Patents by Inventor Bastian BARTELS

Bastian BARTELS 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: 11260753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle that is equipped with an electrical door closing mechanism, a radio-based signal receiver and a control unit, wherein the door closing mechanism can be actuated after receiving and verifying an access authorization code by electrical signals that are generated by a control unit. The motor vehicle possesses an electrical charging apparatus accessible from the outside so that a signal generator that is provided to generate the access code can be charged from the electrical system of the motor vehicle in the event of an insufficient charge. Furthermore, the invention describes a method for charging a signal generator that can be executed using the device according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kord H. Lühr, Gerd Penshorn, Claus-Peter Brückner, Per Ulrich, Andreas Ortner, Hannes Haupt, Bastian Bartels
  • Publication number: 20210279307
    Abstract: A method for the secure interaction of a user with a mobile terminal and a further entity includes transmitting a secret or an image of the secret generated by a one-way function and an individual data from the user to a back-end, transmitting the image and the individual data from the back-end to a protected execution environment of a processor of the mobile terminal; notifying the user on a secure user interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the individual data is displayed to the user and wherein the user is authenticated with the secret, the user interacting with a secure element of the mobile terminal having a secure connection with the protected execution environment, via the secure user interface and the protected execution environment; and the secure element interacting with the further entity via a secured connection providing a complete security chain of all entities involved in the interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Bastian BARTELS
  • Patent number: 11057195
    Abstract: A method providing security the first time a mobile device makes contact with a device including a trusted entity introducing asymmetric key into a mobile device, performing a key exchange method on contact-making resulting in a shared key in the mobile device and in the device, generating a first signature with the symmetric key using the shared key in the mobile device, generating a second signature with the symmetric key using the shared key in the device, transmitting the first signature to the device and the second signature to the mobile device, authenticating the device by cryptographic verification of the second signature with the symmetric key in the mobile device, authenticating the mobile device by cryptographic verification of the first signature with the symmetric key in the device, and continuing contact-making in the event of mutual successful authentication or termination of contact-making if at least one authentication has failed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Tschache, Timo Winkelvos, Bastian Bartels
  • Patent number: 11017062
    Abstract: A method for the secure interaction of a user with a mobile terminal and a further entity includes transmitting a secret or an image of the secret generated by a one-way function and an individual data from the user to a back-end, transmitting the image and the individual data from the back-end to a protected execution environment of a processor of the mobile terminal; notifying the user on a secure user interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the individual data is displayed to the user and wherein the user is authenticated with the secret, the user interacting with a secure element of the mobile terminal having a secure connection with the protected execution environment, via the secure user interface and the protected execution environment; and the secure element interacting with the further entity via a secured connection providing a complete security chain of all entities involved in the interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Bastian Bartels
  • Publication number: 20210070252
    Abstract: A method for authenticating a user on a transportation vehicle, wherein the transportation vehicle is coupled to an external device storing an authentication secret code and to at least one token storing a token secret code. In the method the token secret code is transmitted to the transportation vehicle when an operator control action performed with the at least one token is sensed. A new secret code is generated from the token secret code and is compared with the authentication secret code. When the new secret code matches the authentication secret code, the user is authenticated on the transportation vehicle. Also disclosed is an apparatus for authenticating a user on a transportation vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Bastian BARTELS, Sarah BOROSKE
  • Patent number: 10882492
    Abstract: A method for authenticating a user on a transportation vehicle, wherein the transportation vehicle is coupled to an external device storing an authentication secret code and to at least one token storing a token secret code. In the method the token secret code is transmitted to the transportation vehicle when an operator control action performed with the at least one token is sensed. A new secret code is generated from the token secret code and is compared with the authentication secret code. When the new secret code matches the authentication secret code, the user is authenticated on the transportation vehicle. Also disclosed is an apparatus for authenticating a user on a transportation vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Bastian Bartels, Sarah Boroske
  • Patent number: 10322632
    Abstract: A method for controlling a functional component of a transportation vehicle by a medical implant of a user of the transportation vehicle including transmitting a signal, which comprises authentication information and status information, from the medical implant to a control device of the transportation vehicle; receiving the signal; establishing validity or invalidity of the received signal; and providing a control command to the functional component of the transportation vehicle, in the case of established validity, in response to status information that indicates a critical health status of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Bastian Bartels
  • Patent number: 10300887
    Abstract: A method to determine a position of a portable apparatus relative to a vehicle including generating a magnetic field by the vehicle, detecting the magnetic field by a magnetic field sensor of the portable apparatus, and evaluating the magnetic field to determine the position of the portable apparatus relative to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Hannes Haupt, Bastian Bartels
  • Patent number: 10295343
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of detecting a relative position of a mobile terminal device with respect to a vehicle. It is provided for the method to include the following steps: generating reference measurement values relating to a predefined relative position of a calibration device with respect to a calibration vehicle, generating position measurement values which relate to the current relative position of the mobile terminal device with respect to the vehicle, evaluating the reference measurement values and the position measurement values for detecting the current relative position of the mobile terminal device with respect to the vehicle, and storing the generated reference measurement values in a database, wherein the database is a database outside the vehicle which the vehicle may access by means of a communication connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Claus-Peter Brueckner, Bastian Bartels
  • Publication number: 20190138701
    Abstract: A method for the secure interaction of a user with a mobile terminal and a further entity includes transmitting a secret or an image of the secret generated by a one-way function and an individual data from the user to a back-end, transmitting the image and the individual data from the back-end to a protected execution environment of a processor of the mobile terminal; notifying the user on a secure user interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the individual data is displayed to the user and wherein the user is authenticated with the secret, the user interacting with a secure element of the mobile terminal having a secure connection with the protected execution environment, via the secure user interface and the protected execution environment; and the secure element interacting with the further entity via a secured connection providing a complete security chain of all entities involved in the interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Bastian BARTELS
  • Patent number: 10266148
    Abstract: A method for checking an authorization of a mobile communication device for operating a vehicle engine of a vehicle which includes determining a position of a mobile communication device. The position of the mobile communication device is inside or outside the vehicle. The method also includes receiving a digital key value from the mobile communication device and checking the authorization of the mobile communication device for operating the vehicle engine, based on the position of the mobile communication device and based on the digital key value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Matthias Mohaupt, Dong Nguyen, Michael Niederholz, Hannes Haupt, Bastian Bartels
  • Patent number: 10235820
    Abstract: A method for securely wirelessly unlocking and/or locking a vehicle using a mobile radio including detecting a motion interaction or audio interaction of a user on or with the mobile radio and accessing, in a memory device of the mobile radio, a characteristic user interaction that corresponds to a vehicle opening command. The method further includes establishing whether the user interaction matches the characteristic user interaction and, if there is a match, responding to an authentication request from the vehicle that has been obtained by the mobile radio with an encrypted response message that is sufficient to unlock the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventor: Bastian Bartels
  • Publication number: 20190009677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle that is equipped with an electrical door closing mechanism, a radio-based signal receiver and a control unit, wherein the door closing mechanism can be actuated after receiving and verifying an access authorization code by electrical signals that are generated by a control unit. The motor vehicle possesses an electrical charging apparatus accessible from the outside so that a signal generator that is provided to generate the access code can be charged from the electrical system of the motor vehicle in the event of an insufficient charge. Furthermore, the invention describes a method for charging a signal generator that can be executed using the device according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kord H. Lühr, Gerd Penshorn, Claus-Peter Brückner, Per Ulrich, Andreas Ortner, Hannes Haupt, Bastian Bartels
  • Publication number: 20180361852
    Abstract: A method for controlling a functional component of a transportation vehicle by a medical implant of a user of the transportation vehicle including transmitting a signal, which comprises authentication information and status information, from the medical implant to a control device of the transportation vehicle; receiving the signal; establishing validity or invalidity of the received signal; and providing a control command to the functional component of the transportation vehicle, in the case of established validity, in response to status information that indicates a critical health status of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Bastian BARTELS
  • Publication number: 20180354460
    Abstract: A method for authenticating a user on a transportation vehicle, wherein the transportation vehicle is coupled to an external device storing an authentication secret code and to at least one token storing a token secret code. In the method the token secret code is transmitted to the transportation vehicle when an operator control action performed with the at least one token is sensed. A new secret code is generated from the token secret code and is compared with the authentication secret code. When the new secret code matches the authentication secret code, the user is authenticated on the transportation vehicle. Also disclosed is an apparatus for authenticating a user on a transportation vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Bastian BARTELS, Sarah BOROSKE
  • Publication number: 20180287787
    Abstract: A method providing security the first time a mobile device makes contact with a device including a trusted entity introducing asymmetric key into a mobile device, performing a key exchange method on contact-making resulting in a shared key in the mobile device and in the device, generating a first signature with the symmetric key using the shared key in the mobile device, generating a second signature with the symmetric key using the shared key in the device, transmitting the first signature to the device and the second signature to the mobile device, authenticating the device by cryptographic verification of the second signature with the symmetric key in the mobile device, authenticating the mobile device by cryptographic verification of the first signature with the symmetric key in the device, and continuing contact-making in the event of mutual successful authentication or termination of contact-making if at least one authentication has failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander TSCHACHE, Timo WINKELVOS, Bastian BARTELS
  • Publication number: 20180096546
    Abstract: A method for securely wirelessly unlocking and/or locking a vehicle using a mobile radio including detecting a motion interaction or audio interaction of a user on or with the mobile radio and accessing, in a memory device of the mobile radio, a characteristic user interaction that corresponds to a vehicle opening command. The method further includes establishing whether the user interaction matches the characteristic user interaction and, if there is a match, responding to an authentication request from the vehicle that has been obtained by the mobile radio with an encrypted response message that is sufficient to unlock the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventor: Bastian BARTELS
  • Publication number: 20180029560
    Abstract: A method for checking an authorization of a mobile communication device for operating a vehicle engine of a vehicle which includes determining a position of a mobile communication device. The position of the mobile communication device is inside or outside the vehicle. The method also includes receiving a digital key value from the mobile communication device and checking the authorization of the mobile communication device for operating the vehicle engine, based on the position of the mobile communication device and based on the digital key value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Matthias MOHAUPT, Dong NGUYEN, Michael NIEDERHOLZ, Hannes HAUPT, Bastian BARTELS
  • Publication number: 20170370712
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of detecting a relative position of a mobile terminal device with respect to a vehicle. It is provided for the method to include the following steps: generating reference measurement values relating to a predefined relative position of a calibration device with respect to a calibration vehicle, generating position measurement values which relate to the current relative position of the mobile terminal device with respect to the vehicle, evaluating the reference measurement values and the position measurement values for detecting the current relative position of the mobile terminal device with respect to the vehicle, and storing the generated reference measurement values in a database, wherein the database is a database outside the vehicle which the vehicle may access by means of a communication connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Claus-Peter Brueckner, Bastian Bartels
  • Publication number: 20170021805
    Abstract: A method to determine a position of a portable apparatus relative to a vehicle including generating a magnetic field by the vehicle, detecting the magnetic field by a magnetic field sensor of the portable apparatus, and evaluating the magnetic field to determine the position of the portable apparatus relative to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Hannes HAUPT, Bastian BARTELS