Patents by Inventor Mark Pleschka

Mark Pleschka 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: 11530930
    Abstract: A transportation vehicle having a navigation system and an operating system connected to the navigation system for data transmission via a bus system. The transportation vehicle has a microphone and includes a phoneme generation module for generating phonemes from an acoustic voice signal or the output signal of the microphone; the phonemes are part of a predefined selection of exclusively monosyllabic phonemes; and a phoneme-to-grapheme module for generating inputs to operate the transportation vehicle based on monosyllabic phonemes generated by the phoneme generation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Okko Buss, Mark Pleschka
  • Patent number: 11250835
    Abstract: A method for changing the audio response voice of a voice control system based on an activation command of a user. The method includes the user requesting the change of the activation command, the user inputting the new activation command, the gender of the new activation command being determined, setting the audio response voice in accordance with the gender in response to the gender being unambiguously masculine or unambiguously feminine, retaining the present audio response voice in response to the gender being neither unambiguously masculine nor unambiguously feminine, and applying the new activation command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Pleschka, Spyros Kousidis, Sebastian Varges, Zeno Wolze, Kim Maurice Cedziwoda
  • Publication number: 20200209008
    Abstract: A transportation vehicle having a navigation system and an operating system connected to the navigation system for data transmission via a bus system. The transportation vehicle has a microphone and includes a phoneme generation module for generating phonemes from an acoustic voice signal or the output signal of the microphone; the phonemes are part of a predefined selection of exclusively monosyllabic phonemes; and a phoneme-to-grapheme module for generating inputs to operate the transportation vehicle based on monosyllabic phonemes generated by the phoneme generation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Okko BUSS, Mark PLESCHKA
  • Publication number: 20200098349
    Abstract: A method for changing the audio response voice of a voice control system based on an activation command of a user. The method includes the user requesting the change of the activation command, the user inputting the new activation command, the gender of the new activation command being determined, setting the audio response voice in accordance with the gender in response to the gender being unambiguously masculine or unambiguously feminine, retaining the present audio response voice in response to the gender being neither unambiguously masculine nor unambiguously feminine, and applying the new activation command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Mark PLESCHKA, Spyros KOUSIDIS, Sebastian VARGES, Zeno WOLZE, Kim Maurice CEDZIWODA
  • Patent number: 9875003
    Abstract: A method for providing a user interface in which a set of objects stored in the form of data is displayed as a sequential list. The method involves each of the objects being allocated a position in a graphical presentation displayed in addition to the sequential list, the position being taken as a basis for displaying the objects in the graphical presentation. A first user action selects a position in the graphical presentation, and the selected position is taken as a basis for selecting a subset from the displayed set of objects in the sequential list. The positions in the graphical presentation are allocated a metric, wherein it is possible to ascertain a measure of distance between two positions, and an object is included in the subset on the basis of the measure of distance between the position associated with the respective object and the selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Stefan Struhs, Mark Pleschka, Oliver Meyer, Stefan Schulz, Silvio Federau
  • Publication number: 20140229876
    Abstract: A method for providing a user interface in which a set of objects stored in the form of data is displayed as a sequential list. The method involves each of the objects being allocated a position in a graphical presentation displayed in addition to the sequential list, the position being taken as a basis for displaying the objects in the graphical presentation. A first user action selects a position in the graphical presentation, and the selected position is taken as a basis for selecting a subset from the displayed set of objects in the sequential list. The positions in the graphical presentation are allocated a metric, wherein it is possible to ascertain a measure of distance between two positions, and an object is included in the subset on the basis of the measure of distance between the position associated with the respective object and the selected position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Stefan Struhs, Mark Pleschka, Oliver Meyer, Stefan Schulz, Silvio Federau