Patents by Inventor Jochen Kaller

Jochen Kaller 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).

  • Lane-change assistant for motor vehicles
    Patent number: 8040253
    Abstract: A lane-change assistant for motor vehicles, having a sensor system to locate vehicles on adjacent lanes in the rear space of the own vehicle, a decision module to decide whether a vehicle located in the rear space is on an immediately adjacent lane, and a driver interface to output the decision result, characterized in that a determination module is provided to determine the lane on which the own vehicle is traveling, and the decision module is designed to make the decision as a function of the result of the determination module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Kaller, Dieter Hoetzer
  • Lane-change assistant for motor vehicles
    Publication number: 20090102629
    Abstract: A lane-change assistant for motor vehicles, having a sensor system to locate vehicles on adjacent lanes in the rear space of the own vehicle, a decision module to decide whether a vehicle located in the rear space is on an immediately adjacent lane, and a driver interface to output the decision result, characterized in that a determination module is provided to determine the lane on which the own vehicle is traveling, and the decision module is designed to make the decision as a function of the result of the determination module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Jochen Kaller, Dieter Hoetzer