Patents by Inventor Markus BIRKNER

Markus BIRKNER 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).

  • Publication number: 20230264627
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle is configured to execute at least one a driving maneuver that can be executed without a driver, wherein, before the driving maneuver is executed by a computing device of the motor vehicle, a check is made to determine that at least one admissibility requirement for the execution of the driving maneuver is met. The execution of an operator action required to start the execution of the driving maneuver, executed by a user of the motor vehicle positioned outside the motor vehicle, is detected, or the absence thereof up to the present time is detected. The execution of the operator action can be detected by a monitoring device connected to the computing device, and/or based on a transmission of data describing the execution of the operator action to a communication device of the motor vehicle connected to the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Philipp KRETSCHMANN, Johannes RESCHKE, Markus BIRKNER, Georg MAIER