Patents by Inventor Markus Hörwick

Markus Hörwick 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).

  • Provision of an efficient environmental map for a vehicle
    Patent number: 9792819
    Abstract: A method provides an environmental map for a vehicle, wherein the environmental map represents a section of the environment and includes cells which are each assigned to a subsection of the environment of the vehicle. Each cell is assigned occupancy information which is based on the probability of the presence of an object in the subsection assigned to the cell in question. The vehicle has a group of at least two driver assistance systems which are each configured to adopt an active and an inactive state and which, in the active state require occupancy information concerning sections of the environment which at least do not overlap completely. The method determines the driver assistance system(s) which is(are) in the active state; determines the section of the environment that the environmental map is intended to represent, on the basis of the section(s) about which the driver assistance system(s) in the active state require(s) occupancy information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Albrecht Neff, Marc Walessa, Markus Hoerwick, Oliver Kormann
  • Provision of an Efficient Environmental Map for a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20160049078
    Abstract: A method provides an environmental map for a vehicle, wherein the environmental map represents a section of the environment and includes cells which are each assigned to a subsection of the environment of the vehicle. Each cell is assigned occupancy information which is based on the probability of the presence of an object in the subsection assigned to the cell in question. The vehicle has a group of at least two driver assistance systems which are each configured to adopt an active and an inactive state and which, in the active state require occupancy information concerning sections of the environment which at least do not overlap completely. The method determines the driver assistance system(s) which is(are) in the active state; determines the section of the environment that the environmental map is intended to represent, on the basis of the section(s) about which the driver assistance system(s) in the active state require(s) occupancy information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Albrecht NEFF, Marc WALESSA, Markus HOERWICK, Oliver KORMANN
  • System and method for providing information in a vehicle
    Patent number: 7944343
    Abstract: A system for providing information to a vehicle occupant includes a haptic control element which is provided in the vehicle and is configured to generate a haptic signal. An electronic control unit is operatively connected to the haptic control element and activates the haptic control element in order to indicate with a haptic signal that information is available for retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignees: Audi AG, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Uwe Koser, Tilo Koch, Markus Hörwick, Tim Horenburg, Anton Obermüller, Johannes Schmid, David Jackson, Michael Shyh-Yen Ho, Edith Arnold, David Klaus