Patents by Inventor Andreas SCHLENSAG

Andreas SCHLENSAG 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 and device for estimating the number of lanes and/or the lane width on a roadway
    Patent number: 9132837
    Abstract: A system for estimating the lane width and/or the number of lanes on a roadway includes environmental sensors mounted on a vehicle to monitor respective detection areas behind and to the sides of the vehicle. The sensors detect a roadway edge and the system determines a distance to the roadway edge. The system further determines a value or accesses a predefined nominal value of a lane width, and then estimates the number of lanes by evaluating the roadway edge distance with reference to the lane width value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Schlensag, Peter Irrgang, David Stenmanns
  • Method and system for warning a driver of a vehicle about potential obstacles behind the vehicle
    Patent number: 8952799
    Abstract: A method and system produce a warning signal to warn a driver of a vehicle about a potential obstacle crossing behind the vehicle, for example as the vehicle is backing out of a parking space. The system and method use a sensor to detect, monitor and track the position and velocity of a potential obstacle relative to the subject vehicle, in a detection space behind and to the sides of the vehicle, preferably to predict the probability that the trajectory of the potential obstacle will intersect with the trajectory of the subject vehicle at a critical time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Irrgang, Steven Gerd Kanzler, Andreas Schlensag
  • Method and Device for Estimating the Number of Lanes and/or the Lane Width on a Roadway
    Publication number: 20140324325
    Abstract: A system for estimating the lane width and/or the number of lanes on a roadway includes environmental sensors mounted on a vehicle to monitor respective detection areas behind and to the sides of the vehicle. The sensors detect a roadway edge and the system determines a distance to the roadway edge. The system further determines a value or accesses a predefined nominal value of a lane width, and then estimates the number of lanes by evaluating the roadway edge distance with reference to the lane width value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Andreas SCHLENSAG, Peter IRRGANG, David STENMANNS
  • Method and System for Warning a Driver of a Vehicle About Potential Obstacles Behind the Vehicle
    Publication number: 20120262284
    Abstract: A method and system produce a warning signal to warn a driver of a vehicle about a potential obstacle crossing behind the vehicle, for example as the vehicle is backing out of a parking space. The system and method use a sensor to detect, monitor and track the position and velocity of a potential obstacle relative to the subject vehicle, in a detection space behind and to the sides of the vehicle, preferably to predict the probability that the trajectory of the potential obstacle will intersect with the trajectory of the subject vehicle at a critical time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Peter IRRGANG, Steven Gerd KANZLER, Andreas SCHLENSAG