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).

  • Patent number: 11772657
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Abhinav Dhake, Carsten Starke, Stefan Wolter, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Florian Golm
  • Publication number: 20230001931
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Abhinav Dhake, Carsten Starke, Stefan Wolter, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Florian Golm
  • Patent number: 10814701
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Carsten Starke
  • Patent number: 10689020
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Carsten Starke, Thomas Baranowski, Markus Franzen, Stefan Wolter
  • Patent number: 10611277
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Julius Maximilian Engelke, Jessica Rebecca Rausch, Niels Pasligh, Markus Franzen, Carsten Starke, Philipp Wolf
  • Patent number: 10369928
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Carsten Starke, Stefan Wolter
  • Publication number: 20190206256
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Carsten Starke
  • Publication number: 20190202328
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Julius Maximilian Engelke, Jessica Rebecca Rausch, Niels Pasligh, Markus Franzen, Carsten Starke, Philipp Wolf
  • Publication number: 20180362063
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Carsten STARKE, Thomas BARANOWSKI, Markus FRANZEN, Stefan WOLTER
  • Publication number: 20180272831
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: Carsten Starke
  • Publication number: 20180272939
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Carsten STARKE, Stefan WOLTER
  • Publication number: 20180196999
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Carsten STARKE
  • Publication number: 20170368915
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventor: Carsten Starke
  • Publication number: 20170339529
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Pietro BUTTOLO, James Stewart RANKIN, II, Jeffrey A. WALLACE, Jeroen LEM, Carsten STARKE, Volker SCHEER, Stuart C. SALTER
  • Patent number: 9813878
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, James Stewart Rankin, II, Jeffrey A. Wallace, Jeroen Lem, Carsten Starke, Volker Scheer, Stuart C. Salter
  • Patent number: 8408641
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeroen Lem, Karl Michael Siebertz, Carsten Starke
  • Publication number: 20110169318
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jeroen Lem, Karl Michael Siebertz, Carsten Starke