Patents by Inventor Hendrik Beil

Hendrik Beil 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: 11209292
    Abstract: A system 1 for remote sensing of information to be transmitted, said system 1 comprising; an optical time-domain reflectometer, OTDR, 2 adapted to transmit an optical probe signal OPS into an optical fiber 3 and to measure a backscattered signal power; and at least one electro-optical signaling unit 4 connected to said optical fiber 3, wherein the electro-optical signaling unit 4 is configured to change an attenuation and/or a reflection of the optical probe signal OPS depending on at least one signal provided by one or more signal sources 5 in response to the information to be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING SE
    Inventors: Sander Jansen, Uwe Gröschner, Gunter Schubert, Hendrik Beil
  • Publication number: 20190154468
    Abstract: A system 1 for remote sensing of information to be transmitted, said system 1 comprising; an optical time-domain reflectometer, OTDR, 2 adapted to transmit an optical probe signal OPS into an optical fiber 3 and to measure a backscattered signal power; and at least one electro-optical signaling unit 4 connected to said optical fiber 3, wherein the electro-optical signaling unit 4 is configured to change an attenuation and/or a reflection of the optical probe signal OPS depending on at least one signal provided by one or more signal sources 5 in response to the information to be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Sander Jansen, Uwe Gröschner, Gunter Schubert, Hendrik Beil