Patents by Inventor Christian RUHHAMMER

Christian RUHHAMMER 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: 11670095
    Abstract: A method determines support points for estimating a progression of roadside development of a road. The method determines a position of a first support point in the surroundings of a vehicle; determines a plurality of regions in a travel direction and/or counter to the travel direction of the vehicle on the basis of the position of the first support point; and determines support points of roadside development for each of the determined regions in the travel direction, counter to the travel direction and left and right of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gero Greiner, Ting Li, Christian Ruhhammer, Andreas Zorn-Pauli
  • Publication number: 20210342605
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for detecting one or more objects in an environment of a vehicle, the environment being bounded by a perimeter, the method comprising: segmenting the environment into a plurality of segments such that each segment of the plurality of segments is at least partially bounded by the perimeter of the environment; detecting one or more detection points based on the one or more objects in the environment of the vehicle; combining the one or more detection points into one or more clusters based on a spatial proximity of the one or more detection points; and assigning a state to each of the segments of the plurality of segments based on the one or more detected detection points and/or based on the one or more combined clusters. The present disclosure further relates to a system for detecting one or more objects in a vehicle environment and a vehicle comprising the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Marc WALESSA, Andre ROSKOPF, Andreas ZORN-PAULI, Ting LI, Christian RUHHAMMER, Gero GREINER
  • Publication number: 20210117699
    Abstract: A method determines support points for estimating a progression of roadside development of a road. The method determines a position of a first support point in the surroundings of a vehicle; determines a plurality of regions in a travel direction and/or counter to the travel direction of the vehicle on the basis of the position of the first support point; and determines support points of roadside development for each of the determined regions in the travel direction, counter to the travel direction and left and right of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gero GREINER, Ting LI, Christian RUHHAMMER, Andreas ZORN-PAULI