Patents by Inventor Claudia Zehder

Claudia Zehder 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 device for detecting the surface character of objects in road traffic or of persons
    Patent number: 8432770
    Abstract: A method for detecting the surface character of objects in road traffic or of persons, especially pedestrians, vehicles, obstacles and the like, in which signals are emitted from a vehicle that are reflected by a person or an object, and in which the reflected signals are received and evaluated in the vehicle, wherein the emitted signals are transmit pulses whose echo pulses are received, and based on the signal characteristics of the echo pulses, the surface character is inferred, and from that, it is inferred whether a person or an object is positioned in front of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Zott, Soenke Carstens-Behrens, Claudia Zehder, Jacek Kaminski
  • Method and device for detecting the surface character of objects in road traffic or of persons
    Publication number: 20090213694
    Abstract: A method for detecting the surface character of objects in road traffic or of persons, especially pedestrians, vehicles, obstacles and the like, in which signals are emitted from a vehicle that are reflected by a person or an object, and in which the reflected signals are received and evaluated in the vehicle, wherein the emitted signals are transmit pulses whose echo pulses are received, and based on the signal characteristics of the echo pulses, the surface character is inferred, and from that, it is inferred whether a person or an object is positioned in front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Christian Zott, Soenke Carstens-Behrens, Claudia Zehder, Jacek Kaminski