Patents by Inventor Ralf Oberlander

Ralf Oberlander 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: 7406340
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for remote controlling a mobile radio telephone (1) in a motor vehicle with a standard hands-free device (2), which is installed as an independent item of equipment in the vehicle, contains a microphone and a loudspeaker and which is connected to the radio telephone (1). According to the invention, the radio telephone (1) is connected via an independent central interface module (5) to an input unit (3) and to an output unit (4) of another electronic item of equipment installed in the vehicle. The interface module (5) communicates via standardized interfaces (6) with the radio telephone (1) and with the input unit (3) and with the output unit (4) and contains a communications management unit (7) for converting the data formats between the radio telephone (1) and the input unit (3) and the output unit (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lars Juengling, Ralf Oberländer
  • Publication number: 20060161312
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for remote controlling a mobile radio telephone (1) in a motor vehicle with a standard hands-free device (2), which is installed as an independent item of equipment in the vehicle, contains a microphone and a loudspeaker and which is connected to the radio telephone (1). According to the invention, the radio telephone (1) is connected via an independent central interface module (5) to an input unit (3) and to an output unit (4) of another electronic item of equipment installed in the vehicle. The interface module (5) communicates via standardized interfaces (6) with the radio telephone (1) and with the input unit (3) and with the output unit (4) and contains a communications management unit (7) for converting the data formats between the radio telephone (1) and the input unit (3) and the output unit (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Lars Juengling, Ralf Oberlander