Patents by Inventor Barbara Kolbe

Barbara Kolbe 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).

  • Parking and/or maneuvering assistance device
    Patent number: 6819231
    Abstract: A parking and/or maneuvering assistance device for a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle is provided with an image acquisition unit (01), e.g., a video camera, and a graphic display unit with which the image information recorded by the image acquisition unit (01) can be displayed in the interior of the vehicle either with or without processing. The image acquisition unit (01) is situated behind a protective element (07), so it is essentially inaccessible from the outside in a resting position, whereby a opening (08) allocated to the image acquisition unit (01) is provided in the protective element (07).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Donnelly Hohe GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Berberich, Barbara Kolbe, Edwin Seitz, Werner Seitz, Tim Weis
  • Parking and/or maneuvering assistance device
    Publication number: 20030146831
    Abstract: A parking and/or maneuvering assistance device for a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle is provided with an image acquisition unit (01), e.g., a video camera, and a graphic display unit with which the image information recorded by the image acquisition unit (01) can be displayed in the interior of the vehicle either with or without processing. The image acquisition unit (01) is situated behind a protective element (07), so it is essentially inaccessible from the outside in a resting position, whereby a opening (08) allocated to the image acquisition unit (01) is provided in the protective element (07).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Wolfgang Berberich, Barbara Kolbe, Edwin Seitz, Werner Seitz, Tim Weis