Patents by Inventor Heidi Rathgeb

Heidi Rathgeb 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: 20240239355
    Abstract: A method for determining a vehicle configuration (24) adapted to driving behavior of a person includes: determining a driving profile (20) of the person, wherein the driving profile (20) includes a speed profile and/or an acceleration profile of a vehicle (10) controlled by the person; determining category values (28) for the driving profile (20) for a plurality of vehicle configurations (24), wherein the category values (28) include one or both of an energy consumption and CO2 emissions of the particular vehicle configuration (24), wherein the energy consumption and/or the CO2 emissions are/is calculated from the speed profile and/or the acceleration profile; and determining an optimal vehicle configuration (24) by ascertaining vehicle configuration values (30) for each vehicle configuration (24) by weighting the category values (28) for each vehicle configuration (24) and selecting an optimal vehicle configuration value (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jens Kastens, Heidi Rathgeb, Alexander Graf, Nicolas Blum, Andrea Agostinelli, Dominic Schmidt