Patents Assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
  • Publication number: 20240137246
    Abstract: A first network node for a vehicle communicates with a second network node and identifies a data transfer rate symmetry by: transmitting a first message and storing a first timestamp indicating the transmission time of the first message, transmitting a second message directly after transmitting the first message and storing a second timestamp indicating the transmission time of the second message, receiving a third message and storing a seventh timestamp indicating the transmission time of the third message, receiving a fourth message, which was transmitted after the third message, and storing an eighth timestamp indicating the transmission time of the fourth message. The first computing unit is configured for identifying, a data transfer rate symmetry by means of the first timestamp, the second timestamp, the seventh timestamp, and the eighth timestamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Helge Zinner
  • Publication number: 20240134392
    Abstract: A method for automatically controlling a vehicle based on a driving specification received from an external infrastructure. In a normal mode the vehicle is controlled along a trajectory specified thereby and in a test mode the vehicle is controlled along a test trajectory that deviates from the trajectory specified by the driving specification, and/or is controlled using test parameters. This allows the reliable operation of the infrastructure to be verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Stählin
  • Patent number: 11966069
    Abstract: A display including a display panel and a backlight arranged behind the display panel, with a light guide with edge coupling, wherein the backlight is designed so the light intensity of the backlight is lower in a peripheral region of the display panel than in a central region of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Bäthis, Oliver Jakoby, Andreas Brüninghaus, Jochen Möller
  • Publication number: 20240127477
    Abstract: A method and system for pose estimation includes receiving at least one image frame captured by an imaging device, wherein the imaging device is arranged to image at least one subject; determining one or more candidate positions for each of a plurality of human keypoints, wherein each candidate position is associated with a likelihood that a human keypoint is located at such position; generating one or more combinations of human keypoints based on the determined one or more candidate positions; and determining a pose of each of the at least one subject based at least on the one or more generated combinations of human keypoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Roozbeh Sanaei, Matthias Horst Meier, Mithun Das, Lei Li, VunPin Wong, Saptak Sanyal
  • Publication number: 20240119830
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for predicting a future position of road users in a predefined road section, including a storage unit in which at least historical sensor data relating to captured road users in the predefined road section are stored. A processor is provided and extracts the historical movement data relating to the respective road users from the historical sensor data and is further designed to learn a sufficiently accurate high-definition map of the predefined road section by means of a machine learning method based on the historical movement data. The processor is further designed to determine, based on an input of current movement data relating to a road user, a prediction of at least one future position of this road user in this road section, at least implicitly using the learned high-definition map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Senninger, Matthias Wagner
  • Publication number: 20240119841
    Abstract: An alert system for warning road users in a road section. A receiver unit receives movement data of detected road users (DRUs) in relation to the road section. A memory unit has prediction modules with decreasing prediction qualities. A first prediction module makes at least one DRU position prediction if first conditions are satisfied. The second prediction module makes at least one DRU position prediction if the first conditions are not satisfied and second conditions are satisfied. The third prediction module makes at least one DRU position prediction if the first and second conditions are not satisfied. A test module tests whether the first, second, or third conditions are satisfied in relation to the road section and the DRU and selects the prediction module with the highest prediction quality with a satisfied condition. A processor predicts at least a future position of the DRUs using the selected prediction module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Senninger, Miroslaw Robakowski
  • Patent number: 11953551
    Abstract: A module for initializing and calibrating a product during the manufacture of the product in a manufacturing environment, wherein the module is able to be arranged on the product and wherein the module has a first interface for wireless data transmission between the module and the manufacturing environment, a second interface for establishing a data connection between the module and the product, an electrical energy source and a data processing unit. The module is designed to supply the product at least temporarily with energy by way of the energy source, to establish a data connection with the product via the second interface, to perform test and/or calibration routines on the product via the second interface, wherein the data processing unit generates test and/or calibration data during the performance of the test and/or calibration routines, and to transmit the test and/or calibration data to the manufacturing environment via the first interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Eduardo Lopez Arce Vivas, Manuel Deppner, Matthew Leo Grilliot
  • Patent number: 11945419
    Abstract: A brake system for a motor vehicle, wherein the brake system is divided into two blocks, wherein a separate electric pressure generator is arranged in each block, and a motor vehicle having such a brake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Dinkel
  • Publication number: 20240101044
    Abstract: A pivotable display system having a traction spring tensioned to reversibly pivot the display around a pivot axis of a shaft connected to an upper portion of a display in a direction from a front side of the display toward the rear side of the display. In the event of an accident-related application of force below a threshold, the display is rotatable in a rearward direction toward an instrument panel, so that a steering column pushed in a direction towards the display avoids or at least reduces the risk of destruction of the display. In the event of accident-related application of force above the threshold, the traction spring may reversibly displace the display upwardly away from the steering column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Laurentiu Pop, Werner Zanzinger, Tobias Huth, Jörg Thomas, Sergiu Rinja, Caius Ungureanu, Marius Pascalau
  • Publication number: 20240092275
    Abstract: An electronic unit for a vehicle, comprising surface elements arranged next to one another with a visible surface side and a surface underside is disclosed. The surface elements are fixed in a housing. The housing has a top side facing the surface underside and an underside, wherein a carrier plate is provided. Each housing on its underside has at least one protruding fixing element for fixing the surface elements to the carrier plate. The carrier plate connects the surface elements together, wherein each fixing element has an index element arranged on the fixing element between the carrier plate and the underside and is releasably connected to the fixing element. The index elements are connected to the carrier plate by substance bonding so each surface element is releasably fixed to the carrier plate, and wherein by the index elements, the surface elements are arranged relative to and level with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Huth, Thomas Schaper, Jörg Thomas, Doris Schäfer, Sergej Wittmeier, David Saar
  • Publication number: 20240098665
    Abstract: A method for execution by an apparatus belonging to a first road user comprises receiving a vehicle-to-X (V2X) message by a V2X communication apparatus, wherein the V2X message comprises time information for determining a system time of a second road user, determining a system time of the first road user, comparing the system times of the first road user and the second road user, wherein, if a determined discrepancy between the system times of the first road user and the second road user is equal to or exceeds a limit value, it is determined whether the system time of the first road user or of the second road user is incorrect, and correcting the system time of the first road user if the system time of the first road user is incorrect, or outputting a control signal for communicating that the system time of the second road user is incorrect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Strunck, Marc Menzel, Thomas Grotendorst
  • Publication number: 20240098465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for sending a vehicle-to-x-message including an information part and a safety part, wherein the safety part comprises information that can be used to evaluate quality and reliability of the information contained in the information part regarding its usability and qualification for safety-related driving functions and tasks. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for receiving and a corresponding vehicle-to-x-communications module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Andrae, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping
  • Patent number: 11932061
    Abstract: An electronic wheel unit for arrangement on a vehicle wheel of a vehicle, having at least one sensor for detecting at least one wheel operational parameter, a control device, which is designed to generate wheel operational data on the basis of the at least one wheel operational parameter, a radio device for transmitting radio data signals containing the wheel operational data, a power supply device for supplying electrical power to the wheel unit which has an energy-harvesting device for converting mechanical energy captured on a rotation of the vehicle wheel into electrical energy and an electric battery, wherein the electronic wheel unit furthermore has a switchover device for switching over between the energy-harvesting device, and the electric battery for the electrical power supply to the wheel unit, and the switchover device has an actuable switch and an actuating device for actuating the switch, wherein the at least one wheel operational parameter comprises an acceleration parameter, and the actuating
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Löffler
  • Publication number: 20240087370
    Abstract: A system for detecting a state of a vehicle component comprises a server computer and a vehicle having the vehicle component. The vehicle has a control computer for controlling the vehicle component and for detecting vehicle data which describe the state of the vehicle component. Furthermore, the vehicle comprises a data transmission device for transmitting the vehicle data to the server computer. The server computer is configured to receive the vehicle data and to evaluate the vehicle data. The server computer is configured to establish a state of the vehicle component by evaluating the vehicle data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Dreiseitel, Timo Schröder
  • Publication number: 20240087189
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method of generating a graph representation of a scene comprising receiving sensor data representative of a perceived scene captured with a sensor; defining a plurality of nodes based on the received sensor data; creating a densely connected graph by connecting each node to a number of nearest neighbour nodes; predicting, for each pair of connected nodes of the densely connected graph, at least a node probability, wherein the node probability represents a probability that the pair of connected nodes represent the same object; and generating a graph representation of the perceived scene based at least on the densely connected graph, and the predicted node probability. The method may also be applied to two or more observations of a scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Sriram Vaikundam, Michael Colin Hoy, Paththini Gedara Chaminda Namal Senarathne, Rahul Singh
  • Patent number: 11926180
    Abstract: A method for signaling the theft of a wheel of a motor vehicle. The vehicle includes a plurality of wheels and a computer. At least one of the wheels includes a sensor. The method includes, for the at least one wheel, the steps of measuring at least one value for the internal pressure of the tire of the wheel, detecting that the vehicle has been raised if the absolute value of the difference between the at least one measured internal pressure value and a predetermined reference internal pressure value is greater than a predetermined pressure difference threshold when it is detected the vehicle has been raised, detecting the detachment of the wheel when it is detected that the wheel has become detached, and signaling the theft of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Fabien Deleplanque, Vincent Létard, Jean-Charles Huard
  • Publication number: 20240080434
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a display device. The disclosure is further directed towards a method, a computer program code, and an apparatus for providing a correction map for such a display device. The disclosure is further related to a method and a computer program code for operating a display device. The display device comprises a display panel comprising pixels, a cover element, and a decorative element arranged on the cover element. An individual brightness of the pixels of the display panel is adapted to a light transmissivity of the decorative element at the respective pixel positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Weber, Andreas Brüninghaus, Jürgen Bäthis, Jochen Möller, Jan Hermes, Kai Hohmann
  • Publication number: 20240072691
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for holding a motor vehicle by means of an electrically actuated brake comprises applying the brake until a target force is reached. For holding purposes, a motor torque is reduced by applying a negative preset value for a target angular velocity for a motor torque of an electric actuator of the brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Böhm
  • Patent number: 11916649
    Abstract: A satellite communication module for a vehicle. The module includes an electronic control unit and at least one antenna capable of communicating with a plurality of satellites that are characterized by a predefined orbital trajectory and the same predefined speed. The at least one antenna being configurable according to a plurality of configurations, each configuration allowing the at least one antenna to radiate in an angular window, each angular window corresponding to an area of the sky that is characterized by a longitudinal coordinate and a transverse coordinate. The control unit includes a memory area. The memory area including a calibration table of the at least one antenna. The control circuit being configured to adapt the radiation of the at least one antenna so that the antenna radiates in the direction of the at least one determined angular window during the corresponding given time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Emmanuel Pasquet, Mohamed Cheikh, Sébastien Kessler
  • Publication number: 20240064935
    Abstract: A vehicle display apparatus comprising a processor and a temperature regulator is disclosed. The temperature regulator is operable to allow a fluid flow to enter a fluid flow inlet of the vehicle display apparatus or prevent a fluid flow to enter a fluid flow inlet of the vehicle display apparatus. The temperature regulator further comprises: an actuator having a shaft, the actuator operable to rotate the shaft, and a rotatable tab in communication with the actuator, the rotatable tab operable to rotate synchronously in response to a rotation of the shaft. The processor is operable to execute a command to allow the fluid flow to enter the fluid flow inlet of the vehicle display apparatus; or to prevent the fluid flow to enter the fluid flow inlet of the vehicle display apparatus by rotating the shaft of the actuator to change a position of the rotatable tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Ling Chih Teng, Zhixiong Jiang, Han Lin Fong, Hee Lee Koh, Chun How Low