Patents by Inventor Claus Allan Christensen
Claus Allan Christensen 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).
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Patent number: 10356373Abstract: A vehicle image capture system may include a vehicle mounted image capture device adapted to capture one or more images external of a vehicle, a navigation system adapted to determine an instantaneous position of the vehicle, and a user interface arranged to allow a user to input a first position. The system is adapted to compare an instantaneous position of the vehicle with the first position, and to capture one or more images if the instantaneous position of the vehicle and the first position are within a predetermined proximity.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Joakim Christoffersson, Claus Allan Christensen, Anna Olesen
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Patent number: 10239524Abstract: A lane shift indicating system for indicating a potential lane shift of a vehicle supporting at least partly automated steering and vehicle speed control, when the vehicle is travelling along a first driving lane of a road having a second driving lane separated from the first driving lane by one or more lane markings. The lane shift indicating system determines a driving environment of the vehicle at an initial vehicle position, and determines that the driving environment indicates that the vehicle is in a driving situation where a lane shift from the first driving lane to the second driving lane is considered appropriate, and adjusts the steering prior to a potential automated vehicle speed adjustment pertinent the determined driving situation, such that the vehicle continues its travel laterally closer to the one or more lane markings along the first driving lane, as compared to the initial vehicle position.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Claus Allan Christensen, Christian Hedegaard, Thomas Bove
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Patent number: 10214142Abstract: A road vehicle turn signal assist system and method are described for a road vehicle having turn indicators, a positioning system having access to map data, one or more sensors for monitoring the road vehicle surroundings, and one or more gears for selectively travelling forward or in reverse. Current positioning information and map data for the current position is used to determine if parking of the road vehicle is in progress when a reverse gear is selected. If it is determined that parking of the road vehicle is in progress and the one or more sensors for monitoring the road vehicle surroundings detect a moving object, a right hand side or a left hand side road vehicle turn indicator is activated, if not already manually activated, to indicate the ongoing parking operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Henrik Kjaer-Lohse, Jesper Nolhage, Claus Allan Christensen
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Publication number: 20180118100Abstract: A road vehicle turn signal assist system and method are described for a road vehicle having turn indicators, a positioning system having access to map data, one or more sensors for monitoring the road vehicle surroundings, and one or more gears for selectively travelling forward or in reverse. Current positioning information and map data for the current position is used to determine if parking of the road vehicle is in progress when a reverse gear is selected. If it is determined that parking of the road vehicle is in progress and the one or more sensors for monitoring the road vehicle surroundings detect a moving object, a right hand side or a left hand side road vehicle turn indicator is activated, if not already manually activated, to indicate the ongoing parking operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventors: Henrik KJAER-LOHSE, Jesper NOLHAGE, Claus Allan CHRISTENSEN
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Patent number: 9919716Abstract: An arrangement for facilitating handover to and from an automated autonomous driving aid system of a vehicle comprises a lane marking detecting unit, a steering control driving aid system for performing steering in response to detected lane markings, a positioning system for determining a current position and a current heading direction, an alert signal arrangement for selectively providing an alert signal, and a communication arrangement for communicating with a database comprising data indicative of an incapability of performing automated steering at a portion of a road ahead. The communication arrangement is configured to receive the data from the database and configured to provide an alert signal in case the data indicates an incapability of performing an automated steering at an upcoming road portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Claus Allan Christensen, Christian Hedegaard, Erik Israelsson, Thomas Bove
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Patent number: 9834144Abstract: A vehicle head-up display arrangement is provided that may include a projection unit, a vehicle driver eye position estimation unit and a detecting unit arranged to detect traffic signs and their location in relation to the vehicle, and a processing unit arranged to determine a content of the traffic signs. The processing unit is further arranged to determine relevance of content of the traffic signs. The projection unit is arranged to project light onto one or more areas of the windshield in line with the estimated eye position of the vehicle driver and traffic signs determined to have content not being relevant, such that these traffic signs, at least partially, are covered from the estimated eye position of the vehicle driver.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Anna Olesen, Joakim Christoffersson, Claus Allan Christensen
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Publication number: 20170096139Abstract: A lane shift indicating system for indicating a potential lane shift of a vehicle supporting at least partly automated steering and vehicle speed control, when the vehicle is travelling along a first driving lane of a road having a second driving lane separated from the first driving lane by one or more lane markings. The lane shift indicating system determines a driving environment of the vehicle at an initial vehicle position, and determines that the driving environment indicates that the vehicle is in a driving situation where a lane shift from the first driving lane to the second driving lane is considered appropriate, and adjusts the steering prior to a potential automated vehicle speed adjustment pertinent the determined driving situation, such that the vehicle continues its travel laterally closer to the one or more lane markings along the first driving lane, as compared to the initial vehicle position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventors: Claus Allan CHRISTENSEN, Christian HEDEGAARD, Thomas BOVE
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Publication number: 20160375912Abstract: An arrangement for facilitating handover to and from an automated autonomous driving aid system of a vehicle comprises a lane marking detecting unit, a steering control driving aid system for performing steering in response to detected lane markings, a positioning system for determining a current position and a current heading direction, an alert signal arrangement for selectively providing an alert signal, and a communication arrangement for communicating with a database comprising data indicative of an incapability of performing automated steering at a portion of a road ahead. The communication arrangement is configured to receive the data from the database and configured to provide an alert signal in case the data indicates an incapability of performing an automated steering at an upcoming road portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Claus Allan CHRISTENSEN, Christian HEDEGAARD, Erik ISRAELSSON, Thomas BOVE
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Publication number: 20140218268Abstract: A vehicle head-up display arrangement is provided that may include a projection unit, a vehicle driver eye position estimation unit and a detecting unit arranged to detect traffic signs and their location in relation to the vehicle, and a processing unit arranged to determine a content of the traffic signs. The processing unit is further arranged to determine relevance of content of the traffic signs. The projection unit is arranged to project light onto one or more areas of the windshield in line with the estimated eye position of the vehicle driver and traffic signs determined to have content not being relevant, such that these traffic signs, at least partially, are covered from the estimated eye position of the vehicle driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventors: Anna OLESEN, Joakim CHRISTOFFERSSON, Claus Allan CHRISTENSEN
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Patent number: 8738098Abstract: A device comprising first and second housings arranged to swivel about a swivel axis, wherein the device is arranged such that relative turning of the first and second housings about the swivel axis in a first direction reveals a first device user operational area, and relative turning of the first and second housings in the second opposing direction reveals a second device user operational area.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Claus Allan Christensen
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Publication number: 20140125803Abstract: A vehicle image capture system is provided. The system may include a vehicle mounted image capture device adapted to capture one or more images external of a vehicle, a navigation system adapted to determine an instantaneous position of the vehicle, and a user interface arranged to allow a user to input a first position. The system is adapted to compare an instantaneous position of the vehicle with the first position, and to capture one or more images if the instantaneous position of the vehicle and the first position are within a predetermined proximity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventors: Joakim Christoffersson, Claus Allan Christensen, Anna Olesen
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Patent number: 8396519Abstract: An electronic device comprising a first housing (110) and a second housing (112), the first and second housings arranged to provide a device open configuration (FIG. 1), a first device closed configuration (FIG. 5) and a second device closed configuration (FIG. 6), wherein in the device closed configurations a first face of the first housing and a first face of the second housing are arranged to overlie one another (112, 110), and in the open configuration the first face of the first and second housings are arranged to be spaced apart compared to the closed configurations to reveal the respective first faces (118)/and wherein a first portion of the first face of the second housing is covered by the first face of the first housing in the first device closed configuration (FIG. 5), and the first portion of the first face of the second housing is revealed in the second device closed configuration (FIG. 6).Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Claus Allan Christensen, Niels Ebbe Jacobsen
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Patent number: 8205170Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus arranged to be able to perform a plurality of functions, one or more of a plurality of functions being selectively performable when the apparatus is placed in a corresponding functional mode, the apparatus having a user interface to allow user operation of the plurality of functions, each of the functions being user operable using a particular region of the electronic apparatus user interface, the apparatus comprising a user moveable cover arranged to be moveable into a plurality of positions, wherein each of the cover positions is associated with a particular functional mode of the apparatus and is arranged to cover one or more regions of the user interface not associated with the particular functional mode and to reveal one or more regions of the user interface associated with the particular functional mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Mikko Aarras, Niilo Alfthan, Simon Bradford, Claus Allan Christensen, Anthony Dalby, Axel E. Meyer, William Sermon, Sameer Shirgaonkar, Crispian (Pip) Tompkin, Chee Wong
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Publication number: 20100331062Abstract: An apparatus includes a device body and a movable element slidingly engaged with the device body, the movable element being movable in a longitudinal direction between an open position and a closed position relative to the device body, wherein moving the movable element from the closed position to the open position engages an active state of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Claus Allan Christensen, Aaron Moss, Evalena Sandberg, Alasdair McPhail, Claus Hersum Jorgensen, Joakim Christoffersson, Christian Rossing Kraft, Michael McKay, Nikolaj Bestle, Morten Saxbol
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Publication number: 20100225577Abstract: A device comprising first and second housings arranged to swivel about a swivel axis, wherein the device is arranged such that relative turning of the first and second housings about the swivel axis in a first direction reveals a first device user operational area, and relative turning of the first and second housings in the second opposing direction reveals a second device user operational area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2006Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventor: Claus Allan Christensen
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Patent number: 7546152Abstract: A portable electronic device is provided including a first section having at least one key; and a second section pivotally connected to the first section by a movable connection, the second section having a display on a first side of the second section. The movable connection comprises a pivotal connection and a swivel connection. The pivotal connection comprises a first fold axis, wherein the first section and the second section are adapted to rotate relative to each other about the first fold axis. The swivel connection comprises a second offset swivel axis which is offset from a centerline of the second section, wherein the first section and the second section are adapted to rotate relative to each other about the second offset swivel axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Claus Allan Christensen
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Publication number: 20070294633Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus arranged to be able to perform a plurality of functions, one or more of a plurality of functions being selectively performable when the apparatus is placed in a corresponding functional mode, the apparatus having a user interface to allow user operation of the plurality of functions, each of the functions being user operable using a particular region of the electronic apparatus user interface, the apparatus comprising a user moveable cover arranged to be moveable into a plurality of positions, wherein each of the cover positions is associated with a particular functional mode of the apparatus and is arranged to cover one or more regions of the user interface not associated with the particular functional mode and to reveal one or more regions of the user interface associated with the particular functional mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Mikko Aarras, Niilo Alfthan, Simon Bradford, Claus Allan Christensen, Anthony Dalby, Axel E. Meyer, Wiliam Sermaon, Sameer Shirgaonkar, Crisplan (Pip) Tompkin, Chee Wong
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Publication number: 20070273641Abstract: An electronic display for an electronic device, the display being arranged to be able to indicate one or more user commands on the display, one or more of the user commands being indicatable on the display to be associated with a particular movement direction, and wherein the display is arranged to be moveable in that direction with respect to the electronic device to provide signalling to initiate the user command associated with that particular direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2006Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventors: Mikko Aarras, Niilo Alfthan, Simon Bradford, Claus Allan Christensen, Anthony Dalby, Axel E. Meyer, William Sermon, Sameer Shirgaonkar, Crispian Tompkin, Chee Wong
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Publication number: 20070268264Abstract: A foldable electronic apparatus comprising first and second parts being arranged to be foldable with respect to each other about a folding axis to define first and second apparatus folding configurations, wherein the first and second parts comprise respective first and second displays, wherein the device is arranged to have respective first and second operating modes according to whether the apparatus is in the first configuration or the second configuration, and wherein, in the first operating mode, the first display is arranged to act as a user input, and in the second operating mode, the first and second displays are arranged to act as displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2006Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Mikko Aarras, Niilo Alfthan, Simon Bradford, Claus Allan Christensen, Anthony Dalby, Axel E. Meyer, William Sermon, Sameer Shirgaonkar, Crispian Tompkin, Chee Wong