Patents by Inventor Joern Karl Friedrich Lichtenhagen

Joern Karl Friedrich Lichtenhagen 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: 10246131
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for performing a parking operation of a motor vehicle into a transverse parking space by means of a parking assistance system of the motor vehicle. With the method of the present disclosure, environmental information related to an environment of the motor vehicle can be captured by one or more sensors. The transverse parking space further can be detected by a controller of the parking assistance system depending on the environmental information, and one or more control signals can be received at a steering system of the motor vehicle. Based upon the one or more control signals received at the steering system, the motor vehicle can be guided from a current position through an entry side of the transverse parking space into the transverse parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren GmbH, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mehmet Terkes, Tobias Geiger, Joern Karl Friedrich Lichtenhagen
  • Publication number: 20160318551
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing a parking operation of a motor vehicle (1) into a transverse parking space (14) by means of a parking assistance system (2) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein environmental information to an environment (9) of the motor vehicle (1) is captured by a sensor device (4) of the parking assistance system (2) and the transverse parking space (14) is detected depending on the environmental information by a control device (3) of the parking assistance system (2) and control signals (11) are delivered at least to a steering system (10) of the motor vehicle (1), by which the motor vehicle (1) is guided from a current position through an entry side (22) of the transverse parking space (14) into the transverse parking space (14), wherein a rear boundary (17) is detected by the parking assistance system (2) based on the environmental information, which bounds the transverse parking space (14) on a rear side (16) opposing the entry side (22) in parking space longitudinal direc
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Mehmet Terkes, Tobias Geiger, Joern Karl Friedrich Lichtenhagen