Patents by Inventor Norbert Seitz

Norbert Seitz 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: 11922330
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a physical state of a movable object includes a processor receiving or determining a probability mass function including probabilities for each of a first group of at least two movement classes, wherein the movement models of the first group being determined using sensor data from the inertial measurement unit. The processor receives at least one additional probability mass function associated with a second group of at least two movement classes, wherein the additional probability mass function has been obtained using additional information different from the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Franke, Sebastian Kram, Christian Nickel, Jochen Seitz, Mohammad Alawieh
  • Patent number: 10797916
    Abstract: An EHF receiver that determines an initial slicing voltage level and dynamically adjusts the slicing voltage level and/or amplifier gain levels to account for characteristics of the received EHF electromagnetic data signal. The architecture includes an amplifier, detector, adaptive signal slicer, and controller. The detector includes a main detector and replica detector that convert the received EHF electromagnetic data signal into a baseband signal and a reference signal. The controller uses the baseband signal and reference signal to determine an initial slicing voltage level, and dynamically adjust the slicing voltage level and the gain settings of the amplifier to compensate for changing signal conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Keyssa, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20200014567
    Abstract: An EHF receiver that determines an initial slicing voltage level and dynamically adjusts the slicing voltage level and/or amplifier gain levels to account for characteristics of the received EHF electromagnetic data signal. The architecture includes an amplifier, detector, adaptive signal slicer, and controller. The detector includes a main detector and replica detector that convert the received EHF electromagnetic data signal into a baseband signal and a reference signal. The controller uses the baseband signal and reference signal to determine an initial slicing voltage level, and dynamically adjust the slicing voltage level and the gain settings of the amplifier to compensate for changing signal conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Norbert Seitz
  • Patent number: 10250418
    Abstract: An EHF receiver that determines an initial slicing voltage level and dynamically adjusts the slicing voltage level and/or amplifier gain levels to account for characteristics of the received EHF electromagnetic data signal. The architecture includes an amplifier, detector, adaptive signal slicer, and controller. The detector includes a main detector and replica detector that convert the received EHF electromagnetic data signal into a baseband signal and a reference signal. The controller uses the baseband signal and reference signal to determine an initial slicing voltage level, and dynamically adjust the slicing voltage level and the gain settings of the amplifier to compensate for changing signal conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Keyssa Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Norbert Seitz
  • Patent number: 10027382
    Abstract: Circuit connectors for establishing EHF communication include a receiver configured to receive a transmitted EHF electromagnetic signal, and an output circuit coupled to the receiver. The output circuit has two states of operation that correspond to enabling a signal output and disabling the signal output. The output circuit is also configured to change its state of operation responsive to a state of a control signal, and a controller is coupled to the receiver and configured to produce the control signal. The control signal has two states that correspond to a first condition when the received signal exceeds a first threshold and a second condition when the received signal is less than a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Keyssa, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Gary D. McCormack, Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20180041235
    Abstract: An EHF receiver that determines an initial slicing voltage level and dynamically adjusts the slicing voltage level and/or amplifier gain levels to account for characteristics of the received EHF electromagnetic data signal. The architecture includes an amplifier, detector, adaptive signal slicer, and controller. The detector includes a main detector and replica detector that convert the received EHF electromagnetic data signal into a baseband signal and a reference signal. The controller uses the baseband signal and reference signal to determine an initial slicing voltage level, and dynamically adjust the slicing voltage level and the gain settings of the amplifier to compensate for changing signal conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Norbert Seitz
  • Patent number: 9856006
    Abstract: A method of reducing vibration in a rotary system (120, 130, 140) of a watercraft, for example a cargo ship (100), comprising balancing said rotary system (120, 130, 140), characterized by providing a rotational element (300, 302-306) comprising a chamber (310-312) having a fulcrum on a rotational axis (340) of said rotational element (300, 302-306), comprising a circumferential balancing area (320) and being partially filled with an amount of a thixotropic balancing substance (330). A corresponding apparatus and system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventor: Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20170077997
    Abstract: Circuit connectors for establishing EHF communication include a receiver configured to receive a transmitted EHF electromagnetic signal, and an output circuit coupled to the receiver. The output circuit has two states of operation that correspond to enabling a signal output and disabling the signal output. The output circuit is also configured to change its state of operation responsive to a state of a control signal, and a controller is coupled to the receiver and configured to produce the control signal. The control signal has two states that correspond to a first condition when the received signal exceeds a first threshold and a second condition when the received signal is less than a second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Gary D. McCormack, Norbert Seitz
  • Patent number: 9515707
    Abstract: Circuit connectors for establishing EHF communication include a receiver configured to receive a transmitted EHF electromagnetic signal, and an output circuit coupled to the receiver. The output circuit has two states of operation that correspond to enabling a signal output and disabling the signal output. The output circuit is also configured to change its state of operation responsive to a state of a control signal, and a controller is coupled to the receiver and configured to produce the control signal. The control signal has two states that correspond to a first condition when the received signal exceeds a first threshold and a second condition when the received signal is less than a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Keyssa, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Gary D. McCormack, Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20160248482
    Abstract: Circuit connectors for establishing EHF communication include a receiver configured to receive a transmitted EHF electromagnetic signal, and an output circuit coupled to the receiver. The output circuit has two states of operation that correspond to enabling a signal output and disabling the signal output. The output circuit is also configured to change its state of operation responsive to a state of a control signal, and a controller is coupled to the receiver and configured to produce the control signal. The control signal has two states that correspond to a first condition when the received signal exceeds a first threshold and a second condition when the received signal is less than a second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Gary D. McCormack, Norbert Seitz
  • Patent number: 9374154
    Abstract: Circuit connectors for establishing EHF communication include a receiver configured to receive a transmitted EHF electromagnetic signal, and an output circuit coupled to the receiver. The output circuit has two states of operation that correspond to enabling a signal output and disabling the signal output. The output circuit is also configured to change its state of operation responsive to a state of a control signal, and a controller is coupled to the receiver and configured to produce the control signal. The control signal has two states that correspond to a first condition when the received signal exceeds a first threshold and a second condition when the received signal is less than a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Keyssa, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Gary D. McCormack, Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20140080417
    Abstract: Circuit connectors for establishing EHF communication include a receiver configured to receive a transmitted EHF electromagnetic signal, and an output circuit coupled to the receiver. The output circuit has two states of operation that correspond to enabling a signal output and disabling the signal output. The output circuit is also configured to change its state of operation responsive to a state of a control signal, and a controller is coupled to the receiver and configured to produce the control signal. The control signal has two states that correspond to a first condition when the received signal exceeds a first threshold and a second condition when the received signal is less than a second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Gary D. McCormack, Norbert Seitz
  • Patent number: 8424371
    Abstract: A method of analyzing a vehicle wheel comprising a tire of a predetermined configuration and a thixotropic balancing substance, comprising rotating the vehicle wheel with a predetermined number of revolutions for a period of time, wherein a tread surface of the tire is pressed in a first contact area against a rotatable drum with a predetermined force, and a first acceleration in the first contact area is measured with a measuring device; rotating another vehicle wheel comprising another tire of the predetermined configuration with the predetermined number of revolutions for another period of time, the other vehicle wheel being conventionally balanced and having another residual unbalance, wherein another tread surface of the other tire is pressed in a second contact area against the rotatable drum with the predetermined force, and a second acceleration in the second contact area is measured with the measuring device and if the first acceleration is less than or equal to the second acceleration, determining t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Lars Bertil Carnehammar
    Inventor: Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20120260766
    Abstract: A method of reducing vibration in a rotary system (120, 130) of a motor vehicle, for example a car (100), comprising: balancing said rotary system (120, 130), characterized by providing a rotational element (300, 302-306) comprising a chamber (310-312) having a fulcrum on a rotational axis (340) of said rotational element (300, 302-306), comprising a circumferential balancing area (320) and being partially filled with an amount of a thixotropic balancing substance (330). A corresponding apparatus and system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20120252591
    Abstract: A method of reducing vibration in a rotary system (120, 130, 140) of a watercraft, for example a cargo ship (100), comprising balancing said rotary system (120, 30, 140), characterized by providing a rotational element (300, 302-306) comprising a chamber (310-312) having a fulcrum on a rotational axis (340) of said rotational element (300, 302-306), comprising a circumferential balancing area (320) and being partially filled with an amount of a thixotropic balancing substance (330). A corresponding apparatus and system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventor: Norbert Seitz
  • Patent number: 8215349
    Abstract: The invention relates to automobile tires or tire assemblies or parts thereof suitable for being balanced by introduction therein of a thixrotropic balancing gel, wherein surfaces of the tire or tire assembly or part thereof which are intended to be in contact with the balancing gel are provided with a surface nanostructure with an average surface roughness in the range of 1-1000 nm. The surface nanostructure will enable the thixotropic balancing gel to move to the location, where it balances the tire, significantly quicker than if the surface in question did not have the surface nanostructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Lars Bertil Carnehammer
    Inventor: Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20110212265
    Abstract: A method of processing a vehicle tyre, comprising inserting a delimiter (471) into the tyre by forming the delimiter from a delimiter material; and a corresponding apparatus and system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20110203741
    Abstract: A method of processing a vehicle tyre, comprising mounting the tyre to an apparatus for handling, for example moving, transporting and rotating, the tyre; and dismounting the tyre from the apparatus for handling the tyre; and a corresponding apparatus and system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventor: Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20110162442
    Abstract: A method for reducing vibration in a rotary system (130,131,133) of an article processing machine, for example a washing machine, comprising balancing said rotary system, characterized by providing a substantially circular chamber having a fulcrum on an axis (132) of said rotary system and being partially filled with an amount of a thixotropic balancing substance. A system for reducing vibration in a rotary system of an article processing machine according to the method, and a corresponding balancing device, drum and drum wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Alvin Ronlan, Norbert Seitz
  • Publication number: 20110129341
    Abstract: A method for reducing vibration in a rotary system (140; 240a; 240b; 340a; 340b) of an aircraft (100), for example an aeroplane or a rotorcraft, such as a helicopter, comprising balancing said rotary system (140; 240a; 240b; 340a; 340b), characterized by providing a substantially circular chamber (232a, 233a, 234b, 235a, 236a, 237a; 232b, 233b, 234b, 235b, 237b; 335a; 335b; 433a; 433b; 433c; 535a; 535b; 535c) having a fulcrumon an axis (260a; 260b; 360a; 360b; 460a; 460b; 460c; 560a; 560b; 560c) of a shaft (131; 231a; 231b; 331a; 331b; 431a; 431b; 431c; 531a; 531b; 531c) of said rotary system (140; 240a; 240b; 340a; 340b) and being partially filled with an amount of a thixotropic balancing substance (338a; 338b; 438a; 438b; 438c; 538a; 538b; 538c). An apparatus, and a system, for reducing vibration in a rotary system (140; 240a; 240b; 340a; 340b) of an aircraft (100) according to the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Norbert Seitz