Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Friedrich

Wolfgang Friedrich 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).

  • Publication number: 20110108069
    Abstract: A composition and method for the removal of biological fouling from wetted surfaces intermittently or continuously in contact with water is disclosed. The method includes the steps of preparing a cleaning composition of basic pH from a strong base and an active oxygen donor component, applying the composition to the surface to be cleaned, and after a selected residence time, removing any unreacted cleaning composition and all removed fouling by rinsing or flushing with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: FLORAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich Zwanziger, Ulrich Reimann-Philipp
  • Patent number: 7852355
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method inside an augmented reality system for visually displaying simulation results in a mixed virtual-real environment. The system and method permit one or more users to carry out simulation processes in the context of a real environment, particularly in the field of industrial automation systems and to visually display their static and dynamic results in the contest of the real environment. Processes running in the real environment are detected and synchronized with the simulation. A control unit enables a reciprocal influencing of real processes with the simulation. In addition, the user can control the execution of the simulation via a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Soeren Moritz, Michael Schlereth
  • Patent number: 7814122
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for documentation processing, in particular for technical and industrial applications, with storage means (1) for storing documentation data (I1 . . . In) on several levels (E1 . . . Em) and with acquisition means (2) for acquiring real information (R), with access means for accessing the documentation data (I1 . . . In) and with evaluation means (A) for evaluating the real information (R) and for selecting the stored documentation data in dependence on the real information (R). As a result, for example for service applications in situ, i.e. for example the location of an automation system, structured and selective access to the documentation data is made possible by the integration of the documentation data (I1 . . . In) as augmented reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Wolfgang Wohlgemuth
  • Publication number: 20100143187
    Abstract: A method for determining the relative level of contamination of a component in a water treatment infrastructure is disclosed. The method includes the steps of at least partially filling the component with water; isolating the component from the remainder of the infrastructure; taking a control water sample from the component at a point in time Ts and determining the quality of the water sample at Ts; storing the control water sample for a preselected test period Tt and in a container which will not affect the quality of the water sample; taking a second water sample from the component at a point in time Ts+Tt; determining the quality of the second water sample and the quality of the control water sample at Ts+Tt and calculating the water quality decrease in the control sample and the second sample during the test period Tt. The relative level of contamination of the component is calculated by subtracting any water quality decrease in the control sample from the water quality decrease in the second sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Ulrich REIMANN-PHILIPP, Wolfgang Friedrich ZWANZIGER, Martin HOLLAND
  • Publication number: 20100113261
    Abstract: A water gas shift catalyst comprising a platinum group metal dispersed on an inorganic oxide support modified with a carbon-containing burn-out additive and a rare earth oxide. A water gas shift catalyst containing alumina, a platinum group metal, and oxides of Pr and Nd are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: BASF CATALYSTS LLC
    Inventors: Oleg Mikhailovich Ilinich, Robert J. Farrauto, Wolfgang Friedrich Reuttinger, Xiaolin Yang
  • Patent number: 7704486
    Abstract: A water gas shift catalyst comprising a platinum group metal dispersed on an inorganic oxide support modified with a carbon-containing burn-out additive and a rare earth oxide. A water gas shift catalyst containing alumina, a platinum group metal, and oxides of Pr and Nd are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Oleg Mikhailovich Ilinich, Robert J. Farrauto, Wolfgang Friedrich Ruettinger, Xiaolin Yang
  • Publication number: 20090278795
    Abstract: An illumination assembly for an interactive input system comprises at least two proximate radiation sources directing radiation into a region of interest, each of the radiation sources having a different emission angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
    Inventors: Jeremy Hansen, Alex Chtchetinine, Wolfgang Friedrich, Zoran Nesic
  • Publication number: 20090229338
    Abstract: A device for crimping the mouth of a detonator housing comprises a pair of opposed jaws reciprocally movable relative to each other, and a plurality of toothed segments on each jaw. The segments are moveable, are located in a jaw cavity, and together form a segmented ring. The side faces of each segment converge from a broad radially outer end towards a toothed radially inner narrow end. A resiliently stressable biasing element is provided between each adjacent pair of segments. The biasing elements act to space the segments of each pair apart when the jaws are spaced apart from each other, and also act to permit the segments, in response to movement of the moveable segments arising from the closing of the jaws, to abut against one another in series when the jaws are tightly in contact with each another, to form the segmented ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: AFRICAN EXPLOSIVES LIMITED
    Inventor: Horst Wolfgang Friedrich Von Lengeling
  • Patent number: 7527094
    Abstract: A barrier system for a subsurface treatment area is described. The barrier system includes a first barrier formed around at least a portion of the subsurface treatment area. The first barrier is configured to inhibit fluid from exiting or entering the subsurface treatment area. A second barrier is formed around at least a portion of the first barrier. A separation space exists between the first barrier and the second barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Billy John McKinzie, Harold J. Vinegar, Kenneth Michael Cowan, Wolfgang Friedrich Johann Deeg, Sau-Wai Wong
  • Patent number: 7463149
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automation system in which automation components (1) have integrated RFID tags (2) with a memory (3) for storing identification and operating data. The automation components further feature integrated RFID write/read devices (4), which can write current operating and process data onto the RFID tag (2) and can read data from the RFID rag (2). Furthermore, a mobile RFID write/read device (5) is provided, with the aid of which the data can be read out from the RFID tag (2) of the automation component (1) and/or data can be entered into the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Bernd Opgenoorth, Joachim Scharnagl
  • Publication number: 20080100570
    Abstract: The invention relates to an augmented-reality system having a mobile apparatus for the context-dependent insertion of assembly instructions. The context-dependent insertion of assembly instructions with process-optimized allocation of the necessary work steps provides situation-related support by for work sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Wolfgang Wohlgemuth
  • Patent number: 7357911
    Abstract: Operating conditions for generating hydrogen by the water-gas shift reaction have been found which reduce the aging of Pt—Re bimetallic water-gas shift catalysts. The process parameters provide a stable operation in residential fuel processors and in hydrogen generators for on-site hydrogen generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich Ruettinger, Robert J. Farrauto
  • Patent number: 7340399
    Abstract: A system and method for operating and monitoring, in particular, an automation system and/or a production machine and/or machine tool. The visual field (9) of a user (1) directed onto at least one display (2) is recorded and an item of speech information (8) of the user (1) is evaluated at least intermittently, such that specifically predefined information data, which is linked to the recorded visual field (9) and to the recorded speech information, is depicted on the display (2). The predefined information data is displayed in accordance with the speech information (8) that is given by the user (1) and recognized by a speech recognition component (4) and in accordance with the recorded visual field (9). This provides a hands-free operation of the system, machine and/or tool, and enables the user to navigate in an environment of augmented reality applications even when complex technical systems are involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Wolfgang Wohlgemuth, Xin Ye
  • Patent number: 7324081
    Abstract: The invention relates to an augmented-reality system having a mobile apparatus for the context-dependent insertion of assembly instructions. The context-dependent insertion of assembly instructions with process-optimized allocation of the necessary work steps provides situation-related support by for work sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Wolfgang Wohlgemuth
  • Publication number: 20070088526
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method inside an augmented reality system for visually displaying simulation results in a mixed virtual-real environment. The system and method permit one or more users to carry out simulation processes in the context of a real environment, particularly in the field of industrial automation systems and to visually display their static and dynamic results in the contest of the real environment. Processes running in the real environment are detected and synchronized with the simulation. A control unit enables a reciprocal influencing of real processes with the simulation. In addition, the user can control the execution of the simulation via a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Soeren Moritz, Michael Schlereth
  • Publication number: 20060244565
    Abstract: The invention relates to an automation system in which automation components (1) have integrated RFID tags (2) with a memory (3) for storing identification and operating data. The automation components further feature integrated RFID write/read devices (4), which can write current operating and process data onto the RFID tag (2) and can read data from the RFID rag (2). Furthermore, a mobile RFID write/read device (5) is provided, with the aid of which the data can be read out from the RFID tag (2) of the automation component (1) and/or data can be entered into the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Bernd Opgenoorth, Joachim Scharnagl
  • Patent number: 7110909
    Abstract: A system and method for augmnented reality documentation of a work process such as production, installation, or maintenance. A camera records images of objects in the work process. A tracking mechanism determines the position and orientation of the camera relative to points in space. A mobile computer at the workstation processes the camera images and the position and orientation of the camera, and relays this information to a remote computer system. A technical editor uses the remote computer system to supplement the image data with symbols and text assigned to points in space, producing support documentation for the work process. This information may be displayed on goggles on a service technician perforiming the work, making the support documentation appear as if displayed in space adjacent to the objects in a workflow sequence to guide the technician.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Mehdi Hamadou, Soeren Moritz
  • Patent number: 7103506
    Abstract: A system and method for object-oriented marking and assignment of information to selected technological components. For optimized support, particularly during maintenance of automation systems, a system is proposed for object-oriented marking and assignment of information to selected technological components for situation-based support of the interaction between a user and a technical device, particularly for technical and industrial application. The system includes storage means (1) for storing documentation data (I1 . . . In) and recording means (2) for recording real information (R), access means (D) for accessing the documentation data, evaluation means (A) for evaluating the real information and selecting the stored documentation data as a function of the real information, means for virtual marking of a technological component, and means for displaying additional information related to the technological component that is selected by the virtual marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Wolfgang Wohlgemuth
  • Patent number: 7054793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for generating a virtual installation model (2) as an image of a real installation (1). As a database therefor, digital picture data (4) representing pictures of a real installation (1) on the one hand and installation components (13) of a component library (6) on the other hand are used. The data of the installation components as well as the digital picture data (4) of the real installation (1) is evaluated by means of an image analysis (5). Based on this analysis, the identified installation components (13) are assigned to the virtually generated installation model (2). The virtual image of the real installation thus created serves to document the actual structure of the installation/facility, to simplify failure analysis, e.g., in areas that are difficult to access, and/or to operate and monitor the installation/facility. In addition to geometric data, functional data, etc. of the installation components are also stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Soeren Moritz, Wolfgang Friedrich, Ali-Reza Bani-Hashemi, Nicholas Craft, Nassir Navab, Frank Sauer
  • Patent number: 6941248
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operating and observation system, especially for an automation system, which is formed by at least one first operating and observation system having extensive functionality and a multiplicity of further operating and observation tools having limited functionality. The first operating and observation system having the extensive functionality is designed to be mobile, thereby doing away with mobility restrictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Wolfgang Wohlgemuth