Patents by Inventor Joerg Christian Wolf
Joerg Christian Wolf 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: 11776398Abstract: Technologies and techniques for merging/resolving MAP data and signal phase and timing (SPaT) messages for traffic light data prediction a vehicle in an intelligent transportation system. SPaT data and/or MAP data may be received in a vehicle from a direct source and a network source, and processed to merge data from the two different platforms. The merging of the data allows a vehicle to generate inferences relating to traffic light data received on direct, low-latency, connections, while taking advantage of the more comprehensive data provided from the network source.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AGInventors: Joerg Christian Wolf, Michael Zweck, Christian Steen, Dmitriy Kuzikov
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Patent number: 11766998Abstract: A vehicle attachment for guiding a vehicle includes a magnetic tape sensor, at least one sensor, a controller, at least one coupling device for attachment to the vehicle, and a vehicle interface system. The magnetic tape sensor is configured to detect a path. The at least one sensor can detect whether there are any obstructions along the path. The controller is configured to steer the vehicle along the predefined path and to adjust the speed of the vehicle to avoid coming in contact with any obstructions. The vehicle interface system is configured to communicatively couple the controller to at least one electronic control unit of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, PORSCHE AGInventors: Joerg Christian Wolf, Elnaz Vahedforough, James Phan Bui, Bryan Grant, Martin Fest, Nikhil George
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Patent number: 11691636Abstract: A system is provided generating a context-dependent experience for a vehicle driver, e.g., to relax or enhance the driver's mental state. A system controller is configured to receive driving context data regarding a driving situation from various driving context data sources. The driving context data may include vehicle operation data, e.g., generated by vehicle-based sensors, and environmental data regarding an environment external to the vehicle, e.g., received wirelessly from a remote server. The system controller may identify content triggering events based on (a) the received driver context data and (b) a set of content triggering rules. For each content triggering event, the system controller may select one or more human-perceivable contents elements (e.g., audio clips, seat massage settings, or air conditioner settings), and control one or more content output devices (e.g., speakers, seat massage system, or vehicle HVAC system) to output the selected content element(s) to the driver.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Morten Troestrup Winther, Josephine Clara Elisabeth Nitschke, Joerg Christian Wolf
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Patent number: 11600173Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods related to incentives for complying with suggested driving operations can include determining suggested driving operations, determining a desirability of the suggested driving operations, communicating the desirability of the suggested driving operations, and optionally monitoring compliance with the suggested driving operations.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventors: Liang Kong, Joerg Christian Wolf
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Publication number: 20220212679Abstract: A system is provided generating a context-dependent experience for a vehicle driver, e.g., to relax or enhance the driver's mental state. A system controller is configured to receive driving context data regarding a driving situation from various driving context data sources. The driving context data may include vehicle operation data, e.g., generated by vehicle-based sensors, and environmental data regarding an environment external to the vehicle, e.g., received wirelessly from a remote server. The system controller may identify content triggering events based on (a) the received driver context data and (b) a set of content triggering rules. For each content triggering event, the system controller may select one or more human-perceivable contents elements (e.g., audio clips, seat massage settings, or air conditioner settings), and control one or more content output devices (e.g., speakers, seat massage system, or vehicle HVAC system) to output the selected content element(s) to the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2021Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Morten Troestrup Winther, Josephine Clara Elisabeth Nitschke, Joerg Christian Wolf
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Patent number: 11360155Abstract: A computing system, method, and apparatus for determining a state of health indication for a battery are provided. A first supervised deep neural network (“DNN”) is trained using received characteristics for the battery as input and received process parameters as outputs. An unsupervised AI estimator is trained using one or more clustering methods based on extracted features from the first supervised DNN, where the received characteristics are input to the unsupervised AI estimator. A second supervised DNN is trained using identified clusters from the unsupervised AI estimator. The identified clusters are validated with state of health indications. User battery data is inputted to the second supervised DNN to determine the state of health for the battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AG, DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Melanie Senn, Joerg Christian Wolf, Lorenz Haghenbeck Emde
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Publication number: 20220101728Abstract: Technologies and techniques for merging/resolving MAP data and signal phase and timing (SPaT) messages for traffic light data prediction a vehicle in an intelligent transportation system. SPaT data and/or MAP data may be received in a vehicle from a direct source and a network source, and processed to merge data from the two different platforms. The merging of the data allows a vehicle to generate inferences relating to traffic light data received on direct, low-latency, connections, while taking advantage of the more comprehensive data provided from the network source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Joerg Christian Wolf, Michael Zweck, Christian Steen, Dmitriy Kuzikov
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Publication number: 20220065939Abstract: A computing system, method, and apparatus for determining a state of health indication for a battery are provided. A first supervised deep neural network (“DNN”) is trained using received characteristics for the battery as input and received process parameters as outputs. An unsupervised AI estimator is trained using one or more clustering methods based on extracted features from the first supervised DNN, where the received characteristics are input to the unsupervised AI estimator. A second supervised DNN is trained using identified clusters from the unsupervised AI estimator. The identified clusters are validated with state of health indications. User battery data is inputted to the second supervised DNN to determine the state of health for the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Melanie Senn, Joerg Christian Wolf, Lorenz Haghenbeck Emde
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Publication number: 20210049774Abstract: A system, components, and methodologies are provided for image data processing and subsequent use to detect and/or identify objects and object movement in such image data to enable assistance, automation, control and/or documentation regarding transportation vehicle movement. An affine contour filter provides the ability to extract precise sub-pixel roots of contours that represent boundaries of blobs in an image that undergoes small affine changes such as translation, rotation and scale. Thereby lateral contour tracking may be performed wherein movement of an object may be tracked within the field of view of a camera by aligning the contours associated with the object in space-time. As a result, the size and shape of the object to be tracked need not be specified ahead of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Edmund Dawes ZINK, Douglas Allen HAUGER, Lutz JUNGE, Jerramy L. GIPSON, Joerg Christian WOLF, Qiang LIU
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Patent number: 10922824Abstract: A system, components, and methodologies are provided for image data processing and subsequent use to detect and/or identify objects and object movement in such image data to enable assistance, automation, control and/or documentation regarding transportation vehicle movement. An affine contour filter provides the ability to extract precise sub-pixel roots of contours that represent boundaries of blobs in an image that undergoes small affine changes such as translation, rotation and scale. Thereby lateral contour tracking may be performed wherein movement of an object may be tracked within the field of view of a camera by aligning the contours associated with the object in space-time. As a result, the size and shape of the object to be tracked need not be specified ahead of time.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Inventors: Edmund Dawes Zink, Douglas Allen Hauger, Lutz Junge, Jerramy L. Gipson, Joerg Christian Wolf, Qiang Liu
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Publication number: 20210031734Abstract: A vehicle attachment for guiding a vehicle includes a magnetic tape sensor, at least one sensor, a controller, at least one coupling device for attachment to the vehicle, and a vehicle interface system. The magnetic tape sensor is configured to detect a path. The at least one sensor can detect whether there are any obstructions along the path. The controller is configured to steer the vehicle along the predefined path and to adjust the speed of the vehicle to avoid coming in contact with any obstructions. The vehicle interface system is configured to communicatively couple the controller to at least one electronic control unit of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Joerg Christian WOLF, Elnaz VAHEDFOROUGH, James Phan BUI, Bryan GRANT, Martin FEST, Nikhil GEORGE
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Publication number: 20210012652Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods related to incentives for complying with suggested driving operations can include determining suggested driving operations, determining a desirability of the suggested driving operations, communicating the desirability of the suggested driving operations, and optionally monitoring compliance with the suggested driving operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Liang KONG, Joerg Christian WOLF
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Patent number: 10388154Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling traffic signals using virtual induction loops. The system allows bidirectional communication between a traffic signal controller and a vehicle so that the controller can send map data to the vehicle and the vehicle can send a recall message to the controller, requesting to be served by the controller at an approaching traffic signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignees: Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Porsche AGInventors: Dmitriy Kuzikov, Michael Zweck, Christoph Rucker, Joerg Christian Wolf
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Patent number: 10255805Abstract: Systems, components, and methodologies are provided for improvements in operation of automotive vehicles by enabling emulation of traffic signal operation by genertic algorithms, providing tunable solutions for efficient and safe operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignees: Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Porsche AGInventors: Joerg Christian Wolf, Michael Zweck, Christoph Rucker