Patents by Inventor Manfred LETTNER

Manfred LETTNER 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).

  • Publication number: 20170305438
    Abstract: Method for monitoring a computer vision system (CVS), said computer vision system (CVS) being part of a vehicle control system (VCS) of a vehicle (1000) that is used to maneuver said vehicle (1000) in 3D-space (3000), said computer vision system (CVS) being configured to monitor a surrounding area of the vehicle in real time and said computer vision monitor (CVM) monitoring the behavior of the computer vision system (CVS), comprising the steps of a.) providing the computer vision monitor (CVM) with information concerning a position (LM_POS) of at least one landmark (2000) in the 3D-space (3000), wherein said information is provided by a source, said source being independent of the computer vision system (CVS), b.) providing the computer vision monitor (CVM) with information concerning a current position (CUR_POS) of the vehicle (1000), c.) selecting based on steps a.) and b.) at least one landmark which falls within the range of vision of the computer vision system (CVS), d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan POLEDNA, Wilfried STEINER, Manfred LETTNER, Mehmed AYHAN