Patents by Inventor Markus Hammes

Markus Hammes 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: 20240061391
    Abstract: A method using a safety system having at least one sensor system having at least one sensor in a first housing and at least one programmable controller in a second housing, wherein the sensor system has a first control and evaluation unit, with the first control and evaluation unit being configured to evaluate sensor data from the sensor of the sensor system and to form first result signals, wherein the programmable controller has a second control and evaluation unit, with the sensor system being configured to transfer sensor data to the second control and evaluation unit, with the second control and evaluation unit being configured to evaluate sensor data from the sensor of the sensor system and to form second result signals, and wherein a comparator unit is provided, with the comparator unit
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Markus HAMMES, Nikolaus MAYER
  • Patent number: 11892551
    Abstract: A safety system for localizing a movable machine having a safety controller, having at least one radio location system, and having at least one sensor for position determination, wherein the radio location system has radio stations arranged as stationary, wherein at least one radio transponder is arranged at the movable machine, wherein position data of the movable machine can be determined by means of the radio location system, wherein the position data can be transmitted from the radio station or from the radio transponder of the radio location system to the safety controller and position data of the movable machine can be determined by means of the sensor, and wherein the safety controller is configured to compare the position data of the radio location system and the position data of the sensor and to form checked position data on agreement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Fabio Brunner, Markus Hammes, Matthias Ams
  • Publication number: 20240019537
    Abstract: A radar arrangement includes a multi-layer printed circuit board, an antenna, an electronic component for generating and converting a high frequency (HF) signal, and a lead structure for guiding the HF signal between the electronic component and the antenna. The circuit board includes a first layer of a carrier material and a second layer of a HF substrate. The electronic component and the antenna are arranged on a component side of the HF substrate. The lead structure is arranged at least in regions on the component side. The component side is cast at least in the region of the electronic component. A metal layer is arranged between the first and second layers. The lead structure is connected to the metal layer in areas via a through-hole such that the through-hole forms a DC short circuit so the lead structure and the metal layer have the same potential during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Convent, Markus Hammes, Charalambos Ouzounis, Christoph Schmits
  • Patent number: 11804119
    Abstract: A method using a safety system and a safety system for localizing at least one person or at least one object in a monitored zone, having at least one control and evaluation unit, having at least one radio location system, wherein the radio location system has arranged radio stations; wherein position data of the person or object can be determined by means of the radio location system; wherein the monitored zone has a plurality of sectors and a plurality of passage zones between the sectors, at least one spatially resolving sensor is associated with each passage zone, and wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to cyclically compare the position data of the radio location system and the presence data of the spatially resolving sensor in each respective passage zone and to cyclically form status information for the sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventor: Markus Hammes
  • Publication number: 20230314574
    Abstract: An optoelectronic scanner for detecting objects in a monitored zone is provided that has a light transmitter for transmitting at least one light beam, a movable deflection unit for the periodic scanning of the monitored zone by the at least one light beam, a light receiver for generating a received signal from the light beam remitted by the objects, and a control and evaluation unit that is configured to acquire information on the objects in the monitored zone from the received signal and to recognize dazzling of the light receiver and to switch into a dazzle state in the case of dazzle preventing safe detection. In this respect, first phases with dazzling and second phases without dazzle are recognized and a decision is made with reference to the distribution of the first phases and second phases whether dazzle prevents the safe detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Joachim KRÄMER, Markus HAMMES, Max BÖHME
  • Patent number: 11674641
    Abstract: A safety system and a method having a safety system for localizing and identifying a person or an object, a control and evaluation unit, at least one radio location system, and having at least one identification sensor for identifying the person or the object, wherein a marking is arranged on the person or on the object, wherein the radio location system has arranged radio stations, wherein at least one radio transponder is arranged on the person or on the object, wherein position data of the person or of the object can be determined by means of the radio location system, and wherein the position data can be transmitted from the radio station of the radio location system to the control and evaluation unit, and identification data from the marking on the person or the object can be determined by means of the identification sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Fabio Brunner, Markus Hammes, Mathias Ams
  • Publication number: 20230081003
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor arrangement and to a method for safeguarding a monitored zone at a machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Markus HAMMES, Nicolas LÖFFLER
  • Publication number: 20230037937
    Abstract: A safety system for the localization of at least one spatially variable object having at least one control and evaluation unit, having at least one radio location system, having at least one spatially resolving sensor for the detection of an object in a detection zone of the spatially resolving sensor, wherein the radio location system has at least three arranged radio stations, wherein at least one radio transponder is arranged at the object, wherein position data of the radio transponder and thus position data of the object can be determined by means of the radio location system, wherein the position data can be transmitted from the radio station of the radio location system to the control and evaluation unit, wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to cyclically detect the position data of the radio transponder and information on the object in the detection zone can be determined by means of the spatially resolving sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Markus HAMMES
  • Patent number: 11576007
    Abstract: A safety system and a method for localizing at least one object having a control and evaluation unit have at least one radio location system. The radio location system has at least three arranged radio stations. Position data of the object can be determined by means of the radio location system and can be transmitted to the control and evaluation unit. At least three radio transponders are arranged at the object, each arranged spaced apart from one another and the three radio transponders form different points on a plane and unambiguously define the plane in space. The control and evaluation unit is configured to compare the position data of the radio transponders and to form checked position data of the object. The control and evaluation unit is configured to form orientation data of the object from the position data of the radio transponders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Fabio Brunner, Markus Hammes, Mathias Ams
  • Patent number: 11558729
    Abstract: A safety system for localizing a person or object has a control and evaluation unit, at least one radio location system, and at least one spatially resolving sensor for the position determination of the person or object. The radio location system has arranged radio stations, wherein at least one radio transponder is arranged at the person or object. Position data and classification data of the person or object can be determined by means of the radio location system. The position data and the classification data can be transmitted from the radio station to the control and evaluation unit and position data and contour data of the person or object can be determined by means of the spatially resolving sensor. The control and evaluation unit is configured to compare the position data of the radio location system and the position data of the spatially resolving sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Markus Hammes, Christoph Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20220260720
    Abstract: A camera is provided for detecting three-dimensional image data from a detection zone that has an illumination unit for transmitting transmitted light that is modulated at a first modulation frequency, an image sensor having a plurality of reception elements for generating a respective received signal, a plurality of demodulation units for demodulating the received signals at the first modulation frequency to acquire sampling values, a reference illumination unit for transmitting reference light that is modulated at the first modulation frequency and is guided to the image sensor within the camera, and a control and evaluation unit. In this respect, the control and evaluation unit is configured to distribute reference part measurements for a functional test over a plurality of distance measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Markus HAMMES, Wolfram STREPP, Jörg SIGMUND
  • Publication number: 20220229148
    Abstract: A method using a safety system and a safety system for localizing at least one object, with varying locations, having at least one control and evaluation unit, and having at least one radio location system, wherein the radio location system has at least three arranged radio stations; wherein at least one radio transponder is arranged at the object; wherein position data of the radio transponder and thus position data of the object can be determined by means of the radio location system; wherein the position data can be transmitted from the radio station of the radio location system to the control and evaluation unit, wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to cyclically detect the position data of the radio transponder and wherein a first inspection unit is provided, with the first inspection unit being connected to the control and evaluation unit, and with the control and evaluation unit being checked by the first inspection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Markus HAMMES, Carsten NATZKOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20220187806
    Abstract: A method and a safety system for localizing at least two objects with varying locations, having at least one control and evaluation unit, having at least one radio location system, wherein the radio location system has at least three arranged radio stations, wherein at least one respective radio transponder is arranged at the objects, wherein first objects are persons and second objects are mobile objects, wherein the radio transponders have identification, wherein a respective radio transponder is at least associated with either a respective person or a mobile object, whereby the control and evaluation unit is configured to distinguish the persons and mobile objects, and wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to associate a risk classification with each person at least in dependence on the position of the person with respect to at least one mobile object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Markus HAMMES, Patrik FETH, Magnus ALBERT, Andreas SIXT, Tobias HOFMANN, Eduard MOSGALEWSKY, Dominic RUH, Matthias NEUDORF, Lasse DAU, Jan SCHLEMMER, Mathias AMS, Hagen FETH, Holger WAIBEL
  • Publication number: 20220189274
    Abstract: A method using a safety system and a safety system for localizing at least one person or at least one object in a monitored zone, having at least one control and evaluation unit, having at least one radio location system, wherein the radio location system has arranged radio stations; wherein position data of the person or object can be determined by means of the radio location system; wherein the monitored zone has a plurality of sectors and a plurality of passage zones between the sectors, at least one spatially resolving sensor is associated with each passage zone, and wherein the control and evaluation unit is configured to cyclically compare the position data of the radio location system and the presence data of the spatially resolving sensor in each respective passage zone and to cyclically form status information for the sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Markus HAMMES
  • Publication number: 20220187413
    Abstract: A method and a safety system for localizing at least two objects has a control and evaluation unit, and at least one radio location system. The radio location system has at least three arranged radio stations, wherein at least two respective radio transponders are arranged at the objects. The two radio transponders are arranged spaced apart from one another. Position data of the radio transponders and thus position data of the objects can be determined by means of the radio location system, and the position data can be transmitted from the radio station of the radio location system to the control and evaluation unit and/or the position data can be transmitted from the radio transponder to the control and evaluation unit. The control and evaluation unit is configured to cyclically detect and compare the position data of the radio transponders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Markus HAMMES, Patrik FETH, Magnus ALBERT, Andreas SIXT, Tobias HOFMANN, Eduard MOSGALEWSKY, Dominic RUH, Matthias NEUDORF, Lasse DAU, Jan SCHLEMMER, Mathias AMS, Hagen FETH
  • Patent number: 11251913
    Abstract: A method for controlling a bandwidth used for processing a baseband transmit signal by a transmit path of a transmitter is provided. The method includes generating a first comparison result by comparing, to a threshold value, a first number of physical resource blocks allocated to the transmitter for a first transmission time interval. Further, the method includes generating a second comparison result by comparing, to the threshold value, a second number of physical resource blocks allocated to the transmitter for a subsequent second transmission time interval. The method additionally includes adjusting the bandwidth based on the first and the second comparison results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rainer Dirk Kreienkamp, Stefan Kaehlert, Giuseppe Li Puma, Markus Hammes, Thorsten Clevorn, Jan Ellenbeck, Tobias Scholand, Matthias Malkowski, Narayan Vishwanathan, Chandra Gupta, Markus Schlamann, Romeo Lopez Soto, Lijun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210373526
    Abstract: An optoelectronic safety sensor (10) for safeguarding a machine (34), the sensor (10) comprising a light receiver (24) for optical detection of object data and a control and evaluation unit (26) configured to use the object data to decide whether a safety-critical object (36) is detected in a vicinity of the machine (34) and in this case to trigger a safety-related reaction, and wherein the control and evaluation unit (26) is further configured to adapt the sensitivity of a criterion for deciding whether a safety-critical object (36) is detected as a function of at least one of previously detected objects and simultaneously detected objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Markus HAMMES
  • Patent number: 11177679
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless-chargeable device and an apparatus for controlling a magnetic field strength of a magnetic field generated by an electromagnet. The wireless-chargeable device includes an electromagnet (102) and a control circuit (104). The control circuit (104) is configured to control a magnetic field strength generated by an electro-magnet for alignment of a power-receiving coil (106) of the wireless-chargeable device with respect to a power-transmitting coil of a wireless power supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Kranz, Markus Hammes, Christoph Schultz
  • Publication number: 20210348718
    Abstract: A safety system and a method having a safety system for localizing and identifying a person or an object, a control and evaluation unit, at least one radio location system, and having at least one identification sensor for identifying the person or the object, wherein a marking is arranged on the person or on the object, wherein the radio location system has arranged radio stations, wherein at least one radio transponder is arranged on the person or on the object, wherein position data of the person or of the object can be determined by means of the radio location system, and wherein the position data can be transmitted from the radio station of the radio location system to the control and evaluation unit, and identification data from the marking on the person or the object can be determined by means of the identification sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Fabio BRUNNER, Markus HAMMES, Mathias AMS
  • Patent number: 11118962
    Abstract: An optical scanner comprises a light transmitter for transmitting a light beam; a beam deflection unit that is configured to deflect the transmitted light beam in a periodically varying manner with a predefined period duration in order to scan a detection zone; a light receiver for receiving reflected light; and an electronic control device for controlling the beam deflection unit. The electronic control device is configured to automatically increase or decrease the period duration by a difference amount with respect to a nominal value before or during the operation of the optical scanner in order to counteract crosstalk between the optical scanner and a further optical scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Michael Engler, Joachim Kraemer, Markus Hammes, Ino Geisemeyer