Patents by Inventor Tilo Ernesti

Tilo Ernesti 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: 11932237
    Abstract: A method for assisting a maneuvering procedure of a motor vehicle in a parking garage is disclosed, wherein the motor vehicle moves within the parking garage during the maneuvering procedure from a drop-off site in the parking garage to a predetermined position in the parking garage, wherein the maneuvering procedure of the motor vehicle is monitored by at least one sensor of the motor vehicle, comprising the steps: establishing a communication link between a controller of the motor vehicle and a vehicle-external unit of the parking garage; transmitting climate-specific measured data that are acquired by at least one measuring point in the parking garage from the at least one measuring point to the vehicle-external unit, and calibrating the at least one sensor of the motor vehicle depending on the climate-specific measured data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Tilo Ernesti, Thorben Günzel, Daniel Mossau
  • Patent number: 11520025
    Abstract: A method for checking a distance measuring device of a transportation vehicle wherein the distance measuring device has ultrasonic sensors. A functional impairment of at least one ultrasonic sensor, a check is performed to determine whether one of the ultrasonic sensors is maladjusted, and an often occurring source of a fault causing a functional impairment of ultrasonic sensors is considered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Thorben Günzel, Lynn Brennecke, Tilo Ernesti, Norman Hornung, Jan Brandes
  • Publication number: 20210197803
    Abstract: A method for assisting a maneuvering procedure of a motor vehicle in a parking garage is disclosed, wherein the motor vehicle moves within the parking garage during the maneuvering procedure from a drop-off site in the parking garage to a predetermined position in the parking garage, wherein the maneuvering procedure of the motor vehicle is monitored by at least one sensor of the motor vehicle, comprising the steps: establishing a communication link between a controller of the motor vehicle and a vehicle-external unit of the parking garage; transmitting climate-specific measured data that are acquired by at least one measuring point in the parking garage from the at least one measuring point to the vehicle-external unit, and calibrating the at least one sensor of the motor vehicle depending on the climate-specific measured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tilo Ernesti, Thorben Günzel, Daniel Mossau
  • Publication number: 20210173063
    Abstract: A method for checking a distance measuring device of a transportation vehicle wherein the distance measuring device has ultrasonic sensors. A functional impairment of at least one ultrasonic sensor, a check is performed to determine whether one of the ultrasonic sensors is maladjusted, and an often occurring source of a fault causing a functional impairment of ultrasonic sensors is considered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Thorben GÜNZEL, Lynn BRENNECKE, Tilo ERNESTI, Norman HORNUNG, Jan BRANDES
  • Publication number: 20180362024
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assisting a maneuvering procedure of a motor vehicle in a parking garage, wherein the motor vehicle moves within the parking garage during the maneuvering procedure from a drop-off site in the parking garage to a predetermined position in the parking garage, wherein the maneuvering procedure of the motor vehicle is monitored by at least one sensor of the motor vehicle, comprising the steps: establishing a communication link between a controller of the motor vehicle and a vehicle-external unit of the parking garage; transmitting climate-specific measured data that are acquired by at least one measuring point in the parking garage from the at least one measuring point to the vehicle-external unit, and calibrating the at least one sensor of the motor vehicle depending on the climate-specific measured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tilo Ernesti, Thorben Günzel, Daniel Mossau