| SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG Patent applications |
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| 20100106014 | APPARATUS FOR THE SPATIAL LOCALIZATION OF A MOVEABLE BODY PART - An apparatus for the spatial localization of a moveable body part, in which the body part is situated inside a movement volume on the surface extending as far as to the inside of a living being. The apparatus includes: at least one optical recording apparatus outside the being, at least one meterable fluorophore which can be introduced in the region of the body part, an extrinsic radiation source which is arranged outside the being and from which radiation propagates in the direction of the movement volume, by way of which spectral excitation of the fluorophore takes place in that a wave emitted by the fluorophore is produced and can be determined at least at a wavelength which can be measured by the optical recording apparatus, the optical recording apparatus has at least one optical axis which can be oriented in the direction of the body part and the movement volume thereof, the optical recording apparatus has at least one optoelectric transducer which is perpendicular to the optical axis and outputs an output signal from which a distance between the fluorophore and a reference point can be determined. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100080460 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF DATA IN IN-VIVO IMAGES - A method for detecting, in single time-point, in-vivo imaging data related to artifacts in the imaging of objects, includes acquiring at least one in-vivo image with imaging apparatus. A background image corresponds to imaged air of the in-vivo image. The background image is obtained in two steps. A first step includes establishing an object-air boundary and a second step is an atlas-based refinement of a background volume of interest. A histogram reflects an intensity distribution of the background image. The background image is formed of a set of voxels where artifacts are detected. Intensities above a definable intensity value provide an initial estimate of a range of artifacts intensities. A modified morphological opening operation is executed, formed of an erosion of a set of voxels and a dilation, performed iteratively and constrained to voxels intensity above the intensity value, so that the opening operation provides natural definition of artifacts regions. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100039274 | PARTICLE MONITORS AND METHOD(S) THEREFOR - The present invention relates to the field of the detection, analysis and/or determination of matter or particles suspended in fluid. In one particular form, the present invention relates to smoke detectors, which detect unwanted pyrolysis or combustion of material. In another form, the present invention relates to smoke detectors of the early detection type, and which may be applied to ventilation, air-conditioning or duct monitoring of a particular area. In yet another form, the present invention relates to adjusting the sensitivity of particle detectors. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20090219389 | Detection of Smoke with a Video Camera - A method and an apparatus for detecting smoke by way of analysis of at least one video image recorded by a video camera monitoring an area. At least one moving area of the at least one video image is tested for the probable presence of smoke by determining the direction and the size of the moving area. If the test result is positive, at least part of the at least one moving area is evaluated with respect to the presence of smoke as a function of at least one item of information that is characteristic of smoke. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090134548 | Method for Producing a Signal Plate and Traffic Signal With Such a Signal Plate - To produce a signal plate for a railway signal, a casting mold corresponding to an external form of the signal plate is provided. At least one luminous point is inserted into the casting mold, and the casting mold is filled with a free-flowing curable plastic to create a casting. The plastic is cured, and the casting is removed. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090121829 | Method, Electronic Cover, and Access Unit for Providing Access to a Zone by Means of a Card - An access system includes a portable pouch and an access unit. The pouch has an inserted electronic card, a card receive module and a send/receive module. The access unit is assigned to a transit region of the zone and has a send/receive unit for a communication with the send/receive module of the pouch. To provide access, the tag is transmitted to the send/receive unit of the access unit when the pouch is within range of the send/receive unit. If the tag received by the send/receive unit matches a stored tag, an unblocking signal for providing access to the zone is generated. A signal detector of the pouch detects an electromagnetic field generated by a send unit arranged in the transit region, and information transmitted by the electromagnetic field is processed. A bidirectional communication between the send/receive unit of the access unit and the send/receive module of the pouch is initiated. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090113919 | APPARATUS FOR COOLING GOODS - An arrangement suitable for cooling goods includes a controller with a database in which at least one time interval and one desired temperature value valid in the time interval is stored. A regulator function is implemented in the controller, via which function the temperature, returned to the controller via a temperature sensor, of a thermally insulated interior is regulated to the desired temperature value as a function of the time interval by activation or deactivation of a cooling device. Since the goods—for example filled drinks—are only available cooled during the time interval, energy is conserved and the emission of carbon dioxide thus also reduced. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090039156 | Method for Authorized Granting of a Service and Device for Carrying out Said Method - Current electronic cards, such as, for example, proximity cards, smartcards for short, can transmit data to a reader unit over a range of up to about 10 cm. Boosters are used to improve convenience which in essence represent a wireless extension. This is however not adequate with regards to autonomy, function (as a result of termination) and for the differing applications. A method is disclosed in which the transmission of service-specific codes, stored on a number of different smartcards, to a portable device is carried out. The portable device then transmits one or more of the codes via several different communication connections so that access to a service can be activated. By providing services to the corresponding authorized communication connection a modular system is achieved, permitting multiple access for a user to services. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20080258905 | Method for Determining the Position of Devices in a Hazard Detection System - In order to determine the position of a device newly introduced into a hazard detection system, the devices of which include an insulator and are connected to a control center by a warning line, the newly introduced device is interrogated multiple times from one side of the warning line. The insulator of a device with an already known topology is first opened, subdividing the warning line into two branches, and the branch wherein the newly introduced device is located is then determined. This interval halving process is repeated until the exact position of the newly introduced device is found. In its preferred implementation, the device is a hazard detector or an actuator. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080205427 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATION OF NETWORK NODES - In a data communications network building automation system, integration of wirelessly communicating network nodes is visualized in a process environment on an output unit of a commissioning device. The current spatial position of the commissioning device is detected and represented in the visualized process environment by detecting an identification signal of the network nodes and determining a relative spatial position of the network nodes for which the identification signal was detected. A proposal for the assignment of the detected identification signal to a node model is stored in a database based on the relative spatial position, in relation to the spatial position of the commissioning device. | 08-28-2008 |
