Patents by Inventor Carlos Garcia de Caceres

Carlos Garcia de Caceres 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 operating a pedestrian protection system and a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8798867
    Abstract: A method for operating a pedestrian protection system in a motor vehicle for reducing the severity of an accident in a frontal collision with pedestrians includes evaluating the measurement data from at least one detection device depending on at least one trigger condition, wherein the trigger condition includes a height criterion evaluating whether a height of a collision object determined from measurement data from an optical detection device exceeds a height threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Johann Stoll, Franz Roth, Carlos Garcia de Caceres, Verena Horz