Patents by Inventor Daniel Profendiner

Daniel Profendiner 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: 11100718
    Abstract: Surroundings data, relating to at least one surrounding area in the surroundings of a motor vehicle situated in a field of vision of a vehicle occupant, are obtained by a sensor system of the motor vehicle. At least one piece of information, which needs to be output to the user, is provided by an information source. The information is at least partially overlaid on a display of the surrounding area by a display device with the type of information presentation and/or the position at, and/or the orientation in, which the information presentation is visualized being dependent on the surroundings data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus Kuehne, Daniel Profendiner, Nils Wollny
  • Publication number: 20210224010
    Abstract: Movement data characterizing the movement of a vehicle in which electronic smartglasses are used, are sent by a portable apparatus from a data output to the electronic smartglasses for reducing simulator-sickness-induced impairments. The electronic smartglasses display data taking into account the movement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Marcus KUEHNE, Nils WOLLNY, Daniel PROFENDINER
  • Publication number: 20210199980
    Abstract: A relative movement of a head-wearable electronic display device is determined with respect to a vehicle interior of a vehicle by way of a recording device arranged on the electronic display device and a virtual perspective of a wearer of the electronic display device is adapted to virtual content according to the determined relative movement. A recording range of the recording device is limited to the vehicle interior in order to eliminate distortions, resulting from a relative movement of the vehicle with respect to the vehicle surroundings, with regard to the recording of the relative movement of the electronic display device with respect to the vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus KÜHNE, Daniel PROFENDINER
  • Publication number: 20210188298
    Abstract: While a motor vehicle is travelling, a selected offer of entertainment for a vehicle occupant is output by use of a display device arranged in the motor vehicle. Driving characteristics of the motor vehicle are adapted by a control device of the motor vehicle to the offer of entertainment output at a given moment and the motor vehicle is autonomously controlled in a way corresponding to the adapted driving characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus KÜHNE, Daniel PROFENDINER, Nils WOLLNY
  • Patent number: 11024081
    Abstract: A predefined virtual theme defines a specific virtual way of movement within a virtual environment. A route is selected which best matches the predefined virtual theme Movements of the motor vehicle are detected during a journey along the selected route. The virtual reality glasses are controlled so that a vehicle occupant wearing the virtual reality glasses moves virtually within the virtual environment according to the detected movements of the motor vehicle and according to the predefined virtual way of movement of the predefined virtual theme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus Kühne, Daniel Profendiner, Nils Wollny
  • Patent number: 10935990
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for the driverless operation of a vehicle system of a motor vehicle designed for fully automatic control of the motor vehicle. In accordance with at least one sequential criterion, which evaluates a status of the driver, comprising location information describing the current position of the driver and/or comprising resource information describing an amount of a resource that is present or required for the driver, of which resource a supply is present in the motor vehicle, operating information describing the taking of the motor vehicle to a sequential position having a shorter, in particular minimum possible distance from the current position of the driver or from a predicted destination of the driver, is automatically determined and applied. A motor vehicle with an onboard vehicle system and a control device, for execution of the method, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Felix Friedmann, Daniel Profendiner, Christoph Sippl, Florian Netter
  • Publication number: 20210023984
    Abstract: A mobile sensor apparatus includes a capture device for capturing vehicle movements of the vehicle and an interface for transmitting data relating to the vehicle movements to a head-worn visual output device. A display system includes the mobile sensor apparatus and the head-worn visual output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus KÜHNE, Daniel PROFENDINER, Nils WOLLNY
  • Publication number: 20200349770
    Abstract: Surroundings data, relating to at least one surrounding area in the surroundings of a motor vehicle situated in a field of vision of a vehicle occupant, are obtained by a sensor system of the motor vehicle. At least one piece of information, which needs to be output to the user, is provided by an information source. The information is at least partially overlaid on a display of the surrounding area by a display device with the type of information presentation and/or the position at, and/or the orientation in, which the information presentation is visualized being dependent on the surroundings data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Marcus KUEHNE, Daniel PROFENDINER, Nils WOLLNY
  • Publication number: 20200346664
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining a driving instruction, whereby environmental data relevant to the surroundings of the motor vehicle is acquired by at least one detection device of a motor vehicle, after which, as a function of the environmental data, a driving instruction relevant to the driving operation of the motor vehicle is determined, which is specified by a gesture and/or a pose of a traffic controller mapped by the environmental data, wherein the determination of the driving instruction is carried out as a function of at least one set of training data, which was previously acquired by the detection device or a further detection device and which maps the or a further traffic controller and at least a traffic participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Christoph SIPPL, Daniel PROFENDINER
  • Publication number: 20200320788
    Abstract: A predefined virtual theme defines a specific virtual way of movement within a virtual environment. A route is selected which best matches the predefined virtual theme Movements of the motor vehicle are detected during a journey along the selected route. The virtual reality glasses are controlled so that a vehicle occupant wearing the virtual reality glasses moves virtually within the virtual environment according to the detected movements of the motor vehicle and according to the predefined virtual way of movement of the predefined virtual theme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus KÜHNE, Daniel PROFENDINER, Nils WOLLNY
  • Publication number: 20200276917
    Abstract: A detection is made as to whether a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat of a seating system of a motor vehicle has put on a pair of electronic data glasses. If the vehicle occupant has put on a pair of electronic data glasses, a check is performed to determine whether a predetermined minimum distance exists between the vehicle seat and an interior component of the motor vehicle. If the minimum distance exists, an adjustment range of the seating system is restricted in such a way that it is not possible to fall below the minimum distance. If the minimum distance does not exist, the minimum distance is established by automatically adjusting the seating system and/or outputting a message relating to the noncompliance with the minimum distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Daniel PROFENDINER
  • Publication number: 20200242361
    Abstract: Digital content can be viewed in a vehicle without suffering from motion sickness by use of a system which includes a vehicle and data glasses. The vehicle includes a control unit and a plurality of sensors connected to the control unit. The data glasses can be wirelessly connected to the control unit and are intended to display a virtual 3-D integrating the digital content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Daniel PROFENDINER
  • Publication number: 20200189508
    Abstract: Upon detecting that an occupant has donned electronic smart glasses, an occupant protection system in a vehicle takes into account that the occupant is wearing electronic smart glasses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus KUEHNE, Daniel PROFENDINER
  • Patent number: 10643470
    Abstract: A method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle regarding an imminent overtaking maneuver by a driver assistance system, wherein the suitability of an overtaking process, which is ascertained from overtaking information, is output to a driver To determine the overtaking information, route data which relates to route sections and which influences the evaluation of the suitability of an overtaking process on a route section is ascertained by a plurality of data acquiring motor vehicles during a driving process along a route and is received by a vehicle-external central computing device. The route data assigned to a route section by each different motor vehicle is statistically evaluated to determine the overtaking information relating to the route section. The overtaking information is provided to all of the motor vehicles which have a driver assistance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Daniel Profendiner, Torsten Schön
  • Publication number: 20200035029
    Abstract: At least one visual output unit, wearable on the head, displays virtual elements from a prescribed virtual observation position. A control device evaluates sensor data characterizing a movement and/or spatial location of a motor vehicle actuates the visual output unit such that at least some of the virtual elements displayed by the visual output unit move relative to the virtual observation position in accordance with the movement of the motor vehicle and/or at least some of the virtual elements displayed by the visual output unit are arranged relative to the virtual observation position in accordance with the spatial location of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus KUEHNE, Thomas ZUCHTRIEGEL, Daniel PROFENDINER
  • Publication number: 20190337525
    Abstract: A method for operating a partially autonomous motor vehicle, wherein in a non-parked state of the motor vehicle, sensor data of a sensor device, which detects at least one person in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, are analyzed with respect to a behavior of the person disadvantageously impairing the further driving operation of the motor vehicle and at least one action counteracting the behavior of the person is triggered in dependence on the analysis result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Christoph SIPPL, Daniel PROFENDINER, Felix FRIEDMANN
  • Publication number: 20190004546
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for the driverless operation of a vehicle system of a motor vehicle designed for fully automatic control of the motor vehicle. In accordance with at least one sequential criterion, which evaluates a status of the driver, comprising location information describing the current position of the driver and/or comprising resource information describing an amount of a resource that is present or required for the driver, of which resource a supply is present in the motor vehicle, operating information describing the taking of the motor vehicle to a sequential position having a shorter, in particular minimum possible distance from the current position of the driver or from a predicted destination of the driver, is automatically determined and applied. A motor vehicle with an onboard vehicle system and a control device, for execution of the method, are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Felix FRIEDMANN, Daniel PROFENDINER, Christoph SIPPL, Florian NETTER
  • Publication number: 20180365996
    Abstract: A method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle regarding an imminent overtaking maneuver by a driver assistance system, wherein the suitability of an overtaking process, which is ascertained from overtaking information, is output to a driver To determine the overtaking information, route data which relates to route sections and which influences the evaluation of the suitability of an overtaking process on a route section is ascertained by a plurality of data acquiring motor vehicles during a driving process along a route and is received by a vehicle-external central computing device. The route data assigned to a route section by each different motor vehicle is statistically evaluated to determine the overtaking information relating to the route section. The overtaking information is provided to all of the motor vehicles which have a driver assistance system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel PROFENDINER, Torsten SCHÖN
  • Patent number: 9726512
    Abstract: A method for operating a navigation system, in particular in a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: determining an upcoming waypoint of a route, which is planned by the navigation system, with respect to which an item of navigation information is to be output to a user, ascertaining surroundings data relating to the surroundings of the waypoint, ascertaining at least one reference object, which is located in the surroundings of the waypoint, from the surroundings data, assigning a verbal designation to the reference object, preparing the navigation information comprising the designation, and acoustically outputting the navigation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Andre Hainzlmaier, Patrick Heinemann, Daniel Profendiner, Martin Enning, Viet Hoang Pham
  • Publication number: 20160178389
    Abstract: A method for operating a navigation system, in particular in a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: determining an upcoming waypoint of a route, which is planned by the navigation system, with respect to which an item of navigation information is to be output to a user, ascertaining surroundings data relating to the surroundings of the waypoint, ascertaining at least one reference object, which is located in the surroundings of the waypoint, from the surroundings data, assigning a verbal designation to the reference object, preparing the navigation information comprising the designation, and acoustically outputting the navigation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Andre Hainzlmaier, Patrick Heinemann, Daniel Profendiner, Martin Enning, Viet Hoang Pham