Patents by Inventor Kay Schattenberg

Kay Schattenberg 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).

  • Operator control system for an automobile
    Patent number: 7447575
    Abstract: An operator control system for a vehicle includes a visual display unit for displaying at least one operator control function; and at least one central manual operating device is associated with the visual display unit, for operator control of the at least one displayed operator control function. In addition, at least one further manual operating means, as well as at least one sensor which detects when an object approaches the at least one further operating means. The visual display unit displays an operator control function associated with the further manual operating means when such an approach is sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Kai Goldbeck, Friedemann Kuhn, Kay Schattenberg, Matthias Wagner
  • Operator control system for an automobile
    Publication number: 20070168089
    Abstract: An operator control system for a vehicle includes a visual display unit for displaying at least one operator control function; and at least one central manual operating device is associated with the visual display unit, for operator control of the at least one displayed operator control function. In addition, at least one further manual operating means, as well as at least one sensor which detects when an object approaches the at least one further operating means. The visual display unit displays an operator control function associated with the further manual operating means when such an approach is sensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2004
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Kai Goldbeck, Friedemann Kuhn, Kay Schattenberg, Matthias Wagner
  • Method and divece for outputting data relating to information of a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20050107925
    Abstract: In a method for outputting data relating to user selectable information regarding a motor vehicle, a plurality of user selectable options relating to the information are represented, and data relating to the selected option is output. At least one context-dependent profile is defined, and a set of options determined by the profile is generated. Data are output as a function of the profiles and options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Holger Enigk, Daniel Hoffmann, Peter Hofmann, Stefan Leboch, Michaela Ludwig, Gerhard Nagel, Katrin Pazda, Siegfried Rothe, Kay Schattenberg, Christiane Steffens, Bernhard Straub, Hermann Von Hasseln