Patents by Inventor Heinz Tilsner

Heinz Tilsner 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).

  • Fail-safe EE architecture for automated driving
    Patent number: 9606537
    Abstract: A system with a first computer unit and with a second computer unit, wherein the first computer unit comprises a first interface to enable connection to at least one sensor and to at least one actuator, wherein the second computer unit comprises a second interface to enable connection to at least one sensor and to at least one actuator, wherein the first and the second computer units can be connected to each other by means of a further interface, wherein the actuator comprises an interface, wherein depending on the first or on the second operating state the interface determines whether a control command for a driving function is adopted by the first or the second computer unit, so that in the first operating state only the first computer unit can activate the actuator and in a second operating state only the second computer unit can activate the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Hogenmueller, Thorsten Huck, Ulrich Kersken, Armin Ruehle, Heinz Tilsner, Carsten Gebauer, Tuelin Baysal, Bernd Mueller, Volker Blaschke, Wolfgang Niem
  • Method for the efficient transmission of data
    Patent number: 9584880
    Abstract: In a method for transmitting data from a sensor to a processor via at least one communication medium in a communication network, a sensor value of the sensor is transmitted to the processor, and the processor uses the transmitted sensor value for processing until a new sensor value is transmitted to the processor, which new sensor value is transmitted only if at least one condition for the new sensor value is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Gladigau, Simon Kramer, Heinz Tilsner
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A CONTROL FLOW OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20160328309
    Abstract: Method for monitoring a control flow of an imperative computer program, including annotating scheduling the program with calls to a monitor, each call by a thread indicating the thread, scheduling the program and the monitor for execution by an operating system, and, scheduling upon receiving the call, the monitor verifying the thread by means of the operating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Gary Morgan, Heinz Tilsner, Gary Plumbridge
  • Fail-Safe EE Architecture for Automated Driving
    Publication number: 20160103450
    Abstract: A system with a first computer unit and with a second computer unit, wherein the first computer unit comprises a first interface to enable connection to at least one sensor and to at least one actuator, wherein the second computer unit comprises a second interface to enable connection to at least one sensor and to at least one actuator, wherein the first and the second computer units can be connected to each other by means of a further interface, wherein the actuator comprises an interface, wherein depending on the first or on the second operating state the interface determines whether a control command for a driving function is adopted by the first or the second computer unit, so that in the first operating state only the first computer unit can activate the actuator and in a second operating state only the second computer unit can activate the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Hogenmueller, Thorsten Huck, Ulrich Kersken, Armin Ruehle, Heinz Tilsner, Carsten Gebauer, Tuelin Baysal, Bernd Mueller, Volker Blaschke, Wolfgang Niem
  • METHOD FOR THE EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION OF DATA
    Publication number: 20150208142
    Abstract: In a method for transmitting data from a sensor to a processor via at least one communication medium in a communication network, a sensor value of the sensor is transmitted to the processor, and the processor uses the transmitted sensor value for processing until a new sensor value is transmitted to the processor, which new sensor value is transmitted only if at least one condition for the new sensor value is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Jens Gladigau, Simon Kramer, Heinz Tilsner