Patents by Inventor Holger RENDEL

Holger RENDEL 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: 11599613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a security system of a charging station for charging electric vehicles, the security system comprising the following elements: a charging plug, the charging plug comprising a sensor unit for recording biometric data of a user that are used for authenticating the user on the security system, and a control unit for evaluating biometric data of the user. For this purpose, according to the invention, the control unit extracts a plurality of features from the biometric data of the user, and the control unit evaluates the features of the biometric data in a plurality of stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Hirsch, Holger Rendel, Erik Schondorff, Matthias Meitzner
  • Patent number: 11241989
    Abstract: A method for configuring a massage program of a massage device of a vehicle seat by an electronic control unit, which is connected indirectly or directly to at least one control unit for the vehicle seat of the vehicle. When configuring the created massage program, at least one element of the vehicle seat, to which element pressure can be applied, is controlled by means of the electronic control unit, wherein the vehicle seat control unit outputs the massage program after the start of the massage program in accordance with the configuration performed by controlling the individual elements, to which pressure can be applied, in the vehicle seat. It is provided that, within the configuration for creating the massage program, at least one configuration step is performed by the electronic control unit and at least one configuration step is performed directly at the seat part and/or at the backrest part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Holger Rendel, Matthias Meitzner
  • Publication number: 20200372143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a security system of a charging station for charging electric vehicles, the security system comprising the following elements: a charging plug, the charging plug comprising a sensor unit for recording biometric data of a user that are used for authenticating the user on the security system, and a control unit for evaluating biometric data of the user. For this purpose, according to the invention, the control unit extracts a plurality of features from the biometric data of the user, and the control unit evaluates the features of the biometric data in a plurality of stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Hirsch, Holger Rendel, Erik Schondorff, Matthias Meitzner
  • Publication number: 20200108759
    Abstract: A method for configuring a massage program of a massage device of a vehicle seat by an electronic control unit, which is connected indirectly or directly to at least one control unit for the vehicle seat of the vehicle. When configuring the created massage program, at least one element of the vehicle seat, to which element pressure can be applied, is controlled by means of the electronic control unit, wherein the vehicle seat control unit outputs the massage program after the start of the massage program in accordance with the configuration performed by controlling the individual elements, to which pressure can be applied, in the vehicle seat. It is provided that, within the configuration for creating the massage program, at least one configuration step is performed by the electronic control unit and at least one configuration step is performed directly at the seat part and/or at the backrest part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Holger RENDEL, Matthias MEITZNER