Patents by Inventor Ernst Schermann

Ernst Schermann 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 detecting the drowsiness of the driver in a vehicle
    Patent number: 9384421
    Abstract: In a method for detecting the drowsiness of a driver in a vehicle, a course of a circadian curve is modified as a function of the environmental brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Offenhaeuser, Ernst Schermann
  • Method and device for detecting the condition of a driver
    Patent number: 9277881
    Abstract: A method for determining a variable which represents the condition of a driver of a vehicle, the variable being determined independently of the time using at least one other variable representing the light intensity to which the driver is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Offenhaeuser, Ernst Schermann
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSIGNING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE TO A DRIVER CLASS STORED IN THE VEHICLE AND REPRESENTING A SPECIFIC DRIVING BEHAVIOUR OF THE DRIVER, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THAT PURPOSE
    Publication number: 20160046296
    Abstract: A method for assigning a driver of a vehicle to a driver class stored in the vehicle and representing a specific driving behavior of the driver after a driving pause includes identifying the driver based on an acquisition of data indicating an occupancy of only one seat of the vehicle before and after the driving pause, and/or based on an acquisition, before and after the driving pause, of a recognition code of a technological device assigned to the driver, and, based on the identification, using the driver class assigned to the identified driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas OFFENHAEUSER, Ernst SCHERMANN
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING THE DROWSINESS OF THE DRIVER IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150110402
    Abstract: In a method for detecting the drowsiness of a driver in a vehicle, a course of a circadian curve is modified as a function of the environmental brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas OFFENHAEUSER, Ernst SCHERMANN
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE CONDITION OF A DRIVER
    Publication number: 20150094907
    Abstract: A method for determining a variable which represents the condition of a driver of a vehicle, the variable being determined independently of the time using at least one other variable representing the light intensity to which the driver is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Offenhaeuser, Ernst Schermann
  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE OVERTURNING BEHAVIOR OF VEHICLES WITH THE AID OF REAR AXLE INTERVENTION
    Publication number: 20090187323
    Abstract: A method for improving the overturn behavior of vehicles in which in an imminent or predictably expected overturn risk at least the rear wheel on the outside of the curve is braked, in an imminent or predictably expected overturn risk the rear wheel on the outside of the curve being braked using a braking force which is a function of the transverse acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Ernst Schermann, Daniel Fellke, Gero Nenninger, Matthew Nimmo