Patents by Inventor Hans-Udo PIETRUSCHKA

Hans-Udo PIETRUSCHKA 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).

  • Methods and apparatuses for selecting a function of an infotainment system of a transportation vehicle
    Patent number: 11016636
    Abstract: An infotainment system to which data is transmitted including contact data, such as telephone numbers or addresses, or multimedia data, such as audio or video data. The origin of the transmitted data is a mobile terminal, download from a database, an NFC tag or a QR code. Following reception of the data on the infotainment system, the infotainment system checks whether the transmitted data is associated with one of the functions of the infotainment system, a navigation function, and/or a reproduction function for audio and/or video data. If the transmitted data is associated with on the functions of the infotainment system, the infotainment system offers those functions with which the data can be associated to a user of the transportation vehicle for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thorsten Lindemann, Axel Köhnke, Stefan Tubbesing, Hans-Udo Pietruschka
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SELECTING A FUNCTION OF AN INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190114039
    Abstract: An infotainment system to which data is transmitted including contact data, such as telephone numbers or addresses, or multimedia data, such as audio or video data. The origin of the transmitted data is a mobile terminal, download from a database, an NFC tag or a QR code. Following reception of the data on the infotainment system, the infotainment system checks whether the transmitted data is associated with one of the functions of the infotainment system, a navigation function, and/or a reproduction function for audio and/or video data. If the transmitted data is associated with on the functions of the infotainment system, the infotainment system offers those functions with which the data can be associated to a user of the transportation vehicle for use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thorsten LINDEMANN, Axel KÖHNKE, Stefan TUBBESING, Hans-Udo PIETRUSCHKA