Patents by Inventor Helmut G. Konrad

Helmut G. Konrad 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: 20090306835
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle can be switched between a driver-controlled driven mode in which the direction and speed of travel of the vehicle are determined by the driver and a remotely controlled driven mode in which the direction and speed of travel of the vehicle are determined by information received from outside. In the remotely controlled driven mode, a control arrangement able to be operated by the driver is monitored (S4, S6, S7), and the vehicle is switched back to the driver-controlled mode (S5) if an intervention by the driver of a first type at the control arrangement is sensed. In the event of an intervention by the driver of a second type (S8, S10), the remotely controlled mode is maintained and a correction determined by the intervention taken by the driver is made (S9, S11) to the movement of the vehicle as determined by the information received from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Klaus Martin Ellermann, Helmut G. Konrad, Thomas Hansen