Patents by Inventor Dawid DURKA

Dawid DURKA 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: 11899091
    Abstract: A method for estimating the distance between a vehicle and an authentication device, the vehicle including a computer and a plurality of communication modules capable of communicating with the device over a wireless communication link, each communication module including an electronic clock that defines the sampling frequency of the signals received from the device. The method includes in particular the steps of addition of noise to a response signal received from the device, of sampling of the noisy response signal, of detection, at a second instant, of the noisy response signal when the amplitude of the noisy response signal exceeds a predetermined detection threshold, of calculation of the time that has elapsed between a first instant and the second instant, and of estimation of the distance between the vehicle and the device based on the calculated time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Sylvain Godet, Dawid Durka, Rachid Benbouhout
  • Patent number: 11811151
    Abstract: A system of at least two units that transmit and/or receive a signal at a first or a second frequency, respectively, each of the units being individually connected to the antenna, which is common to a first branch and to a second branch, respectively. The first branch or the antenna includes first passive electronics preventing passage of the signal at the second frequency to the first unit and allowing passage of the signal at the first frequency to the antenna. The second branch or the antenna includes second passive electronics preventing passage of the signal at the first frequency to the second unit and allowing passage of the signal at the second frequency to the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Bouthinon, Dawid Durka, Frederic Lathiere
  • Patent number: 11436880
    Abstract: A method for estimating the distance between an authentication device and a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, the vehicle including a computer and a plurality of communication modules capable of communicating with the device by exchanging signals over a wireless communication link, each communication module including an electronic clock that defines the sampling frequency of the signals received from the device. The method includes a plurality of measurement phases each comprising determination, by the computer, of the distance between the vehicle and the device and stopping and restarting of the electronic clock, and estimation of the actual distance between the vehicle and the device based on the plurality of distances determined during the measurement phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Sylvain Godet, Dawid Durka, Rachid Benbouhout
  • Publication number: 20220066009
    Abstract: A method for estimating the distance between a vehicle and an authentication device, the vehicle including a computer and a plurality of communication modules capable of communicating with the device over a wireless communication link, each communication module including an electronic clock that defines the sampling frequency of the signals received from the device. The method includes in particular the steps of addition of noise to a response signal received from the device, of sampling of the noisy response signal, of detection, at a second instant, of the noisy response signal when the amplitude of the noisy response signal exceeds a predetermined detection threshold, of calculation of the time that has elapsed between a first instant and the second instant, and of estimation of the distance between the vehicle and the device based on the calculated time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Sylvain Godet, Dawid Durka, Rachid Benbouhout
  • Publication number: 20210407228
    Abstract: A method for estimating the distance between an authentication device and a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, the vehicle including a computer and a plurality of communication modules capable of communicating with the device by exchanging signals over a wireless communication link, each communication module including an electronic clock that defines the sampling frequency of the signals received from the device. The method includes a plurality of measurement phases each comprising determination, by the computer, of the distance between the vehicle and the device and stopping and restarting of the electronic clock, and estimation of the actual distance between the vehicle and the device based on the plurality of distances determined during the measurement phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Sylvain Godet, Dawid Durka, Rachid Benbouhout
  • Patent number: 10050678
    Abstract: A radiofrequency transmission device (D?) includes: a transmission unit (10) for transmitting a voltage signal (S) in pulsed form; a radiofrequency antenna (A); filtering elements (30?); and a voltage source (Vcc), wherein the filtering elements (30?) include: “n” coils (B1, B2. . . Bn), electrically connected in series, of which (n?1) coils each have a natural resonance frequency such that: fRLi=i×fF each having an inductance (Li) such that, at the predetermined fundamental frequency: LTOT=L1+L2+ . . . Li+ . . . Ln=ZTOT=Z1+Z2+ . . . Zi+ . . . Zn and Li=Zi where fRLi Is the natural resonance frequency of the i-th coil i is a number varying from 2 to n, LTOT is the total inductance of the n coils, Li is the inductance of the i-th coil, ZTOT is the total impedance of the n coils, Zi is the impedance of the i-th coil, n is an integer greater than zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Bouthinon, Dawid Durka
  • Publication number: 20170207826
    Abstract: A radiofrequency transmission device (D?) includes: a transmission unit (10) for transmitting a voltage signal (S) in pulsed form; a radiofrequency antenna (A); filtering elements (30?); and a voltage source (Vcc), wherein the filtering elements (30?) include: “n” coils (B1, B2. . . Bn), electrically connected in series, of which (n?1) coils each have a natural resonance frequency such that: fRLi=i×fF each having an inductance (Li) such that, at the predetermined fundamental frequency: LTOT=L1+L2+ . . . Li+ . . . Ln=ZTOT=Z1+Z2+ . . . Zi+ . . . Zn and Li=Zi where fRLi Is the natural resonance frequency of the i-th coil i is a number varying from 2 to n, LTOT is the total inductance of the n coils, Li is the inductance of the i-th coil, ZTOT is the total impedance of the n coils, Zi is the impedance of the i-th coil, n is an integer greater than zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe BOUTHINON, Dawid DURKA
  • Publication number: 20170013419
    Abstract: A radiofrequency transmission device (D?) includes: a transmission unit (10) for transmitting a voltage signal (S) in pulsed form; a radiofrequency antenna (A); filtering elements (30?); and a voltage source (Vcc), wherein the filtering elements (30?) include: “n” coils (B1, B2 . . . Bn), electrically connected in series, of which (n?1) coils each have a natural resonance frequency such that: fRLi=i×fF each having an inductance (Li) such that, at the predetermined fundamental frequency: LTOT=L1+L2+ . . . Li+ . . . Ln=ZTOT=Z1+Z2+ . . . Zi+ . . . Zn and Li=Zi where fRLi Is the natural resonance frequency of the i-th coil i is a number varying from 2 to n, LTOT is the total inductance of the n coils, Li is the inductance of the i-th coil, ZTOT is the total impedance of the n coils, Zi is the impedance of the i-th coil, n is an integer greater than zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe BOUTHINON, Dawid DURKA