Patents by Inventor Rudolf Hajek

Rudolf Hajek 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).

  • Sensor device and sensor interface
    Patent number: 8878518
    Abstract: A mode detector in a sensor interface is configured to detect a mode specified by a mode signal when an input signal received from a side of a first terminal is the mode signal. A communication portion in the interface transmits an electric signal, obtained from a sensor circuit, to a side of a second terminal when a mode detected with the detector is a sensor output mode. The communication portion receives an input signal from the side of the first terminal while transmitting an output signal to the side of the second terminal, when a mode detected with the detector is a communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masahisa Niwa, Kunitaka Okada, Rudolf Hajek, Jiri Kutej, Timothy J. Warneck
  • SENSOR DEVICE AND SENSOR INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20140035558
    Abstract: A mode detector in a sensor interface is configured to detect a mode specified by a mode signal when an input signal received from a side of a first terminal is the mode signal. A communication portion in the interface transmits an electric signal, obtained from a sensor circuit, to a side of a second terminal when a mode detected with the detector is a sensor output mode. The communication portion receives an input signal from the side of the first terminal while transmitting an output signal to the side of the second terminal, when a mode detected with the detector is a communication mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Masahisa NIWA, Kunitaka Okada, Rudolf Hajek, Jiri Kutej, Timothy J. Warneck