Patents by Inventor Florian RIPPER

Florian RIPPER 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 determining information with respect to an occupant and/or a seat belt of a motor vehicle, computer program product and seat belt arrangement for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11479206
    Abstract: It is provided a method for determining information with respect to an occupant and/or a seat belt of a motor vehicle, wherein the seat belt includes a plurality of sensors. The method comprises the following steps: determining a force acting on each of the sensors in a sensor coordinate system associated with each of the sensors; generating a numerical model of the seat belt and the sensors in an initial state; generating a final state of the model by varying positions and/or orientations of portions of the modeled seat belt, which are in a fixed geometrical relationship with the represented positions and/or orientations of at least some of the sensors; and determining the information with respect to the occupant and/or the seat belt based on the course of the modeled seat belt in the final state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Yves Radunz, Lukas Scholz, Florian Ripper
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO AN OCCUPANT AND/OR A SEAT BELT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND SEAT BELT ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210331644
    Abstract: It is provided a method for determining information with respect to an occupant and/or a seat belt of a motor vehicle, wherein the seat belt includes a plurality of sensors. The method comprises the following steps: determining a force acting on each of the sensors in a sensor coordinate system associated with each of the sensors; generating a numerical model of the seat belt and the sensors in an initial state; generating a final state of the model by varying positions and/or orientations of portions of the modeled seat belt, which are in a fixed geometrical relationship with the represented positions and/or orientations of at least some of the sensors; and determining the information with respect to the occupant and/or the seat belt based on the course of the modeled seat belt in the final state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Yves RADUNZ, Lukas SCHOLZ, Florian RIPPER