Patents by Inventor Jochen PFANNSTIEL

Jochen PFANNSTIEL 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 interacting with an object displayed on data eyeglasses
    Patent number: 9910506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for interacting with an object that is displayed to a user by smart glasses, which includes a display. The method includes displaying the object for the user using the display, detecting that the user closes a first eye and keeps the first eye closed during a predetermined period of time using a first camera, recording a hand of the user using a second camera determining that the user performs an input action during the predetermined period of time, wherein the input action includes the hand assuming an attitude, and a position from a perspective of a second eye of the user with respect to the object, that meet a predetermined condition, and performing an action with respect to the object, wherein the action is associated with the input action in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Spiessl, Felix Lauber, Jochen Pfannstiel
  • Vision-controlled interaction for data spectacles
    Patent number: 9283893
    Abstract: A display system is disclosed, including data spectacles which have a spectacles frame and a display which is mounted at the spectacles frame such that it is situated in the field of vision of the wearer of the spectacles frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jochen Pfannstiel, Felix Lauber, Wolfgang Spiessl
  • Method for Interacting with an Object Displayed on Data Eyeglasses
    Publication number: 20160041624
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for interacting with an object that is displayed to a user by smart glasses, which includes a display. The method includes displaying the object for the user using the display, detecting that the user closes a first eye and keeps the first eye closed during a predetermined period of time using a first camera, recording a hand of the user using a second camera determining that the user performs an input action during the predetermined period of time, wherein the input action includes the hand assuming an attitude, and a position from a perspective of a second eye of the user with respect to the object, that meet a predetermined condition, and performing an action with respect to the object, wherein the action is associated with the input action in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang SPIESSL, Felix LAUBER, Jochen PFANNSTIEL
  • Vision-Controlled Interaction for Data Spectacles
    Publication number: 20140354516
    Abstract: A display system is disclosed, including data spectacles which have a spectacles frame and a display which is mounted at the spectacles frame such that it is situated in the field of vision of the wearer of the spectacles frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jochen PFANNSTIEL, Felix LAUBER, Wolfgang SPIESSL