Patents by Inventor Christian Pampus
Christian Pampus 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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Publication number: 20220397665Abstract: A method for classifying objects in the environment of a vehicle with the aid of ultrasonic sensors. In the method, ultrasonic signals are emitted, ultrasonic echoes are received from objects in the environment, and the position of a reflection point relative to the ultrasonic sensors is determined using lateration, reflection points being continuously determined and the reflection points being allocated to objects in the environment. Dispersion parameters relating to the position of the reflection points allocated to an object are determined and used as a classification criterion with regard to the type of object. A driver assistance system and a vehicle including such a driver assistance system, are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Matthies, Albrecht Irion, Christian Pampus
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Publication number: 20220342061Abstract: A method is provided for classifying an object, in particular in the surroundings of a motor vehicle, using an ultrasonic sensor system, the ultrasonic sensor system including a plurality of spatially distributed ultrasonic sensors. A plurality of measurements are carried out continuously during a measurement, an ultrasonic signal being emitted by one of the ultrasonic sensors, a signal being received by at least one of the ultrasonic sensors which includes a plurality of reflected echo signals, so-called multiple echoes, and the received echo signals being associated with an object. A plurality of features may be determined from the received echo signals. The object is classified as a function of a combination of at least two of these features, in particular as a pedestrian.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Christian Pampus, Michael Schumann
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Patent number: 11307306Abstract: A method for providing ultrasonic signal information includes receiving a plurality of echo signals, ascertaining a relatedness of individual echo signals from the plurality of echo signals based on a run time and/or a significance of the echo signals, grouping the echo signals for which a relatedness was ascertained in an echo signal group, and providing a property that is characteristic for the echo signal group. The present invention furthermore relates to a device associated with the method.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Pampus, Michael Schumann
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Publication number: 20200025916Abstract: A method for providing ultrasonic signal information includes receiving a plurality of echo signals, ascertaining a relatedness of individual echo signals from the plurality of echo signals based on a run time and/or a significance of the echo signals, grouping the echo signals for which a relatedness was ascertained in an echo signal group, and providing a property that is characteristic for the echo signal group. The present invention furthermore relates to a device associated with the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Christian Pampus, Michael Schumann
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Patent number: 9910149Abstract: A method for mapping surroundings of a vehicle, objects in the surroundings of the vehicle being detected with the aid of sensors and particular detected objects being described by two coordinate points and also by a position fuzziness assigned to the particular coordinate point, the coordinate points and the position fuzziness values being stored in an interface in the form of data which may be accessed by driver assistance systems of the vehicle. A method is also described for ascertaining the collision probability of a vehicle with an object, in which the surroundings of the vehicle are initially mapped using the method for mapping the surroundings of a vehicle, a travel path to be traveled by the vehicle is ascertained in a subsequent step, and the degree of overlap between the object and the travel path and also the collision probability are finally determined, taking the position fuzziness into account.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2010Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Christian Pampus, Dirk Schmid, Michael Scherl, Werner Urban, Meike Fehse, Uwe Zimmermann, Michael Schoenherr
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Patent number: 9045160Abstract: In a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle during a parking process, the surroundings of the vehicle are recorded during travel, and with the aid of the surroundings pattern recorded, it is ascertained whether there is a parking space and whether the parking space is a parallel parking space or a perpendicular parking space. Before the beginning of the parking process, the driver of the vehicle may indicate whether the parking space is a parallel parking space or a perpendicular parking space, or a parking space is recognized as a perpendicular parking space if, on at least one side of the parking space, an object is detected, and no additional non-moving object is detected in the area of the possible parking space.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Christian Pampus
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Patent number: 8823550Abstract: In a method for warning a driver of a vehicle about a collision with an object in the course a parking operation, the distance of the vehicle to at least one object in the environment of the vehicle is detected, and if a specified minimum distance is undershot, the driver is warned to stop the vehicle or the vehicle is stopped automatically. The specified minimum distance is varied as a function of the type of parking space and the executed parking maneuver.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Pampus, Marcus Schneider
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Patent number: 8797186Abstract: A parking assistance system is described for assisting in a parking operation of a vehicle when a plurality of parking spaces is present. A method in a parking assistance system includes performing the following: detecting a plurality of parking spaces; selecting one of the detected parking spaces based on a degree of comfort; and assisting in the parking operation into the selected parking space. The degree of comfort includes at least one predefined condition, on the basis of which the detected parking spaces are classifiable according to the presumed driver acceptance.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Pampus, Volker Niemz
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Patent number: 8710975Abstract: In an automated method for providing an indication, with the aid of a turn signal indicator, that a vehicle is leaving a parking space, a vehicle control system detects initially whether an executed driving maneuver is a maneuver related to leaving a parking space, in which case the maneuvering out of a parking space is indicated by activating the turn signal indicator, and the turn signal indicator is kept activated until the process of maneuvering out of the parking space has been concluded.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Pampus, Florian Raisch, Albrecht Irion, Marcus Schneider
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Patent number: 8712643Abstract: A device and a method for maneuvering a vehicle using maneuvering moves using at least one trajectory along which the vehicle is movable. Maneuvering moves have at least one reversing clothoid which borders on at least one trajectory and which is designed so that a steering motion of the vehicle is avoidable at standstill.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Pampus, Volker Niemz
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Patent number: 8554465Abstract: A device for the supported parking of a vehicle in a parking space is disclosed. The device includes at least one sensor device allowing the detection of at least one object at a near range from the vehicle. The device is implemented for numerically determining the presence of at least one object at a far range from the vehicle, such that the numerical determining of the object in the far range takes place on the basis of the object detected in the near range.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Schoenherr, Christian Pampus, Volker Niemz
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Patent number: 8487782Abstract: A method for detecting objects having a low height, using a system for obstacle detection in vehicles, the system for obstacle detection including distance sensors for ascertaining the distance from objects and an arrangement for evaluation. The method includes performing the following: (a) continually recording the distance from an object using the distance sensors or recording the distance from an object at specified intervals, (b) checking whether the object continues to be recorded by the distance sensors when approaching the vehicle, in response to falling below a specified distance, or whether it vanishes from the detection range of the distance sensors, (c) detecting the object, which vanishes from the detection range of the distance sensors, as being an object of low height. Also described is a method for supporting a driver during a driving maneuver.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Pampus, Werner Urban, Meike Fehse, Bjoern Herder, Marco Knoblauch, Soenke Seifarth
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Publication number: 20120303258Abstract: A method for mapping surroundings of a vehicle, objects in the surroundings of the vehicle being detected with the aid of sensors and particular detected objects being described by two coordinate points and also by a position fuzziness assigned to the particular coordinate point, the coordinate points and the position fuzziness values being stored in an interface in the form of data which may be accessed by driver assistance systems of the vehicle. A method is also described for ascertaining the collision probability of a vehicle with an object, in which the surroundings of the vehicle are initially mapped using the method for mapping the surroundings of a vehicle, a travel path to be traveled by the vehicle is ascertained in a subsequent step, and the degree of overlap between the object and the travel path and also the collision probability are finally determined, taking the position fuzziness into account.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Christian Pampus, Dirk Schmid, Michael Scherl, Werner Urban, Meike Fehse, Uwe Zimmermann, Michael Schoenherr
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Publication number: 20120191337Abstract: A device for the supported parking of a vehicle in a parking space is disclosed. The device includes at least one sensor device allowing the detection of at least one object at a near range from the vehicle. The device is implemented for numerically determining the presence of at least one object at a far range from the vehicle, such that the numerical determining of the object in the far range takes place on the basis of the object detected in the near range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Michael Schoenherr, Christian Pampus, Volker Niemz
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Publication number: 20120185113Abstract: A device and a method for maneuvering a vehicle using maneuvering moves using at least one trajectory along which the vehicle is movable. Maneuvering moves have at least one reversing clothoid which borders on at least one trajectory and which is designed so that a steering motion of the vehicle is avoidable at standstill.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Christian Pampus, Volker Niemz
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Publication number: 20120062394Abstract: A parking assistance system is described for assisting in a parking operation of a vehicle when a plurality of parking spaces is present. A method in a parking assistance system includes performing the following: detecting a plurality of parking spaces; selecting one of the detected parking spaces based on a degree of comfort; and assisting in the parking operation into the selected parking space. The degree of comfort includes at least one predefined condition, on the basis of which the detected parking spaces are classifiable according to the presumed driver acceptance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Christian PAMPUS, Volker Niemz
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Publication number: 20120013485Abstract: In a method for warning a driver of a vehicle about a collision with an object in the course a parking operation, the distance of the vehicle to at least one object in the environment of the vehicle is detected, and if a specified minimum distance is undershot, the driver is warned to stop the vehicle or the vehicle is stopped automatically. The specified minimum distance is varied as a function of the type of parking space and the executed parking maneuver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Christian Pampus, Marcus Schneider
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Publication number: 20110140921Abstract: In a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle during a parking process, the surroundings of the vehicle are recorded during travel, and with the aid of the surroundings pattern recorded, it is ascertained whether there is a parking space and whether the parking space is a parallel parking space or a perpendicular parking space. Before the beginning of the parking process, the driver of the vehicle may indicate whether the parking space is a parallel parking space or a perpendicular parking space, or a parking space is recognized as a perpendicular parking space if, on at least one side of the parking space, an object is detected, and no additional non-moving object is detected in the area of the possible parking space.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventor: Christian Pampus
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Publication number: 20110128140Abstract: In an automated method for providing an indication, with the aid of a turn signal indicator, that a vehicle is leaving a parking space, a vehicle control system detects initially whether an executed driving maneuver is a maneuver related to leaving a parking space, in which case the maneuvering out of a parking space is indicated by activating the turn signal indicator, and the turn signal indicator is kept activated until the process of maneuvering out of the parking space has been concluded.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventors: Christian Pampus, Florian Raisch, Albrecht Irion, Marcus Schneider
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Publication number: 20110121994Abstract: A method for detecting objects having a low height, using a system for obstacle detection in vehicles, the system for obstacle detection including distance sensors for ascertaining the distance from objects and an arrangement for evaluation. The method includes performing the following: (a) continually recording the distance from an object using the distance sensors or recording the distance from an object at specified intervals, (b) checking whether the object continues to be recorded by the distance sensors when approaching the vehicle, in response to falling below a specified distance, or whether it vanishes from the detection range of the distance sensors, (c) detecting the object, which vanishes from the detection range of the distance sensors, as being an object of low height. Also described is a method for supporting a driver during a driving maneuver.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Christian Pampus, Werner Urban, Meike Fehse, Bjoern Herder, Marco Knoblauch, Soenke Seifarth