Patents by Inventor Dirk Palme

Dirk Palme 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).

  • Diagnostic procedure and device for a field bus system
    Patent number: 7966525
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented diagnostic procedure for a field bus system in which bus users exchange data via a field bus in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol, the data being exchanged in the form of data packets, comprising the following procedural steps: (a) recording states of the bus users; (b) detecting a data packet which is transmitted via the field bus between the bus users; (c) analyzing the data packet and deriving an updated state of the bus users in dependence on the preceding state of the bus users and the content of the data packet; (d) recording the updated states of the bus users; (e) repeating steps (b) to (d) in order to detect the current states of the bus users in an in-line manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Softing AG
    Inventors: Hans Endl, Dirk Palme
  • Diagnostic procedure and device for a field bus system
    Publication number: 20080140874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented diagnostic procedure for a field bus system in which bus users exchange data via a field bus in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol, the data being exchanged in the form of data packets, comprising the following procedural steps: (a) recording states of the bus users; (b) detecting a data packet which is transmitted via the field bus between the bus users; (c) analyzing the data packet and deriving an updated state of the bus users in dependence on the preceding state of the bus users and the content of the data packet; (d) recording the updated states of the bus users; (e) repeating steps (b) to (d) in order to detect the current states of the bus users in an in-line manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Softing AG
    Inventors: Hans Endl, Dirk Palme