Patents by Inventor Markus DICK

Markus DICK 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: 11945501
    Abstract: A method for operating a lane guidance system involves determining a time period from the time of a request from the lane guidance system to a vehicle user to touch the steering handle until the occurrence of a sensor signal caused by a touch of the steering handle in the sensor region and comparing it with a predetermined time window. An activation option of the lane guidance system is blocked in the event that the determined time duration is greater than the predetermined time window. In the event of a first request to touch the steering handle after an idle state, an activation option of the lane guidance system is disabled until a subsequent idle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Constantin Herget, Markus Dick, Ralph Klingel
  • Publication number: 20220128500
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device having a transmitter (1, 2, 3) for transmitting a measurement signal, a receiver (4) for receiving a response to the transmitted measurement signal, and a signal processing device (7, 8, 9; 18) for determining a measurement result from the response, the transmitter and/or the receiver having a coil (3; 4; 16), the measuring device having a calibration device for reducing an interference influence on the measurement result, characterized in that the calibration device is configured such that a current pulse can be introduced into the coil (3; 4; 16) from a current source (DC) and the signal processing device (7, 8, 9; 18) can perform a measurement value correction using the calibration signal generated by the current pulse and can determine a measurement result from the response and the measurement value correction. The invention further relates to a measuring method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Xihe Tan, Egon Zimmermann, Achim Mester, Jan van der Kruk, Walter Glaas, Markus Dick, Michael Ramm
  • Publication number: 20220073138
    Abstract: A method for operating a lane guidance system involves determining a time period from the time of a request from the lane guidance system to a vehicle user to touch the steering handle until the occurrence of a sensor signal caused by a touch of the steering handle in the sensor region and comparing it with a predetermined time window. An activation option of the lane guidance system is blocked in the event that the determined time duration is greater than the predetermined time window. In the event of a first request to touch the steering handle after an idle state, an activation option of the lane guidance system is disabled until a subsequent idle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Constantin HERGET, Markus DICK, Ralph KLINGEL