Patents by Inventor Josef Spaderna

Josef Spaderna 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).

  • Device and method for displaying pictograms in a vehicle
    Patent number: 6909407
    Abstract: A device for displaying pictograms in a vehicle wherein the device comprises a control unit and a display unit, in particular an LCD display unit, the control unit controlling the display unit, and a method for operating the device, wherein a) the display unit is divided into symbol fields (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) which are arranged one next to the other in a row, the control unit only ever displaying one pictogram in each symbol field simultaneously, b) the control unit always displays in a specific symbol field (2) each new pictogram which is to be displayed in the symbol fields (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) which are arranged one next to the other in a row, and displaces by one symbol field the pictograms which have already been displayed, without changing their order, c) a control element (13) is provided with which a coherent section of the pictograms which are arranged one next to the other in a row can be displayed in the symbol fields of the display unit if more pictograms are to be displayed simultaneously than symbol fie
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Stefan Schradi, Rainer Lemke, Jürgen Adams, Michael Klostermeier, Josef Spaderna