Patents by Inventor Bernhard Deck
Bernhard Deck 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).
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Patent number: 11842452Abstract: A method for positioning a virtual object in an image of a scene including a real object is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a signal from a short-range wireless transmitter arranged at a predetermined position relative to the real object and determining a location and orientation of the portable device relative to the short-range wireless transmitter based on the received signal. The image of the scene is displayed with the virtual object, wherein the position of the virtual object in the image is based on the determined location and orientation of the portable device relative to the short-range wireless transmitter and on the predetermined position of the short-range wireless transmitter relative to the real object. A system, a portable device and a computer program product is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Hitachi Energy LtdInventors: Bernhard Deck, Stephan Gerspach, Michele Luvisotto
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Publication number: 20220189126Abstract: A method for positioning a virtual object in an image of a scene including a real object is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a signal from a short-range wireless transmitter arranged at a predetermined position relative to the real object and determining a location and orientation of the portable device relative to the short-range wireless transmitter based on the received signal. The image of the scene is displayed with the virtual object, wherein the position of the virtual object in the image is based on the determined location and orientation of the portable device relative to the short-range wireless transmitter and on the predetermined position of the short-range wireless transmitter relative to the real object. A system, a portable device and a computer program product is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Bernhard DECK, Stephan GERSPACH, Michele LUVISOTTO
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Patent number: 11121537Abstract: An intelligent fuse provides the operational status of the power network upon which the fuse is installed to a mobile device of a remote user. A fuse electronic circuit embedded in the fuse holder of the fuse captures the characteristic values of the power network and transmits the data to the mobile device. The mobile device has an application installed thereon to calculate the distance to fault location from the recording fuse using the fuse electronic circuit-captured data. The fuse electronic circuit-captured data is further used to visualize the data collected at the measurement points of the electrical system upon which the fuse is installed.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: James D. Stoupis, Bernhard Deck, Mirrasoul Mousavi, Dmitry Ishchenko
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Publication number: 20200194991Abstract: An intelligent fuse provides the operational status of the power network upon which the fuse is installed to a mobile device of a remote user. A fuse electronic circuit embedded in the fuse holder of the fuse captures the characteristic values of the power network and transmits the data to the mobile device. The mobile device has an application installed thereon to calculate the distance to fault location from the recording fuse using the fuse electronic circuit-captured data. The fuse electronic circuit-captured data is further used to visualize the data collected at the measurement points of the electrical system upon which the fuse is installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: James D. Stoupis, Bernhard Deck, Mirrasoul Mousavi, Dmitry Ishchenko
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Patent number: 10424909Abstract: An intelligent fuse provides the operational status of the power network upon which the fuse is installed to a mobile device of a remote user. A fuse electronic circuit embedded in the fuse holder of the fuse captures the characteristic values of the power network and transmits the data to the mobile device. The mobile device has an application installed thereon to calculate the distance to fault location from the recording fuse using the fuse electronic circuit-captured data. The fuse electronic circuit-captured data is further used to visualize the data collected at the measurement points of the electrical system upon which the fuse is installed.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: James D. Stoupis, Bernhard Deck, Mirrasoul Mousavi, Dmitry Ishchenko
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Patent number: 9887530Abstract: A protection relay is disclosed that generates a trip signal to operate a circuit breaker in case of a fault condition. A first module provides measurement and analysis of power parameters of the power line connecting the power equipment that is being protected, the protection being provided by generating a first trip signal for operating a circuit breaker connected in the power line. One or more second modules can boost performance of the protection relay by measurement and analysis of power parameters-to generate a second trip signal for operating a circuit breaker connected in the power line. The first trip signal and the second trip signal are logically combined to generate a trip signal that operates the circuit breaker.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Hariram Satheesh, Bernhard Deck, GN Krishnamoorthy, Mallikarjun Kande, Sanjeev Koul, Naman Raval, Nayan Shah, Vishal H. Shah
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Patent number: 9818565Abstract: A design of a protection relay, and interface with an operator of a protection relay, are disclosed. The protection relay can include a base relay for measurement of line current and for generation of a trip signal, a base Human Machine Interface (HMI) for user specifying of a base setting of an operating parameter of the protection relay, and an optionally active Human Machine Interface (HMI) unit having a processing unit to manage plural activities with controlled power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Bernhard Deck, Vijay Shah, Indresh Bhatia, Jatin Parmar, Niraj Suthar
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Patent number: 9609609Abstract: Exemplary embodiments for updating a controller of a primary device of a power substation. An actual time is received from a time server via a cell phone communication network with a mobile device and the actual time is sent with the mobile device via a local wireless communication network to the controller.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Bernhard Deck, Thomas Küng
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Patent number: 9523972Abstract: An exemplary method and apparatus are directed to distributed waveform recording for fault monitoring and analysis of a fault condition in a power distribution system. One or more instrument transformers along with merging units and a plurality of Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) distributed in a plurality of hierarchical levels. The distributed waveform recording corresponds to a fault event at different levels in the power distribution system data is carried out by at least two devices configured to detect an event for recording and perform waveform recording. The data used for waveform recording and the data for detection of the event are based on a single stream of the sampled measured value data and are thereby are time synchronized.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Vivek Gopalakrishnan, Sasi Kumar S. R., Bernhard Deck
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Patent number: 9507006Abstract: An exemplary method for calibrating a current transducer of the Rogowski type including a Rogowski coil sensor and an electronic device is performed by determining and correcting the sensitivity of the current transducer of the Rogowski type through the measurement of the self-inductance LRCCT of the coil using the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Joris Pascal, Rolf Disselnkötter, Franz Zurfluh, Bernhard Deck
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Patent number: 9477976Abstract: A system for transmitting product information of a product is described. The system contains a product with an electronic controller for acquiring and/or storing product information, wherein the product information comprises standard information about the product and current product information, a barcode generating component for generating a barcode for representing the product information, wherein the barcode generating means is connected to the product for data transfer or is integrated into the product, and a barcode updating device for updating the barcode on the basis of the standard information about the product and current product information. There is furthermore an acquisition module for the information acquisition of the product information from the barcode by means of an image recording device.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.Inventors: Bernhard Deck, Werner Vogt, Lorenzo Gulli, Kornel Scherrer
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Publication number: 20160308345Abstract: An intelligent fuse provides the operational status of the power network upon which the fuse is installed to a mobile device of a remote user. A fuse electronic circuit embedded in the fuse holder of the fuse captures the characteristic values of the power network and transmits the data to the mobile device. The mobile device has an application installed thereon to calculate the distance to fault location from the recording fuse using the fuse electronic circuit-captured data. The fuse electronic circuit-captured data is further used to visualize the data collected at the measurement points of the electrical system upon which the fuse is installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: James D. Stoupis, Bernhard Deck, Mirrasoul Mousavi, Dmitry Ishchenko
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Patent number: 9366715Abstract: A method of determining a fault direction parameter of a fault on an AC transmission line of a power distribution system relative to a measurement location of the transmission line. The method includes measuring a time-dependent AC current of the transmission line at the measurement location to obtain time-domain current data indicative of the measured current, obtaining a time of the fault on the transmission line, identifying first and second times by identifying a periodically re-occurring feature of the current data, such that the fault time is between the first and second times, extracting, from the current data, an offset indicative parameter indicative of a time offset of the current at the fault time and between the first and second times, calculating an offset direction parameter by comparing the offset indicative parameter to a non-offset indicative parameter, and establishing the fault direction parameter based on the offset direction parameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.Inventors: Abhisek Ukil, Bernhard Deck, Vishal H. Shah
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Patent number: 9250282Abstract: A method of determining a fault parameter of a fault on an AC transmission line 10 of a power distribution system 1 relative to a measurement location 12 of the transmission line 10 comprising: measuring a time-dependent current of the transmission line 10 at the measurement location 12; transmitting a current signal indicative of the measured current to a decision logic section 36, the current signal comprising a plurality of pre-fault current values and a plurality of post-fault current values; determining, by the decision logic section 36, a plurality of phase difference values indicative of respective phase differences between respective pre-fault current values and respective post-fault current values; accumulating the plurality of phase difference values into an accumulated phase difference parameter; obtaining the fault parameter by comparing the accumulated phase difference parameter to a threshold value; and outputting the determined fault parameter.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: ABB RESEARCH LTDInventors: Abhisek Ukil, Bernhard Deck, Vishal H. Shah
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Patent number: 9237064Abstract: The invention provides a communication system for a power distribution network, which comprises at least two distribution domains, each of the domains includes one management device and at least one electrical device. The management device is configured as connected with the electrical devices within its domain, and is further configured as capable of collect information from the electrical devices. The system also comprises a communication link, which is arranged for the management devices of different domains, and the management devices are configured as capable of directly exchanging information through the link.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: ABB RESEARCH LTD.Inventors: Zhao Wang, Bernhard Deck, Jukka Kinnunen
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Publication number: 20150270697Abstract: A protection relay is disclosed that generates a trip signal to operate a circuit breaker in case of a fault condition. A first module provides measurement and analysis of power parameters of the power line connecting the power equipment that is being protected, the protection being provided by generating a first trip signal for operating a circuit breaker connected in the power line. One or more second modules can boost performance of the protection relay by measurement and analysis of power parameters-to generate a second trip signal for operating a circuit breaker connected in the power line. The first trip signal and the second trip signal are logically combined to generate a trip signal that operates the circuit breaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTDInventors: Hariram SATHEESH, Bernhard DECK, GN KRISHNAMOORTHY, Mallikarjun KANDE, Sanjeev KOUL, Naman RAVAL, Nayan SHAH, Vishal H. SHAH
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Patent number: 9048697Abstract: This specification discloses an intelligent and digitalized process level interface which is referred to herein as an Intelligent Process Interface (IPI). The input of the IPI includes both analog and digital channels and therefore the IPI can be used for substations in transition or retrofit stages with both conventional and non-conventional primary devices. The IPI acts not only as a digitalized interface, but also as an intelligent supervisory and control unit for switching functions. The architecture of the IPI is flexible and allows for the functionality to be distributed to several devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: ABB RESEARCH LTDInventors: Zhao Wang, Bernhard Deck, Jianping Wang
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Publication number: 20150028850Abstract: An exemplary method for calibrating a current transducer of the Rogowski type including a Rogowski coil sensor and an electronic device is performed by determining and correcting the sensitivity of the current transducer of the Rogowski type through the measurement of the self-inductance LRCCT of the coil using the electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: ABB TECHNOLOGY AGInventors: Joris PASCAL, Rolf DISSELNKÖTTER, Franz ZURFLUH, Bernhard DECK
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Publication number: 20140341209Abstract: Exemplary embodiments for updating a controller of a primary device of a power substation. An actual time is received from a time server via a cell phone communication network with a mobile device and the actual time is sent with the mobile device via a local wireless communication network to the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Bernhard DECK, Thomas KÜNG
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Publication number: 20140136002Abstract: An exemplary method and apparatus are directed to distributed waveform recording for fault monitoring and analysis of a fault condition in a power distribution system. One or more instrument transformers along with merging units and a plurality of Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) distributed in a plurality of hierarchical levels. The distributed waveform recording corresponds to a fault event at different levels in the power distribution system data is carried out by at least two devices configured to detect an event for recording and perform waveform recording. The data used for waveform recording and the data for detection of the event are based on a single stream of the sampled measured value data and are thereby are time synchronized.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTDInventors: Vivek GOPALAKRISHNAN, Sasi KUMAR S.R., Bernhard DECK