Patents by Inventor Thomas Kreppold

Thomas Kreppold 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: 8300258
    Abstract: For operation of a data bus to which multiple bus participants each with a respective serial number are connected, a new bus participant is connected. A request bus message is generated by the new bus participant containing a preliminary participant identification number. The request bus message is arbitrated in the data bus by means of the identification number. A final participant identification number is assigned for the new bus participant having fewer digits than the serial number of the new participant. The final participant identification number is used for further bus messages by the new bus participant. During an initialization bus messages are used with an identifier in which a complete serial number is entered as the identifier. After the initialization a different type of bus message is used that has a shorter identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Océ Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kreppold, Arno Best, Herbert Gibisch, Robert Heimbach, Hermann Andresen
  • Publication number: 20120218601
    Abstract: For operation of a data bus to which multiple bus participants each with a respective serial number are connected, a new bus participant is connected. A request bus message is generated by the new bus participant containing a preliminary participant identification number. The request bus message is arbitrated in the data bus by means of the identification number. A final participant identification number is assigned for the new bus participant having fewer digits than the serial number of the new participant. The final participant identification number is used for further bus messages by the new bus participant. During an initialization bus messages are used with an identifier in which a complete serial number is entered as the identifier. After the initialization a different type of bus message is used that has a shorter identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Kreppold, Arno Best, Herbert Gibisch, Robert Heimbach, Hermann Andresen
  • Patent number: 8253960
    Abstract: In a method or system for operation of a data bus to which multiple bus participants each with a respective serial number specific to them are connected, a new bus participant is connected to the data bus. A request bus message is generated by the new bus participant, the message containing a preliminary participant identification number as an identifier derived from a serial number of the new bus participant. The request bus message is sent to a master processor system for assigning a final participant identification number for the new bus participant after a receipt of the request bus message with the preliminary participant identification number. The final participant identification number has fewer digits than the serial number of the new bus participant. The final participant identification number is used by the new bus participant as an identifier for further bus messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Océ Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kreppold, Arno Best, Herbert Gibisch, Robert Heimbach, Hermann Andresen
  • Publication number: 20090185215
    Abstract: In a method or system for operation of a data bus to which multiple bus participants each with a respective serial number specific to them are connected, a new bus participant is connected to the data bus. A request bus message is generated by the new bus participant, the message containing a preliminary participant identification number as an identifier derived from a serial number of the new bus participant. The request bus message is sent to a master processor system for assigning a final participant identification number for the new bus participant after a receipt of the request bus message with the preliminary participant identification number. The final participant identification number has fewer digits than the serial number of the new bus participant. The final participant identification number is used by the new bus participant as an identifier for further bus messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Kreppold, Arno Best, Herbert Gibisch, Robert Heimbach, Hermann Andresen