Patents by Inventor Dirk Franger

Dirk Franger 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: 20220414877
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an extended-reality device having an interface, a computing unit, and a user interface. The extended-reality device may be configured to capture, using the interface, a procedure of an imaging examination using an imaging apparatus. The computing unit may be configured to determine information concerning the procedure of the imaging examination and to provide said information to a user of the extended-reality device using the user interface. The disclosure further relates to a system including an imaging apparatus with an extended-reality device, and to a method for providing information concerning a procedure of an imaging examination using the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Joachim Krafft, Florian Maier, Manuel Schneider, Dirk Franger, Ralf Vogel
  • Patent number: 11417329
    Abstract: A system for performing magnetic resonance tomography is disclosed. A control system creates a speech data stream from an acquired linguistic expression and generates a command library, which contains a selection of speech commands, to each of which one or more linguistic expressions are assigned. The selection of speech commands is loaded from a command database depending on a current system status of a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner. The control system applies a speech recognition algorithm to the speech data stream to determine whether a linguistic expression contained in the command library can be assigned to the speech data stream. If so, the acquired linguistic expression is recognized, a speech command from the command library assigned to the recognized linguistic expression is established, and a control command for controlling the MR scanner in accordance with the speech command is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schneider, Dirk Franger
  • Patent number: 10820804
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance system that is designed to carry out an examination of an examination object, and has an RF controller, a gradient controller and an image sequence controller, which are designed to acquire MR data of a volume portion of the examination object. An arithmetic unit of the magnetic resonance system is designed to reconstruct MR images from the acquired MR data. A standardized REST-based HTTP radio interface of the magnetic resonance system is designed to establish a standardized wireless connection to at least one external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Hengerer, Lars Lauer, Eva Rothgang, Rainer Schneider, Dirk Franger
  • Publication number: 20200243090
    Abstract: A system for performing magnetic resonance tomography is disclosed. A control system creates a speech data stream from an acquired linguistic expression and generates a command library, which contains a selection of speech commands, to each of which one or more linguistic expressions are assigned. The selection of speech commands is loaded from a command database depending on a current system status of a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner. The control system applies a speech recognition algorithm to the speech data stream to determine whether a linguistic expression contained in the command library can be assigned to the speech data stream. If so, the acquired linguistic expression is recognized, a speech command from the command library assigned to the recognized linguistic expression is established, and a control command for controlling the MR scanner in accordance with the speech command is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schneider, Dirk Franger
  • Patent number: 10353037
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance facility is operated by an external control device. The magnetic resonance facility includes an interface for communicating with the external control device and establishes a communications link between the external control device and the magnetic resonance facility via the interface, acquire an instruction from the external control device via the interface, and carries out the instruction on the magnetic resonance facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Franger, Rainer Schneider
  • Publication number: 20180289261
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance system that is designed to carry out an examination of an examination object, and has an RF controller, a gradient controller and an image sequence controller, which are designed to acquire MR data of a volume portion of the examination object. An arithmetic unit of the magnetic resonance system is designed to reconstruct MR images from the acquired MR data. A standardized REST-based HTTP radio interface of the magnetic resonance system is designed to establish a standardized wireless connection to at least one external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Hengerer, Lars Lauer, Eva Rothgang, Rainer Schneider, Dirk Franger
  • Publication number: 20180070882
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for planning and/or controlling a medical imaging examination using a mobile terminal, a data connection is established between a medical imaging apparatus and the mobile terminal by a data network unit. Examination-specific data are transmitted to the mobile terminal. A command-relevant input is detected by at least one sensor of the mobile terminal. A planning command and/or a control command is generated in the mobile terminal on the basis of the detected signal and as a function of the examination-specific data. The planning command and/or control command is/are transmitted to a control computer of the medical imaging apparatus. The planning command and/or control command is/are executed by the control computer in order to plan and/or control the medical imaging examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Schneider, Dirk Franger, Arne Hengerer
  • Publication number: 20170205484
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance facility is operated by an external control device. The magnetic resonance facility includes an interface for communicating with the external control device and establishes a communications link between the external control device and the magnetic resonance facility via the interface, acquire an instruction from the external control device via the interface, and carries out the instruction on the magnetic resonance facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Franger, Rainer Schneider
  • Publication number: 20090070723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating a scan chain in a custom electronic circuit design with a plurality of storage elements. Said method comprises the steps of providing a schematic, propagating all scan inputs and all scan outputs of the storage elements to a top level of the design hierarchy, and declaring each scan input and each scan output on the top level as primary input and primary output, respectively. Said method comprises further the steps of adjusting a layout of the custom circuit according to the schematic, building up the scan chain according to a predetermined algorithm, and annotating the scan chain back into the schematic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Dirk Franger, Pascal Witte, Armin Windschiegl
  • Publication number: 20080258769
    Abstract: A Tri-State circuit element (100) composed of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS)—devices is described. Said Tri-State circuit element (100) having a data signal input terminal (102) for receiving a data signal, an enable signal input terminal (104) for receiving an enable signal, and an output signal terminal (106) for providing an output signal. Furthermore a Tri-State-Multiplexer circuitry (300) composed of such Tri-State circuit elements (100) is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dirk Franger, Rolf Sautter, Tobias Werner, Pascal Witte
  • Publication number: 20080054933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a scan chain and related cell design structures in a custom electronic circuit design with a plurality of storage elements. All scan inputs and all scan outputs of the storage elements are propagated to a top level of the design hierarchy in design. Each scan input and each scan output on the top level is declared a primary input and primary output, respectively. Propagating all the inputs and outputs of the storage elements to this level improves the wireability of the scan chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Dirk Franger, Pascal Witte, Armin Windschiegl