Patents by Inventor JAN GÖTTSCH

JAN GÖTTSCH 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determining a plausible lane for guiding a vehicle and an automobile
    Patent number: 8560220
    Abstract: A method for determining a lane on a roadway for a vehicle having at least two independent sensors includes the steps of obtaining with a first sensor data for a first area surrounding the vehicle, obtaining with at least two additional sensors data for at least two additional areas surrounding the vehicle, determining a first lane based on the data for the first area, determining at least two additional lanes based on the data for the at least two additional areas, and determining a resulting lane from the first and the at least two additional lanes, wherein when two of the least three lanes are identical and a third of the at least three lanes is not identical with the two identical lanes, the third lane is not taken into account when determining the resulting lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jan Göttsch, Stefan Schön, Wolfgang Mielich
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PLAUSIBLE LANE FOR GUIDING A VEHICLE AND AN AUTOMOBILE
    Publication number: 20120277990
    Abstract: A method for determining a lane on a roadway for a vehicle having at least two independent sensors includes the steps of obtaining with a first sensor data for a first area surrounding the vehicle, obtaining with at least two additional sensors data for at least two additional areas surrounding the vehicle, determining a first lane based on the data for the first area, determining at least two additional lanes based on the data for the at least two additional areas, and determining a resulting lane from the first and the at least two additional lanes, wherein when two of the least three lanes are identical and a third of the at least three lanes is not identical with the two identical lanes, the third lane is not taken into account when determining the resulting lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: JAN GÖTTSCH, STEFAN SCHÖN, WOLFGANG MIELICH