Patents by Inventor Thomas Hochkirchen

Thomas Hochkirchen 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).

  • Driving route situation prediction for vehicle performance optimization
    Patent number: 8725408
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for prediction and identification of journey situations. A method for prediction of journey situations has the following steps: defining a plurality of standard journey situations, with each standard journey situation being characterized by a group of driving state parameters; defining a plurality of route state parameters in order to describe the state of a journey route; determining an association rule which associates in each case one group of values of the route state parameters with a standard journey situation; recording of an intended journey route; determining values of the route state parameters for the intended journey route; and associating the intended journey route with one of the standard journey situations on the basis of the association rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Hochkirchen, Mark Eifert, Maurice Rienks, Christian Ress, Aria Etemad, Marcus Boerger
  • Driving Route Situation Prediction For Vehicle Performance Optimization
    Publication number: 20070010933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for prediction and identification of journey situations. A method for prediction of journey situations has the following steps: defining a plurality of standard journey situations, with each standard journey situation being characterized by a group of driving state parameters; defining a plurality of route state parameters in order to describe the state of a journey route; determining an association rule which associates in each case one group of values of the route state parameters with a standard journey situation; recording of an intended journey route; determining values of the route state parameters for the intended journey route; and associating the intended journey route with one of the standard journey situations on the basis of the association rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Hochkirchen, Mark Eifert, Maurice Rienks, Christian Ress, Aria Etemad, Marcus Boerger