Patents by Inventor Lars Dudeck

Lars Dudeck 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).

  • Driver assistance system and method for supporting the driver of a vehicle in maintaining a traffic lane limited by traffic lane markings
    Patent number: 8896433
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for assisting the driver of a vehicle in maintaining a traffic lane limited by traffic lane markings, the traffic lane markings and the position of the vehicle in the traffic lane are detected. Upon an actual or impending change of traffic lanes a lane change warning is output to the driver of the vehicle in a first step, and a course correcting actuating intervention counteracting the lane change is carried out in a second step. The actuating intervention is carried out only if the change of traffic lanes is impermissible due to the type of traffic lane marking to be crossed during the traffic lane change, or if the lane change is not possible without danger due to collision-endangering objects present on the side of the traffic lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Bernd Danner, Uli Kolbe, Rainer Moebus, Markus Raab, Uwe Regensburger, Reinhold Schoeb, Anke Dorle Dudeck, Lars Dudeck, Sven Gerhard Dudeck
  • Driver Assistance System and Method for Supporting the Driver of a Vehicle in Maintaining a Traffic Lane Limited by Traffic Lane Markings
    Publication number: 20110234390
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for assisting the driver of a vehicle in maintaining a traffic lane limited by traffic lane markings, the traffic lane markings and the position of the vehicle in the traffic lane are detected. Upon an actual or impending change of traffic lanes a lane change warning is output to the driver of the vehicle in a first step, and a course correcting actuating intervention counteracting the lane change is carried out in a second step. The actuating intervention is carried out only if the change of traffic lanes is impermissible due to the type of traffic lane marking to be crossed during the traffic lane change, or if the lane change is not possible without danger due to collision-endangering objects present on the side of the traffic lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Bernd Danner, Uli Kolbe, Rainer Moebus, Markus Raab, Uwe Regensburger, Reinhold Schoeb, Ingo Dudeck, Lars Dudeck, Anke Dorle Dudeck, Sven Gerhard Dudeck