Patents by Inventor Henning Zabel

Henning Zabel 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: 11327800
    Abstract: To control a technical process comprising a control task for independently controllable modules, modules are each assigned to a computing core on a controller with a plurality of computing cores. The technical process is connected to the controller via at least one communication connection. In a first time segment, the controller provides read-in input data of the modules for the respectively associated computing core. Subsequently, synchronization of the computing cores to which modules are assigned is carried out by the controller. In a second time segment, the computing cores process the input data of the modules to generate output data for the modules, wherein each computing core signals the end of processing. As soon as all computing cores have signaled the end of processing, the output data are provided in a third time segment by the controller in order to be provided to the modules on the communication connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Kümmel, Manuel Bettenworth, Henning Zabel, Jan Achterberg, Dirk Janssen
  • Publication number: 20190324815
    Abstract: To control a technical process comprising a control task for independently controllable modules, modules are each assigned to a computing core on a controller with a plurality of computing cores. The technical process is connected to the controller via at least one communication connection. In a first time segment, the controller provides read-in input data of the modules for the respectively associated computing core. Subsequently, synchronization of the computing cores to which modules are assigned is carried out by the controller. In a second time segment, the computing cores process the input data of the modules to generate output data for the modules, wherein each computing core signals the end of processing. As soon as all computing cores have signaled the end of processing, the output data are provided in a third time segment by the controller in order to be provided to the modules on the communication connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Richard Kümmel, Manuel Bettenworth, Henning Zabel, Jan Achterberg, Dirk Janssen