Patents by Inventor Lars Dietzel

Lars Dietzel 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).

  • Apparatus and method for providing optimal gear advice
    Patent number: 10436602
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an indication to a driver of a geared vehicle that the vehicle is not in an optimal gear is disclosed. The method comprises determining a current gear of the vehicle and determining a current speed of a drive unit of the vehicle. An indication is then provided to the driver of the vehicle that the vehicle is not in an optimal gear when: (i) the determined current speed of the drive unit is greater than a predetermined threshold; and (ii) the determined current gear of the vehicle is less than a maximum gear of the vehicle. A method and apparatus is also disclosed for determining a score indicative of the amount of time during a journey on a road network that a geared vehicle is driven in an optimal gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: TOMTOM TELEMATICS B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Roeland Verheijen, Jasper Johannes Anthonius Pauwelussen, Christoph Ebert, Steffen Orlowsky, Marco Leupold, Lars Dietzel
  • Apparatus and method for gear detection
    Patent number: 9855842
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining the available gears of a geared vehicle based on the ratios of vehicle speed to engine speed, together with a method and apparatus for determining the current gear in which a geared vehicle is being driven based on the current ratio of vehicle speed to engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: TOMTOM TELEMATICS B.V.
    Inventors: Lars Dietzel, Rene Liebscher
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OPTIMAL GEAR ADVICE
    Publication number: 20170314679
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an indication to a driver of a geared vehicle that the vehicle is not in an optimal gear is disclosed. The method comprises determining a current gear of the vehicle and determining a current speed of a drive unit of the vehicle. An indication is then provided to the driver of the vehicle that the vehicle is not in an optimal gear when: (i) the determined current speed of the drive unit is greater than a predetermined threshold; and (ii) the determined current gear of the vehicle is less than a maximum gear of the vehicle. A method and apparatus is also disclosed for determining a score indicative of the amount of time during a journey on a road network that a geared vehicle is driven in an optimal gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Roeland Verheijen, Jasper Johannes Anthonius Pauwelussen, Christoph Ebert, Steffen Orlowsky, Marco Leupold, Lars Dietzel, Alexander Schmidt
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GEAR DETECTION
    Publication number: 20160146336
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for determining the available gears of a geared vehicle based on the ratios of vehicle speed to engine speed, together with a method and apparatus for determining the current gear in which a geared vehicle is being driven based on the current ratio of vehicle speed to engine speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Lars Dietzel, Rene Liebscher