Patents by Inventor Claus-Peter BRÜCKNER
Claus-Peter BRÜCKNER 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).
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Patent number: 11932199Abstract: A transportation vehicle having a BLUETOOTH® Low Energy (BLE) system to send and receive BLE advertising signals, BLE connection request signals and BLE data signals via at least one antenna, a central locking system to lock or unlock at least one vehicle door of the transportation vehicle, and a control unit to activate the BLE system and to activate the central locking system based on the BLE data signals. Also disclosed is an electronic vehicle radio key and a system for passive access to a transportation vehicle including a transportation vehicle, an electronic vehicle radio key and a smartphone. The system allows a user passive access to the transportation vehicle, both with the aid of the electronic vehicle radio key and with the aid of the smartphone.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Claus-Peter Brückner
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Patent number: 11834000Abstract: A method for operating a locking system of a transportation vehicle in which time-of-flight measurements are made using at least one interior transceiver situated in an interior of the transportation vehicle, and using at least one exterior transceiver situated outside the interior; the time-of-flight measurements are used to determine a position of a key device relative to the transportation vehicle; and an operating function of the locking system is performed based on the relative position determined.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Claus-Peter Brückner
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Patent number: 11827176Abstract: An electronic door locking system of a motor vehicle is disclosed, comprising at least one receiver for the transmission signals of an electronic key, at least one control device for mechanically locking and unlocking at least one motor vehicle door, at least one contact element, accessible from outside the motor vehicle, for connecting an external voltage source, wherein the at least one control device for mechanically locking and unlocking at least one motor vehicle door and/or at least one additional control device has an emergency power supply algorithm, wherein the electronic door locking system is designed to detect an emergency power supply mode and to activate the emergency power supply algorithm, wherein the emergency power supply algorithm is designed to deactivate at least one function of a normal mode and/or, in the case of a function, to access previously defined data of deactivated components or to ignore said data.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Martin Wagener, Claus-Peter Brückner
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Publication number: 20230219525Abstract: A transportation vehicle having a BLUETOOTH® Low Energy (BLE) system to send and receive BLE advertising signals, BLE connection request signals and BLE data signals via at least one antenna, a central locking system to lock or unlock at least one vehicle door of the transportation vehicle, and a control unit to activate the BLE system and to activate the central locking system based on the BLE data signals. Also disclosed is an electronic vehicle radio key and a system for passive access to a transportation vehicle including a transportation vehicle, an electronic vehicle radio key and a smartphone. The system allows a user passive access to the transportation vehicle, both with the aid of the electronic vehicle radio key and with the aid of the smartphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventor: Claus-Peter BRÜCKNER
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Patent number: 11643050Abstract: A transportation vehicle having a BLUETOOTH® Low Energy (BLE) system to send and receive BLE advertising signals, BLE connection request signals and BLE data signals via at least one antenna, a central locking system to lock or unlock at least one vehicle door of the transportation vehicle, and a control unit to activate the BLE system and to activate the central locking system based on the BLE data signals. Also disclosed is an electronic vehicle radio key and a system for passive access to a transportation vehicle including a transportation vehicle, an electronic vehicle radio key and a smartphone. The system allows a user passive access to the transportation vehicle, both with the aid of the electronic vehicle radio key and with the aid of the smartphone.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Inventor: Claus-Peter Brückner
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Publication number: 20220266794Abstract: An electronic door locking system of a motor vehicle is disclosed, comprising at least one receiver for the transmission signals of an electronic key, at least one control device for mechanically locking and unlocking at least one motor vehicle door, at least one contact element, accessible from outside the motor vehicle, for connecting an external voltage source, wherein the at least one control device for mechanically locking and unlocking at least one motor vehicle door and/or at least one additional control device has an emergency power supply algorithm, wherein the electronic door locking system is designed to detect an emergency power supply mode and to activate the emergency power supply algorithm, wherein the emergency power supply algorithm is designed to deactivate at least one function of a normal mode and/or, in the case of a function, to access previously defined data of deactivated components or to ignore said data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Martin Wagener, Claus-Peter Brückner
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Publication number: 20220153229Abstract: A method for operating a locking system of a transportation vehicle in which time-of-flight measurements are made using at least one interior transceiver situated in an interior of the transportation vehicle, and using at least one exterior transceiver situated outside the interior; the time-of-flight measurements are used to determine a position of a key device relative to the transportation vehicle; and an operating function of the locking system is performed based on the relative position determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventor: Claus-Peter BRÜCKNER
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Publication number: 20220153231Abstract: A transportation vehicle having a BLUETOOTH® Low Energy (BLE) system to send and receive BLE advertising signals, BLE connection request signals and BLE data signals via at least one antenna, a central locking system to lock or unlock at least one vehicle door of the transportation vehicle, and a control unit to activate the BLE system and to activate the central locking system based on the BLE data signals. Also disclosed is an electronic vehicle radio key and a system for passive access to a transportation vehicle including a transportation vehicle, an electronic vehicle radio key and a smartphone. The system allows a user passive access to the transportation vehicle, both with the aid of the electronic vehicle radio key and with the aid of the smartphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventor: Claus-Peter BRÜCKNER
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Patent number: 11260753Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle that is equipped with an electrical door closing mechanism, a radio-based signal receiver and a control unit, wherein the door closing mechanism can be actuated after receiving and verifying an access authorization code by electrical signals that are generated by a control unit. The motor vehicle possesses an electrical charging apparatus accessible from the outside so that a signal generator that is provided to generate the access code can be charged from the electrical system of the motor vehicle in the event of an insufficient charge. Furthermore, the invention describes a method for charging a signal generator that can be executed using the device according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Kord H. Lühr, Gerd Penshorn, Claus-Peter Brückner, Per Ulrich, Andreas Ortner, Hannes Haupt, Bastian Bartels
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Patent number: 11052873Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an anti-theft system of a motor vehicle, comprising a communication system for near field communication and a storage device within a transmission and reception zone of the communication system. The mobile terminal is deposited in a control area in the interior compartment of the motor vehicle, the control area being located outside the transmission and reception zone. The deposited mobile terminal is connected to the communication system by a connecting device, which may, e.g., take the form of a cable, and a wired data communication connection is established. A control unit detects whether the data communication connection has been established with the mobile terminal by the connecting device and detects whether the mobile terminal is authorised to operate the anti-theft system, and depending on whether the authorisation has been detected, activates and/or deactivates a function of the anti-theft system.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Claus-Peter Brückner
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Publication number: 20200122685Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an anti-theft system of a motor vehicle, comprising a communication system for near field communication and a storage device within a transmission and reception zone of the communication system. The mobile terminal is deposited in a control area in the interior compartment of the motor vehicle, the control area being located outside the transmission and reception zone. The deposited mobile terminal is connected to the communication system by a connecting device, which may, e.g., take the form of a cable, and a wired data communication connection is established. A control unit detects whether the data communication connection has been established with the mobile terminal by the connecting device and detects whether the mobile terminal is authorised to operate the anti-theft system, and depending on whether the authorisation has been detected, activates and/or deactivates a function of the anti-theft system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventor: Claus-Peter Brückner
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Patent number: 10562493Abstract: A method, a computer program, and a device for reducing interference of temporary communication resources used for a wireless communication between a transportation vehicle key and a transportation vehicle. The method includes determining whether interference of the temporary communication resources is present and switching off the device causing the interference or adjusting the use of the temporary communication resources for the wireless communication between the transportation vehicle key and the transportation vehicle in response to interference being present.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Patrick Sammer, Karsten Beyer, Claus-Peter Brückner, Christian Wick
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Patent number: 10477346Abstract: A method for passive access control including a mobile device serving as key and an interaction unit, the mobile device and the interaction unit having in each case at least one data communication facility for exchanging authorization information. Operations are provided for carrying out an electronic distance measurement between the mobile device and the interaction unit and for permitting an access and/or an interaction only if the distance of the mobile device from the interaction unit is within a permitted distance.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventor: Claus-Peter Brückner
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Patent number: 10252699Abstract: A method for operating a passive radio-based locking apparatus of a transportation vehicle wherein the locking apparatus enables at least one access function of the transportation vehicle, wherein the passive radio-based locking apparatus includes a mobile device embodied as a radio key unit and a transceiver at the transportation vehicle, between which at least two electromagnetic radio signals are exchanged for the electromagnetic radio connection, and for the operation, one parameter of each of the radio connections of the passive radio-based locking apparatus is modified. Prior to enabling the access function, an identification feature of at least two data communication interfaces for setting up communication for the radio connections at the radio key unit and/or at the transceiver is modified and also each is set to a latest value, and the access function is enabled only in response to the relevant identification feature having the latest value.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AGInventors: Ralf Schoula, Claus-Peter Brückner
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Publication number: 20190023224Abstract: A method, a computer program, and a device for reducing interference of temporary communication resources used for a wireless communication between a transportation vehicle key and a transportation vehicle. The method includes determining whether interference of the temporary communication resources is present and switching off the device causing the interference or adjusting the use of the temporary communication resources for the wireless communication between the transportation vehicle key and the transportation vehicle in response to interference being present.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Patrick SAMMER, Karsten BEYER, Claus-Peter BRÜCKNER, Christian WICK
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Patent number: 10182314Abstract: A method for passive access control including a mobile device serving as key and an interaction unit, the mobile device and the interaction unit having in each case at least one data communication facility for exchanging authorization information. Operations are provided for carrying out an electronic distance measurement between the mobile device and the interaction unit and for permitting an access and/or an interaction only if the distance of the mobile device from the interaction unit is within a permitted distance.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventor: Claus-Peter Brückner
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Publication number: 20190009677Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle that is equipped with an electrical door closing mechanism, a radio-based signal receiver and a control unit, wherein the door closing mechanism can be actuated after receiving and verifying an access authorization code by electrical signals that are generated by a control unit. The motor vehicle possesses an electrical charging apparatus accessible from the outside so that a signal generator that is provided to generate the access code can be charged from the electrical system of the motor vehicle in the event of an insufficient charge. Furthermore, the invention describes a method for charging a signal generator that can be executed using the device according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Kord H. Lühr, Gerd Penshorn, Claus-Peter Brückner, Per Ulrich, Andreas Ortner, Hannes Haupt, Bastian Bartels
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Publication number: 20180370488Abstract: A method for operating a passive radio-based locking apparatus of a transportation vehicle wherein the locking apparatus enables at least one access function of the transportation vehicle, wherein the passive radio-based locking apparatus includes a mobile device embodied as a radio key unit and a transceiver at the transportation vehicle, between which at least two electromagnetic radio signals are exchanged for the electromagnetic radio connection, and for the operation, one parameter of each of the radio connections of the passive radio-based locking apparatus is modified. Prior to enabling the access function, an identification feature of at least two data communication interfaces for setting up communication for the radio connections at the radio key unit and/or at the transceiver is modified and also each is set to a latest value, and the access function is enabled only in response to the relevant identification feature having the latest value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Ralf SCHOULA, Claus-Peter BRÜCKNER
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Publication number: 20170303084Abstract: A method for passive access control including a mobile device serving as key and an interaction unit, the mobile device and the interaction unit having in each case at least one data communication facility for exchanging authorization information. Operations are provided for carrying out an electronic distance measurement between the mobile device and the interaction unit and for permitting an access and/or an interaction only if the distance of the mobile device from the interaction unit is within a permitted distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventor: Claus-Peter BRÜCKNER
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Patent number: 5980053Abstract: An illuminating arrangement (1) includes a main lamp (7) and a reserve lamp (9) mounted on a lamp carrier (5). The lamp carrier (5) can be moved between a base position wherein the main lamp (7) provides illumination and a reserve position wherein the reserve lamp (9) provides illumination. When there is a failure of the main lamp (7), a position change mechanism (15, 19, 21) automatically pivots the lamp carrier (5) out of its base position into the reserve position.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1998Date of Patent: November 9, 1999Assignee: Carl-Zeiss-StiftungInventors: Norbert Hauser, Claus-Peter Bruckner, Heiko Reinke