Patents by Inventor Matthias GEMPEL
Matthias GEMPEL 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).
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Publication number: 20250121786Abstract: A method for operating an adjustment system for an interior of a motor vehicle, wherein the adjustment system has motor-adjustable interior elements, which are adjustable between different configurations by respective drive arrangements with actuators via adjustment kinematics, wherein a control arrangement is provided, by which the drive arrangements are activated in an adjustment routine in order to adjust the motor-adjustable interior elements from an initial configuration into an end configuration via the adjustment kinematics. The control arrangement has an obstacle representation of objects in the interior for collision testing during the adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: April 17, 2025Inventors: Matthias Gempel, Thomas Weingaertner
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Publication number: 20250074258Abstract: It is provided an adjustment system for adjusting an interior object in a vehicle interior, comprising at least—an adjustment apparatus for adjusting the interior object by means of external force and—control electronics for controlling the adjustment of the interior object by means of external force during an adjustment process starting from an initial position into a target position of the interior object. The control electronics are further designed to control the adjustment apparatus for the adjustment process in a first adjustment range for a rough adjustment of the interior object and in a subsequent second adjustment range from an intermediate position until the target position is reached for a precise adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: Christian HERRMANN, Peter HORN, Matthias GEMPEL, Christopher TRENKLE, Hans BAUER, Jasmin PFEUFER, Timo WITZEL, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER
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Publication number: 20250018835Abstract: A method for operating an adjustment system, the adjustment system comprising a motor-adjustable interior element for receiving a person, the motor-adjustable interior element being adjustable between different configurations by way of adjustment kinematics by a drive arrangement with at least one actuator, a control arrangement being provided. The control arrangement has a person model for the person received by the motor-adjustable interior element, and also an interior element model representing the interior element geometry and the adjustment kinematics of the motor-adjustable interior element, that the body configurations of the person that result from a motorized adjustment of the interior element are predicted by the control arrangement on the basis of the person model and the interior element model, and that the control in the adjustment routine is implemented by the control arrangement while complying with a comfort specification for the resulting body configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Matthias Gempel, Thomas Weingaertner
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Patent number: 12151594Abstract: A vehicle provided with a vehicle interior including an interior surface and at least one interior object provided for arrangement and fixation in the vehicle interior, an electronic detection device is provided, which is adapted to detect a position of the interior object on the interior surface. The at least one interior object includes at least one drive device for a non-mechanically guided displacement of the interior object on the interior surface of the vehicle, and the electronic detection device adapted to detect the reaching of a specified fixing position on the interior surface by the interior object.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Christian Herrmann, Matthias Gempel, Volker Deinhard, Eike Fröhlich, Markus Bauernfeind, Manfred Stenzel, Thomas Weingärtner, Wolfgang Uebel
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Publication number: 20240375554Abstract: A method for operating an adjustment system for an interior of a vehicle, wherein a collision-free adjustment path from an initial configuration to a final configuration is determined in a path planning routine by the control arrangement by way of intermediate configurations, wherein a collision check is performed for the intermediate configurations, in which the respective intermediate configuration is checked for the presence of a collision based on a kinematics model and a geometry model, wherein the collision-free adjustment path is generated based on the intermediate configurations and depending on the results of the collision check. A prediction of the presence of a collision is generated for the intermediate configurations by the control arrangement with the aid of a predetermined collision model based on a trained machine learning model and that the intermediate configurations are subjected to the collision check or rejected depending on the prediction of the collision check.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventor: Matthias Gempel
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Publication number: 20240351541Abstract: It is provided a method for function control on a vehicle, the method having at least the following steps: detecting a useful item in the surroundings of the vehicle or in an interior of the vehicle by at least one sensor device of the vehicle, and triggering at least one function on the vehicle depending on at least one detected operator event and the detection of the useful item. The at least one operator event comprises a presence of at least one person in the interior, and a level of attention of the at least one person directed towards a portion of the interior, on which the at least one triggered function is dependent, being detected by the at least one sensor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Markus ROSENTHAL, Matthias GEMPEL
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Publication number: 20240208370Abstract: It is provided an adjustment system for a vehicle, comprising at least one electronic obstacle-detection device for detecting a potential obstacle in an adjustment path of the at least one interior component to be adjusted by an external force, wherein the at least one obstacle-detection device is configured to generate at least one obstacle signal on detection of a potential obstacle in the adjustment path, and control electronics which are configured to generate at least one control signal for outputting a visually perceptible obstacle indication for a user in response to the at least one obstacle signal, via which the potential obstacle is indicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Christian HERRMANN, Peter HORN, Matthias GEMPEL, Christopher TRENKLE, Hans BAUER, Jasmin PFEUFER, Timo WITZEL, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER
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Publication number: 20220371476Abstract: A control arrangement for a drive arrangement of a motor vehicle interior element, the interior element is adjustable and lockable in position by aid of adjustment kinematics, the drive arrangement configured to adjust the interior element with the aid of adjustment kinematics and an interior sensor arrangement for detecting an object, the control arrangement activates the drive in an adjustment routine to adjust the interior element in a rotational motion from an initial angle to a terminal angle. The control arrangement activates the adjustment routine based on sensor data for the object, acquired by means of the interior sensor. The control arrangement includes an interior-element model of geometry of the interior element and the adjustment kinematics and generates a geometric object model based on the sensor data, to determine the terminal angle based on the interior-element model and the object model, adhering to a separation specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, BambergInventors: Matthias GEMPEL, Peter HORN, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER, Christian HERRMANN
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Publication number: 20220274509Abstract: A vehicle provided with a vehicle interior including an interior surface and at least one interior object provided for arrangement and fixation in the vehicle interior, an electronic detection device is provided, which is adapted to detect a position of the interior object on the interior surface. The at least one interior object includes at least one drive device for a non-mechanically guided displacement of the interior object on the interior surface of the vehicle, and the electronic detection device adapted to detect the reaching of a specified fixing position on the interior surface by the interior object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Christian HERRMANN, Matthias GEMPEL, Volker DEINHARD, Eike FRÖHLICH, Markus BAUERNFEIND, Manfred STENZEL, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER, Wolfgang UEBEL
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Publication number: 20220276378Abstract: A control system for actuating a motor vehicle component of a motor vehicle including a positioning system made of multiple positioning units of a first type and multiple positioning units of a second type, and configured to generate positioning information relating to an operator located in the surroundings of the motor vehicle. The positioning system has multiple positioning modules, each positioning module is paired with a separate module installation area, and the positioning modules in each paired module installation area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, BambergInventors: Sergej GAUERHOF, Florian POHL, Matthias GEMPEL
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Patent number: 11365580Abstract: A method for adjusting an adjusting part on a vehicle, wherein a possible obstacle in an adjustment path of the adjusting part which is to be adjusted can be detected by means of at least one sensor device, in order to block, stop and/or reverse an adjustment movement of the adjusting part. There is provision that at least one status indicator for the at least one sensor device is generated electronically, by means of which data indicator at least two different first and second operating states of the sensor device can be signaled, and for the adjustment movement of the adjusting part at least one current status information item of at least two different status information items relating to the current operating state of the at least one sensor device is signaled in accordance with the status indicator, in order to be perceived by a user.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERGInventors: Matthias Gempel, Manfred Stenzel
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Publication number: 20210086662Abstract: A method for operating an interior of a motor vehicle, having a number of electro-motive adjusting drives which each have an adjusting part, to which an adjusting path is assigned. The position of the adjusting parts is detected by means of a 3D sensor which is spaced apart from the electromotive adjusting drives. Said method further relates to an interior of a motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, BambergInventors: Matthias GEMPEL, Florian POHL, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER, Manfred STENZEL
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Publication number: 20200165860Abstract: A method for adjusting an adjusting part on a vehicle, wherein a possible obstacle in an adjustment path of the adjusting part which is to be adjusted can be detected by means of at least one sensor device, in order to block, stop and/or reverse an adjustment movement of the adjusting part. There is provision that at least one status indicator for the at least one sensor device is generated electronically, by means of which data indicator at least two different first and second operating states of the sensor device can be signaled, and for the adjustment movement of the adjusting part at least one current status information item of at least two different status information items relating to the current operating state of the at least one sensor device is signaled in accordance with the status indicator, in order to be perceived by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERGInventors: Matthias GEMPEL, Manfred STENZEL