Patents by Inventor Apostolos Koursoumidis

Apostolos Koursoumidis 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).

  • Operator Control System for a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20090018709
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operator control system (1) for a vehicle, having a manual activation means (3) with a plurality of degrees of freedom of adjustment for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure with a plurality of menu levels, and a screen display (2) having a plurality of display areas for representing the menu structure, wherein the display areas each comprise at least one field for displaying one of the entries. According to the invention, a plurality of fields which can be selected and/or activated using the manual activation means (3) are arranged in an active display area in at least one menu level for operating a plurality of adjustable vehicle functions, wherein in the active display area a representation of the vehicle is displayed and the currently adjustable function is displayed in a visually highlighted fashion on said representation as a function of a current selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Volker Hellwig, Apostolos Koursoumidis, Dietmar Scheer, Armin Zachay
  • Animated image for a vehicle instrument panel display screen
    Patent number: D589054
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Apostolos Koursoumidis