Patents by Inventor Markus Markstaler

Markus Markstaler 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).

  • Control system for a plurality of lamp-operating devices that are arranged in a distributed manner and method for initializing such a control system
    Patent number: 7821210
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control system for several distributed lamp-operating devices, comprising at least one control station (1), a control line (2) that connects the control station (1) to each lamp-operating device, and a receiver which is allocated to each lamp-operating device and is used for communicating with the control station (1). Each lamp-operating device in said control system is part of a first or a second type while lamp-operating devices of the first and the second type can be combined into functional couples. The lamp-operating devices of the first type (20-1, 20-2) are configured and connected to the respectively allocated lamp-operating device of the second type (10-1 to 10-4) so as to be able to selectively activate or deactivate the lamp-operating devices of the second type (10-1 to 10-4) in accordance with a request by the control station (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Markstaler
  • Control system for a plurality of lamp-operating devices that are arranged in a distributed manner and method for initializing such a control system
    Publication number: 20070080820
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control system for several distributed lamp-operating devices, comprising at least one control station (1), a control line (2) that connects the control station (1) to each lamp-operating device, and a receiver which is allocated to each lamp-operating device and is used for communicating with the control station (1). Each lamp-operating device in said control system is part of a first or a second type while lamp-operating devices of the first and the second type can be combined into functional couples. The lamp-operating devices of the first type (20-1, 20-2) are configured and connected to the respectively allocated lamp-operating device of the second type (10-1 to 10-4) so as to be able to selectively activate or deactivate the lamp-operating devices of the second type (10-1 to 10-4) in accordance with a request by the control station (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventor: Markus Markstaler