Patents by Inventor CHRISTIAN ESSER

CHRISTIAN ESSER 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: 11414086
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for localizing an occupant within a vehicle includes identifying whether at least one occupant is present within the vehicle based on a signal of an ultrasonic sensor and determining information regarding an inclination of the vehicle based on at least one signal of an inclination sensor. Based on the information regarding inclination of the vehicle, it is determined whether an occupant is present in one of a plurality of predefined sections of the vehicle if the presence of at least one occupant within the vehicle is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Roland Menne, Christoph Rott, Christian Esser
  • Publication number: 20200353935
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for localizing an occupant within a vehicle includes identifying whether at least one occupant is present within the vehicle based on a signal of an ultrasonic sensor and determining information regarding an inclination of the vehicle based on at least one signal of an inclination sensor. Based on the information regarding inclination of the vehicle, it is determined whether an occupant is present in one of a plurality of predefined sections of the vehicle if the presence of at least one occupant within the vehicle is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Roland MENNE, Christoph ROTT, Christian ESSER
  • Patent number: 9297897
    Abstract: An ultrasound interior space monitoring system for a motor vehicle includes at least one ultrasound transmitter and at least one ultrasound receiver that can be attached in the interior space of the motor vehicle and are configured for the contactless monitoring of the interior space. The system is operable in an operating mode which is active when a monitoring mode in which the monitoring of the interior takes place is inactive, wherein a position, a movement speed and/or a movement direction of an object, in particular of a hand of a vehicle occupant, can be determined and at least one fitting element of the vehicle can be actuated in dependence on the position, on the movement speed and/or on the movement direction by means of the at least one ultrasound transmitter and by means of the at least one ultrasound receiver in the operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Menne, Christoph Rott, Christian Esser
  • Publication number: 20140177393
    Abstract: An ultrasound interior space monitoring system for a motor vehicle includes at least one ultrasound transmitter and at least one ultrasound receiver that can be attached in the interior space of the motor vehicle and are configured for the contactless monitoring of the interior space. The system is operable in an operating mode which is active when a monitoring mode in which the monitoring of the interior takes place is inactive, wherein a position, a movement speed and/or a movement direction of an object, in particular of a hand of a vehicle occupant, can be determined and at least one fitting element of the vehicle can be actuated in dependence on the position, on the movement speed and/or on the movement direction by means of the at least one ultrasound transmitter and by means of the at least one ultrasound receiver in the operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: ROLAND MENNE, CHRISTOPH ROTT, CHRISTIAN ESSER