Patents by Inventor Helmut Kauer

Helmut Kauer 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).

  • Method of controlling at least one station display and a central control station
    Patent number: 6249725
    Abstract: In a method of controlling at least one station display (1), where a vehicle (2) transmits its actual location (x1) to a central control station which calculates the estimated waiting time (tw) until the vehicle (2) reaches the station (x2), and controls the station display (1) to visually signal this waiting time (tw) to improve the accuracy of the indicated waiting time (tw), it is provided that the waiting time (tw) of a number (n) of immediately preceding vehicles (3, 4, . . . ) is calculated as a function of the trend line of the actual travel times (t1, t2, . . . tm, tm+1. . . tn).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Werner Dziedzioch, Helmut Kauer