Patents by Inventor Daniel Lottes

Daniel Lottes 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: 20260166990
    Abstract: A method of adjusting a motor vehicle component, a system, a computer program, a computer-readable storage medium and a motor vehicle, may include a sensor device configured to establish a first user input and second user input of a user. A processing device may be configured to adjust the motor vehicle component based on a parameter selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Daniel LOTTES
  • Publication number: 20260138632
    Abstract: A method for enhancing driving safety of a vehicle with an at least partially automated driving function. The method is performed by a control unit. The method includes generating environmental data of real surroundings of the vehicle generated by way of a camera, performing a hazard analysis related to a current driving situation of the vehicle in the surroundings represented by the environmental data, determining a characteristic value based on the hazard analysis, the characteristic value being suitable for assessing a potential hazardous situation, determining an augmented image content is determined depending based on the characteristic value, and causing a display device to display the augmented image content integrated into the real surroundings, to characterize the potential hazardous situation from a perspective of an observer. Also, a vehicle with an at least partially automated driving function and a control unit configured to carry out such a method is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventor: Daniel LOTTES
  • Patent number: 12548382
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of user-related data files is managed in one of at least one data group based on at least one predefined criterion. The at least one data group has a respective predefined group output characteristic. A data group is selected based on the predefined group output characteristic on one side and a physical position of a device on the other side. The outputting of the user-related data file of the selected data group is based on the respective predefined data output characteristic and on a physical environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lottes, Christian Wall, Seung Mo Kang, Sung Jun Park, Jiwon Oh
  • Publication number: 20250162514
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a virtual exterior mirror system for a vehicle, said system comprising: a display screen integrated into a dashboard of the vehicle; and a reflection means, which is associated with the display screen and located between two A-pillars of the vehicle, for reflecting a display content, which is displayed by the display screen, into an eye of a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Marcus RICHTER, Sebastian ALBL, Vincent KRATZER, Philipp WEISS
  • Publication number: 20240367521
    Abstract: In a method for adjusting a display device and a motor vehicle having such a display device, the display device is arranged on a dashboard of the motor vehicle. The display device has at least two rimless screens. Each of the screens is connected to the dashboard by an adjustment element. The respective adjustment element can move the respective screens into a plurality of adjustment positions in all spatial directions. In a combined adjustment position, the screens are arranged as a combined display surface, and the screens are designed to display a uniform display image on the combined display surface. In at least one separated adjustment position, a first screen is assigned to a driver's position and a second screen is assigned to a passenger's position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Philipp WEISS
  • Patent number: 12097761
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes a display panel, a control circuitry, and a supporting arrangement. The display panel displays a graphic display object and the control circuitry enables the displaying of the graphic display object, such that the information represented by the graphic display object is displayed based on a predefined physical environment condition. The supporting arrangement supports the display panel which is adjustable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the graphic display object is visually accessible to a user inside the vehicle and in the second position, the graphic display object is visually accessible to at least one person outside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lottes, Christian Wall, Romain Diboine, Doh Yeon Kim, Seonghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12017534
    Abstract: At least one electronic display has first and second mirrors separated by a distance. The two mirrors are arranged such that they at least partially overlap in a projection view of both mirrors. An intermediate space is formed in the overlap region between the mirrors. The at least one electronic display is part of a display apparatus having at least one light source emitting light into the intermediate space that is reflectable multiple times by the mirrors to generate an infinity mirror effect, resulting in the generation of an image having a light pattern that appears with an optical depth effect in an image plane of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lottes, Philipp Weiß
  • Patent number: 11884153
    Abstract: A base unit with a base dent region supports a main display unit having a main display panel. The main display unit is integrated in the base dent region and is rotatable about a base axis between a main loaded position and a main viewing position where the main display panel is visually accessible to a user from a predefined head position. The display device includes an auxiliary display unit which is integrated in a main dent region of the main display unit. The auxiliary display unit includes an auxiliary display panel which is designed to be visually accessible to the user from the predefined head position by rotating the main display unit about the base axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lottes, Christian Wall, Romain Diboine, Seonghwan Kim, Doh Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11820231
    Abstract: A compartment in a vehicle can be loaded by an object and an operating device having a user interface configured to output at least one output signal on a part of the user interface. The operating device is designed to cover the compartment. The compartment includes a sensing unit configured to detect the presence of the object when at least a part of the object is loaded into the compartment and the operating device includes control circuitry configured to display a digital image of the object on a part of the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lottes, Christian Wall, Romain Diboine, Doh Yeon Kim, Seonghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11691672
    Abstract: The relates to a method for operating a driver assistance unit of a motor vehicle using a navigation target specification device. A control unit operates by: receiving a target specification signal describing a projection on a trafficable driving surface; establishing the portion of the trafficable driving surface to which the light of the projection is applied as a driving target region; and, based on the received target specification signal, establishing a relative position of the motor vehicle relative to the driving target region. There is also a step of receiving an orientation signal from an orientation detection unit of the navigation target specification device, which describes a spatial target specification orientation of the navigation target specification device in the driving target region, on which basis a navigation target is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Daniel Lottes
  • Publication number: 20220413288
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a display system having an image source positioned in a dashboard of the motor vehicle for emitting light beams. A reflection region extends in parallel to a lateral edge of a pane layer of a windshield of the motor vehicle. The reflection region is configured to reflect the light beams to generate a virtual image and the image source includes a one-dimensional switchable strip display. A controller of the motor vehicle is configured to provide, by using the one-dimensional switchable strip display corresponding to the virtual image, at least one of a dynamic running light and a static light strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Philipp WEISS, Annegret MATTHAI
  • Patent number: 11505204
    Abstract: A first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus communicate with one another. The first information processing apparatus has a first communication device and the second information processing apparatus has a second communication device. The first information processing apparatus displays combined state information of the first and second information processing apparatuses on a first display device, such that the combined state information of the first and second information processing apparatuses is superimposed with surroundings information on the first display device. The second information processing apparatus displays the combined state information of the first and second information processing apparatuses on a second display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lottes, Philipp Weiss, Marcus Richter
  • Patent number: 11388379
    Abstract: Information that can be seen from the front side is projected onto the rear side of a projection area by a projector in a motor vehicle. The size of the projection area is variable by moving portions of a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Daniel Lottes
  • Publication number: 20220080831
    Abstract: A compartment in a vehicle can be loaded by an object and an operating device having a user interface configured to output at least one output signal on a part of the user interface. The operating device is designed to cover the compartment. The compartment includes a sensing unit configured to detect the presence of the object when at least a part of the object is loaded into the compartment and the operating device includes control circuitry configured to display a digital image of the object on a part of the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Christian WALL, Romain DIBOINE, Doh Yeon KIM, Seonghwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20220076508
    Abstract: Each of a plurality of user-related data files is managed in one of at least one data group based on at least one predefined criterion. The at least one data group has a respective predefined group output characteristic. A data group is selected based on the predefined group output characteristic on one side and a physical position of a device on the other side. The outputting of the user-related data file of the selected data group is based on the respective predefined data output characteristic and on a physical environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Christian WALL, Seung Mo KANG, Sung Jun PARK, Jiwon OH
  • Publication number: 20220072956
    Abstract: A base unit with a base dent region supports a main display unit having a main display panel. The main display unit is integrated in the base dent region and is rotatable about a base axis between a main loaded position and a main viewing position where the main display panel is visually accessible to a user from a predefined head position. The display device includes an auxiliary display unit which is integrated in a main dent region of the main display unit. The auxiliary display unit includes an auxiliary display panel which is designed to be visually accessible to the user from the predefined head position by rotating the main display unit about the base axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Christian WALL, Romain DIBOINE, Seonghwan KIM, Doh Yeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20220073089
    Abstract: An operating system for a motor vehicle includes an interface having an operating surface and a projector configured to project display content onto the operating surface of the interface. The interface is a portable item freely movable in the motor vehicle. The operating system further includes a capturing device configured to determine an inclination vector of a relative inclination of the operating surface with respect to the projector, and an image processing device configured to generate the display content by graphically distorting an original display content by use of a predetermined pre-distortion function based on the determined inclination vector. The pre-distortion function is set inversely to an optical distortion that occurs due to the relative inclination of the operating surface during the projection of the display content onto the operating surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Philipp WEIß
  • Publication number: 20220066723
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes a display panel, a control circuitry, and a supporting arrangement. The display panel displays a graphic display object and the control circuitry enables the displaying of the graphic display object, such that the information represented by the graphic display object is displayed based on a predefined physical environment condition. The supporting arrangement supports the display panel which is adjustable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the graphic display object is visually accessible to a user inside the vehicle and in the second position, the graphic display object is visually accessible to at least one person outside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Christian WALL, Romain DIBOINE, Doh Yeon KIM, Seonghwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20210370966
    Abstract: A first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus communicate with one another. The first information processing apparatus has a first communication device and the second information processing apparatus has a second communication device. The first information processing apparatus displays combined state information of the first and second information processing apparatuses on a first display device, such that the combined state information of the first and second information processing apparatuses is superimposed with surroundings information on the first display device. The second information processing apparatus displays the combined state information of the first and second information processing apparatuses on a second display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Philipp WEISS, Marcus RICHTER
  • Publication number: 20210221227
    Abstract: At least one electronic display has first and second mirrors separated by a distance. The two mirrors are arranged such that they at least partially overlap in a projection view of both mirrors. An intermediate space is formed in the overlap region between the mirrors. The at least one electronic display is part of a display apparatus having at least one light source emitting light into the intermediate space that is reflectable multiple times by the mirrors to generate an infinity mirror effect, resulting in the generation of an image having a light pattern that appears with an optical depth effect in an image plane of the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Philipp WEIß