Patents by Inventor Bjoern Von Gerlach

Bjoern Von Gerlach 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: 6708113
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a navigation method for a means of transportation, in particular for a vehicle, motor vehicle, ship or aircraft, for navigating from a starting point to a destination, in which a route from the starting point to the destination is specified and the means of transportation or its user is guided along this route. Upon departing from the specified route before reaching the destination, the course traveled at least until re-entering the specified route or reaching the destination is recorded, stored in memory, and upon a later request for a route with the same starting point and destination, the course stored in memory is proposed as the route or the applicable route segment that replaces an originally proposed route segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bjoern Von Gerlach, Joachim Wietzke, Stefan Rychlak