Patents by Inventor Hermann GEBERT

Hermann GEBERT 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: 11427255
    Abstract: A method for supporting a process of coupling a transportation vehicle to a trailer wherein a position of a coupling element on the trailer is detected by a trailer coupling assistant and the transportation vehicle is at least partly autonomously maneuvered into a target position in which a trailer coupling of the transportation vehicle is disposed in a specified position for coupling to the coupling element on the trailer, wherein a rearward monitoring region of the transportation vehicle is monitored by a parking aid during the maneuvering process. The parking aid is operated in a standard mode in response to the trailer coupling assistant being deactivated and the parking aid is operated in a coupling mode in which obstacle warnings relating to the rearward region are output by the parking aid differently from in the standard mode in response to the trailer coupling assistant being activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Sascha Ziebart, Frank Schwitters, Chrystian Knoppek, Hermann Gebert, Benedikt Michl
  • Publication number: 20190256139
    Abstract: A method for supporting a process of coupling a transportation vehicle to a trailer wherein a position of a coupling element on the trailer is detected by a trailer coupling assistant and the transportation vehicle is at least partly autonomously maneuvered into a target position in which a trailer coupling of the transportation vehicle is disposed in a specified position for coupling to the coupling element on the trailer, wherein a rearward monitoring region of the transportation vehicle is monitored by a parking aid during the maneuvering process. The parking aid is operated in a standard mode in response to the trailer coupling assistant being deactivated and the parking aid is operated in a coupling mode in which obstacle warnings relating to the rearward region are output by the parking aid differently from in the standard mode in response to the trailer coupling assistant being activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Sascha ZIEBART, Frank SCHWITTERS, Chrystian KNOPPEK, Hermann GEBERT, Benedikt MICHL
  • Patent number: 9771069
    Abstract: A method and a device for the forward parking of a motor vehicle into a perpendicular parking space, wherein the motor vehicle includes an apparatus for detecting objects in the environment of the motor vehicle. The method includes detecting an object in the environment of the motor vehicle; determining the position of the object in relation to the motor vehicle; selecting a situation-dependent parking strategy as a function of the combination of the position of the object in relation to the motor vehicle and the turn signal position “left”, “right”, or “neutral” under the assumption of a perpendicular parking space next to the detected object; and performing a parking process on the basis of the situation-dependent parking strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Hermann Gebert, Mehmet Terkes, Torsten Wendler
  • Publication number: 20150375742
    Abstract: A method and a device for the forward parking of a motor vehicle into a perpendicular parking space, wherein the motor vehicle includes an apparatus for detecting objects in the environment of the motor vehicle. The method includes detecting an object in the environment of the motor vehicle; determining the position of the object in relation to the motor vehicle; selecting a situation-dependent parking strategy as a function of the combination of the position of the object in relation to the motor vehicle and the turn signal position “left”, “right”, or “neutral” under the assumption of a perpendicular parking space next to the detected object; and performing a parking process on the basis of the situation-dependent parking strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Hermann GEBERT, Mehmet TERKES, Torsten WENDLER