Patents by Inventor Lucas VOLKERT

Lucas VOLKERT 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).

  • Method for communication of an at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle and a pedestrian by means of a system, and system
    Patent number: 12260745
    Abstract: A method for communication between an at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle and a pedestrian by a system includes detecting a presence of the pedestrian by detecting a presence of a mobile receiving device of the system on the pedestrian by the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle by a communication device of the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle. Depending on the detecting of the presence of the pedestrian, a first communication signal is transmitted from the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle to the mobile receiving device. A second communication signal is transmitted from the mobile receiving device to the communication device of the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle. The second communication signal is taken into account by the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle during an autonomous driving operation of the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
    Inventors: Janine Guenther, Nicolai Spohrer, Lucas Volkert, Florian Flerlage
  • Method for Communication of an at Least Partially Autonomously Driving Motor Vehicle and a Pedestrian by Means of a System, and System
    Publication number: 20230267827
    Abstract: A method for communication between an at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle and a pedestrian by a system includes detecting a presence of the pedestrian by detecting a presence of a mobile receiving device of the system on the pedestrian by the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle by a communication device of the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle. Depending on the detecting of the presence of the pedestrian, a first communication signal is transmitted from the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle to the mobile receiving device. A second communication signal is transmitted from the mobile receiving device to the communication device of the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle. The second communication signal is taken into account by the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle during an autonomous driving operation of the at least partially autonomously driving motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Janine GUENTHER, Nicolai SPOHRER, Lucas VOLKERT, Florian FLERLAGE
  • Preventing a Movement of an Autonomous Vehicle
    Publication number: 20230264652
    Abstract: A device for preventing a movement of an at least partially autonomously drivable vehicle in an autonomous driving mode includes an actuator where an immobilization function of the at least partially autonomously drivable vehicle is activatable or deactivatable by the actuator. The actuator is a switch accessible from outside of the at least partially autonomously drivable vehicle. Access to the actuator is controllable by an overriding safety device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Janine GUENTHER, Nicolai SPOHRER, Lucas VOLKERT, Florian FLERLAGE