Patents by Inventor Andre Folkers

Andre Folkers 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).

  • Real-time environment and programmable logic controller
    Patent number: 10782667
    Abstract: In a real-time environment at least one task is executed with a pre-defined task run-time, wherein at least one auxiliary function with indeterminate function run-time is to be processed within the specified task run-time by means of a time monitoring function. The time monitoring function, which defines a termination time for the auxiliary function within the pre-defined task run-time, is started. Then the auxiliary function is executed, wherein the time monitoring function monitors the function run-time and a function abort is initiated if the pre-defined abort time point is exceeded. Finally, the time monitoring function is terminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Marko Tscherepanow, Dirk Janssen, Andre Folkers
  • REAL-TIME ENVIRONMENT AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20190033814
    Abstract: In a real-time environment at least one task is executed with a pre-defined task run-time, wherein at least one auxiliary function with indeterminate function run-time is to be processed within the specified task run-time by means of a time monitoring function. The time monitoring function, which defines a termination time for the auxiliary function within the pre-defined task run-time, is started. Then the auxiliary function is executed, wherein the time monitoring function monitors the function run-time and a function abort is initiated if the pre-defined abort time point is exceeded. Finally, the time monitoring function is terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Marko Tscherepanow, Dirk Janssen, Andre Folkers