Patents by Inventor Marko Schröder

Marko Schröder 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: 7831368
    Abstract: A system for influence the speed of a host vehicle while the host vehicle is driving in a lane based on a control unit evaluating an environment of a host vehicle. The system has an electronic control unit connected to many sensors. The sensors each generate a signal. The control unit controls the host vehicle based on the signals from the sensors and further calculates a “bendiness”characteristic value from a yaw rate signal of the host vehicle. Sensed objects including other vehicles which are further away than other vehicles from the host vehicle are excluded from selection as target vehicle based on the “bendiness” characteristic value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Marko Schröder
  • Patent number: 7774123
    Abstract: An electronic control unit of a motor vehicle is connected to signal transmitters and generates output signals in response to a desired speed signal, a yaw signal, a target vehicle signal, and a wheel speed signal. The electronic control unit generates a trigger signal that limits the momentary speed (or momentarily the acceleration) of the motor vehicle for at least a value that substantially corresponds to a maximum of a distance X between the motor vehicle and a target motor vehicle at the same time of its leaving the detection area. The distance X is reduced by a shortening stretch DX to an effective distance Xeff that is dependent on at least one of an environmental condition environment (motorway, country road, town traffic), the speed of the target motor vehicle at the time of leaving the detection area, the momentary speed of the motor vehicle, and the bend radii of bends already driven through in the past within a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Marko Schröder
  • Patent number: 7177750
    Abstract: System for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle in its own lane, with an electronic control unit, which is connected to a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the yaw rate of the motor vehicle about its vertical axis, a signal generator which generates, for objects located in the space lying in front of the motor vehicle in its direction of travel, a signal which is characteristic of the distance and orientation of the objects with respect to the motor vehicle and which reproduces the speed relative to the speed of the driver's motor vehicle, and/or the distance relative to the driver's motor vehicle, and/or the angular offset or the lateral deviation relative to the vehicle longitudinal axis of the driver's motor vehicle, and a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the speed at least o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Marko Schröder
  • Publication number: 20050240335
    Abstract: System for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle, with an electronic control unit (ECU) which is connected to a signal transmitter generating a signal characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a signal transmitter generating a signal characteristic of the rate of revolutions of the motor vehicle about its vertical axis, a signal transmitter which generates a signal characteristic of objects located in the area in front of the motor vehicle in the direction of travel of the motor vehicle in respect of their distance from and orientation to the motor vehicle, which is the speed relative to the speed of one's own motor vehicle and/or the distance relative to one's own motor vehicle and/or the angle offset or the lateral drift relative to the vehicle longitudinal axis of one's own motor vehicle, and a signal transmitter generating a signal characteristic of the speed of at least one wheel of the motor vehicle and which electronic c
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Marko Schroder
  • Publication number: 20050216172
    Abstract: System for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle in its own lane, with an electronic control unit, which is connected to a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the yaw rate of the motor vehicle about its vertical axis, a signal generator which generates, for objects located in the space lying in front of the motor vehicle in its direction of travel, a signal which is characteristic of the distance and orientation of the objects with respect to the motor vehicle and which reproduces the speed relative to the speed of the driver's motor vehicle, and/or the distance relative to the driver's motor vehicle, and/or the angular offset or the lateral deviation relative to the vehicle longitudinal axis of the driver's motor vehicle, and a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the speed at least o
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventor: Marko Schroder
  • Publication number: 20050216137
    Abstract: System for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle in its own lane, comprising an electronic control unit, which is connected to a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the yaw rate of the motor vehicle about its vertical axis, a signal generator which generates, for objects located in the space lying in front of the motor vehicle in its direction of travel, a signal which is characteristic of the distance and orientation of the objects with respect to the motor vehicle and which reproduces the speed relative to the speed of the driver's motor vehicle, and/or the distance relative to the driver's motor vehicle, and/or the angular offset or the lateral deviation relative to the vehicle longitudinal axis of the driver's motor vehicle, and a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the speed at l
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventor: Marko Schroder
  • Publication number: 20050209764
    Abstract: System for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle in its own lane, with an electronic control unit, which is connected to a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the yaw rate of the motor vehicle about its vertical axis, a signal generator which generates, for objects located in the space lying in front of the motor vehicle in its direction of travel, a signal which is characteristic of the distance and orientation of the objects with respect to the motor vehicle and which reproduces the speed relative to the speed of the driver's motor vehicle, and/or the distance relative to the driver's motor vehicle, and/or the angular offset or the lateral deviation relative to the vehicle longitudinal axis of the driver's motor vehicle, and a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the speed at least o
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventor: Marko Schroder