Patents by Inventor Edson William FANGWA NZEYA

Edson William FANGWA NZEYA 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: 11953341
    Abstract: A method and a device for acquiring, offering, and transmitting vehicle-based data of a route section, in particular environment data acquired by a vehicle of a vehicle swarm traveling on the route section and offered to a back-end computer and transmitted if required, comprising: reporting available vehicle-based data relating to the route section currently being traveled on to the back-end computer; requesting at least one selection of the vehicle-based data offered relating to the predefined route section from the vehicle by means of the back-end computer; collecting the requested selection of the vehicle-based data by means of the sensors of the vehicle and storing the data in a memory the vehicle; and transmitting the requested and collected data to the back-end computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Stephan Max, Edson William Fangwa Nzeya
  • Publication number: 20220244073
    Abstract: A method and a device for acquiring, offering, and transmitting vehicle-based data of a route section, in particular environment data acquired by a vehicle of a vehicle swarm traveling on the route section and offered to a back-end computer and transmitted if required, comprising: reporting available vehicle-based data relating to the route section currently being traveled on to the back-end computer; requesting at least one selection of the vehicle-based data offered relating to the predefined route section from the vehicle by means of the back-end computer; collecting the requested selection of the vehicle-based data by means of the sensors of the vehicle and storing the data in a memory the vehicle; and transmitting the requested and collected data to the back-end computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Stephan Max, Edson William Fangwa Nzeya
  • Patent number: 10997855
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting vehicle-based environmental data relating to at least one transportation vehicle traveling on a predefined road section to a backend for the purpose of collecting data records relating to the road section. The method generates data relating to the environment of the transportation vehicle by an environment sensor system; generates quality parameters relating to the sensors in the environment sensor system, wherein the quality parameters enable a statement regarding the performance of the sensors; combines the quality parameters and the measurement data to form a data record and creating a summary relating to the data record; transmits the header to the backend; checks the quality parameters of the header; and rejects the header in response to the quality parameters not complying with a predetermined quality standard or retains the header for further processing in response to the quality parameters complying with the predetermined quality standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan Max, Edson William Fangwa Nzeya
  • Patent number: 10922972
    Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting vehicle-based environment data of a transportation vehicle travelling on a predetermined section of a road to a backend device for collecting data records relating to the specified section of the road, wherein the backend includes a master data backend and a vehicle data backend that are independent of each other, including registration of the transportation vehicle with the actual vehicle identification number with the master data backend via a wireless communication, transmitting a pseudo-vehicle identification number that is different from the actual vehicle identification number to the transportation vehicle on the part of the master data backend, wherein the allocation of the pseudo-vehicle identification number to the actual vehicle identification number is known outside the transportation vehicle exclusively to the master data backend, and submitting data records or summaries of data records to the vehicle data backend using the pseudo-vehicle identification numbe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Stephan Max, Edson William Fangwa Nzeya
  • Publication number: 20200292345
    Abstract: A method for collecting transportation vehicle-based data and transferring the data to a backend computer, wherein the respective data sets relate to predefined route sections travelled along by a swarm of data-collecting vehicles, wherein parameterized orders for the acquisition of transportation vehicle-based data are stored in the backend computer and each order includes the parameter of route section, which defines the route section for which transportation vehicle-related data is to be collected; the parameter of swarm size, which defines how many transportation vehicles per unit of time are to collect data for the specified route section; and the parameter time interval, which defines the time interval in which data is to be acquired for the route section. Route-related data is continuously transferred to the backend computer from each transportation vehicle of the swarm, wherein a header constitutes an overview of the transportation vehicle-based data stored temporarily in the transportation vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Stephan MAX, Edson William FANGWA NZEYA
  • Publication number: 20200143680
    Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting vehicle-based environment data of a transportation vehicle travelling on a predetermined section of a road to a backend device for collecting data records relating to the specified section of the road, wherein the backend includes a master data backend and a vehicle data backend that are independent of each other, including registration of the transportation vehicle with the actual vehicle identification number with the master data backend via a wireless communication, transmitting a pseudo-vehicle identification number that is different from the actual vehicle identification number to the transportation vehicle on the part of the master data backend, wherein the allocation of the pseudo-vehicle identification number to the actual vehicle identification number is known outside the transportation vehicle exclusively to the master data backend, and submitting data records or summaries of data records to the vehicle data backend using the pseudo-vehicle identification numbe
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Stephan MAX, Edson William FANGWA NZEYA
  • Publication number: 20200143676
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting vehicle-based environmental data relating to at least one transportation vehicle traveling on a predefined road section to a backend for the purpose of collecting data records relating to the road section. The method generates data relating to the environment of the transportation vehicle by an environment sensor system; generates quality parameters relating to the sensors in the environment sensor system, wherein the quality parameters enable a statement regarding the performance of the sensors; combines the quality parameters and the measurement data to form a data record and creating a summary relating to the data record; transmits the header to the backend; checks the quality parameters of the header; and rejects the header in response to the quality parameters not complying with a predetermined quality standard or retains the header for further processing in response to the quality parameters complying with the predetermined quality standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Stephan MAX, Edson William FANGWA NZEYA