Patents by Inventor Manuel MAIER
Manuel MAIER 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).
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Publication number: 20210325206Abstract: A method for creating a map of at least one parking infrastructure. Unoccupied parking spaces inside the parking infrastructure are registered. Items of path information and items of environmental information are received by an external server unit. Items of path information are subdivided into path segments. The path segments are rectified by the external server unit. A loop recognition is carried out in order to create a geometrical map of the parking infrastructure. On the basis of the items of environmental information, occupied and unoccupied parking spaces along the path are acquired in order to ascertain unoccupied parking spaces inside the parking infrastructure. An external server unit and a system are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Csaba Beleznai, Christian Matthies, Manuel Maier, Michael Wolf, Patrik Zips
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Patent number: 11113967Abstract: A method for determining parking spaces, traffic participants ascertaining information about free parking spaces and communicating the information to a cloud computing system, the cloud computing system storing information about the free parking spaces in retrievable fashion in a parking space map, information about the provided parking space being visually presented on a display device of the traffic participant. A computer program and a free parking space assistance system, which are suitable in particular for carrying out the method, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Albrecht Irion, Manuel Maier
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Patent number: 10839686Abstract: A method of operating a community parking system includes generating sensor data with a plurality of vehicles corresponding to vehicle parking spaces and parked vehicles located in a region, transmitting the sensor data to a parking data system, and generating parking map data with the parking data system based on the sensor data, the parking map data including a location of the vehicle parking spaces. The method also includes generating parking service data with the parking data system based on the sensor data, the parking service data identifying a status of each vehicle parking space as either occupied or unoccupied, and transmitting the parking service data to a particular vehicle of the plurality of vehicles to assist an operator of the particular vehicle in locating one of the vehicle parking spaces having an unoccupied status.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Gregor Wunder, Frederik Brockmann, Naveen Ramakrishnan, Manuel Maier, Rahul Kapoor, Alexander Hagmeister, Karsten Thalheimer
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Patent number: 10762782Abstract: A method includes receiving data corresponding to spaces situated in a street section, the data being ascertained by at least one ascertaining vehicle driving through the street section and including information corresponding to a beginning edge of at least one object and a ending edge of at least one second object, determining boundaries of at least one space in which parking is permitted based on the received data, and generating a display representation of the boundaries of the at least one space in which parking is permitted. The method includes receiving the data and determining the boundaries, for example, each time an ascertaining vehicle drives through the street.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Georgiy Shurkhovetskyy, Carlos Cunha, Ruobing Chen, Philipp Mayer, Manuel Maier
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Patent number: 10689875Abstract: A method for operating a parking lot, which has a first parking area section for parking a motor vehicle, which is adjustable in its height with the aid of a hoisting system and which is able to be shifted by the hoisting system from a first position, in which a motor vehicle is able to enter the first parking area section, to a second position, and when the first parking area section is in the second position, a second parking area section for parking a motor vehicle becomes available underneath the first parking area section. The method includes executing an automatic parking operation for a motor vehicle to be parked in the parking lot; and controlling an operation of the hoisting system as a function of execution of the automatic parking operation. In addition, a device for operating a parking lot, a parking lot, and a computer program are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Manuel Maier, Rolf Nicodemus, Stefan Nordbruch
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Patent number: 10690502Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle in order to draw up a digital map of a parking lot, the vehicle driving within the parking lot ascertaining data pertaining to its driving route within the parking lot and transmitting the ascertained data via a communications network to a map server, so that the map server is able to draw up a digital map of the parking lot on the basis of the data. A corresponding device is also described. A method for drawing up a digital map of a parking lot, a map server, and a computer program are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Manuel Maier, Stefan Nordbruch
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Publication number: 20190251842Abstract: A method of operating a community parking system includes generating sensor data with a plurality of vehicles corresponding to vehicle parking spaces and parked vehicles located in a region, transmitting the sensor data to a parking data system, and generating parking map data with the parking data system based on the sensor data, the parking map data including a location of the vehicle parking spaces. The method also includes generating parking service data with the parking data system based on the sensor data, the parking service data identifying a status of each vehicle parking space as either occupied or unoccupied, and transmitting the parking service data to a particular vehicle of the plurality of vehicles to assist an operator of the particular vehicle in locating one of the vehicle parking spaces having an unoccupied status.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Gregor Wunder, Frederik Brockmann, Naveen Ramakrishnan, Manuel Maier, Rahul Kapoor, Alexander Hagmeister, Karsten Thalheimer
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Publication number: 20180258663Abstract: A method for operating a parking lot, which has a first parking area section for parking a motor vehicle, which is adjustable in its height with the aid of a hoisting system and which is able to be shifted by the hoisting system from a first position, in which a motor vehicle is able to enter the first parking area section, to a second position, and when the first parking area section is in the second position, a second parking area section for parking a motor vehicle becomes available underneath the first parking area section. The method includes executing an automatic parking operation for a motor vehicle to be parked in the parking lot; and controlling an operation of the hoisting system as a function of execution of the automatic parking operation. In addition, a device for operating a parking lot, a parking lot, and a computer program are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Manuel Maier, Rolf Nicodemus, Stefan Nordbruch
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Publication number: 20180247536Abstract: A method for operating a parking area that includes a plurality of parking spaces and a plurality of parking occupancy sensors for acquiring a respective state of occupancy of each of the parking spaces, including the following steps: determination, using a parking occupancy sensor, of whether a parking space is free or is occupied by a motor vehicle, if the parking space is occupied by a motor vehicle, testing of whether the parked motor vehicle is permitted to park within the parking area, and if the motor vehicle is not permitted to park within the parking area, controlling of one or more actions in order to make it possible to bring about a removal of the parked motor vehicle. A corresponding system, a corresponding parking area, and a computer program are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Manuel Maier, Stefan Nordbruch
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Patent number: 10062278Abstract: A parking lot is set up for the parking of motor vehicles. A method for managing the parking lot includes steps of determining a maximum number of motor vehicles able to be parked in the parking lot, of counting of arriving and departing motor vehicles, of determining a number of motor vehicles parked in the parking lot on the basis of the counted motor vehicles, and of determining a number of motor vehicles that are additionally able to be parked in the parking lot.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Manuel Maier, Juergen Auracher, Stefan Nordbruch
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Patent number: 10026316Abstract: A street parking space for a first motor vehicle is located within a predefined area. A method for determining an unoccupied street parking space includes steps of scanning environmental data of a second motor vehicle in the predefined area; determining an item of information regarding an unoccupied parking space in the area of the second motor vehicle on the basis of the environmental data; and reporting the item of information to a central instance. The central instance determines a demand for reports in the area on the basis of received information from a plurality of second motor vehicles, and suppresses further reports from a second motor vehicle as a function of the demand.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Manuel Maier, Philipp Mayer
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Publication number: 20180149483Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle in order to draw up a digital map of a parking lot, the vehicle driving within the parking lot ascertaining data pertaining to its driving route within the parking lot and transmitting the ascertained data via a communications network to a map server, so that the map server is able to draw up a digital map of the parking lot on the basis of the data. A corresponding device is also described. A method for drawing up a digital map of a parking lot, a map server, and a computer program are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Manuel Maier, Stefan Nordbruch
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Publication number: 20180130350Abstract: A street parking space for a first motor vehicle is located within a predefined area. A method for determining an unoccupied street parking space includes steps of scanning environmental data of a second motor vehicle in the predefined area; determining an item of information regarding an unoccupied parking space in the area of the second motor vehicle on the basis of the environmental data; and reporting the item of information to a central instance. The central instance determines a demand for reports in the area on the basis of received information from a plurality of second motor vehicles, and suppresses further reports from a second motor vehicle as a function of the demand.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Manuel Maier, Philipp Mayer
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Publication number: 20180122232Abstract: A parking lot is set up for the parking of motor vehicles. A method for managing the parking lot includes steps of determining a maximum number of motor vehicles able to be parked in the parking lot, of counting of arriving and departing motor vehicles, of determining a number of motor vehicles parked in the parking lot on the basis of the counted motor vehicles, and of determining a number of motor vehicles that are additionally able to be parked in the parking lot.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Manuel Maier, Juergen Auracher, Stefan Nordbruch
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Patent number: 9847027Abstract: A parking lot is designed for parking motor vehicles in a non-organized manner. A method for managing the parking lot includes steps of determining an area P of the parking lot that is able to be occupied by parked motor vehicles, of determining an area K of the parking lot that is currently occupied by parked motor vehicles, and of determining a number Z of motor vehicles that may be parked additionally in the parking lot, on the basis of the relationship Z=(1?K/P)*M, where M comprises a maximum number of motor vehicles that may be parked in the parking lot.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Stefan Nordbruch, Juergen Auracher, Manuel Maier
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Patent number: 9747791Abstract: A method for identifying free spaces (parking not permitted) and/or permitted parking areas, vehicles transmitting pieces of information about possible parking spaces (PPS) to a central computer facility (CCF). Positions of PPS are detected with vehicle surroundings sensors, and the detected PPS are evaluated based on the data collected, a categorization being performed for recording the PPS, with positions, in a CCF database and evaluating the data using a cluster analysis. When the analysis is performed, PPS are assigned to a street portion, a function is assigned to the street portion, which is given by the quotient of the frequency of PPS detections in a certain position along the street portion and the number of vehicle passages through the street portion and a weighting factor from the evaluation. A free space is inferred when the function value is greater than a predefined second limiting value and/or a parking area is inferred when the function value is within a predefined range.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Philipp Mayer, Manuel Maier
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Publication number: 20170154530Abstract: A method for determining parking spaces, traffic participants ascertaining information about free parking spaces and communicating the information to a cloud computing system, the cloud computing system storing information about the free parking spaces in retrievable fashion in a parking space map, information about the provided parking space being visually presented on a display device of the traffic participant. A computer program and a free parking space assistance system, which are suitable in particular for carrying out the method, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Albrecht Irion, Manuel Maier
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Publication number: 20160371892Abstract: A parking lot comprises multiple parking spaces, which are designed for parking respectively one motor vehicle. A method for managing the parking lot includes steps of scanning a parking space using a sensor assigned to the parking space, of determining that a motor vehicle is located in the parking space, of determining that the parked motor vehicle has no usage authorization for the parking space, and of outputting a notice.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Stefan Nordbruch, Manuel Maier
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Publication number: 20160371978Abstract: A parking lot is designed for parking motor vehicles in a non-organized manner. A method for managing the parking lot includes steps of determining an area P of the parking lot that is able to be occupied by parked motor vehicles, of determining an area K of the parking lot that is currently occupied by parked motor vehicles, and of determining a number Z of motor vehicles that may be parked additionally in the parking lot, on the basis of the relationship Z=(1?K/P)*M, where M comprises a maximum number of motor vehicles that may be parked in the parking lot.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Stefan Nordbruch, Juergen Auracher, Manuel Maier
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Publication number: 20160321926Abstract: A method for identifying free spaces (parking not permitted) and/or permitted parking areas, vehicles transmitting pieces of information about possible parking spaces (PPS) to a central computer facility (CCF). Positions of PPS are detected with vehicle surroundings sensors, and the detected PPS are evaluated based on the data collected, a categorization being performed for recording the PPS, with positions, in a CCF database and evaluating the data using a cluster analysis. When the analysis is performed, PPS are assigned to a street portion, a function is assigned to the street portion, which is given by the quotient of the frequency of PPS detections in a certain position along the street portion and the number of vehicle passages through the street portion and a weighting factor from the evaluation. A free space is inferred when the function value is greater than a predefined second limiting value and/or a parking area is inferred when the function value is within a predefined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Philipp MAYER, Manuel MAIER