Patents by Inventor STEPHAN LORENZ

STEPHAN LORENZ 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).

  • Publication number: 20240153328
    Abstract: A method for preparing for the start-up of a control unit for access devices, wherein at least one access device is communicatively connected to the control unit, wherein the control unit has a communication interface for information technology communication with a mobile terminal and/or has an input device for detecting an input from an installer or is in communicative connection with an input device for detecting an input from an installer. The method includes: a) detecting, using the control unit, an information technology signal or a change in an existing information technology continuous signal of a mobile terminal by the communication interface, and/or detecting an input from an installer using the input device, b) sending a trigger signal from the control unit to the access device, c) receiving the trigger signal using the access device, and d) performing an action using the access device depending on the received trigger signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kai OBERSTE-UFER, Christian RAPPEL, Thomas VOGLER, Sven BUSCH, Ingo HALDER, Bernd GEHRMANN, Andrzej DUDZINSKI, Chandra Prakash GUPTA, Oliver BORCHMANN, Frank LORENZ, Martin WOLF, Alexander BRADFISCH, Stephan GIERNICH, Pedro GUERRA
  • Publication number: 20240142931
    Abstract: A door system for at least one door, the door system including door components, with one of the components being designed as a control unit. The control unit and at least one other door component are connected to one another via a first communication bus. An access system with an above door system and with a computing unit are related, with an image of the door system stored in the computing unit, the door components connected to the first communication bus each having an identifier. The identifiers are stored as part of the image of the door system in the computing unit and/or with past and current operating states of the door system stored in the computing unit. An access system with at least one of the above door systems is related, with at least one door system having an authentication device configured to receive an access attribute for authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan GIERNICH, Dennis MEIERING, Thomas VOGLER, Sven BUSCH, Ingo HALDER, Bernd GEHRMANN, Andrzej DUDZINSKI, Chandra Prakash GUPTA, Oliver BORCHMANN, Frank LORENZ
  • Publication number: 20240137270
    Abstract: A method for commissioning a door system with the door system having door components, with at least one door component being designed as a control unit, with the method including the following steps: storing an electronic configuration of the door system in the control unit and/or a mobile terminal, and carrying out at least one commissioning step by the electronic configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kai OBERSTE-UFER, Christian RAPPEL, Thomas VOGLER, Sven BUSCH, Ingo HALDER, Bernd GEHRMANN, Andrzej DUDZINSKI, Chandra Prakash GUPTA, Oliver BORCHMANN, Frank LORENZ, Martin WOLF, Alexander BRADFISCH, Stephan GIERNICH, Pedro GUERRA
  • Patent number: 10447410
    Abstract: A sensor network includes a sink and multiple sensor nodes. The sink is coupled to a substrate and configured to transmit a periodic ultrasonic pulse on the substrate. A first one of the sensor nodes is coupled to the substrate. The first sensor node is configured to (i) receive the periodic ultrasonic pulse from the substrate, (ii) synchronize an internal clock of the first sensor node to the sink based on the periodic ultrasonic pulse, (iii) selectively detect an event in a region surrounding the first sensor node, and (iv) in response to detecting the event, transmit a first ultrasonic pulse toward the sink on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Subir Biswas, Stephan Lorenz, Bo Dong, Qiong Huo
  • Patent number: 10166978
    Abstract: Method for automatically parking a vehicle in a parking area having a multiplicity of parking spaces, comprising the following steps: allocating a specific parking space for the motor vehicle by means of the control device; automatic driving, or driving under the control of the control device, of the vehicle to the specific parking space; characterized by the following steps: making available at least one item of environmental information for the control device; evaluating the parking spaces on the basis of the at least one item of environmental information; and if appropriate, re-parking a vehicle located in a parking space which is evaluated as being less than optimum to a parking space which is evaluated as being optimum by the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Stephan Lorenz
  • Patent number: 10124704
    Abstract: A vehicle seat for a motor vehicle, includes an adjustable seat base, an adjustable backrest surface and adjustable lateral support elements provided on the seat-side and/or the backrest-side, wherein the size or geometry of the lateral support elements, which form a pair and are opposite each other, can variously be changed, and wherein the seat base and/or the backrest surface can be tilted towards one side, electromechanical or pneumatic adjustment means being provided for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Stephan Lorenz, Jan Buchholz
  • Publication number: 20180194343
    Abstract: Method for automatically parking a vehicle in a parking area having a multiplicity of parking spaces, comprising the following steps:—allocating a specific parking space for the motor vehicle by means of the control device;—automatic driving, or driving under the control of the control device, of the vehicle to the specific parking space; characterized by the following steps:—making available at least one item of environmental information for the control device;—evaluating the parking spaces on the basis of the at least one item of environmental information; and—if appropriate, re-parking a vehicle located in a parking space which is evaluated as being less than optimum to a parking space which is evaluated as being optimum by the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventor: Stephan Lorenz
  • Patent number: 9805594
    Abstract: A method, an evaluation system and a cooperative vehicle for predicting at least one congestion parameter are proposed. The method involves a detecting of a traffic density 71-74, a detecting of a current position x which is present during the detecting of the traffic density 71-74 and a relaying of the traffic density 71-74 and the current position x to an evaluation unit 60. Moreover, the method includes an evaluation of the traffic density 71-74 and a providing of at least one congestion parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: Audi AG, Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Jan Buchholz, Stephan Lorenz, Tilman Lacko
  • Patent number: 9715829
    Abstract: A method for coordinating operation of motor vehicles with a coordination device having a sensor, a computing device and a communication device includes determining from sensor data location and movement information of the motor vehicles, calculating an expected trajectory for each motor vehicle from the location and movement information, checking whether trajectories of different motor vehicles spatially and temporally overlap so as to create a conflict, in the event of a conflict transmitting a driving instruction to at least one motor vehicle, and executing the driving instruction or displaying the driving instruction on a display device of the at least one motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jan Buchholz, Stephan Lorenz
  • Publication number: 20170126332
    Abstract: A sensor network includes a sink and multiple sensor nodes. The sink is coupled to a substrate and configured to transmit a periodic ultrasonic pulse on the substrate. A first one of the sensor nodes is coupled to the substrate. The first sensor node is configured to (i) receive the periodic ultrasonic pulse from the substrate, (ii) synchronize an internal clock of the first sensor node to the sink based on the periodic ultrasonic pulse, (iii) selectively detect an event in a region surrounding the first sensor node, and (iv) in response to detecting the event, transmit a first ultrasonic pulse toward the sink on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Subir BISWAS, Stephan LORENZ, Bo DONG, Qiong HUO
  • Patent number: 9452725
    Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes an airbag module arranged in a hub region of a vehicle steering wheel used for steering vehicle wheels about a steering angle when the steering wheel is turned to a rotary position. The airbag module has an airbag configured for deployment between a driver and the steering wheel in the event of a crash. An adjustment unit is provided to turn the steering wheel from the rotary position to a crash position while the steering angle of the vehicle wheels remains unchanged so as to align the airbag with a posture of the driver in the event of a crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Stephan Lorenz, Ingo Schütz, Ulrich Pfeiffer, Werner Wilding, Alwin Tuschkan
  • Publication number: 20160210852
    Abstract: A method, an evaluation system and a cooperative vehicle for predicting at least one congestion parameter are proposed. The method involves a detecting of a traffic density 71-74, a detecting of a current position x which is present during the detecting of the traffic density 71-74 and a relaying of the traffic density 71-74 and the current position x to an evaluation unit 60. Moreover, the method includes an evaluation of the traffic density 71-74 and a providing of at least one congestion parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jan Buchholz, Stephan Lorenz, Tilman Lacko
  • Publication number: 20160152166
    Abstract: A vehicle seat for a motor vehicle, includes an adjustable seat base, an adjustable backrest surface and adjustable lateral support elements provided on the seat-side and/or the backrest-side, wherein the size or geometry of the lateral support elements, which form a pair and are opposite each other, can variously be changed, and wherein the seat base and/or the backrest surface can be tilted towards one side, electromechanical or pneumatic adjustment means being provided for this purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: STEPHAN LORENZ, JAN BUCHHOLZ
  • Publication number: 20150274106
    Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes an airbag module arranged in a hub region of a vehicle steering wheel used for steering vehicle wheels about a steering angle when the steering wheel is turned to a rotary position. The airbag module has an airbag configured for deployment between a driver and the steering wheel in the event of a crash. An adjustment unit is provided to turn the steering wheel from the rotary position to a crash position while the steering angle of the vehicle wheels remains unchanged so as to align the airbag with a posture of the driver in the event of a crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Stephan Lorenz, Ingo Schütz, Ulrich Pfeiffer, Werner Wilding, Alwin Tuschkan
  • Publication number: 20140372016
    Abstract: A method for coordinating operation of motor vehicles with a coordination device having a sensor, a computing device and a communication device includes determining from sensor data location and movement information of the motor vehicles, calculating an expected trajectory for each motor vehicle from the location and movement information, checking whether trajectories of different motor vehicles spatially and temporally overlap so as to create a conflict, in the event of a conflict transmitting a driving instruction to at least one motor vehicle, and executing the driving instruction or displaying the driving instruction on a display device of the at least one motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: JAN BUCHHOLZ, STEPHAN LORENZ