Patents by Inventor Indra-Lena Kögler

Indra-Lena Kögler 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: 11351862
    Abstract: An assembly of a graphical user interface in a transportation vehicle with a transportation vehicle seat to which a range is assigned and having a touchscreen arranged in the transportation vehicle relative to the transportation vehicle seat so a first sub-region of the touchscreen is arranged within the range and a second sub-region is arranged outside of the range. The assembly includes a control unit by which a virtual operating surface with an application region and an information region are generated. The virtual operating surface is output on the touchscreen so the application region extends substantially over the first sub-region of the touchscreen and the information region extends substantially over the second sub-region of the touchscreen. During the output process, a first section of the virtual operating surface is displayed on the touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Maria Esther Mejia Gonzalez, Heino Wengelnik, Indra Lena Koegler, Frank Althoff
  • Patent number: 11036346
    Abstract: A method for operating an operating system which generates and displays a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface includes a first representation with a front side representation of a planar graphical object. An operating action for the graphical object is detected and a transition animation is generated and displayed. Following the transition animation, a second representation with a rear side representation of the graphical object is displayed, the transition animation includes a rotation, shown in perspective, of the graphical object about an axis, and the rear side representation of the graphical object assuming a smaller area than the front side representation. The second representation also includes an information region, and the representation of the graphical object is made smaller during the transition animation. Also disclosed is an operating system having a control unit, a display surface, and a detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Mathias Kuhn, Indra-Lena Kögler, Filip Piotr Chudzinski
  • Publication number: 20200055396
    Abstract: An assembly of a graphical user interface in a transportation vehicle with a transportation vehicle seat to which a range is assigned and having a touchscreen arranged in the transportation vehicle relative to the transportation vehicle seat so a first sub-region of the touchscreen is arranged within the range and a second sub-region is arranged outside of the range. The assembly includes a control unit by which a virtual operating surface with an application region and an information region are generated. The virtual operating surface is output on the touchscreen so the application region extends substantially over the first sub-region of the touchscreen and the information region extends substantially over the second sub-region of the touchscreen. During the output process, a first section of the virtual operating surface is displayed on the touchscreen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Maria Esther MEJIA GONZALEZ, Heino WENGELNIK, Indra Lena KOEGLER, Frank ALTHOFF
  • Publication number: 20200058150
    Abstract: A method for operating an operating system which generates and displays a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface includes a first representation with a front side representation of a planar graphical object. An operating action for the graphical object is detected and a transition animation is generated and displayed. Following the transition animation, a second representation with a rear side representation of the graphical object is displayed, the transition animation includes a rotation, shown in perspective, of the graphical object about an axis, and the rear side representation of the graphical object assuming a smaller area than the front side representation. The second representation also includes an information region, and the representation of the graphical object is made smaller during the transition animation. Also disclosed is an operating system having a control unit, a display surface, and a detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Mathias KUHN, Indra-Lena KÖGLER, Filip Piotr CHUDZINSKI
  • Patent number: 10427525
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor vehicle comfort system, wherein the control is carried out with the aid of a touch-sensitive display and user interface assigned to the comfort system. In at least one operating mode, the virtual representation of at least one body having a three-dimensional appearance is generated in a first position on the touch-sensitive display and user interface and at least one function that can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the surface of the body, wherein the body is moved after rotating around a horizontal or vertical axis into another position in which at least one other function which can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the visible surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Indra-Lena Kögler, Mathias Kuhn, Filip Piotr Chudzinski, Sönke Petersen, Omer Yosha, Alexander Hahn
  • Patent number: 10185485
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a graphical user interface in a vehicle. The method involves graphical objects displayed completely visibly on a display panel in a first mode of operation of a display apparatus, the graphical objects are divided into a first set of graphical objects and a second set of graphical objects. In a second mode of operation, the display panel is reduced and the display panel is divided into a visible portion and a nonvisible portion so that, following a change from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation, the graphical objects in the first set are displayed completely on the visible portion of the display panel and the graphical objects in the second set are at least to some extent not displayed on the visible portion of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mathias Kuhn, Indra-Lena Kögler, Alexander Hahn
  • Publication number: 20170087989
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor vehicle comfort system, wherein the control is carried out with the aid of a touch-sensitive display and user interface assigned to the comfort system. In at least one operating mode, the virtual representation of at least one body having a three-dimensional appearance is generated in a first position on the touch-sensitive display and user interface and at least one function that can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the surface of the body, wherein the body is moved after rotating around a horizontal or vertical axis into another position in which at least one other function which can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the visible surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Indra-Lena KÖGLER, Mathias Peter KUHN, Filip Piotr CHUDZINSKI, Sönke PETERSEN, Omer YOSHA, Alexander HAHN
  • Publication number: 20160370984
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing a graphical user interface in a vehicle. The method involves graphical objects displayed completely visibly on a display panel in a first mode of operation of a display apparatus, the graphical objects are divided into a first set of graphical objects and a second set of graphical objects. In a second mode of operation, the display panel is reduced and the display panel is divided into a visible portion and a nonvisible portion so that, following a change from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation, the graphical objects in the first set are displayed completely on the visible portion of the display panel and the graphical objects in the second set are at least to some extent not displayed on the visible portion of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Mathias KUHN, Indra-Lena KÖGLER, Alexander HAHN
  • Patent number: 9500496
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus for spatially representing a digital map section around a geographical position on the earth's surface on the basis of digital geodata, wherein the digital geodata have height information, having a first input interface for the digital geodata; a second input interface for coordinates of the geographical position; a third input interface for a perspective stipulation variable corresponding to a desired viewing direction of the position; a processor module which is coupled to the first, second and third input interfaces; and an output interface coupled to the processor module and intended to output output data corresponding to the projection of the geodata which can be visually perceived in different ways and corresponds to the height information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Indra-Lena Kögler, Benjamin Gross, Markus Hübner
  • Publication number: 20150363083
    Abstract: A user interface and a method for adapting semantic scaling of a tile to a display unit of a user interface are provided. The method includes displaying a first tile including a first plurality of command buttons, detecting a user command to enlarge the display of the first tile and in response thereto, displaying an enlarged display of the first tile including a second plurality of command buttons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Indra-Lena Kögler, Mathias Kuhn, Filip Piotr Chudzinski, Alexander Hahn, Sönke Petersen, Omer Yosha
  • Publication number: 20150285654
    Abstract: A navigation apparatus for spatially representing a digital map section around a geographical position on the earth's surface on the basis of digital geodata, wherein the digital geodata have height information, having a first input interface for the digital geodata; a second input interface for coordinates of the geographical position; a third input interface for a perspective stipulation variable corresponding to a desired viewing direction of the position; a processor module which is coupled to the first, second and third input interfaces; and an output interface coupled to the processor module and intended to output output data corresponding to the projection of the geodata which can be visually perceived in different ways and corresponds to the height information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Indra-Lena Kögler, Benjamin Gross, Markus Hübner
  • Patent number: 8884789
    Abstract: In a method for displaying information in a vehicle, a geographic map is displayed on a display surface, a symbol for the vehicle is displayed within the geographic map, the position of the symbol relative to the geographic map changing as a function of the geographic position of the vehicle, and a graphic object including supplementary information being displayed within the geographic map as a function of the geographic position of the vehicle. An image sequence including multiple images for the graphic object is produced and displayed as a function of the geographic position of the vehicle such that at the end of the image sequence the graphic object has disappeared or can no longer be assigned to the supplementary information. A device is adapted to implement the method described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Volkmar Wagner, Indra-Lena Koegler, Daniel Canis
  • Publication number: 20110215950
    Abstract: In a method for displaying information in a vehicle, a geographic map is displayed on a display surface, a symbol for the vehicle is displayed within the geographic map, the position of the symbol relative to the geographic map changing as a function of the geographic position of the vehicle, and a graphic object including supplementary information being displayed within the geographic map as a function of the geographic position of the vehicle. An image sequence including multiple images for the graphic object is produced and displayed as a function of the geographic position of the vehicle such that at the end of the image sequence the graphic object has disappeared or can no longer be assigned to the supplementary information. A device is adapted to implement the method described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Volkmar Wagner, Indra-Lena Koegler, Daniel Canis
  • Patent number: D914696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Indra-Lena Kögler
  • Patent number: D922411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Indra-Lena Kögler
  • Patent number: D934279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Indra-Lena Kögler