Patents by Inventor Christian BRAUNAGEL

Christian BRAUNAGEL 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 deactivating an automated driving function of a vehicle and driver assistance system for implementing the method
    Patent number: 10766497
    Abstract: A method for deactivating an automated driving function of a vehicle, in particular a highly automated or autonomous driving function, is provided. The driving function is deactivated when a driver of the vehicle carries out a steering intervention or pedal intervention with a strength exceeding a predeterminable deactivation threshold. The deactivation threshold is predetermined depending on an operation length of the driving function and/or depending on a responsiveness of the driver. In particular, the deactivation threshold is predetermined in such a manner that it is higher directly after an activation of the driving function than some time afterwards and/or it is higher with a low responsiveness of the driver than with a high responsiveness of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Christian Braunagel, Thorben Schönenberg
  • METHOD FOR DEACTIVATING AN AUTOMATED DRIVING FUNCTION OF A VEHICLE AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20180370542
    Abstract: A method for deactivating an automated driving function of a vehicle, in particular a highly automated or autonomous driving function, is provided. The driving function is deactivated when a driver of the vehicle carries out a steering intervention or pedal intervention with a strength exceeding a predeterminable deactivation threshold. The deactivation threshold is predetermined depending on an operation length of the driving function and/or depending on a responsiveness of the driver. In particular, the deactivation threshold is predetermined in such a manner that it is higher directly after an activation of the driving function than some time afterwards and/or it is higher with a low responsiveness of the driver than with a high responsiveness of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Christian BRAUNAGEL, Thorben SCHÖNENBERG