Patents by Inventor Bernd Bader

Bernd Bader 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: 9946255
    Abstract: A remote control for a parking assistance system for automated parking of a passenger motor vehicle is provided. The parking assistance system has an environment sensor system that supplies sensor information, and an obstacle detection device for detecting the presence of an obstacle based on the sensor information. In addition, the parking assistance system has a bidirectional wireless communication device that transmits obstacle detection information about the presence of an obstacle to the remote control. The remote control also has a bidirectional wireless communication device for communication with the passenger motor vehicle. In addition, the remote control has one or more parking function operating elements for controlling the parking and/or unparking. The bidirectional communication device of the remote control receives the obstacle detection information. In addition, the remote control has signaling means for signaling the presence of an obstacle to the operator of the remote control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Patrick Matters, Marina Trpinac, Bernd Bader
  • Publication number: 20140222252
    Abstract: A remote control for a parking assistance system for automated parking of a passenger motor vehicle is provided. The parking assistance system has an environment sensor system that supplies sensor information, and an obstacle detection device for detecting the presence of an obstacle based on the sensor information. In addition, the parking assistance system has a bidirectional wireless communication device that transmits obstacle detection information about the presence of an obstacle to the remote control. The remote control also has a bidirectional wireless communication device for communication with the passenger motor vehicle. In addition, the remote control has one or more parking function operating elements for controlling the parking and/or unparking. The bidirectional communication device of the remote control receives the obstacle detection information. In addition, the remote control has signaling means for signaling the presence of an obstacle to the operator of the remote control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Patrick MATTERS, Marina TRPINAC, Bernd BADER
  • Patent number: 8499429
    Abstract: In a method for applying a surface structure to a solid body, a structured surface is placed directly or indirectly onto the surface of the solid body and the structure of this structured surface is reproduced in the surface of the solid body, in that an explosive structured layer is arranged on the surface of the solid body and the structure of the explosive structured layer is explosively disseminated into the surface of the solid body. According to the invention, the surface of the solid body is provided with a surface pre-structure before the actual dissemination, at least in regions, wherein the structure of the explosive structured layer is disseminated on at least one partial region of the surface pre-structure so that the surface structure produced results from overlapping of the surface pre-structure with the explosively disseminated structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Günter Helferich, Lars Ziegler, Peter Elsner, Thomas Keicher, Peter Eyerer, Bernd Bader, Helfried Urban, Christian Anselment, Andreas Happ, Wolfgang Merz
  • Publication number: 20110099784
    Abstract: A method for applying a surface structure to a solid body, wherein a structured surface is placed directly or indirectly onto the surface of the solid body and the structure of this structured surface is reproduced in the surface of the solid body, in that an explosive structured layer having the structured surface is arranged on the surface of the solid body and in that the structure of the explosive structured layer is disseminated by ignition of the same in the surface of the solid body; and/or at least one moulded structured layer having the structured surface is arranged on the surface of the solid body and is disseminated in the surface of the solid body by igniting a separate explosive layer, According to the invention the surface of the solid body is provided with a surface pre-structure before the actual dissemination, at least in regions, wherein the structure of the explosive structured layer or the moulded structured layer is disseminated on at least one partial region of the surface pre-struc
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Helferich Günter, Lars Ziegler, Peter Elsner, Thomas Keicher, Peter Eyerer, Bernd Bader, Helfried Urban, Christian Anselment, Andreas Happ, Wolfgang Merz
  • Patent number: 7145521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing video pictures for display on a display device comprising a plurality of lines constituted by luminous elements called cells corresponding to the pixels of a picture, wherein the time duration of a video frame is divided into a plurality of sub-field periods during which the cells can be activated for light emission, a sub-field period being divided into an addressing period wherein the plurality of lines is scanned line by line, a sustaining period and an erasing period, wherein, in the addressing period, the addressing time is different from one line to an other. The invention is mainly used in PDP technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Sébastien Weitbruch, Cédric Thebault, Bernd Bader
  • Publication number: 20030217872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing video pictures for display on a display device comprising a plurality of lines constituted by luminous elements called cells corresponding to the pixels of a picture, wherein the time duration of a video frame is divided into a plurality of sub-field periods during which the cells can be activated for light emission, a sub-field period being divided into an addressing period wherein the plurality of lines is scanned line by line, a sustaining period and an erasing period, wherein, in the addressing period, the addressing time is different from one line to an other. The invention is mainly used in PDP technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Sebastien Weitbruch, Cedric Thebault, Bernd Bader
  • Patent number: 5600212
    Abstract: A deflection method and circuit for symmetrical horizontal scanning in a television tube utilizes a vertical deflection coil and an auxiliary vertical deflection coil. The vertical deflection coil is energized with a sawtooth vertical scanning current having a first slope during vertical trace to generate a first vertical deflection field. The auxiliary vertical deflection coil is energized with a sawtooth vertical auxiliary current having a line frequency and a second slope during horizontal trace equal but opposite to the first slope of the vertical scanning current to generate a second vertical deflection field. The first and second vertical deflection fields are superimposed in the tube to produce a stepped vertical deflection field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH
    Inventors: Gangolf Hirtz, Bernd Bader, Yves Francois, Bernd Tenconi, Fritz Ohnemus