Patents by Inventor Klaus Diepold

Klaus Diepold 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: 11370484
    Abstract: A method for steering a vehicle that comprises a steering system with a steering wheel and a front axle as well as a rear axle with wheels, wherein it is provided that a direction of the vehicle is adjusted manually by a driver of the vehicle by adjustment of a steering wheel angle of the steering wheel, as a result of which, for the wheels of at least one of the axles, a steering angle is adjusted, which is obtained from the steering wheel angle plus a superposition angle, wherein, through an automatically adjustable steering ratio for the wheels of at least one of the axles, a ratio of the steering wheel angle to the steering angle for the wheels is set, wherein the vehicle travels into a curve on a circular path with a radius at a speed with a first value, wherein a steering wheel angle is adjusted by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Anton Obermüller, Adrian Mihailescu, Ferdinand Hartinger, Klaus Diepold, Martin Enning, Christian Wiedenmann, Michael Ortlechner, Matthias Lehmann
  • Patent number: 11192580
    Abstract: A method for steering a vehicle, having a front axle with steerable wheels, a rear axle with steerable wheels, having a steering system including as its components a steering wheel operable by the driver and at least one automatic steering module, wherein a manual primary steering intervention is undertaken by the driver of the vehicle for the steering wheel, on the basis of which a manual primary steering reaction occurs for the wheels of the front axle, wherein on the basis of the manual primary steering reaction at least one automatic secondary steering intervention is undertaken with the at least one automatic steering module for the wheels of at least one axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Anton Obermüller, Adrian Mihailescu, Martin Enning, Matthias Lehmann, Christian Wiedenmann, Michael Ortlechner, Ferdinand Hartinger, Klaus Diepold, Michael Schiffer
  • Patent number: 11084530
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method, a device and a motor vehicle for controlling at least one vehicle system of the motor vehicle during a drive, wherein each vehicle system is respectively adapted to perform a driving maneuver of the motor vehicle and for each vehicle system a control responsibility determines, in which proportion a driver and a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle each controls the vehicle system, the method comprising the steps of: providing an assignment specification with which a control responsibility is assigned for different driving situations in each case for each vehicle system; identifying an instantaneous driving situation while driving and determining the respectively assigned control responsibility in each vehicle system according to the assignment specification; receiving control instructions from the driver and from the driver assistance system for each vehicle system; and for each vehicle system, superposing control instructions from the driver and from the driver as
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Anton Obermüller, Adrian Mihailescu, Ferdinand Hartinger, Klaus Diepold, Martin Enning, Christian Wiedenmann, Michael Ortlechner, Matthias Lehmann
  • Patent number: 11059515
    Abstract: A method for control of a rear-axle steering of a motor vehicle. A steering angle of wheels of a rear axle is set. Upon reaching a predetermined lateral acceleration of the motor vehicle, the steering angle and/or the gradient of the steering angle of the wheels of the rear axle is limited as a function of a coefficient of friction of a roadway surface on which the motor vehicle is moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Anton Obermüller, Adrian Mihailescu, Ferdinand Hartinger, Klaus Diepold, Martin Enning, Christian Wiedenmann, Michael Ortlechner, Matthias Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20210101638
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method, a device and a motor vehicle for controlling at least one vehicle system of the motor vehicle during a drive, wherein each vehicle system is respectively adapted to perform a driving maneuver of the motor vehicle and for each vehicle system a control responsibility determines, in which proportion a driver and a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle each controls the vehicle system, the method comprising the steps of: providing an assignment specification with which a control responsibility is assigned for different driving situations in each case for each vehicle system; identifying an instantaneous driving situation while driving and determining the respectively assigned control responsibility in each vehicle system according to the assignment specification; receiving control instructions from the driver and from the driver assistance system for each vehicle system; and for each vehicle system, superposing control instructions from the driver and from the driver as
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Anton OBERMÜLLER, Adrian MIHAILESCU, Ferdinand HARTINGER, Klaus DIEPOLD, Martin ENNING, Christian WIEDENMANN, Michael ORTLECHNER, Matthias LEHMANN
  • Publication number: 20200207411
    Abstract: A method for steering a vehicle, having a front axle with steerable wheels, a rear axle with steerable wheels, having a steering system including as its components a steering wheel operable by the driver and at least one automatic steering module, wherein a manual primary steering intervention is undertaken by the driver of the vehicle for the steering wheel, on the basis of which a manual primary steering reaction occurs for the wheels of the front axle, wherein on the basis of the manual primary steering reaction at least one automatic secondary steering intervention is undertaken with the at least one automatic steering module for the wheels of at least one axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Anton OBERMÜLLER, Adrian MIHAILESCU, Martin ENNING, Matthias LEHMANN, Christian WIEDENMANN, Michael ORTLECHNER, Ferdinand HARTINGER, Klaus DIEPOLD, Michael SCHIFFER
  • Publication number: 20190152520
    Abstract: A method for steering a vehicle that comprises a steering system with a steering wheel and a front axle as well as a rear axle with wheels, wherein it is provided that a direction of the vehicle is adjusted manually by a driver of the vehicle by adjustment of a steering wheel angle of the steering wheel, as a result of which, for the wheels of at least one of the axles, a steering angle is adjusted, which is obtained from the steering wheel angle plus a superposition angle, wherein, through an automatically adjustable steering ratio for the wheels of at least one of the axles, a ratio of the steering wheel angle to the steering angle for the wheels is set, wherein the vehicle travels into a curve on a circular path with a radius at a speed with a first value, wherein a steering wheel angle is adjusted by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Anton OBERMÜLLER, Adrian MIHAILESCU, Ferdinand HARTINGER, Klaus DIEPOLD, Martin ENNING, Christian WIEDENMANN, Michael ORTLECHNER, Matthias LEHMANN
  • Publication number: 20190135337
    Abstract: A method for control of a rear-axle steering of a motor vehicle. A steering angle of wheels of a rear axle is set. Upon reaching a predetermined lateral acceleration of the motor vehicle, the steering angle and/or the gradient of the steering angle of the wheels of the rear axle is limited as a function of a coefficient of friction of a roadway surface on which the motor vehicle is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Anton OBERMÜLLER, Adrian MIHAILESCU, Ferdinand HARTINGER, Klaus DIEPOLD, Martin ENNING, Christian WIEDENMANN, Michael ORTLECHNER, Matthias LEHMANN
  • Patent number: 6690386
    Abstract: In a system for displaying medical images, medical images are generated from views internally within a body by means of x-rays, CAT scan, or MRI. The images are spaced in time or are views of spaced slices through tissue or through an organ within a body. The spacing between the images is such that the display of the images as a motion picture would result in the motion being depicted as jerky in the motion picture. A video processor generates dense motion vector fields between adjacent frames of the original set of images and, from the dense motion vector fields, generates interpolated images between the images of the original set. The interpolated images are assembled into a motion picture set of images, which are displayed by a video display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: DynaPel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Edelson, Klaus Diepold
  • Publication number: 20020180761
    Abstract: In a system for displaying medical images, medical images are generated from views internally within a body by means of x-rays, CAT scan, or MRI. The images are spaced in time or are views of spaced slices through tissue or through an organ within a body. The spacing between the images is such that the display of the images as a motion picture would result in the motion being depicted as jerky in the motion picture. A video processor generates dense motion vector fields between adjacent frames of the original set of images and, from the dense motion vector fields, generates interpolated images between the images of the original set. The interpolated images are assembled into a motion picture set of images, which are displayed by a video display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Steven D. Edelson, Klaus Diepold
  • Publication number: 20020135695
    Abstract: In a video processing system selected frames are eliminated to reduce the amount of video data. The frames are selected for elimination by scoring the frames to determine which frames can be eliminated and then most easily recreated from the remaining video after the elimination has taken place. When frames are eliminated, residuals are produced representing the difference between the recreated frames and the corresponding original frames which were eliminated. The frame elimination and generation of residuals is carried out in repeated cycles to progressively reduce the size of the remaining video until the amount of data in the computed residuals for each frame in the reduced video equals or exceeds the amount of data in the corresponding frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Steven D. Edelson, Klaus Diepold, Siegfried Wonneberger
  • Publication number: 20020054211
    Abstract: In a video camera surveillance system, a video processor determines dense motion vector fields between adjacent frames of the video. From the dense motion vector fields moving objects are detected and objects undergoing unexpected motion are highlighted in the display fo the video. To distinguish expected motion from unexpected motion, dense motion vector fields are stored representing expected motion and the vectors representing the moving object are compared with the stored vectors to determine whether the object motion is expected or unexpected. In an alternative embodiment, the video surveillance system comprises a panning camera and the frames of the video are arranged in a mosaic. Object motion in the video is detected by means of dense motion vector fields and the predicted position of objects in the mosaic is detected based on the detected object motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Steven D. Edelson, Klaus Diepold
  • Publication number: 20020041339
    Abstract: In a system for processing video to represent motion in still images, the motion of objects in the video is detected by a video processor which generates dense motion vector fields to identify moving objects in a selected video frame. The video processor adds speedlines to the selected frame, contour repetition to the selected frame, or image repetition to the selected frame to represent the motion of the objects in the selected frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventor: Klaus Diepold
  • Patent number: 6351545
    Abstract: In the motion picture display system, successive frames of a motion picture are compared to determine the dense motion vector fields representing the change of position of image elements in the images represented by the frames. Interpolated frames are generated by scaling the vectors of the dense motion vector fields to a fraction of their original magnitudes and moving image elements in the corresponding frames to positions in the interpolated frames in accordance with the dense motion vector fields. The invention is used to eliminate jerky motion in low frame rate motion pictures and also to provide slow motion in high frame rate motion pictures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: DynaPel Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Edelson, Klaus Diepold