Patents by Inventor Andreas Waffler

Andreas Waffler 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 apparatus for avoiding a collision of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 5726647
    Abstract: In a method for avoiding a collision of a motor vehicle and an obstacle, in which the output signal of a ranging device with several scanning beams emitted in a fan shape toward the front, is received by a receiver and analyzed by an analysis unit connected thereto, the transmitting frequency for scanning beams on the inside of the curve is selected to be higher than for scanning beams on the outside of the curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Bayersche Motoren Werke Aktiengesellscaft
    Inventors: Andreas Waffler, Walter Weishaupt, Winfried Siegl, Kurt Schwaiger
  • Method for avoiding collisions between a motor vehicle and obstacles
    Patent number: 5477461
    Abstract: In a method for avoiding a collision of a motor vehicle with an obstacle, in which the output signal from a distance measuring device with a plurality of scanning beams emitted fanwise in and beside the motion path of the motor vehicle is fed to an evaluation unit, the output signal from a steering angle sensor is additionally fed to the evaluation unit. The motion path of the motor vehicle is calculated in the evaluation unit and the obstacle is evaluated in terms of the motion path of the motor vehicle. The obstacle is taken into account only if it enters the motion path of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Waffler, Walter Weishaupt, Winfried Siegl