Patents by Inventor Michael Schatt

Michael Schatt 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).

  • Patent number: 10185858
    Abstract: In order to increase safety, a computer-implemented method is proposed for determining the position of a lift cabin in a lift shaft with the aid of a coding device, which comprises a code band as a marking, wherein the position is determined analytically by means of an algorithm on the basis of the code of the marking, wherein an extrapolated position is determined from the stored positions and the instant of the recording and, in turn, a coding pattern to be compared in relation to the recording is calculated by inverting the algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: CEDES AG
    Inventors: Michael Schatt, Marco Graf
  • Patent number: 9704010
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining the position of a lift cabin in a lift shaft with the aid of a coding device, in which method is at least one of a section of the code band and the bearing device is recorded with an optical detection device as a pixel image in which the pixel image is larger than the position marker, the pixel image is processed and a binary code is decoded by means of an algorithm and converted into a position indication, a checksum of the position marker, which is formed by at least one of the binary code and grayscale values of the position marker, is compared to a predetermined value, and one of a barcode and a 2D code calculated from the position indication using an inverse of the algorithm and is compared with at least one recorded row outside of the position marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Cedes AG
    Inventors: Michael Schatt, Marco Graf
  • Patent number: 9558388
    Abstract: In order to increase safety, a computer-implemented method is proposed for determining the position of a lift cabin in a lift shaft with the aid of a coding device, wherein a section of the code band and/or of the bearing device is recorded with an optical detection device as a pixel image consisting of pixels and the instant of the recording being measured and assigned to the pixel image, wherein the position is determinable analytically from position markers of the code band by way of an algorithm and wherein at least one checking method which uses, inter alia, a calculated extrapolated position is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cedes AG
    Inventors: Michael Schatt, Marco Graf
  • Publication number: 20160289041
    Abstract: In order to increase safety, a computer-implemented method is proposed for determining the position of a lift cabin in a lift shaft with the aid of a coding device, which comprises a code band as a marking, wherein the position is determined analytically by means of an algorithm on the basis of the code of the marking, wherein an extrapolated position is determined from the stored positions and the instant of the recording and, in turn, a coding pattern to be compared in relation to the recording is calculated by inverting the algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: CEDES AG
    Inventors: Michael SCHATT, Marco GRAF
  • Publication number: 20160275328
    Abstract: In order to increase safety, a computer-implemented method is proposed for determining the position of a lift cabin in a lift shaft with the aid of a coding device, wherein a section of the code band and/or of the bearing device is recorded with an optical detection device as a pixel image consisting of pixels and the instant of the recording being measured and assigned to the pixel image, wherein the position is determinable analytically from position markers of the code band by way of an algorithm and wherein at least one checking method which uses, inter alia, a calculated extrapolated position is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: CEDES AG
    Inventors: Michael SCHATT, Marco GRAF
  • Publication number: 20160272459
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining the position of a lift cabin in a lift shaft with the aid of a coding device, in which method is at least one of a section of the code band and the bearing device is recorded with an optical detection device as a pixel image in which the pixel image is larger than the position marker, the pixel image is processed and a binary code is decoded by means of an algorithm and converted into a position indication, a checksum of the position marker, which is formed by at least one of the binary code and grayscale values of the position marker, is compared to a predetermined value, and one of a barcode and a 2D code calculated from the position indication using an inverse of the algorithm and is compared with at least one recorded row outside of the position marker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: CEDES AG
    Inventors: Michael SCHATT, Marco GRAF
  • Patent number: 9359170
    Abstract: In order to increase safety, a computer-implemented method is proposed for determining the position of a lift cabin in a lift shaft with the aid of a coding device, in which method a section of a code band and/or of the bearing device is/are recorded with an optical detection device as a pixel image consisting of pixels, a reference marking analysis is carried out, the pixel image is processed, in particular is assigned to a detection grid, pixels of the pixel image are preferably combined with the aid of their color and/or position in order to be able to read out the barcode and/or 2D code of the marking, the barcode and/or 2D code is converted to a binary code, the binary code is decoded by means of an algorithm and is converted into a position indication and/or into information as to whether a bearing device has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Cedes AG
    Inventors: Michael Schatt, Marco Graf
  • Publication number: 20150102097
    Abstract: In order to increase safety, a computer-implemented method is proposed for determining the position of a lift cabin in a lift shaft with the aid of a coding device, in which method a section of a code band and/or of the bearing device is/are recorded with an optical detection device as a pixel image consisting of pixels, a reference marking analysis is carried out, the pixel image is processed, in particular is assigned to a detection grid, pixels of the pixel image are preferably combined with the aid of their color and/or position in order to be able to read out the barcode and/or 2D code of the marking, the barcode and/or 2D code is converted to a binary code, the binary code is decoded by means of an algorithm and is converted into a position indication and/or into information as to whether a bearing device has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Cedes AG
    Inventors: Michael SCHATT, Marco GRAF
  • Patent number: 5973294
    Abstract: A heated windshield scraper device 10 including a scraper blade member 20 mounted on a housing member 21 that is telescopically received in a handle member 30 that contains an adjustable heating unit 13 that provides heat both to the scraper blade member 20 and the handle member 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventors: Michael Schatt, Keith Edleblute