Patents by Inventor Christoph PIETRUSKA

Christoph PIETRUSKA 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 and control unit for operating an automated longitudinal and/or lateral guidance function of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11830258
    Abstract: A control unit and method for an autonomous and/or semi-autonomous ego vehicle are provided. The control unit is configured to determine a course of an ego lane, referred to as the behavioral ego lane, within which the ego vehicle is driving, based on driving trajectories of a plurality of vehicles within an environment of the ego vehicle. The control unit is configured to operate an automated longitudinal and/or lateral guidance function of the ego vehicle in dependence of the course of the behavioral ego lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Vincenzo Campanale, Orland Gonzalez, Almir Mehmedovic, Josef Mehringer, Christoph Pietruska, Andreas Stump
  • Method and system for detecting a lane
    Patent number: 11598648
    Abstract: A method detects a lane for a transverse guidance of a vehicle. The transverse guidance of the vehicle is based on a roadway model. The method has the steps of ascertaining one or more features which are suitable for influencing the detection of the lane; detecting a lane on the basis of a sensor system of the vehicle; and ascertaining the roadway model on the basis of the detected lane and the ascertained one or more features. The method optionally has the steps of additionally receiving navigation data and transversely guiding the vehicle on the basis of the ascertained roadway model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Pietruska, Jan-Ullrich Schamburek, Robert Siegl, Michal Siwak
  • Method, computer program product, and driver assistance system for determining one or more lanes of a road in an environment of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11430227
    Abstract: A method determines one or more lanes of a road in an environment of a vehicle, by receiving a plurality of objects in the environment of the vehicle; receiving a plurality of trajectories of the plurality of objects in the environment of the vehicle; estimating a shape of a road based on the plurality of trajectories of the plurality of objects; and determining one or more lanes of the road using the estimated shape of the road and the plurality of objects and/or the plurality of trajectories of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Orland Gonzalez, Josef Mehringer, Christoph Pietruska, Sebastian Rass
  • Method and Control Unit for Operating an Automated Longitudinal and/or Lateral Guidance Function of a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20220009526
    Abstract: A control unit and method for an autonomous and/or semi-autonomous ego vehicle are provided. The control unit is configured to determine a course of an ego lane, referred to as the behavioral ego lane, within which the ego vehicle is driving, based on driving trajectories of a plurality of vehicles within an environment of the ego vehicle. The control unit is configured to operate an automated longitudinal and/or lateral guidance function of the ego vehicle in dependence of the course of the behavioral ego lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Vincenzo CAMPANALE, Orland GONZALEZ, Almir MEHMEDOVIC, Josef MEHRINGER, Christoph PIETRUSKA, Andreas STUMP
  • Method and System for Detecting a Lane
    Publication number: 20210094566
    Abstract: A method detects a lane for a transverse guidance of a vehicle. The transverse guidance of the vehicle is based on a roadway model. The method has the steps of ascertaining one or more features which are suitable for influencing the detection of the lane; detecting a lane on the basis of a sensor system of the vehicle; and ascertaining the roadway model on the basis of the detected lane and the ascertained one or more features. The method optionally has the steps of additionally receiving navigation data and transversely guiding the vehicle on the basis of the ascertained roadway model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph PIETRUSKA, Jan-Ullrich SCHAMBUREK, Robert SIEGL, Michal SIWAK
  • Method, Computer Program Product, and Driver Assistance System for Determining One or More Lanes of a Road in an Environment of a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20200167576
    Abstract: A method determines one or more lanes of a road in an environment of a vehicle, by receiving a plurality of objects in the environment of the vehicle; receiving a plurality of trajectories of the plurality of objects in the environment of the vehicle; estimating a shape of a road based on the plurality of trajectories of the plurality of objects; and determining one or more lanes of the road using the estimated shape of the road and the plurality of objects and/or the plurality of trajectories of the plurality of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Orland GONZALEZ, Josef MEHRINGER, Christoph PIETRUSKA, Sebastian RASS