Patents by Inventor Dino FONTANA

Dino FONTANA 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: 10455518
    Abstract: A device for the power adjustment of a WLAN network in a bounded space including a first WLAN module in the space, which serves to communicate with at least one second WLAN module located in the space, and at least one reference WLAN module, wherein the reference WLAN module is designed so that WLAN signals from the first WLAN module are received and a signal intensity is determined and transferred to the first WLAN module, wherein the first WLAN module is designed so the transmission power of the first WLAN module is adjusted according to the transferred signal intensity from the reference WLAN module so the received signal intensity at the reference WLAN module is less than a specified threshold value. Also disclosed is a method for the power adjustment of a WLAN network in a bounded space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Dino Fontana, Sascha Jurthe
  • Patent number: 10341863
    Abstract: A method for authenticating a user with respect to a facility, for example, with respect to a vehicle. A signal having an item of information relating to the user is injected into skin of the user by a transmitting device. Direct contact is established between the skin of the user and a receiving device assigned to the facility, with the result that the signal is transmitted from the skin of the user to the receiving device. The user is also authenticated based on the signal received by the receiving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Dino Fontana, Sascha Jurthe
  • Publication number: 20180049138
    Abstract: A device for the power adjustment of a WLAN network in a bounded space including a first WLAN module in the space, which serves to communicate with at least one second WLAN module located in the space, and at least one reference WLAN module, wherein the reference WLAN module is designed so that WLAN signals from the first WLAN module are received and a signal intensity is determined and transferred to the first WLAN module, wherein the first WLAN module is designed so the transmission power of the first WLAN module is adjusted according to the transferred signal intensity from the reference WLAN module so the received signal intensity at the reference WLAN module is less than a specified threshold value. Also disclosed is a method for the power adjustment of a WLAN network in a bounded space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Dino FONTANA, Sascha JURTHE
  • Publication number: 20170257759
    Abstract: A method for authenticating a user with respect to a facility, for example, with respect to a vehicle. A signal having an item of information relating to the user is injected into skin of the user by a transmitting device. Direct contact is established between the skin of the user and a receiving device assigned to the facility, with the result that the signal is transmitted from the skin of the user to the receiving device. The user is also authenticated based on the signal received by the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Dino FONTANA, Sascha JURTHE