Patents by Inventor Jonas HOFFMANN

Jonas HOFFMANN 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, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING THE POSE OF A MOBILE UNIT
    Publication number: 20230177720
    Abstract: A method for determining the pose of a mobile unit having at least one sensor device, which is designed to register environment images of the mobile unit, and a map, in which at least one passable region is marked, includes registering at least one environment image by of the at least one sensor device and using the at least one registered environment image to calculate at least one collision-free region, and determining the pose of the mobile unit by a comparison of the at least one calculated collision-free region with the at least one passable region marked on the map. Furthermore, a system for carrying out the method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jonas HOFFMANN, Michael HOLICKI
  • Localization of a mobile unit by means of a multi hypothesis kalman filter method
    Patent number: 11158065
    Abstract: A method for determining a position of a mobile unit with at least one sensor device, which is set up to capture environmental images of the mobile unit, and with a map, which comprises at least known landmarks with map position information. At least one hypothesis is determined for the at least one initially estimated position of the mobile unit and the at least one landmark detected in an environmental image, wherein the at least one hypothesis comprises at least one association of the at least one detected landmark of the at least one captured environmental image with at least one known landmark of the map. At least one new estimate of the position of the mobile unit and a weight of the at least one hypothesis are determined for the at least one hypothesis by means of at least one Kalman filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Car.Software Estonia AS
    Inventors: Jonas Hoffmann, Michael Holicki
  • LOCALIZATION OF A MOBILE UNIT BY MEANS OF A MULTI-HYPOTHESIS KALMAN FILTER METHOD
    Publication number: 20200364883
    Abstract: A method for determining a position of a mobile unit with at least one sensor device, which is set up to capture environmental images of the mobile unit, and with a map, which comprises at least known landmarks with map position information. At least one hypothesis is determined for the at least one initially estimated position of the mobile unit and the at least one landmark detected in an environmental image, wherein the at least one hypothesis comprises at least one association of the at least one detected landmark of the at least one captured environmental image with at least one known landmark of the map. At least one new estimate of the position of the mobile unit and a weight of the at least one hypothesis are determined for the at least one hypothesis by means of at least one Kalman filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Jonas HOFFMANN, Michael HOLICKI