Patents by Inventor Bjoern STRASDAT

Bjoern STRASDAT 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).

  • Method and apparatus for cleaning an interior of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10632975
    Abstract: A method for cleaning an interior of a motor vehicle, in particular an autonomously drivable motor vehicle, which includes the following steps recording at least one floor area of the interior by means of at least one camera device, determining a level of soiling of the floor area by evaluating the image recorded by the camera device, and cleaning at least the floor area, when the determined level of soiling exceeds a predefinable first limiting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bjoern Strasdat, Silvan Horovitz, Thanh-Binh To
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING AN INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190176769
    Abstract: A method for cleaning an interior of a motor vehicle, in particular an autonomously drivable motor vehicle, which includes the following steps recording at least one floor area of the interior by means of at least one camera device, determining a level of soiling of the floor area by evaluating the image recorded by the camera device, and cleaning at least the floor area, when the determined level of soiling exceeds a predefinable first limiting value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bjoern STRASDAT, Silvan HOROVITZ, Thanh-Binh TO
  • Vehicle having a driver assistance device
    Patent number: 10023091
    Abstract: A vehicle, including a driver assistance device with the aid of which an autonomous driving mode without driver intervention may be carried out in an autopilot mode, and including at least one storage element for storing objects, such as a cup holder and/or a storage table, which is adjustable between a position of non-use and at least one position of use. The driver assistance device is assigned a control unit, which enables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is activated and disables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lennart Bendewald, Linn Hackenberg, Bjoern Strasdat, Valentin Rex
  • Arrangement for a vehicle interior, motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9597983
    Abstract: An arrangement for a vehicle interior having a first seat row, which includes at least one seat, and having a second seat row, which is disposed in the vehicle interior in front of or behind the first seat row and includes at least one seat, the first seat row being disposed in or on a plate which is rotatably supported in or on a floor of the vehicle interior. It is provided that at least one movably supported console is provided, and the console is movable along at least one rail, which is disposed in or on the floor of the vehicle, the rail having a multi-part design and being disposed in or on the plate, at least in areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bjoern Strasdat, Manuel Joachim, Eva Berner, Sylvain Fischer, Thomas Drescher, Ralf Welp, Maximilian Barthel, Nils Sajonz
  • VEHICLE HAVING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160375811
    Abstract: A vehicle, including a driver assistance device with the aid of which an autonomous driving mode without driver intervention may be carried out in an autopilot mode, and including at least one storage element for storing objects, such as a cup holder and/or a storage table, which is adjustable between a position of non-use and at least one position of use. The driver assistance device is assigned a control unit, which enables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is activated and disables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lennart BENDEWALD, Linn HACKENBERG, Bjoern STRASDAT, Valentin REX
  • ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE INTERIOR, MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160152163
    Abstract: An arrangement for a vehicle interior having a first seat row, which includes at least one seat, and having a second seat row, which is disposed in the vehicle interior in front of or behind the first seat row and includes at least one seat, the first seat row being disposed in or on a plate which is rotatably supported in or on a floor of the vehicle interior. It is provided that at least one movably supported console is provided, and the console is movable along at least one rail, which is disposed in or on the floor of the vehicle, the rail having a multi-part design and being disposed in or on the plate, at least in areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bjoern STRASDAT, Manuel JOACHIM, Eva BERNER, Sylvain FISCHER, Thomas DRESCHER, Ralf WELP, Maximillian BARTHEL, Nils SAJONZ