Patents by Inventor Felix Klanner

Felix Klanner 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).

  • Publication number: 20230211803
    Abstract: A driving assistance system for automated driving of a vehicle includes at least one processor unit, which is designed to perform the following when the driving assistance system is carrying out a maneuver of turning onto a street: to determine, on the basis of environment data of an environment sensor system of the vehicle, whether another, on-coming road user is blocking a lane of the street which corresponds to the vehicle; and when it is determined that the other road user is blocking the lane of the street which corresponds to the vehicle to carry out a situation evaluation in order to determine whether the vehicle should back up in order to allow the other road user to exit the street or whether the other road user should be requested to clear the lane by backing up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Felix KLANNER, Horst KLOEDEN
  • Publication number: 20220390241
    Abstract: A device determines a parking position for a motor vehicle. The device has a receiver unit for receiving a desired parking position of a first user, an output unit for outputting a parking position for the motor vehicle of the first user, and a processing unit which is designed, on the basis of historical data and current data, to determine the probability that the desired parking position of the first user matches the desired collection position of a second user, and which is designed to determine a parking position for the motor vehicle of the first user on the basis of the probability, the output unit being designed to output the parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Felix KLANNER
  • Patent number: 10225171
    Abstract: A method is provided for assigning a time stamp to a specific data packet which, as with a group of received data packets, is received by a cyclically operating sensor. The specific data packet is especially part of the group of received data packets. The disclosed method includes: determining the time of arrival of each data packet of the group of received data packets; assigning a time stamp to each data packet of the group of data packets; determining the time difference between the determined time of arrival and the assigned time stamp for each data packet of the group of data packets; determining the smallest time difference from among the determined time differences; and assigning a time stamp to the specific data packet on the basis of the time of arrival determined for the data packet for which the smallest time difference has been determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Felix Klanner, Armin Bartsch, Horst Kloeden, Andreas Rauch
  • Patent number: 10091751
    Abstract: A mobile unit as well as a method for time-stamping a first message of the first mobile unit to a second mobile unit are provided. The method includes the steps of: determining a roundtrip time between the first mobile unit and a base station, receiving the first message sent by the first mobile unit in the base station, adding a timestamp to the first message in the base station while taking into account the roundtrip time, and sending the time-stamped first message to the second mobile unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Armin Bartsch, Horst Kloeden, Felix Klanner, Andreas Rauch
  • Patent number: 9882799
    Abstract: A method is provided for assigning a time stamp to a specific data packet which, as with a group of received data packets, is received by a cyclically operating sensor. The specific data packet especially is part of the group of received data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Kloeden, Felix Klanner, Armin Bartsch, Andreas Rauch
  • Patent number: 9823735
    Abstract: A method for determining an information source from a plurality of information sources for display on smart glasses is disclosed In one embodiment, the method includes determining a spatial orientation of the smart glasses, determining from a plurality of criteria, which are respectively related to the spatial orientation of the smart glasses, a criterion which is fulfilled by the determined spatial orientation of the smart glasses, assigning each of the plurality of criteria an information source from the plurality of information sources, and selecting the information source assigned to the determined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Spiessl, Felix Klanner, Martin Enders
  • Patent number: 9823741
    Abstract: A method for selecting an information source from a plurality of information sources for display on a display of smart glasses is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes determining an orientation of the smart glasses with respect to a head of a wearer of the smart glasses, and selecting an information source from the plurality of information sources based at least in part on the determined orientation of the smart glasses with respect to the head of the wearer of the smart glasses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Felix Klanner, Wolfgang Spiessl, Martin Enders
  • Publication number: 20160041613
    Abstract: A method for selecting an information source from a plurality of information sources for display on a display of smart glasses is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes determining an orientation of the smart glasses with respect to a head of a wearer of the smart glasses, and selecting an information source from the plurality of information sources based at least in part on the determined orientation of the smart glasses with respect to the head of the wearer of the smart glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Felix KLANNER, Wolfgang SPIESSL, Martin ENDERS
  • Publication number: 20160041612
    Abstract: A method for determining an information source from a plurality of information sources for display on smart glasses is disclosed In one embodiment, the method includes determining a spatial orientation of the smart glasses, determining from a plurality of criteria, which are respectively related to the spatial orientation of the smart glasses, a criterion which is fulfilled by the determined spatial orientation of the smart glasses, assigning each of the plurality of criteria an information source from the plurality of information sources, and selecting the information source assigned to the determined criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang SPIESSL, Felix Klanner, Martin Enders
  • Publication number: 20150312130
    Abstract: A method is provided for assigning a time stamp to a specific data packet which, as with a group of received data packets, is received by a cyclically operating sensor. The specific data packet is especially part of the group of received data packets. The disclosed method includes: determining the time of arrival of each data packet of the group of received data packets; assigning a time stamp to each data packet of the group of data packets; determining the time difference between the determined time of arrival and the assigned time stamp for each data packet of the group of data packets; determining the smallest time difference from among the determined time differences; and assigning a time stamp to the specific data packet on the basis of the time of arrival determined for the data packet for which the smallest time difference has been determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Felix KLANNER, Armin BARTSCH, Horst KLOEDEN, Andreas RAUCH
  • Publication number: 20150281038
    Abstract: A method is provided for assigning a time stamp to a specific data packet which, as with a group of received data packets, is received by a cyclically operating sensor. The specific data packet especially is part of the group of received data packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Horst KLOEDEN, Felix KLANNER, Armin BARTSCH, Andreas RAUCH
  • Publication number: 20150163759
    Abstract: A mobile unit as well as a method for time-stamping a first message of the first mobile unit to a second mobile unit are provided. The method includes the steps of: determining a roundtrip time between the first mobile unit and a base station, receiving the first message sent by the first mobile unit in the base station, adding a timestamp to the first message in the base station while taking into account the roundtrip time, and sending the time-stamped first message to the second mobile unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Armin BARTSCH, Horst KLOEDEN, Felix KLANNER, Andreas RAUCH
  • Publication number: 20140336866
    Abstract: In a method for determining input data of a driver assistance unit, information data are provided, which were determined as a function of a measurement signal of a first sensor using a predefined first calculation rule. Raw data are provided, which are representative of a measurement signal of the first and/or a second sensor. The plausibility data are determined as a function of the raw data using a predefined second calculation rule. Fusion data, which represent information data that have been checked for plausibility, are determined as a function of the information data and the plausibility data. The fusion data are provided as the input data to the driver assistance unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst KLOEDEN, Felix KLANNER
  • Patent number: 8452523
    Abstract: A method of controlling an automatic switch-off and switch-on procedure of a drive unit in a motor vehicle via a start-stop device is provided, by which, when the motor vehicle stops, the drive unit is automatically switched off if predefined switch-off conditions have been met, and by which an automatically switched-off drive unit is automatically switched on if at least one driver-side or system-side switch-on request is made. When a system-side switch-on request takes place, the automatic switch-on procedure will be suppressed at least temporarily if a delay condition exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gregor Nitz, Felix Klanner, Klaas Kunze, Christian Raubitschek
  • Publication number: 20120191330
    Abstract: A method of controlling an automatic switch-off and switch-on procedure of a drive unit in a motor vehicle via a start-stop device is provided, by which, when the motor vehicle stops, the drive unit is automatically switched off if predefined switch-off conditions have been met, and by which an automatically switched-off drive unit is automatically switched on if at least one driver-side or system-side switch-on request is made. When a system-side switch-on request takes place, the automatic switch-on procedure will be suppressed at least temporarily if a delay condition exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gregor NITZ, Felix Klanner, Klaas Kunze, Christian Raubitschek
  • Patent number: 7974772
    Abstract: A method provides driving operation data in a network for wirelessly exchanging driving operation data. A first motor vehicle connected to the network by communication technology determines the absolute driving operation data of a second motor vehicle by way of at least one environment sensor disposed in the first motor vehicle. The absolute driving operation data of the second motor vehicle are transmitted by the first motor vehicle to at least one other subscriber to the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gregor Nitz, Felix Klanner
  • Publication number: 20100161173
    Abstract: A method provides driving operation data in a network for wirelessly exchanging driving operation data. A first motor vehicle connected to the network by communication technology determines the absolute driving operation data of a second motor vehicle by way of at least one environment sensor disposed in the first motor vehicle. The absolute driving operation data of the second motor vehicle are transmitted by the first motor vehicle to at least one other subscriber to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gregor NITZ, Felix Klanner