Patents by Inventor Daniel FRANZE

Daniel FRANZE 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: 11157065
    Abstract: A method is provided for electric low-energy operation of motor vehicle functions during the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an information display. The method deactivates the information display of the motor vehicle; degrades a functionality of at least one vehicle component that uses the information display to visually represent specific information of the vehicle component; and deactivates a graphics processing unit of the motor vehicle as an energy-saving measure. The graphics processing unit is configured to prepare the specific information of the vehicle component such that this information can be visually represented on the information display. The functionality of the vehicle component is degraded such that the vehicle component continues to determine its associated specific information in accordance with the function and keep the information ready in a prepared manner for graphical processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Siemens Industry Software Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Franze, Hans-Peter Reichert, Georg Spoerlein, Reiner Striebel
  • Patent number: 10889255
    Abstract: A device for electrical energy management of a vehicle system of a motor vehicle includes a power supply for supplying energy to the vehicle system of the motor vehicle. The power supply has a normal operation mode and a stand-by operation mode. A distributing device has voltage levels on the output side for supplying electrical energy to vehicle system components of the vehicle system. A state-monitoring device monitors the electrical energy supply of the power supply and controls the distributing device. A computer device has an operating system device and a volatile computer data memory that is designed to be kept energized even in the stand-by operation mode of the device for energy management, in such a way that the volatile computer data memory does not lose the data stored therein. A method and a motor vehicle corresponding to the device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Mentor Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Franze, Carsten Schmid, Georg Spoerlein, Reiner Striebel
  • Publication number: 20190377397
    Abstract: A device for electrical energy management of a vehicle system of a motor vehicle includes a power supply for supplying energy to the vehicle system of the motor vehicle. The power supply has a normal operation mode and a stand-by operation mode. A distributing device has voltage levels on the output side for supplying electrical energy to vehicle system components of the vehicle system. A state-monitoring device monitors the electrical energy supply of the power supply and controls tire distributing device. A computer device has an operating system device and a volatile computer data memory that is designed to be kept energized even in the stand-by operation mode of the device for energy management, in such a way that the volatile computer data memory does not lose the data stored therein. A method and a motor vehicle corresponding to the device are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel FRANZE, Carsten SCHMID, Georg SPOERLEIN, Reiner STRIEBEL
  • Publication number: 20190361515
    Abstract: A method is provided for electric low-energy operation of motor vehicle functions during the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an information display. The method deactivates the information display of the motor vehicle; degrades a functionality of at least one vehicle component that uses the information display to visually represent specific information of the vehicle component; and deactivates a graphics processing unit of the motor vehicle as an energy-saving measure. The graphics processing unit is configured to prepare the specific information of the vehicle component such that this information can be visually represented on the information display. The functionality of the vehicle component is degraded such that the vehicle component continues to determine its associated specific information in accordance with the function and keep the information ready in a prepared manner for graphical processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel FRANZE, Hans-Peter REICHERT, Georg SPOERLEIN, Reiner STRIEBEL