Patents by Inventor Michael Engler
Michael Engler 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).
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Patent number: 11693945Abstract: A security configuration file is received from a first application, the security configuration file including information of an authority. The first application assigns the authority to a second application to enable the second application to trigger jobs at the first application, and the second application provides shared services to a plurality of applications including the first application. A query is received from the second application and in response the authority is sent to the second application. A request for a token is received from the second application, the request including the authority. A token including the authority is sent to the second application. The second application sends the token to the first application when the second application triggers jobs at the first application.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Michael Engler, Martijn de Boer, Wolfgang Janzen, Peter Eberlein
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Patent number: 11592552Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor, in particular a laser scanner, for detecting an object in a monitored zone is provided having a light transmitter for transmitting a light beam into the monitored zone; a light receiver for generating a received signal from the light beam remitted by the object; a moving deflection unit for a periodic deflection of the light beam to scan the monitored zone in the course of the movement; and having a control and evaluation unit that is configured to determine the time of flight between the transmission and reception of the light beam and to determine the distance from the object therefrom, wherein the sensor has a correction of the signal dynamics, i.e. of the relative reception power in dependence on the distance of the scanned object, The control and evaluation unit is here configured to correct the signal dynamics by adapting the sensitivity of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Michael Engler, Joachim Krämer
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Patent number: 11118962Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Michael Engler, Joachim Kraemer, Markus Hammes, Ino Geisemeyer
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Patent number: 11042654Abstract: Metadata describing access control capabilities of a database technology resource is received from an access control system. Access restrictions for accessing data of the database resource by users of an application that have a role are received from an application developer. A role maintenance user interface is generated, using the metadata, for assigning the role to users of the application. Attribute values for creating an instance of the role for a user are received, using the role maintenance user interface. The instance of the role is created for the user based on the received attribute values and the access restrictions. A request from the application for the user to access the database resource is received by the access control system when the user is logged into the application. The access restrictions are applied by the access control system in the database resource when the database resource is accessed.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Kathrin Nos, Michael Engler, Matthias Vogel
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Patent number: 10877132Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of operating a scanner for monitoring an least two-dimensional protected field that is divided into a plurality of cyclically scannable monitored fields, wherein the scanner comprises at least one light transmitter and at least one light receiver. The invention further relates to a scanner for monitoring an at least two-dimensional protected field.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Max Böhme, Michael Engler
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Publication number: 20200300692Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Michael ENGLER, Joachim KRAEMER, Markus HAMMES, Ino GEISEMEYER
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Publication number: 20200200901Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor, in particular a laser scanner, for detecting an object in a monitored zone is provided having a light transmitter for transmitting a light beam into the monitored zone; a light receiver for generating a received signal from the light beam remitted by the object; a moving deflection unit for a periodic deflection of the light beam to scan the monitored zone in the course of the movement; and having a control and evaluation unit that is configured to determine the time of flight between the transmission and reception of the light beam and to determine the distance from the object therefrom, wherein the sensor has a correction of the signal dynamics, i.e. of the relative reception power in dependence on the distance of the scanned object, The control and evaluation unit is here configured to correct the signal dynamics by adapting the sensitivity of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Michael ENGLER, Joachim KRÄMER
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Publication number: 20200184087Abstract: Metadata describing access control capabilities of a database technology resource is received from an access control system. Access restrictions for accessing data of the database resource by users of an application that have a role are received from an application developer. A role maintenance user interface is generated, using the metadata, for assigning the role to users of the application. Attribute values for creating an instance of the role for a user are received, using the role maintenance user interface. The instance of the role is created for the user based on the received attribute values and the access restrictions. A request from the application for the user to access the database resource is received by the access control system when the user is logged into the application. The access restrictions are applied by the access control system in the database resource when the database resource is accessed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Kathrin Nos, Michael Engler, Matthias Vogel
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Patent number: 10634773Abstract: The present invention relates to a monitoring sensor for the spatially resolved detection of objects in a monitored zone in accordance with the principle of triangulation, comprising a light transmitter for transmitting transmitted light into the monitored zone, wherein the light transmitter comprises a light source and a transmission optics that has an optical axis; a light receiver that has a plurality of receiver elements for receiving light from the monitored zone that is remitted by an object to be detected; and a reception optics arranged upstream of the light receiver. The invention further relates to a floor-bound vehicle having a monitoring sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Fabian Jachmann, Michael Engler
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Patent number: 10488550Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor (10) for detecting objects comprises a light transmitter (12) for transmitting a light beam (16), a rotatable deflection unit (18) for periodically deflecting the light beam (16), an angle measuring unit (30) for determining an angular position of the deflection unit (18), a light receiver (26) for generating a reception signal from a reflected light beam (22), wherein the angle measuring unit (30) comprises an image sensor (32) moving with the deflection unit and arranged in the direction of a stationary part (44, 46) of the sensor (10), or a stationary image sensor (32) arranged in the direction of the deflection unit (18), further comprising a computing unit (36) to determine a relative movement of the deflection unit (18) with respect to the sensor (10) from a signal of the image sensor (32).Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Magnus Albert, Boris Baldischweiler, Michael Engler, Joachim Krämer, Jörg Sigmund
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Patent number: 10145584Abstract: A method of determining presence of a flame in a furnace of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method comprises determining, using a controller, whether a processor signal (G) is active, responsive to a determination that the processor signal (G) is active, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of a flame-test input control signal, an output state of a first comparator, responsive to a determination that the output state of the first comparator is high, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of the flame-test input control signal, an output state of a second comparator, and responsive to a determination that the output state of the second comparator is low, transmitting, using the controller, a notification that a flame is present.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventor: Michael Engler
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Publication number: 20180245819Abstract: A method of determining presence of a flame in a furnace of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method comprises determining, using a controller, whether a processor signal (G) is active, responsive to a determination that the processor signal (G) is active, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of a flame-test input control signal, an output state of a first comparator, responsive to a determination that the output state of the first comparator is high, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of the flame-test input control signal, an output state of a second comparator, and responsive to a determination that the output state of the second comparator is low, transmitting, using the controller, a notification that a flame is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventor: Michael ENGLER
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Publication number: 20180196128Abstract: The present invention relates to a monitoring sensor for the spatially resolved detection of objects in a monitored zone in accordance with the principle of triangulation, comprising a light transmitter for transmitting transmitted light into the monitored zone, wherein the light transmitter comprises a light source and a transmission optics that has an optical axis; a light receiver that has a plurality of receiver elements for receiving light from the monitored zone that is remitted by an object to be detected; and a reception optics arranged upstream of the light receiver. The invention further relates to a floor-bound vehicle having a monitoring sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Fabian JACHMANN, Michael ENGLER
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Patent number: 9995820Abstract: A distance-measuring sensor (10) is provided for detecting and determining the distance of objects (18) in a monitored zone comprising a transmitter (12) for transmitting transmitted pulses; a receiver (20) for generating a received signal from the transmitted pulses remitted in the monitored zone; a first comparator unit (36a) for digitizing the received signal with reference to a first threshold; and a control and evaluation unit (30) which is configured to transmit a plurality of transmitted pulses via the transmitter (12), to collect the received signals thereupon generated by the receiver (20) in a histogram and to determine a received time point from the histogram and thus to determine a measured value for the signal transit time from the sensor (10) to the object (18).Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: SICK AGInventors: Fabian Jachmann, Michael Engler, Bernd Rothenberger, Thomas Dollmann
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Publication number: 20180144117Abstract: A security configuration file is received from a first application, the security configuration file including information of an authority. The first application assigns the authority to a second application to enable the second application to trigger jobs at the first application, and the second application provides shared services to a plurality of applications including the first application. A query is received from the second application and in response the authority is sent to the second application. A request for a token is received from the second application, the request including the authority. A token including the authority is sent to the second application. The second application sends the token to the first application when the second application triggers jobs at the first application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Michael Engler, Martijn de Boer, Wolfgang Janzen, Peter Eberlein
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Patent number: 9964334Abstract: A method of determining presence of a flame in a furnace of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method comprises determining, using a controller, whether a processor signal (G) is active, responsive to a determination that the processor signal (G) is active, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of a flame-test input control signal, an output state of a first comparator, responsive to a determination that the output state of the first comparator is high, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of the flame-test input control signal, an output state of a second comparator, and responsive to a determination that the output state of the second comparator is low, transmitting, using the controller, a notification that a flame is present.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventor: Michael Engler
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Patent number: 9946239Abstract: A system and method are disclosed that provide for a dual processor architecture in a furnace or HVAC controller. One processor can control non-safety-critical components and is operable to receive software updates. The other processor can control safety-critical components and is not capable of being updated. Safety-critical components can comprise a flame sensor, gas valve and an igniter.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Sakai, Michael Engler, Stephen J. Vendt
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Publication number: 20180052225Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of operating a scanner for monitoring an least two-dimensional protected field that is divided into a plurality of cyclically scannable monitored fields, wherein the scanner comprises at least one light transmitter and at least one light receiver. The invention further relates to a scanner for monitoring an at least two-dimensional protected field.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Max BÖHME, Michael ENGLER
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Publication number: 20180010823Abstract: A method of determining presence of a flame in a furnace of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method comprises determining, using a controller, whether a processor signal (G) is active, responsive to a determination that the processor signal (G) is active, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of a flame-test input control signal, an output state of a first comparator, responsive to a determination that the output state of the first comparator is high, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of the flame-test input control signal, an output state of a second comparator, and responsive to a determination that the output state of the second comparator is low, transmitting, using the controller, a notification that a flame is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventor: Michael ENGLER
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Publication number: 20170371066Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor (10) for detecting objects comprises a light transmitter (12) for transmitting a light beam (16), a rotatable deflection unit (18) for periodically deflecting the light beam (16), an angle measuring unit (30) for determining an angular position of the deflection unit (18), a light receiver (26) for generating a reception signal from a reflected light beam (22), wherein the angle measuring unit (30) comprises an image sensor (32) moving with the deflection unit and arranged in the direction of a stationary part (44, 46) of the sensor (10), or a stationary image sensor (32) arranged in the direction of the deflection unit (18), further comprising a computing unit (36) to determine a relative movement of the deflection unit (18) with respect to the sensor (10) from a signal of the image sensor (32).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Magnus ALBERT, Boris BALDISCHWEILER, Michael ENGLER, Joachim KRÄMER, Jörg SIGMUND