Patents by Inventor Dirk Helbing

Dirk Helbing 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: 20160350685
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for creating technological systems and methods to support favorable kinds of interactions in techno-socio-economic-environmental systems by determining the value of interactions between components of a system, raising awareness for value-changing interactions, supporting a more successful execution of value-increasing interactions while avoiding value-decreasing ones, and facilitating value exchange, with the aim of increasing the component and systemic benefits, while protecting sensitive information where needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Dirk HELBING
  • Patent number: 8103434
    Abstract: A method for coordination of concurrent processes or for control of the transport of mobile units within a network, wherein a) the control of the network occurs in a decentralized and self-organizing manner in the controllers of node points or local defined sub-networks, whereby the control units of adjacent node points or sub-networks are connected to each other for data exchange of, b1) data from prediction models for local process sequences at each node and/or data from prediction models for the local process sequences of adjacent nodes and/or b2) data from data recording elements of each node or the boundaries associated therewith and/or data from data recording elements of adjacent nodes or the boundaries associated therewith, c) local simulation and optimization of switching the controller to establish the performance of the nodes or sub-networks with regard to the buffer capacity of the boundaries based on models for short-term predictions with fixed switch states for adjacent nodes, are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: ETH Zuerich
    Inventors: Dirk Helbing, Stefan Lämmer
  • Publication number: 20080235398
    Abstract: A method for coordination of concurrent processes or for control of the transport of mobile units within a network, wherein a) the control of the network occurs in a decentralized and self-organizing manner in the controllers of node points or local defined sub-networks, whereby the control units of adjacent node points or sub-networks are connected to each other for data exchange of, b1) data from prediction models for local process sequences at each node and/or data from prediction models for the local process sequences of adjacent nodes and/or b2) data from data recording elements of each node or the boundaries associated therewith and/or data from data recording elements of adjacent nodes or the boundaries associated therewith, c) local simulation and optimization of switching the controller to establish the performance of the nodes or sub-networks with regard to the buffer capacity of the boundaries based on models for short-term predictions with fixed switch states for adjacent nodes, are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITĂ„T DRESDEN
    Inventors: Dirk Helbing, Stefan Lammer