Patents by Inventor Thomas Pany

Thomas Pany 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).

  • Device and method for producing a data stream on the basis of data packets provided with packet sequence marks, and satellite receivers for providing the data stream
    Patent number: 8451170
    Abstract: A device for determining a position of a satellite receiver on the basis of data packets that are received from the satellite receiver, include a satellite signal, and are provided with packet sequence marks includes a packet loss detector for detecting, while using the packet sequence marks, whether one or more data packets between two received data packets have been lost, and a data packet processor configured to replace the one or more lost packets by one or more fill-in packets so as to generate a data stream as a sequence of the received data packets and of the fill-in packets inserted in place of the lost data packets. The device further includes a correlator configured to correlate the data stream with a reference data sequence to obtain a correlation result, and a position determiner configured to determine the position of the satellite receiver by means of the correlation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Frank Foerster, Thomas Pany
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DATA STREAM ON THE BASIS OF DATA PACKETS PROVIDED WITH PACKET SEQUENCE MARKS, AND SATELLITE RECEIVERS FOR PROVIDING THE DATA STREAM
    Publication number: 20110050491
    Abstract: A device for determining a position of a satellite receiver on the basis of data packets that are received from the satellite receiver, include a satellite signal, and are provided with packet sequence marks includes a packet loss detector for detecting, while using the packet sequence marks, whether one or more data packets between two received data packets have been lost, and a data packet processor configured to replace the one or more lost packets by one or more fill-in packets so as to generate a data stream as a sequence of the received data packets and of the fill-in packets inserted in place of the lost data packets. The device further includes a correlator configured to correlate the data stream with a reference data sequence to obtain a correlation result, and a position determiner configured to determine the position of the satellite receiver by means of the correlation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Frank Foerster, Thomas Pany