Patents by Inventor Christoph HOBEL

Christoph HOBEL 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: 10347054
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a system and method with the steps: detecting of the signal strength of a mobile radio connection between the motor vehicle and a mobile radio network at detected positions of the motor vehicle after determining from the detected signal strength that the mobile radio connection has been interrupted and the motor vehicle has been parked as of this time within a predetermined duration: storing of the position of the motor vehicle in which the motor vehicle was situated at the time of the interruption as a dead spot; relaying of vehicle data to a vehicle-external server device as soon as it is determined, after the storing of the dead spot, that the motor vehicle has approached within a given distance of the stored dead spot; providing of the relayed vehicle data by the vehicle-external server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Christoph Hobel
  • Publication number: 20170039783
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a system and method with the steps: detecting of the signal strength of a mobile radio connection between the motor vehicle and a mobile radio network at detection positions of the motor vehicle; after it is ascertained from the detected signal strength that the mobile radio connection has been interrupted and the motor vehicle has been parked as of this time within a predetermined duration: storing of the position of the motor vehicle in which the motor vehicle was situated at the time of the interruption as a dead spot; relaying of predetermined vehicle data to a vehicle-external server device as soon as it is determined, after the storing of the dead spot, that the motor vehicle in a new trip has approached within a given distance of the memorized dead spot; providing of the relayed vehicle data by means of the vehicle-external server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventor: Christoph HOBEL