Patents by Inventor Birgit Schmortte

Birgit Schmortte 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: 12559100
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the speed of a vehicle (EGO) moving with an initial speed to a target speed, including: determining a control profile comprising at least one control profile part, in which the control profile includes at least one control parameter for the vehicle (EGO) and allowing the vehicle (EGO) to change its speed from the initial speed to the target speed, and adjusting the speed of the vehicle (EGO) according to the control profile. A further method is disclosed for leading a vehicle (EGO) that is moving on a lane into a target position with respect to at least one other vehicle, in which the method is used to adjust the speed of the vehicle (EGO) to reach the target position. Also described are a related device, a system, a vehicle, a computer program product and a storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Behringer, Birgit Schmortte, Ulrich Guecker
  • Publication number: 20230150492
    Abstract: A method for automatically guiding a track of a vehicle which includes at least two wheels on each vehicle side and a track guidance system which is able to detect at least one lane groove within a driving lane, the method including influencing a track guidance of the vehicle as a function of a detection of the at least one lane groove, wherein the track guidance system includes a lane groove following mode in which the track guidance of the vehicle is influenced by the track guidance system after the at least one lane groove has been detected so that the vehicle follows the at least one detected lane groove in that at least two wheels at least at one vehicle side are caused to overlap the at least one detected lane groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Simon FLUMM, Birgit Schmortte