Patents by Inventor Frank Voetz

Frank Voetz 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: 9461937
    Abstract: A method and a device is provided to allow additional data to be transmitted between at least two users of a bus system. The transmitted data frames have a logic structure according to the CAN standard ISO 11898-1, and at least two additional short bits are inserted within a temporal bit length of at least some of the CAN bits such that at least for one of the two possible values of the current CAN bit, the first one of the additional bits inserted into this CAN bit is transmitted using a bus level that is the opposite of this value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Hartwich, Tobias Lorenz, Christian Horst, Ralf Machauer, Frank Voetz
  • Patent number: 9262365
    Abstract: In a method for enabling transmission of larger data quantities relatively rapidly in a data network, the sent data frames have a logical structure according to CAN Specification ISO 11898-1, the bit length in time within a data frame being able to assume at least two different values; for a first specifiable range within the data frame, the bit length in time being greater than, or equal to a specified minimum value of approximately one microsecond and in at least one second specifiable range within the data frame the bit length in time compared to the first range is at least halved, preferably less than halved; the change of the bit length in time being implemented by using at least two different scaling factors for setting the bus time unit relative to a shortest time unit or the oscillator clock pulse during running operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Hartwich, Tobias Lorenz, Christian Horst, Ralf Machauer, Frank Voetz
  • Publication number: 20130343383
    Abstract: A method and a device is provided to allow additional data to be transmitted between at least two users of a bus system. The transmitted data frames have a logic structure according to the CAN standard ISO 11898-1, and at least two additional short bits are inserted within a temporal bit length of at least some of the CAN bits such that at least for one of the two possible values of the current CAN bit, the first one of the additional bits inserted into this CAN bit is transmitted using a bus level that is the opposite of this value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Florian Hartwich, Tobias Lorenz, Christian Horst, Ralf Machauer, Frank Voetz
  • Publication number: 20130290580
    Abstract: In a method for enabling transmission of larger data quantities relatively rapidly in a data network, the sent data frames have a logical structure according to CAN Specification ISO 11898-1, the bit length in time within a data frame being able to assume at least two different values; for a first specifiable range within the data frame, the bit length in time being greater than, or equal to a specified minimum value of approximately one microsecond and in at least one second specifiable range within the data frame the bit length in time compared to the first range is at least halved, preferably less than halved; the change of the bit length in time being implemented by using at least two different scaling factors for setting the bus time unit relative to a shortest time unit or the oscillator clock pulse during running operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Florian Hartwich, Tobias Lorenz, Christian Horst, Ralf Machauer, Frank Voetz