Patents by Inventor Karlheinz Schlottbom

Karlheinz Schlottbom 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: 6216088
    Abstract: A method for determing travel route data, especially within the framework of navigation of a vehicle, using a digital map which is kept in a central control station and in which static and dynamic parameters are stored by route section for the detected traffic routes, wherein the static parameters include at least structural features of the respective traffic route. The dynamic parameters include at least one conductance value and one load function of the respective section of the traffic route. The dynamic parameters are derived one time for the presetting of starting values from the structural features and, from that point, are continuously adapted to the real conditions of the respective sections of the traffic route with ensured availability of dynamic data independent from static parameters. The travel route data are determined on the basis of the relevant dynamic parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann AG
    Inventors: Werner Schulz, Christel Sievers, Uwe Albrecht, Karlheinz Schlottbom