Patents by Inventor Gerald Helmstädter

Gerald Helmstädter 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 device for navigation support of a vehicle driver
    Patent number: 6256582
    Abstract: In a method for navigational assistance to a vehicle driver who is issued instructions which are derived from a comparison of a route, prescribed by route reference points, and respectively determined positions of the vehicle, the route reference points and connections between the route reference points of at least a portion of the prescribed route are represented diagrammatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Gerald Helmstädter, Kai Schmischke
  • Navigation-assistance method and device for a vehicle driver
    Patent number: 6236935
    Abstract: The invention concerns a navigation-assistance method and a device for a vehicle driver, to which instructions obtained by comparing the itinerary predetermined by course-guiding points with every established position of the vehicle are given. The information to be passed on to the driver concerning deviations from the predetermined itinerary are controlled continuously or almost continuously by comparing the deviation variables from the predetermined itinerary with the variables obtained regarding the established positions of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann Vdo AG
    Inventors: Gerald Helmstädter, Kai Schmischke