Patents by Inventor STEFFEN UECKERT

STEFFEN UECKERT 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: 10919550
    Abstract: A method for determining the position of a track-guided vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes readjusting a distance measuring device on the vehicle for obtaining position-determining distance measurement values based on position marker information available at position markers on the track, wherein the position marker information is captured by a position marker information recorder connected to the distance measuring device. In order to be able to carry out an exact determination of the position of a track-guided vehicle in a comparatively simple way, the position marker information of the same position marker is detected again by a further position marker information recorder being offset relative to the first position marker information recorder in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a generation of further position-determining distance measurement values is initiated. A positioning device for determining the position of a track-guided vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Haedicke, Andreas Steingroever, Steffen Ueckert
  • Patent number: 10919544
    Abstract: A safety control system and a method configured for interlocking a Mechanical Gap Filler (hereafter MGF) with both a Platform Screen Door (PSD) and a Guided Vehicle Door (GVD) of a guided vehicle at standstill. The system is disposed along a platform in order to secure the exchange between the platform and a guided vehicle at standstill along the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Marco, Steffen Ueckert
  • Patent number: 10457301
    Abstract: A method for determining a signal aspect representing the vacant or occupied state of a track section for a rail vehicle, in particular a maintenance or construction vehicle, on a CBTC track. In this case, the rail vehicle does not have an on-board CBTC device. In order to dispense with special hardware, an app on a smartphone initiates the following steps: A) photographing of a track beacon in the direction of travel, B) determining the ID (identification signature) of the track beacon, C) transmitting of the track beacon ID to a CBTC track control center and D) receiving of the signal aspect determined by the CBTC track control center for the track section starting with the track beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Oscar Alonso Garrido, Pierre-Olivier Guislain, Christina Luebke, Peter Luehrs, Steffen Ueckert
  • Publication number: 20180118225
    Abstract: A safety control system and a method configured for interlocking a Mechanical Gap Filler (hereafter MGF) with both a Platform Screen Door (PSD) and a Guided Vehicle Door (GVD) of a guided vehicle at standstill. The system is disposed along a platform in order to secure the exchange between the platform and a guided vehicle at standstill along the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: ANDRE MARCO, STEFFEN UECKERT
  • Publication number: 20180093683
    Abstract: A method for determining a signal aspect representing the vacant or occupied state of a track section for a rail vehicle, in particular a maintenance or construction vehicle, on a CBTC track. In this case, the rail vehicle does not have an on-board CBTC device. In order to dispense with special hardware, an app on a smartphone initiates the following steps: A) photographing of a track beacon in the direction of travel, B) determining the ID (identification signature) of the track beacon, C) transmitting of the track beacon ID to a CBTC track control centre and D) receiving of the signal aspect determined by the CBTC track control center for the track section starting with the track beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: OSCAR ALONSO GARRIDO, PIERRE-OLIVIER GUISLAIN, CHRISTINA LUEBKE, PETER LUEHRS, STEFFEN UECKERT
  • Publication number: 20180037242
    Abstract: A method for determining the position of a track-guided vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes readjusting a distance measuring device on the vehicle for obtaining position-determining distance measurement values based on position marker information available at position markers on the track, wherein the position marker information is captured by a position marker information recorder connected to the distance measuring device. In order to be able to carry out an exact determination of the position of a track-guided vehicle in a comparatively simple way, the position marker information of the same position marker is detected again by a further position marker information recorder being offset relative to the first position marker information recorder in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a generation of further position-determining distance measurement values is initiated. A positioning device for determining the position of a track-guided vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: FLORIAN HAEDICKE, ANDREAS STEINGROEVER, STEFFEN UECKERT