Patents by Inventor Gerrit Quast

Gerrit Quast 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).

  • Publication number: 20220147394
    Abstract: A method for determining a demand for processing resources for carrying out processing of data for at least partly automated guidance of a motor vehicle. Provision is made to adapt available processing resources for carrying out data processing to a determined demand for processing resources. An apparatus, a computer system, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Lehn, Christopher Murphy, Gerrit Quast, Matthew Nimmo, Stefan Nordbruch, Stefan Schaupp, Rolf Nicodemus
  • Patent number: 10838429
    Abstract: A method for locating a vehicle situated within a parking area using a plurality of WLAN base stations each including an antenna array, the vehicle including a communication interface for communication with the WLAN base stations via a wireless WLAN communication network. The method includes receiving, via the respective antenna array, a radio signal sent by the communication interface of the vehicle via the wireless communication network; ascertaining a respective angle of incidence of the respective received radio signal relative to a respective normal of the antenna array; ascertaining a signal intensity of the respective received radio signal; and carrying out a triangulation using the ascertained angles of incidence and the ascertained signal intensities in order to locate the vehicle within the parking area. A corresponding system, a parking area, and a computer program are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerrit Quast, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10787169
    Abstract: A method for safeguarding a movement of a motor vehicle on an inclined ramp. Downhill from the motor vehicle, one or multiple collision object(s) is/are moved into a travel path specified by the ramp, so that in the event of a downhill movement of the motor vehicle on the travel path, a collision of the one or multiple collision object(s) with the motor vehicle reduces a speed of the motor vehicle while it is still on the ramp. Also described are a corresponding device, a parking facility, and a computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Bonnet, Gerrit Quast, Martin Moser, Roland Schweiger, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20200255000
    Abstract: A method for safeguarding a movement of a motor vehicle on an inclined ramp. Downhill from the motor vehicle, one or multiple collision object(s) is/are moved into a travel path specified by the ramp, so that in the event of a downhill movement of the motor vehicle on the travel path, a collision of the one or multiple collision object(s) with the motor vehicle reduces a speed of the motor vehicle while it is still on the ramp. Also described are a corresponding device, a parking facility, and a computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christophe Bonnet, Gerrit Quast, Martin Moser, Roland Schweiger, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10551831
    Abstract: A method is described for operating a vehicle, the driverlessly driving vehicle halting in response to an emergency stop signal in the context of driverless driving of the vehicle within a parking facility, the method being free of a step of checking whether halting is necessary. A corresponding apparatus is described for operating a vehicle, and to a vehicle. A method is described for operating a parking facility for vehicles, and to a corresponding parking facility. A computer program is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Nordbruch, Gerrit Quast, Matthew Nimmo
  • Patent number: 10474156
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining data for an autonomous driving operation of a motor vehicle within a parking facility using one or multiple surroundings sensor system(s). The method includes detecting present surroundings of the motor vehicle during a manually guided trip of the motor vehicle within the parking facility with the aid of the surroundings sensor system(s) to ascertain the surroundings data corresponding to the surroundings, and ascertaining the data for an autonomous driving operation of the motor vehicle within the parking facility based on the surroundings data so that the motor vehicle may autonomously drive within the parking facility based on the ascertained data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Nordbruch, Gerrit Quast, Juergen Auracher
  • Patent number: 10282992
    Abstract: A method, which can be performed by a system executing instructions on a computer-readable medium, for generating space to park for a motor vehicle includes determining a need for a parking area in a geographic area that includes a roadway, determining a need for road space for the roadway, determining, based on the determined need for the parking area and the determined need for road space, whether a lateral region of the roadway should be set for use as a parking area, and, in response to a positive result of the determination, setting the lateral region of the roadway for use as the parking area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Murphy, Felix Hess, Gerrit Quast, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10165232
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a parking facility for motor vehicles, the parking facility being monitored by way of a monitoring device of a flying drone. A drone and a computer program are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gerrit Quast, Rolf Nicodemus, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20180341257
    Abstract: A method is described for operating a vehicle, the driverlessly driving vehicle halting in response to an emergency stop signal in the context of driverless driving of the vehicle within a parking facility, the method being free of a step of checking whether halting is necessary. A corresponding apparatus is described for operating a vehicle, and to a vehicle. A method is described for operating a parking facility for vehicles, and to a corresponding parking facility. A computer program is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Nordbruch, Gerrit Quast, Matthew Nimmo
  • Publication number: 20180253970
    Abstract: A method, which can be performed by a system executing instructions on a computer-readable medium, for generating space to park for a motor vehicle includes determining a need for a parking area in a geographic area that includes a roadway, determining a need for road space for the roadway, determining, based on the determined need for the parking area and the determined need for road space, whether a lateral region of the roadway should be set for use as a parking area, and, in response to a positive result of the determination, setting the lateral region of the roadway for use as the parking area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Murphy, Felix Hess, Gerrit Quast, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20180224865
    Abstract: A method for locating a vehicle situated within a parking area using a plurality of WLAN base stations each including an antenna array, the vehicle including a communication interface for communication with the WLAN base stations via a wireless WLAN communication network. The method includes receiving, via the respective antenna array, a radio signal sent by the communication interface of the vehicle via the wireless communication network; ascertaining a respective angle of incidence of the respective received radio signal relative to a respective normal of the antenna array; ascertaining a signal intensity of the respective received radio signal; and carrying out a triangulation using the ascertained angles of incidence and the ascertained signal intensities in order to locate the vehicle within the parking area. A corresponding system, a parking area, and a computer program are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Gerrit Quast, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20180047289
    Abstract: A system for release control of a parking space for a motor vehicle includes an electrical charging device, mounted in the region of the parking space, for a motor vehicle having an electrical drive energy reservoir; a sensor for determining whether a motor vehicle is present in the parking space; a device for determining whether the charging system is in operation; and a processing device for releasing the parking space for use by a motor vehicle having an electrical drive energy reservoir if and conditional upon that the charging system is not connected to a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle is not present in the parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Gerrit Quast, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20170237948
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a parking facility for motor vehicles, the parking facility being monitored by way of a monitoring device of a flying drone. A drone and a computer program are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Gerrit Quast, Rolf Nicodemus, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20170212519
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining data for an autonomous driving operation of a motor vehicle within a parking facility using one or multiple surroundings sensor system(s). The method includes detecting present surroundings of the motor vehicle during a manually guided trip of the motor vehicle within the parking facility with the aid of the surroundings sensor system(s) to ascertain the surroundings data corresponding to the surroundings, and ascertaining the data for an autonomous driving operation of the motor vehicle within the parking facility based on the surroundings data so that the motor vehicle may autonomously drive within the parking facility based on the ascertained data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan Nordbruch, Gerrit Quast, Juergen Auracher