Patents by Inventor Cain Pankey

Cain Pankey 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 for representing the surroundings of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11321911
    Abstract: A method for representing the surroundings of a vehicle. The method includes: detecting the surroundings of the vehicle and ascertaining obstacles in the surroundings with the aid of surroundings sensors of the vehicle; displaying a first depiction encompassing a representation of the surroundings including the obstacles and a representation of the vehicle on a display device; establishing an approach by the vehicle to an ascertained obstacle due to the fact that a predefined distance to the obstacle has been undershot; and displaying a second depiction including a detail, enlarged in comparison to the first depiction, of the representation of the surroundings including the obstacles and the representation of the vehicle on the display device, the detail representing the area of the surroundings and of the vehicle at which the approach by the vehicle to the obstacle was established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Cain Pankey, Jose Domingo Esparza Garcia, Raphael Cano
  • METHOD FOR REPRESENTING THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200226817
    Abstract: A method for representing the surroundings of a vehicle. The method includes: detecting the surroundings of the vehicle and ascertaining obstacles in the surroundings with the aid of surroundings sensors of the vehicle; displaying a first depiction encompassing a representation of the surroundings including the obstacles and a representation of the vehicle on a display device; establishing an approach by the vehicle to an ascertained obstacle due to the fact that a predefined distance to the obstacle has been undershot; and displaying a second depiction including a detail, enlarged in comparison to the first depiction, of the representation of the surroundings including the obstacles and the representation of the vehicle on the display device, the detail representing the area of the surroundings and of the vehicle at which the approach by the vehicle to the obstacle was established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Cain Pankey, Jose Domingo Esparza Garcia, Raphael Cano