Patents by Inventor Stefan Lüke
Stefan Lüke 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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Patent number: 10850743Abstract: A method and a device for determining a parking trajectory, in particular for a driver assistance system, for autonomous or partially autonomous maneuvering of a vehicle into a target parking position, is disclosed. A perspective representation of the vehicle surroundings is displayed to a user on a display device and a previously determined parking trajectory is output in the representation of the vehicle surroundings. The previously determined parking trajectory can be influenced by the user by at least one manual operator input. An adjusted parking trajectory is determined in accordance with the manual operator inputs.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHGInventors: Stephan Kirstein, Benedikt Lattke, Stefan Lüke
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Patent number: 10824881Abstract: A device for object recognition of an input image includes: a patch selector configured to subdivide the input image into a plurality of zones and to define a plurality of patches for the zones; a voting maps generator configured to generate a set of voting maps for each zone and for each patch, and to binarize the generated set of voting maps; a voting maps combinator configured to combine the binarized set of voting maps; and a supposition generator configured to generate and refine a supposition out of or from the combined, binarized set of voting maps.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Continental Teves AG & Co. OHGInventors: Ann-Katrin Fattal, Michelle Karg, Christian Scharfenberger, Stefan Hegemann, Stefan Lueke, Chen Zhang
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Patent number: 10783780Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein the control card is received by another vehicle. This provides an increased degree of safety in situations to be regulated, as it is possible to compare control cards of different vehicles and coordinate them if necessary.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
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Patent number: 10752255Abstract: A surroundings modeling device for a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, includes a separating device configured to separate a total vehicle surroundings model into a static vehicle surroundings model based on a first look-ahead distance and a dynamic vehicle surroundings model based on a second look-ahead distance. A first real-time computing device is configured to calculate the dynamic vehicle surroundings model on the basis of the first look-ahead distance within a maximum response time. A second real-time computing device is configured to calculate the static vehicle surroundings model on the basis of the second look-ahead distance with a characteristic response time. A situation analysis device is configured to change the separation process on the basis of an analysis of the total vehicle surroundings model.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHGInventors: Ralph Grewe, Steffen Schaack, Stefan Lüke
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Patent number: 10685561Abstract: A method for operating a central server, which enables a central management of control cards containing traffic rules. The invention further includes methods for handling control cards in vehicles, in particular in cooperation with such a central server.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
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Publication number: 20200027345Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein the control card is received by another vehicle. This provides an increased degree of safety in situations to be regulated, as it is possible to compare control cards of different vehicles and coordinate them if necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
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Publication number: 20190332873Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (100) for object recognition of an input image (A), the device (100) comprising: a patch selector (10), which is configured to subdivide the input image (A) into a plurality of zones z(m) and to define a plurality of patches pj(m) for the zones z(m); a voting maps generator (20), which is configured to generate a set of voting maps V(m) for each zone m of the plurality of zones z(m) and for each patch pj of the plurality of patches pj(m) and to binarize the generated set of voting maps V(m); a voting maps combinator (30), which is configured to combine the binarized set of voting maps V(m); and a supposition generator (40), which is configured to generate a supposition out of or from the combined, binarized set of voting maps V(m) and to perform a refinement of the supposition out of or from the combined, binarized set of voting maps V(m).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicants: Conti Temic micoelectronic GmbH, Continental Teves AG & Co. OHGInventors: Ann-Katrin FATTAL, Michelle KARG, Christian SCHARFENBERGER, Stefan HEGEMANN, Stefan LUEKE, Chen ZHANG
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Patent number: 10217358Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein a control card is created in a vehicle and passed on to an external unit such as, for example, another vehicle or a central server. In this way, a comparison of control cards is possible.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
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Patent number: 10148917Abstract: In order to recognize hazard areas and/or construction areas on a roadway, an environment sensor produces detected environment data regarding objects indicating the hazard areas and/or construction areas. A traffic light system is detected in the environment data, position data of the traffic light system is determined, an environment scenario is determined from the environment data and is compared with a reference model of the environment scenario. If the reference model does not indicate the presence of a traffic light system, or indicates a traffic light system having position data differing from the position data of the detected traffic light system, then it is concluded that the detected traffic light system is a traffic light system identifying a hazard and/or construction area.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignees: Conti Temic microelectronics GmbH, Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Stefan Hegemann, Matthias Komar, Stefan Lueke
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Patent number: 10093233Abstract: A method and an apparatus for displaying the surroundings of a vehicle and to a driver assistance system having such an apparatus having at least one sensor for producing sensor data for the surroundings of a vehicle. In this case, the sensor data are conditioned to produce raw image data, if need be using a grid model of the surroundings of the vehicle, if need be the raw image data are processed to produce object information using a grid model of the surroundings of the vehicle, and the object information obtained is used to condition raw image data to produce image object data, and finally the image object data are displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignees: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Continental Automotive GmbH, Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Dieter Krökel, Christian Exner, Herbert Meier, Stefan Lüke, Sebastian Houben, Jan Salmen
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Publication number: 20180251134Abstract: A surroundings modeling device for a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle. includes a separating device configured to separate a total vehicle surroundings model into a static vehicle surroundings model based on a first look-ahead distance and a dynamic vehicle surroundings model based on a second look-ahead distance. A first real-time computing device is configured to calculate the dynamic vehicle surroundings model on the basis of the first look-ahead distance within a maximum response time. A second real-time computing device is configured to calculate the static vehicle surroundings model on the basis of the second look-ahead distance with a characteristic response time. A situation analysis device is configured to change the separation process on the basis of an analysis of the total vehicle surroundings model.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Ralph Grewe, Steffen Schaack, Stefan Lüke
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Publication number: 20180244287Abstract: A method and a device for determining a parking trajectory, in particular for a driver assistance system, for autonomous or partially autonomous maneuvering of a vehicle into a target parking position, is disclosed. A perspective representation of the vehicle surroundings is displayed to a user on a display device and a previously determined parking trajectory is output in the representation of the vehicle surroundings. The previously determined parking trajectory can be influenced by the user by at least one manual operator input. An adjusted parking trajectory is determined in accordance with the manual operator inputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Stephan Kirstein, Benedikt Lattke, Stefan Lüke
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Publication number: 20180233040Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein the control card is received by another vehicle. This provides an increased degree of safety in situations to be regulated, as it is possible to compare control cards of different vehicles and coordinate them if necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
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Patent number: 9896092Abstract: In a method and a driver assistance system for representing vehicle surroundings of a vehicle having a sensor system for detecting the environment, a boundary of a traffic lane or driving path on which the vehicle is currently being driven is represented by position points that each have a predefined set of attributes especially including a width attribute indicating a lateral width of an unobstructed area available as a maneuvering space on an opposite side of the respective position point.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Dirk Waldbauer, Stefan Fritz, Thomas Berthold, Xiuxun Yin, Andree Hohm, Stefan Lueke
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Patent number: 9889873Abstract: A method of operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle for performing an automatic steering intervention involves detecting how firmly a driver is holding a steering wheel, and determining an intensity value i.e. control value dependent on how firmly the driver is holding the steering wheel. The control value is higher when the driver is holding the steering wheel more firmly, and lower when the driver is holding the steering wheel less firmly. The method then applies an automatic steering intervention with an applied intensity that is controlled in accordance with the control value, so that the applied intensity of the automatic steering intervention is higher when the driver is holding the steering wheel more firmly, and lower when the driver is holding the steering wheel less firmly. A steering assistance system includes a memory, a processor, sensors and an automatic steering control system, to implement the method.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventor: Stefan Lueke
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Patent number: 9829575Abstract: A sensor system detects objects in an environment ahead of a vehicle. The environment is represented by a predetermined fixed number of position points in an environment model. Initially and when no objects are detected, the position points may be distributed stochastically over the detection area of the sensor system. When objects are detected, the position points are re-distributed based on the detected objects, e.g. with a higher density of position points to represent the detected objects. Because the total number of position points is a predefined fixed number that remains constant, the processing, storage and transmission of the environment model involves a constant data volume and efficient use of memory and transmission bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignees: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Stefan Hegemann, Ralph Grewe, Andree Hohm, Stefan Lueke
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Publication number: 20170334446Abstract: The invention relates to a lane change assistant for a vehicle comprising a sensor arrangement for calculating information relating to lanes and other road users. Provided is an arithmetic and logic unit for calculating movement paths for a first lane change and a subsequent second lane change to the original lane. The vehicle driver can accept or initiate the calculated lane changes. An actuator unit can then execute the lane changes calculated by the arithmetic and logic unit and initiated by the vehicle driver upon receipt of a signal from the arithmetic and logic unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Sybe Dirk Jan Bosch, Oliver Fochler, Stefan Lüke, Matthias Strauss
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Publication number: 20170301236Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein a control card is created in a vehicle and passed on to an external unit such as, for example, another vehicle or a central server. In this way, a comparison of control cards is possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Bastian ZYDEK, Thomas GROTENDORST, Enno KELLING, Stefan LÜKE, Marc MENZEL
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Publication number: 20170278390Abstract: A method for operating a central server, which enables a central management of control cards containing traffic rules. The invention further includes methods for handling control cards in vehicles, in particular in cooperation with such a central server.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
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Patent number: 9576208Abstract: A display system for a vehicle comprises a display mounted within a passenger compartment of a vehicle and at least one camera mounted to the vehicle and facing at least partially in a rear direction. The display shows the images recorded by the camera(s) to provide a rear view for the driver of the vehicle. An ECU is controllably connected to the display screen and the at least one camera to analyze an image from the at least one camera to detect when an object in the image is an emergency vehicle; and to activate an alert on the display when an emergency vehicle is detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.Inventors: David Agnew, Stefan Lüke, Marc Fischer, Dieter Krökel