigned to Siemens
  • Systems, methods and apparatus for integrated optimal outage coordination in energy delivery systems
    Patent number: 10796254
    Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods for operating a power system to deliver energy. Embodiments include obtaining initial resource schedules for network analysis using a set of input and data validation functions; performing a network analysis with a full AC power flow in the energy system; executing a security constraint unit commitment function using transmission constraints output from the network analysis; determining an optimized outage schedule using the output of the security constraint unit commitment function; distributing the optimized outage schedule to a generation control and load management system; and directing operation of generator resources and managing loads to deliver energy to customers based on the optimized outage schedule. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Muhamed Aganagic, James G. Frame, Dzevdet Hadziosmanovic
  • Automated recertification of a safety critical system
    Patent number: 10796315
    Abstract: A method for automated recertification of a safety critical system with at least one altered functionality is provided. The method includes providing a failure propagation model of the safety critical system. The method also includes updating the failure propagation model of the safety critical system according to the at least one altered functionality using inner port dependency traces between inports and outports of a failure propagation model element representing the at least one altered functionality. The method includes calculating top events of the updated failure propagation model, and comparing the calculated top events with predetermined system requirements to recertify the safety critical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Kai Höfig
  • Method for elaborating work orders to be executed by a MES/MOM system
    Patent number: 10795345
    Abstract: A method for elaborating work orders to be performed by a system capable of driving manufacturing machinery, in particular a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) or Manufacturing Operation Management (MOM) includes providing work orders containing a series of part programs, the part programs containing information regarding tools to be employed and/or information about a priority of execution. The part programs are read and ordered according to an order of execution, on the basis of the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Diego Borriello
  • Tool system for tightening retightenable wedge system in slot of generator stator core
    Patent number: 10797552
    Abstract: A tool system for tightening a retrightenable wedge system in a slot of a generator stator core is presented. The tool system includes a carriage assembly and a wedge tool assembly that is pivotally coupled to the carriage assembly. The carriage assembly includes motorized drives that axially moves the tool system along the slot and holds the tool system on the slot at an axial position. The wedge tool assembly includes a torqueing socket to tighten the retightenable wedge assembly in the slot. The torqueing socket is driven by a worm gear arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Xabier A. Sanjuan, Michael R. Vindler, Michael A. Hall, Timothy J. Garner, James A. Bauer, Charles C. Moore
  • Electrical switching device
    Patent number: 10796869
    Abstract: An electrical switching device includes a first switching contact piece and a second switching contact piece. The switching contact pieces can be displaced in relation to each other. The first switching contact piece is surrounded by a fluid flow guiding device. An enveloping contour of a flow duct, disposed between the fluid flow guiding device and the first switching contact piece, is greater at its end facing the second switching contact piece than an enveloping contour of the first switching contact piece at its end facing the second switching contact piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Monka, Christian Dengler
  • Smart circuit breaker
    Patent number: 10797480
    Abstract: A smart residential circuit breaker includes a hybrid assembly that incorporates a solid-state circuit element integrated into a simplified mechanical pole having main contacts. The solid-state circuit element includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with a micro SD reader to provide faster opening speeds. The smart residential circuit breaker is configured for use for different current levels and controlled by the PCB. The smart residential circuit breaker includes a mag-latch. The PCB is configured to send a signal to the mag-latch to open and close the main contacts within microseconds of detecting an over-current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Hector Manuel Malacara-Carrillo, Russell Thomas Watford, Hai Chen, William A. King, Jr.
  • Laboratory ventilation integration
    Patent number: 10794605
    Abstract: Laboratory ventilation is integrated. The HVAC room controller requests changes in the exhaust set point of one or more fume hoods. By allowing the fume hoods to respond to such HVAC requests, the fume hood exhaust may be turned down to a point below the highest level that could be needed. The request may be used to turn the fume hood exhaust back up, so greater energy savings may be possible in non-peak demand operation of the HVAC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: James J. Coogan, Matthias Blask, Gregory Kempf
  • Visualization of lung fissures in medical imaging
    Patent number: 10796481
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a visualization of a lung fissure. Medical imaging data is processed to identify a lung mesh and fissures data. The lung mesh is augmented with the fissures data and projected onto a straight plane for rendering into a concise two-dimensional image in which completeness of the lung fissure may be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Guendel, Atilla Kiraly, Bernhard Geiger, Carol L. Novak
  • Selective image reconstruction
    Patent number: 10796464
    Abstract: A framework for selective image reconstruction. In accordance with one aspect, the framework receives at least one first image that is reconstructed based on at least one first reconstruction attribute. At least one region of interest may then be identified in the at least one first image. The framework may selectively reconstruct at least one second image of the region of interest based on at least one second reconstruction attribute, wherein the second reconstruction attribute is different from the first reconstruction attribute. Results may then be generated based on the at least one second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Luca Bogoni, Matthias Wolf
  • Switch and method for providing a name service within an industrial automation system by distributing supplemented router advertisement messages
    Patent number: 10798052
    Abstract: Switch and method for providing a name service within an industrial automation system that includes a plurality of cells that each have a plurality of automation devices and a cell switch, wherein router notification messages received by the cell switches are forwarded to a distributor unit of the cell switch and the distributor unit adds information concerning a name service host associated the cell, where the cell switches propagate the router notification messages supplemented by the distributor units thereof to the automation devices in the respective cells thereof, and where name resolution queries from the automation devices are transferred to the name service server associated with the cell via a name service functional unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Harald Albrecht
  • Method for operating a gas turbine installation and a gas turbine installation for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 10794297
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas turbine installation with a measured compressor inlet temperature (Ti-actual) and a virtually constant turbine inlet temperature (TiTiso), wherein to provide safe operation of the gas turbine installation, an increase in a calculated exhaust gas temperature (ATK) is compensated by a reduced mass flow (m) of a flow medium flowing through a compressor of the gas turbine installation. An arrangement for operating the gas turbine installation includes a functional unit and a gas turbine installation with a compressor, a turbine, a control system for operating the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengsellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Burkhardt, Matthias Stieger
  • Method and apparatus reconstruction of magnetic resonance images in a position different from the acquisition position
    Patent number: 10794981
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance system is operated in a preliminary examination so as to acquire magnetic resonance data while an object undergoing investigation is in a first position relative to the scanner of the magnetic resonance system. Using the first magnetic resonance data, or image data derived therefrom, a processor reconstructs an image of the object. The image has a distortion in relation to the object. The processor presents the image to a person operating the system at a display device. The processor reconstructs the image such that the distortion is determined by a target position that is independent of the position of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Schmitt
  • Apparatus and method for creating an asymmetric checksum
    Patent number: 10797730
    Abstract: A device for the computer-aided creation of an asymmetric checksum by a first communication partner, in which a processor calculates a mapped checksum by means of bijective mapping from a first checksum, wherein the first checksum from the set of all possible checksums is assigned by means of a first function to respectively one message from a set of all possible messages, the first checksum is prepared in particular by mapping the set of all possible checksums onto a first set by a second function. Information is distributed which defines an inverse function relative to the bijective mapping to at least one second communication partner, wherein the first checksum is calculated from the mapped checksum by means of the inverse function. The mapped checksum and the message are transmitted to the at least one second communication partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Hans Aschauer
  • Program randomization for cyber-attack resilient control in programmable logic controllers
    Patent number: 10795976
    Abstract: A method for programmable logic controller (PLC) program randomization, the method comprising an engineering system computer receiving source code corresponding to a PLC program and compiling the source code into a plurality of functionally equivalent intermediate representations of the PLC program. Program structure of the PLC program is randomized during compilation such that each intermediate representation is unique among the plurality of intermediate representations. The engineering system computer transmits the plurality of intermediate representations to one or more PLCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Arquimedes Martinez Canedo
  • Visually-impaired-accessible building safety system
    Patent number: 10796539
    Abstract: Building safety systems, methods, and mediums are provided. A method includes receiving a voice input by the building safety system. The method includes receiving voice data produced by a speech recognition process performed on the voice input. The method includes determining a response to the voice input based on the voice data. The method includes producing the response by the building safety system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventor: Leslie A. Field
  • Updating of a digital device certificate of an automation device
    Patent number: 10798085
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automation device (41, 81), a system and a method for updating a digital device certificate (55, 86, 96) of an automation device (41, 81) of an automation system, wherein the automation device (41, 81) is authenticated to an authentication partner by means of at least one device certificate (55, 86, 96). The device certificate (55, 86, 96) is connected to device-specific configuration data of the automation device (41, 81). Following a modification of the configuration of the automation device (41, 81), according to the invention an updated device certificate (55, 86, 96) having device-specific configuration data according to the modified configuration of the automation device (41, 81) is determined by the automation device (41, 81) and subsequently used for authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Falk, Steffen Fries
  • Device and method for an asymmetrical bus interface for a local coil
    Patent number: 10794972
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a local coil as well as a system including a magnetic resonance tomography system with a local coil. The local coil includes a data source and a signal output in signal communication with the data source for outputting data from the data source. The data source is configured to transmit a plurality of data items via the signal output. To this end, the signal output includes a radio-frequency source and a modulator and is configured to modulate to transmit the data from the data source onto a carrier frequency of the radio-frequency source by the modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Biber
  • Additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 10792906
    Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing metal components includes selecting a first component to be formed in a layer-by-layer process, and providing at least a second component to be formed in the same layer-by layer process. The components being selected such that the stresses created in the components during additive manufacturing are substantially balanced. The method further includes separating the components after completion of the layer-by-layer process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLCHAFT
    Inventor: Trevor Illston
  • Automatic positioning of a recording system
    Patent number: 10792007
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for the automatic positioning of a recording system with an x-ray detector and an x-ray source with respect to a subarea of an examination object. A x-ray source to examination object distance is calculated from a displacement distance, the relative pixel distance and the known x-ray source to x-ray detector distance. The x-ray source to examination object distance is used for automatic positioning of the recording system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Dressler
  • Device, method and system for detecting and resolving time information of different administrative domains
    Patent number: 10795403
    Abstract: A device is provided for detecting time information of different administrative domains. The device includes a plurality of detection units, wherein each detection unit is assigned to one of the administrative domains and is configured to receive time information from a timer of the assigned administrative domains for synchronising with the assigned administrative domains, a storage device having a plurality of storage areas, and a plurality of control units, wherein each control unit is assigned exclusively to one of the detection units and the control units are configured to detect, synchronised with one another, a respective most recent item of the received time information of the respective assigned detection unit and to store the synchronously detected time information of the plurality of detection units together as synchronised data in one of the storage regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Rainer Falk, Kai Fischer, Steffen Fries, Wolfgang Klasen