Patents by Inventor Christian Fragner

Christian Fragner 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).

  • Patent number: 12207374
    Abstract: A method (20) for grouping luminaires (101a-d) arranged as a grid (100) to generate settings for illuminating scenes in a building. Each of the luminaires (101a-d) has one or more sensors (103, 105, 107). Output signals of said one or more sensors (103, 105, 107) are supplied to the controller (109) for the respective luminaire. The sensor information signals (130) including timestamps and luminaire IDs are forwarded wirelessly to a gateway and then to a central database. The sensor information signals (130) is correlated over a defined period of time, and grouping information is based on the correlations found. The grouping information relates to a spatial arrangement of the luminaires (101a-d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Istvan Bakk, Christian Fragner, Anna Werkovits
  • Patent number: 12207371
    Abstract: A method (20) for functional classification of luminaires (101a-d) arranged as a grid (100) has luminaires (101a-d) with at least two different sensors (103, 105, 107), such as at least two of a light sensor (103), an acoustic sensor (105) and a motion sensor (107). Output signals of the sensors (103, 105, 107) are supplied to a controller (109), and are wirelessly forwarded (23) along with timestamps and luminaire IDs to a gateway and then transmitted to a central database (403). The timestamps are used to correlate the sensor information signals (130) over a defined period of time, and to generate (27) functional classification information based on the correlations found. The functional classification information indicates a likelihood function of a certain usage of each luminaire, out of a given set of usage functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Istvan Bakk, Christian Fragner, Anna Werkovits
  • Publication number: 20230100783
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (20) for functional classification of luminaires (101a-d), the luminaires (101a-d) being arranged as a grid (100) of a plurality of luminaires (101a-d), each of the luminaires (101a-d) comprising at least two different sensors (103, 105, 107), preferably at least two of a light sensor (103), an acoustic sensor (105) and/or a motion sensor (107); the method (20) comprising the steps of: supplying (21) output signals of said sensors (103, 105, 107) to a controller (109), preferably wirelessly forwarding (23) sensor information signals (130) including timestamps and luminaire IDs to a central database (403), correlating (25) the sensor information signals (130) over a defined period of time, and generating (27) functional classification information based on the correlations found, wherein the functional classification information indicates a likelihood function of a certain usage of each luminaire, out of a given set of usage functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Istvan Bakk, Christian Fragner, Anna Werkovits
  • Publication number: 20230093874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (20) for grouping luminaires (101a-d), the luminaires (101a-d) being arranged as a grid (100) of a plurality of luminaires (101a-d), each of the luminaires (101a-d) comprises one or more sensors (103, 105, 107); the method (20) comprising the steps of: supplying (21) output signals of said one or more sensors (103, 105, 107) to a controller (109), preferably wirelessly forwarding (23) sensor information signals (130) including timestamps and luminaire IDs to a central database, correlating (25) the sensor information signals (130) over a defined period of time, and generating (27) grouping information based on the correlations found, wherein the grouping information relates to a spatial arrangement of the luminaires (101a-d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Tridonic GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Istvan Bakk, Christian Fragner, Anna Werkovits
  • Patent number: D739059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Tridonic Jennersdorf GMBH
    Inventors: Hannes Trauterer, Bernhard Fink, Florian Wimmer, Jürgen Gumhold, Christian Fragner
  • Patent number: D748067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Tridonic Jennersdorf GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Gumhold, Christian Fragner, Florian Wimmer, Franz Hardinger, Bernhard Fink
  • Patent number: D748292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Tridonic Jennersdorf GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Fragner, Christian Seinitz, Clemens Mayer
  • Patent number: D766471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Tridonic Jennersdorf GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Wimmer, Juergen Gumhold, Christian Fragner