Patents by Inventor Malte Lutz

Malte Lutz 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: 11827124
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, including a plurality of actuators that can be activated independently of one another and that are arranged in a matrix-like manner, at least one sensor system for detecting an object on the vehicle seat, and at least one control unit for activating the actuators. The control unit may be configured to activate the actuators as a function of a detected contour of the object, so that the contour of the vehicle seat adapts to the contour of the object, and to a method for adapting a vehicle seat to a vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mark Bennemann, Malte Lutz, Cedric Heise
  • Publication number: 20220297576
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, including a plurality of actuators that can be activated independently of one another and that are arranged in a matrix-like manner, at least one sensor system for detecting an object on the vehicle seat, and at least one control unit for activating the actuators. The control unit may be configured to activate the actuators as a function of a detected contour of the object, so that the contour of the vehicle seat adapts to the contour of the object, and to a method for adapting a vehicle seat to a vehicle occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Bennemann, Malte Lutz, Cedric Heise
  • Publication number: 20220219537
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle, which has a contactless head-up display, kHUD, which is designed to display virtual contents in superposition with real objects, and furthermore has a semi-active damper system, which is designed to be operated selectively with one of a plurality of damper characteristic curves. In the method according to the invention, a real object located in the direction of travel of the motor vehicle is identified, and virtual content for augmenting the identified real object is determined. In order to prepare for the display of the virtual content, one of the plurality of damper characteristic curves of the semi-active damper system is then selected in order, for example, to optimize both the operation and simulation of the damper system. The virtual content is then displayed, by means of the kHUD, in superposition with the real object, with fewer spatial discrepancies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Malte Lutz, Felix Pirch, Sascha Barton-Zeipert