Patents by Inventor Josef Bernhard

Josef Bernhard 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: 12581244
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting data between a user terminal and another apparatus. The method has a step of generating a signal for driving an electromagnetic oscillating circuit connected to the user terminal. Additionally, the method has a step of driving the electromagnetic oscillating circuit by the generated signal to produce, by the electromagnetic oscillating circuit, a magnetic field which carries data to be transmitted from the user terminal to the other apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Michael Schlicht, Josef Bernhard, Dominik Soller
  • Patent number: 12563584
    Abstract: A subscriber in a communication system is configured to transmit data to a base station of the communication system. The subscriber is configured to take a quality criterion of at least one previous transmission between the subscriber and the base station as a basis for transmitting the data in a first frequency range or in a second frequency range being different from each other, and/or in a first time interval or in a second time interval being different from each other. A base station, a method for receiving data and a computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Hristo Petkov, Raphael Mzyk, Thomas Kauppert, Klaus Gottschalk, Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Jakob Kneissl, Johannes Wechsler, Raimund Meyer, Dominik Soller, Michael Schlicht, Frank Obernosterer
  • Publication number: 20260031852
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a terminal point of the wireless communication system, wherein the terminal point is configured to operate in a first mode and in a second mode, wherein the terminal point is configured to receive a signal, wherein the signal comprises information on a first channel access pattern for the first mode, wherein the terminal point is configured to determine the first channel access pattern for the first mode based on the information on the first channel access pattern, wherein the terminal point is configured to determine a second channel access pattern for the second mode based on the information on the first channel access pattern, wherein the terminal point is configured to transmit and/or receive data in the second mode by using the second channel access pattern, wherein the first channel access pattern for the first mode allows data transmission with a first latency, wherein the second channel access pattern for the second mode allows data transmission with a second latency, wherein the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Josef BERNHARD, Jakob KNEISSL, Karol BIEG, Dominik SOLLER, Clemens NEUMUELLER, Stefan ERETH, Maximilian BURGER, Raimund MEYER, Frank OBERNOSTERER, Michael SCHLICHT
  • Publication number: 20250226933
    Abstract: A transceiver of a wireless communication network is configured to transmit and/or receive data [e.g., a telegram] using a hopping pattern, defining a sequence of time instants relative to a periodic time grid, and configured to determine [e.g., generate or calculate] the hopping pattern by determining, using a first and a second determination function, time offsets between time instants of at least a block of time instants of the sequence of time instants and respective grid positions of the periodic time grid, wherein the first determination function specifies that time distances between immediately subsequent/consecutive time instants of the block of time instants are pseudo-randomly distributed between a predefined minimum time distance and a predefined maximum time distance, and the second one specifies that time offsets between the time instants of the block of time instants and the respective grid positions lie within respective time offset ranges around respective grid positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gerd KILIAN, Jakob KNEIßL, Karol BIEG, Josef BERNHARD, Dominik SOLLER, Clemens NEUMÜLLER, Stefan ERETH, Maximilian BURGER
  • Publication number: 20250176008
    Abstract: A subscriber in a communication system is configured to transmit data to a base station of the communication system. The subscriber is configured to take a quality criterion of at least one previous transmission between the subscriber and the base station as a basis for transmitting the data in a first frequency range or in a second frequency range being different from each other, and/or in a first time interval or in a second time interval being different from each other. A base station, a method for receiving data and a computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2025
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Hristo Petkov, Raphael Mzyk, Thomas Kauppert, Klaus Gottschalk, Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Jakob Kneissl, Johannes Wechsler, Raimund Meyer, Dominik Soller, Michael Schlicht, Frank Obernosterer
  • Patent number: 12294422
    Abstract: The method includes a step of generating a magnetic signal with an electromagnetic functional unit, wherein the electromagnetic functional unit is an actuator of a loudspeaker of the device or wherein the electromagnetic functional unit is an electromagnetic resonant circuit connected to the device, wherein the magnetic signal carries the data to be transferred from the device to the other device: Furthermore, the method includes a step of detecting the magnetic signal with an electromagnetic resonant circuit of the other device in order to obtain the data to be transferred from the device to the other device, wherein the magnetic signal is FSK-modulated, wherein a resonance frequency of the electromagnetic resonant circuit of the other device and a carrier frequency of the FSK-modulated magnetic signal are tuned with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Jakob Kneißl, Gerd Kilian, Robert Koch, Karol Bieg, Dominik Soller, Josef Bernhard, Markus Siebenhaar
  • Patent number: 12225520
    Abstract: What is describes is a participant of a communication system, the participant being configured to transmit data using a first radio network and a second radio network in a frequency band, the participant being configured to transmit data in the first radio network according to a first time and/or frequency hopping pattern in a first frequency range of the frequency band, the participant being configured to transmit data in the second radio network according to a second time and/or frequency hopping pattern in a second frequency range of the frequency band, wherein the first time and/or frequency hopping pattern and the second time and/or frequency hopping pattern are different, wherein the first frequency range and the second frequency range overlap at least partially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Dominik Soller, Günter Rohmer, Frank Nachtrab, Jakob Kneißl, Stefan Ereth, Michael Schlicht
  • Patent number: 12166583
    Abstract: The innovation relates to technologies by which the signal characteristics and, hence, environmental conditions of a transmitter can be concealed. In one aspect, a data transmitter comprises a transmitter and a changer, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a signal, wherein at least one signal parameter of the signal depends on at least one environmental parameter in an environment of the data transmitter, wherein the changer is configured to change the at least one signal parameter of the signal or a parameter on which the at least one signal parameter of the signal depends, in order to conceal the at least one environmental parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Thomas Kauppert, Hristo Petkov, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneissl, Raphael Mzyk, Klaus Gottschalk, Dominik Soller, Michael Schlicht
  • Publication number: 20240340802
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system includes one or more antennas, a signal processor connected to the antenna, wherein the signal processor is to perform one or more operations, and a mains-independent power source connected to the signal processor to provide power to the signal processor for performing the one or more operations. The UE signals to one or more entities of the wireless communication system information indicating a status of the mains-independent power source, and/or that the UE is a device having a mains-independent power source, and/or the UE adapts one or more of operational procedures dependent on a status of the mains-independent power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Julian POPP, Baris GÖKTEPE, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Thomas WIRTH, Gustavo Wagner OLIVEIRA DA COSTA, Thomas SCHIERL, Cornelius HELLGE, Clemens KORN, Tobias DRÄGER, Peter SPIES, Josef BERNHARD
  • Patent number: 12114274
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system communicates wirelessly in a frequency used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the participant is configured to transmit data uncoordinatedly with respect to other participants and/or a base station of the communication system, wherein the participant is configured to receive a synchronization data packet of a point-to-multipoint data transfer of the base station of the communication system, wherein the synchronization data packet is transferred in a frequency range of the frequency band of the communication system that is specified or known to the participant, wherein the participant is configured to receive, on the basis of the synchronization data packet, a payload data packet of the point-to-multipoint data transfer that is referenced in time and/or frequency to the synchronization data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., DIEHL METERING GMBH
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Thomas Kauppert, Hristo Petkov, Klaus Gottschalk, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneißl, Dominik Soller, Stefan Ereth
  • Patent number: 12096167
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for transmitting data between a user terminal and another apparatus. The method has a step of generating a signal for driving an electromagnetic functional unit, the electromagnetic functional unit being an actuator of a loudspeaker of the user terminal or the electromagnetic functional unit being an electromagnetic oscillating circuit connected to the user terminal. Additionally, the method has a step of driving the electromagnetic functional unit by the generated signal to produce, by the electromagnetic functional unit, a magnetic signal which carries first data to be transmitted from the user terminal to the other apparatus. Additionally, the method has a step of detecting another signal output by the other apparatus, the other signal carrying second data to be transmitted from the other apparatus to the user terminal. Thus, the magnetic signal and the other signal differ in the physical signal type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Michael Schlicht, Josef Bernhard, Gerd Kilian, Dominik Soller, Alexej Jarresch, Stefan Ereth
  • Publication number: 20240305405
    Abstract: Transceiver configured to transmit at least one source packet in split and coded form, having: a splitter configured to divide the at least one source packet into several source segments; an encoder configured to encode the several source segments by coding rule in order to obtain coded segments; a transmitter configured to transmit the coded segments as PHY packets by means of a plurality of cycles each having a plurality of subcycles, each subcycle having several slots; wherein the coding rule specifies transfer of the plurality of source segments by means of forward error correction, and wherein the coding rule specifies an order such that a coding degree of the coded segments transmitted in the last PHY packet is reduced or reduced to coding degree 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jürgen HUPP, Oliver HAALA, Tobias DRÄGER, Josef BERNHARD
  • Patent number: 12082222
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a communication system, wherein the communication system communicates wirelessly in a frequency used by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the participant is configured to transmit data uncoordinatedly with respect to other participants and/or a base station of the communication system, wherein the participant is configured to receive, temporally synchronized to a transmitted uplink data transfer to the base station of the communication system, a downlink data transfer from the base station, wherein the downlink data transfer includes signaling information, wherein the participant is configured to receive a point-to-multipoint data transfer from the base station on the basis of the signaling information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V., Diehl Metering GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Thomas Kauppert, Hristo Petkov, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneissl, Raphael Mzyk, Klaus Gottschalk, Dominik Soller, Michael Schlicht
  • Patent number: 12035224
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a controller for a participant of a communication system wirelessly communicates in a frequency band used for communication by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the controller is configured to identify a network-specific channel access pattern, wherein the network-specific channel access pattern indicates a frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of resources of the frequency band that is usable for the communication of the communication system, wherein the controller is configured to identify a relative channel access pattern, wherein the relative channel access pattern indicates, from the usable frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of resources of the network-specific channel access pattern, an occupancy of resources that is to be used for the transfer of data of the participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg
    Inventors: Frank Obernosterer, Raimund Meyer, Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneissl, Michael Schlicht, Joerg Robert
  • Patent number: 11923881
    Abstract: A data receiver is configured to receive a signal, the signal comprising interferences of an interference-infested transmission channel, the data receiver being configured to form a histogram of receive information of a signal portion of the received signal and to determine mean receive information and/or a noise measure from the histogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Karol Bieg, Eberhard Gamm, Clemens Korn, Jakob Kneissl, Frank Obernosterer, Raimund Meyer
  • Patent number: 11909519
    Abstract: Embodiments provide transfer methods. The method includes a step of transferring data of a first class from a data transmitter to a data receiver, wherein the data of the first class is transferred divided onto a first plurality of sub-data packets using a first hopping pattern. Furthermore, the method includes a step of transferring data of a second class from the data transmitter or a different data transmitter to the data receiver, wherein the data of the second class is transferred divided onto a second plurality of sub-data packets using a second hopping pattern, wherein transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the first hopping pattern are smaller than transmission pauses between sub-data packets transferred according to the second hopping pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Guenter Rohmer, Maximilian Roth, Frank Nachtrab, Jakob Kneissl, Johannes Wechsler, Michael Schlicht, Raimund Meyer, Frank Obernosterer
  • Patent number: 11881637
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an antenna arrangement including a magnetic antenna and a tuning element. The magnetic antenna includes a loop interrupted one or several times and a tuning element for tuning the magnetic antenna. The tuning element is configured to provide a tuning signal (e.g., control signal) for tuning the magnetic antenna, and to control the tuning element with the tuning signal to tune the magnetic antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Tobias Dräger, Christopher Laske, Ralph Oppelt, Michael Kamper, Felix Auer, Stefan Ereth, Gerald Ulbricht
  • Patent number: 11881889
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for generating a hopping pattern for transmitting a plurality of sub-data packets in a communication system. The method has a step of deriving a hopping pattern from a binary sequence, wherein an autocorrelation function of the binary sequence has autocorrelation side maximums with a predetermined maximum value. The method further has a step of determining a maximum sub-data packet length for the plurality of sub-data packets in dependence on a total emission duration of the plurality of sub-data packets indicated by the hopping pattern, and a minimum value of a difference sequence of a sorted difference number series derived from the binary sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., DIEHL METERING GMBH
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneissl, Raimund Meyer, Frank Obernosterer, Thomas Kauppert, Hristo Petkov
  • Publication number: 20230403124
    Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network is described. The he UE performs measurements of one or more reference signals received from a network entity of the wireless communication network, each reference signal being associated with a TCI state. For transmitting or receiving a transmission associated with a certain TCI state, the UE uses one or more parameters obtained by the measurement of the reference signal being associated with the certain TCI state of the transmission. Responsive to a certain event, the UE resets parameters obtained by a measurement associated with the TCI state of at least one of the one or more reference signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Baris GOEKTEPE, Thomas FEHRENBACH, Clemens KORN, Julian POPP, Josef BERNHARD, Thomas WIRTH, Cornelius HELLGE, Thomas SCHIERL
  • Patent number: 11817897
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a terminal point of a communication system, wherein a control signal is emitted in the communication system for coordinating the participants of the communication system, wherein the control signal is transferred distributed in correspondence with a frequency hop-based occupancy of resources of the frequency band, indicated by a control signal hopping pattern, wherein the terminal point has a receiver, wherein a receive bandwidth of the receiver is smaller at least by the factor 3 than a bandwidth of the frequency hop-based occupancy of resources of the frequency band, indicated by the control signal hopping pattern, wherein the terminal point is configured to receive a reference signal, the reference signal having information on the control signal, wherein the terminal point is configured to receive the control signal based on the information on the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG
    Inventors: Gerd Kilian, Josef Bernhard, Frank Obernosterer, Raimund Meyer, Johannes Wechsler, Jakob Kneißl, Dominik Soller, Jörg Robert