Patents by Inventor Christian Reidl

Christian Reidl 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: 10845210
    Abstract: A sensor interface operates to communicate a sensed quantity along one or more processing pathways and in different data representations. The signal representations can be swapped along one or more locations of the signal processing branches. These branches are independent from one another and combined at an interface component for transmission along a single path or node for a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Reidl, Wolfgang Granig, Harald Witschnig, Dirk Hammerschmidt
  • Patent number: 10394640
    Abstract: A hardware monitor may receive information that identifies a requirement for a system. The requirement may be associated with operation of the system during a runtime operation of the system in an intended operating environment. The hardware monitor may program the one or more hardware components to analyze the system based on the requirement. The hardware monitor may receive a signal from the system during the runtime operation of the system in the intended operating environment. The hardware monitor may analyze the signal during the runtime operation of the system based on the requirement. The hardware monitor may determine, during the runtime operation of the system, that the requirement was violated during the runtime operation of the system based on analyzing the signal. The hardware monitor may output information indicating that the requirement was violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Dinh Quoc Thang Nguyen, Udo Hafner, Christian Reidl
  • Publication number: 20180188071
    Abstract: A sensor interface operates to communicate a sensed quantity along one or more processing pathways and in different data representations. The signal representations can be swapped along one or more locations of the signal processing branches. These branches are independent from one another and combined at an interface component for transmission along a single path or node for a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Christian REIDL, Wolfgang Granig, Harald Witschnig, Dirk Hammerschmidt
  • Patent number: 9863786
    Abstract: A sensor interface operates to communicate a sensed quantity along one or more processing pathways and in different data representations. The signal representations can be swapped along one or more locations of the signal processing branches. These branches are independent from one another and combined at an interface component for transmission along a single path or node for a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Reidl, Wolfgang Granig, Harald Witschnig, Dirk Hammerschmidt
  • Patent number: 9762419
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices related to bidirectional edge-based pulse width modulation communication systems are disclosed. In some implementations, upon receipt of a predetermined trigger pulse at least two slave devices perform an action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Michael Strasser, Christian Reidl, Gerhard Pircher
  • Publication number: 20170249202
    Abstract: A hardware monitor may receive information that identifies a requirement for a system. The requirement may be associated with operation of the system during a runtime operation of the system in an intended operating environment. The hardware monitor may program the one or more hardware components to analyze the system based on the requirement. The hardware monitor may receive a signal from the system during the runtime operation of the system in the intended operating environment. The hardware monitor may analyze the signal during the runtime operation of the system based on the requirement. The hardware monitor may determine, during the runtime operation of the system, that the requirement was violated during the runtime operation of the system based on analyzing the signal. The hardware monitor may output information indicating that the requirement was violated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Dinh Quoc Thang NGUYEN, Udo HAFNER, Christian REIDL
  • Patent number: 9509444
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided wherein feedback is included in a checksum. An example method includes communicating between a first device and a second device. The method further includes including feedback information used by the first device as input to a checksum calculation, wherein the feedback information is not communicated concurrently with the checksum from the first device to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Scherr, Christian Reidl, Michael Strasser, Veikko Summa
  • Patent number: 9455849
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed where to generate a pulse a data line is actively driven to a first voltage followed by actively driving the data line to a second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Scherr, Christian Reidl, Michael Strasser, Veikko Summa
  • Publication number: 20160065399
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed where to generate a pulse a data line is actively driven to a first voltage followed by actively driving the data line to a second voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang Scherr, Christian Reidl, Michael Strasser, Veikko Summa
  • Publication number: 20160050089
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices related to bidirectional edge-based pulse width modulation communication systems are disclosed. In some implementations, upon receipt of a predetermined trigger pulse at least two slave devices perform an action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Strasser, Christian Reidl, Gerhard Pircher
  • Patent number: 9210015
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed where to generate a pulse a data line is actively driven to a first voltage followed by actively driving the data line to a second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Scherr, Christian Reidl, Michael Strasser, Veikko Summa
  • Publication number: 20150270994
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed where to generate a pulse a data line is actively driven to a first voltage followed by actively driving the data line to a second voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang Scherr, Christian Reidl, Michael Strasser, Veikko Summa
  • Publication number: 20150269019
    Abstract: Methods and devices are provided wherein feedback is included in a checksum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang Scherr, Christian Reidl, Michael Strasser, Veikko Summa
  • Patent number: 9007951
    Abstract: A method comprises: detecting a first change of a physical property of a signal; starting a measurement of a duration of a first time interval that begins with the detection of the first change; detecting a second change of the physical property; stopping the measurement of the duration of the first time interval and starting a second measurement of a duration of a second time interval in response to the detection of the second change; detecting a third change of the physical property, and stopping the second measurement in response to detecting the third change; determining a relation of the durations of the first time interval and the second time interval from the first measurement and the second measurement; and determining the received data value based on the determined relation of the durations of the first time interval and the second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Reidl, Wolfgang Scherr, Stefan Kampfer
  • Patent number: 8971206
    Abstract: A method of receiving a data transmission includes detecting a first switching of a transmission signal to a first signal value, starting a duration measurement of a first time interval that begins with detecting the first switching of the transmission signal, detecting a second switching of the transmission signal to a second signal value, stopping the measurement of the first time interval duration and starting a second duration measurement of a second time interval, detecting a third switching of the transmission signal to the first signal value or to a third signal value, stopping the second measurement in response to detecting the third switching, determining a relation of the first and second time interval durations from the first and second measurements, and determining a data value of the transmission signal based on the determined relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Reidl, Wolfgang Scherr, Stefan Kampfer
  • Publication number: 20150025850
    Abstract: A sensor interface operates to communicate a sensed quantity along one or more processing pathways and in different data representations. The signal representations can be swapped along one or more locations of the signal processing branches. These branches are independent from one another and combined at an interface component for transmission along a single path or node for a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Christian Reidl, Wolfgang Granig, Harald Witschnig, Dirk Hammerschmidt
  • Publication number: 20140241414
    Abstract: A method comprises: detecting a first change of a physical property of a signal; starting a measurement of a duration of a first time interval that begins with the detection of the first change; detecting a second change of the physical property; stopping the measurement of the duration of the first time interval and starting a second measurement of a duration of a second time interval in response to the detection of the second change; detecting a third change of the physical property, and stopping the second measurement in response to detecting the third change; determining a relation of the durations of the first time interval and the second time interval from the first measurement and the second measurement; and determining the received data value based on the determined relation of the durations of the first time interval and the second time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Christian Reidl, Wolfgang Scherr, Stefan Kampfer
  • Publication number: 20140198833
    Abstract: A method of receiving a data transmission includes detecting a first switching of a transmission signal to a first signal value, starting a duration measurement of a first time interval that begins with detecting the first switching of the transmission signal, detecting a second switching of the transmission signal to a second signal value, stopping the measurement of the first time interval duration and starting a second duration measurement of a second time interval, detecting a third switching of the transmission signal to the first signal value or to a third signal value, stopping the second measurement in response to detecting the third switching, determining a relation of the first and second time interval durations from the first and second measurements, and determining a data value of the transmission signal based on the determined relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Reidl, Wolfgang Scherr, Stefan Kampfer
  • Patent number: 8699371
    Abstract: A method of receiving a data transmission includes detecting a first switching of a transmission signal to a first signal value, starting a duration measurement of a first time interval that begins with detecting the first switching of the transmission signal, detecting a second switching of the transmission signal to a second signal value, stopping the measurement of the first time interval duration and starting a second duration measurement of a second time interval, detecting a third switching of the transmission signal to the first signal value or to a third signal value, stopping the second measurement in response to detecting the third switching, determining a relation of the first and second time interval durations from the first and second measurements, and determining a data value of the transmission signal based on the determined relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Reidl, Wolfgang Scherr, Stefan Kampfer
  • Publication number: 20130094373
    Abstract: A method of receiving a data transmission includes detecting a first switching of a transmission signal to a first signal value, starting a duration measurement of a first time interval that begins with detecting the first switching of the transmission signal, detecting a second switching of the transmission signal to a second signal value, stopping the measurement of the first time interval duration and starting a second duration measurement of a second time interval, detecting a third switching of the transmission signal to the first signal value or to a third signal value, stopping the second measurement in response to detecting the third switching, determining a relation of the first and second time interval durations from the first and second measurements, and determining a data value of the transmission signal based on the determined relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Reidl, Wolfgang Scherr, Stefan Kampfer