Patents by Inventor Georg HASLINGER

Georg HASLINGER 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: 11227565
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an interactive visibility screen on a transparent pane of a pane device, in particular in a motor vehicle. The visibility screen is generated by means of a display unit of the pane device on the pane by pixel-wise fade-in of opaque image points, wherein the image points form a coherent visibility screen area. In the method, an operational action by the user is first detected by means of a detection device, which comprises a selection of a setting range and a movement relative to the pane. Subsequently, an expansion of the visibility screen area at the setting range is set as a function of the detected movement by means of a control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Joris Mertens, Georg Haslinger, Jacques Hélot, Markus Klug
  • Patent number: 10960762
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle having a detection device for detecting a property of a vehicle occupant and an operator control and display device which is coupled to the detection device, has a display region and is configured to display information in the display region and by means of which a symbol can be displayed in the display region as a function of the sensed property. It is provided here that the property which is detected by means of the detection device is a position of the vehicle occupant, and the operator control and display device is configured to display the symbol in a partial region of the display region which is determined as a function of the detected position, and to assign the symbol to the vehicle occupant in such a way that when there is a change in position of the vehicle occupant that the symbol follows the vehicle occupant. The invention also relates to a method for operating such a vehicle. The invention makes particularly flexible use of the vehicle possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Joris Mertens, Georg Haslinger, Edwin Ollefers, Markus Klug
  • Patent number: 10728258
    Abstract: A person is automatically identified by a detection device of an observation apparatus. The identified person is shown a personalized symbol. A control action by the person causes data to be retrieved from a personal data source associated with the person and presented on a display panel. The presentation is stopped at the latest when the person leaves a sensing range of the detection device. This allows a particularly convenient and simple data use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Joris Mertens, Georg Haslinger, Markus Klug, Edwin Ollefers, Jacques Hélot
  • Patent number: 10607526
    Abstract: A first sensor device detects a viewing direction of a user, who is located in an interior of the motor vehicle, onto a display surface of a motor vehicle. A control unit of the motor vehicle determines a display parameter of a digital image subject to the detected viewing direction, specifying an absolute pictorial configuration of the digital image. The determination of the display parameter is based on the viewing direction of the user onto the absolutely pictorial configuration of the digital image, such that a relative, perspective-related configuration of the digital image is obtained so that the relative, perspective-related configuration corresponds to a target configuration of the digital image. The control unit generates the digital image as a function of the determined display parameter and the digital image is then displayed on the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Joris Mertens, Georg Haslinger, Jacques Hélot, Markus Klug
  • Publication number: 20190281068
    Abstract: A person is automatically identified by a detection device of an observation apparatus. The identified person is shown a personalized symbol. A control action by the person causes data to be retrieved from a personal data source associated with the person and presented on a display panel. The presentation is stopped at the latest when the person leaves a sensing range of the detection device. This allows a particularly convenient and simple data use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Joris MERTENS, Georg HASLINGER, Markus KLUG, Edwin OLLEFERS, Jacques HÉLOT
  • Publication number: 20190236999
    Abstract: A first sensor device detects a viewing direction of a user, who is located in an interior of the motor vehicle, onto a display surface of a motor vehicle. A control unit of the motor vehicle determines a display parameter of a digital image subject to the detected viewing direction, specifying an absolute pictorial configuration of the digital image. The determination of the display parameter is based on the viewing direction of the user onto the absolutely pictorial configuration of the digital image, such that a relative, perspective-related configuration of the digital image is obtained so that the relative, perspective-related configuration corresponds to a target configuration of the digital image. The control unit generates the digital image as a function of the determined display parameter and the digital image is then displayed on the display surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Joris MERTENS, Georg HASLINGER, Jacques HÉLOT, Markus KLUG
  • Publication number: 20180354367
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle having a detection device for detecting a property of a vehicle occupant and an operator control and display device which is coupled to the detection device, has a display region and is configured to display information in the display region and by means of which a symbol can be displayed in the display region as a function of the sensed property. It is provided here that the property which is detected by means of the detection device is a position of the vehicle occupant, and the operator control and display device is configured to display the symbol in a partial region of the display region which is determined as a function of the detected position, and to assign the symbol to the vehicle occupant in such a way that when there is a change in position of the vehicle occupant that the symbol follows the vehicle occupant. The invention also relates to a method for operating such a vehicle. The invention makes particularly flexible use of the vehicle possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Joris MERTENS, Georg HASLINGER, Edwin OLLEFERS, Markus KLUG
  • Publication number: 20180012562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an interactive visibility screen on a transparent pane of a pane device, in particular in a motor vehicle. The visibility screen is generated by means of a display unit of the pane device on the pane by pixel-wise fade-in of opaque image points, wherein the image points form a coherent visibility screen area. In the method, an operational action by the user is first detected by means of a detection device, which comprises a selection of a setting range and a movement relative to the pane. Subsequently, an expansion of the visibility screen area at the setting range is set as a function of the detected movement by means of a control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Joris MERTENS, Georg HASLINGER, Jacques HÉLOT, Markus KLUG