Patents by Inventor Marc Menzel

Marc Menzel 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: 10217358
    Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein a control card is created in a vehicle and passed on to an external unit such as, for example, another vehicle or a central server. In this way, a comparison of control cards is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
  • Patent number: 10205476
    Abstract: A vehicle-to-x communication system, a vehicle including a vehicle-to-x communication system and a method for transmitting vehicle-to-x messages. Instead of having to diversify transmission as is customary when at least two antennae are used, signals are emitted in a suitably split manner via a first antenna or a second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel, Richard Owen
  • Patent number: 10143039
    Abstract: A method for receiving a data packet containing at least position data in a transmission signal via a vehicular ad hoc network, including: filtering the received data packet on the basis of a first filter condition and outputting the filtered data packet to a processing device for processing the filtered data packet; and filtering the received data packet on the basis of a second filter condition and outputting the filtered data packet to a forwarding device for forwarding the filtered data packet to another subscriber of the vehicular ad hoc network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel
  • Publication number: 20180292227
    Abstract: A method for updating an electronic card in a vehicle based on a deviation between predicted states and actual states comprises calculating a predicted state of the vehicle, establishing an actual state of the vehicle, determining a deviation between the predicted state and the actual state, and storing information in the map if the predicted state and the actual state deviate from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping
  • Publication number: 20180284810
    Abstract: A method for establishing a cooperation partner for executing a driving maneuver, includes emission of a cooperation request by a first vehicle and receiving of the cooperation request by a second vehicle. The method also includes establishing of a significance value for cooperation on the basis of information included in the cooperation request, using information relating to the second vehicle, by the second vehicle. The method also includes emission of a piece of information focused on the cooperation request by the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Sebastian Strunck, Marc Menzel, Jonas Schönichen, Thomas Grotendorst, Marc Simon
  • Publication number: 20180279141
    Abstract: A method for testing a vehicle-to-X communication module by means of a diagnostic device as well as an associated vehicle-to-X communication module and an associated diagnostic device. During a test mode messages are exchanged between the vehicle-to-X communication module and the diagnostic device, and evaluated in order to detect errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicants: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Christian Morhart, Marc Menzel
  • Patent number: 10068479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a communication device for vehicle-to-X communication for a vehicle, comprising: at least four antennas for transmitting and receiving wireless information and at least one electronic control unit (ECU) for transmitting and receiving information via the antennas and for processing the information received or to be transmitted via the antennas, wherein the at least four antennas are arranged on the vehicle in such a way that the directional characteristics of antennas among the at least four antennas which are arranged directly opposite each other on the vehicle exhibit a spatial overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Staehlin, Marc Menzel
  • Publication number: 20180233040
    Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein the control card is received by another vehicle. This provides an increased degree of safety in situations to be regulated, as it is possible to compare control cards of different vehicles and coordinate them if necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
  • Publication number: 20180220282
    Abstract: A communications system for V2X communication, which can be installed in a motor vehicle at an installation location, includes a receiver for receiving communications data and a processor configured to capture a characteristic of the received communications data. The processor also configured to check the arrangement of the communications system at the installation location on the basis of a comparison of the captured characteristic with a reference characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel, Walter Fehrmann
  • Patent number: 9998451
    Abstract: A method for communicating between a first motor vehicle and at least one second motor vehicle, belonging to a mobile communication network including at least two motor vehicles. In a first step only one identifying piece of information is exchanged between the vehicles by each driver for forming a communication network by a radio communication unit via radio connection in order to initiate the internal communication of the vehicles present in a column formation, said piece of information being entered in a second step into a network communication unit of each vehicle, in order to join the communication network after acknowledgement by a network communication unit of at least one of the other vehicles belonging to the communication network. The identifying piece of information is an authentication, and the authentication takes place for each vehicle by a randomly generated password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Menzel, Ulrich Stählin
  • Patent number: 9989375
    Abstract: A method for transmitting travel route information to a person present outside of a motor vehicle, and to a system for transmitting such information. The method for transmitting travel route information to a person present outside of a motor vehicle provides that a navigation system present in the motor vehicle wirelessly transmits a data stream including the information to be transmitted directly or indirectly to a display device carried by the person. The information to be transmitted can be perceived by the person by the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Menzel, Sighard Schräbler
  • Patent number: 9985900
    Abstract: A method for determining a number of vehicle-to-X messages to be discarded, wherein a work cycle of a vehicle-to-X communication unit involves vehicle-to-X messages being received, wherein the work cycle involves a number of received vehicle-to-X messages being determined, wherein the work cycle involves an existent computation power being available and wherein the work cycle involves the number of vehicle-to-X messages to be discarded being determined on the basis of the number of received vehicle-to-X messages. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding system and to a use for the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel, Enno Kelling, Martin Schürmeier
  • Patent number: 9986596
    Abstract: A vehicle system including a V2X unit for operating a vehicle-to-X communication, having a communications module for wireless data transfer, and a control device for controlling a user application, having a communications module for wireless data transfer which can be coupled with the communications module of the V2X unit, wherein the V2X unit and the control unit can be activated into a data transfer mode in order to couple the communications modules of the V2X unit and of the control device with each other for a data exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel
  • Patent number: 9972210
    Abstract: A method and system for ascertaining at least one traffic-related local information item for a vehicle includes a reception device in a radio system to receive sent data from a radio system in at least one other vehicle in the vicinity of the one vehicle as defined by the reception range of the reception device. The reception device is configured for the vehicle-internal capture and evaluation of data for at least one operating variable from the one vehicle. The traffic-related local information item is ascertained from the received data from the other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Aunkofer, Marc Menzel, Ulrich Stählin
  • Patent number: 9959751
    Abstract: A filter method for adapting a computing load to a computing capacity of a car-to-x communication system, in which method car-to-x messages are received and/or sent using the car-to-x communication system and the received car-to-x messages require processing by the car-to-x communication system. The filter method decides which of the received car-to-x messages to process and which of the received car-to-x messages to discard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel
  • Publication number: 20180108257
    Abstract: The invention relates to a communication device for vehicle-to-X communication for a vehicle, comprising: at least four antennas for transmitting and receiving wireless information and at least one electronic control unit (ECU) for transmitting and receiving information via the antennas and for processing the information received or to be transmitted via the antennas, wherein the at least four antennas are arranged on the vehicle in such a way that the directional characteristics of antennas among the at least four antennas which are arranged directly opposite each other on the vehicle exhibit a spatial overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich STAEHLIN, Marc MENZEL
  • Patent number: 9935875
    Abstract: A method for relaying a data packet containing at least positional data, the data packet being carried in a transmission signal and received via a vehicular ad hoc network. The method includes the following steps: filtering the received data packet based on a predetermined filter condition; and relaying the filtered data packet to an additional receiver based on an identification of whether the filtered data packet should be relayed to the additional receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Thomas Grotendorst, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin
  • Publication number: 20180067789
    Abstract: A method for processing vehicle-to-X messages in a processing module and a method for processing vehicle-to-X messages in a control module. In the course of this messages are checked in a specified checking sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Torsten Martin, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin
  • Publication number: 20180069800
    Abstract: A method for determining a channel load in a vehicle-to-X communication, a method for adjusting a preprocessing in a vehicle-to-X communication, a vehicle-to-X communication system and a storage medium. In particular, a preprocessing can be adjusted in a vehicle-to-X communication, for example a filtering out of vehicle-to-X messages, to the channel load and/or to a system power by the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping, Marc Menzel
  • Publication number: 20180069928
    Abstract: A method for processing vehicle-to-x messages in a processing module and a method for processing vehicle-to-x messages in a control module. In this way, the data traffic between processing module and control module can be considerably reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Torsten Martin, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin