Patents by Inventor Jürgen Leimbach

Jürgen Leimbach 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: 9560387
    Abstract: An interface for data transmission in a motor vehicle between a mobile data device (6) having a computation unit and an information display (4) in the motor vehicle is provided. The mobile data device (6) and the central information display (4) can be connected to one another by wireless communication, and the screen content of the mobile data device (6) can be presented on the information display (4). Provision is made for the computation unit of the mobile data device (6) to be set up to use the wireless communication to actuate the information display (4) in the motor vehicle by video signals, and for the computation unit of the information display (4) to be set up to present the video signals received from the mobile data device (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Barowski, Stephan Cieler, Carmen Freitag, Jürgen Leimbach, Guido Meier-Arendt, Alexander Niemeyer, Katrin Wenzel
  • Patent number: 9340204
    Abstract: An arrangement for controlling highly automated driving of a vehicle includes: a vehicle guiding device autonomously guiding the vehicle, an evaluation device evaluating a condition of a driver of the vehicle, and a control device controlling activation and deactivation of the vehicle guiding device. The control device activates or deactivates the vehicle guiding device on the basis of the remaining autonomous driving time during which the vehicle can be autonomously controlled by the vehicle guiding device and the reaction time of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Schnieders, Jürgen Leimbach
  • Publication number: 20150051781
    Abstract: An arrangement for controlling highly automated driving of a vehicle includes: a vehicle guiding device autonomously guiding the vehicle, an evaluation device evaluating a condition of a driver of the vehicle, and a control device controlling activation and deactivation of the vehicle guiding device. The control device activates or deactivates the vehicle guiding device on the basis of the remaining autonomous driving time during which the vehicle can be autonomously controlled by the vehicle guiding device and the reaction time of the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Heiko SCHNIEDERS, Jürgen Leimbach
  • Publication number: 20140082676
    Abstract: An interface for data transmission in a motor vehicle between a mobile data device (6) having a computation unit and an information display (4) in the motor vehicle is provided. The mobile data device (6) and the central information display (4) can be connected to one another by wireless communication, and the screen content of the mobile data device (6) can be presented on the information display (4). Provision is made for the computation unit of the mobile data device (6) to be set up to use the wireless communication to actuate the information display (4) in the motor vehicle by video signals, and for the computation unit of the information display (4) to be set up to present the video signals received from the mobile data device (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Barowski, Stephan Cieler, Carmen Freitag, Jürgen Leimbach, Guido Meier-Arendt, Alexander Niemeyer, Katrin Wenzel
  • Patent number: 6816785
    Abstract: The described navigation system makes use of the attribute pertaining to the existence of “preferred directions,” in particular, inside multi-story car parks. These preferred directions are not limited to a plane or to an orientation. Preferred directions are, in particular, longer entry and exit paths. The method detects a departure from the digitized area and then determines a preferred direction that is defined as a principle axis or a principle axis direction. When traveling within the non-digitized area, e.g. of a multi-story car park, the system monitors whether the vehicle moves within a predetermined limit of the previously defined principle axis direction. If this is the case, it is determined whether a deviation exists and this deviation is optionally corrected to conform with the principle axis direction. This enables compensation of errors that are caused, in particular, by the direction detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Leimbach, Torsten Mosis, Markus Schupfner, Lutz-Wolfgang Tiede
  • Publication number: 20030139880
    Abstract: The described navigation system makes use of the attribute pertaining to the existence of “preferred directions,” in particular, inside multi-story car parks. These preferred directions are not limited to a plane or to an orientation. Preferred directions are, in particular, longer entry and exit paths. The method detects a departure from the digitized area and then determines a preferred direction that is defined as a principle axis or a principle axis direction. When traveling within the non-digitized area, e.g. of a multi-story car park, the system monitors whether the vehicle moves within a predetermined limit of the previously defined principle axis direction. If this is the case, it is determined whether a deviation exists and this deviation is optionally corrected to conform with the principle axis direction. This enables compensation of errors that are caused, in particular, by the direction detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Juergen Leimbach, Torsten Mosis, Markus Schupfner, Lutz-Wolfgang Tiede
  • Patent number: 6531958
    Abstract: An indicating instrument for a vehicle includes an analog indication of the current measured value and has a variable indication of a reference value. An automatic setting device indicates the reference value based on variable data that are significant for the indicated measured variable. The entire indicating instrument is rotated by the setting device so that the pointer is aligned horizontally when the current measured value agrees with the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Kabatek, Jürgen Leimbach, Lutz-Wolfgang Tiede
  • Patent number: 6418375
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of routing using an offboard navigation system for motor vehicles, in which road points, at which there is a road junction, and also the road distance between adjacent road points on a calculated route are stored in a memory element in the vehicle. Preferably, only those road points which are also turnoff points are stored. The distance from the next turnoff point at which a turnoff maneuver is to be effected is determined by comparing the distance covered since the last turnoff point with a stored value for the road distance between the adjacent turnoff points. If a minimum value for the distance from the next turnoff point has not been reached, a driving instruction is output. The method requires only a small volume of data and an odometer for position finding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Lutz Tiede, Jürgen Leimbach
  • Patent number: 6411868
    Abstract: A method for distinguishing between a movement state and a rest state of a motor vehicle, in which the output signal of a sensor arranged in the vehicle is evaluated. The invention provides for the noise of the sensor signal to be evaluated in order to distinguish between the movement state and the rest state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Lutz Tiede, Jürgen Leimbach