Patents by Inventor Axel Kunze

Axel Kunze 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: 20230410638
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for commissioning hazard detectors in a detector line. The method may include: operating a control center for the detectors for the installation and/or commissioning of the detectors in an installation mode; and in the case of an identified installation error, the control center sends a corresponding error message to the mobile communication terminal for display on an output apparatus of the mobile communication terminal and/or a corresponding error message for display on an output unit of the detector affected by the installation error; and checking the electrical properties of the detector line in the fire alarm control center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Axel Kunze, Konstantin Klein
  • Publication number: 20230326327
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for automatic identification of fire detectors in a fire alarm system of a building, wherein the fire alarm system includes a plurality of fire detectors, a panel, and a transmission line. The method may include: determining linear distance spacings between fire detectors using a floor plan; determining line distances between fire detectors by measurement along the transmission line; using the line distances to determine a fire detector sequence; and creating a graph using the distance spacings and the line distances with a set of potential connection orders. The method may include determining a potential connection order matching the fire detector sequence based on the set of potential connection orders and determining a correspondence of the designations representing the identification of the fire detectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Axel Kunze, Andreas Huber
  • Publication number: 20230282096
    Abstract: A method is specified for automatic testing of a fire alarm system. The method is carried out by a device in the fire alarm system functioning as a panel. In this method, during a recording mode, fire detectors are triggered in turn and the reactions resulting from the triggering (recording mode reactions) of the panel are stored. During a test mode executed later in time, for example as a result of a firmware update of the panel, reactions resulting during the test mode (test mode reactions) are compared with the reactions stored during the recording mode. With discrepancies or an insufficient match an error message is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Axel Kunze
  • Patent number: 10150647
    Abstract: A system for controlling and configuration of an occupant evacuation operation (OEO) in a multi-story building has an elevator control system, a fire alarm detection system with a plurality of fire sensor devices, wherein the fire alarm detection system generates fire alarm information signals, and a central control system coupled with the elevator control system and the fire alarm detection system. The central control system has a data processing system with a processor and memory which provide a configurable model of the multi-story building, receive signals from the fire alarm detection system and receive signals and transmit control signals from/to the elevator control system. The configurable model allows configuration of the system creating a model of the functionalities in the multi-story building required for the OEO, and the central control system controls the OEO based on the signals received from the fire alarm detection system and the elevator control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Andreas Huber, Axel Kunze
  • Publication number: 20180179022
    Abstract: A system for controlling and configuration of an occupant evacuation operation (OEO) in a multi-story building has an elevator control system, a fire alarm detection system with a plurality of fire sensor devices, wherein the fire alarm detection system generates fire alarm information signals, and a central control system coupled with the elevator control system and the fire alarm detection system. The central control system has a data processing system with a processor and memory which provide a configurable model of the multi-story building, receive signals from the fire alarm detection system and receive signals and transmit control signals from/to the elevator control system. The configurable model allows configuration of the system creating a model of the functionalities in the multi-story building required for the OEO, and the central control system controls the OEO based on the signals received from the fire alarm detection system and the elevator control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Andreas Huber, Axel Kunze
  • Publication number: 20070185698
    Abstract: In a risk detection system having at least one element to be configured, a configuration procedure with at least two configuration steps is created for an element of the risk detection system to be configured. The validity of an entry of at least one item of information is examined in a configuration operation of the configuration procedure for the element to be configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rosa Vilardell, Andreas Huber, Axel Kunze