Patents by Inventor Alexander Vogt

Alexander Vogt 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: 20230361464
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing both wireless communications and wireless sensing in combination. The systems include at least a first base station having at least one antenna device where the antenna device includes a beamformer control unit that uses a modifiable lookup table to control beam characteristics. The system may send a first set of electromagnetic sensing beams to a first environmental area within a field of view of the at least one antenna device to detect environmental objects within the environmental area. Based on data received by the antenna device, the system may generate a modified lookup table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Alphons Litjes, Alexander Vogt, Cristian Pavao Moreira
  • Publication number: 20230331090
    Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided a battery management method for a vehicle comprising a plurality of batteries. According to another embodiment there is a control unit for performing the battery management method. The battery management method comprising detecting an incoming hazard; predicting an impact of the incoming hazard from one or more sensors coupled to the vehicle; determining a course of action to be taken in response to the predicted impact; and controlling one or more batteries of the plurality of batteries according to the determined course of action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Alphons Litjes, Hendrik Johannes Bergveld, Alexander Vogt, Cristian Pavao Moreira
  • Patent number: 11783057
    Abstract: A method is provided for secure provisioning of a device. In the method, a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) devices is manufactured by a first entity for use in the device. The first entity provides signed provisioning software and stores in at least one provisioning IC device one or more keys used for provisioning the plurality of ICs. The provisioning device with the signed provisioning software is provided to a second entity. The second entity verifies the provisioning software using a stored key. The provisioning software encrypts provisioning assets provided by the second entity and provides the encrypted provisioning assets to the third entity. The signed provisioning software is provided to a third entity by the first entity. During manufacturing of the manufactured products by the third entity, the provisioning software verifies and decrypts the encrypted provisioning assets of the second entity to provision all the plurality of IC devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Björn Fay, Miroslav Knezevic, Durgesh Pattamatta, Alexander Vogt
  • Publication number: 20230246826
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a system for provisioning a cryptographic device, including: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine the maximum key generation seed size, maximum PQC private key size, maximum PQC public key size, and maximum PQC updater size of a plurality of post quantum cryptography algorithms; provision memory in the cryptographic device to store a key generation seed, PQC private key, PQC public key, and PQC updater based upon the determined maximum key generation seed size, maximum PQC private key size, maximum PQC public key size, and maximum PQC updater size; and provision the cryptographic device with a non-PQC secret key, a non-PQC public key, and non-PQC algorithm code configured to carry out non-PQC cryptographic algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Christine VAN VREDENDAAL, Mario LAMBERGER, Markus HINKELMANN, Hauke MEYN, Alexander VOGT
  • Publication number: 20230246815
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a system for provisioning a cryptographic device, including: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine a maximum PQC private key size, maximum PQC public key size, and maximum PQC updater size of a plurality of post quantum cryptography algorithms; provision memory in the cryptographic device to store a PQC-update non-PQC private key, a secret PQC-update non-PQC public key, PQC private key, PQC public key, and PQC updater based upon the determined maximum PQC private key size, maximum PQC public key size, and maximum updater size; and provision the cryptographic device with the PQC-update non-PQC private key, the secret PQC-update non-PQC public key, a non-PQC secret key, a non-PQC public key, and non-PQC algorithm code configured to carry out non-PQC cryptographic algorithms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mario LAMBERGER, Christine VAN VREDENDAAL, Markus HINKELMANN, Hauke MEYN, Alexander VOGT
  • Publication number: 20230122173
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing both wireless communications and wireless sensing in combination are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, the system includes a base station (BS) including each of at least one antenna device including a first antenna device and at least one control unit. The control unit includes an input port coupled at least indirectly to the first antenna device, an output port, and a controllable circuit including each of a spillover cancellation circuit and a bypass circuit. The BS is configured to operate in each of a communication mode and a sensing mode. When the BS operates in the sensing mode, the spillover cancellation circuit of the controllable circuit is enabled and performs spillover cancellation. When the BS operates in a communication mode, the bypass circuit operates so that the spillover cancellation circuit is bypassed or otherwise does not affect how the output signal is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Cristian Pavao Moreira, Alphons Litjes, Alexander Vogt
  • Publication number: 20230117789
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing both wireless communications and wireless sensing in combination are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, the method includes sending, from a first antenna device of a base station (BS), a plurality of first wireless communication signals respectively during a first plurality of time periods associated respectively with a first plurality of symbols and also a plurality of first wireless sensing signals respectively during a second plurality of time periods associated respectively with a second plurality of symbols. Also, the method includes receiving, at the antenna device, a plurality of second wireless communication signals respectively during a third plurality of time periods associated respectively with a third plurality of symbols and also a plurality of second wireless sensing signals respectively during the second plurality of time periods. The second plurality of time periods are interleaved among respective pairs of the first plurality of time periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Vogt, Alphons Litjes, Cristian Pavao Moreira
  • Publication number: 20230063743
    Abstract: A method is provided for secure provisioning of a device. In the method, a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) devices is manufactured by a first entity for use in the device. The first entity provides signed provisioning software and stores in at least one provisioning IC device one or more keys used for provisioning the plurality of ICs. The provisioning device with the signed provisioning software is provided to a second entity. The second entity verifies the provisioning software using a stored key. The provisioning software encrypts provisioning assets provided by the second entity and provides the encrypted provisioning assets to the third entity. The signed provisioning software is provided to a third entity by the first entity. During manufacturing of the manufactured products by the third entity, the provisioning software verifies and decrypts the encrypted provisioning assets of the second entity to provision all the plurality of IC devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Björn Fay, Miroslav Knezevic, Durgesh Pattamatta, Alexander Vogt
  • Patent number: 11226051
    Abstract: A valve for a drinking water installation for larger volume flow of cold water, depending on an adjustable or non-adjustable water temperature, having a valve housing with connections to a pipeline and a regulating piston which is movable in the valve housing, coupled to a spindle exposed on the outer side of the valve housing, with a thermal expansion element exposed in the flow path through the valve housing and resting under the pretension of a spring element against the regulating piston, the regulating piston being movable relative to a bore due to the expansion of the expansion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: GEBR. KEMPER GMBH + CO., KG METALLWERKE
    Inventors: Stefan Fries, Roland Blumenthal, Alexander Vogt
  • Patent number: 11149419
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a drinking water circulation device (2) for cold water consumption, which is compactly accommodable in a building, universally and easily connectable to different cooling devices, easy to operate and, in addition, little failure-prone and easy to install.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: GEBR. KEMPER GMBH + CO., KG METALLWERKE
    Inventors: Alexander Vogt, Tim Schleime, Hendrik Hössel, Tobias Theile
  • Publication number: 20200284371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve for drinking water installation, comprising a valve housing (2) with connections to a pipeline, and a regulating piston (28), which is movable in the valve housing (2) and coupled to a spindle (14) exposed on the outer side of the valve housing (2) and which cooperates, on the side opposed to the spindle (14), with a thermal expansion element (24) exposed in a flow path through the valve housing (2) and resting under the pretension of a spring element (34) against the regulating piston (28), the regulating piston (28) being movable relative to a bore (54) due to the expansion of the expansion element (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Fries, Roland Blumenthal, Alexander Vogt
  • Publication number: 20200284001
    Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a drinking water circulation device (2) for cold water consumption, which is compactly accommodable in a building, universally and easily connectable to different cooling devices, easy to operate and, in addition, little failure-prone and easy to install.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Vogt, Tim Schleime, Hendrik Hössel, Tobias Theile
  • Publication number: 20080030012
    Abstract: A passenger protection device in a motor vehicle includes at least one airbag, at least one gas generator for filling the airbag, an airbag control device for activating the airbag, means for acquiring the deployment speed of the airbag, and means for regulating the filling quantity of the airbag, taking into account its deployment speed. In order for the passenger protection device to implement a controlled filling of the airbag dependent on its deployment speed, at least one flow-off valve is provided that is situated between the gas generator and the airbag. In addition, controllable actuating means are provided for the sealing of the flow-off valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Bernhard Mattes, Hans-Peter Stumpp, Werner Nitschke, Hartmut Schumacher, Walter Wottreng, Hans Guettler, Rainer Moritz, Thomas Herrmann, Frank-Juergen Stuetzler, Alexander Vogt, Kunt Balzer, Thomas Lich, Ulrike Groeger, Alfred Kuttenberger, Lothar Groesch, Michael Schmid, Mario Kroeninger
  • Publication number: 20070185635
    Abstract: An occupant-protection system for vehicles, including: at least one sensor, which detects the surrounding area of the vehicle and generates sensor signals therefrom; an evaluation device, which analyzes the sensor signals, detects an approaching hazardous situation in advance according to an algorithm for the early detection of a hazardous situation and generates a trigger signal in this case; a seat-adjustment device having at least one actuator for adjusting a seat, the seat-adjustment device having a first speed for a comfort adjustment of the seat and a second, higher speed for the seating adjustment of the seat in response to triggering by the trigger signal. Also provided is a method for activating an occupant-protection system for vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Bernhard Mattes, Hans-Peter Stumpp, Werner Nitschke, Hartmut Schumacher, Walter Wottreng, Hans Guettler, Rainer Moritz, Thomas Herrmann, Frank-Juergen Stuetzler, Alexander Vogt, Knut Balzer, Thomas Lich, Ulrike Groeger, Alfred Kuttenberger, Lothar Groesgh, Michael Schmid, Mario Kroeninger
  • Patent number: 7241075
    Abstract: A subsea cable (3) designed to extend from a floating structure (1) on the sea surface down to a subsea structure (2) on the sea floor with a first portion (3a) extending from the floating structure (1) to the sea floor and a second portion (3b) laid in or on the sea floor has an outer sheath and cables and/or conduits inside said outer sheath. The second portion (3b) of the subsea cable (3) is provided with at least one disc-shaped anchor (4) attached to the subsea cable (3b) with clamps. The at least one disc-shaped anchor (4) makes movement of the second portion (3b) more difficult.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Torfinn Ottesen, Alexander Vogt
  • Publication number: 20060204338
    Abstract: A subsea cable (3) designed to extend from a floating structure (1) on the sea surface down to a subsea structure (2) on the sea floor with a first portion (3a) extending from the floating structure (1) to the sea floor and a second portion (3b) laid in or on the sea floor has an outer sheath and cables and/or conduits inside said outer sheath. The second portion (3b) of the subsea cable (3) is provided with at least one disc-shaped anchor (4) attached to the subsea cable (3b) with clamps. The at least one disc-shaped anchor (4) makes movement of the second portion (3b) more difficult.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Torfinn Ottesen, Alexander Vogt