Patents by Inventor Florian PFEIFFER

Florian PFEIFFER 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: 12198523
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an occupancy detection system made up of at least one computing unit and at least four antennae. The occupancy detection system is configured to transmit Wi-Fi radio signals by multiple-input multiple-output communication in an occupancy detection mode. At least two first antennae arranged inside the vehicle are configured to send out Wi-Fi packages and at least two further antennae arranged inside the vehicle are configured to receive these and to transmit them to the computing unit. The computing unit analyses the received Wi-Fi packages, taking into consideration a relation between sending and receiving antennae for investigating channel state information, to determine periodic variations in the channel state information in order to detect the presence of at least one living being in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Bernd Napholz, Florian Pfeiffer, Alper Akbilek, Muhammad Manzar Hussain
  • Patent number: 12050240
    Abstract: A radome measuring system configured to perform a radome measurement may include at least one transmission antenna configured for emitting electromagnetic waves, at least one receiving antenna configured for receiving electromagnetic waves, and a measuring device configured to measure at least one difference between the transmitted and received electromagnetic waves for inferring a feature of a radome positioned between the at least one transmission antenna and the at least one receiving antenna. The radome measuring system may be used to measure the effects of a radome on electromagnetic waves traversing through the radome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Perisens GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20240013642
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an occupancy detection system made up of at least one computing unit and at least four antennae. The occupancy detection system is configured to transmit Wi-Fi radio signals by multiple-input multiple-output communication in an occupancy detection mode. At least two first antennae arranged inside the vehicle are configured to send out Wi-Fi packages and at least two further antennae arranged inside the vehicle are configured to receive these and to transmit them to the computing unit. The computing unit analyses the received Wi-Fi packages, taking into consideration a relation between sending and receiving antennae for investigating channel state information, to determine periodic variations in the channel state information in order to detect the presence of at least one living being in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Bernd NAPHOLZ, Florian PFEIFFER, Alper AKBILEK, Muhammad Manzar HUSSAIN
  • Publication number: 20210349138
    Abstract: A radome measuring system configured to perform a radome measurement may include at least one transmission antenna configured for emitting electromagnetic waves, at least one receiving antenna configured for receiving electromagnetic waves, and a measuring device configured to measure at least one difference between the transmitted and received electromagnetic waves for inferring a feature of a radome positioned between the at least one transmission antenna and the at least one receiving antenna. The radome measuring system may be used to measure the effects of a radome on electromagnetic waves traversing through the radome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Florian PFEIFFER
  • Patent number: 10084461
    Abstract: A method for producing an output bit stream for a first signal of a first carrier frequency by a security module involves the security module receiving an input signal comprising the first signal and a second signal of a second carrier frequency. A mixed signal is formed which has the first signal at the first carrier frequency, the second signal at the second carrier frequency, and a mixed product at an intermediate frequency. The mixed product is demodulated by a second nonlinear component to output a second baseband signal for generating a second bit stream relating to the first signal in the mixed product. The output logic produces the output bit stream for the first signal, and selects either the first bit stream or the second bit stream as the output bit stream for the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Finkenzeller, Florian Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 9906247
    Abstract: A method and a circuit are arranged for adapting a first reference value for generating a first bit stream from an input signal by a first amplitude adapting unit. The input signal comprises a first and a second signal. The first signal and the second signal form a baseband sum signal. A first non-linear component demodulates the input signal and outputs a demodulated input signal. The amplitude adapting unit outputs the first bit stream from the demodulated input signal on the basis of a first reference value. A reference-value adapting unit comprises a detection unit which detects the first and the second signal. Upon discontinuation of the first and second signals, an adjusting unit adjusts the first reference value to a basic reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Finkenzeller, Florian Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20170302313
    Abstract: A method and a circuit are arranged for adapting a first reference value for generating a first bit stream from an input signal by a first amplitude adapting unit. The input signal comprises a first and a second signal. The first signal and the second signal form a baseband sum signal. A first non-linear component demodulates the input signal and outputs a demodulated input signal. The amplitude adapting unit outputs the first bit stream from the demodulated input signal on the basis of a first reference value. A reference-value adapting unit comprises a detection unit which detects the first and the second signal. Upon discontinuation of the first and second signals, an adjusting unit adjusts the first reference value to a basic reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus FINKENZELLER, Florian PFEIFFER
  • Publication number: 20170294916
    Abstract: A method for producing an output bit stream for a first signal of a first carrier frequency by a security module involves the security module receiving an input signal comprising the first signal and a second signal of a second carrier frequency. A mixed signal is formed which has the first signal at the first carrier frequency, the second signal at the second carrier frequency, and a mixed product at an intermediate frequency. The mixed product is demodulated by a second nonlinear component to output a second baseband signal for generating a second bit stream relating to the first signal in the mixed product. The output logic produces the output bit stream for the first signal, and selects either the first bit stream or the second bit stream as the output bit stream for the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Klaus FINKENZELLER, Florian PFEIFFER