Patents by Inventor Ralph Wolters

Ralph Wolters 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: 6388581
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the correct operation of an electronic debiting appliance which is arranged in a vehicle and makes log entries on a mobile memory module in the context of a use accounting system for the use of a road network or for the entering of a stipulated geographical zone by the vehicle. The use of the road or geographical zone which is subject to charges is automatically recognized by the debiting appliance on the basis of data which is held in a carried memory device and identifies the roads or geographical zones which are subject to charges, and on the basis of data which can be received wirelessly in the vehicle from a navigation satellite system for the purpose of determining the particular current geographical vehicle position. A control device is used which is also set up for receiving data from the navigation satellite system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann AG
    Inventors: Ronald Barker, Günther Weber, Ralph Wolters