Patents by Inventor Peter Schoepe

Peter Schoepe 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: 7624219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for connection to a communication bus, in particular an apparatus for encoding the status of several emergency devices for communication across an AS-interface. A data code indicative of a collective state of one or more subsets of the emergency devices is communicated during cyclic communication from the slave to the master whereas information indicative of the individual states of the emergency devices is communicated during acyclic communication from the slave to the master.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: IFM Electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Fuessl, Thomas Riehm, Peter Schoepe
  • Publication number: 20090043939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for connection to a communication bus, in particular an apparatus for encoding the status of several emergency devices for communication across an AS-interface. A data code indicative of a collective state of one or more subsets of the emergency devices is communicated during cyclic communication from the slave to the master whereas information indicative of the individual states of the emergency devices is communicated during acyclic communication from the slave to the master.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Bernd Fuessl, Thomas Riehm, Peter Schoepe