Patents by Inventor ROBERT RUNGE

ROBERT RUNGE 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).

  • Device and method for monitoring a signal emitter comprising a light-emitting diode in a light-signal system
    Patent number: 10006616
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a signal transmitter for a traffic control signal installation. The signal transmitter has a light-emitting diode. The monitoring apparatus includes: a two-channel measuring device for measuring an actual light intensity of the light which is emitted by the diode and for measuring at least one electrical characteristic variable of the diode, and a control device for operating the signal transmitter depending on the measured actual light intensity and the measured electrical characteristic variable. There is also described a corresponding method, a signal transmitter, a traffic control signal installation and a computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Braatz, Heiko Junker, Robert Runge, Geert De Zaeyer
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SIGNAL EMITTER COMPRISING A LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE IN A LIGHT-SIGNAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170227203
    Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring a signal transmitter for a traffic control signal installation. The signal transmitter has a light-emitting diode. The monitoring apparatus includes: a two-channel measuring device for measuring an actual light intensity of the light which is emitted by the diode and for measuring at least one electrical characteristic variable of the diode, and a control device for operating the signal transmitter depending on the measured actual light intensity and the measured electrical characteristic variable. There is also described a corresponding method, a signal transmitter, a traffic control signal installation and a computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: ROBERT BRAATZ, HEIKO JUNKER, ROBERT RUNGE, GEERT DE ZAEYER