Patents by Inventor Günter Horna

Günter Horna 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: 11117469
    Abstract: A single-track vehicle is provided with a display device and a control device which is configured coupled to the display device such that at least one first display layout and one second display layout are presentable in the display device. The first and the second display layout have at least one main display field. Upon switching to the first display layout, the current speed and/or the current engine speed and/or the current gear stage and/or a current desired speed of the single-track vehicle are/is displayed in the region of the main display field, and, upon switching to the second display layout, a plurality of menu points of a selection menu and/or items of information about comfort functions of the single-track vehicle are depicted in the region of the main display field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Guenter Horna
  • Patent number: 11040622
    Abstract: An operating device for controlling functions of a motor vehicle, includes an operator control element which can be displaced from a rest position beyond a first actuating position into a second actuating position. The operating device has a control unit which is designed to actuate, in accordance with a function which is assigned to the operator control element, a display device for displaying information associated with the function if the operating element is positioned in the first actuating position. The control unit is configured to trigger the function if the operator control element is positioned in the second actuating position. The operating device is configured to output a tactilely perceptible feedback in at least one of the positions of the operator control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Guenter Horna
  • Publication number: 20200047619
    Abstract: An operating device for controlling functions of a motor vehicle, includes an operator control element which can be displaced from a rest position beyond a first actuating position into a second actuating position. The operating device has a control unit which is designed to actuate, in accordance with a function which is assigned to the operator control element, a display device for displaying information associated with the function if the operating element is positioned in the first actuating position. The control unit is configured to trigger the function if the operator control element is positioned in the second actuating position. The operating device is configured to output a tactilely perceptible feedback in at least one of the positions of the operator control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: Guenter HORNA
  • Patent number: 10528245
    Abstract: A method for designating a subset of a basic set of data records stored in a memory unit and for visualizing at least a part of the designated subset on a display unit. To designate the subset on the display unit, at least two graphically delimited display regions are formed. Objects representing data records from the basic set are displayed in a first display region and the subset of objects designated or to be designated is assigned to a second display region. A subset is designated by highlighting at least one object in the first display region, moving the highlighted at least one object into the second display region and cancelling the highlighting. This allows a highly intuitive designation of a subset of datasets from a basic set. The designation method can be used particularly for generating playback lists of MP3 files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Michael Mischke, Manuel Joachim, Michael Wittkämper, Günter Horna
  • Publication number: 20190263264
    Abstract: A single-track vehicle is provided with a display device and a control device which is configured coupled to the display device such that at least one first display layout and one second display layout are presentable in the display device. The first and the second display layout have at least one main display field. Upon switching to the first display layout, the current speed and/or the current engine speed and/or the current gear stage and/or a current desired speed of the single-track vehicle are/is displayed in the region of the main display field, and, upon switching to the second display layout, a plurality of menu points of a selection menu and/or items of information about comfort functions of the single-track vehicle are depicted in the region of the main display field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventor: Guenter HORNA
  • Publication number: 20150331572
    Abstract: A method for designating a subset of a basic set of data records stored in a memory unit and for visualizing at least a part of the designated subset on a display unit. To designate the subset on the display unit, at least two graphically delimited display regions are formed. Objects representing data records from the basic set are displayed in a first display region and the subset of objects designated or to be designated is assigned to a second display region. A subset is designated by highlighting at least one object in the first display region, moving the highlighted at least one object into the second display region and cancelling the highlighting. This allows a highly intuitive designation of a subset of datasets from a basic set. The designation method can be used particularly for generating playback lists of MP3 files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Michael MISCHKE, Manuel JOACHIM, Michael WITTKÄMPER, Günter HORNA
  • Patent number: 9103691
    Abstract: In a method for multimode information input and/or adaptation of the display of a display and control device, input signals of different modality are detected which are supplied via the device to a voice recognition unit, thus initiating a desired function and/or display as an output signal, which are displayed on the device and/or output by voice output. Touch and/or gesture input signals are provided on or to the device for selection of an object intended for interaction and activation of the voice recognition unit and for the vocabulary which is provided for interaction to be restricted with the selection of the object and/or activation of the voice recognition unit as a function of the selected object, on the basis of which a voice command from the restricted vocabulary is added to the selected object as an information input and/or for adaptation of the display, via the voice recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Christoph Wäller, Moritz Neugebauer, Thomas Fabian, Ulrike Wehling, Günter Horna, Markus Missall
  • Publication number: 20110022393
    Abstract: In a method for multimode information input and/or adaptation of the display of a display and control device, input signals of different modality are detected which are supplied via the device to a voice recognition unit, thus initiating a desired function and/or display as an output signal, which are displayed on the device and/or output by voice output. Touch and/or gesture input signals are provided on or to the device for selection of an object intended for interaction and activation of the voice recognition unit and for the vocabulary which is provided for interaction to be restricted with the selection of the object and/or activation of the voice recognition unit as a function of the selected object, on the basis of which a voice command from the restricted vocabulary is added to the selected object as an information input and/or for adaptation of the display, via the voice recognition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Christoph Wäller, Moritz Neugebauer, Thomas Fabian, Ulrike Wehling, Günter Horna, Markus Missall