Patents by Inventor Gerd Kilian

Gerd Kilian 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).

  • Publication number: 20190246315
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a transfer method for transferring data of variable length using a fixedly specified number of sub-data packets to which the data of variable length is distributed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Joerg ROBERT, Jakob KNEISSL, Johannes WECHSLER, Stefan ERETH
  • Publication number: 20190227158
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a data receiver with a unit for receiving sub-data packets, a unit for determining a phase difference and a unit for determining a distance difference. The unit for receiving sub-data packets is configured to receive at least two sub-data packets from a data transmitter, and to combine the at least two sub-data packets to obtain a data packet that is transmitted split into the at least two sub-data packets by the data transmitter, wherein each of the at least two sub-data packets is shorter than the data packet, wherein the unit for receiving sub-data packets is configured to receive the at least two sub-data packets on at least two different carrier frequencies. The unit for determining a phase difference is configured to determine a phase difference between the at least two sub-data packets that is caused by the at least two different carrier frequencies and the path delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Niels Hadaschik, Marc Faßbinder, Josef Bernhard, Jörg Robert, Jörn Thielecke, Markus Hartmann, Hans-Martin Tröger, Ferdinand Kemeth
  • Patent number: 10285135
    Abstract: A data transmission arrangement includes an energy supplier for supplying the data transmission arrangement with electrical energy; a determiner for determining useful data provided by a sensor element connected to the data transmission arrangement; a coder for channel coding of the useful data so as to obtain channel-coded data; a splitter for splitting up the channel-coded data into a plurality of data packets having a code rate smaller than one; and a transmitter for transmitting data packets which is configured to transmit the plurality of data packets via a communication channel with a time lag, provided that an amount of electrical energy that can be provided by the energy supplier is sufficient for transmitting the respective data packets at a standard transmitting power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian
  • Patent number: 10228446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the position of a first sensor node relative to a second sensor node, wherein the first and the second sensor nodes are communicatively connected to each other and are a constituent part of a sensor network, comprising the method steps: reception of signal sections of transmitted signals from at least two transmitters by the first and the second sensor node, beginning at a time t1 for a time period tRX; determining the angle of incidence of the transmitted signals to at least one of the sensor nodes; determining the distance between the sensor nodes from the propagation time differences of the transmitted signals from the at least two transmitters received at the first and second sensor nodes; determining the position of the first sensor node relative to the second sensor node from the distance between the sensor nodes and the angle of incidence of the transmitted signals, wherein the sensor nodes determine the time t1 and the time period t1 in relation to a r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
    Inventors: Norbert Franke, Gerd Kilian, Christian Forster, Hans-Martin Tröger, Jörn Thielecke, Jörg Robert, Markus Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20190036833
    Abstract: A data transmitter is provided, having: a generator for generating transmission data packets, configured to split a first data packet into at least three transmission data packets, each of the transmission packets being shorter than the first data packet, the generator being configured to channel-encode the at least three transmission packets such that only a portion thereof is required for decoding the first data packet; a transmission element for transmitting data packets, configured to transmit the at least three transmission packets in a frequency channel via a communications channel with a time gap; a monitor element for monitoring the frequency channel, configured to recognize an interference or transmission of a further data transmitter in the frequency channel; the transmission element being configured not to transmit via the communications channel a packet, waiting for transmission, of the at least three transmission packets if an interference or transmission from a further data transmitter is recogn
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Josef BERNHARD, Johannes WECHSLER, Gerd KILIAN, Jakob KNEIßL, Jörg ROBERT, Albert HEUBERGER
  • Publication number: 20190036757
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a receiver having a receiving unit and a synchronization unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a data packet having a pilot sequence. The synchronization unit is configured to separately correlate the pilot sequence with at least two partial reference sequences corresponding to a reference sequence for the pilot sequence of the data packet, in order to obtain a partial correlation result for each of the at least two partial reference sequences, wherein the synchronization unit is configured to non-coherently add the partial correlation results in order to obtain a coarse correlation result for the data packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Jörg ROBERT, Jakob KNEIßL
  • Publication number: 20190036834
    Abstract: A data transmitter is provided, having: a generator for generating transmission data packets, configured to split a first data packet destined for a first data receiver into at least two transmission data packets, wherein each of the transmission data packets destined for the first data receiver is shorter than the first data packet; a transmission element for transmitting data packets, configured to transmit the at least two transmission data packets destined for the first data receiver via a communications channel with a time gap; wherein the transmission element for transmitting data packets is configured to transmit at least one further transmission data packet to the first data receiver or a second data receiver in the time gap between the at least two transmission data packets destined for the first data receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Josef BERNHARD, Johannes WECHSLER, Gerd KILIAN, Jakob KNEIßL, Jörg ROBERT, Albert HEUBERGER
  • Publication number: 20190014198
    Abstract: A transmitter is configured to operate in a mobile communication system according to a mobile communication standard (e.g., 3GPP), wherein resources of the communication system are divided into resources elements. The transmitter is also configured to transmit an additional telegram by separating the telegram into a plurality of data packets, each of the data packets being shorter than the telegram, and transmitting each of the data packets respectively in one of the resource elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Albert HEUBERGER, Marco Breiling, Jörg ROBERT, Jakob KNEISSL, Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Johannes WECHSLER, Stefan ERETH
  • Patent number: 10039084
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a battery-operated stationary sensor arrangement with a unidirectional data transmission. The battery-operated stationary sensor arrangement has a sensor, a means for generating data packets and a means for transmitting data packets. The transmitter is implemented to determine sensor data and provide a sensor data packet based on the sensor data, wherein the sensor data has an amount of data of less than 1 kbit. The means for generating data packets is implemented to divide the sensor data packet into at least two data packets, wherein each of the at least two data packets is shorter than the sensor data packet. The means for transmitting data packets is implemented to transmit the data packets with a data rate of less than 50 kbit/s and a time interval via a communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian
  • Patent number: 10028269
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a base station including bidirectional data transmission to a node. The base station has a receiver for receiving a data packet transmitted by the node at a node transmission frequency, the node transmission frequency being derived from a frequency generator of the node. In addition, the base station has a determiner for determining the node transmission frequency based on the data packet received and for determining a deviation of the frequency generator of the node based on a frequency deviation between the determined node transmission frequency and a set node transmission frequency associated to the node. Furthermore, the base station has a transmitter for transmitting a data packet to the node at a base station transmission frequency, the transmitter for transmitting the data packet being configured to set the base station transmission frequency based on the determined deviation of the frequency generator of the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian
  • Publication number: 20180152264
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting, according to which the payload data included in the data packet is provided with at least one indicator, such that a degree of interference of the received data (e.g. already decided bits) provided by the receiver for receiving data packets (e.g. a simple cost-effective radio chip) can be determined based on the at least one indicator, such that the determined degree of interference can be considered during channel decoding of the channel-coded payload data for increasing efficiency of channel decoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Jakob KNEISSL, Johannes WECHSLER, Josef BERNHARD
  • Patent number: 9826531
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a transmitter and/or a receiver for a system for detecting an event which is triggered by an object crossing a monitored line. The transmitter is configured to successively transmit data packets independently of an occurrence of the event. The receiver is configured to receive successive data packets independently of the occurrence of the event. Each data packet comprises information on a number of events which occurred up to a transmission time of the data packet, wherein the transmission times of successive data packets are each located in a predetermined transmission time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung
    Inventors: Josef Bernhard, Hristo Petkov, Rafael Psiuk, Gerd Kilian, Hans-Martin Troeger
  • Publication number: 20170328979
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the position of a first sensor node relative to a second sensor node, wherein the first and the second sensor nodes are communicatively connected to each other and are a constituent part of a sensor network, comprising the method steps: reception of signal sections of transmitted signals from at least two transmitters by the first and the second sensor node, beginning at a time t1 for a time period tRX; determining the angle of incidence of the transmitted signals to at least one of the sensor nodes; determining the distance between the sensor nodes from the propagation time differences of the transmitted signals from the at least two transmitters received at the first and second sensor nodes; determining the position of the first sensor node relative to the second sensor node from the distance between the sensor nodes and the angle of incidence of the transmitted signals, wherein the sensor nodes determine the time t1 and the time period t1 in relation to a r
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Norbert Franke, Gerd Kilian, Christian Forster, Hans-Martin Tröger, Jörn Thielecke, Jõrg Robert, Markus Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20160366649
    Abstract: A data transmission arrangement includes an energy supplier for supplying the data transmission arrangement with electrical energy; a determiner for determining useful data provided by a sensor element connected to the data transmission arrangement; a coder for channel coding of the useful data so as to obtain channel-coded data; a splitter for splitting up the channel-coded data into a plurality of data packets having a code rate smaller than one; and a transmitter for transmitting data packets which is configured to transmit the plurality of data packets via a communication channel with a time lag, provided that an amount of electrical energy that can be provided by the energy supplier is sufficient for transmitting the respective data packets at a standard transmitting power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian
  • Publication number: 20160249328
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a battery-operated stationary sensor arrangement with a unidirectional data transmission. The battery-operated stationary sensor arrangement has a sensor, a means for generating data packets and a means for transmitting data packets. The transmitter is implemented to determine sensor data and provide a sensor data packet based on the sensor data, wherein the sensor data has an amount of data of less than 1 kbit. The means for generating data packets is implemented to divide the sensor data packet into at least two data packets, wherein each of the at least two data packets is shorter than the sensor data packet. The means for transmitting data packets is implemented to transmit the data packets with a data rate of less than 50 kbit/s and a time interval via a communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Josef BERNHARD, Gerd KILIAN
  • Patent number: 9354081
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a battery-operated stationary sensor arrangement with a unidirectional data transmission. The battery-operated stationary sensor arrangement has a sensor, a means for generating data packets and a means for transmitting data packets. The transmitter is implemented to determine sensor data and provide a sensor data packet based on the sensor data, wherein the sensor data has an amount of data of less than 1 kbit. The means for generating data packets is implemented to divide the sensor data packet into at least two data packets, wherein each of the at least two data packets is shorter than the sensor data packet. The means for transmitting data packets is implemented to transmit the data packets with a data rate of less than 50 kbit/s and a time interval via a communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian
  • Publication number: 20160105890
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a transmitter and/or a receiver for a system for detecting an event which is triggered by an object crossing a monitored line. The transmitter is configured to successively transmit data packets independently of an occurrence of the event. The receiver is configured to receive successive data packets independently of the occurrence of the event. Each data packet comprises information on a number of events which occurred up to a transmission time of the data packet, wherein the transmission times of successive data packets are each located in a predetermined transmission time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Josef BERNHARD, Hristo PETKOV, Rafael PSIUK, Gerd KILIAN, Hans-Martin TROEGER
  • Publication number: 20160105879
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a base station including bidirectional data transmission to a node. The base station has a receiver for receiving a data packet transmitted by the node at a node transmission frequency, the node transmission frequency being derived from a frequency generator of the node. In addition, the base station has a determiner for determining the node transmission frequency based on the data packet received and for determining a deviation of the frequency generator of the node based on a frequency deviation between the determined node transmission frequency and a set node transmission frequency associated to the node. Furthermore, the base station has a transmitter for transmitting a data packet to the node at a base station transmission frequency, the transmitter for transmitting the data packet being configured to set the base station transmission frequency based on the determined deviation of the frequency generator of the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Josef BERNHARD, Gerd KILIAN
  • Patent number: 9247539
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a base station including bidirectional data transmission to a node. The base station has a receiver for receiving a data packet transmitted by the node at a node transmission frequency, the node transmission frequency being derived from a frequency generator of the node. In addition, the base station has a determiner for determining the node transmission frequency based on the data packet received and for determining a deviation of the frequency generator of the node based on a frequency deviation between the determined node transmission frequency and a set node transmission frequency associated to the node. Furthermore, the base station has a transmitter for transmitting a data packet to the node at a base station transmission frequency, the transmitter for transmitting the data packet being configured to set the base station transmission frequency based on the determined deviation of the frequency generator of the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian
  • Publication number: 20160006560
    Abstract: A data transmitter for transmitting a data packet to a data receiver via a communication channel includes a generator for generating the data packet and a transmitter for transmitting the data packet. The generator for generating the data packet is configured to generate a data packet having a first data block and a second data block and a predefined first reference sequence and second reference sequence for synchronizing the data receiver, wherein the first reference sequence is longer than the second reference sequence, and wherein in the data packet, the second data block is located between the first reference sequence and the second reference sequence, and the first reference sequence is located between the first data block and the second data block. The transmitter for transmitting the data packet is configured to transmit the data packet to the data receiver via the communication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Josef BERNHARD, Gerd KILIAN, Andreas TASCH