Patents by Inventor Marco BROECKER

Marco BROECKER 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: 12409867
    Abstract: A driver assistance method by a control device is to receive driving environmental data from identically constructed motor vehicle sensor technologies of a first motor vehicle, as well as from at least one further motor vehicle, which drive on a set road section in an at least partially autonomous driving mode. Each motor vehicle may provide a road section model for each of the motor vehicles with an algorithm recorded in each respective motor vehicle. The control device examines the road section models and/or the algorithms for a feasibility of the at least partially autonomous driving mode for the first motor vehicle, evaluates the algorithms of each motor vehicle based on a comparison of the road models, and sets that algorithm, which satisfies the set feasibility criterion with the highest probability, as the target algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: CARIAD SE
    Inventors: Marco Broecker, Kai Kuhr
  • Publication number: 20230303128
    Abstract: A driver assistance method by a control device is to receive driving environmental data from identically constructed motor vehicle sensor technologies of a first motor vehicle, as well as from at least one further motor vehicle, which drive on a set road section in an at least partially autonomous driving mode. Each motor vehicle may provide a road section model for each of the motor vehicles with an algorithm recorded in each respective motor vehicle. The control device examines the road section models and/or the algorithms for a feasibility of the at least partially autonomous driving mode for the first motor vehicle, evaluates the algorithms of each motor vehicle based on a comparison of the road models, and sets that algorithm, which satisfies the set feasibility criterion with the highest probability, as the target algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CARIAD SE
    Inventors: Marco BROECKER, Kai KUHR
  • Patent number: 9592736
    Abstract: A method for controlling a locking device of an electric charging port of a vehicle. The vehicle has a keyless entry system, which makes it possible for the vehicle to be unlocked without the active operation of a vehicle key. Presence information of the vehicle key in the vicinity of the vehicle is detected and further a state of charge is detected that indicates whether a charging process is currently taking place via the charging port. The locking device is activated depending on the presence information and the state of charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marco Broecker, Lutz Dornburg, Robert Konnopka, Linda Kroj
  • Publication number: 20150329002
    Abstract: A method for controlling a locking device of an electric charging port of a vehicle. The vehicle has a keyless entry system, which makes it possible for the vehicle to be unlocked without the active operation of a vehicle key. Presence information of the vehicle key in the vicinity of the vehicle is detected and further a state of charge is detected that indicates whether a charging process is currently taking place via the charging port. The locking device is activated depending on the presence information and the state of charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Marco BROECKER, Lutz DORNBURG, Robert KONNOPKA, Linda KROJ