Patents by Inventor Carsten Starke
Carsten Starke 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).
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Patent number: 11772657Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing fatigue of a driver of a motor vehicle (4), with the steps of: acquiring position data (PDM0) indicative of the position of the driver, and activating and/or deactivating light glasses (10) worn by the driver depending on an evaluation of the acquired position data (PDM) indicative of the position of the driver.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Abhinav Dhake, Carsten Starke, Stefan Wolter, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Florian Golm
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Publication number: 20230001931Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing fatigue of a driver of a motor vehicle (4), with the steps of: acquiring position data (PDM) indicative of the position of the driver, and activating and/or deactivating light glasses (10) worn by the driver depending on an evaluation of the acquired position data (PDM) indicative of the position of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Abhinav Dhake, Carsten Starke, Stefan Wolter, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Florian Golm
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Patent number: 10814701Abstract: In a method for operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle, an input of an instruction of a user for the HVAC system is performed by means of a user interface. The HVAC system executes the input instruction. Furthermore, an olfactory signal is generated for the user by means of an olfactory device of the HVAC system as an input confirmation. Furthermore, a corresponding HVAC system for a vehicle is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Carsten Starke
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Patent number: 10689020Abstract: A docking station to be fastened in a motor vehicle is provided to receive a stroller, such as for example a baby carriage. A stroller, which is compatible with the docking station, is additionally provided. The docking station includes an electrical connection, and the stroller is able to be connected, via the electrical connection, to an on-board power supply of the motor vehicle. The docking station is configured to provide the motor vehicle with information about a mounting status and/or docking status.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Carsten Starke, Thomas Baranowski, Markus Franzen, Stefan Wolter
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Patent number: 10611277Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a seat surface and a thigh support. The thigh support is adjustable and/or movable by use of a first adjustment device in or opposed to a first adjustment direction, which preferably runs substantially parallel to the seat surface, from an extended position into a retracted position. Furthermore, the thigh support is deflectable substantially vertically to the seat surface and/or to the underlying surface by use of a force which can be exerted by a vehicle occupant and is downwardly directed in the direction of a vehicle floor, wherein the thigh support has at least one second adjustment device for setting and/or defining a movement resistance with which the thigh support opposes the downwardly directed force.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Julius Maximilian Engelke, Jessica Rebecca Rausch, Niels Pasligh, Markus Franzen, Carsten Starke, Philipp Wolf
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Patent number: 10369928Abstract: According to the disclosure, a method is made available to reduce a time duration for an adaption of eyes of a driver of a motor vehicle when changing from events occurring in front of the motor vehicle to a screen arranged in a driver's compartment of the motor vehicle. In particular, the method according to the disclosure also makes a reduction available in the time period for the adaption of the eyes of the driver in the opposite direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Carsten Starke, Stefan Wolter
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Publication number: 20190206256Abstract: A motor vehicle having a sound capture device for the directionally dependent capture of external sound and providing an input signal representative of the external sound, an evaluation unit for evaluating the input signal and for providing an output signal representative of the input signal, and a loudspeaker assembly in the interior of the motor vehicle for outputting a sound signal consistent with the output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Carsten Starke
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Publication number: 20190202328Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a seat surface and a thigh support. The thigh support is adjustable and/or movable by use of a first adjustment device in or opposed to a first adjustment direction, which preferably runs substantially parallel to the seat surface, from an extended position into a retracted position. Furthermore, the thigh support is deflectable substantially vertically to the seat surface and/or to the underlying surface by use of a force which can be exerted by a vehicle occupant and is downwardly directed in the direction of a vehicle floor, wherein the thigh support has at least one second adjustment device for setting and/or defining a movement resistance with which the thigh support opposes the downwardly directed force.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Julius Maximilian Engelke, Jessica Rebecca Rausch, Niels Pasligh, Markus Franzen, Carsten Starke, Philipp Wolf
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Publication number: 20180362063Abstract: A docking station to be fastened in a motor vehicle is provided to receive a stroller, such as for example a baby carriage. A stroller, which is compatible with the docking station, is additionally provided. The docking station includes an electrical connection, and the stroller is able to be connected, via the electrical connection, to an on-board power supply of the motor vehicle. The docking station is configured to provide the motor vehicle with information about a mounting status and/or docking status.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Carsten STARKE, Thomas BARANOWSKI, Markus FRANZEN, Stefan WOLTER
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Publication number: 20180272831Abstract: A method is specified for determining information concerning a particle load of an airflow flowing into a vehicle interior. That method includes determining the initial mass of a filter at the start of a time interval, by means of strain gauges, passing an airflow through the filter for a time interval, determining the end mass of the filter at the end of the time interval, by means of strain gauges, ascertaining the mass difference between the end mass and the initial mass of the filter and outputting of information, based on the ascertained mass difference, concerning the particle load of the airflow. An apparatus for ascertaining information concerning a particle load of an airflow flowing into a vehicle interior is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Carsten Starke
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Publication number: 20180272939Abstract: According to the disclosure, a method is made available to reduce a time duration for an adaption of eyes of a driver of a motor vehicle when changing from events occurring in front of the motor vehicle to a screen arranged in a driver's compartment of the motor vehicle. In particular, the method according to the disclosure also makes a reduction available in the time period for the adaption of the eyes of the driver in the opposite direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Carsten STARKE, Stefan WOLTER
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Publication number: 20180196999Abstract: A method to analyze and compare different profiles of movement of at least one road user is provided. A device capable of data acquisition is allocated to the at least one road user. The data are conveyed from the device to a server that determines, depending on a selected possibility of locomotion, comparison data with respect to a same road user or a number of road users, and provides the comparison data to the road user or road users.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Carsten STARKE
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Publication number: 20170368915Abstract: In a method for operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle, an input of an instruction of a user for the HVAC system is performed by means of a user interface. The HVAC system executes the input instruction. Furthermore, an olfactory signal is generated for the user by means of an olfactory device of the HVAC system as an input confirmation. Furthermore, a corresponding HVAC system for a vehicle is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventor: Carsten Starke
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Publication number: 20170339529Abstract: A system includes a plurality of wireless transceivers deployed in a vehicle cabin and a processor configured to receive a relay signal from a transceiver, including a device identification and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) associated with a device signal. The processor is also configured to use the RSSI and device identification, associated with a single device, included in relay signals from multiple transceivers to determine a device location and store the device location and corresponding possessor identification and location in memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2016Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Pietro BUTTOLO, James Stewart RANKIN, II, Jeffrey A. WALLACE, Jeroen LEM, Carsten STARKE, Volker SCHEER, Stuart C. SALTER
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Patent number: 9813878Abstract: A system includes a plurality of wireless transceivers deployed in a vehicle cabin and a processor configured to receive a relay signal from a transceiver, including a device identification and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) associated with a device signal. The processor is also configured to use the RSSI and device identification, associated with a single device, included in relay signals from multiple transceivers to determine a device location and store the device location and corresponding possessor identification and location in memory.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Pietro Buttolo, James Stewart Rankin, II, Jeffrey A. Wallace, Jeroen Lem, Carsten Starke, Volker Scheer, Stuart C. Salter
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Patent number: 8408641Abstract: The invention relates to a passively air-conditioned motor vehicle seat comprising a breathable seat cover and comprising a seat body which has ventilation channels extending in the thickness direction, which in each case have at least one element for preventing the return flow of air. For simplifying the production the at least one element for preventing the return flow of air consists of the same material as the seat body.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeroen Lem, Karl Michael Siebertz, Carsten Starke
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Publication number: 20110169318Abstract: The invention relates to a passively air-conditioned motor vehicle seat comprising a breathable seat cover and comprising a seat body which has ventilation channels extending in the thickness direction, which in each case have at least one element for preventing the return flow of air. For simplifying the production the at least one element for preventing the return flow of air consists of the same material as the seat body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jeroen Lem, Karl Michael Siebertz, Carsten Starke