Patents by Inventor Dalibor KOVAC

Dalibor KOVAC 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 operating a drive system for a motor vehicle including an acceleration monitoring system
    Patent number: 10036341
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive system including a drive engine for a motor vehicle, including carrying out an acceleration monitoring of the motor vehicle; switching to an alternative monitoring when a signal, which is relevant for the acceleration monitoring and for which a substitute signal exists, does not exist or has failed, and when a driver input which is below a predefined threshold value is specified, and/or a braking intent is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dalibor Kovac, Gabor Pongracz, Matthias Schueler, Tobias Soller
  • Method and device for monitoring a drive of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9688284
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a drive of a motor vehicle, including acceleration monitoring, including: ascertaining an actual acceleration of the motor vehicle with the aid of a signal of a kinematics sensor, in particular of an acceleration sensor or of a wheel speed sensor, ascertaining a permissible acceleration of the motor vehicle as a function of a position of a gas pedal, and ascertaining the permissibility of an operating state of the drive as a function of the ascertained actual acceleration and the ascertained permissible acceleration, the permissibility of the operating state of the drive being monitored with the aid of alternative monitoring instead of acceleration monitoring when the operating state of the drive meets at least one predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gabor Pongracz, Dalibor Kovac, Matthias Schueler
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING AN ACCELERATION MONITORING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170089287
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive system including a drive engine for a motor vehicle, including carrying out an acceleration monitoring of the motor vehicle; switching to an alternative monitoring when a signal, which is relevant for the acceleration monitoring and for which a substitute signal exists, does not exist or has failed, and when a driver input which is below a predefined threshold value is specified, and/or a braking intent is specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Dalibor Kovac, Gabor Pongracz, Matthias Schueler, Tobias Soller
  • Method and device for preventing unintentional acceleration of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9460628
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a motor vehicle includes: monitoring whether a speed of the motor vehicle indicates a stopping condition of the motor vehicle; detecting whether at least one vehicle operating condition indicating an imminent unintentional acceleration of the vehicle exists; and triggering a fault response if (i) the vehicle is in the stopping condition and (ii) the at least one vehicle operating condition indicating an imminent unintentional acceleration of the vehicle exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, BMW AG
    Inventors: Magnus Oppelland, Matthias Schueler, Juergen Binder, Florian Oesterreicher, Dalibor Kovac
  • Method and device for monitoring a drive of a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20150081192
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a drive of a motor vehicle, including acceleration monitoring, including: ascertaining an actual acceleration of the motor vehicle with the aid of a signal of a kinematics sensor, in particular of an acceleration sensor or of a wheel speed sensor, ascertaining a permissible acceleration of the motor vehicle as a function of a position of a gas pedal, and ascertaining the permissibility of an operating state of the drive as a function of the ascertained actual acceleration and the ascertained permissible acceleration, the permissibility of the operating state of the drive being monitored with the aid of alternative monitoring instead of acceleration monitoring when the operating state of the drive meets at least one predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gabor PONGRACZ, Dalibor Kovac, Matthias Schueler
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREVENTING UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150025765
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a motor vehicle includes: monitoring whether a speed of the motor vehicle indicates a stopping condition of the motor vehicle; detecting whether at least one vehicle operating condition indicating an imminent unintentional acceleration of the vehicle exists; and triggering a fault response if (i) the vehicle is in the stopping condition and (ii) the at least one vehicle operating condition indicating an imminent unintentional acceleration of the vehicle exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicants: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, BMW AG
    Inventors: Magnus OPPELLAND, Matthias SCHUELER, Juergen BINDER, Florian OESTERREICHER, Dalibor KOVAC