Patents by Inventor Andreas Lehn
Andreas Lehn 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).
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Publication number: 20240294165Abstract: A system for infrastructure-based assistance of a motor vehicle guided in an at least partially automated manner within a parking lot. The system includes: first and second base units arranged spaced apart from one another within the parking lot and interconnected in series. The first and second base units are respectively connected to at least one environment sensor that is arranged within the parking lot, in the respective environment of the corresponding base unit, and detects an area of the parking lot. The first and second base units are respectively configured to ascertain infrastructure assistance data for infrastructure-based assistance of the motor vehicle within the parking lot, based on environment sensor data of the respective at least one environment sensor that represent the respective detected area. At least one wireless communication interface is configured to transmit the ascertained infrastructure assistance data to the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Andreas Lehn, Felix Hess
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Patent number: 11401914Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a wind turbine that includes a rotor operable with variable rotor speed and having rotor blades with adjustable pitch angles. Wind causes a rotor thrust acting on the rotor depending on the rotor speed and depending on a common pitch angle. In partial load, when the wind is below rated speed, the turbine is controlled by a rotor speed curve, defining the rotor speed for each operating point of the turbine. In a normal mode when the operation of the turbine is not throttled, a normal rotor speed curve in combination with a normal common pitch angle is used, and in a throttled mode when the thrust is to be limited, a throttled rotor speed curve, different from the normal rotor speed curve, in combination with a throttled common pitch angle, different from the normal common pitch angle, is used to reduce the thrust.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbHInventors: Andreas Lehn, Dimitrios Bekiropoulos
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Patent number: 11398157Abstract: A method for preparing an empty section of a parking-facility for operation of the parking-facility, including: measuring the empty section of the parking-facility, using a time-of-flight measuring-sensor situated in a stationary manner within the parking-facility, by emitting a time-of-flight measuring-signal with the time-of-flight measuring-sensor in the direction of the section and checking whether a reflection signal associated with the emitted time-of-flight measuring-signal is received with the time-of-flight measuring-sensor; if no reflection signal associated with the emitted time-of-flight measuring-signal is received with the time-of-flight measuring-sensor, implementing one or multiple measure(s) intended to cause a reflection signal associated with a time-of-flight measuring-signal emitted with the time-of-flight measuring-sensor in the direction of the empty section to be receivable with the time-of-flight measuring-sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Lehn, Stefan Nordbruch
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Publication number: 20220147394Abstract: A method for determining a demand for processing resources for carrying out processing of data for at least partly automated guidance of a motor vehicle. Provision is made to adapt available processing resources for carrying out data processing to a determined demand for processing resources. An apparatus, a computer system, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Andreas Lehn, Christopher Murphy, Gerrit Quast, Matthew Nimmo, Stefan Nordbruch, Stefan Schaupp, Rolf Nicodemus
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Publication number: 20220025846Abstract: Rotor blade for a wind power installation, rotor for a wind power installation, and wind power installation. The disclosure relates in particular to a rotor blade for a wind power installation, having a rotor blade length, having a profile depth established between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and having a profile thickness established between a suction side and a pressure side, wherein the rotor blade has a trailing edge region, which adjoins the trailing edge and extends with a region extent of less than 20%, in particular less than 10%, of the profile depth in the direction of the leading edge, wherein the trailing edge region has at least one acoustic opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Andreas LEHN, Dimitrios BEKIROPOULOS
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Patent number: 11157746Abstract: A method for detecting an elevated object situated within a parking facility, using at least two video cameras that are spatially distributed within the parking facility and whose visual ranges overlap in an overlap area. The method encompasses the following steps: recording particular video images of the overlap area with the aid of the video cameras; analyzing the recorded video images in order to detect an elevated object in the recorded video images, the analysis being carried out internal to the video camera with the aid of at least one of the video cameras, and also external to the video camera with the aid of at least one processing unit that is different from the video cameras. Moreover, a corresponding system, a parking facility, and a computer program, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Lehn, Felix Hess, Stefan Nordbruch
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Patent number: 11080530Abstract: A method for detecting an elevated object situated within a parking facility, using at least two video cameras that are spatially distributed within the parking facility and whose visual ranges overlap in an overlap area. The method encompasses the following: recording particular video images of the overlap area with the aid of the video cameras; analyzing the recorded video images in order to detect an elevated object in the recorded video images, and ascertaining, based on the recorded video images, whether in the detection of an elevated object the detected elevated object is real. A corresponding system, a parking facility, and a computer program are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Felix Hess, Andreas Lehn, Stefan Nordbruch
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Patent number: 11056006Abstract: A device is described for providing state information of an automatic valet parking system. The device includes at least one off-board infrastructure component, which is located, in particular fixedly disposed within a parking area assigned to the automatic valet parking system. The infrastructure component is adapted for outputting state information of the automatic valet parking system. Thus, pieces of state information of the automatic valet parking system can be efficiently communicated.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Alexander Mergenthaler, Andreas Lehn, Karan Patel, Martin Kroeger, Roman Wack, Simone Bosatelli, Stefan Nordbruch, Stefan Schaupp
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Publication number: 20200400121Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a wind turbine that includes a rotor operable with variable rotor speed and having rotor blades with adjustable pitch angles. Wind causes a rotor thrust acting on the rotor depending on the rotor speed and depending on a common pitch angle. In partial load, when the wind is below rated speed, the turbine is controlled by a rotor speed curve, defining the rotor speed for each operating point of the turbine. In a normal mode when the operation of the turbine is not throttled, a normal rotor speed curve in combination with a normal common pitch angle is used, and in a throttled mode when the thrust is to be limited, a throttled rotor speed curve, different from the normal rotor speed curve, in combination with a throttled common pitch angle, different from the normal common pitch angle, is used to reduce the thrust.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Andreas LEHN, Dimitrios BEKIROPOULOS
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Patent number: 10776632Abstract: For detecting a free area located inside a parking lot using at least one video camera, in particular a stereo-video camera, which is fixedly installed inside the parking lot, the visual range of the video camera including a section of the floor of the parking lot, a method includes: recording a camera image and/or an image sequence of camera images of at least a section of the floor of the parking lot using the video camera; comparing the camera images to a reference in order to identify a change in the section of the floor of the parking lot; and detecting a free area if no change is identified.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Lehn, Stefan Nordbruch
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Publication number: 20200234593Abstract: A device is described for providing state information of an automatic valet parking system. The device includes at least one off-board infrastructure component, which is located, in particular fixedly disposed within a parking area assigned to the automatic valet parking system. The infrastructure component is adapted for outputting state information of the automatic valet parking system. Thus, pieces of state information of the automatic valet parking system can be efficiently communicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Alexander Mergenthaler, Andreas Lehn, Karan Patel, Martin Kroeger, Roman Wack, Simone Bosatelli, Stefan Nordbruch, Stefan Schaupp
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Publication number: 20200143685Abstract: A method for preparing an empty section of a parking-facility for operation of the parking-facility, including: measuring the empty section of the parking-facility, using a time-of-flight measuring-sensor situated in a stationary manner within the parking-facility, by emitting a time-of-flight measuring-signal with the time-of-flight measuring-sensor in the direction of the section and checking whether a reflection signal associated with the emitted time-of-flight measuring-signal is received with the time-of-flight measuring-sensor; if no reflection signal associated with the emitted time-of-flight measuring-signal is received with the time-of-flight measuring-sensor, implementing one or multiple measure(s) intended to cause a reflection signal associated with a time-of-flight measuring-signal emitted with the time-of-flight measuring-sensor in the direction of the empty section to be receivable with the time-of-flight measuring-sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Andreas Lehn, Stefan Nordbruch
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Publication number: 20200050865Abstract: A method for detecting a raised object located within a parking area, using at least two video cameras, which are spatially distributed inside of the parking area, and whose respective visual ranges overlap in an overlapping region; the method including the following steps: recording respective video images of the overlapping region, using the video cameras; analyzing the recorded images, in order to detect a raised object in the recorded video images; the analyzing being carried out exclusively by at least one of the video cameras, inside of the video camera(s). A corresponding system, a parking area and a computer program are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Andreas Lehn, Felix Hess, Stefan Nordbruch
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Publication number: 20190354769Abstract: A method for detecting an elevated object situated within a parking facility, using at least two video cameras that are spatially distributed within the parking facility and whose visual ranges overlap in an overlap area. The method encompasses the following steps: recording particular video images of the overlap area with the aid of the video cameras; analyzing the recorded video images in order to detect an elevated object in the recorded video images, the analysis being carried out internal to the video camera with the aid of at least one of the video cameras, and also external to the video camera with the aid of at least one processing unit that is different from the video cameras. Moreover, a corresponding system, a parking facility, and a computer program, are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Andreas Lehn, Felix Hess, Stefan Nordbruch
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Publication number: 20190325225Abstract: A method for detecting an elevated object situated within a parking facility, using at least two video cameras that are spatially distributed within the parking facility and whose visual ranges overlap in an overlap area. The method encompasses the following: recording particular video images of the overlap area with the aid of the video cameras; analyzing the recorded video images in order to detect an elevated object in the recorded video images, and ascertaining, based on the recorded video images, whether in the detection of an elevated object the detected elevated object is real. A corresponding system, a parking facility, and a computer program are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2017Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Felix Hess, Andreas Lehn, Stefan Nordbruch
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Patent number: 10388164Abstract: A method for detecting an unoccupied region within a parking facility, using at least one environment sensor disposed in a stationary manner within the parking facility, is furnished, at least encompassing the following: sensing measured data of at least one segment of the parking facility by way of at least one environment sensor; comparing the measured data with reference measured data in order to recognize a change in the segment of the parking facility; and detecting the segment as an unoccupied or non-unoccupied region as a function of the recognition of a change.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Andreas Lehn, Stefan Nordbruch
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Publication number: 20190026566Abstract: For detecting a free area located inside a parking lot using at least one video camera, in particular a stereo-video camera, which is fixedly installed inside the parking lot, the visual range of the video camera including a section of the floor of the parking lot, a method includes: recording a camera image and/or an image sequence of camera images of at least a section of the floor of the parking lot using the video camera; comparing the camera images to a reference in order to identify a change in the section of the floor of the parking lot; and detecting a free area if no change is identified.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Andreas Lehn, Stefan Nordbruch
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Publication number: 20190027037Abstract: A method for detecting an unoccupied region within a parking facility, using at least one environment sensor disposed in a stationary manner within the parking facility, is furnished, at least encompassing the following: sensing measured data of at least one segment of the parking facility by way of at least one environment sensor; comparing the measured data with reference measured data in order to recognize a change in the segment of the parking facility; and detecting the segment as an unoccupied or non-unoccupied region as a function of the recognition of a change.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Andreas Lehn, Stefan Nordbruch