Patents by Inventor Matthäus Artmann

Matthäus Artmann 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: 11667231
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle, a light source disposed at the vehicle and operable to emit light, and a control. Light emitted by the light source, when operated, illuminates a field of illumination exterior of the vehicle, with the field of view of the camera encompassing at least a portion of the field of illumination. The control, responsive to data processing by a processor of the control of image data captured by the camera, determines a change in the field of illumination provided by the light source. Responsive to the determined change in the field of illumination, the control at least one selected from the group of (i) adjusts the light source to accommodate the determined change, (ii) adjusts the camera to accommodate the determined change and (iii) generates an alert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Solar, Stefan Graf, Julian Baker, Matthäus Artmann
  • Patent number: 11530793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight for generating a light pattern (LV), particularly an adaptive light pattern, e.g. an adaptive dipped headlight and main beam light pattern, or a part of a light pattern of this kind, wherein the lighting device comprises a number N of preferably identical projection modules (10, 20), where N=2, 3, 4 or greater than 4, each of the projection modules (10, 20) being designed to generate a segment light pattern (LV10, LV20). The projection modules (10, 20) are arranged with respect to one another in such a manner than, proceeding from a first projection module (10), known as the starting projection module (10), which generates what is called the starting segment light pattern (LV10), the segment light patterns (LV20; LV20, LV30) of the further projection modules (20) are displaced laterally in a, particularly in a common, horizontal direction, with the extent of the displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Reisinger, Nina Brauner, Marina Fischer, Matthäus Artmann, Lukas Taudt, Stefan Miedler, Thomas Reiter
  • Publication number: 20220324372
    Abstract: A light module for motor vehicles, having a first laser arrangement (LS), which contains at least one laser light source (L1, L2, L3, L4) which can be modulated, the laser beam(s) (b1, b2, b3, b4) of which is/are directed to a pivotable micromirror (6) controlled by a mirror control (8) and from there to a light-converting means (7), and having a lighting optics (9) for projecting the illumination pattern generated by the light-converting means (10) into the traffic space/roadway, as a lighting system, and having a second laser arrangement (VL), which contains at least one laser light source (H1, H2, H3), the laser beam/laser beams (c1, c2, c3) of which is/are sent to the pivotable micromirror (6) controlled by the mirror control (8) and from there into the traffic space/roadway via a LIDAR exit optics (21), as well as having a LIDAR entry optics (14), which sends light of the second laser arrangement reflected in the exterior space to a detector (15), as a LIDAR system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Brandstetter, Johann Altmann, Matthäus Artmann, Peter Hartmann, Stefan Weissensteiner
  • Publication number: 20220057065
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight for generating a light pattern (LV), particularly an adaptive light pattern, e.g. an adaptive dipped headlight and main beam light pattern, or a part of a light pattern of this kind, wherein the lighting device comprises a number N of preferably identical projection modules (10, 20), where N=2, 3, 4 or greater than 4, each of the projection modules (10, 20) being designed to generate a segment light pattern (LV10, LV20). The projection modules (10, 20) are arranged with respect to one another in such a manner than, proceeding from a first projection module (10), known as the starting projection module (10), which generates what is called the starting segment light pattern (LV10), the segment light patterns (LV20; LV20, LV30) of the further projection modules (20) are displaced laterally in a, particularly in a common, horizontal direction, with the extent of the displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Bettina Reisinger, Nina Brauner, Marina Fischer, Matthäus Artmann, Lukas Taudt, Stefan Miedler, Thomas Reiter
  • Patent number: 11104279
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view rearward of the vehicle, a light source disposed at the vehicle and operable to emit light, and a control including an image processor. The control, responsive to detection of the object present in the field of view of the camera, determines a region of the field of view of the camera at which a detected object is located. The control determines an illumination level at the detected object and, responsive to the determined illumination level at the detected object being greater than an upper threshold level or less than a lower threshold level, controls the respective individually controllable light segment of the light source for that region of the field of view of the camera at which the detected object is located to adjust intensity of light emitted by that light segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: Magna Electronics Solutions Gmbh, Magna Electronics Europe GmbH & Co. OHG, ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Solar, Stefan Graf, Julian Baker, Matthäus Artmann
  • Publication number: 20200164814
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view rearward of the vehicle, a light source disposed at the vehicle and operable to emit light, and a control including an image processor. The control, responsive to detection of the object present in the field of view of the camera, determines a region of the field of view of the camera at which a detected object is located. The control determines an illumination level at the detected object and, responsive to the determined illumination level at the detected object being greater than an upper threshold level or less than a lower threshold level, controls the respective individually controllable light segment of the light source for that region of the field of view of the camera at which the detected object is located to adjust intensity of light emitted by that light segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Solar, Stefan Graf, Julian Baker, Matthäus Artmann
  • Publication number: 20200164792
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle, a light source disposed at the vehicle and operable to emit light, and a control. Light emitted by the light source, when operated, illuminates a field of illumination exterior of the vehicle, with the field of view of the camera encompassing at least a portion of the field of illumination. The control, responsive to data processing by a processor of the control of image data captured by the camera, determines a change in the field of illumination provided by the light source. Responsive to the determined change in the field of illumination, the control at least one selected from the group of (i) adjusts the light source to accommodate the determined change, (ii) adjusts the camera to accommodate the determined change and (iii) generates an alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Solar, Stefan Graf, Julian Baker, Matthäus Artmann