Patents by Inventor Volkmar Sterzing
Volkmar Sterzing 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).
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Publication number: 20240046146Abstract: A method for teaching an electronic computing device includes at least a machine learning algorithm for predicting a position-based propagation of radio waves in an environment, including the steps of: providing a mathematical model for the position-based propagation, wherein the mathematical model includes at least a physical model for the position-based propagation in the environment generating training data for the machine learning algorithm including a propagation field and/or a propagation domain; training the machine learning algorithm by fitting the training data to a partial derivative of the machine learning algorithm; and obtaining a prediction of a propagation loss by a weighted sum of multiple evaluations of the trained machine learning algorithm. Furthermore, provided is a computer program product, a computer-readable storage medium as well as an electronic computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Steffen Limmer, Nicola Michailow, Marc Christian Weber, Daniel Hein, Volkmar Sterzing, Alberto Martinez Alba
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Publication number: 20230195950Abstract: For a multiplicity of design variants of a technical product, a training structural data set specifying the particular design variant and a training quality value quantifying a predefined design criterion are read in in each case as training data. The training data are taken as a basis for training a Bayesian neural network to determine an associated quality value, together with an associated uncertainty comment, on the basis of a structural data set. Furthermore, a multiplicity of synthetic structural data sets are generated and fed into the trained Bayesian neural network which generates a quality value with an associated uncertainty comment for each of the synthetic structural data sets. The uncertainty comments generated are compared with a predefined reliability comment and one of the synthetic structural data sets is selected on the basis thereof. The selected structural data set is then output for the purpose of producing the technical product.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Stefan Depeweg, Behnam Nouri, Volkmar Sterzing
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Patent number: 11585323Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for cooperative controlling wind turbines of a wind farm, wherein the wind farm includes at least one pair of turbines aligned along a common axis approximately parallel to a current wind direction and having an upstream turbine and a downstream turbine. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a data driven model trained with a machine learning method and stored in a database, b) determining a decision parameter for controlling at least one of the upstream turbine and the downstream turbine by feeding the data driven model with the current power production of the upstream turbine which returns a prediction value indicating whether the downstream turbine will be affected by wake, and/or the temporal evolvement of the current power production of the upstream turbine; c) based on the decision parameter, determining control parameters for the upstream turbine and/or the downstream turbine.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventors: Per Egedal, Peder Bay Enevoldsen, Alexander Hentschel, Markus Kaiser, Clemens Otte, Volkmar Sterzing, Steffen Udluft, Marc Christian Weber
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Patent number: 11550288Abstract: Over the past several decades, rapid advances in semiconductors, automation, and control systems have resulted in the adoption of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in an immense variety of environments. Machine learning techniques help train replacement PLCs when a legacy PLC must be replaced, e.g., due to aging or failure. The techniques facilitate the efficient adoption and correct operation of replacement PLCs in the industrial environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heiko Claussen, Volkmar Sterzing, Juan L. Aparicio Ojea
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Publication number: 20220397887Abstract: A method for configuration of a controlled drive application of a logistics system. The logistics system includes parallel conveying paths for piece goods. Each conveying path includes sub-conveying paths which are each accelerated or delayed to merge the piece goods on a single output conveying path with defined spacing. A system model of the logistics system is firstly determined by operating data of the logistics system which include sensor values of the logistics system and changes to control variables. A control function is determined, which includes configuration data for the drives, with at least one control action being performed on the precondition of one or more performance features that are to be achieved in the system model, during which control action the operating data is simulated for a plurality of time steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Michel Tokic, David Grossenbacher, Daniel Hein, Michael Leipold, Volkmar Sterzing, Steffen Udluft
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Publication number: 20220269226Abstract: A control device for a technical system, state-specific safety information about an admissibility of a control action signal is read in by a safety module is provided. Furthermore, a state signal indicating a state of the technical system is supplied to a machine learning module and to the safety module. In addition, an output signal of the machine learning module is supplied to the safety module. The output signal is converted into an admissible control action signal by the safety module on the basis of the safety information depending on the state signal. Furthermore, a performance for control of the technical system by the admissible control action signal is ascertained, and the machine learning module is trained to optimize the performance. The control device is then configured by the trained machine learning module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Daniel Hein, Marc Christian Weber, Holger Schöner, Steffen Udluft, Volkmar Sterzing, Kai Heesche
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Publication number: 20220252264Abstract: A method and an assembly for controlling an internal combustion engine having multiple burners is provided. Combustion measurement data is collected in a burner-specific manner for each burner and assigned to a burner identification identifying the respective burner. Performance measurement data of the internal combustion engine is also collected and used to determine a performance value. A machine learning model is trained by means of the combustion measurement data, the associated burner identifications and the performance measurement data, to generate burner-specific control data which optimizes the performance value when the burners are actuated in a burner-specific manner using the control data. The control data generated by the trained machine learning model is output for the burner-specific actuation of the burners.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Hans-Gerd Brummel, Uwe Pfeifer, Volkmar Sterzing
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Patent number: 11269297Abstract: In order to control a technical system by means of control model a data container is received, in which data container a control model having a training structure and model type information are encoded over all the model types. One of multiple model-type specific execution modules is selected for the technical system as a function of the model type information. Furthermore, operating data channels of the technical system are assigned input channels of the control model as a function of the model type information. Operating data of the technical system are acquired via a respective operating data channel and are transferred to the control model via an input channel assigned to this operating data channel. The control model is executed by means of the selected execution module, wherein control data are derived from the transferred operating data according to the training structure and are output to control the technical system.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Siegmund Düll, Markus Michael Geipel, Jean-Christoph Heyne, Volkmar Sterzing
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Publication number: 20210363969Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for cooperative controlling wind turbines of a wind farm, wherein the wind farm includes at least one pair of turbines aligned along a common axis approximately parallel to a current wind direction and having an upstream turbine and a downstream turbine. The method includes the steps of: a) providing a data driven model trained with a machine learning method and stored in a database, b) determining a decision parameter for controlling at least one of the upstream turbine and the downstream turbine by feeding the data driven model with the current power production of the upstream turbine which returns a prediction value indicating whether the downstream turbine will be affected by wake, and/or the temporal evolvement of the current power production of the upstream turbine; c) based on the decision parameter, determining control parameters for the upstream turbine and/or the downstream turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Per Egedal, Peder Bay Enevoldsen, Alexander Hentschel, Markus Kaiser, Clemens Otte, Volkmar Sterzing, Steffen Udluft, Marc Christian Weber
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Publication number: 20210271789Abstract: A method for designing a turbomachine vane, in which predefined input parameters are transmitted to a neuronal network system and vane parameters are determined and output by the neuronal network system based on the transmitted input parameters. The neuronal network system has several separate neuronal networks each with an output layer, each of which determines one or more of the vane parameters and outputs same via the output layer. A first neuronal network and a second neuronal network belong to the separate neuronal networks of the neuronal network system and the vane parameter(s) which are determined by the first neuronal network and output via the output layer of said neuronal network differ(s) from the vane parameter(s) that are determined by the second neuronal network and are output via the output layer of said neuronal network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Hein, Felix Kuntze-Fechner, Christian Peeren, Volkmar Sterzing
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Publication number: 20210256428Abstract: A technical system controller is trained using a machine learning method. For this purpose, a chronological sequence of training data is detected for the machine learning method. The training data includes state data, which specifies states of the technical system, and control action data, which specifies control actions of the technical system. A chronological sequence of control action data is extracted specifically from the training data and is checked for a change over time. If a change over time is ascertained, a time window including the change is ascertained, and training data which can be found within the time window is extracted in a manner which is specific to the time window. The controller is then trained by the machine learning method using the extracted training data and is thus configured for controlling the technical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Siegmund Düll, Kai Heesche, Volkmar Sterzing, Marc Christian Weber
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Patent number: 10803366Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for extracting an output data set, wherein the method includes the following steps receiving an input data set; wherein the input data set comprises at least one textual input data set and at least one visual input data set; processing the at least one textual input data set using natural language processing into at least one textual output data set; processing the at least one visual input data set using image processing into at least one visual output data set, and outputting the output data set, including the at least one textual output data set and/or the at least one visual output data set. Further, the present invention is related to a computer program product and system.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, SIEMENS CORPORATIONInventors: Dmitriy Fradkin, Volkmar Sterzing, Stefan Langer
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Publication number: 20200301375Abstract: In order to control a technical system by means of control model a data container is received, in which data container a control model having a training structure and model type information are encoded over all the model types. One of multiple model-typespecific execution modules is selected for the technical system as a function of the model type information. Furthermore, operating data channels of the technical system are assigned input channels of the control model as a function of the model type information. Operating data of the technical system are acquired via a respective operating data channel and are transferred to the control model via an input channel assigned to this operating data channel. The control model is executed by means of the selected execution module, wherein control data are derived from the transferred operating data according to the training structure and are output to control the technical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Siegmund Düll, Markus Michael Geipel, Jean-Christoph Heyne, Volkmar Sterzing
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Publication number: 20200293013Abstract: Over the past several decades, rapid advances in semiconductors, automation, and control systems have resulted in the adoption of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in an immense variety of environments. Machine learning techniques help train replacement PLCs when a legacy PLC must be replaced, e.g., due to aging or failure. The techniques facilitate the efficient adoption and correct operation of replacement PLCs in the industrial environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Heiko Claussen, Volkmar Sterzing, Juan L. Aparicio Ojea
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Publication number: 20200132552Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor directed into a combustion chamber is used to selectively sense a predefined spectral range of an optical spectrum for different light paths running through the combustion chamber to measure a gas temperature distribution in the combustion chamber. A spectral intensity is determined for each spectral range and associated with an item of light path information which identifies the light path in question. The spectral intensities determined and and the associated items of light path information are fed as input data to a machine learning routine which is trained to reproduce spatially resolved training temperature distributions. Output data from the machine learning routine are then output as the gas temperature distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: HANS-GERD BRUMMEL, KAI HEESCHE, VOLKMAR STERZING
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Publication number: 20190354819Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for extracting an output data set, wherein the method includes the following steps receiving an input data set; wherein the input data set comprises at least one textual input data set and at least one visual input data set; processing the at least one textual input data set using natural language processing into at least one textual output data set; processing the at least one visual input data set using image processing into at least one visual output data set, and outputting the output data set, including the at least one textual output data set and/or the at least one visual output data set. Further, the present invention is related to a computer program product and system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: DMITRIY FRADKIN, VOLKMAR STERZING, STEFAN LANGER
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Patent number: 10352973Abstract: A method for computer-assisted determination of usage of electrical energy produced by a power generation plant such as a renewable power generation plant is provided. The method uses a plurality of neural networks having a different structure or being learned differently for calculating future energy amounts produced by a power generation plant. To do so, the energy outputs of the power generation plant forecasted by the plurality of the neural networks are used to build histograms. Based on the histograms, energy amounts for different confidence levels describing the likelihood of the availability of the energy amount are determined, and different uses are assigned to different energy amounts. Energy amounts having a higher likelihood of availability in the future are sold at higher prices than other energy amounts.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Per Egedal, Ralph Grothmann, Thomas Runkler, Volkmar Sterzing
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Patent number: 10338542Abstract: An interactive assistance system and method for computer-aided control optimization for a technical system is provided. For example, a gas or wind turbine, in particular for optimizing the action sequence or the control variables of the plant (e.g. gas supply, compression), wherein an input terminal is provided for reading at least one status parameter providing a first system status of the technical system, and at least one setting parameter for adapting a reward function. A simulation module having a pre-trained neuronal network, simulating the plant, serves to simulate an action sequence on the technical system, starting from the first system status and to the prediction of the resulting statuses of the technical system.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Siegmund Düll, Alexander Hentschel, Jatinder P. Singh, Volkmar Sterzing, Steffen Udluft
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Publication number: 20180364653Abstract: In order to determine a power output by a first energy producer, wherein the first energy producer is coupled to a second energy producer, a first soft sensor which is trained to determine an individual mode power value of the first energy producer is queried. In a mode combining the first and second energy producers, an individual mode power value determined for the first energy producer by the first soft sensor is read in here. Furthermore, a second soft sensor determines a first power value for the first energy producer and a second power value for the second energy producer. In addition, a total power of the energy producers is determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: HANS-GERD BRUMMEL, KAI HEESCHE, ALEXANDER HENTSCHEL, VOLKMAR STERZING
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Patent number: 10036328Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the computerized control and/or regulation of a technical system (T). Within the context of the method according to the invention, there is implemented in a preset regulating process (CO1, CO2) an exploration rule (EP) by means of which new, as yet unknown, states (x) of the technical system (T) are started, a simulation model (SM) of the technical system (T) checking whether the actions (a2) of the exploration rule (EP) lead to sequential states (x?) lying within predetermined thresholds. Only in that case is the corresponding action (a2) performed according to the exploration rule (EP) on the technical system. The method according to the invention enables new states to be explored within the framework of the operation of a technical system, it being ensured through checking of appropriate thresholds that the exploration is carried out imperceptibly and does not lead to incorrect operation of the technical system.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Gerd Brummel, Siegmund Düll, Jatinder P. Singh, Volkmar Sterzing, Steffen Udluft