Patents by Inventor Harald Graef

Harald Graef 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 determining geometric data for vehicle parking processes
    Patent number: 7054729
    Abstract: Method for determining geometric data for parking processes of vehicles, wherein the lateral distance between the vehicle and a curb is measured several times successively by means of a distance sensor attached to the vehicle as the vehicle is driven by the parking space. The angle of the longitudinal axis of a vehicle and the curb is ascertained by determining a sideways movement angle between the present longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a preset longitudinal direction, which angle results from the sideways movement of the vehicle as it is driven along, by determining a curb angle between the preset longitudinal direction and the curb, which angle results from the course of the curb contour, and by determining the angle between the present longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the curb by adding the angle of sideways movement and the curb angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dietmar Maier, Frank Gensler, Helmut Spannheimer, Harald Graef, Alfred Pruckner, Karl-Heinz Meitinger
  • Method for determining geometric data for vehicle parking processes
    Publication number: 20050203686
    Abstract: Method for determining geometric data for parking processes of vehicles, wherein the lateral distance between the vehicle and a curb is measured several times successively by means of a distance sensor attached to the vehicle as the vehicle is driven by the parking space. The angle of the longitudinal axis of a vehicle and the curb is ascertained by determining a sideways movement angle between the present longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a preset longitudinal direction, which angle results from the sideways movement of the vehicle as it is driven along, by determining a curb angle between the preset longitudinal direction and the curb, which angle results from the course of the curb contour, and by determining the angle between the present longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the curb by adding the angle of sideways movement and the curb angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke
    Inventors: Dietmar Maier, Frank Gensler, Helmut Spannheimer, Harald Graef, Alfred Pruckner, Karl-Heinz Meitinger