Patents by Inventor Friedhelm Pickhard

Friedhelm Pickhard 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: 8812650
    Abstract: A method for transmitting useful data from a data source to a data sink, the data source being connected to a locating unit, the useful data in the data source being assigned supplementary data derived from information of the locating unit connected to the data source, which are transmitted to the data sink together with the useful data, wherein the received useful data in the data sink are assigned additional supplementary data, which are derived from additional information of a locating unit connected to the data sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Poechmueller, Friedhelm Pickhard
  • Publication number: 20060259808
    Abstract: A method for transmitting useful data from a data source to a data sink, the data source being connected to a locating unit, the useful data in the data source being assigned supplementary data derived from information of the locating unit connected to the data source, which are transmitted to the data sink together with the useful data, wherein the received useful data in the data sink are assigned additional supplementary data, which are derived from additional information of a locating unit connected to the data sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Werner Poechmueller, Friedhelm Pickhard
  • Patent number: 6205401
    Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation system for a vehicle, in particular for a land vehicle, having at least one single-axis gyro for the vehicle vertical axis (z axis), having two accelerometers in the horizontal vehicle plane (x axis, y axis), and having a vehicle-axis velocity measurement device, for example, a distance-travelled sensor. In addition, supporting signal devices, in particular a satellite receiver and/or a map, are available as well as a controller, which uses a suitable Kalman filter to determine the vehicle position and/or the direction of travel from the measured and stored signals. The Kalman filter is assigned at least one partial filter, of which a first partial filter is used for dynamic levelling and/or a second partial filter is designed as a position filter which provides track calibration, position calibration and sensor calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Litef GmbH
    Inventors: Friedhelm Pickhard, Detlev Wick