Patents by Inventor Frank Blinkle

Frank Blinkle 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: 11001301
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for unparking a motor vehicle (1) from a cross-parking space (8), with which the motor vehicle (1) is manoeuvred along an unparking trajectory (9) at least semi-autonomously from the cross-parking space (8) onto a road (10) bounding on the cross-parking space (8), wherein during said semi-autonomous manoeuvring of the motor vehicle (1) along the unparking trajectory (9), at least one reversing movement is carried out, an end position (E) is determined and the semi-autonomous manoeuvring of the motor vehicle (1) along the unparking trajectory (9) is ended at the end position (E), wherein the end position (E) is defined as at least a position such that in the event of further movement of the motor vehicle (1) from the end position (E) being carried out, manual control of the motor vehicle (1) in a driving direction (13) predetermined by the road (10) can be carried out by a driver of the vehicle without manoeuvring the motor vehicle (1) in a forward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Joos, Mohamed Mahmoud, Frank Blinkle
  • Patent number: 10997864
    Abstract: The invention concerns a parking space recognition system (13) for a motor vehicle (1), with a sensor device (3) that is designed to detect at least one surface (6a, 6b) of at least one object (7a, 7b) in the surroundings of the motor vehicle (1) and extending along a direction of travel (F) of the motor vehicle (1) and with a computing device (8) that is designed to identify a space (9) between two detected surfaces (6a, 6b) extending along the direction of travel (F) as a potential parking space with an associated parking space position, which can be at least one longitudinal parking space (10) or at least one transverse parking spaces (11a, 11b), and with a memory device (12) that is designed to identify the recognized potential parking space as a longitudinal parking space (10) or as a transverse parking space (11a, 11b) or as a potential parking space depending on parking space information stored for the parking space position, in order to increase the accuracy of parking space detection by a motor vehic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Schwalb, Frank Blinkle, Stephan Haenisch, Tobias Bieler
  • Patent number: 10685567
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a parking area (8) for parking a motor vehicle (1), in which the motor vehicle (1) is moved relative to a potential parking space (9), a road marking (11) and at least one object (12, 16) delimiting the potential parking space (9) are recognized on the basis of sensor data of at least one sensor (4) of the motor vehicle (1) during the movement of the motor vehicle (1) relative to the potential parking space (9), and the parking area (8) within the potential parking space (9) is determined on the basis of the recognized road marking (11) and the at least one object (12, 16), wherein an orientation for the parking area (8) is determined on the basis of the road marking (11), an orientation of the at least one object (12, 16) is determined, and the parking area (8) is determined in dependence on a comparison between the determined orientation for the parking area (8) and the determined orientation of the at least one object (12, 16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Blinkle
  • Publication number: 20190371181
    Abstract: The invention concerns a parking space recognition system (13) for a motor vehicle (1), with a sensor device (3) that is designed to detect at least one surface (6a, 6b) of at least one object (7a, 7b) in the surroundings of the motor vehicle (1) and extending along a direction of travel (F) of the motor vehicle (1) and with a computing device (8) that is designed to identify a space (9) between two detected surfaces (6a, 6b) extending along the direction of travel (F) as a potential parking space with an associated parking space position, which can be at least one longitudinal parking space (10) or at least one transverse parking spaces (11a, 11b), and with a memory device (12) that is designed to identify the recognized potential parking space as a longitudinal parking space (10) or as a transverse parking space (11a, 11b) or as a potential parking space depending on parking space information stored for the parking space position, in order to increase the accuracy of parking space detection by a motor vehic
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Schwalb, Frank Blinkle, Stephan Haenisch, Tobias Bieler
  • Publication number: 20190233009
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for unparking a motor vehicle (1) from a cross-parking space (8), with which the motor vehicle (1) is manoeuvred along an unparking trajectory (9) at least semi-autonomously from the cross-parking space (8) onto a road (10) bounding on the cross-parking space (8), wherein during said semi-autonomous manoeuvring of the motor vehicle (1) along the unparking trajectory (9), at least one reversing movement is carried out, an end position (E) is determined and the semi-autonomous manoeuvring of the motor vehicle (1) along the unparking trajectory (9) is ended at the end position (E), wherein the end position (E) is defined as at least a position such that in the event of further movement of the motor vehicle (1) from the end position (E) being carried out, manual control of the motor vehicle (1) in a driving direction (13) predetermined by the road (10) can be carried out by a driver of the vehicle without manoeuvring the motor vehicle (1) in a forward movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicants: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH, VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Joos, Mohamed Mahmoud, Frank Blinkle
  • Publication number: 20190206251
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a parking area (8) for parking a motor vehicle (1), in which the motor vehicle (1) is moved relative to a potential parking space (9), a road marking (11) and at least one object (12, 16) delimiting the potential parking space (9) are recognized on the basis of sensor data of at least one sensor (4) of the motor vehicle (1) during the movement of the motor vehicle (1) relative to the potential parking space (9), and the parking area (8) within the potential parking space (9) is determined on the basis of the recognized road marking (11) and the at least one object (12, 16), wherein an orientation for the parking area (8) is determined on the basis of the road marking (11), an orientation of the at least one object (12, 16) is determined, and the parking area (8) is determined in dependence on a comparison between the determined orientation for the parking area (8) and the determined orientation of the at least one object (12, 16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Blinkle
  • Publication number: 20190092319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manoeuvring a motor vehicle (1), in which a trajectory for manoeuvring the motor vehicle (1) is determined, during the manoeuvring of the motor vehicle (1) along the trajectory, a notification distance (DTH), which describes a distance to a turning point of the trajectory, and a collision distance (DTC), which describes a distance to an object (8) in a surroundings (7) of the motor vehicle (1), are determined and, on the basis of the notification distance (DTH) and the collision distance (DTC), a distance to go (R) until the actuation of a brake system of the motor vehicle (1), is determined, wherein, on the basis of changes in the time curve of the notification distance (DTH), a corrected notification distance (DTHk) is determined in an ongoing manner, on the basis of changes in the time curve of the collision distance (DTC), a corrected collision distance (DTCk) is determined in an ongoing manner, and the distance to go (R) is determined on the basis of the corrected no
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Stefanie Sattler, Steffen Luecker, Malte Joos, Jean-Francois Bariant, Frank Blinkle