Patents by Inventor Thomas App

Thomas App 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: 10827916
    Abstract: A LED illumination module has at least one LED (6). At a proximal side there is a first electric connection contact (8) and at an axially oppositely directed distal side there is a second electrical connection contact (10) as well as a radiation region emitting radiation. The LED (6), at the second electrical connection contact (10), is contacted via an electrically conductive sleeve (14) which, distanced to the proximal end, is electrically conductively connected to the second connection contact (10) of the LED (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: RICHARD WOLF GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Claus Weber, Rudolf Heimberger, Klaus Schrumpf, Martina Detert, Thomas App
  • Patent number: 9747801
    Abstract: A method for classifying surroundings of a motor vehicle includes: providing a hypothesis regarding the class to which the surroundings belong; sampling pieces of information from the surroundings of the motor vehicle; determining a criterion which supports or weakens the hypothesis based on the sampled pieces of information; and determining a probability of the hypothesis being correct, using the criterion with the aid of Bayesian filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal Kanter, Thomas App
  • Publication number: 20160000309
    Abstract: A LED illumination module has at least one LED (6). At a proximal side there is a first electric connection contact (8) and at an axially oppositely directed distal side there is a second electrical connection contact (10) as well as a radiation region emitting radiation. The LED (6), at the second electrical connection contact (10), is contacted via an electrically conductive sleeve (14) which, distanced to the proximal end, is electrically conductively connected to the second connection contact (10) of the LED (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Bernd Claus WEBER, Rudolf HEIMBERGER, Klaus SCHRUMPF, Martina DETERT, Thomas APP
  • Patent number: 9090279
    Abstract: A method for determining a transversal controller parameterization for transversal control of a vehicle on a route segment to be instantaneously traveled on by the vehicle, having a step for determining the parameter based on a piece of information about a curvature of the route segment to be instantaneously traveled on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Lutz Buerkle, Thomas App, Thomas Glaser
  • Publication number: 20150116101
    Abstract: A method for classifying surroundings of a motor vehicle includes: providing a hypothesis regarding the class to which the surroundings belong; sampling pieces of information from the surroundings of the motor vehicle; determining a criterion which supports or weakens the hypothesis based on the sampled pieces of information; and determining a probability of the hypothesis being correct, using the criterion with the aid of Bayesian filtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal Kanter, Thomas App
  • Publication number: 20150012820
    Abstract: A system and method of publishing compositions is provided. The system and method includes publishing blocks, such as chapters or scenes, of the composition separately. Therefore, the original author or third party users may create new blocks based on the original blocks. The new blocks may include previous chapters, variations of the original block, or new chapters that may continue the story line. Therefore, a single block may start the beginning of a various amount of completed compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Mark Thomas App
  • Publication number: 20140039716
    Abstract: A method for determining a transversal controller parameterization for transversal control of a vehicle on a route segment to be instantaneously traveled on by the vehicle, having a step for determining the parameter based on a piece of information about a curvature of the route segment to be instantaneously traveled on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Lutz Buerkle, Thomas App, Thomas Glaser
  • Patent number: 8565975
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a driver assistance system using an LKS function of a vehicle, in which the LKS function is activated within predefinable boundary values and is deactivated outside these system boundaries. According to the invention, in response to the deactivation of the LKS function during cornering of the vehicle, the LKS function is transferred from a regulation to a control, in such a way that, during the cornering, the driver continues to be supported by a system torque in the transverse guidance of the vehicle at least over a certain stretch of path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Buerkle, Tobias Rentschler, Thomas App
  • Patent number: 8452492
    Abstract: A driver assistance device for a vehicle having a plurality of safety functions, such as in particular an LDW function and an LKS function, in which system-related boundary values are provided for the safety functions such that when they are undershot the safety function is activated and when they are exceeded the safety function is deactivated. The boundary values are developed to be variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Obert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Buerkle, Tobias Rentschler, Thomas App
  • Patent number: 8364341
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a driver assistance system, the activation of LKS (lane keeping support) function may result in lateral pendulum motions of the vehicle. Zones having specified conditions are defined in a region of the traffic lane in front of the vehicle. Within the zones, a check is performed to determine whether the respective driving state of the vehicle matches the specified conditions. In the event of a match, the existence of a pendulum motion of the vehicle is assumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Buerkle, Tobias Rentschler, Thomas App
  • Patent number: 8195362
    Abstract: A method for controlling a driver assistance system having an LKS function of a vehicle is described. In the region of lane widening, a hypothetical lane which connects a starting lane to a destination lane is generated by the driver assistance system. In the region of the lane widening, the vehicle is guided along the hypothetical lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Buerkle, Tobias Rentschler, Thomas App
  • Publication number: 20100286866
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a driver assistance system, the activation of LKS (lane keeping support) function may result in lateral pendulum motions of the vehicle. Zones having specified conditions are defined in a region of the traffic lane in front of the vehicle. Within the zones, a check is performed to determine whether the respective driving state of the vehicle matches the specified conditions. In the event of a match, the existence of a pendulum motion of the vehicle is assumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Lutz Buerkle, Tobias Rentschler, Thomas App
  • Publication number: 20100185363
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for the control of a driver assistance system (1) having an LKS function of a vehicle (100), wherein the LKS function is activated within thresholds that can be predetermined, and is deactivated outside of these system limits. According to the invention, the LKS function is transferred from a regulating function into a control function upon deactivation of the LKS function during the operation of the vehicle (100) in curves such that the driver is further assisted during the operation in a curve by a system torque in the transverse guidance of the vehicle (100) at least for a certain distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Lutz Buerkle, Tobias Rentschler, Thomas App
  • Publication number: 20100138101
    Abstract: A driver assistance device for a vehicle having a plurality of safety functions, such as in particular an LDW function and an LKS function, in which system-related boundary values are provided for the safety functions such that when they are undershot the safety function is activated and when they are exceeded the safety function is deactivated. The boundary values are developed to be variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Lutz Buerkle, Tobias Rentschler, Thomas App
  • Publication number: 20090271071
    Abstract: A method for controlling a driver assistance system having an LKS function of a vehicle is described. In the region of lane widening, a hypothetical lane which connects a starting lane to a destination lane is generated by the driver assistance system. In the region of the lane widening, the vehicle is guided along the hypothetical lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Lutz Buerkel, Tobias Rentschler, Thomas App