Patents by Inventor Andreas KRAMME

Andreas KRAMME 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).

  • Method for transferring vehicle control from automated vehicle control to manual vehicle control
    Patent number: 11897520
    Abstract: A method for transferring control of a vehicle from automated vehicle control by a control unit to manual vehicle control by a driver by a control lever, wherein the control lever is used at least to accelerate, brake, and steer the vehicle, wherein there is also at least one first display screen for displaying driving information, including at least an actual speed and an actual trajectory of the vehicle and a speed and a trajectory based on the actual position of the control lever, and wherein automated vehicle control is transferred to manual vehicle control when the actual speed of the vehicle corresponds graphically to the speed based on the actual position of the control lever and the actual trajectory of the vehicle corresponds graphically to the trajectory based on the actual position of the control lever on the first display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Jung, Andreas Kramme, Maximilian Haverkamp, Jan Bavendiek, Lutz Eckstein, Alexander Tenbrock, Gert-Dieter Tuzar, Markus Uhlig, Thomas Sulzbach
  • METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING VEHICLE CONTROL FROM AUTOMATED VEHICLE CONTROL TO MANUAL VEHICLE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20210316764
    Abstract: A method for transferring control of a vehicle from automated vehicle control by a control unit to manual vehicle control by a driver by a control lever, wherein the control lever is used at least to accelerate, brake, and steer the vehicle, wherein there is also at least one first display screen for displaying driving information, including at least an actual speed and an actual trajectory of the vehicle and a speed and a trajectory based on the actual position of the control lever, and wherein automated vehicle control is transferred to manual vehicle control when the actual speed of the vehicle corresponds graphically to the speed based on the actual position of the control lever and the actual trajectory of the vehicle corresponds graphically to the trajectory based on the actual position of the control lever on the first display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Steffen JUNG, Andreas KRAMME, Maximilian HAVERKAMP, Jan BAVENDIEK, Lutz ECKSTEIN, Alexander TENBROCK, Gert-Dieter TUZAR, Markus UHLIG, Thomas SULZBACH