Patents by Inventor Juergen Meurle

Juergen Meurle 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: 9182759
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for the fully automated driving of a motor vehicle has a control device for generating control signals for actuators of the motor vehicle, which are designed to drive the motor vehicle. The control device forms a slave of a master-slave arrangement. A user interface of the device forms the master. The user interface receives as an input from a user, a selection of a driving maneuver that is to be performed by the slave and/or a driving parameter value for a driving parameter with respect to a driving maneuver which is currently carried out by the slave. After completion of the input, the user interface activates the slave as a function of the input. The user interface has a representation of the motor vehicle, arranged in a field, wherein an edge represents a maximum permissible change in the driving parameter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Martin Wimmer, Juergen Meurle, Heike Sacher, Karl-Heinz Siedersberger, Fabian Scheiffert, Franziska Ehrhart
  • Patent number: 9174642
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a driver assistance device to guide the motor vehicle in an automated manner during travel. The driver assistance device can be switched between a plurality of assistance modes. First, second and third control device differ in the actions the control. The first operating device directly drives the motor vehicle by the driver of the motor vehicle in a manual mode. The second operating device adjusts driving parameters for a partially automated assistance mode, and the third operating device serves as a user interface for the fully automated assistance mode. In a fully automated assistance mode, the driver assistance device provides independent lateral guidance and controls a wheel steering angle. In this case, an actuator adjusts a rotary position of the steering wheel to follow the wheel steering angle set by the driver assistance device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Martin Wimmer, Juergen Meurle, Heike Sacher, Karl-Heinz Siedersberger
  • Publication number: 20150032322
    Abstract: The motor vehicle according to the invention comprises a driver assistance device, which is designed to drive the motor vehicle independently during a journey of the motor vehicle and which in this case is switchable between a plurality of assistance modes. The motor vehicle furthermore comprises a first, a second and a third operating device (12, 14, 16), which differ from one another in operating actions to be performed for their operation. In the case of the driver assistance device, at least independent transverse driving is provided in a fully automatic assistance mode, at least speed control is provided in a partly automatic assistance mode and no driving of the motor vehicle at all is provided by the driver assistance device in a manual assistance mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Wimmer, Juergen Meurle, Heike Sacher, Karl-Heinz Siedersberger
  • Publication number: 20150006013
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to enable clear operation of a driver assistance system for the fully automated driving of a motor vehicle. The device according to the invention has a control unit for generating control signals for actuators of the motor vehicle, said actuators being designed for driving the motor vehicle. In this case, a slave of a master-slave arrangement is formed by the control unit. An associated master is formed by a user interface (28) of the device by virtue of the fact that the user interface (28) is designed to receive an input from a user, said input comprising a selection of a driving maneuver (M1 to M5) to be performed by the slave and/or a driving parameter value for a driving parameter (F1, F2) with respect to a driving maneuver currently being performed by the slave, and, after the input has ended, to activate the slave in a manner dependent on the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Wimmer, Juergen Meurle, Heike Sacher, Karl-Heinz Siedersberger, Fabian Scheiffert, Franziska Ehrhart
  • Publication number: 20130147268
    Abstract: A vehicle, in particular a hybrid and/or electric vehicle, includes a main switch for a power supply which main switch can be operated from outside the vehicle, and a safeguard which safeguards the main switch against unauthorized operation. A method for operating a vehicle includes operating a main switch for a voltage supply of the vehicle from outside the vehicle, wherein the main switch is safeguarded against unauthorized operation by a safeguard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Meurle
  • Patent number: 8212666
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a hybrid drive that includes a first drive unit and a second low-emission drive unit. The motor vehicle can be driven in travel mode in different modes of operation of the hybrid drive at least either by the first drive unit or by the second low-emission drive unit. To determine a current emission of pollutants and/or substances that are harmful to the climate and/or the noise emissions of such a motor vehicle, a display device is placed at a location of the motor vehicle so as to be clearly visible from outside the motor vehicle during the travel mode for displaying a current mode of operation of the hybrid drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Jürgen Meurle
  • Publication number: 20110227719
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a hybrid drive that includes a first drive unit and a second low-emission drive unit. The motor vehicle can be driven in travel mode in different modes of operation of the hybrid drive at least either by the first drive unit or by the second low-emission drive unit. To determine a current emission of pollutants and/or substances that are harmful to the climate and/or the noise emissions of such a motor vehicle, a display device is placed at a location of the motor vehicle so as to be clearly visible from outside the motor vehicle during the travel mode for displaying a current mode of operation of the hybrid drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventor: Jürgen Meurle