Patents by Inventor Carsten Schmid

Carsten Schmid 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: 10889255
    Abstract: A device for electrical energy management of a vehicle system of a motor vehicle includes a power supply for supplying energy to the vehicle system of the motor vehicle. The power supply has a normal operation mode and a stand-by operation mode. A distributing device has voltage levels on the output side for supplying electrical energy to vehicle system components of the vehicle system. A state-monitoring device monitors the electrical energy supply of the power supply and controls the distributing device. A computer device has an operating system device and a volatile computer data memory that is designed to be kept energized even in the stand-by operation mode of the device for energy management, in such a way that the volatile computer data memory does not lose the data stored therein. A method and a motor vehicle corresponding to the device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Franze, Carsten Schmid, Georg Spoerlein, Reiner Striebel
  • Publication number: 20190377397
    Abstract: A device for electrical energy management of a vehicle system of a motor vehicle includes a power supply for supplying energy to the vehicle system of the motor vehicle. The power supply has a normal operation mode and a stand-by operation mode. A distributing device has voltage levels on the output side for supplying electrical energy to vehicle system components of the vehicle system. A state-monitoring device monitors the electrical energy supply of the power supply and controls tire distributing device. A computer device has an operating system device and a volatile computer data memory that is designed to be kept energized even in the stand-by operation mode of the device for energy management, in such a way that the volatile computer data memory does not lose the data stored therein. A method and a motor vehicle corresponding to the device are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel FRANZE, Carsten SCHMID, Georg SPOERLEIN, Reiner STRIEBEL
  • Patent number: 10200684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for monitoring the proper functioning of a transmission path, particularly of a camera (12), comprising a camera (12), particularly a digital camera, for capturing a detection area (14) and for generating corresponding first signals (S1), a display unit (26) for displaying the detection area (14) captured by the camera (12) using the first signals (S1), a light source array (18) arranged in the detection area (14) of the camera (12), a detection unit (30) with an optical measuring sensor array (32) for detecting the display output of the display unit (26) and for generating corresponding second signals (S2), a monitoring unit (36) that actuates the light source array (18) using a pre-definable pattern (M) and checks whether the second signals (S2) detected by the detection unit (30) contain the pattern (M), during evaluation of the display output of the display unit (26), and a communication unit (24) for transmitting the first and second signals (S1, S2) and the pre-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mentor Graphics Development (Deutschland) GmbH
    Inventor: Carsten Schmid
  • Publication number: 20160198151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for monitoring the proper functioning of a transmission path, particularly of a camera (12), comprising a camera (12), particularly a digital camera, for capturing a detection area (14) and for generating corresponding first signals (S1), a display unit (26) for displaying the detection area (14) captured by the camera (12) using the first signals (S1), a light source array (18) arranged in the detection area (14) of the camera (12), a detection unit (30) with an optical measuring sensor array (32) for detecting the display output of the display unit (26) and for generating corresponding second signals (S2), a monitoring unit (36) that actuates the light source array (18) using a pre-definable pattern (M) and checks whether the second signals (S2) detected by the detection unit (30) contain the pattern (M), during evaluation of the display output of the display unit (26), and a communication unit (24) for transmitting the first and second signals (S1, S2) and the pre-
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: Carsten Schmid