Patents by Inventor Alex Krause

Alex Krause 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).

  • Patent number: 11014515
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for configuring a vehicle, which is provided for a plurality of users. The method includes storing user data, where the user data are gathered in a user account, and available vehicle features of the vehicle in a storage unit. The method further includes defining vehicle groups based on the association of a respective user account to be assigned to the vehicle with a respective user group and defining a configuration by assigning respective availabilities of vehicle features of the vehicle to a user of a respective vehicle group. The method further includes storing the configuration in the storage unit. The invention also relates to a vehicle, which is designed to implement the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Malte Möller, Sebastian Osswald, Stefanie Menzl, Alex Krause, Florian Höll
  • Publication number: 20190322231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for configuring a vehicle, which is provided for a plurality of users. The method includes storing user data, where the user data are gathered in a user account, and available vehicle features of the vehicle in a storage unit. The method further includes defining vehicle groups based on the association of a respective user account to be assigned to the vehicle with a respective user group and defining a configuration by assigning respective availabilities of vehicle features of the vehicle to a user of a respective vehicle group. The method further includes storing the configuration in the storage unit. The invention also relates to a vehicle, which is designed to implement the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Malte MÖLLER, Sebastian OSSWALD, Stefanie MENZL, Alex KRAUSE, Florian HÖLL
  • Publication number: 20180066810
    Abstract: Light apparatuses including a light source generating a blue-colored light, a phosphorus filter transforming the blue-colored light into white light, and a light dispersing element receiving the light and projecting a plurality of discrete points of light onto a target surface that have been transformed into white light by the phosphorus filter. Methods for creating a plurality of discrete points of light on a target surface using a light apparatus including a light source and a phosphorus filter and a light dispersing element, including generating a light using the light source, in which the generated light is blue-colored light, transforming the light into white light by passing the light through a phosphorus filter, and causing the light to be incident on the light dispersing element, such that the light dispersing element disperses the light and creates a plurality of individual points of light on the target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Lou Lentine, Erwin Lau, Alex Krause, Matthew Pooley, Edward Fei, Patrick Murphy
  • Publication number: 20170205034
    Abstract: A laser light apparatus including a first laser light source generating a first light having a first color, a second laser light source generating a second light having a second color, a light combining assembly configured to combine the first light and the second light to generate a combined light, and a parabolic light dispersing element receiving the combined light and projecting an output onto a target surface. The output including a plurality of discrete points of light projected onto the target surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Erwin Lau, Alex Krause, Matthew Pooley, Edward Fei, Patrick Murphy