Patents by Inventor Sandra Schmitz

Sandra Schmitz 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).

  • Test installation for testing control programs for a robot installation
    Patent number: 9436172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a test installation for testing control programs for a real robot installation, particularly for a lacquering installation, having a plurality of robot controllers (2.1-2.n), which each contain a control program and correspond to robot controllers (2.1-2.n) in the real robot installation, at least one control unit (4) for co-ordinating the robot controllers (2.1-2.n), wherein the control unit (4) contains a control program and corresponds to a control unit (4) in the real robot installation, and also having a first data bus (3) which connects the robot controllers (2.1-2.n) to one another and/or to the control unit (4), wherein the first data bus (3) corresponds to a data bus in the real robot installation. It is proposed that the test installation additionally have a modelling device (9) which is connected to the first data bus (3) and simulates peripheral components of the real robot installation, so that the control programs can be tested without the peripheral components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Duerr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Sandra Schmitz, Gerhard Alonso Garcia, Michael Fella
  • TEST INSTALLATION FOR TESTING CONTROL PROGRAMS FOR A ROBOT INSTALLATION
    Publication number: 20130060378
    Abstract: The invention relates to a test installation for testing control programs for a real robot installation, particularly for a lacquering installation, having a plurality of robot controllers (2.1-2.n), which each contain a control program and correspond to robot controllers (2.1-2.n) in the real robot installation, at least one control unit (4) for co-ordinating the robot controllers (2.1-2.n), wherein the control unit (4) contains a control program and corresponds to a control unit (4) in the real robot installation, and also having a first data bus (3) which connects the robot controllers (2.1-2.n) to one another and/or to the control unit (4), wherein the first data bus (3) corresponds to a data bus in the real robot installation. It is proposed that the test installation additionally have a modelling device (9) which is connected to the first data bus (3) and simulates peripheral components of the real robot installation, so that the control programs can be tested without the peripheral components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: DUERR SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Sandra Schmitz, Gerhard Alonso Garcia, Michael Fella