Patents by Inventor Annie Lien

Annie Lien 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 providing a user interface, particularly in a vehicle
    Patent number: 9341493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for providing a user interface, particularly in a vehicle, in which a structured volume of data is stored which relates to the scope of functions of at least one function. At least two hierarchically related modes of operation are predetermined which each produce and each at least partially display a user menu with controllable graphic objects on the basis of a predetermined subset of the structured volume of data, wherein a hierarchically higher mode of operation is based on a hierarchically higher subset of the structured volume of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AG, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Annie Lien, Lorenz Laubinger
  • Driver assistance system
    Patent number: 8681016
    Abstract: A method for assisting a driver driving a vehicle, and a driver assistance system for assisting a driver driving a vehicle are described, wherein detection of a blind spot situation wherein another vehicle is located in a blind spot area of the driver's vehicle is performed, and information indicating that a blind spot situation is present is output to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Charles Lee, Jaime Camhi, Annie Lien, Marco Lobato
  • Method and Apparatus for Providing a User Interface, Particularly in a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20120266108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus (2) for providing a user interface, particularly in a vehicle (1), in which a structured volume of data is stored which relates to the scope of functions of at least one function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Annie Lien, Lorenz Laubinger
  • DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120218124
    Abstract: A method for assisting a driver driving a vehicle, and a driver assistance system for assisting a driver driving a vehicle are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Charles Lee, Jaime Camhi, Annie Lien, Marco Lobato