Patents by Inventor Anna HUFNAGEL

Anna HUFNAGEL 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).

  • Display apparatus for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11731512
    Abstract: A display panel for displaying at least one graphical display object and a control device are part of a display apparatus in a motor vehicle. The display panel is freestanding in a space and has a multiplicity of predetermined sections, each having a settable degree of light transmittance. As a result, an environment of the display panel may be visible in the display panel, depending on the degree of light transmittance. The control device is configured to individually set a respective light transmittance to a predetermined degree for each of the multiplicity of predetermined sections of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jacques Helot, Ulrich Mueller, Immo Redeker, Joris Mertens, Anna Hufnagel
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210138902
    Abstract: A display panel for displaying at least one graphical display object and a control device are part of a display apparatus in a motor vehicle. The display panel is freestanding in a space and has a multiplicity of predetermined sections, each having a settable degree of light transmittance. As a result, an environment of the display panel may be visible in the display panel, depending on the degree of light transmittance. The control device is configured to individually set a respective light transmittance to a predetermined degree for each of the multiplicity of predetermined sections of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jacques HELOT, Ulrich MUELLER, Immo REDEKER, Joris MERTENS, Anna HUFNAGEL