Patents by Inventor Folko FLEMHMIG

Folko FLEMHMIG 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 and apparatus for guiding a vehicle in the surroundings of an object
    Publication number: 20160063865
    Abstract: A method for guiding a vehicle in the surrounding environment of an object. The method includes reading in a multiplicity of view ray endpoints in a three-dimensional image, produced by a stereo camera of the vehicle, of a surrounding environment, containing the object, of the vehicle, at least one of the view ray endpoints representing an outer surface of the object, connecting the multiplicity of view ray endpoints to form a polygon that represents a free surface to be traveled by the vehicle, and generating a driving corridor, provided for the vehicle, for driving around the object, based on the free surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Folko FLEMHMIG, Thomas Gussner, Yuefeng Ma