Patents by Inventor Kay C. Müller

Kay C. Müller 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: 8169341
    Abstract: A park assist system for parking a vehicle in a target parking space includes a sensing system. The sensing system determines whether there is a sufficient slot length in a target parking space too small to complete a parking maneuver in a single maneuver, but large enough to complete a parking maneuver in more than one maneuver. During each of the more than one parking maneuvers, the driver is prompted to execute a calculated steering trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Salvador Toledo, Dirk Gunia, Kay C. Müller, Torsten Wey, Nate Rolfes, Janet Meise, Marcus Kalabis
  • Publication number: 20110080304
    Abstract: A method for parking a vehicle in a parking spot comprises the steps of: providing a vehicle having a sensing system and a park assist system, the sensing system including a sensor which provides an input signal; scanning neighboring objects to determine if a feasible target parking space is available; determining whether there is a sufficient slot length in which to park the vehicle and calculating a trajectory path to guide the vehicle into the space; starting a parking maneuver; deactivating the assist system by a driver/passenger action; storing the parking information determined above; and requesting a driver command to resume the parking maneuver, wherein if the driver selects to resume the parking maneuver the assist system uses the stored parking information to guide the vehicle into the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Salvador Toledo, Janet Meise, Kay C. Müller, Torsten Wey, Dirk Gunia, Holger Mueller, Marcus Kalabis
  • Publication number: 20110080305
    Abstract: A park assist system for parking a vehicle in a target parking space includes a sensing system. The sensing system determines whether there is a sufficient slot length in a target parking space too small to complete a parking maneuver in a single maneuver, but large enough to complete a parking maneuver in more than one maneuver. During each of the more than one parking maneuvers, the driver is prompted to execute a calculated steering trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Salvador Toledo, Dirk Gunia, Kay C. Müller, Torsten Wey, Nate Rolfes, Janet Meise, Marcus Kalabis
  • Patent number: 7417632
    Abstract: A method and system to automatically test graphical output. A graphical output is generated in a format that permits automatic comparison with a reference graphic. The reference graphic is created and retained in the test format. The test format reference graphic is compared with the test format output graphic. The results of the comparison are used to generate a report of the discrepancies between the reference graphic and the output graphic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Kay C. Müller