Patents by Inventor Cornelia DENK

Cornelia DENK 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).

  • Patent number: 10363945
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to control a user situation awareness modification of a user of a vehicle, which includes input module configured to repeatedly receive a first event detection signal comprising information related to a detected event outside a vehicle and to repeatedly receive a first user detection signal comprising information related to a reaction or a missing reaction of a user to the detected event outside the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a processing module configured to determine a user situation awareness level based on the information related to the detected event outside the vehicle and the information related to the reaction of the user to the detected event, and to generate a control signal configured to control a user situation awareness modification module based on the determined user situation awareness level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guangbin Huang, Olga Sourina, Yan Yang, Alexander Koenig, Josef Schumann, Ralf Decke, Cornelia Denk, Philipp Kerschbaum
  • Patent number: 10232861
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus that is configured to receive a first user detection signal comprising information usable for determining a user situation awareness level. The apparatus also includes a processing module configured to determine a currently necessary situation awareness level by selecting one predefined situation awareness level from a plurality of predefined situation awareness levels based on driving information. The processing module is configured to determine a current user situation awareness level based on the information usable for determining the user situation awareness level. The processing module is configured to generate a control signal to control a user situation awareness modification module based on the currently necessary situation awareness level and the current user situation awareness level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guangbin Huang, Olga Sourina, Yan Yang, Alexander Koenig, Josef Schumann, Ralf Decke, Cornelia Denk, Philipp Kerschbaum
  • Publication number: 20180099679
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to control a user situation awareness modification of a user of a vehicle, which includes input module configured to repeatedly receive a first event detection signal comprising information related to a detected event outside a vehicle and to repeatedly receive a first user detection signal comprising information related to a reaction or a missing reaction of a user to the detected event outside the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a processing module configured to determine a user situation awareness level based on the information related to the detected event outside the vehicle and the information related to the reaction of the user to the detected event, and to generate a control signal configured to control a user situation awareness modification module based on the determined user situation awareness level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Guangbin HUANG, Olga SOURINA, Yan YANG, Alexander KOENIG, Josef SCHUMANN, Ralf DECKE, Cornelia DENK, Philipp KERSCHBAUM
  • Publication number: 20180043906
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus that is configured to receive a first user detection signal comprising information usable for determining a user situation awareness level. The apparatus also includes a processing module configured to determine a currently necessary situation awareness level by selecting one predefined situation awareness level from a plurality of predefined situation awareness levels based on driving information. The processing module is configured to determine a current user situation awareness level based on the information usable for determining the user situation awareness level. The processing module is configured to generate a control signal to control a user situation awareness modification module based on the currently necessary situation awareness level and the current user situation awareness level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Guangbin HUANG, Olga SOURINA, Yan YANG, Alexander KOENIG, Josef SCHUMANN, Ralf DECKE, Cornelia DENK, Philipp KERSCHBAUM