Patents by Inventor Falk Hoehnel

Falk Hoehnel 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).

  • Method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system, laboratory sample distribution system and laboratory automation system
    Patent number: 10962557
    Abstract: A method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The system comprises container carriers, a gateway having a network interface, and transport modules. Each module comprises a transport surface and are adjacent in a row-direction and column-direction to form a transport surface. The module comprises a driver arranged below the transport surface to move container carriers on the transport surface and left, right, upper and lower network interfaces. The left and right network interfaces connect modules in rows and the upper and lower network interfaces connect modules in columns. The network interface of the gateway is connected to a network interface of a first module. The method comprises sending an explore command from the gateway to the first module, propagating an initialization command from the first module to the remaining modules, storing addresses within the modules, and using the addresses by the gateway to address the modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Falk Hoehnel
  • METHOD OF OPERATING A LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, LABORATORY SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190018027
    Abstract: A method of operating a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The system comprises container carriers, a gateway having a network interface, and transport modules. Each module comprises a transport surface and are adjacent in a row-direction and column-direction to form a transport surface. The module comprises a driver arranged below the transport surface to move container carriers on the transport surface and left, right, upper and lower network interfaces. The left and right network interfaces connect modules in rows and the upper and lower network interfaces connect modules in columns. The network interface of the gateway is connected to a network interface of a first module. The method comprises sending an explore command from the gateway to the first module, propagating an initialization command from the first module to the remaining modules, storing addresses within the modules, and using the addresses by the gateway to address the modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Falk Hoehnel
  • Copy machine for generating or updating an identical memory in redundant computer systems
    Publication number: 20050091462
    Abstract: A memory architecture and a copy machine is described in which a dirty tag memory is segmented to permit more rapid access to dirty data addresses for subsequent copying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Falk Hoehnel