Patents by Inventor Heribert BRÄUTIGAM

Heribert BRÄUTIGAM 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).

  • Patent number: 11580021
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for situation-dependent storage of data of a system, in which data of the system is detected, is amalgamated in at least one data block and is stored in a volatile memory, and in which, in response to the occurrence of at least one predefined trigger event in the at least one data block, amalgamated data are transferred from the volatile memory into a read-only memory, and in which a time window, in which the data for the at least one data block is captured, is selected automatically and dynamically according to the at least one trigger event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Heribert Bräutigam, Heiko Diederichs
  • Publication number: 20200210336
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for situation-dependent storage of data of a system, in which data of the system is detected, is amalgamated in at least one data block and is stored in a volatile memory, and in which, in response to the occurrence of at least one predefined trigger event in the at least one data block, amalgamated data are transferred from the volatile memory into a read-only memory, and in which a time window, in which the data for the at least one data block is captured, is selected automatically and dynamically according to the at least one trigger event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Heribert BRÄUTIGAM, Heiko DIEDERICHS
  • Patent number: 9838529
    Abstract: A position of a mobile terminal in the interior of a motor vehicle is sensed by a sensor device. The sensed position is taken as a basis for a control device of the motor vehicle to ascertain whether the mobile terminal adopts a position within a predetermined safety area to be kept clear between a predetermined interior equipment component of the motor vehicle, for example an airbag, and a user of the motor vehicle. When such a position within the safety area is adopted or exists, prevention of use of the mobile terminal within the safety area is brought about by a safety check device. In this case, a restraining device can return or restrain the mobile terminal from the safety area, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Heribert Bräutigam, Eckart Donner
  • Publication number: 20170171379
    Abstract: A position of a mobile terminal in the interior of a motor vehicle is sensed by a sensor device. The sensed position is taken as a basis for a control device of the motor vehicle to ascertain whether the mobile terminal adopts a position within a predetermined safety area to be kept clear between a predetermined interior equipment component of the motor vehicle, for example an airbag, and a user of the motor vehicle. When such a position within the safety area is adopted or exists, prevention of use of the mobile terminal within the safety area is brought about by a safety check device. In this case, a restraining device can return or restrain the mobile terminal from the safety area, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Heribert BRÄUTIGAM, Eckart DONNER