Patents by Inventor Gustav Hofmann
Gustav Hofmann 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).
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Patent number: 10261653Abstract: A method for making available a user interface, in particular in a vehicle, in which one or more graphic objects are displayed on a display with a touch-sensitive surface, an operator controlled intention which can be assigned to an operator controlled area of the display is determined in a contactless fashion in a space in the viewing direction in front of the display, and an operator controlled action is implemented by touching one of the graphic objects in the operator-controlled area of the display. Three-dimensional graphics data are calculated for a graphic object in the operator-controlled area of the display, and that when the operator-controlled intention has been determined, the graphic object in the operator-controlled area is emphasized visually in that the display of the graphic object which can be perceived over an area in the plane of the display is changed into a display which can be perceived spatially.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AGInventors: Heino Wengelnik, Mathias Kuhn, Gustav Hofmann, Andreas Medler, Frank Althoff
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Patent number: 9836208Abstract: In a method for displaying information with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle, a user-interface device generates graphics data that control the display such that a graphical object is displayed in which a display content is shown in a specific scale, and one pixel of the display is selected with the aid of an input device, and a line is drawn on the display starting from this pixel. The scale of the display content is altered as a function of the length of the line. A display device for a motor vehicle can implement the method.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Rainer Dehmann, Gustav Hofmann, Mathias Kuhn
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Patent number: 9440553Abstract: An energy management method for a vehicle having an energy store and consumers, in which the energy reserve in the energy store is detected and a predicted actual range of the vehicle is calculated, a graphic object which visualizes the predicted actual range is generated and displayed, a user input is detected with which a setpoint range is set in that the graphic object is changed by an input device, after the setting of the setpoint range, on the basis of the difference between the setpoint range and the predicted actual range it is calculated by which changes in state of at least one subset of the consumers the setpoint range can be achieved, and the calculated changes in state are output as a proposal. Also disclosed is an energy management device for carrying out this energy management method.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Mathias Kuhn, Tobias Budzynski, Jian Lou, Sönke Petersen, Gustav Hofmann
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Publication number: 20150258912Abstract: An energy management method for a vehicle having an energy store and consumers, in which the energy reserve in the energy store is detected and a predicted actual range of the vehicle is calculated, a graphic object which visualizes the predicted actual range is generated and displayed, a user input is detected with which a setpoint range is set in that the graphic object is changed by an input device, after the setting of the setpoint range, on the basis of the difference between the setpoint range and the predicted actual range it is calculated by which changes in state of at least one subset of the consumers the setpoint range can be achieved, and the calculated changes in state are output as a proposal. Also disclosed is an energy management device for carrying out this energy management method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Mathias KUHN, Tobias BUDZYNSKI, Jian LOU, Sönke PETERSEN, Gustav HOFMANN
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Patent number: 9019311Abstract: In a method for displaying information in a motor vehicle, at least one two-dimensional object is displayed graphically in a first representation which shows one side of the object, and in a second representation which shows the other side of the object, with the aid of a display mounted in the motor vehicle, different information being shown on the respective sides of the two-dimensional graphical object, and the graphical object extending substantially over the entire size of the display in at least one direction in the first and/or second representation. The representation of the graphical object is altered as a function of a control signal such that the graphical object rotates from one side to the other side in a perspective representation on the display, the two-dimensional graphical object always being fully displayed, at least perspectively, during the rotation. A corresponding display device for a motor vehicle is provided for performing the method.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Rainer Dehmann, Gustav Hofmann, Mathias Kuhn, Frank Hauschild
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Publication number: 20150103100Abstract: In a method for displaying information in a motor vehicle, at least one two-dimensional object is displayed graphically in a first representation which shows one side of the object, and in a second representation which shows the other side of the object, with the aid of a display mounted in the motor vehicle, different information being shown on the respective sides of the two-dimensional graphical object, and the graphical object extending substantially over the entire size of the display in at least one direction in the first and/or second representation. The representation of the graphical object is altered as a function of a control signal such that the graphical object rotates from one side to the other side in a perspective representation on the display, the two-dimensional graphical object always being fully displayed, at least perspectively, during the rotation. A corresponding display device for a motor vehicle is provided for performing the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Rainer Dehmann, Gustav Hofmann, Mathias Kuhn, Frank Hauschild
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Publication number: 20140215403Abstract: A method for making available a user interface, in particular in a vehicle, in which one or more graphic objects are displayed on a display with a touch-sensitive surface, an operator controlled intention which can be assigned to an operator controlled area of the display is determined in a contactless fashion in a space in the viewing direction in front of the display, and an operator controlled action is implemented by touching one of the graphic objects in the operator-controlled area of the display. Three-dimensional graphics data are calculated for a graphic object in the operator-controlled area of the display, and that when the operator-controlled intention has been determined, the graphic object in the operator-controlled area is emphasized visually in that the display of the graphic object which can be perceived over an area in the plane of the display is changed into a display which can be perceived spatially.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AGInventors: Heino Wengelnik, Mathias Kuhn, Gustav Hofmann, Andreas Medler, Frank Althoff
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Patent number: 8674820Abstract: A display device for a vehicle for the display of information relating to the operation of the vehicle includes a display, at least one round instrument which is readable to a viewer in the area of the display, and a control device which controls the reading on the display and of the round instrument. The display device can be controlled by the control device such that the display device has a first display mode in which the at least one round instrument is displayed to the viewer and the display has a display area within the round instrument and a display area outside the round instrument, and the display device has a second display mode in which the at least one round instrument is not displayed to the viewer, the information which can be displayed by the round instrument is represented by a digital reading of the display, and the information displayed by the display in the first display mode within the round instrument is displayed in another display area of the display.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2008Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Robert Hofmann, Gustav Hofmann, Sun Kyoung Han, Mathias Kuhn, Marc Amann, Rainer Dehmann
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Publication number: 20110273477Abstract: In a method for displaying information with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle, a user-interface device generates graphics data that control the display such that a graphical object is displayed in which a display content is shown in a specific scale, and one pixel of the display is selected with the aid of an input device, and a line is drawn on the display starting from this pixel. The scale of the display content is altered as a function of the length of the line. A display device for a motor vehicle can implement the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2008Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: Volkswagen AGInventors: Rainer Dehmann, Gustav Hofmann, Mathias Kuhn
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Publication number: 20110187749Abstract: In a method for displaying information in a motor vehicle, at least one two-dimensional object is displayed graphically in a first representation which shows one side of the object, and in a second representation which shows the other side of the object, with the aid of a display mounted in the motor vehicle, different information being shown on the respective sides of the two-dimensional graphical object, and the graphical object extending substantially over the entire size of the display in at least one direction in the first and/or second representation. The representation of the graphical object is altered as a function of a control signal such that the graphical object rotates from one side to the other side in a perspective representation on the display, the two-dimensional graphical object always being fully displayed, at least perspectively, during the rotation. A corresponding display device for a motor vehicle is provided for performing the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AGInventors: Rainer Dehmann, Gustav Hofmann, Mathias Kuhn, Frank Hauschild
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Patent number: 7872569Abstract: A built-in instrument cluster for a motor vehicle includes at least one display device, which emits image-forming light and is arranged in the direct field of view of an observer, and at least one illuminated and/or self-illuminating electromechanical indicator device, which is arranged in the observer's field of view, at an angle to the display device, and is moved into the observer's field of view together with the display device via an optical combiner, which is arranged to reflect the image-forming light of the electromechanical indicator device. In order to be able to integrate such an instrument cluster into the tight spatial conditions in the instrument panel in the steering-column region, it is provided that the electromechanical indicator device is at least partially provided by light guides and/or light projectors to save depth at abutting vehicle components.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Thomas Kiesewetter, Paolo Vaz, Niclas Meyer, Gustav Hofmann, Helge Neuner, Robert Hofmann, Ralf Wenzel
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Publication number: 20100321176Abstract: A display device for a vehicle for the display of information relating to the operation of the vehicle includes a display, at least one round instrument which is readable to a viewer in the area of the display, and a control device which controls the reading on the display and of the round instrument. The display device can be controlled by the control device such that the display device has a first display mode in which the at least one round instrument is displayed to the viewer and the display has a display area within the round instrument and a display area outside the round instrument, and the display device has a second display mode in which the at least one round instrument is not displayed to the viewer, the information which can be displayed by the round instrument is represented by a digital reading of the display, and the information displayed by the display in the first display mode within the round instrument is displayed in another display area of the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Robert Hofmann, Gustav Hofmann, Sun Kyoung Han, Mathias Kuhn, Marc Amann, Rainer Dehmann
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Patent number: 7669543Abstract: A display device for a motor vehicle, e.g., an instrument cluster, includes at least one first display device emitting image-forming light, and at least one illuminated and/or self-luminous electromechanical second display device. The first display device is arranged in a visual field of an observer. The second electromechanical display device is arranged at an angle to the first display device, and a combination element is provided between the first display device and the electromechanical display device, the combination device being transparent to the image-forming light in the first display device and reflective to the image-forming light of the electromechanical second display device.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2004Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Bernd Soltendieck, Robert Hofmann, Gustav Hofmann, Andreas Medler, Mathias Kuhn, Michael Bauer
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Publication number: 20090278676Abstract: A built-in instrument cluster for a motor vehicle includes at least one display device, which emits image-forming light and is arranged in the direct field of view of an observer, and at least one illuminated and/or self-illuminating electromechanical indicator device, which is arranged in the observer's field of view, at an angle to the display device, and is moved into the observer's field of view together with the display device via an optical combiner, which is arranged to reflect the image-forming light of the electromechanical indicator device. In order to be able to integrate such an instrument cluster into the tight spatial conditions in the instrument panel in the steering-column region, it is provided that the electromechanical indicator device is at least partially provided by light guides and/or light projectors to save depth at abutting vehicle components.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2005Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventors: Thomas Kiesewetter, Paolo Vaz, Niclas Meyer, Gustav Hofmann, Helge Neuner, Robert Hofmann, Ralf Wenzel
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Publication number: 20090149098Abstract: An instrument panel or an interior trim panel for a motor vehicle or vehicle includes a support and a woven cover positioned over the support, the woven cover including warp threads and weft threads, as well as crossing points of the warp threads and weft threads, and the density of the crossing points being substantially independent of the surface geometry of the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2005Publication date: June 11, 2009Inventors: Odysseus Andronis, Gustav Hofmann, Niels Kleindienst
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Patent number: D702169Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Tomasz Bachorski, Gustav Hofmann, Luigi J. Trabucco
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Patent number: D706188Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Tomasz Bachorski, Gustav Hofmann, Luigi Trabucco
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Patent number: D728438Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Tomasz Bachorski, Jörg Seifert, Luigi Trabucco, Alexander Hahn, Gustav Hofmann
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Patent number: D754043Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Tomasz Bachorski, Jörg Seifert, Luigi Trabucco, Alexander Hahn, Gustav Hofmann
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Patent number: D774430Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Tomasz Bachorski, Jörg Seifert, Luigi Trabucco, Alexander Hahn, Gustav Hofmann