Patents by Inventor Helge SCHAEFER

Helge SCHAEFER 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).

  • Method and device for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal guidance
    Patent number: 9956875
    Abstract: A method and a device for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal guidance. The method involves detecting a guide vehicle, the guide vehicle being a vehicle travelling directly in front of the vehicle; determining a current state from at least two states which describe a current reaction of the vehicle to the guide vehicle; and displaying the current state in animated form on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Andro Kleen, Helge Schaefer, Daniel Ricknäs, Johannes Rhede, Marc-Michael Meinecke
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE CONFIGURED FOR AUTOMATIC LONGITUDINAL GUIDANCE
    Publication number: 20160229292
    Abstract: A method and a device for a vehicle configured for automatic longitudinal guidance. The method involves detecting a guide vehicle, the guide vehicle being a vehicle travelling directly in front of the vehicle; determining a current state from at least two states which describe a current reaction of the vehicle to the guide vehicle; and displaying the current state in animated form on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Andro KLEEN, Helge SCHAEFER, Daniel RICKNÄS, Johannes RHEDE, Marc-Michael MEINECKE