Patents by Inventor Martin Rous

Martin Rous 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: 10691136
    Abstract: A method and device for providing a signal for operating at least two vehicles including: receiving vehicle data values which represent at least one further vehicle, the at least one further vehicle cutting in between the at least two vehicles, acquiring a first driving strategy of the at least two vehicles, determining a second driving strategy for the at least two vehicles, as a function of the first driving strategy and as a function of the vehicle data values, and providing a signal for operating the at least two vehicles as a function of the second driving strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Rous, Christian Wegend, Volker Hofsaess
  • Patent number: 10423166
    Abstract: A method and a first apparatus for furnishing a signal for operating at least two vehicles along a first trajectory, having a step of ascertaining first environmental data values by way of at least one sensor of the at least two vehicles, the first environmental data values representing a first environment of the at least two vehicles; and a step of ascertaining second environmental data values from an external server, the second environmental data values representing a second environment, dependent on the first trajectory, of the at least two vehicles, the first environment being encompassed by the second environment. The method furthermore encompasses a step of determining data values on the basis of the first and second environmental data values, and a step of furnishing a signal, on the basis of the determined data values, for operating the at least two vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wegend, Martin Rous, Volker Hofsaess
  • Patent number: 10395527
    Abstract: A method and a control and detection device for a plausibility check of a wrong-way driving incident of a motor vehicle at a junction of a unidirectional roadway of a road, in which the plausibility check is activated by recognizing a direction feature of a roadway of the junction, and in which it is determined whether a current driving direction of the motor vehicle leads in the direction of a roadway having at least one prohibition sign, indicating that entry is prohibited, and/or in which it is determined whether a predicated driving route of the motor vehicle leads in the direction of a roadway having at least one prohibition sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Hofsaess, Martin Rous
  • Patent number: 10246054
    Abstract: The present disclosure is based on a device and on a method for enabling access to a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has at least one sensor which senses the surroundings and and/or the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The core of the present disclosure is that the enabling of access which occurs in response to an enabling request originating from outside the motor vehicle takes place at least as a function of the sensing by the sensor. The disclosure advantageously provides secure access to the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Rous, Volker Hofsaess
  • Publication number: 20190064848
    Abstract: A method for controlling a group of vehicles, the group of vehicles including at least two vehicles. The method includes transmitting a piece of driving information from at least one of the vehicles to a vehicle-independent processing unit; ascertaining individual control rules for the individual vehicles of the group of vehicles as a function of the transmitted piece of driving information; transmitting the ascertained individual control rules back to the respective vehicles; and controlling each vehicle of the group of vehicles as a function of the transmitted piece of driving information, using the individual control rule for the respective vehicle, with the aid of the vehicle-independent processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Volker Hofsaess, Christian Wegend, Martin Rous
  • Publication number: 20180356836
    Abstract: A method and device for providing a signal for operating at least two vehicles including: receiving vehicle data values which represent at least one further vehicle, the at least one further vehicle cutting in between the at least two vehicles, acquiring a first driving strategy of the at least two vehicles, determining a second driving strategy for the at least two vehicles, as a function of the first driving strategy and as a function of the vehicle data values, and providing a signal for operating the at least two vehicles as a function of the second driving strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Rous, Christian Wegend, Volker Hofsaess
  • Patent number: 10142893
    Abstract: A method for operating a terminal for a communication network, the terminal, based on a future route of the terminal, transmitting a reservation request for logging into a radio cell of the communication network along the route via the communication network to a radio cell management server, to be able to log into the requested radio cell as a function of a response of the radio cell management server. A method for operating a radio cell management server, a terminal, a radio cell management server, a vehicle, and a computer program, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Rous, Volker Hofsaess
  • Publication number: 20180157273
    Abstract: A method and a first apparatus for furnishing a signal for operating at least two vehicles along a first trajectory, having a step of ascertaining first environmental data values by way of at least one sensor of the at least two vehicles, the first environmental data values representing a first environment of the at least two vehicles; and a step of ascertaining second environmental data values from an external server, the second environmental data values representing a second environment, dependent on the first trajectory, of the at least two vehicles, the first environment being encompassed by the second environment. The method furthermore encompasses a step of determining data values on the basis of the first and second environmental data values, and a step of furnishing a signal, on the basis of the determined data values, for operating the at least two vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Wegend, Martin Rous, Volker Hofsaess
  • Publication number: 20180148016
    Abstract: The present disclosure is based on a device and on a method for enabling access to a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle has at least one sensor which senses the surroundings and and/or the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. The core of the present disclosure is that the enabling of access which occurs in response to an enabling request originating from outside the motor vehicle takes place at least as a function of the sensing by the sensor. The disclosure advantageously provides secure access to the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Martin Rous, Volker Hofsaess
  • Patent number: 9886853
    Abstract: A system for transferring information upon detection of wrong-way driving of a motor vehicle includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device encompasses a light source that is embodied to emit a light-coded signal, as well as a recognition unit that is embodied to detect wrong-way driving of a motor vehicle. The transmitting device is configured to emit the light-coded signal by way of the light source as soon as the recognition unit detects wrong-way driving of a motor vehicle, the light-coded signal containing an information item regarding wrong-way driving of the motor vehicle. The receiving device is configured to execute a row-by-row and/or column-by-column image scan, and to receive and evaluate a light-coded signal completely within one image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Rous, Volker Hofsaess
  • Publication number: 20170325136
    Abstract: A method for operating a terminal for a communication network, the terminal, based on a future route of the terminal, transmitting a reservation request for logging into a radio cell of the communication network along the route via the communication network to a radio cell management server, to be able to log into the requested radio cell as a function of a response of the radio cell management server. A method for operating a radio cell management server, a terminal, a radio cell management server, a vehicle, and a computer program, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Rous, Volker Hofsaess
  • Patent number: 9656677
    Abstract: A variable that represents at least the alertness of the driver in a current vehicle operating cycle is ascertained as a function of at least one of (i) the variable representing the alertness of the driver determined in a preceding vehicle operating cycle, and (ii) at least one value used for ascertaining the variable representing the alertness of the driver determined in a preceding vehicle operating cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dijanist Gjikokaj, Martin Rous
  • Publication number: 20160217687
    Abstract: A system for transferring information upon detection of wrong-way driving of a motor vehicle includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device encompasses a light source that is embodied to emit a light-coded signal, as well as a recognition unit that is embodied to detect wrong-way driving of a motor vehicle. The transmitting device is configured to emit the light-coded signal by way of the light source as soon as the recognition unit detects wrong-way driving of a motor vehicle, the light-coded signal containing an information item regarding wrong-way driving of the motor vehicle. The receiving device is configured to execute a row-by-row and/or column-by-column image scan, and to receive and evaluate a light-coded signal completely within one image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Rous, Volker Hofsaess
  • Patent number: 9229904
    Abstract: A diagnostic method for a vehicle component of a vehicle, an operating parameter of the vehicle component being detected during an operation of the vehicle and a status message corresponding to a status of the vehicle component being transmitted to a vehicle-external server as a function of the detected operating parameter for an analysis of the status message, a message based on the analysis of the status message being transmitted to a receiving device. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding diagnostic device, a corresponding diagnostic system, as well as a computer program is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Knoop, Martin Rous, Folko Flehmig
  • Patent number: 9105097
    Abstract: In a method for detecting a motion of an object with the aid of an image recording system (e.g., HDR camera) which includes an image sensor, a first reset and a second reset are performed at a time interval during the exposure of the image sensor, an extent of a region of constant brightness is measured from the image of an object, and the motion (direction, velocity, and optionally acceleration) of the object is ascertained from the relationship between the measured extent and the time interval between the first and second resets. This motion determination is achieved with the aid of a single image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Martin Rous
  • Publication number: 20140327557
    Abstract: A display method for a vehicle includes the following steps: determining a vehicle position, retrieving vehicle surroundings data from a database corresponding to the determined vehicle position, detecting the vehicle surroundings, and displaying a vehicle surroundings view based on the retrieved vehicle surroundings data and the detected vehicle surroundings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Stefan Nordbruch, Martin Rous
  • Patent number: 8797401
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (10) for a camera assemblage (29), the control device (10) comprising: at least one controller (16) for the reception of image signals (11) of a camera (6) and for the output or setting of camera parameters (19, 20) for the camera (6), the image signals (11) comprising a sequence of frames (Fi, i=1, 2,). Provision is made according to the present invention that the control device (10) subdivides the sequence of frames (Fi) into at least two subsequences (12, 14), and the at least one controller (16) controls the subsequences (12, 14) separately, and outputs different camera parameters (19, 20) for controlling the subsequences. Separate controllers or one shared controller are usable in this context. Function modules (22, 23, 24, 25) preferably transmit status signals via interfaces to the at least one controller. The camera assemblage for a vehicle, and a method for controlling the camera, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Rous
  • Publication number: 20120321133
    Abstract: In a method for detecting a motion of an object with the aid of an image recording system (e.g., HDR camera) which includes an image sensor, a first reset and a second reset are performed at a time interval during the exposure of the image sensor, an extent of a region of constant brightness is measured from the image of an object, and the motion (direction, velocity, and optionally acceleration) of the object is ascertained from the relationship between the measured extent and the time interval between the first and second resets. This motion determination is achieved with the aid of a single image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventor: Martin Rous
  • Publication number: 20110261212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (10) for a camera assemblage (29), the control device (10) comprising: at least one controller (16) for the reception of image signals (11) of a camera (6) and for the output or setting of camera parameters (19, 20) for the camera (6), the image signals (11) comprising a sequence of frames (Fi, i=1, 2,). Provision is made according to the present invention that the control device (10) subdivides the sequence of frames (Fi) into at least two subsequences (12, 14), and the at least one controller (16) controls the subsequences (12, 14) separately, and outputs different camera parameters (19, 20) for controlling the subsequences. Separate controllers or one shared controller are usable in this context. Function modules (22, 23, 24, 25) preferably transmit status signals via interfaces to the at least one controller. The camera assemblage for a vehicle, and a method for controlling the camera, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Martin Rous
  • Publication number: 20110074956
    Abstract: A device for a motor vehicle (10) is provided, the device including a headlight (14) for illuminating surroundings of the motor vehicle (10) using light pulses and a camera (12) for generating images of the surroundings of the motor vehicle. The camera (12) and the headlight (14) are synchronized such that the camera (12) generates the images in dark phases (48) of the headlight (14). Furthermore, a camera and a method for generating images are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Petko Faber, Paul Ruhnau, Martin Rous