Patents by Inventor Alois Freistadt

Alois Freistadt 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: 10543851
    Abstract: A parking assistance system executes a process to measure the parking space by a sensor prior to carrying out an automated parking maneuver and to detect the parking space type from a plurality of detectable parking space types using specific criteria on the basis of the measurement of the parking space. The plurality of parking space types includes a longitudinal parking space type, in which a vehicle can park longitudinally, a transverse parking space type, in which a vehicle can park transversely, and a universal parking space type in which the vehicle can park both longitudinally as well as transversely. In the event that the parking space has been detected as a universal parking space type, the parking assistance system provides the driver with the choice to select a parking direction, namely whether the parking assistance system is to park longitudinally or transversely into the parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alois Freistadt, Dirk Ahrens, Joachim Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20170369078
    Abstract: A parking assistance system executes a process to measure the parking space by a sensor prior to carrying out an automated parking maneuver and to detect the parking space type from a plurality of detectable parking space types using specific criteria on the basis of the measurement of the parking space. The plurality of parking space types includes a longitudinal parking space type, in which a vehicle can park longitudinally, a transverse parking space type, in which a vehicle can park transversely, and a universal parking space type in which the vehicle can park both longitudinally as well as transversely. In the event that the parking space has been detected as a universal parking space type, the parking assistance system provides the driver with the choice to select a parking direction, namely whether the parking assistance system is to park longitudinally or transversely into the parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Alois FREISTADT, Dirk AHRENS, Joachim SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 9783231
    Abstract: A parking assistance system is provided for carrying out an automated parking maneuver of a motor vehicle into a perpendicular parking space transversely with respect to the roadway along a parking trajectory to a parked end position. The parking assistance system is configured to determine an offset between the extent of one object in the direction of the roadway on one side of the parking space and the extent of another object in the direction of the roadway on the other side of the space by way of a sensor system. The parking assistance system is configured to determine a parking trajectory with a parked end position based on the offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alois Freistadt, Izden Sarihan
  • Publication number: 20160257343
    Abstract: A parking assistance system is provided for carrying out an automated parking maneuver of a motor vehicle into a perpendicular parking space transversely with respect to the roadway along a parking trajectory to a parked end position. The parking assistance system is configured to determine an offset between the extent of one object in the direction of the roadway on one side of the parking space and the extent of another object in the direction of the roadway on the other side of the space by way of a sensor system. The parking assistance system is configured to determine a parking trajectory with a parked end position based on the offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Alois FREISTADT, Izden SARIHAN
  • Patent number: 8594881
    Abstract: In a method for structured storage of error entries of the users of a data bus in a motor vehicle, upon occurrence of an error, a function possibly influenced by the error and the members of an associated function-specific group of diagnostic-relevant users is determined, an error entry is prepared at a first member of the function-specific group, and a diagnostic pointer referring to the first member is stored at a second member of the function-specific group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Wanner, Alois Freistadt
  • Patent number: 8452485
    Abstract: A method for preparing error entries of the user of a data bus in a motor vehicle is provided. When an error is detected, the detecting user is put into an error state and outputs an error message to a second user, a request to prepare an error entry is output by the second user to the detecting user after receiving such an error message as a function of at least one predefined condition, and an error entry is instigated by the detecting user in case of receiving such a request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Wanner, Alois Freistadt
  • Publication number: 20080034260
    Abstract: In a method for structured storage of error entries of the users of a data bus in a motor vehicle, upon occurrence of an error, a function possibly influenced by the error and the members of an associated function-specific group of diagnostic-relevant users is determined, an error entry is prepared at a first member of the function-specific group, and a diagnostic pointer referring to the first member is stored at a second member of the function-specific group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Wanner, Alois Freistadt
  • Publication number: 20070288137
    Abstract: A method for preparing error entries of the user of a data bus in a motor vehicle is provided. When an error is detected, the detecting user is put into an error state and outputs an error message to a second user, a request to prepare an error entry is output by the second user to the detecting user after receiving such an error message as a function of at least one predefined condition, and an error entry is instigated by the detecting user in case of receiving such a request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Wanner, Alois Freistadt