Patents by Inventor Franz Stolz

Franz Stolz 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: 8588716
    Abstract: In a method for searching for signals among interference signals in a multi-channel radio receiver, at least two different data signals are transmitted on at least one physical channel of a radio system to a common receiver. The search for a signal is initiated on any channel, starting with a sequential search of a useful signal by measuring the current signal strength in the form of the RSSI value; a search is made for a signal criterion of the signal and when said criterion has been identified, the measured RSSI value is compared with a predefined RSSI threshold value; if the RSSI threshold value is exceeded, the search for a signal is switched to a search for a data frame and if a data frame is found, the useful data is read; if no signal criterion is identified, if the RSSI threshold value is not exceeded and if no data frame is found, the procedure is interrupted and a new search operation is initiated once a new RSSI threshold value has been defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive AG
    Inventors: Christian Kursawe, Thomas Reisinger, Jürgen Schmid, Franz Stolz
  • Publication number: 20100029232
    Abstract: In a method for searching for signals among interference signals in a multi-channel radio receiver, at least two different data signals are transmitted on at least one physical channel of a radio system to a common receiver. The search for a signal is initiated on any channel, starting with a sequential search of a useful signal by measuring the current signal strength in the form of the RSSI value; a search is made for a signal criterion of the signal and when said criterion has been identified, the measured RSSI value is compared with a predefined RSSI threshold value; if the RSSI threshold value is exceeded, the search for a signal is switched to a search for a data frame and if a data frame is found, the useful data is read; if no signal criterion is identified, if the RSSI threshold value is not exceeded and if no data frame is found, the procedure is interrupted and a new search operation is initiated once a new RSSI threshold value has been defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christian Kursawe, Thomas Reisinger, Jurgen Schmid, Franz Stolz