Patents by Inventor Malte PROBST

Malte PROBST 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: 11679782
    Abstract: A method and system for assisting operation of an ego-vehicle in the traffic situation with shared traffic space is provided, in which a future path for the ego-vehicle and a future path for another traffic participant and a relevant path corridor for each determine future path is determined. Based thereon, an overlap of the path corridors to define a shared traffic space is determined and individual distance measures between the ego-vehicle and the shared traffic space and between the other traffic participant and the shared traffic space are calculated to determine an asymmetry. Based on the asymmetry an order is determined and (partially) automated in accordance with trajectory determined based on the order, or information on the intended passing order is provided to the ego-vehicle driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael Wenzel, Malte Probst, Tim Puphal, Thomas Weisswange
  • Publication number: 20220315047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assisting a driver of an ego-vehicle in a traffic situation, wherein an ego-trajectory of the ego-vehicle and a trajectory of a traffic participant are calculated, an ego-trajectory alternative is generated by applying a lateral shift to the calculated ego-trajectory, an uncertainty area at least with respect to a lateral direction is determined for each trajectory, a spatio-temporal closeness of the uncertainty area of the ego-trajectory and the uncertainty area of the trajectory of the traffic participant is estimated for each of the plurality of ego-trajectories and an ego-trajectory is selected from the plurality of ego-trajectories based on the evaluated spatio-temporal closeness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Probst, Thomas Weisswange, Tim Puphal, Raphael Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20220234613
    Abstract: A method and system for assisting operation of an ego-vehicle in the traffic situation with shared traffic space is provided, in which a future path for the ego-vehicle and a future path for another traffic participant and a relevant path corridor for each determine future path is determined. Based thereon, an overlap of the path corridors to define a shared traffic space is determined and individual distance measures between the ego-vehicle and the shared traffic space and between the other traffic participant and the shared traffic space are calculated to determine an asymmetry. Based on the asymmetry an order is determined and (partially) automated in accordance with trajectory determined based on the order, or information on the intended passing order is provided to the ego-vehicle driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael Wenzel, Malte Probst, Tim Puphal, Thomas Weisswange
  • Patent number: 11220261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for use in a driver assistance system of an ego-vehicle. The method supports driving of the ego-vehicle and comprises the steps of retrieving a priority relationship between the ego-vehicle and at least one traffic participant involved in a traffic situation; selecting a prediction model for the at least one traffic participant depending on the priority relationship; predicting at last one hypothetical future trajectory for the ego-vehicle and, based on the selected prediction model, at last one hypothetical future trajectory for the at least one traffic participant; and calculating a behavior relevant score for ego-vehicle based on the calculated hypothetical future trajectories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Julian Eggert, Tim Puphal, Malte Probst
  • Publication number: 20200231149
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for use in a driver assistance system of an ego-vehicle. The method supports driving of the ego-vehicle and comprises the steps of retrieving a priority relationship between the ego-vehicle and at least one traffic participant involved in a traffic situation; selecting a prediction model for the at least one traffic participant depending on the priority relationship; predicting at last one hypothetical future trajectory for the ego-vehicle and, based on the selected prediction model, at last one hypothetical future trajectory for the at least one traffic participant; and calculating a behavior relevant score for ego-vehicle based on the calculated hypothetical future trajectories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Julian EGGERT, Tim PUPHAL, Malte PROBST