Patents by Inventor Gerald Koudijs

Gerald Koudijs 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 for monitoring a surrounding area of a vehicle-trailer combination, monitoring device, driver assistance system and vehicle-trailer combination
    Patent number: 10942269
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for monitoring a surrounding area (6) of a vehicle-trailer combination (1) formed by a motor vehicle (2) and a trailer (3), with which at least one radar sensor (7) is disposed on a rear area (8) at the trailer (3) for acquiring radar sensor data from the surrounding area (6) behind the trailer (3) and the acquired radar sensor data are transmitted to a controller (10) of the motor vehicle (2). Moreover, the invention concerns a monitoring device (5), a driver assistance system and a vehicle-trailer combination (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Geiger, Gerald Koudijs
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING A SURROUNDING AREA OF A VEHICLE-TRAILER COMBINATION, MONITORING DEVICE, DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE-TRAILER COMBINATION
    Publication number: 20190056492
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for monitoring a surrounding area (6) of a vehicle-trailer combination (1) formed by a motor vehicle (2) and a trailer (3), with which at least one radar sensor (7) is disposed on a rear area (8) at the trailer (3) for acquiring radar sensor data from the surrounding area (6) behind the trailer (3) and the acquired radar sensor data are transmitted to a controller (10) of the motor vehicle (2). Moreover, the invention concerns a monitoring device (5), a driver assistance system and a vehicle-trailer combination (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Geiger, Gerald Koudijs