Patents by Inventor Maximilian Barthel

Maximilian Barthel 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: 20240109418
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for operating an operating device for a motor vehicle, in which a first touchscreen user input is received, characterizing a selection of a selection level, wherein a first selection level provides different adjustable driving modes as list participants, and a second selection level provides different adjustable ambience modes as list participants, one arranged by turning a ring element which circumferentially encloses the screen device, a second user input represented about an axis of rotation is received, which characterizes a selection of a list participant from a plurality of list participants in the chosen selection level. Depending on the first user input and/or the second user input, a control signal is provided characterizing a driving mode to be set and/or an ambience mode to be set in which a display of the driving mode and/or the ambience mode is triggered using the screen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Henning Thiele, Wojciech Huwer, Anette Grüneberg, Spiro Trikaliotis, Olga Helwich, Maximilian Barthel, Sema Altug, Hyein Shin, Stephanie Albrecht, Volkmar Wagner
  • Publication number: 20240059150
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle, in which an operating device is used to receive a user input that characterizes a selection of an ambient mode to be set from multiple predefined ambient modes, and in which a control apparatus is used to trigger the setting of a group of settings, represented by the selected ambient mode, in vehicle components of the motor vehicle that are predefined by the selected ambient mode, that are to be set, and that each provide a comfort function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Henning Thiele, Wojciech Huwer, Anette Grüneberg, Spiro Trikaliotis, Olga Helwich, Maximilian Barthel, Sema Yavuz, Hyein Shin, Stephanie Albrecht, Volkmar Wagner
  • Publication number: 20210141385
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for operating an automatic driving function in a vehicle, in which surroundings data are detected and, based on the detected surroundings data, graphical data of a representation of the surroundings are generated and output. An automatic driving function is executed subject to a control signal generated from actuating a selection object. The selection object may be generated and assigned to a first operating object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Jörn Michaelis, Maximilian Barthel
  • Patent number: 9597983
    Abstract: An arrangement for a vehicle interior having a first seat row, which includes at least one seat, and having a second seat row, which is disposed in the vehicle interior in front of or behind the first seat row and includes at least one seat, the first seat row being disposed in or on a plate which is rotatably supported in or on a floor of the vehicle interior. It is provided that at least one movably supported console is provided, and the console is movable along at least one rail, which is disposed in or on the floor of the vehicle, the rail having a multi-part design and being disposed in or on the plate, at least in areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bjoern Strasdat, Manuel Joachim, Eva Berner, Sylvain Fischer, Thomas Drescher, Ralf Welp, Maximilian Barthel, Nils Sajonz