| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090059947 | High-availability communication system - There is described a communication system for reliable communication between communication stations, wherein there is at least one communication connection between the communication stations, wherein the communication connection features at least two channels for transmitting payload data telegrams, wherein only one channel acts as primary channel for the communication at any time, and wherein the other channels are provided as backup channels. A status indicator in the payload data telegram is provided for the indication of information concerning which channel is primary channel or backup channel at a given time point, wherein the communication stations adopt as primary channel that channel for which, during receipt of the payload data telegrams, the most recent status change from backup channel to primary channel was detected by the communication stations. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090259923 | Method for fail-safe transmission, safety switching device and control unit - A method for fail-safe transmission of information between a transmitter and a receiver is disclosed. At least two telegrams relating to the information are transmitted as a first telegram via a first channel and a second telegram via a second channel from the transmitter to the receiver. To identify an error affecting the information during transmission, a first identifier is generated from a first subset of the first telegram being used at the receiver to identify the information contained in the first telegram. This method is used for communication from a safety switching device to a control unit. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100250813 | Safety-oriented Automation System Having Automatic Address Recovery - An industrial automation system for controlling the operating means of a technical process. The system includes fail-safe modules for interchanging process data with the operating means, i.e., actuating and measurement signals, stations having slots for modules, which slots are inter-connected by a backplane bus, a central processing unit at least for processing process signals from the technical process, and a field bus for transmitting data between the central processing unit and the stations. In accordance with the invention, the address relationship for the addressing of a fail-safe module by the central processing unit over the field bus for data processing purposes is permanently stored in a first memory in the respective module and is additionally permanently backed-up in the associated station. As a result, it is advantageously possible to safely and automatically recover the address relationships of fail-safe modules due to address relationships which have already been recognized as valid, such as during planning, being backed-up in a permanent, power-failure-safe manner at the station level. In addition, it is possible, when a module is exchanged, for a new module to reload the correct address relationships of the old module, which is no longer present, from the back-up means in the station. | 09-30-2010 |
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| 20100047445 | Method for Coating Water-Absorbing Polymer Particles - A process for preparing water-absorbing polymer particles by spraying a liquid onto water-absorbing polymer particles by means of at least one thermally insulated and/or trace-heated spray nozzle in a mixer. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100104761 | Method for Coating Water-Absorbing Polymer Particles - A process for preparing water-absorbing polymer particles by spraying a liquid below the product bed surface by means of at least one spray nozzle in a mixer with moving mixing tools. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100112200 | Method for Coating Water-Absorbing Polymer Particles - A process for preparing water-absorbing polymer particles by coating water-absorbing polymer particles with a particulate solid in a mixer, wherein the particulate solid is dispersed by means of a gas stream and the supply of the dispersed particulate solid in the mixer ends below the product bed surface. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100263420 | PROCESS FOR THE CONTINUOUS GRANULATION OF FERTILIZERS - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of fertilizer granules. The process is particularly suitable for the preparation of finely divided fertilizer granules. Furthermore, the invention relates to the granulated fertilizers obtainable by this process, and to their use for fertilizing agricultural and/or horticultural crops. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100323885 | Process for Producing Re-Moisturised Surface-Crosslinked Superabsorbents - Re-moisturised, surface-crosslinked superabsorbents are produced using a process that comprises the steps of contacting a superabsorbent base polymer with an organic crosslinker and a polyvalent metal salt solution in the presence of an alcohol, heat-treating to produce a surface-crosslinked, dry superabsorbent and re-moisturising the surface-crosslinked dry superabsorbent. | 12-23-2010 |
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| 20080212814 | Differential directional microphone system and hearing aid device with such a differential directional microphone system - A differential direction microphone system for a hearing aid device is described, comprising: a first directional microphone stage with a first differential directional microphone, and a second directional microphone stage with a further differential directional microphone, with the second directional microphone stage being connected downstream from the first directional microphone stage, where the directivity of the first directional microphone stage is essentially oriented in the opposite direction to the directivity of the second directional microphone stage, with the differential direction microphone system having a directional characteristic, of which the directivity is essentially orthogonal to an axis predetermined by the directivities of the first and the second directional microphone stage. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080226105 | Method for the time-controlled adjustment of a hearing apparatus and corresponding hearing apparatus - The training of a hearing apparatus in respect of an individual adjustment is to be developed in a more user-friendly manner. To this end, provision is firstly made to automatically classify a hearing situation, to adjust a parameter of the signal processing facility of the hearing apparatus and to automatically learn the adjusted parameters for the current hearing situation. A temporal monitoring of the steps “classifying” and “adjusting” is however carried out here and the automatic learning is only triggered if the classified hearing situation and the adjustment of the parameters have not changed over a predetermined time period. This not only simplifies the training, but also enables a more rapid training by means of automatically triggered training events. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090274327 | CIRCUIT FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE AND HEARING DEVICE - A circuit for operating a hearing device with a variable operating parameter is disclosed. A storage device for storing operating parameter settings in a starting situation as well as in a target situation and a control unit, which implements a matching of the operating parameter according to a setting of the starting situation to the operating parameter settings of the target situation, is provided. Further, a connection device for connection to a control element and a data processing device for influencing the operating parameter by a user of the hearing device, is provided. The control unit performs the matching of the operating parameter with a minimal matching rate in time segments in which the operating parameter is often influenced by the control element or data processing device, and with a higher matching rate in time segments, in which the operating parameter is rarely influenced or not influenced at all by the control element or data processing device. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100195839 | METHOD AND HEARING DEVICE FOR TUNING A HEARING AID FROM RECORDED DATA - A hearing device and an associated method for tuning a hearing aid include at least one hearing aid and at least one external unit. The device includes the following: a memory unit in the hearing aid which stores the times and the listening situations for which at least one predefinable algorithm for signal processing is activated; an output unit in the hearing aid and/or in the external unit which outputs and/or displays the stored times, listening situations and the activated algorithm; an input unit in the hearing aid or in the external unit for inputting an assessment rating which expresses the hearing aid wearer's satisfaction with the algorithm activated, and a change unit in the hearing aid for changing at least one parameter of the algorithm as a function of the assessment rating. Even algorithms of very short duration, such as an MPO, for example, are trainable. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100254552 | METHOD AND HEARING APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A HEARING AID WITH DATA RECORDED IN AN EXTERNAL UNIT - A hearing apparatus for adjusting a hearing aid and an associated method. The apparatus includes at least one hearing aid and at least one external unit which can exchange data with the hearing aid. It further includes a first memory unit in the external unit which stores a point in time and a hearing situation at which at least one predeterminable algorithm for signal processing is activated, an output unit in the external unit which outputs the stored points in time and hearing situations, an input unit in the external unit for entering a measure of evaluation which expresses the satisfaction of a hearing aid wearer with the activated algorithm, and a modification unit in the hearing aid for changing at least one parameter of the algorithm as a function of the measure of evaluation. The hearing aid user is able to evaluate and change the setting of their hearing aid retrospectively for specific hearing situations. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110051963 | METHOD FOR FINE-TUNING A HEARING AID AND HEARING AID - The fine-tuning of the signal processing in a hearing aid or hearing aid system to the individual user should be simplified and improved. For this, the current hearing situation is recognized automatically and the user is automatically presented with a selection of questions from a comprehensive list of questions as a function of the hearing situation. A user input as a reaction of the user to the selected questions leads to the tuning of at least one parameter relating to the signal processing in the hearing aid. | 03-03-2011 |