Patents by Inventor Ina Petermann-Stock

Ina Petermann-Stock 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: 11987171
    Abstract: A method for regulating the light emission from a vehicle light, wherein a road user located in the light emission direction of the vehicle light is detected, and the light emission from the vehicle light is changed, whereupon response data on the response of the road user to the change in the light emission are acquired. Prediction data indicating the response expected from a road user located in the light emission direction of the vehicle light to the changed light emission are determined. The acquired response data are compared with the determined prediction data, if the prediction data deviate from the response data, the adjustment in the light emission from the vehicle light by which a reduction in the deviation is predicted is determined, and the light emission is regulated according to the determined adjustment. Further, the invention relates to a device for carrying out this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sebastian Lampe, Christian Studeny, Annika Bussius, Roman Danov, Bert Guenther, Karl-Wilhelm Gutjahr, Ina Petermann-Stock, Joscha Roth, Mathias Thamm, Sebastian Vogler, Michael Weng
  • Publication number: 20230191984
    Abstract: A method for regulating the light emission from a vehicle light, wherein a road user located in the light emission direction of the vehicle light is detected, and the light emission from the vehicle light is changed, whereupon response data on the response of the road user to the change in the light emission are acquired. Prediction data indicating the response expected from a road user located in the light emission direction of the vehicle light to the changed light emission are determined. The acquired response data are compared with the determined prediction data, if the prediction data deviate from the response data, the adjustment in the light emission from the vehicle light by which a reduction in the deviation is predicted is determined, and the light emission is regulated according to the determined adjustment. Further, the invention relates to a device for carrying out this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sebastian LAMPE, Christian STUDENY, Annika BUSSIUS, Roman DANOV, Bert GUENTHER, Karl-Wilhelm GUTJAHR, Ina PETERMANN-STOCK, Joscha ROTH, Mathias THAMM, Sebastian VOGLER, Michael WENG
  • Publication number: 20210276567
    Abstract: A method for adapting a man-machine interface in a transportation vehicle, wherein the transportation vehicle is operated in at least one automated driving mode, wherein a degree of confidence of the driver is detected or determined, and wherein the man-machine interface is adapted as a function of the detected or determined degree of confidence. Also disclosed is a transportation vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Ina OTHERSEN, Sebastian HINZMANN, Ina PETERMANN-STOCK, Amelie STEPHAN
  • Patent number: 10427523
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for displaying driving modes of a vehicle (6). The vehicle (6) can be operated in at least two different driving modes. In the method according to the invention, it is ascertained whether the vehicle (6) is being operated in a first or a second driving mode. In the first driving mode, a first actuator carries out a first action, and in the second driving mode, a second actuator carries out the first action. A first graphical element (7) which represents the first actuator and a second graphical element (8) which represents the second actuator are generated on a display surface (3). Depending on whether the vehicle (6) is in the first or the second driving mode, a first graphical action element (9, 10) which represents the first action is generated with the first (7) and/or second graphical element (8). The invention further relates to a system (1) for displaying driving modes of a vehicle (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ina Petermann-Stock, Ina Othersen, Agata Rogge-Solti
  • Publication number: 20180222318
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for displaying driving modes of a vehicle (6). The vehicle (6) can be operated in at least two different driving modes. In the method according to the invention, it is ascertained whether the vehicle (6) is being operated in a first or a second driving mode. In the first driving mode, a first actuator carries out a first action, and in the second driving mode, a second actuator carries out the first action. A first graphical element (7) which represents the first actuator and a second graphical element (8) which represents the second actuator are generated on a display surface (3). Depending on whether the vehicle (6) is in the first or the second driving mode, a first graphical action element (9, 10) which represents the first action is generated with the first (7) and/or second graphical element (8). The invention further relates to a system (1) for displaying driving modes of a vehicle (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ina Petermann-Stock, Ina Othersen, Agata Rogge-Solti
  • Patent number: 9550500
    Abstract: A driver assistance system of a vehicle where the driver assistance system is able to control the vehicle at least partially automatically, a method alerts the driver to retake control of the vehicle from the driver assistance system based on the distance between the current location of the vehicle and an end of the autopilot capable route section. An end of an autopilot route section in a route planned for the vehicle is determined and distance information is determined between a current position of the vehicle and the end of the autopilot route section. The distance information is compared to a first and a second threshold value, and a first or a second indication is output as a function thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Linn Hackenberg, Lennart Bendewald, Ina Petermann-Stock
  • Patent number: 9487138
    Abstract: A method for outputting alert messages of a driver assistance system in a vehicle in which data for moving the vehicle and data regarding accident risks in the surroundings of the vehicle are detected, the detected data is evaluated and attributed to a specific accident risk category and an alert message is output subject to the attributed accident risk category. The method according to the invention is characterized in that from the captured movement of the vehicle a planned movement of the vehicle is derived and it is tested whether without modification of the planned movement of the vehicle a collision of the vehicle with another object will occur, and the manner of outputting the alert message is carried out in dependence on the result of said collision testing. The invention further relates to an associated driver assistance system and to a vehicle having such a driver assistance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Waeller, Johannes Rhede, Ina Petermann-Stock, Carsten Semmler, Andro Kleen, Markus Neumann
  • Publication number: 20150094899
    Abstract: a driver assistance system of a vehicle where the driver assistance system is able to control the vehicle at least partially automatically, a method alerts the driver to retake control of the vehicle from the driver assistance system based on the distance between the current location of the vehicle and an end of the autopilot capable route section. An end of an autopilot route section in a route planned for the vehicle is determined and distance information is determined between a current position of the vehicle and the end of the autopilot route section. The distance information is compared to a first and a second threshold value, and a first or a second indication is output as a function thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Linn Hackenberg, Lennart Bendewald, Ina Petermann-Stock