Patents by Inventor Dieter Bastian

Dieter Bastian 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).

  • Method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk and system for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 7167787
    Abstract: A method controls the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk. Each risk element of a road segment is evaluated for the specific risk potential thereof by taking into consideration the perils and the actual speed of the driver of the motor vehicle. An integral risk potential is calculated for the road segment on the basis of the sum of the specific risk potentials of all detected risk elements. A system is provided to carry out the method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Inventors: Dieter Bastian, Ralf Eisenreich
  • Method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk and system for carrying out the method
    Publication number: 20060052929
    Abstract: A method controls the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk. Each risk element of a road segment is evaluated for the specific risk potential thereof by taking into consideration the perils and the actual speed of the driver of the motor vehicle. An integral risk potential is calculated for the road segment on the basis of the sum of the specific risk potentials of all detected risk elements. A system is provided to carry out the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Dieter Bastian, Ralf Eisenreich