Patents by Inventor Elena Lazaridis

Elena Lazaridis 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: 20240067163
    Abstract: A method for maneuvering a vehicle having a trailer coupling in the region of a parking space is provided, wherein the vehicle has at least a first sensor and a second sensor and a control device, wherein it is detected whether an object is disposed in the region of the back of the vehicle, whether the object affects the parking behavior of the vehicle and whether the field of view of at least one sensor is blocked by the object. A vehicle for carrying out the method is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Markus Krekel, Florian Vieten, Andreas Giersiefer, Elena Lazaridis, Paul Jamnicki
  • Publication number: 20220090937
    Abstract: An area which is to be defined as drivable by a vehicle is mapped by tracking the movement of a person such as the driver of the vehicle during a set-up procedure. The person travels along the boundaries of the area to be drivable and the area is mapped by a program using sensors to monitor the path of movement. Other areas within the already mapped area can also be mapped as drivable or as non-drivable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Elena Lazaridis, Marc Roeber, Florian Vieten
  • Publication number: 20210107515
    Abstract: A method for visualizing a route R to be followed by a vehicle F is disclosed. The method comprises: providing information about the position and orientation of the vehicle F with respect to its vehicle surroundings and with respect to a mobile terminal M (I), providing information about the profile of the route R to be followed (II), capturing vehicle surroundings of the vehicle F by means of a camera device of the mobile terminal M (III), determining the profile of the route R to be followed in the captured vehicle surroundings on the basis of the information provided (IV), displaying an image A of the captured vehicle surroundings on a display D of the mobile terminal M (V) and representing the profile of the route R to be followed in the image A of the captured vehicle surroundings (VI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Elena Lazaridis, Florian Vieten, Gerrit Wigger, Florian Krins