Patents by Inventor Marcus Hoerwick

Marcus Hoerwick 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: 9457813
    Abstract: An assessment of whether a roadway is directional is provided. The assessment includes stipulating a dimension if not previously calculated, and receiving of an output from an apparatus for environment recognition for a vehicle, which output is based on recognition of an environment of the vehicle at one instant. The assessment also include associating a factor with the output, wherein the factor is based on a speed of the vehicle at the instant associated with the output. The output is mapped into a rating value in accordance with a predefined mapping specification, and the factor is associated with the rating value. The dimension is then calculated based on a sum that is based on the rating value weighted with the associated factor, and on the previously calculated or stipulated dimension, after which the dimension can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marcus Hoerwick, Loren Schwarz, Martin Buchner
  • Publication number: 20150166070
    Abstract: An assessment of whether a roadway is directional is provided. The assessment includes stipulating a dimension if not previously calculated, and receiving of an output from an apparatus for environment recognition for a vehicle, which output is based on recognition of an environment of the vehicle at one instant. The assessment also include associating a factor with the output, wherein the factor is based on a speed of the vehicle at the instant associated with the output. The output is mapped into a rating value in accordance with a predefined mapping specification, and the factor is associated with the rating value. The dimension is then calculated based on a sum that is based on the rating value weighted with the associated factor, and on the previously calculated or stipulated dimension, after which the dimension can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Marcus Hoerwick, Loren Schwarz, Martin Buchner