Patents by Inventor Kai FRANKE

Kai FRANKE 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).

  • Publication number: 20190033837
    Abstract: A robot is adapted to pick up and transport objects and comprises a base plate, a drive unit, a pick up unit and a shelf unit, wherein the drive unit, the pick up unit and the shelf unit are positioned on the base plate. In addition, a method of transporting at least one object, comprising: providing the robot, the robot going to a first storing location where a first object is stored, the robot picking up the first object, and the robot transporting the first object to a first destiny location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: MAGAZINO GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas ZANGER, Timo FLAMM, Daniel SCHWAB, Joachim STEVEN, Stephan WETZEL, Kai FRANKE
  • Publication number: 20170174257
    Abstract: A method for adapting an actual steering wheel angle of a steering wheel and an actual wheel steering angle of a wheel steering system in a motor vehicle after an automated driving maneuver has been executed. The method includes detecting the actual steering wheel angle by a steering wheel angle-detection device and the actual wheel steering angle by a wheel steering angle-detection device, adapting the actual steering wheel angle by a steering wheel-actuation device and/or the actual wheel steering angle by a wheel steering-actuation device based on a transfer strategy within a predefined transfer time. Also disclosed is an associated device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Michael DÜRING, Kai FRANKE, Daniel TÖPFER, Omar El MIKATI
  • Publication number: 20170083021
    Abstract: A method for automatic determination and/or monitoring of a target trajectory for a vehicle by which a starting point corresponding to the current position of the vehicle is connected to a target point. The method includes determining different trajectories of the vehicle that connect the starting point to the target point, detecting a further target trajectory for each road user, wherein each of the further target trajectories connects the starting point of the respective road user to a target point corresponding to the respective road user, determining the trajectories of the vehicle as collision-free trajectories that do not result in a collision with one of the further road users if the respective road user is moving on the target trajectory, and determining and/or monitoring the target trajectory of the vehicle depending on the collision-free trajectories of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Reza BALAGHIASEFI, Michael DÜRING, Kai FRANKE