Patents by Inventor Holger Mindt

Holger Mindt 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: 12784587
    Abstract: A method for carrying out a plausibility check of a transmitted traffic light signal at an intersection system. The method includes: receiving a transmitted traffic light signal, wherein the traffic light signal represents a current traffic light phase of a traffic light of the intersection system and an associated lane; acquiring a traffic flow that crosses the traffic flow regulated by the traffic light signal and ascertaining characterizing data of the crossing traffic flow; evaluating the characterizing data to determine whether they correspond to characterizing data to be expected in relation to the transmitted traffic light signal, and issuing a warning if a non-correspondence is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Mindt
  • Publication number: 20240346926
    Abstract: A method for carrying out a plausibility check of a transmitted traffic light signal at an intersection system. The method includes: receiving a transmitted traffic light signal, wherein the traffic light signal represents a current traffic light phase of a traffic light of the intersection system and an associated lane; acquiring a traffic flow that crosses the traffic flow regulated by the traffic light signal and ascertaining characterizing data of the crossing traffic flow; evaluating the characterizing data to determine whether they correspond to characterizing data to be expected in relation to the transmitted traffic light signal, and issuing a warning if a non-correspondence is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Holger Mindt
  • Publication number: 20240346932
    Abstract: A method for avoiding accidents at an intersection system, in particular in the context of automated driving. The method includes: receiving a transmitted traffic light signal, wherein the traffic light signal represents current traffic light phase of a traffic light of the intersection system and an associated lane, i.e., a lane assigned to the traffic light; detecting a traffic flow which crosses the traffic flow controlled by the traffic light signal, and ascertaining characterizing data of the crossing traffic flow; generating an object list from the characterizing data; evaluating the object list as to whether anomalies of one or more objects of the object list exist with respect to the transmitted traffic light signal; and outputting a warning if an anomaly is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Holger Mindt
  • Publication number: 20240298212
    Abstract: A method for securing communication between a roadside radio unit and vehicles in the surroundings of the roadside radio unit. The method includes: broadcasting a sequence of radio signals to the surroundings by means of the roadside radio unit, wherein the radio signals each have a temporal assignment; receiving a response signal from a vehicle or a stationary monitoring unit, wherein the response signal represents at least the temporal assignment of a radio signal that was faulty or not received by the vehicle or by the monitoring unit; and broadcasting a repeated signal by means of the roadside radio unit as a function of the received response signal, wherein the repeated signal represents the faulty or not-received radio signal and is in particular characterized as a repeated signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Tobias FRYE, Holger Mindt
  • Patent number: 11876955
    Abstract: A method for qualification of a camera system and/or its image/camera signals of a partially autonomously or autonomously driving vehicle. Infrastructure information from a vehicle's surroundings is used. The image/camera signal of the camera system is monitored by a monitoring function with regard to at least the following criteria: image/camera signal in recurring, known time windows, sequence of the image/camera signals, corruption of the image/camera signals, signature checking of the camera system. Checking of the image/camera signals using unmoving land markings that are reconciled with a list is carried out and they are checked for a mapping signature. Then the image/camera signals and the infrastructure information contained in the updated map check function are communicated to an evaluation function and merged and compared in a signal fusion unit. Consequently, a qualified image/camera signal is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Mindt
  • Publication number: 20230064268
    Abstract: A method for qualification of a camera system and/or its image/camera signals of a partially autonomously or autonomously driving vehicle. Infrastructure information from a vehicle's surroundings is used. The image/camera signal of the camera system is monitored by a monitoring function with regard to at least the following criteria: image/camera signal in recurring, known time windows, sequence of the image/camera signals, corruption of the image/camera signals, signature checking of the camera system. Checking of the image/camera signals using unmoving land markings that are reconciled with a list is carried out and they are checked for a mapping signature. Then the image/camera signals and the infrastructure information contained in the updated map check function are communicated to an evaluation function and merged and compared in a signal fusion unit. Consequently, a qualified image/camera signal is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Holger Mindt
  • Publication number: 20230061522
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a data fusion function of an infrastructure system for the infrastructure-supported assistance of motor vehicles during an at least semi-automated driving task within an infrastructure, the infrastructure including multiple infrastructure surroundings sensors for detecting an area of the infrastructure. The method includes: receiving multiple input data sets intended for the data fusion function, each of which includes surroundings data based on the respective detection of the area, which represent the detected area; receiving output data based on a data fusion of the input data sets, output by the data fusion function; checking the input data sets and/or the output data for consistency; outputting a check result of the check. A device, a computer program, and a machine-readable memory medium are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Adwait Sanjay Kale, Nils Uhlemann, Alexander Geraldy, Holger Mindt