Patents by Inventor Karlheinz Loffl

Karlheinz Loffl 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, evaluating computer, and on-board computer for influencing a traffic light signal system
    Patent number: 9818298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for influencing a traffic light system provided with an evaluating computer by a vehicle, in particular in public transportation, the vehicle sending a data telegram to the evaluating computer at a sending position in order to request a green phase and the data telegram and/or the sending position depending on predefined reporting points, characterized in that the data telegram is transmitted to the evaluating computer by means of a packet-oriented, in particular IP-based (Internet-Protocol-based) radio network and in that the sending position is moved forward according to the current speed of the vehicle and a maximum assumed data telegram propagation time as the vehicle approaches a reporting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: INIT Innovative Informatikanwendungen in Transport
    Inventors: Karlheinz Loffl, Andreas Mörder, Matthias Kühn
  • Method, Evaluating Computer, And On-Board Computer For Influencing A Traffic Light Signal System
    Publication number: 20120229303
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for influencing a traffic light system provided with an evaluating computer by a vehicle, in particular in public transportation, the vehicle sending a data telegram to the evaluating computer at a sending position in order to request a green phase and the data telegram and/or the sending position depending on predefined reporting points, characterized in that the data telegram is transmitted to the evaluating computer by means of a packet-oriented, in particular IP-based (Internet-Protocol-based) radio network and in that the sending position is moved forward according to the current speed of the vehicle and a maximum assumed data telegram propagation time as the vehicle approaches a reporting point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Karlheinz Loffl, Andreas Mörder, Matthias Kühn