Patents by Inventor Erwin Schmid

Erwin Schmid 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: 6564123
    Abstract: A process for moving a motor vehicle into a target position includes placing the motor vehicle in a starting position near the target position; following a first driver-side activation, scanning the environment of the motor vehicle continuously at least for detection of the target position, and determining continuously the current motor vehicle position; determining control data for moving the motor vehicle into the target position with the aid of the determined environment and position information; and after a second driver-side activation, delivering control data-dependent control commands to at least one of a drive train, a brake system and a steering system of the motor vehicle, thus driving the motor vehicle driver-independently into the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Stefan Hahn, Uwe Regensburger, Erwin Schmid
  • Patent number: 6526527
    Abstract: A single processor system features independent multiple watchdog units allocated to a processor unit of the system, the watchdog units operable to monitor for system faults and, upon detecting a fault, further operative to place the processor system into a predetermined fault reaction state. The multiple watchdog units are each provided with respective different watchdog calls which are output to the processor unit depending upon program execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Richard Gall, Thomas Maier, Erwin Schmid, Jürgen Trost, Gert Volk
  • Publication number: 20030004613
    Abstract: A process for moving a motor vehicle into a target position includes placing the motor vehicle in a starting position near the target position; following a first driver-side activation, scanning the environment of the motor vehicle continuously at least for detection of the target position, and determining continuously the current motor vehicle position; determining control data for moving the motor vehicle into the target position with the aid of the determined environment and position information; and after a second driver-side activation, delivering control data-dependent control commands to at least one of a drive train, a brake system and a steering system of the motor vehicle, thus driving the motor vehicle driver-independently into the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG.
    Inventors: Stefan Hahn, Uwe Regensburger, Erwin Schmid