Patents by Inventor Günter KISTLER

Günter KISTLER 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: 11505139
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for providing vehicle functions in a motor vehicle, the vehicle functions being provided in a computing device of said motor vehicle on the basis of sensor data from a sensor device of the motor vehicle. The invention provides that the vehicle functions in the motor vehicle are coupled to the sensor device via an integration component, and the integration component procures the sensor data from one sensor unit or a plurality of sensor units of the sensor device independent of the vehicle functions by means of a respective sensor-specific detection routine and generates respective state data therefrom and each of the vehicle functions respectively retrieves at least some of the provided state data from the integration component by means of a sensor-independent retrieval routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Günter Kistler
  • Patent number: 11214207
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for providing vehicle functions in a motor vehicle, whereby vehicle functions are performed in a computing device of the motor vehicle and each of the vehicle functions performed generates command data for at least one respective actuator of an actuator device of the motor vehicle. The disclosure provides that the vehicle functions and the actuator device are coupled through an integration component and the vehicle functions respectively output the command data to the integration component by means of a respective actuator-independent call routine and the integration component converts the command data into respective actuator-specific control data and transmits the control data to the respective actuator by means of an actuator-specific control routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Günter Kistler
  • Publication number: 20200047693
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for providing vehicle functions in a motor vehicle, the vehicle functions being provided in a computing device of said motor vehicle on the basis of sensor data from a sensor device of the motor vehicle. The invention provides that the vehicle functions in the motor vehicle are coupled to the sensor device via an integration component, and the integration component procures the sensor data from one sensor unit or a plurality of sensor units of the sensor device independent of the vehicle functions by means of a respective sensor-specific detection routine and generates respective state data therefrom and each of the vehicle functions respectively retrieves at least some of the provided state data from the integration component by means of a sensor-independent retrieval routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Günter KISTLER
  • Publication number: 20190375349
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for providing vehicle functions in a motor vehicle, whereby vehicle functions are performed in a computing device of the motor vehicle and each of the vehicle functions performed generates command data for at least one respective actuator of an actuator device of the motor vehicle. The disclosure provides that the vehicle functions and the actuator device are coupled through an integration component and the vehicle functions respectively output the command data to the integration component by means of a respective actuator-independent call routine and the integration component converts the command data into respective actuator-specific control data and transmits the control data to the respective actuator by means of an actuator-specific control routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventor: Günter KISTLER