Patents by Inventor Holger Mindt

Holger Mindt 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: 11876955
    Abstract: A method for qualification of a camera system and/or its image/camera signals of a partially autonomously or autonomously driving vehicle. Infrastructure information from a vehicle's surroundings is used. The image/camera signal of the camera system is monitored by a monitoring function with regard to at least the following criteria: image/camera signal in recurring, known time windows, sequence of the image/camera signals, corruption of the image/camera signals, signature checking of the camera system. Checking of the image/camera signals using unmoving land markings that are reconciled with a list is carried out and they are checked for a mapping signature. Then the image/camera signals and the infrastructure information contained in the updated map check function are communicated to an evaluation function and merged and compared in a signal fusion unit. Consequently, a qualified image/camera signal is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Mindt
  • Publication number: 20230064268
    Abstract: A method for qualification of a camera system and/or its image/camera signals of a partially autonomously or autonomously driving vehicle. Infrastructure information from a vehicle's surroundings is used. The image/camera signal of the camera system is monitored by a monitoring function with regard to at least the following criteria: image/camera signal in recurring, known time windows, sequence of the image/camera signals, corruption of the image/camera signals, signature checking of the camera system. Checking of the image/camera signals using unmoving land markings that are reconciled with a list is carried out and they are checked for a mapping signature. Then the image/camera signals and the infrastructure information contained in the updated map check function are communicated to an evaluation function and merged and compared in a signal fusion unit. Consequently, a qualified image/camera signal is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Holger Mindt
  • Publication number: 20230061522
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a data fusion function of an infrastructure system for the infrastructure-supported assistance of motor vehicles during an at least semi-automated driving task within an infrastructure, the infrastructure including multiple infrastructure surroundings sensors for detecting an area of the infrastructure. The method includes: receiving multiple input data sets intended for the data fusion function, each of which includes surroundings data based on the respective detection of the area, which represent the detected area; receiving output data based on a data fusion of the input data sets, output by the data fusion function; checking the input data sets and/or the output data for consistency; outputting a check result of the check. A device, a computer program, and a machine-readable memory medium are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Adwait Sanjay Kale, Nils Uhlemann, Alexander Geraldy, Holger Mindt