Patents by Inventor Nico Bogner

Nico Bogner 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 and device for fatigue detection
    Patent number: 10086697
    Abstract: In a method for detecting driver fatigue in a vehicle having a memory device in which a fatigue model is stored, a sensor which detects at least one activity of the driver, and a sensor which detects the ambient brightness, the activity information is analyzed in the fatigue model and the brightness information is used for weighting the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventor: Nico Bogner
  • Monitoring a degree of attention of a driver of a vehicle
    Patent number: 9619721
    Abstract: To monitor a degree of attentiveness for a driver of a vehicle, a period is determined on the basis of a speed of the vehicle. It is determined whether an eyelid closed time and/or an eyelid closing time of the driver exceeds the period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: Volkswagen AG, Audi AG
    Inventors: Nico Bogner, Gordon Groβkopf, Andreas Zachmayer, Robert Büthorn, Stefan Brosig, Hendrik Franke, Asem Eltaher
  • MONITORING A DEGREE OF ATTENTION OF A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160104050
    Abstract: To monitor a degree of attentiveness for a driver of a vehicle, a period is determined on the basis of a speed of the vehicle. It is determined whether an eyelid closed time and/or an eyelid closing time of the driver exceeds the period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Nico BOGNER, Gordon GROßKOPF, Andreas ZACHMAYER, Robert BÜTHORN, Stefan BROSIG, Hendrik FRANKE, Asem ELTAHER
  • Method and device for detecting drowsiness
    Patent number: 8743193
    Abstract: In a method and a device for detecting the drowsiness of a driver in a motor vehicle, a drowsiness model is provided to determine a value characterizing the drowsiness of the driver as a function of at least one output quantity of a driver-activity sensor array. Moreover, the device for detecting drowsiness includes a brightness sensor as well as a correction model for correcting the value characterizing the drowsiness of the driver as a function of at least one output quantity of the brightness sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventor: Nico Bogner
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DROWSINESS
    Publication number: 20130162797
    Abstract: In a method and a device for detecting the drowsiness of a driver in a motor vehicle, a drowsiness model is provided to determine a value characterizing the drowsiness of the driver as a function of at least one output quantity of a driver-activity sensor array. Moreover, the device for detecting drowsiness includes a brightness sensor as well as a correction model for correcting the value characterizing the drowsiness of the driver as a function of at least one output quantity of the brightness sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventor: Nico Bogner
  • Method and Device for Fatigue Detection
    Publication number: 20130166217
    Abstract: In a method for detecting driver fatigue in a vehicle having a memory device in which a fatigue model is stored, a sensor which detects at least one activity of the driver, and a sensor which detects the ambient brightness, the activity information is analyzed in the fatigue model and the brightness information is used for weighting the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Nico Bogner