Patents by Inventor STEVEN KANZLER

STEVEN KANZLER 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).

  • Low impact detection for automated driving vehicles
    Patent number: 11912306
    Abstract: A method helps to protect an occupant of a vehicle (10) equipped with an automated driving system (200) and a vehicle safety system (100) by detecting low impact crash events (99) with the vehicle (10). The method includes utilizing automated driving sensors (220, 230, 240, 250, 260) of the automated driving system (200) to identify possible low impact collision risks. The method also includes utilizing vehicle safety system sensors (110, 115, 120, 125, 130) of the vehicle safety system to determine a low impact collision resulting from the identified possible low impact collision. A vehicle safety system (100) includes an airbag controller unit (150) configured to implement the method to determine low impact crash events with the vehicle (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Steven Kanzler, Kiran Balasubramanian, Carl Munch, Andreas Fleckner, Harald Pfriender, Michal Duchowski, Charles Bartlett, Huahn-Fern Yeh
  • LOW IMPACT DETECTION FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20220153304
    Abstract: A method helps to protect an occupant of a vehicle (10) equipped with an automated driving system (200) and a vehicle safety system (100) by detecting low impact crash events (99) with the vehicle (10). The method includes utilizing automated driving sensors (220, 230, 240, 250, 260) of the automated driving system (200) to identify possible low impact collision risks. The method also includes utilizing vehicle safety system sensors (110, 115, 120, 125, 130) of the vehicle safety system to determine a low impact collision resulting from the identified possible low impact collision. A vehicle safety system (100) includes an airbag controller unit (150) configured to implement the method to determine low impact crash events with the vehicle (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: STEVEN KANZLER, KIRAN BALASUBRAMANIAN, CARL MUNCH, ANDREAS FLECKNER, HARALD PFRIENDER, MICHAL DUCHOWSKI, CHARLES BARTLETT, HUAHN-FERN YEH