Patents by Inventor Paul Rudolf

Paul Rudolf 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: 9176609
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for conveying information displayed on a touch screen are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes an overlay having an array of pockets, a plurality of valves, wherein each pocket of the array of pockets is coupled to at least one of the plurality of valves via a respective channel, a pump coupled to the plurality of valves for providing a fluid to one or more pockets of the array of pockets and a controller in communication with the pump and each one of the plurality of valves to control an operation of the pump and each one of the plurality of valves for activating the one or more pockets of the array of pockets to correspond to information on a touch screen of the touch screen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Rudolf Wissgott, Hitankumar Gulabhai Mistry
  • Publication number: 20140009405
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for conveying information displayed on a touch screen are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes an overlay having an array of pockets, a plurality of valves, wherein each pocket of the array of pockets is coupled to at least one of the plurality of valves via a respective channel, a pump coupled to the plurality of valves for providing a fluid to one or more pockets of the array of pockets and a controller in communication with the pump and each one of the plurality of valves to control an operation of the pump and each one of the plurality of valves for activating the one or more pockets of the array of pockets to correspond to information on a touch screen of the touch screen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: PAUL RUDOLF WISSGOTT, Hitankumar Gulabhai Mistry
  • Patent number: 8050053
    Abstract: The electronic circuit arrangement for controlling a process device comprises a process interface circuitry and a processing circuitry, wherein the process interface circuitry is designed for receiving process signals from the process device and converting the process signals into converted signals and/or digital data, which converted signals and/or digital data are transmitted to the processing circuitry, and wherein the processing circuitry is designed for processing the converted signals and/or digital data and for outputting processed signals and/or digital data, which processed signals and/or digital data are transmitted to the process interface circuitry, and wherein the process interface circuitry is designed for converting the processed signals and/or digital data into control signals, which control signals are transmitted to the process device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Bernhard Deck, Ernst Johansen, Bernhard Loher, Franz Zurfluh, Hans-Peter Zueger, Paul Rudolf
  • Patent number: 7512571
    Abstract: An associative, or content-addressable, memory device and method based on waves is described. In this invention, arbitrary inputs are written as patterns which are interpreted as values of complex waves, discretized or analog, on one or more buffers. Information is transported via wave propagation from the buffers to a cortex or to multiple cortices, where the patterns are associated using a mathematical operation for storage purposes or de-associated through the corresponding inverse operation for retrieval purposes. The present associative memory is shown to emulate important behavioral properties of the human brain, including higher-brain functions such as learning from experience, forming generalizations or abstractions, and autonomous operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Inventor: Paul Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20080270332
    Abstract: An associative, or content-addressable, memory device (101) and method based on waves is described. In this invention, arbitrary inputs are written as patterns which are interpreted as values of complex waves, discretized or analog, on one or more buffers (102,104). Information is transported via wave propagation from the buffers (102,104) to a cortex (103) or to multiple cortices, where the patterns are (1) associated using a mathematical operation for storage purposes or (2) de-associated through the corresponding inverse operation for retrieval purposes. The present associative memory is shown to emulate important behavioral properties of the human brain, including higher-brain functions such as learning from experience, forming generalizations or abstractions, and autonomous operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Paul Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20080255709
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) such as a digital relay or protection device for Substation or Distribution Automation is conceived in a modular way, comprising distinct modules dedicated to distinct tasks and having dedicated housings or casings, which modules are mechanically arranged on a common support and both visible and accessible from outside of the IED at all times. Modules for signal input (process interface modules comprising a number of input terminals and signal processing (process data handling modules for evaluating signals in view of an automated protection function or as a communication gateway) define the basis of a modular arrangement that is not delimited by any prefabricated cover or cabinet and that allows for a quasi-unlimited flexibility regarding the number of modules and an easy replacement or extension of individual modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Lennart Balgard, Vijay Shah, Bernhard Deck, Paul Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20080160923
    Abstract: A signal transmission system is used to drive at least one power semiconductor switch (S1, S2, . . . , Sn) from a controller (11). The controller (11) can transmit at least one control signal to at least one modulator (M1, M2, . . . , Mn) using at least one first transmission path (3). Each power semiconductor switch (S1, S2, . . . , Sn) is connected to a respective control electrode driver stage (G1, G2, . . . , Gn) and the at least one modulator (M1, M2, . . . , Mn) can transmit at least one drive signal to each of the control electrode driver stages (G1, G2, . . . , Gn) using a respective second transmission path (4). At least one control signal and/or a drive signal can be transmitted using electromagnetic radiation and the associated transmission path (3, 4) is wireless.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Nikola Celanovic, Luc Meysenc, Michael Mazur, Paul Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20080089042
    Abstract: The electronic circuit arrangement (30) for controlling a process device (40) comprises a process interface circuitry (1) and a processing circuitry (2), wherein the process interface circuitry (1) is designed for receiving process signals from the process device (40) and converting the process signals into converted signals and/or digital data, which converted signals and/or digital so data are transmitted to the processing circuitry (2), and wherein the processing circuitry (2) is designed for processing the converted signals and/or digital data and for outputting processed signals and/or digital data, which processed signals and/or digital data are transmitted to the process interface circuitry (1), and wherein the process interface circuitry (1) is designed for converting the processed signals and/or digital data into control signals, which control signals are transmitted to the process device (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Bernhard Deck, Ernst Johansen, Bernhard Loher, Franz Zurfluh, Hans-Peter Zueger, Paul Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20060198085
    Abstract: An electric switchboard comprising an enclosure having a door and a plurality of walls which all together delimit an inside volume suitable to accommodate internal components of the switchboard, the peculiarity of which consists in the fact that it comprises a dedicated compartment which is shaped to allow performing wireless communication of signals between at least one of the internal components of the switchboard and one further component. The invention relates also to a medium voltage substation comprising such a switchboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Marco Tellarini, Bernhard Deck, Paul Rudolf
  • Patent number: 7103453
    Abstract: A method for installation of a programmable protective function in a protective device for an electrical power distribution network, with the protective device having means for processing measured values from measurement appliances for the power distribution network, and having means for initiating switching commands by primary appliances for the power distribution network, and the protective function determining the switching commands on the basis of the measured values, when it is carried out, has the following steps: transmission of a description of the protective function from a remote function server via a communication link to the protective device, loading of the description in the protective device, and implementation of the loaded description of the protective function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: ABB Research LTD
    Inventors: Bernhard Deck, Mario Crevatin, Catherine Körbächer, Hans-Peter Züger, Paul Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20040193789
    Abstract: An associative, or content-addressable, memory device (101) and method based on waves is described. In this invention, arbitrary inputs are written as patterns which are interpreted as values of complex waves, discretized or analog, on one or more buffers (102,104). Information is transported via wave propagation from the buffers (102,104) to a cortex (103) or to multiple cortices, where the patterns are (1) associated using a mathematical operation for storage purposes or (2) de-associated through the corresponding inverse operation for retrieval purposes. The present associative memory is shown to emulate important behavioral properties of the human brain, including higher-brain functions such as learning from experience, forming generalizations or abstractions, and autonomous operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Paul Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20040098172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a configuration system for configuration of appliances in networks, for example substation control technology, having at least one appliance to be configured and having elements which are configured in a specific manner, and configuration means for reconfiguration of the appliance on the basis of received new configuration information; and a configuration server, which is connected via a network to the at least one appliance to be configured and which has composition means for creation of new configuration information for the appliance to be configured and means for determination of the present configuration of the at least one appliance to be configured. The invention likewise relates to a corresponding configuration method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Bernhard Deck, Mario Crevatin, Catherine Korbacher, Hans-Peter Zuger, Paul Rudolf
  • Publication number: 20040098170
    Abstract: A method for installation of a programmable protective function in a protective device (1) for an electrical power distribution network, with the protective device (1) having means for processing (14) measured values from measurement appliances (3, 4) for the power distribution network, and having means for initiating (16) switching commands by primary appliances (2) for the power distribution network, and the protective function determining the switching commands on the basis of the measured values, when it is carried out, has the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Bernhard Deck, Mario Crevatin, Catherine Korbacher, Hans-Peter Zuger, Paul Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6492898
    Abstract: In a data transmission system for a pipeline which is electrically conductive at least in sections, the pipeline itself forms a data line. For this purpose, a coupling element is present for the modulation of electrical signals onto a potential of the pipeline. A cost-effective data transmission system is created which can be used in remote regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Bruno Sabbattini, Josef Lehmann, Paul Rudolf, Daniel Matter