Patents by Inventor Chrystian KNOPPEK

Chrystian KNOPPEK 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 system for supporting a coupling operation of a transportation vehicle to a trailer
    Patent number: 11427255
    Abstract: A method for supporting a process of coupling a transportation vehicle to a trailer wherein a position of a coupling element on the trailer is detected by a trailer coupling assistant and the transportation vehicle is at least partly autonomously maneuvered into a target position in which a trailer coupling of the transportation vehicle is disposed in a specified position for coupling to the coupling element on the trailer, wherein a rearward monitoring region of the transportation vehicle is monitored by a parking aid during the maneuvering process. The parking aid is operated in a standard mode in response to the trailer coupling assistant being deactivated and the parking aid is operated in a coupling mode in which obstacle warnings relating to the rearward region are output by the parking aid differently from in the standard mode in response to the trailer coupling assistant being activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Sascha Ziebart, Frank Schwitters, Chrystian Knoppek, Hermann Gebert, Benedikt Michl
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING A COUPLING OPERATION OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE TO A TRAILER
    Publication number: 20190256139
    Abstract: A method for supporting a process of coupling a transportation vehicle to a trailer wherein a position of a coupling element on the trailer is detected by a trailer coupling assistant and the transportation vehicle is at least partly autonomously maneuvered into a target position in which a trailer coupling of the transportation vehicle is disposed in a specified position for coupling to the coupling element on the trailer, wherein a rearward monitoring region of the transportation vehicle is monitored by a parking aid during the maneuvering process. The parking aid is operated in a standard mode in response to the trailer coupling assistant being deactivated and the parking aid is operated in a coupling mode in which obstacle warnings relating to the rearward region are output by the parking aid differently from in the standard mode in response to the trailer coupling assistant being activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Sascha ZIEBART, Frank SCHWITTERS, Chrystian KNOPPEK, Hermann GEBERT, Benedikt MICHL