Patents by Inventor Ralph Schweyer

Ralph Schweyer 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: 7940230
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for depicting digital display elements (a1-n, b1-n, c1-n, d1-n) on a number of display devices (1) that occurs in a temporarily and/or spatially coordinated manner. In order to depict display elements in a chronologically coordinated manner. At least one display computer device (4) and a control computer device (3) are provided, and at least one display device (1) is assigned to each display computer device. At least one display element and/or one reference to the display element and at least one item of control information (ta, tb, tc, td) are transmitted to the control computer device (3). The control computer device generates at least one control command (xa, xb, xc, xd) from the item of control information. Based on the control command from the display computer device (4), signals (5) are generated from the file, which contains or depicts the display elements, and are transmitted to the respectively assigned display device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Infoscreen Gesellschaft fur Staftinformationsanlagen mbH
    Inventors: Markus Erfort, Helmut Mair, Ralph Schweyer, Thomas Thiel
  • Publication number: 20070109214
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for depicting digital display elements (a1-n, b1-n, c1-n, d1-n) on a number of display devices (1) that occurs in a temporarily and/or spatially coordinated manner. In order to depict display elements in a chronologically coordinated manner. At least one display computer device (4) and a control computer device (3) are provided, and at least one display device (1) is assigned to each display computer device. At least one display element and/or one reference to the display element and at least one item of control information (ta, tb, tc, td) are transmitted to the control computer device (3). The control computer device generates at least one control command (xa, xb, xc, xd) from the item of control information. Based on the control command from the display computer device (4), signals (5) are generated from the file, which contains or depicts the display elements, and are transmitted to the respectively assigned display device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Markus Erfort, Helmut Mair, Ralph Schweyer, Thomas Thiel