Patents by Inventor Julian LOECHNER

Julian LOECHNER 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, Computer Program Product, Computer-Readable Medium, Control Unit, and Vehicle Comprising the Control Unit for Determining a Collective Maneuver of at Least Two Vehicles
    Publication number: 20200050214
    Abstract: A method for determining a collective maneuver of at least two vehicles includes receiving a state of a first vehicle and a state of at least one further vehicle in an environment of an ego vehicle, and determining a current formation for the first vehicle and the at least one further vehicle on the basis of the received state of the first vehicle and the received state of the at least one further vehicle in the environment of the ego vehicle, the current formation comprising a relative arrangement of the first vehicle and of the at least one further vehicle with respect to a roadway. The method also includes determining a set of collective maneuvers on the basis of the current formation, where each collective maneuver of the set of collective maneuvers comprising a sequence of formations from the current formation to an end formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Kira GOEHL, Julian LOECHNER, Jens SCHULZ, Moritz WERLING