Patents by Inventor Benjamin Schaupp

Benjamin Schaupp 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).

  • Field device for checking the quality of a network connection
    Patent number: 11916695
    Abstract: A field device of automation technology having a function for checking quality of a network connection includes an operating electronics and at least one communication interface for connecting to a communication network having one or more network participants and for building a communication connection, wherein a communication stack and a PHY are associated with the communication interface, wherein the communication stack and the PHY are embodied continually to gain and to store communication information regarding the communication connection, wherein the operating electronics is embodied to read out communication information from the communication stack and from the PHY, and by means of an algorithm to subject the communication information to computation and based on the result of the computation to classify a communication state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG
    Inventors: Karl Büttner, Axel Eidmann, Benedikt Spielmann, Benjamin Schaupp, Martin Lohmann, Oliver Zwick, Harald Freimark
  • FIELD DEVICE FOR CHECKING THE QUALITY OF A NETWORK CONNECTION
    Publication number: 20230208674
    Abstract: A field device of automation technology having a function for checking quality of a network connection includes an operating electronics and at least one communication interface for connecting to a communication network having one or more network participants and for building a communication connection, wherein a communication stack and a PHY are associated with the communication interface, wherein the communication stack and the PHY are embodied continually to gain and to store communication information regarding the communication connection, wherein the operating electronics is embodied to read out communication information from the communication stack and from the PHY, and by means of an algorithm to subject the communication information to computation and based on the result of the computation to classify a communication state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Karl Büttner, Axel Eidmann, Benedikt Spielmann, Benjamin Schaupp, Martin Lohmann, Oliver Zwick, Harald Freimark