Patents by Inventor Simon Stein

Simon Stein 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).

  • Process for digital, bidirectional data transmission
    Patent number: 8135977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for digital, bidirectional data transmission between a processing unit and a position encoder, as based on the transmission of frames of a predetermined bit length, such that each frame is provided with at least an initial bit length for the transmission of data from the processing unit to the position encoder and at least a second bit length for the transmission of data from the position encoder to the processing unit; and such that the frame is provided with a time slot in which data is neither transmitted from the processing unit to the position encoder nor from the position encoder to the processing unit. In the time slot a triggering signal (external sync signal) is transmitted from the processing unit to the position encoder and this triggers the acquisition of position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sick Stegmann GmbH
    Inventors: Massimo Francescon, Ulrich Armbruster, Simon Stein
  • Process for digital, bidirectional data transmission
    Publication number: 20100023791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for digital, bidirectional data transmission between a processing unit and a position encoder, as based on the transmission of frames of a predetermined bit length, such that each frame is provided with at least an initial bit length for the transmission of data from the processing unit to the position encoder and at least a second bit length for the transmission of data from the position encoder to the processing unit; and such that the frame is provided with a time slot in which data is neither transmitted from the processing unit to the position encoder nor from the position encoder to the processing unit. In the time slot a triggering signal (external sync signal) is transmitted from the processing unit to the position encoder and this triggers the acquisition of position data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: SICK STEGMANN GmbH
    Inventors: Massimo Francescon, Ulrich Armbruster, Simon Stein