Patents by Inventor Eric HEIM

Eric HEIM 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).

  • Method for carrying out a remote-controlled parking maneuver with a vehicle using a mobile terminal, and system
    Patent number: 12379721
    Abstract: A method carries out a remote-controlled parking maneuver with a vehicle. A user with a mobile terminal is located outside the vehicle. The method plans a trajectory for the parking maneuver by way of a driver assistance system of the vehicle, maneuvers the vehicle along the planned trajectory by the driver assistance system, detects image data which describes the vehicle and the surroundings of the vehicle by a camera of the mobile terminal, and provides a display on a display device of the mobile terminal using the image data. The maneuvering process along the planned trajectory is carried out as long as an operating input which is carried out by the user on the mobile terminal and which describes a movement of the vehicle during the maneuvering process along the planned trajectory is detected by way of the mobile terminal, otherwise the maneuvering process is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eric Heim
  • Method for Carrying Out a Remote-Controlled Parking Maneuver with a Vehicle Using a Mobile Terminal, and System
    Publication number: 20230128580
    Abstract: A method carries out a remote-controlled parking maneuver with a vehicle. A user with a mobile terminal is located outside the vehicle. The method plans a trajectory for the parking maneuver by way of a driver assistance system of the vehicle, maneuvers the vehicle along the planned trajectory by the driver assistance system, detects image data which describes the vehicle and the surroundings of the vehicle by a camera of the mobile terminal, and provides a display on a display device of the mobile terminal using the image data. The maneuvering process along the planned trajectory is carried out as long as an operating input which is carried out by the user on the mobile terminal and which describes a movement of the vehicle during the maneuvering process along the planned trajectory is detected by way of the mobile terminal, otherwise the maneuvering process is interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Eric HEIM