Patents by Inventor Kai Weinert

Kai Weinert 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 and Apparatus for Automatically Selecting an Optimum Production Cycle
    Publication number: 20220163948
    Abstract: A device, computer program product and method for automatically selecting an optimum production process for an industrial product, wherein an optimum production variant for producing the industrial product is automatically provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Volker FRANZE, Markus M. GEIPEL, Axel ROTTMANN, Kai WEINERT
  • Method and apparatus for the realization of a failsafe time function
    Patent number: 8615674
    Abstract: A method for enabling an oscillating crystal available in a system to be used to generate a software-realized time function, and an apparatus for implementing the method, without requiring additional hardware components, wherein a periodic interrupt signal is generated by the system-internal real-time clock, a table entry with a reference to a routine in an intra-system table is accessed upon receipt of the periodic interrupt signal and a counter is formed by the routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiegesellschaft
    Inventors: Paul Eyermann, Michael LaBouliere, Robert Schwarz, Markus Walter, Kai Weinert
  • Method and Apparatus for the Realization of a Failsafe Time Function
    Publication number: 20110185217
    Abstract: A method for enabling an oscillating crystal available in a system to be used to generate a software-realized time function, and an apparatus for implementing the method, without requiring additional hardware components, wherein a periodic interrupt signal is generated by the system-internal real-time clock, a table entry with a reference to a routine in an intra-system table is accessed upon receipt of the periodic interrupt signal and a counter is formed by the routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: Siemens AG
    Inventors: Paul Eyermann, Michael LaBouliere, Robert Schwarz, Markus Walter, Kai Weinert