Patents by Inventor Markus STINNER

Markus STINNER 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: 12028704
    Abstract: The present disclosure invention relates to a method for the anonymized transmission of sensor data of a vehicle to a vehicle-external receiving unit, to an anonymizing system, and to a receiving unit, the method including the following steps: determining the sensor data at a measurement location at a measurement time, determining a traffic density in an environment of the measurement location, determining an anonymized time and/or an anonymized location, calculating an anonymization probability of the vehicle, which results from the traffic density and the anonymized time and/or location, determining whether the anonymization probability meets a predetermined anonymization condition, and if the anonymization condition is met, transmitting the sensor data to the external receiving unit, the anonymized time being indicated as a measurement time indication and/or the anonymized location being indicated as a measurement location indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Markus Stinner
  • Patent number: 11700240
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for anonymously providing data of a motor vehicle. A first dataset is generated by a motor vehicle, and the first dataset is anonymized using a vehicle computing unit. User related data and the anonymized first dataset are communicated to a first server system using the vehicle computing unit and the communicated user related data is deleted using the first server system. The anonymized first dataset is communicated to a second server system using the first server system after deletion of the user related data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Stephan Max, Markus Stinner
  • Publication number: 20220070148
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for anonymously providing data of a motor vehicle. A first dataset is generated by a motor vehicle, and the first dataset is anonymized using a vehicle computing unit. User related data and the anonymized first dataset are communicated to a first server system using the vehicle computing unit and the communicated user related data is deleted using the first server system. The anonymized first dataset is communicated to a second server system using the first server system after deletion of the user related data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Max, Markus Stinner
  • Publication number: 20220068048
    Abstract: According to a method for providing data of a motor vehicle, a first dataset is generated by means of the motor vehicle and anonymized by means of a vehicle processor. The anonymized first dataset is communicated to a server system by means of the vehicle processor. Therein, the anonymization is effected based on a predetermined parameter set. By means of the server system, a degree of anonymization achieved by the anonymization is determined based on the anonymized first dataset, and an adapted parameter set is generated based on the degree of anonymization and communicated to the vehicle processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Stephan Max, Markus Stinner
  • Publication number: 20210258776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the anonymized transmission of sensor data of a vehicle to a vehicle-external receiving unit, to an anonymizing system, and to a receiving unit, the method including the following steps: determining the sensor data at a measurement location at a measurement time, determining a traffic density in an environment of the measurement location, determining an anonymized time and/or an anonymized location, calculating an anonymization probability of the vehicle, which results from the traffic density and the anonymized time and/or location, determining whether the anonymization probability meets a predetermined anonymization condition, and if the anonymization condition is met, transmitting the sensor data to the external receiving unit, the anonymized time being indicated as a measurement time indication and/or the anonymized location being indicated as a measurement location indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Markus STINNER