Patents by Inventor Joakim Christoffersson
Joakim Christoffersson 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).
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Patent number: 10606263Abstract: A handover notification arrangement is configured to provide a handover notification in a driver environment of a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities. The handover notification arrangement includes a road information arrangement configured to acquire road information representative of an upcoming road section at which the autonomous driving is likely to become at least partially disabled. The handover notification arrangement further includes a processing unit configured to calculate an estimated time available for autonomous driving and configured to calculate an uncertainty estimate of the estimated time available for autonomous driving. The handover notification arrangement is configured to cause the output unit to provide the handover notification such that the handover notification is provided earlier in cases of high uncertainty estimates than in cases of low uncertainty estimates. The present disclosure also describes a vehicle and a method of providing a handover notification.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventors: Peter Harda, Per Jessen, Joakim Christoffersson
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Patent number: 10356373Abstract: A vehicle image capture system may include a vehicle mounted image capture device adapted to capture one or more images external of a vehicle, a navigation system adapted to determine an instantaneous position of the vehicle, and a user interface arranged to allow a user to input a first position. The system is adapted to compare an instantaneous position of the vehicle with the first position, and to capture one or more images if the instantaneous position of the vehicle and the first position are within a predetermined proximity.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Joakim Christoffersson, Claus Allan Christensen, Anna Olesen
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Patent number: 9834144Abstract: A vehicle head-up display arrangement is provided that may include a projection unit, a vehicle driver eye position estimation unit and a detecting unit arranged to detect traffic signs and their location in relation to the vehicle, and a processing unit arranged to determine a content of the traffic signs. The processing unit is further arranged to determine relevance of content of the traffic signs. The projection unit is arranged to project light onto one or more areas of the windshield in line with the estimated eye position of the vehicle driver and traffic signs determined to have content not being relevant, such that these traffic signs, at least partially, are covered from the estimated eye position of the vehicle driver.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Anna Olesen, Joakim Christoffersson, Claus Allan Christensen
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Publication number: 20170300052Abstract: A handover notification arrangement is configured to provide a handover notification in a driver environment of a vehicle having autonomous driving capabilities. The handover notification arrangement includes a road information arrangement configured to acquire road information representative of an upcoming road section at which the autonomous driving is likely to become at least partially disabled. The handover notification arrangement further includes a processing unit configured to calculate an estimated time available for autonomous driving and configured to calculate an uncertainty estimate of the estimated time available for autonomous driving. The handover notification arrangement is configured to cause the output unit to provide the handover notification such that the handover notification is provided earlier in cases of high uncertainty estimates than in cases of low uncertainty estimates. The present disclosure also describes a vehicle and a method of providing a handover notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventors: Peter HARDA, Per JESSEN, Joakim CHRISTOFFERSSON
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Publication number: 20170177839Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a processor configured to disable a right for at least one media, send a communication for at least one new media, the communication indicating the disabled right of at least one media. Further, the processor is configured to receive the at least one new media.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Christian Rossing Kraft, Joakim Christoffersson
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Publication number: 20140218268Abstract: A vehicle head-up display arrangement is provided that may include a projection unit, a vehicle driver eye position estimation unit and a detecting unit arranged to detect traffic signs and their location in relation to the vehicle, and a processing unit arranged to determine a content of the traffic signs. The processing unit is further arranged to determine relevance of content of the traffic signs. The projection unit is arranged to project light onto one or more areas of the windshield in line with the estimated eye position of the vehicle driver and traffic signs determined to have content not being relevant, such that these traffic signs, at least partially, are covered from the estimated eye position of the vehicle driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventors: Anna OLESEN, Joakim CHRISTOFFERSSON, Claus Allan CHRISTENSEN
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Publication number: 20140125803Abstract: A vehicle image capture system is provided. The system may include a vehicle mounted image capture device adapted to capture one or more images external of a vehicle, a navigation system adapted to determine an instantaneous position of the vehicle, and a user interface arranged to allow a user to input a first position. The system is adapted to compare an instantaneous position of the vehicle with the first position, and to capture one or more images if the instantaneous position of the vehicle and the first position are within a predetermined proximity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventors: Joakim Christoffersson, Claus Allan Christensen, Anna Olesen
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Publication number: 20100331062Abstract: An apparatus includes a device body and a movable element slidingly engaged with the device body, the movable element being movable in a longitudinal direction between an open position and a closed position relative to the device body, wherein moving the movable element from the closed position to the open position engages an active state of the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Claus Allan Christensen, Aaron Moss, Evalena Sandberg, Alasdair McPhail, Claus Hersum Jorgensen, Joakim Christoffersson, Christian Rossing Kraft, Michael McKay, Nikolaj Bestle, Morten Saxbol
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Publication number: 20100106610Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a processor configured to disable a right for at least one media, send a communication for at least one new media, the communication indicating the disabled right of at least one media. Further, the processor is configured to receive the at least one new media.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Christian Rossing Kraft, Joakim Christoffersson
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Publication number: 20090313655Abstract: A method, and associated apparatus, computer program and user interface, the method including receiving information comprising the trigger time of programs on a plurality of media channels; assigning a priority to the programs based on the trigger time of the program relative to a given time point such that programs with a trigger time within a first predetermined time interval of the given time point are assigned a higher priority than programs with a trigger time within a second predetermined time interval of the given time point; and presenting, at the given time point, the programs in a list in order of assigned priority so that programs with a higher assigned priority are presented at a higher position in the list than programs with a lower assigned priority and user selection of a program from the list enables the media channel associated with the selected program to be accessed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2008Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Christian Rossing Kraft, Joakim Christoffersson, Pia Breum Nielsen
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Publication number: 20090144667Abstract: An apparatus including a display for presenting text; a touch sensitive input device configured to enable a user to make a trace input via the display; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to detect a first trace input that starts at a predetermined first location and extends across the touch sensitive input device to a second location wherein the processor is configured such that the detection of the first trace input actuates the deletion of the text presented between the predetermined first location and the second location.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2007Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Joakim Christoffersson, Christian R. Kraft