Patents by Inventor Ortwin Ludger Franzen

Ortwin Ludger Franzen 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: 9940297
    Abstract: A method for manipulating the bus communication of an electronic control device is provided, wherein the bus communication includes a bus hardware-independent first communication layer and a bus hardware-dependent second communication layer. The first communication layer encodes at least one piece of information in a first protocol data unit and transmits it to the second communication layer and/or the first communication layer receives the first protocol data unit from the second communication layer and decodes the first information from the first protocol data unit. The second communication layer generates bus hardware-dependent bus information from the first protocol data unit or from an additional protocol data unit derived from the first protocol data unit for transmission via the bus and/or the second communication layer generates the first protocol data unit or an additional protocol data unit, from which the first protocol data unit can be derived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Ortwin Ludger Franzen, Ralf Stolpe, Ulrich Kiffmeier
  • Patent number: 9864355
    Abstract: A test device for testing at least a portion of a virtual control unit with a simulation environment in a simulator, having the virtual control unit and the simulation environment. The virtual control unit has at least one software component with an external data interface. The simulation environment has a data interface for indirect data exchange with the virtual electronic control unit. A reduced dependency between the virtual control unit and the simulation environment with the result that electrical fault simulation with virtual electronic control units is possible in a simpler way, is achieved in that a virtual control unit pin module and a virtual manipulation unit are additionally provided between the virtual control unit and the simulation environment, the two units transmit a virtual physical control unit signal through a virtual control unit pin of the virtual electronic control unit pin module. The virtual manipulation unit outputs a manipulated virtual physical control unit signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Ortwin Ludger Franzen, Karsten Kruegel
  • Patent number: 9766607
    Abstract: A test device for testing at least a portion of a virtual electronic control unit with a simulation environment in a simulator, having the virtual electronic control unit and the simulation environment. The virtual electronic control unit has a software component with an external data interface. The simulation environment has a data interface for direct data exchange with the virtual electronic control unit. A test device with reduced adaptation effort is implemented via a virtual electronic control unit pin module that has at least one virtual electronic control unit interface and is connected via the virtual electronic control unit interface to the external data interface of the software component of the virtual electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Ortwin Ludger Franzen, Karsten Kruegel
  • Patent number: 9588656
    Abstract: A method for automatic connection of model components of a model of a technical system on a computer with a display, wherein the model has a first model component and a second model component. The first model component and the second model component each have at least one hierarchy element, wherein a hierarchy element contains no hierarchy element, or one hierarchy element, or multiple hierarchy elements. A hierarchy element has no port, or one port, or multiple ports, wherein a hierarchy element and a port have an identifier. A connection between two ports represents an assignment in the technical system. A first set of hierarchy elements and/or ports and a second set of hierarchy elements and/or ports is selected through a graphical user action, wherein a possible assignment is tested for a first port of the first set and a second port of the second set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventor: Ortwin Ludger Franzen
  • Publication number: 20150149944
    Abstract: A method for automatic connection of model components of a model of a technical system on a computer with a display, wherein the model has a first model component and a second model component. The first model component and the second model component each have at least one hierarchy element, wherein a hierarchy element contains no hierarchy element, or one hierarchy element, or multiple hierarchy elements. A hierarchy element has no port, or one port, or multiple ports, wherein a hierarchy element and a port have an identifier. A connection between two ports represents an assignment in the technical system. A first set of hierarchy elements and/or ports and a second set of hierarchy elements and/or ports is selected through a graphical user action, wherein a possible assignment is tested for a first port of the first set and a second port of the second set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventor: Ortwin Ludger FRANZEN
  • Publication number: 20140330401
    Abstract: A test device for testing at least a portion of a virtual control unit with a simulation environment in a simulator, having the virtual control unit and the simulation environment. The virtual control unit has at least one software component with an external data interface. The simulation environment has a data interface for indirect data exchange with the virtual electronic control unit. A reduced dependency between the virtual control unit and the simulation environment with the result that electrical fault simulation with virtual electronic control units is possible in a simpler way, is achieved in that a virtual control unit pin module and a virtual manipulation unit are additionally provided between the virtual control unit and the simulation environment, the two units transmit a virtual physical control unit signal through a virtual control unit pin of the virtual electronic control unit pin module. The virtual manipulation unit outputs a manipulated virtual physical control unit signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Ortwin Ludger FRANZEN, Karsten KRUEGEL
  • Publication number: 20140330405
    Abstract: A test device for testing at least a portion of a virtual electronic control unit with a simulation environment in a simulator, having the virtual electronic control unit and the simulation environment. The virtual electronic control unit has a software component with an external data interface. The simulation environment has a data interface for direct data exchange with the virtual electronic control unit. A test device with reduced adaptation effort is implemented via a virtual electronic control unit pin module that has at least one virtual electronic control unit interface and is connected via the virtual electronic control unit interface to the external data interface of the software component of the virtual electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Ortwin Ludger FRANZEN, Karsten KRUEGEL
  • Patent number: 8645918
    Abstract: An adjustment device for adjusting at least one control device with at least one control device microcontroller and with at least one control device debug interface, where the adjustment device comprises at least one programmable unit, at least one data transmission interface for connecting the adjustment device to an operating unit, and at least one adjustment device debug interface for connecting the adjustment device to the control device debug interface of the control device. The adjustment device according to the invention accomplishes the objective of reducing the load on the control device due to control device application by at least one address list and at least one data list, which are provided in a memory of the adjustment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Leinfellner, Ortwin Ludger Franzen, Hans-Guenter Limberg, Marc Dressler, Paul Gruber
  • Publication number: 20130326098
    Abstract: A method for manipulating the bus communication of an electronic control device is provided, wherein the bus communication includes a bus hardware-independent first communication layer and a bus hardware-dependent second communication layer. The first communication layer encodes at least one piece of information in a first protocol data unit and transmits it to the second communication layer and/or the first communication layer receives the first protocol data unit from the second communication layer and decodes the first information from the first protocol data unit. The second communication layer generates bus hardware-dependent bus information from the first protocol data unit or from an additional protocol data unit derived from the first protocol data unit for transmission via the bus and/or the second communication layer generates the first protocol data unit or an additional protocol data unit, from which the first protocol data unit can be derived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Ortwin Ludger FRANZEN, Ralf STOLPE, Ulrich KIFFMEIER
  • Publication number: 20080065239
    Abstract: The invention concerns an adjustment device for adjusting at least one control device with at least one control device microcontroller and with at least one control device debug interface, where the adjustment device comprises at least one programmable unit, at least one data transmission interface for connecting the adjustment device to an operating unit, and at least one adjustment device debug interface for connecting the adjustment device to the control device debug interface of the control device. The adjustment device according to the invention accomplishes the objective of reducing the load on the control device due to control device application by at least one address list and at least one data list which are provided in a memory of the adjustment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Leinfellner, Ortwin Ludger Franzen, Hans-Guenter Limberg, Marc Dressler, Paul Gruber
  • Patent number: 7315331
    Abstract: A method for the motion-vector-based conversion of a first video signal which contains a first image sequence at a first frequency to a second video signal which contains a second image sequence at a second frequency, where at least some of the images of the second image sequence which are phase-shifted relative to the images of the first image sequence are generated by an interpolation of the images of the first image sequence such that, for a pixel of an image from the second image sequence, pixels at least from one first image and from one second image of the first image sequence are filtered by a median filter, where the median filter is an adaptively weighted median filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: MICRONAS GmbH
    Inventor: Ortwin Ludger Franzen
  • Publication number: 20040119887
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for movement vector assisted conversion of a first video signal containing a first image sequence at a first frequency into a second video signal containing a second image sequence at a second frequency. At least some of the images in the second image sequence, which are phase shifted in relation to the first image sequence, are formed by a interpolation of images in the first image sequence in such a manner that, pixel points of at least one first image and a second image are filtered by means of a median filter, for a pixel of an image in the second image sequence median. The median filter is an adoptively weighted median filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Ortwin Ludger Franzen