Patents Assigned to CONTINENTAL
  • Optical Waveguide For A Display Device
    Publication number: 20210096364
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an optical waveguide for a display device and to a device for generating a virtual image using such an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide has two or more partial optical waveguides adapted to different wavelengths. At least one of the partial optical waveguides in this case has an optical filter. The optical filter is adapted to the wavelengths used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Thorsten Alexander Kern
  • APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL IMAGE WITH INTERFERENCE LIGHT SUPPRESSION
    Publication number: 20210096365
    Abstract: A device for generating a virtual image with stray light suppression comprises at least one light source for producing light with a specified wavelength, a display element for producing an image, and an optical waveguide for expanding an exit pupil. An aperture mask that has holes and non-transparent regions is arranged above an upper boundary surface of the optical waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Kai Habermehl, Markus Schöpper
  • BLACK COLORED OBJECT HAVING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC OR ELECTRIC FIELD FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20210089167
    Abstract: In the case of a black-colored object having an electromagnetic or electric field function, wherein the black-colored object is colored by means of pigments, is covered with a component colored by means of pigments, or is coated with a lacquer, wherein the lacquer includes pigments, provision is made for the pigments to be electrically non-conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Klaus Seifert
  • SUPPORT FOR A CAMERA ON A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210086706
    Abstract: A support for a camera on a motor vehicle, including at least a main body with a guide and a bracket element which is pivotable relative to the main body and is connected to the main body via at least one guide rail, and which extends along an extent between a first end and a second end, wherein the camera may be arranged on the second end, wherein the first end is arranged on the guide, wherein the bracket element is pivotably connected to the at least one guide rail between the first end and the second end, and wherein, when the bracket element is pivoted, the first end is displaceable along the guide and the bracket element is displaceable along the at least one guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Grünig, Sebastian Wehl
  • APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL IMAGE HAVING A VARIABLE PROJECTION DISTANCE
    Publication number: 20210088786
    Abstract: A device for generating a virtual image. The device has at least one image-generating unit for producing an image and an optical waveguide for expanding an exit pupil. The optical waveguide has an output coupling region. An optical element for influencing a projection distance for at least a partial region of the virtual image is arranged adjacent to the output coupling region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Wolff von Spiegel, Björn Pablo Richter, Willi Scheffler-Juschtschenko
  • Method for adapting a fuel injector control signal
    Patent number: 10954879
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for adapting a control signal of a control circuit for at least one injector of a combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the control signal being a voltage-pulse signal of variable frequency varying between a minimum frequency and a maximum frequency and which is characterized over a given period by its duty cycle. For a given period of the control signal, the method includes determining the start time of the given period and of detecting the first pulse in the given period from the start time and, when the duration of the detected first pulse is included in a minimum time interval beginning at the start of the given period and the duration of which is dependent on the maximum frequency, modifying the duration of the detected first pulse so that the duration becomes equal to the duration of the minimum time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Baptiste Rol, Cédric Benaben
  • Method for managing a transient phase of the starting of a heat engine by an electric motor
    Patent number: 10954908
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for managing the starting of a combustion engine of a hybrid drive system including a combustion engine and an electric machine, as well as a drive shaft, the electric machine producing torque to start the combustion engine and drive the drive shaft at least during an initial phase of the start. In a transient starting phase, the combustion engine drives the drive shaft and the electric machine is stopped. The electric machine is regulated, during the initial phase and transient phases, with a first engine speed setpoint. The transient phase begins when the drive shaft reaches the first engine speed setpoint and remains steady. Torque control produced by the electric machine during the transient starting phase being configured so that the electric machine is stopped as soon as the control determines that the torque produced by the electric machine is tending toward zero torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Damien Verdier, Yannis Guillot, Jerome Lachaize
  • Detection of the direction of rotation of a vehicle engine
    Patent number: 10954870
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for detecting the direction of rotation of a crankshaft of an engine of a motor vehicle. The detection method includes in particular, when the crankshaft is in a second predetermined angular position between a low angular position and a high angular position of the crankshaft, a step of commanding the closure of a control valve for the intake of fuel into the high-pressure pump, a step of measuring a second pressure value in the high-pressure rail, and a step of detecting a nominal direction of rotation of the crankshaft if the second pressure value measured is greater than or equal to an expected pressure value or of detecting a reverse direction of rotation of the crankshaft if the second pressure value measured is less than the expected pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Yves Agnus, Julien Lefevre
  • Method for remotely loading digital data to an electronics unit for measuring operating parameters of a motor vehicle wheel, by transmission of mechanical waves
    Patent number: 10943412
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for remotely loading digital data to an electronics unit for measuring operating parameters of a wheel of a motor vehicle, the remote loading being carried out by a remote loading tool external to the wheel. The method includes the positioning of the external remote loading tool in the proximity of the wheel at least, emission of at least one frame of mechanical waves by the external remote loading tool toward the electronics unit, the waves being representative of the data to be remotely loaded, reception of at least the frame of mechanical waves by the electronics unit via the mechanical parameter measurement sensor, and the conversion of the mechanical waves into electrical signals and then into digital signals containing the remotely loaded data in digital form, and the storage of the remotely loaded data in the electronics unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Sylvain Godet, Arthur Fouss
  • Optical-effect touchpad on a steering wheel for finger detection
    Patent number: 10928935
    Abstract: A system for detecting command gestures made by a finger of a motor vehicle driver, including at least one interface pad, a light source that emits an infrared optical beam toward the interface pad, an imaging sensor, in order to capture images steered by the interface pad away from the driver, the interface pad including a base frame and a movable plate that is movable between a rest position and at least one activation position, the base frame including a first inclined edge and the movable plate including a second inclined edge, the first and second inclined edges forming a zone of contrasts of interest as seen by the imaging sensor, and being separated by a space or brought closer together depending on the position of the movable plate, and generating a contrast effect in the images of the interface pad that are captured by the imaging sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Pascal Clochard, Jérôme Wroblewski
  • Identifying the Contour of a Vehicle on the Basis of Measurement Data from an Environment Sensor System
    Publication number: 20210046940
    Abstract: A method for identifying the contour of a vehicle based on measurement data from an environment sensor system is disclosed. The measurement data includes a set of spatial points of an object detected by the environment sensor system. The method includes: producing an envelope in the form of a polygonal chain around the object based on the set of spatial points; reducing the set of spatial points; removing spatial points from the polygonal chain that are irrelevant to identifying the contour of the vehicle and determining spatial points of the polygonal chain that are relevant to identifying the contour of the vehicle; classifying one or more edges as belonging to a front and a side of the vehicle on the basis of the reduced set of spatial points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Feser, Kilian Schneider, Thomas Brandmeier, Alexander Kamann, Robert Lugner, Daniel Weichselberger, Robert Naumann
  • Method for estimating a physical stoppage of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 10920706
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for estimating a physical stoppage of an engine of a motor vehicle, subject to bounce-back, a target equipped with teeth being borne by the crankshaft and successive passes of the teeth past a sensor being detected, a first time count incrementing since a last detection of the passing of a tooth and being associated with a first time threshold with the first count being reset to zero when the time between passes of two successive teeth is below the first threshold. A second count associated with a second time threshold is performed, with this count being suspended when and for as long as a time between the passes of two successive teeth is below the second threshold, the engine being estimated to have stopped as soon as the counts have respectively reached the first and second thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Fabien Joseph, Benjamin Marconato, Stéphane Eloy
  • Cover Assembly for A Sensor and Pedestrian Protection Sensor for a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210041544
    Abstract: A cover assembly for a sensor component is provided. The cover assembly includes a sensor housing portion and a cover. The sensor housing portion has a protrusion portion. The protrusion portion has a ramp surface. The cover has a protrusion receptacle and the protrusion portion is arranged in the protrusion receptacle. The cover has a clamping tab where the clamping tab preloads the cover in a removal direction. The protrusion receptacle interlockingly lies against the protrusion portion in the removal direction. Additionally, the clamping tab lies on the ramp surface of the protrusion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Rico Hartmann
  • Method for detecting a torque control defect of an electric motor of a power-steering system of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10906580
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for detecting a fault in an electric motor of a power-assisted steering system of an automobile vehicle. The method notably includes a step for: determination of a residual direct sinusoidal voltage and of a residual quadrature sinusoidal voltage based on the measured direct sinusoidal current, on the estimated direct sinusoidal current, on the measured quadrature sinusoidal current and on the estimated quadrature sinusoidal current; and detection of a fault when the difference between the value of the residual direct sinusoidal voltage and its moving average is greater than a first threshold and/or when the difference between the value of the quadrature sinusoidal voltage and its moving average is greater than a second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Michel Parette
  • Apparatus for Determining an Angle of a Trailer Attached to A Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210027490
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus for determining an angle of a trailer with respect to a vehicle. A camera captures first, second, and third images when the trailer is at a first, second, third orientations respectively with respect to the vehicle. A processing unit determines at least one image location of at least one feature of the trailer in the first image, the second image, and the third image. The processing unit determines a rotational angle of the trailer about the tow ball for the trailer in the third orientation with respect to the first orientation comprising utilization of the at least one 3D location of the at least one feature of the trailer when the trailer was in the first orientation and the 3D location of the one feature of the trailer when the trailer was in the third orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Matteo Taiana, Peter Bone
  • Method for estimating the reliability of measurements by wheel sensors of a vehicle and system for its application
    Patent number: 10900871
    Abstract: A method and system for evaluating the reliability of data supplied by multi-function WFC sensors of tires of wheels of a vehicle for targeted applications, on the basis of the irregularities of the road, which use displacement data sent from the road handling adaptation equipment of the vehicle, enabling the variations in the road condition to be reflected. The system includes equipment for monitoring the wheel displacement data for adapting it to the variations of profile of the road on which it is traveling, in order to maintain a stable body position. The monitoring equipment is linked to the WFC sensors via a central processing unit which is capable of correlating data supplied by the WFC sensors and values of wheel displacement data supplied by the monitoring equipment for the purpose of weighting the values of at least one parameter obtained from the data delivered by the WFC sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Olivier Fudulea
  • TRAILER ANGLE DETERMINATION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210019904
    Abstract: A trailer angle determination system for a vehicle is provided. The trailer angle determination system has a sensing unit for sensing a trailer connected to the vehicle and an evaluation unit. The sensing unit is arranged outside of the center of the vehicle and toward the trailer, and the distance between the sensing unit and the center of the vehicle is known. The trailer has symmetrical feature pairs with respect to a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the trailer. The sensing unit is designed to sense the symmetrical feature pairs of the trailer. The evaluation unit is designed to determine the angle between the trailer and the vehicle based on the sensed symmetrical feature pairs of the trailer and the known distance between the sensing unit and the center of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Denis Selensky, Hauke Kuban
  • System and method for vehicle parking assistance
    Patent number: 10896608
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a vehicle parking assistance system comprising: a memory storing measured thermal values associated with respective parking spots in a database; and a processor for receiving measured thermal values and availability and/or attractiveness data associated with the respective parking spots from the memory. The processor determines target parking spots for an arriving vehicle based at least in part on the availability and/or attractiveness data and thermal values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE ROMANIA SRL
    Inventor: Adrian Homutescu
  • Method for producing a plug connector, method for amplifying a plug connector and device
    Patent number: 10892589
    Abstract: A method for establishing a plug connection, and a method for strengthening a plug connection, wherein a connecting zone is welded with a laser beam which passes through a surrounding housing owing to transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Dietmar Huber, Svenja Raukopf, Jakob Schillinger
  • Monitor of a camera-monitor system
    Patent number: 10883649
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a monitor of a camera-monitor system in a motor vehicle comprising: a display mounted in a field of vision of a driver of the motor vehicle; wherein the monitor is height-adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Silja Sautter, Werner Miethig, Rajesh Ningaraju, Axel Hügle