Patents by Inventor Heiko Freienstein

Heiko Freienstein 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: 20190023209
    Abstract: A method for providing an activation signal activating a vehicle occupant protection device includes reading in passenger compartment data from a passenger compartment detection unit and seat belt data from a seat belt sensor. The passenger compartment data represent a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The seat belt data represent a seat belt fastening angle of a seat belt of the vehicle at a belt reversing point relative to a reference axis of the vehicle. The method also includes determining, based on the passenger compartment data, a piece of seat position information representing an occupancy state of a vehicle seat by an occupant and a relative position of the seat relative to the vehicle; ascertaining an occupant class, representing a physical characteristic of the occupant, using the seat position information seat belt data; and generating the activation signal using the seat position information and the occupant class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Sybille Eisele
  • Publication number: 20190016285
    Abstract: In a method for correcting at least one collision parameter determined by an anticipatory environment-sensor system of a vehicle and in a corresponding integrated safety system of the vehicle, a common time basis is established in the vehicle, a signal age and/or a latency time of at least one collision parameter is ascertained based on the common time base and on a time stamp that is output together with the at least one collision parameter, the at least one collision parameter is corrected based on the ascertained signal age and/or ascertained latency time, and the corrected parameter is output to at least one precrash function prior to an impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Sybille Eisele
  • Publication number: 20180357523
    Abstract: An identification module for mobile objects, in particular hand-held power tools, includes a housing, a transponder, and a stored energy source. The housing has a mechanism configured to arrange and/or fasten the identification module to a mobile device. The transponder has a data memory and a radio module. The memory is configured to store identification data, and the radio module is configured to send the identification data. The stored energy source is configured to power the transponder. The housing has a chamber, an opening into the chamber, and a lid configured to close the opening. The opening is configured so as to enable the stored energy source to be removably arranged in the chamber via the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Benjamin Visel, Christoph Steurer, Joerg Moennich, Tobias Herr, Anja Koenig
  • Publication number: 20180322350
    Abstract: A method for providing a piece of occupant information for a safety unit for a vehicle includes reading in image data representing an occupant of the vehicle via an interface to an image recording unit of the vehicle, reading in plausibility check data representing a person via an interface to a mobile device, a step of determining occupant data characterizing the occupant using the image data and the plausibility check data, and a step of providing the occupant data to an interface to the safety unit for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Gian Antonio D' Addetta, Heiko Freienstein, Josef Kolatschek
  • Publication number: 20180319003
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an electric hand tool, includes an identification module and a housing. The identification module includes a transponder having at least one data store configured to store identification information and a radio module configured to transmit the identification data. The identification module is integrated into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Benjamin Visel, Christoph Steurer, Joerg Moennich, Tobias Herr, Anja Koenig
  • Patent number: 10093261
    Abstract: A method for activating a safety actuator of a motor vehicle, including: ascertaining an endangerment model of the motor vehicle with the aid of an anticipatory sensor system and at least one characteristic value of a driving operation of the motor vehicle; ascertaining a controllability of the motor vehicle by a driver of the motor vehicle with the aid of the at least one characteristic value; and activating the safety actuator to an extent which is a function of the endangerment model and the controllability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Marcel Maur
  • Publication number: 20180265026
    Abstract: A method for triggering at least two safety functions from a predefined plurality of safety functions in a motor vehicle, including a) recognizing a trigger signal for one first safety function, and b) generating a trigger signal for at least one second safety function, if according to step a) the trigger signal for the first safety function has been recognized, the first safety function being of a first function type and at least one of the second safety functions being of a second function type differing from the first function type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Florian Oesterle, Heiko Freienstein, Joerg Moennich
  • Publication number: 20180220370
    Abstract: A method for operating a mobile device with a communication module and an accumulator, in particular a hand-held power tool, includes powering the communication module via electricity from the accumulator. The communication module enables wireless communication, and is powered only temporarily at least for transmitting data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Benjamin Visel, Joerg Moennich, Anna Heszler, Anja Koenig, Jan Ondratschek, Christoph Steurer
  • Publication number: 20180201261
    Abstract: A method for checking the plausibility of a control decision for a safety device of a vehicle includes detecting a regulatorily standardized feature of a collision object using a surroundings sensor system, such as a video camera, and enabling the control decision as a function of the detected feature, such as a vehicle license plate, trademark, or emblem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Joerg Moennich, Heiko Freienstein, Josef Kolatschek
  • Publication number: 20180201216
    Abstract: A method for controlling a personal protection device for a vehicle. The method includes a step of determining a set of control variants for controlling the personal protection device, from a plurality of possible control variants for controlling the personal protection device, using an inaccurate situational value and at least one inaccuracy value, the inaccurate situational value representing a value ascertained using a sensor of the vehicle, and the inaccuracy value defining an inaccuracy of the inaccurate situational value; and a step of selecting a control variant assigned to the inaccurate situational value, from the plurality of possible control variants, as a control variant selected for controlling the personal protection device, if each control variant of the set of control variants is assigned a safety class, which satisfies a safety criterion necessary for controlling the personal protection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Josef Kolatschek
  • Publication number: 20180134282
    Abstract: A method for detecting a committed rule infringement and/or an atypical vehicle state of a vehicle. The method includes: receiving environmental data acquired with the aid of an environmental sensor system; ascertaining a vehicle behavior and/or a vehicle state of a vehicle based on the environmental data; detecting a committed rule infringement and/or an atypical vehicle state of the vehicle based on the ascertained vehicle behavior and/or vehicle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Florian Oesterle, Joerg Moennich
  • Publication number: 20180105131
    Abstract: A method for actuating restraint means for a vehicle, the method having the following steps: detecting, at a first instant, at least one first value that represents an acceleration; ascertaining a value that represents a force acting on the vehicle from the detected at least one first value that is representative of an acceleration; actuating the restraint means as a function of the ascertained value and/or a value that is derived from the ascertained value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Josef Kolatschek, Stephan Noessner, Gunther Lang
  • Publication number: 20180068502
    Abstract: A method for providing an item of information regarding a passenger protection system of a vehicle using a mobile user terminal. In the process, an image signal that represents at least one image of at least one vehicle section of the vehicle is read in to begin with. In a further step, the image signal is processed in order to allocate at least one component of the passenger protection system to the vehicle section. Finally, a display signal for the display of an item of information representing the component is generated on the mobile user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Florian Oesterle, Gian Antonio D' Addetta, Heiko Freienstein
  • Publication number: 20180065580
    Abstract: A method for controlling an occupant protection system of a vehicle includes reading in at least one vehicle acceleration value representing an acceleration of the vehicle and at least one model parameter of an occupant model by which a vehicle occupant is represented by at least two, in particular three, mass points. The vehicle acceleration value and the model parameter are processed in order to determine at least one motion parameter relating to the two, in particular three, mass points. Using the motion parameter, a control signal for controlling the occupant protection system is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Gian Antonio D'Addetta, Heiko Freienstein, Henning Hoepfner, Josef Kolatschek
  • Publication number: 20170355336
    Abstract: A method for activating a passenger protection device of a vehicle. A relative velocity value, which represents a relative velocity between the vehicle and an object, and at least one correction value are read in. In a further step, a velocity reduction value, which represents a decrease of a velocity of the vehicle when the vehicle collides with the object, is ascertained using the relative velocity value and the correction value. Finally, an activation signal for activating the passenger protection device is generated using the velocity reduction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Gunther Lang, Josef Kolatschek
  • Publication number: 20170349127
    Abstract: A pre-crash system has at least one dummy actuator and an adaptive pre-trigger function that is implemented with different parameter sets as a function of a current degree of validation, and evaluates the acquired physical quantities for pre-crash recognition in order to recognize an unavoidable crash, a first parameter set, which limits the pre-trigger function to a dummy operating mode in which the pre-trigger function produces at least one trigger signal for the dummy actuator if the evaluation of the physical quantities permits the inference of an unavoidable crash, being implemented until the current degree of validation satisfies a specified condition, the pre-trigger function comparing the triggering of the dummy actuator with the behavior of the evaluation and control unit, and, as a function of the comparison, rating the triggering of the dummy actuator as “correct” or as a “false positive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Koehler, Heiko Freienstein
  • Publication number: 20170227958
    Abstract: A method for setting an activation signal for activating at least one safety device of a vehicle. The method includes reading in a driving mode signal. In this case, the driving mode signal represents an item of information as to whether a manual driving mode or an at least partially automatic driving mode of the vehicle is set. The method also includes adapting at least one parameter of the activation signal while using the driving mode signal, to set the activation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Josef Kolatschek
  • Publication number: 20170174163
    Abstract: A method is described for operating a vehicle, including the following steps: ascertaining a collision probability for the vehicle, ascertaining an effectiveness parameter assigned to a restraint system of the vehicle, which is a measure of how effectively the restraint system may protect a vehicle occupant in the event of a collision assigned to the collision probability, and carrying out at least one injury-mitigating measure depending on the ascertained effectiveness parameter in order to mitigate an occupant injury during a collision. Also described are a corresponding device and a computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas KORTHAUER, Armin RUEHLE, Armin KOEHLER, Christian MOTZ, Gian Antonio D'ADDETTA, Heiko FREIENSTEIN, Sybille EISELE, Volker HOFSAESS
  • Publication number: 20170176988
    Abstract: A method for the assisted emergency braking of a vehicle, in which the lateral and/or the longitudinal guidance of the vehicle are/is influenced in such a way that the vehicle is guided in the direction of a safety zone, and when the safety zone has been reached, a parking position, in particular within the safety zone, is ascertained for the vehicle, the vehicle being guided in such a way that the vehicle comes to a standstill in the parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Stephan Noessner, Heiko Freienstein, Joerg Moennich
  • Patent number: 9457753
    Abstract: A device for a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, includes an environment sensor system which has at least one environment sensor for contactlessly detecting at least one environment region, means for adjusting the environment region to be detected, and a device for determining the environment region to be detected. The device has a position sensor which detects the tilting of the vehicle in respect of a vehicle base, and the means adjust the environment region to be detected depending on the tilt of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Joerg Moennich