Patents by Inventor Herbert Ehrentraut

Herbert Ehrentraut 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: 20220321150
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmitting/receiving device with mobile radio functionality for a motor vehicle, wherein the transmitting/receiving device includes components of: an antenna structure, a high frequency front-end unit coupled to the antenna structure and a computation unit coupled to the high frequency front-end unit. According to the present disclosure, the transmitting/receiving device is configured to additionally process a radar signal using one or more components, wherein the radar signal has a frequency (f2) that differs by less than a factor of five from a mid-frequency (f1) of the electromagnetic waves forming the corresponding mobile radio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Herbert EHRENTRAUT
  • Patent number: 10523263
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a mobile communication device for a motor vehicle, wherein the mobile communication device is adapted to provide a wireless connection to a mobile communication network, and a control unit of the mobile communication device is programmed to transmit and/or to receive data via the wireless connection in a basic mode through a basic modem circuit, which provides a predetermined basic bit rate. According to the invention, an additional modem circuit is provided, which provides a low bit rate that is lower than the basic bit rate for transferring data via the wireless connection, wherein the control unit is programmed to identify at least one predetermined switching event and, when the switching event is identified, to switch from the basic mode to an additional mode in which the control unit transmits and/or receives data through the additional modem circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Herbert Ehrentraut, Jörg Plechinger
  • Patent number: 10395531
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a control device for coupling an antenna assembly of a motor vehicle to at least one vehicle component of the motor vehicle for an exchange of messages with vehicle-external objects. The control device comprises a first radio module for providing a first radio link to at least one of the objects on the basis of a first radio standard, a second radio module for providing a second radio link to at least one other of the objects on the basis of a second radio standard, and a processor device for receiving some of the messages via the first radio link and some other of the messages via the second radio link. The processor device includes a synchronization unit configured to forward the received messages in a sequence determined by the time data to the at least one vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christoph Voigt, Stefan Volnhals, Gerald Stöckl, Herbert Ehrentraut, Ralf Riplinger, Aurel Papp, Jürgen Spehl
  • Publication number: 20190245576
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a mobile communication device for a motor vehicle, wherein the mobile communication device is adapted to provide a wireless connection to a mobile communication network, and a control unit of the mobile communication device is programmed to transmit and/or to receive data via the wireless connection in a basic mode through a basic modem circuit, which provides a predetermined basic bit rate. According to the invention, an additional modem circuit is provided, which provides a low bit rate that is lower than the basic bit rate for transferring data via the wireless connection, wherein the control unit is programmed to identify at least one predetermined switching event and, when the switching event is identified, to switch from the basic mode to an additional mode in which the control unit transmits and/or receives data through the additional modem circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Herbert EHRENTRAUT, Jörg PLECHINGER
  • Publication number: 20190088124
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a control device for coupling an antenna assembly of a motor vehicle to at least one vehicle component of the motor vehicle for an exchange of messages with vehicle-external objects. The control device comprises a first radio module for providing a first radio link to at least one of the objects on the basis of a first radio standard, a second radio module for providing a second radio link to at least one other of the objects on the basis of a second radio standard, and a processor device for receiving some of the messages via the first radio link and some other of the messages via the second radio link. The processor device includes a synchronization unit configured to forward the received messages in a sequence determined by the time data to the at least one vehicle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christoph VOIGT, Stefan VOLNHALS, Gerald STÖCKL, Herbert EHRENTRAUT, Ralf RIPLINGER, Aurel PAPP, Jürgen SPEHL
  • Patent number: 10181865
    Abstract: A mobile radio apparatus for a motor vehicle has a first mobile radio module and a second mobile radio module. Furthermore, a first antenna and a second antenna are provided for transmitting mobile radio signals. To provide robust voice telephony for the motor vehicle that can be implemented with little circuit complexity, a switching device is connected to the antennas and to a respective signal connection of the mobile radio modules and that is designed to take a switching signal as a basis for changing over between a first switching state, in which the first signal connection is coupled to the first antenna and the second signal connection is coupled to the second antenna, and a second switching state, in which the first signal connection is coupled to the second antenna and the second signal connection is coupled to the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Herbert Ehrentraut
  • Patent number: 9635708
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for a mobile radio unit of a motor vehicle has a first mobile radio module for mobile radio transmission according to a first mobile radio standard, and a second mobile radio module for mobile radio transmission according to a second mobile radio standard, the first mobile radio module having a communication interface which is intended to interchange control and useful data and is connected to an electrical connection for electrically connecting the circuit arrangement to an external processor unit. The first mobile radio module has an additional interface which is used to electrically connect the first mobile radio module to a communication interface of the second mobile radio module, which communication interface is designed to interchange control and useful data. Reliable mobile radio transmission is enabled for voice data and other digital useful data with little development and circuit complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Herbert Ehrentraut
  • Patent number: 9392580
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for a mobile communications unit of a motor vehicle, having a first mobile communications module for a mobile communications transmission according to a first mobile communications standard, a second mobile communications module for a mobile communications transmission according to a second mobile communications standard and a reading unit for reading identification data from a chip card. For a reliable mobile communications connection, both for telephony and for the transmission of other digital data using control devices and personal computers, the circuit arrangement is configured to operate the two mobile communications modules simultaneously, and the reading unit is configured for the simultaneous operation of the two mobile communications modules to receive identification data from two subscriber identification modules from the same chip card and to transmit the identification data of a respective subscriber identification module to one of the two mobile communications modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Herbert Ehrentraut
  • Publication number: 20150200691
    Abstract: A mobile radio apparatus for a motor vehicle has a first mobile radio module and a second mobile radio module. Furthermore, a first antenna and a second antenna are provided for transmitting mobile radio signals. To provide robust voice telephony for the motor vehicle that can be implemented with little circuit complexity, a switching device is connected to the antennas and to a respective signal connection of the mobile radio modules and that is designed to take a switching signal as a basis for changing over between a first switching state, in which the first signal connection is coupled to the first antenna and the second signal connection is coupled to the second antenna, and a second switching state, in which the first signal connection is coupled to the second antenna and the second signal connection is coupled to the first antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Herbert Ehrentraut
  • Publication number: 20150181644
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for a mobile radio unit of a motor vehicle has a first mobile radio module for mobile radio transmission according to a first mobile radio standard, and a second mobile radio module for mobile radio transmission according to a second mobile radio standard, the first mobile radio module having a communication interface which is intended to interchange control and useful data and is connected to an electrical connection for electrically connecting the circuit arrangement to an external processor unit. The first mobile radio module has an additional interface which is used to electrically connect the first mobile radio module to a communication interface of the second mobile radio module, which communication interface is designed to interchange control and useful data. Reliable mobile radio transmission is enabled for voice data and other digital useful data with little development and circuit complexity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Herbert Ehrentraut
  • Publication number: 20150173046
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for a mobile communications unit of a motor vehicle, having a first mobile communications module for a mobile communications transmission according to a first mobile communications standard, a second mobile communications module for a mobile communications transmission according to a second mobile communications standard and a reading unit for reading identification data from a chip card. For a reliable mobile communications connection, both for telephony and for the transmission of other digital data using control devices and personal computers, the circuit arrangement is configured to operate the two mobile communications modules simultaneously, and the reading unit is configured for the simultaneous operation of the two mobile communications modules to receive identification data from two subscriber identification modules from the same chip card and to transmit the identification data of a respective subscriber identification module to one of the two mobile communications modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Herbert Ehrentraut
  • Patent number: 6552951
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dual-port DRAM memory location having a capacitor and two transfer gates whose load paths are connected in series. The series connection is arranged between two data transmission lines. This arrangement serves to provide a dual-port memory location which independent of one another, can be read or written by two data processing units. The decisive advantage of the inventive memory locations in a DRAM memory architecture is the size-optimized design. The possibility of providing a memory architecture with substantially reduce space requirements. The inventive memory location is very immune to noise due to its design, due to the small number of switching elements and short length of conductor paths. The small number of transistors and short length of conductor paths also permits to reduce the time required for accessing the data. The invention also relates to a DRAM semiconductor memory having dual-port memory locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Kumar Jain Raj, Herbert Ehrentraut