Patents by Inventor THOMAS HULAN

THOMAS HULAN 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).

  • Method and system for increasing the safety in the boarding area and for optimizing usage of the capacity in transport means which comprise at least one locally fixed boarding area
    Patent number: 10550622
    Abstract: The boarding area (A, B, C) of a transport means is divided into at least two gates (1, 2, 3), the maximum person capacity of which corresponds, respectively, to the maximum capacity of the largest transport device (9) that is accessible via the boarding area (A, B, C). Entrance into the gates (1, 2, 3) is effected via at least one separating device (4) connected with a control system (5) for the purpose of data communication. Entrance into each gate (1, 2, 3) is not possible once the number of persons in the gate (1, 2, 3) specified by the control system (5) for the current boarding operation is reached, or while the persons inside the gate (1, 2, 3) board the transport car. The number of persons in each gate (1, 2, 3) for the current boarding operation is determined by the control system (5) in dependence upon the transport demand in subsequent intermediate stations ahead of an end station, provided such intermediate stations are present, and of the free capacity of the arriving transport car (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SKIDATA AG
    Inventors: Richard Kobler, Thomas Hulan
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING THE SAFETY IN THE BOARDING AREA AND FOR OPTIMIZING USAGE OF THE CAPACITY IN TRANSPORT MEANS WHICH COMPRISE AT LEAST ONE LOCALLY FIXED BOARDING AREA
    Publication number: 20160102490
    Abstract: The boarding area (A, B, C) of a transport means (9) is divided into at least two gates (1, 2, 3), the maximum person capacity of which corresponds, respectively, to the maximum capacity of the largest transport means (9) that is accessible via the boarding area (A, B, C). Entrance into the gates (1, 2, 3) is effected via at least one separating device (4) connected with the control system (5) for the purpose of data communication. Entrance into a gate (1, 2, 3) is not possible once the number of persons in the gate (1, 2, 3) specified by the control system (5) for the current boarding operation is reached, or while the persons inside a gate (1, 2, 3) board a transport means. The number of persons in a gate (1, 2, 3) specified for the current boarding operation is determined by the control system (5) in dependence upon the transport demand in subsequent intermediate stations ahead of an end station, provided intermediate stations are present, and of the free capacity of the arriving transport means (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: RICHARD KOBLER, THOMAS HULAN