Patents by Inventor Matthias Schorn

Matthias Schorn 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).

  • Publication number: 20240354643
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a noise generated by a device. The method includes: ascertaining, for each device feature, a dependence of a contribution of the device feature to a noise evaluation characteristic number on the value of the device feature by training an EBM with combinations of values for the device features and, for each of the combinations, an associated value of the noise evaluation characteristic number, each of a plurality of decision trees of the EBM ascertaining a contribution to the noise evaluation characteristic number for a device that has the value for the device feature; ascertaining values of the device features for a device of which the noise is to be adjusted; ascertaining changes for one or more of the device features to the values of the device features for improving the noise evaluation characteristic number; and adjusting the device according to the ascertained changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Alber, Andreas Henke, Carine Au, Dmitry Naumkin, Felix Schorn, Florian Lang, Luis Augusto Huergo, Matthias Huber, Michael Kuka
  • Patent number: 9310210
    Abstract: An assessment module for assessing data from a digital map for a vehicle. The assessment is made on the basis of a piece of dedicated map quality information and measurement data from an ambient sensor system in the vehicle. The connected driver assistance systems and safety systems in the vehicle use the digital map data on the basis of the assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Otmar Schreiner, Andreas Kircher, Enno Kelling, Matthias Schorn
  • Patent number: 9177212
    Abstract: A method combines a road sign recognition system and a lane detection system of a motor vehicle. The road sign recognition system generates road sign information from sensor data of a camera-based or video-based sensor system and the lane detection system generates lane course information from the sensor data. Meaning-indicating data for road signs are generated from the lane course information, and are used to check the plausibility of and/or to interpret the road sign information. Data indicating the course of the lane are generated from the road sign information, and are used to check the plausibility of and/or to interpret the lane course information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Urban Meis, Christian Gutmann, Matthias Schorn, Steen Kristensen
  • Patent number: 8452524
    Abstract: A method is presented for recognizing traffic-related information (I) in a driving motor vehicle, in which sensor data (B) from a sensor and map data (K) from a navigation system are interpreted for recognition purposes, wherein the sensor data (B) is inspected in a first scene interpretation for the presence of traffic-related information (I) and is compacted to relevant sensor data (Br), the map data (K) is inspected in a second scene interpretation for the presence of traffic-related information (I) and is compacted to relevant map data (Kr), and the relevant sensor data (Br) and relevant map data (Kr) is fed to a regulator for interpreting the sensor and map data, wherein the regulator evaluates the sensor data (Br) and the map data (Kr) and then issues an output signal which corresponds to the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Continental Engineering Services GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Groitzsch, Matthias Schorn
  • Publication number: 20130101174
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for combining a road sign recognition system (1) and a lane detection system (2) of a motor vehicle, wherein the road sign recognition system (1) generates road sign information from sensor data of a camera-based or video-based sensor system (4) and the lane detection system (2) generates lane course information from said sensor data; according to the invention, meaning-indicating data for road signs are generated from the lane course information, the meaning-indicating data for road signs are used to check the plausibility of and/or to interpret the road sign information, data indicating the course of the lane are generated from the road sign information, and the data indicating the course of the lane are used to check the plausibility of and/or to interpret the lane course information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Urban Meis, Christian Gutmann, Matthias Schorn, Steen Kristensen
  • Patent number: 8363211
    Abstract: A sensor device for detecting a motion state of a motor vehicle. The sensor device includes at least one laser unit having a light source for emitting coherent light which is transmitted in the direction of a roadway surface, and an interference detector which is designed to detect at least one measurement variable which characterizes interference between the light scattered at the surface and the light of the light source. The measurement variable represents a speed component of the sensor device and/or a distance between the sensor device and the roadway surface. The laser unit is coupled to an evaluation device which is designed to determine, from the measurement variable, at least one variable which characterizes the motion state of the vehicle, in particular a speed component of the center of gravity of the vehicle, a rotational angle or a rotation rate of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, ADC Automotive Distance Controls Systems GmbH, Continental Engineering Service GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Groitzsch, Wilfried Mehr, Bernhard Schmid, Matthias Schorn, Christian Gutmann, Stefan Stözl, Frank Steinmeier, Artur Otto, Thomas Zuccaro
  • Patent number: 8355842
    Abstract: A method for steering a motor vehicle in a collision avoidance maneuver ahead of an object in the front or lateral surroundings of the motor vehicle. It is arranged that a linear control method is employed, in which case one controller output signal (?LLM1; . . . ; ?LLMN) each is determined in at least two linear controller modules depending on a deviation (e) between an actual position of the motor vehicle and a nominal position that is predetermined due to the avoiding path. The controller output signals (?LLM1; . . . ; ?LLMN) are weighted with respectively one weighting factor (?1; . . . ; ?N) that is established depending on the vehicle speed (v), and a steering angle of steerable wheels of the motor vehicle is established based on an arbitration of the weighted controller output signals. Furthermore, a device which is suitable to implement the method is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Maxim Arbitmann, Matthias Schorn, Rolf Isermann
  • Patent number: 8346706
    Abstract: A device is arranged to carry out a method for identifying traffic-relevant information in a moving vehicle, wherein image data of a visual sensor and map data of a navigation system are each pre-evaluated for the identification and the results of the pre-evaluation are combined and interpreted. The image and map data is scanned for traffic-relevant information and compacted to relevant image and map data in a first and second scene interpretations, and the relevant image and map data is supplied to a rule engine and to a state machine for interpreting the image and map data. The rule engine evaluates the image and map data and transmits an action to be executed to the state machine which carries out a transition in its state space including pre-defined states and outputs information which is assigned to the state or to the transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Automotive Distance Control Systems GmbH, Contintental Engineering Service GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Groitzsch, Matthias Schorn, Thomas Fechner, Ulrich Kressel
  • Patent number: 8340883
    Abstract: In order to be able to undertake a reliable prediction of a movement trajectory of an object moving in road traffic even for relatively long prediction periods, a method is proposed in which there is firstly determined (203) with the aid of an evaluation of a determined movement variable of the object a driving maneuver that is executed by the object. A model (2051; . . . ; 205N) of the movement of the object is then selected as a function of the determined driving maneuver, and the movement trajectory of the object is calculated with the aid of the selected model. There is also proposed an apparatus for predicting the movement trajectory of an object that is suitable for carrying out the method. The object can be both a motor vehicle and an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Maxim Arbitmann, Matthias Schorn, Rolf Isermann, Ulrich Stählin
  • Publication number: 20120167663
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement for capturing the coefficient of friction from a roadway surface, wherein the sensor arrangement is arranged on a motor vehicle and includes at least one radiation emitter unit and at least one electronic evaluation circuit, wherein the radiation emitter unit emits electromagnetic radiation toward the roadway surface and the radiation is at least to some extent reflected and/or scattered at the roadway surface and the reflected and/or scattered radiation is at least to some extent captured in the radiation emitter unit and/or in one or more additional sensor units, wherein the electronic evaluation circuit is designed such that it ascertains a piece of coefficient-of-friction information for the roadway surface from the intensity of the reflected and/or scattered radiation or a variable which is dependent thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicants: CONTINENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES GMBH, CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Stéphan Groitzsch, Matthias Schorn, Daniel Fischer, Stefan Stölzl
  • Patent number: 8209090
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of executing a collision avoidance maneuver ahead of an object in the surroundings, with which the vehicle is on a collision course. To allow determining the avoiding path in a simplest possible fashion and, in particular, a simplest possible parameterization of the path, the avoiding path is given by a sigmoid (ƒao(x); ƒao/2(x); ƒ2ao(x)), the shape of which is defined by at least one parameter (a; B; c) that is determined depending on the speed of the motor vehicle or a desired maneuver width of the collision avoidance maneuver. Also disclosed is a device which is suitable for implementing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Maxim Arbitmann, Ulrich Stählin, Matthias Schorn, Rolf Isermann
  • Publication number: 20100290030
    Abstract: A sensor device for detecting a motion state of a motor vehicle. The sensor device includes at least one laser unit having a light source for emitting coherent light which is transmitted in the direction of a roadway surface, and an interference detector which is designed to detect at least one measurement variable which characterizes interference between the light scattered at the surface and the light of the light source. The measurement variable represents a speed component of the sensor device and/or a distance between the sensor device and the roadway surface. The laser unit is coupled to an evaluation device which is designed to determine, from the measurement variable, at least one variable which characterizes the motion state of the vehicle, in particular a speed component of the center of gravity of the vehicle, a rotational angle or a rotation rate of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicants: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, ADC Automotive Distance Control Systems GmbH, Continental Engineering Service GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Groitzsch, Wilfried Mehr, Bernhard Schmidt, Matthias Schorn, Christian Gutmann, Stefan Stölzl, Frank Steinmeier, Artur Otto, Thomas Zuccaro
  • Publication number: 20100241354
    Abstract: An assessment module for assessing data from a digital map for a vehicle. The assessment is made on the basis of a piece of dedicated map quality information and measurement data from an ambient sensor system in the vehicle. The connected driver assistance systems and safety systems in the vehicle use the digital map data on the basis of the assessment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: Continental Teves Ag & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Otmar Schreiner, Andreas Kircher, Enno Kelling, Matthias Schorn
  • Publication number: 20100241605
    Abstract: A device is arranged to carry out a method for identifying traffic-relevant information in a moving vehicle, wherein image data of a visual sensor and map data of a navigation system are each pre-evaluated for the identification and the results of the pre-evaluation are combined and interpreted. The image and map data is scanned for traffic-relevant information and compacted to relevant image and map data in a first and second scene interpretations, and the relevant image and map data is supplied to a rule engine and to a state machine for interpreting the image and map data. The rule engine evaluates the image and map data and transmits an action to be executed to the state machine which carries out a transition in its state space including pre-defined states and outputs information which is assigned to the state or to the transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Stephan Groitzsch, Matthias Schorn, Thomas Fechner, Ulrich Kressel
  • Publication number: 20090222166
    Abstract: A method for steering a motor vehicle in a collision avoidance maneuver ahead of an object in the front or lateral surroundings of the motor vehicle. It is arranged that a linear control method is employed, in which case one controller output signal (?LLM1; . . . ; ?LLMN) each is determined in at least two linear controller modules depending on a deviation (e) between an actual position of the motor vehicle and a nominal position that is predetermined due to the avoiding path. The controller output signals (?LLM1; . . . ; ?LLMN) are weighted with respectively one weighting factor (?1; . . . ; ?N) that is established depending on the vehicle speed (v), and a steering angle of steerable wheels of the motor vehicle is established based on an arbitration of the weighted controller output signals. Furthermore, a device which is suitable to implement the method is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Continential Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Maxim Arbitmann, Matthias Schorn, Rolf Isermann
  • Publication number: 20090076702
    Abstract: In order to be able to undertake a reliable prediction of a movement trajectory of an object moving in road traffic even for relatively long prediction periods, a method is proposed in which there is firstly determined (203) with the aid of an evaluation of a determined movement variable of the object a driving maneuver that is executed by the object. A model (2051; . . . ; 205N) of the movement of the object is then selected as a function of the determined driving maneuver, and the movement trajectory of the object is calculated with the aid of the selected model. There is also proposed an apparatus for predicting the movement trajectory of an object that is suitable for carrying out the method. The object can be both a motor vehicle and an object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Maxim Arbitmann, Matthias Schorn, Rolf Isermann, Ulrich Stahlin
  • Publication number: 20080208408
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of executing a collision avoidance maneuver ahead of an object in the surroundings, with which the vehicle is on a collision course. To allow determining the avoiding path in a simplest possible fashion and, in particular, a simplest possible parameterization of the path, the avoiding path is given by a sigmoid (ƒao(x); ƒao/2(x); ƒ2ao(x)), the shape of which is defined by at least one parameter (a; B; c) that is determined depending on the speed of the motor vehicle or a desired maneuver width of the collision avoidance maneuver. Also disclosed is a device which is suitable for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Maxim Arbitmann, Ulrich Stahlin, Matthias Schorn, Rolf Isermann
  • Patent number: 6814321
    Abstract: The invention relates to a food processor (1) with a motor (M) to drive at least one tool and with input means (13 to 18) to switch on at least one operating process, with a microcomputer (43) to control the operating processes and realize a detection stage (44) for the detection of the interruption of an operating process, which microcomputer contains a memory (50) for storing operating values present immediately before the interruption of an operating process, the microcomputer (43) being designed to start the continuation of an interrupted operating process following an activation of a reactivation switch (13 to 18) provided for the reactivation purpose, the reactivation switch (13 to 18) preferably being formed by the operating-mode switch (13 to 18) concerned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Matthias Schorn, Roland Dorfer, Herbert Kampitsch, Thomas Sigot
  • Publication number: 20030010853
    Abstract: The invention relates to a food processor (1) with a motor (M) to drive at least one tool and with input means (13 to 18) to switch on at least one operating process, with a microcomputer (43) to control the operating processes and realize a detection stage (44) for the detection of the interruption of an operating process, which microcomputer contains a memory (50) for storing operating values present immediately before the interruption of an operating process, the microcomputer (43) being designed to start the continuation of an interrupted operating process following an activation of a reactivation switch (13 to 18) provided for the reactivation purpose, the reactivation switch (13 to 18) preferably being formed by the operating-mode switch (13 to 18) concerned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Matthias Schorn, Roland Dorfer, Herbert Kampitsch, Thomas Sigot