Patents by Inventor Dominik SOLLER
Dominik SOLLER 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).
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Patent number: 12166583Abstract: The innovation relates to technologies by which the signal characteristics and, hence, environmental conditions of a transmitter can be concealed. In one aspect, a data transmitter comprises a transmitter and a changer, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a signal, wherein at least one signal parameter of the signal depends on at least one environmental parameter in an environment of the data transmitter, wherein the changer is configured to change the at least one signal parameter of the signal or a parameter on which the at least one signal parameter of the signal depends, in order to conceal the at least one environmental parameter.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Diehl Metering GmbHInventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Thomas Kauppert, Hristo Petkov, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneissl, Raphael Mzyk, Klaus Gottschalk, Dominik Soller, Michael Schlicht
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Patent number: 12114274Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system communicates wirelessly in a frequency used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the participant is configured to transmit data uncoordinatedly with respect to other participants and/or a base station of the communication system, wherein the participant is configured to receive a synchronization data packet of a point-to-multipoint data transfer of the base station of the communication system, wherein the synchronization data packet is transferred in a frequency range of the frequency band of the communication system that is specified or known to the participant, wherein the participant is configured to receive, on the basis of the synchronization data packet, a payload data packet of the point-to-multipoint data transfer that is referenced in time and/or frequency to the synchronization data packet.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., DIEHL METERING GMBHInventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Thomas Kauppert, Hristo Petkov, Klaus Gottschalk, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneißl, Dominik Soller, Stefan Ereth
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Patent number: 12096167Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting data between a user terminal and another apparatus. The method has a step of generating a signal for driving an electromagnetic functional unit, the electromagnetic functional unit being an actuator of a loudspeaker of the user terminal or the electromagnetic functional unit being an electromagnetic oscillating circuit connected to the user terminal. Additionally, the method has a step of driving the electromagnetic functional unit by the generated signal to produce, by the electromagnetic functional unit, a magnetic signal which carries first data to be transmitted from the user terminal to the other apparatus. Additionally, the method has a step of detecting another signal output by the other apparatus, the other signal carrying second data to be transmitted from the other apparatus to the user terminal. Thus, the magnetic signal and the other signal differ in the physical signal type.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Michael Schlicht, Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian, Dominik Soller, Alexej Jarresch, Stefan Ereth
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Patent number: 12082222Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system communicates wirelessly in a frequency used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the participant is configured to transmit data uncoordinatedly with respect to other participants and/or a base station of the communication system, wherein the participant is configured to receive, temporally synchronized to a transmitted uplink data transfer to the base station of the communication system, a downlink data transfer from the base station, wherein the downlink data transfer includes signaling information, wherein the participant is configured to receive a point-to-multipoint data transfer from the base station on the basis of the signaling information.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V., Diehl Metering GmbHInventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Thomas Kauppert, Hristo Petkov, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneissl, Raphael Mzyk, Klaus Gottschalk, Dominik Soller, Michael Schlicht
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Patent number: 11817897Abstract: Embodiments provide a terminal point of a communication system, wherein a control signal is emitted in the communication system for coordinating the participants of the communication system, wherein the control signal is transferred distributed in correspondence with a frequency hop-based occupancy of resources of the frequency band, indicated by a control signal hopping pattern, wherein the terminal point has a receiver, wherein a receive bandwidth of the receiver is smaller at least by the factor 3 than a bandwidth of the frequency hop-based occupancy of resources of the frequency band, indicated by the control signal hopping pattern, wherein the terminal point is configured to receive a reference signal, the reference signal having information on the control signal, wherein the terminal point is configured to receive the control signal based on the information on the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERGInventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Frank Obernosterer, Raimund Meyer, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneißl, Dominik Soller, Jörg Robert
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Patent number: 11792853Abstract: Embodiments provide a base station of an uncoordinated wireless communication system, wherein the communication system is configured to communicate in a radio band used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the base station is configured to receive an uplink transmission from an end point of the wireless communication system, wherein the base station is configured to transmit, in response to the reception of the uplink transmission, a downlink transmission to the end point in a downlink transmission window, wherein the downlink transmission window is synchronized in time to the uplink transmission, wherein the base station is configured, in case of an expected collision of the downlink transmission with another transmission, to reposition the downlink transmission in time and/or frequency within the downlink transmission window, in order to avoid a collision of the downlink transmission with the other transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneissl, Stefan Ereth, Dominik Soller
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Patent number: 11742893Abstract: In embodiments, instead of a uniform (global) hopping pattern that is used equally by all data transmitters and data receivers of a communication system, data transmitters and the data receiver use an individual hopping pattern for the communication. This individual hopping pattern may depend on an operation and is therefore only used by the data transmitter and the data receiver themselves or by a small group of data transmitters and/or data receivers, which may significantly increase the interference immunity.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG, E.V.Inventors: Johannes Wechsler, Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Dominik Soller, Jakob Kneissl, Alexej Jarresch, Raimund Meyer, Frank Obernosterer
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Patent number: 11683677Abstract: A transmitter is configured to communicate with a multiplicity of receivers, and is configured to transmit first data, the first data including a non-unique addressing information addressing a subset of the multiplicity of receivers, the subset including at least two receivers, the transmitter further being configured to transmit second data, the second data including a further addressing information or transmitted according to a further addressing information, the addressing information addressing one receiver (or one group of receivers) of the subset of the multiplicity of receivers.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Michael Schlicht, Jakob Kneißl, Frank Nachtrab, Johannes Wechsler, Dominik Soller
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Publication number: 20220417953Abstract: A subscriber in a communication system is configured to transmit data to a base station of the communication system. The subscriber is configured to take a quality criterion of at least one previous transmission between the subscriber and the base station as a basis for transmitting the data in a first frequency range or in a second frequency range being different from each other, and/or in a first time interval or in a second time interval being different from each other. A base station, a method for receiving data and a computer program product are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Hristo Petkov, Raphael Mzyk, Thomas Kauppert, Klaus Gottschalk, Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Jakob Kneissl, Johannes Wechsler, Raimund Meyer, Dominik Soller, Michael Schlicht, Frank Obernosterer
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Patent number: 11456808Abstract: A data receiver receives at least one signal from a data transmitter and determines therefrom at least one environment parameter of the data transmitter or of an environment of the data transmitter. The data receiver is configured to identify an operational state of the data transmitter or of a component of the data transmitter by comparing the at least one environment parameter so received or an environment parameter profile determined on the basis of the at least one environment parameter, with an environment parameter reference profile which describes an expected environment parameter or an expected environment parameter profile in the environment of the data transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbHInventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Thomas Kauppert, Hristo Petkov, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneissl, Raphael Mzyk, Dominik Soller, Rafael Psiuk
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Patent number: 11336426Abstract: A data transmitter for transmitting data to a data receiver is provided, wherein individual communication information is known to the data transmitter and the data receiver, the data transmitter being configured to generate an individual synchronization sequence while using the individual communication information.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Raimund Meyer, Dominik Soller, Jakob Kneissl, Johannes Wechsler, Frank Obernosterer
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Publication number: 20220060218Abstract: The method includes a step of generating a magnetic signal with an electromagnetic functional unit, wherein the electromagnetic functional unit is an actuator of a loudspeaker of the device or wherein the electromagnetic functional unit is an electromagnetic resonant circuit connected to the device, wherein the magnetic signal carries the data to be transferred from the device to the other device: Furthermore, the method includes a step of detecting the magnetic signal with an electromagnetic resonant circuit of the other device in order to obtain the data to be transferred from the device to the other device, wherein the magnetic signal is FSK-modulated, wherein a resonance frequency of the electromagnetic resonant circuit of the other device and a carrier frequency of the FSK-modulated magnetic signal are tuned with respect to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Jakob KNEIßL, Gerd KILIAN, Robert KOCH, Karol BIEG, Dominik SOLLER, Josef BERNHARD, Markus SIEBENHAAR
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Publication number: 20220022205Abstract: What is describes is a participant of a communication system, the participant being configured to transmit data using a first radio network and a second radio network in a frequency band, the participant being configured to transmit data in the first radio network according to a first time and/or frequency hopping pattern in a first frequency range of the frequency band, the participant being configured to transmit data in the second radio network according to a second time and/or frequency hopping pattern in a second frequency range of the frequency band, wherein the first time and/or frequency hopping pattern and the second time and/or frequency hopping pattern are different, wherein the first frequency range and the second frequency range overlap at least partially.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Dominik SOLLER, Günter ROHMER, Frank NACHTRAB, Jakob KNEIßL, Stefan ERETH, Michael SCHLICHT
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Publication number: 20210392598Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system communicates wirelessly in a frequency band used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the participant is configured to transmit data uncoordinatedly with respect to other participants and/or a base station of the communication system, wherein the participant is configured to receive one or several support beacons from the base station of the communication system, wherein the one or several support beacons include synchronization information, wherein the participant is configured to receive a point-to-multipoint data transfer of the base station on the basis of the synchronization information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEISSL, Dominik SOLLER, Michael SCHLICHT, Thomas KAUPPERT, Hristo PETKOV, Raphael MZYK, Klaus GOTTSCHALK
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Publication number: 20210392619Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system communicates wirelessly in a frequency used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the participant is configured to transmit data uncoordinatedly with respect to other participants and/or a base station of the communication system, wherein the participant is configured to receive, temporally synchronized to a transmitted uplink data transfer to the base station of the communication system, a downlink data transfer from the base station, wherein the downlink data transfer includes signaling information, wherein the participant is configured to receive a point-to-multipoint data transfer from the base station on the basis of the signaling information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Thomas KAUPPERT, Hristo PETKOV, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEISSL, Raphael MZYK, Klaus GOTTSCHALK, Dominik SOLLER, Michael SCHLICHT
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Publication number: 20210385768Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system communicates wirelessly in a frequency used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the participant is configured to transmit data uncoordinatedly with respect to other participants and/or a base station of the communication system, wherein the participant is configured to receive a synchronization data packet of a point-to-multipoint data transfer of the base station of the communication system, wherein the synchronization data packet is transferred in a frequency range of the frequency band of the communication system that is specified or known to the participant, wherein the participant is configured to receive, on the basis of the synchronization data packet, a payload data packet of the point-to-multipoint data transfer that is referenced in time and/or frequency to the synchronization data packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Thomas KAUPPERT, Hristo PETKOV, Klaus GOTTSCHALK, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEIßL, Dominik SOLLER, Stefan ERETH
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Publication number: 20210360339Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting data between a user terminal and another apparatus. The method has a step of generating a signal for driving an electromagnetic functional unit, the electromagnetic functional unit being an actuator of a loudspeaker of the user terminal or the electromagnetic functional unit being an electromagnetic oscillating circuit connected to the user terminal. Additionally, the method has a step of driving the electromagnetic functional unit by the generated signal to produce, by the electromagnetic functional unit, a magnetic signal which carries first data to be transmitted from the user terminal to the other apparatus. Additionally, the method has a step of detecting another signal output by the other apparatus, the other signal carrying second data to be transmitted from the other apparatus to the user terminal. Thus, the magnetic signal and the other signal differ in the physical signal type.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Michael SCHLICHT, Josef BERNHARD, Gerd KILIAN, Dominik SOLLER, Alexej JARRESCH, Stefan ERETH
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Publication number: 20210315013Abstract: Embodiments provide a base station of an uncoordinated wireless communication system, wherein the communication system is configured to communicate in a radio band used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the base station is configured to receive an uplink transmission from an end point of the wireless communication system, wherein the base station is configured to transmit, in response to the reception of the uplink transmission, a downlink transmission to the end point in a downlink transmission window, wherein the downlink transmission window is synchronized in time to the uplink transmission, wherein the base station is configured, in case of an expected collision of the downlink transmission with another transmission, to reposition the downlink transmission in time and/or frequency within the downlink transmission window, in order to avoid a collision of the downlink transmission with the other transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEISSL, Stefan ERETH, Dominik SOLLER
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Publication number: 20210250146Abstract: Data transmitter of a digital communication system, wherein the data transmitter is configured to transmit a pilot signal, wherein, for at least one partial transfer duration of a transfer duration of the pilot signal, the pilot signal is precisely at one frequency of a plurality of frequencies of a frequency channel used for data transfer by the data transmitter according to a modulation method, wherein the partial transfer duration corresponds to at least two symbol durations, preferably at least three symbol durations, or particularly preferably at least four symbol durations, of the data transfer of the data transmitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Johannes WECHSLER, Jakob KNEIßL, Dominik SOLLER, Stefan ERETH, Thomas KAUPPERT, Hristo PETKOV, Klaus GOTTSCHALK
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Patent number: 11089472Abstract: The invention refers to a transmitter for emitting at least one signal towards a receiver. A signal generator generates the signal such that the signal includes data content. The data content is modified using an identifier assigned to the transmitter or assigned to the receiver. The invention also refers to a receiver and corresponding methods.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Jakob Kneißl, Johannes Wechsler, Dominik Soller