Patents by Inventor Ekkehard Toensing

Ekkehard Toensing 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: 10131369
    Abstract: A method and a system for diagnosing the operating state of one or more railroad components of a railroad network for rail transport. The railroad components each have at least a first measuring device for measuring first measurement values of at least one measurement variable for describing the operating state of the railroad component. The novel method includes the following steps: measuring the first measurement values by way of the first measuring device; measuring additional, second measurement values, which are independent of the operating state of the railroad components, by way of at least one additional, second measuring device; transmitting the measurement values to a control center situated along the tracks; evaluating the measurement values in the control center by way of a predefined algorithm, and providing at least one result of the evaluation as an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erhard Fischer, Thomas Mueller, Frank Popp, Dirk Punstein, Christian Schulze, Ekkehard Toensing
  • Patent number: 9630636
    Abstract: A method and a system for diagnosing one or more rail vehicles, each of which has at least one measuring device for measuring measurement values of at least one measurement variable. The method includes the following steps: measuring measurement values by way of at least one measuring device of at least one rail vehicle; transmitting the measurement values from the rail vehicle to a control center situated along the track; evaluating the measurement values in the control center by means of a predefined algorithm, and providing a result of the evaluation as an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erhard Fischer, Thomas Mueller, Frank Popp, Dirk Punstein, Christian Schulze, Ekkehard Toensing
  • Publication number: 20150247781
    Abstract: A method and a system for diagnosing the operating state of one or more railroad components of a railroad network for rail transport. The railroad components each have at least a first measuring device for measuring first measurement values of at least one measurement variable for describing the operating state of the railroad component. The novel method includes the following steps: measuring the first measurement values by way of the first measuring device; measuring additional, second measurement values, which are independent of the operating state of the railroad components, by way of at least one additional, second measuring device; transmitting the measurement values to a control center situated along the tracks; evaluating the measurement values in the control center by way of a predefined algorithm, and providing at least one result of the evaluation as an output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Erhard Fischer, Thomas Mueller, Frank Popp, Dirk Punstein, Christian Schulze, Ekkehard Toensing
  • Patent number: 8849732
    Abstract: Adaptive remote maintenance of rolling stocks is provided by machine-learning (28) of rules. Existing rules or models are automatically updated. Machine learning (28) is applied to establish a more efficient rule set. Rules may be replaced, generalized, or otherwise adapted based on interaction (26) by the dispatchers with the results of the current rules. The acceptance or discarding of an event by the dispatcher is used as a ground truth for supervised machine learning (28) of a new rule. The machine learning (28) uses user feedback to update the rule set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ciprian Dan Raileanu, Mathaeus Dejori, Frank Popp, Ekkehard Toensing
  • Publication number: 20130325762
    Abstract: Adaptive remote maintenance of rolling stocks is provided by machine-learning (28) of rules. Existing rules or models are automatically updated. Machine learning (28) is applied to establish a more efficient rule set. Rules may be replaced, generalized, or otherwise adapted based on interaction (26) by the dispatchers with the results of the current rules. The acceptance or discarding of an event by the dispatcher is used as a ground truth for supervised machine learning (28) of a new rule. The machine learning (28) uses user feedback to update the rule set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, SIEMENS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ciprian Dan Raileanu, Mathaeus Dejori, Frank Popp, Ekkehard Toensing