Patents by Inventor Marc Dressler

Marc Dressler 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).

  • Publication number: 20130041551
    Abstract: A method is provided for processing data in an influencing device, whereby the influencing device is connectable to a vehicle control unit and to a data processing unit. If the influencing device receives a first trigger or a second trigger, the first trigger is checked for a valid assignment to a function implemented in the hardware or software. If there is a valid assignment, the assigned function is started. A first address and/or a second address and/or the value are checked for a valid assignment to a first sub-function or a second sub-function. Depending on the called sub-function, the value is checked and/or manipulated and depending on the result of the check, the checked value and/or the manipulated value are sent by the influencing device to the vehicle control unit and/or to the data processing unit and/or stored in the memory of the influencing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventor: Marc DRESSLER
  • Publication number: 20130041550
    Abstract: A method is provided for processing data in an influencing device, whereby the influencing device is connected to a vehicle control unit and to a data processing unit. The vehicle control unit and the influencing device are disposed in a motor vehicle or, for example, on a test bench in a laboratory. A first program runs in the vehicle control unit. Data are exchanged according to an XCP protocol and/or a CCP protocol between the data processing unit and the influencing device. The influencing device has a second execution unit, which executes predetermined data processing steps more rapidly than the first execution unit. The data exchanged by the XCP protocol or the CCP protocol are checked for a predetermined criterion and, based on the result of the check, the data are processed either in the first execution unit or in the second execution unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Marc DRESSLER, Bastian Kellers, Daniel Hofmann, Thorsten Hufnagel
  • Patent number: 8171341
    Abstract: A method for controlling an operating mechanism using a manipulation unit, in which the operating mechanism includes at least one microcontroller, at least one memory with a plurality of memory cells, and at least one debug interface, and the debug interface presents a monitoring functionality for monitoring memory content and using the debug interface a first timepoint of the operating mechanism is detected for writing into a first memory cell and, using the information transmitted by the debug interface for the first timepoint to the manipulation unit, a trigger timepoint results for a processing routine through the manipulation unit (IN) and using the processing routine a second value is written by the manipulation unit using the debug interface for a second timepoint in the first memory cell before the first memory cell is read by the operating mechanism for a third timepoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: dSpace digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Dressler, Daniel Hofmann, Bastian Kellers, Thorsten Hufnagel
  • Patent number: 8166344
    Abstract: A method for controlling an operating mechanism using a manipulation unit, in which the operating mechanism includes at least one microcontroller, at least one memory with a plurality of memory cells and at least one first value in a first memory cell and at least one debug interface, and the debug interface exhibits a monitoring functionality for monitoring a program code executed by the operating mechanism and using the debug interface a first pre-set timepoint is detected when processing the program code and, using the information transmitted by the debug interface for the first timepoint to the manipulation unit, a trigger timepoint results for a processing routine through the manipulation unit (IN) and a second value is written using the debug interface by the manipulation unit using the processing routine for a second timepoint in the first memory cell before the first memory cell is read by the operating mechanism for a third timepoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: dSpace digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Dressler, Daniel Hofmann, Bastian Kellers, Thorsten Hufnagel
  • Patent number: 8074118
    Abstract: A method for influencing a control unit by means of a manipulation unit whereby the control unit has at least one microcontroller, at least one memory having a plurality of memory cells and at least one debug interface, and the debug interface has a monitoring functionality for observing the memory content, and by means of the debug interface a first point in time of the control unit for writing a first value to a first memory cell is detected, and a triggering point in time for a processing routine by the manipulation unit is obtained as the result based on the information transmitted to the manipulation unit by the debug interface at the first point in time, and at a second point in time, a second value is written to the first memory cell by the manipulation unit by means of the processing routine via the debug interface before the first memory cell is read by the control unit at a third point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: dSpace digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Dressler, Daniel Hofmann, Bastian Kellers, Thorsten Hufnagel
  • Publication number: 20110145454
    Abstract: A communication system is provided that includes at least two peripheral devices, wherein each peripheral device has at least one I/O interface and the peripheral devices are connected to each other by at least one data bus and exchange data by means of a communication relationship via the data bus. At least one interface device has a peripheral device interface and has a data bus interface, the interface device being connectable by the peripheral device interface thereof to one of the peripheral devices via an I/O interface thereof, and the interface device being connected by the data bus interface thereof to the data bus, and the communication relationship can be preset in the interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Marc Dressler, Thorsten Hufnagel
  • Publication number: 20100192016
    Abstract: A method for controlling an operating mechanism using a manipulation unit, in which the operating mechanism includes at least one microcontroller, at least one memory with a plurality of memory cells, and at least one debug interface, and the debug interface presents a monitoring functionality for monitoring memory content and using the debug interface a first timepoint of the operating mechanism is detected for writing into a first memory cell and, using the information transmitted by the debug interface for the first timepoint to the manipulation unit, a trigger timepoint results for a processing routine through the manipulation unit (IN) and using the processing routine a second value is written by the manipulation unit using the debug interface for a second timepoint in the first memory cell before the first memory cell is read by the operating mechanism for a third timepoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Dressler, Daniel Hofmann, Bastian Kellers, Thorsten Hufnagel
  • Publication number: 20100192017
    Abstract: A method for controlling an operating mechanism using a manipulation unit, in which the operating mechanism includes at least one microcontroller, at least one memory with a plurality of memory cells and at least one first value in a first memory cell and at least one debug interface, and the debug interface exhibits a monitoring functionality for monitoring a program code executed by the operating mechanism and using the debug interface a first pre-set timepoint is detected when processing the program code and, using the information transmitted by the debug interface for the first timepoint to the manipulation unit, a trigger timepoint results for a processing routine through the manipulation unit (IN) and a second value is written using the debug interface by the manipulation unit using the processing routine for a second timepoint in the first memory cell before the first memory cell is read by the operating mechanism for a third timepoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Dressler, Daniel Hofmann, Bastian Kellers, Thorsten Hufnagel
  • Publication number: 20100192015
    Abstract: A method for influencing a control unit by means of a manipulation unit whereby the control unit has at least one microcontroller, at least one memory having a plurality of memory cells and at least one debug interface, and the debug interface has a monitoring functionality for observing the memory content, and by means of the debug interface a first point in time of the control unit for writing a first value to a first memory cell is detected, and a triggering point in time for a processing routine by the manipulation unit is obtained as the result based on the information transmitted to the manipulation unit by the debug interface at the first point in time, and at a second point in time, a second value is written to the first memory cell by the manipulation unit by means of the processing routine via the debug interface before the first memory cell is read by the control unit at a third point in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Marc Dressler, Daniel Hofmann, Bastian Kellers, Thorsten Hufnagel
  • Publication number: 20080065239
    Abstract: The invention concerns an adjustment device for adjusting at least one control device with at least one control device microcontroller and with at least one control device debug interface, where the adjustment device comprises at least one programmable unit, at least one data transmission interface for connecting the adjustment device to an operating unit, and at least one adjustment device debug interface for connecting the adjustment device to the control device debug interface of the control device. The adjustment device according to the invention accomplishes the objective of reducing the load on the control device due to control device application by at least one address list and at least one data list which are provided in a memory of the adjustment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Leinfellner, Ortwin Ludger Franzen, Hans-Guenter Limberg, Marc Dressler, Paul Gruber