Patents by Inventor Benedict Flade

Benedict Flade 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: 11948454
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling at least one of a traffic infrastructure device, an actuator of a traffic participant based on enhanced traffic data is provided. The method comprises steps of monitoring, by a trigger processor, an area; generating, by the trigger processor, trigger data in case a trigger event is determined in the monitored area and providing the generated trigger data indicating an area-of-interest to an image data source; obtaining image data on the area-of-interest based on the transmitted trigger data and transmitting the obtained image data to a traffic evaluation processor; evaluating, by the traffic evaluation processor, the obtained image data to generate enhanced traffic data on the area-of-interest; and outputting, by the traffic evaluation processor, the generated enhanced traffic data in a control signal, wherein the control signal is configured to control the traffic infrastructure device and/or the actuator of the traffic participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Benedict Flade, Nils Einecke
  • Publication number: 20230343225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for evaluating a mission of a mobile entity. The system comprises a means for obtaining information on a planned trajectory, the mobile entity, mission requirements, environment and public body rules, a means for transforming the information into a symbolic, probabilistic representation to generate a probabilistic logic program, wherein facts are extracted from the information and systematically designated with names within the probabilistic logic program, and a means for generating an answer to the a probabilistic logic query based on the probabilistic logic program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Benedict Flade, Tim Puphal, Simon Kohaut
  • Publication number: 20220316897
    Abstract: The present invention provides an advanced driver assistance system for assisting a driver of a vehicle. The system comprises a sensor unit, a processing unit and a display unit. The sensor unit is configured to sense an environment of the vehicle. The processing unit is configured to determine, based on a sensing output, at least one feature of the environment. The processing unit is configured to determine, for a current time, a risk zone of the feature, by estimating, based on at least one parameter of the vehicle at the current time, at each virtual position of two or more virtual positions of the vehicle a respective risk with regard to the feature; and by forming the risk zone based on the two or more risks. The display unit is configured to display the environment of the vehicle with the feature and the risk zone of the feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Julian Eggert, Tim Puphal, Benedict Flade, Chao Wang
  • Publication number: 20220139213
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling at least one of a traffic infrastructure device, an actuator of a traffic participant based on enhanced traffic data is provided. The method comprises steps of monitoring, by a trigger processor, an area; generating, by the trigger processor, trigger data in case a trigger event is determined in the monitored area and providing the generated trigger data indicating an area-of-interest to an image data source; obtaining image data on the area-of-interest based on the transmitted trigger data and transmitting the obtained image data to a traffic evaluation processor; evaluating, by the traffic evaluation processor, the obtained image data to generate enhanced traffic data on the area-of-interest; and outputting, by the traffic evaluation processor, the generated enhanced traffic data in a control signal, wherein the control signal is configured to control the traffic infrastructure device and/or the actuator of the traffic participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Benedict Flade, Nils Einecke
  • Patent number: 11287281
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for analyzing localization errors, wherein the method includes the steps of obtaining relative positions and absolute positions of an object moving within a mapped environment, which are generated sequentially over time, calculating differences between the relative positions and absolute positions to determine sequential localization errors, and decomposing the localization errors into a systematic error that is dependent on the orientation of the object and into a systematic error that is independent on the orientation of the object by analyzing the intrinsic dynamics of the localization errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Benedict Flade, Julian Eggert, Axel Koppert, Simon Kohaut
  • Publication number: 20210156711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for analyzing localization errors, wherein the method includes the steps of obtaining relative positions and absolute positions of an object moving within a mapped environment, which are generated sequentially over time, calculating differences between the relative positions and absolute positions to determine sequential localization errors, and decomposing the localization errors into a systematic error that is dependent on the orientation of the object and into a systematic error that is independent on the orientation of the object by analyzing the intrinsic dynamics of the localization errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Benedict Flade, Julian Eggert, Axel Koppert, Simon Kohaut