Patents by Inventor Claus-Peter BRUECKNER

Claus-Peter BRUECKNER 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).

  • Publication number: 20210231766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a relative position of a mobile terminal device with respect to a vehicle. It is provided for the method to include the following steps: Providing several evaluation signals which are changeable by a change of position of the mobile terminal device, determining an event at the vehicle and evaluating the several provided evaluation signals for detecting the relative position of the mobile terminal device with respect to the vehicle in response to determining the event at the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Claus-Peter BRUECKNER, Bernd ETTE, Ludger WEGHAUS, Roman CURKIN
  • Patent number: 10295343
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of detecting a relative position of a mobile terminal device with respect to a vehicle. It is provided for the method to include the following steps: generating reference measurement values relating to a predefined relative position of a calibration device with respect to a calibration vehicle, generating position measurement values which relate to the current relative position of the mobile terminal device with respect to the vehicle, evaluating the reference measurement values and the position measurement values for detecting the current relative position of the mobile terminal device with respect to the vehicle, and storing the generated reference measurement values in a database, wherein the database is a database outside the vehicle which the vehicle may access by means of a communication connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Claus-Peter Brueckner, Bastian Bartels
  • Patent number: 9886031
    Abstract: A method to control an automatic driving process of a vehicle is provided. An authentication information is received via a first radio interface in the vehicle and a control information is received for the automatic driving process via a second radio interface different from the first radio interface in the vehicle. The automatic driving process is controlled as a function of the authentication information and the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Frank Schwitters, Claus-Peter Brueckner, Thorsten Rennekamp
  • Publication number: 20170370712
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of detecting a relative position of a mobile terminal device with respect to a vehicle. It is provided for the method to include the following steps: generating reference measurement values relating to a predefined relative position of a calibration device with respect to a calibration vehicle, generating position measurement values which relate to the current relative position of the mobile terminal device with respect to the vehicle, evaluating the reference measurement values and the position measurement values for detecting the current relative position of the mobile terminal device with respect to the vehicle, and storing the generated reference measurement values in a database, wherein the database is a database outside the vehicle which the vehicle may access by means of a communication connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Claus-Peter Brueckner, Bastian Bartels
  • Publication number: 20150045991
    Abstract: A method to control an automatic driving process of a vehicle is provided. An authentication information is received via a first radio interface in the vehicle and a control information is received for the automatic driving process via a second radio interface different from the first radio interface in the vehicle. The automatic driving process is controlled as a function of the authentication information and the control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Frank SCHWITTERS, Claus-Peter BRUECKNER, Thorsten RENNEKAMP