Patents by Inventor Andreas Winckler

Andreas Winckler 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: 11170237
    Abstract: A method for determining a road construction site for a motor vehicle, with which a sensor system and a communications interface are associated, which includes: providing a first measurement signal of the sensor system, representing a sign of a first speed limit for the motor vehicle and determining a location-related actual speed identification according to the first measurement signal. The method also includes: providing mapped data including information relating to a location-related local speed limit and detecting a road construction site according to the actual speed identification and the mapped data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schutzmeier, Andreas Winckler
  • Publication number: 20200057772
    Abstract: A method determines a weather area for a motor vehicle, with which a sensor system and a communications interface are associated, which are coupled to one another via signals. The method includes: receiving data including geographical information in the form of a map; and creating a grid by dividing the received data into a plurality of adjacent grid cells. The method also includes: providing a measurement signal of the sensor system, representing a location-related local weather situation in one of the grid cells; and determining a local weather area for the respective grid cell according to the provided measurement signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan HOLDER, Thomas SCHUTZMEIER, Andreas WINCKLER
  • Publication number: 20200042807
    Abstract: A method for determining a road construction site for a motor vehicle, with which a sensor system and a communications interface are associated, which includes: providing a first measurement signal of the sensor system, representing a sign of a first speed limit for the motor vehicle and determining a location-related actual speed identification according to the first measurement signal. The method also includes: providing mapped data including information relating to a location-related local speed limit and detecting a road construction site according to the actual speed identification and the mapped data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas SCHUTZMEIER, Andreas WINCKLER
  • Patent number: 10006773
    Abstract: A process is provided for operating a route acquisition system, configured for determining route data during movement of the route acquisition system along preset routes, and for storing the latter as electronic routes in the data memory. A preset selection of routes is determined as a function of the stored electronic routes. For each route of the preset selection, a route count and a route point in time, and a first and a second route time indication, are determined. A route evaluation is determined for each route based on the assigned route count, the assigned route point in time, and the first and second route time indication. As a function of a determined size of the occupied storage space of the data memory, the respective route of the preset selection is deleted from the data memory as a function of its assigned route evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Carsten Isert, Andreas Winckler
  • Patent number: 9953528
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a communication unit for the communication with an event management server, a navigation system for the output of at least one route, and a planning system. The planning system is configured to: a) retrieve a list, for a plurality of devices, particularly traffic light systems and/or signal groups of traffic light systems, the list including one identification respectively of the respective device and at least one position indication respectively of the respective device, b) compare the list with the route, in order to select at least one device from the list, c) for the subscription of events with respect to the selected device, send at least one subscription message to the event management server, the subscription message including the identifications of the selected devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Andreas Winckler
  • Patent number: 9697729
    Abstract: Traffic signal information is estimated based on positioning system data obtained from a plurality of vehicles. Each data set includes the position and the velocity of a vehicle as functions of time. For an intersection having a traffic signal, an average acceleration of the vehicles when leaving the intersection is estimated, and an average deceleration of the vehicles when approaching the intersection is estimated. For each of a subset of the vehicles, a stop duration at the intersection is estimated based on the average acceleration, the average deceleration, and the positioning system data for the respective vehicle. A duration of a red phase of the traffic signal is estimated based on the stop duration of each of the subset of the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ardalan Vahidi, S. Alireza Fayazi, Grant Mahler, Andreas Winckler
  • Publication number: 20160245660
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a communication unit for the communication with an event management server, a navigation system for the output of at least one route, and a planning system. The planning system is configured to: a) retrieve a list, for a plurality of devices, particularly traffic light systems and/or signal groups of traffic light systems, the list including one identification respectively of the respective device and at least one position indication respectively of the respective device, b) compare the list with the route, in order to select at least one device from the list, c) for the subscription of events with respect to the selected device, send at least one subscription message to the event management server, the subscription message including the identifications of the selected devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventor: Andreas WINCKLER
  • Publication number: 20160098924
    Abstract: Traffic signal information is estimated based on positioning system data obtained from a plurality of vehicles. Each data set includes the position and the velocity of a vehicle as functions of time. For an intersection having a traffic signal, an average acceleration of the vehicles when leaving the intersection is estimated, and an average deceleration of the vehicles when approaching the intersection is estimated. For each of a subset of the vehicles, a stop duration at the intersection is estimated based on the average acceleration, the average deceleration, and the positioning system data for the respective vehicle. A duration of a red phase of the traffic signal is estimated based on the stop duration of each of the subset of the vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ardalan VAHIDI, S. Alireza FAYAZI, Grant MAHLER, Andreas WINCKLER
  • Patent number: 9183743
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating traffic signal information are provided. According to one aspect, positioning system data is obtained from a plurality of vehicles. Each data set includes the position and the velocity of a vehicle as functions of time. For an intersection having a traffic signal, an average acceleration of the vehicles when leaving the intersection is estimated, and an average deceleration of the vehicles when approaching the intersection is estimated. For each of a subset of the vehicles, a stop duration at the intersection is estimated based on the average acceleration, the average deceleration, and the positioning system data for the respective vehicle. A duration of a red phase of the traffic signal is estimated based on the stop duration of each of the subset of the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ardalan Vahidi, S. Alireza Fayazi, Grant Mahler, Andreas Winckler
  • Publication number: 20150120175
    Abstract: Systems and methods for estimating traffic signal information are provided. According to one aspect, positioning system data is obtained from a plurality of vehicles. Each data set includes the position and the velocity of a vehicle as functions of time. For an intersection having a traffic signal, an average acceleration of the vehicles when leaving the intersection is estimated, and an average deceleration of the vehicles when approaching the intersection is estimated. For each of a subset of the vehicles, a stop duration at the intersection is estimated based on the average acceleration, the average deceleration, and the positioning system data for the respective vehicle. A duration of a red phase of the traffic signal is estimated based on the stop duration of each of the subset of the vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ardalan VAHIDI, S. Alireza FAYAZI, Grant MAHLER, Andreas WINCKLER
  • Patent number: 8990005
    Abstract: Georeferenced predictive information is provided by a backend server system to vehicles. Such provided predictive information may be specifically relevant to a provided planned or estimated route of the particular vehicle, and may be used by the vehicle to reconstruct a digital map specific to such planned or estimated route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Hein, Andreas Winckler
  • Patent number: 8972145
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting traffic signal information are provided. An exemplary method includes obtaining data from a plurality of types of sources and analyzing the data to predict states of a plurality of traffic signals. The data include crowdsourced data. The predictive traffic signal information may be used to adjust an operation of an on-board system of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellscahft
    Inventors: Grant Mahler, Andreas Winckler, Ardalan Vahidi, Andre Luckow
  • Publication number: 20140277986
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting traffic signal information are provided. An exemplary method includes obtaining data from a plurality of types of sources and analyzing the data to predict states of a plurality of traffic signals. The data include crowdsourced data. The predictive traffic signal information may be used to adjust an operation of an on-board system of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Grant MAHLER, Andreas WINCKLER, Ardalan VAHIDI, Andre LUCKOW
  • Publication number: 20130342926
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a vehicle mirror between a standard mirror angle adjustment to a dynamic mirror angle adjustment. The vehicle receives map data of a surrounding area of a vehicle including a first path of travel and a second path of travel. The vehicle also receives vehicle positioning data indicating a vehicle position along one of the first path of travel or the second path of travel. The vehicle then calculates a dynamic mirror angle adjustment based on the vehicle position and map data of the first path of travel and the second path of travel. The vehicle mirror is adjusted by the dynamic mirror angle adjustment relative to a standard mirror angle adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Markus Lutz, Andreas Winckler
  • Publication number: 20120270558
    Abstract: Geographically-relevant information is provided to mobile users by having an information source provide location-referenced information to one or more backend server systems. In response, the backend server system determines a region for which the received location-referenced information is relevant, and then identifies one or more specific cellular base stations that provide wireless broadcast service over an actual broadcast region which covers at least a majority of the determined region. A condition message may then be provided to each of the identified cellular base stations, which are correspondingly instructed to wirelessly broadcast the message over the actual broadcast region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander Busch, Andreas Winckler
  • Publication number: 20120271544
    Abstract: Georeferenced predictive information is provided by a backend server system to vehicles. Such provided predictive information may be specifically relevant to a provided planned or estimated route of the particular vehicle, and may be used by the vehicle to reconstruct a digital map specific to such planned or estimated route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Hein, Andreas Winckler
  • Publication number: 20120209511
    Abstract: A process is provided for operating a route acquisition system, configured for determining route data during movement of the route acquisition system along preset routes, and for storing the latter as electronic routes in the data memory. A preset selection of routes is determined as a function of the stored electronic routes. For each route of the preset selection, a route count and a route point in time, and a first and a second route time indication, are determined. A route evaluation is determined for each route based on the assigned route count, the assigned route point in time, and the first and second route time indication. As a function of a determined size of the occupied storage space of the data memory, the respective route of the preset selection is deleted from the data memory as a function of its assigned route evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Carsten Isert, Andreas Winckler