Patents by Inventor Heiko Guenthner

Heiko Guenthner 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 selecting and representing objects in a plane and in N-dimensional space
    Patent number: 7221357
    Abstract: Operating assemblies and installed components of a vehicle are represented by representational objects such as icons, graphic images and symbols on a touch-sensitive display screen. A matrix with matrix fields defined by the intersection of rows and columns is superimposed on the objects on the display screen. A rectangular region of the matrix is selected by touching two corner points, for example. All of the objects located in matrix fields that are entirely within, or at least partially within, or at least partially within or bordering on the selected rectangular region, are selected. Once the group of objects is selected, the entire group of the operating assemblies and installed components of the vehicle represented by the selected group of objects is operated or actuated simultaneously together as a group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: KID-Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Hartwig Von Essen, Heiko Guenthner, Manfred Endress, Holger Kuhlmann, Oliver Franzrahe
  • Method for selecting and representing objects in a plane and in N-dimensional space
    Publication number: 20030156137
    Abstract: Operating assemblies and installed components of a vehicle are represented by representational objects such as icons, graphic images and symbols on a touch-sensitive display screen. A matrix with matrix fields defined by the intersection of rows and columns is superimposed on the objects on the display screen. A rectangular region of the matrix is selected by touching two corner points, for example. All of the objects located in matrix fields that are entirely within, or at least partially within, or at least partially within or bordering on the selected rectangular region, are selected. Once the group of objects is selected, the entire group of the operating assemblies and installed components of the vehicle represented by the selected group of objects is operated or actuated simultaneously together as a group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Hartwig Von Essen, Heiko Guenthner, Manfred Endress, Holger Kuhlmann, Oliver Franzrahe