Patents by Inventor Michael Klaas

Michael Klaas 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: 11958810
    Abstract: Preparation of optionally substituted dihydroisoquinolines. The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of optionally substituted dihydroi-soquinolines of the formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Mueller, Michael Rack, Michael Seet, Ana Escribano Cuesta, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Georg Christoph Rudolf, Markus Nett, Rainer Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 10936108
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus, particularly in a motor vehicle, for input of data with haptic feedback. The method includes sensing a touch position on a user programmable touch-sensitive display device, selecting a function via the touch position, sensing of a contact pressure force on the user programmable touch-sensitive display device, initiating the selected function when a first force threshold is exceeded, and outputting a haptic feedback item. Also disclosed is an associated apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Peter Czelnik, Michael Klaas, Carsten Rieger
  • Patent number: 10919538
    Abstract: A method for providing a user interface for at least one device of a transportation vehicle. A query gesture of a user is detected, and the query gesture is assigned a query direction. The query direction determines an approach value for the device. The approach value is then used to generate a feedback signal which is output, and the device is selected when the approach value exceeds a specific threshold. An operating possibility display for the selected device is generated and output, and the operating possibility display includes information on the operating possibilities for the selected device. An operating gesture of the user is detected, and the detected operating gesture is used to generate a control signal for the selected device, and the control signal is transmitted to the device. Also disclosed is a system for providing a user interface for at least one device of a transportation vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Astrid Kassner, Michael Klaas
  • Publication number: 20200269856
    Abstract: A method for providing a user interface for at least one device of a transportation vehicle. A query gesture of a user is detected, and the query gesture is assigned a query direction. The query direction determines an approach value for the device. The approach value is then used to generate a feedback signal which is output, and the device is selected when the approach value exceeds a specific threshold. An operating possibility display for the selected device is generated and output, and the operating possibility display includes information on the operating possibilities for the selected device. An operating gesture of the user is detected, and the detected operating gesture is used to generate a control signal for the selected device, and the control signal is transmitted to the device. Also disclosed is a system for providing a user interface for at least one device of a transportation vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Astrid KASSNER, Michael KLAAS
  • Patent number: 10585481
    Abstract: The invention relates to operating devices for a vehicle with haptic feedback comprising a touch-sensitive position detection device (30) for determining touch positions as input parameters on a touch surface (31) of the touch-sensitive position detection device (30); an actuator device (50), coupled to the touch-sensitive position detection device (30), for generating the haptically detectable feedback on the touch surface (31); and an operating logic (1030) which is designed to execute a triggering of functions and/or vehicle systems depending on detected input parameters, wherein the touch-sensitive position detection device (30) and the actuator device (50) are designed with a haptic control device (100) in an operating device (2), and the operating logic (1030) is designed in a central control unit (330), which is designed separately from the operating device (2) and coupled in terms of information technology with the operating device (2), and detected input parameters are transmitted to the central cont
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Mark Peter Czelnik, Michael Klaas, Carsten Rieger
  • Publication number: 20180348865
    Abstract: The invention relates to operating devices for a vehicle with haptic feedback comprising a touch-sensitive position detection device (30) for determining touch positions as input parameters on a touch surface (31) of the touch-sensitive position detection device (30); an actuator device (50), coupled to the touch-sensitive position detection device (30), for generating the haptically detectable feedback on the touch surface (31); and an operating logic (1030) which is designed to execute a triggering of functions and/or vehicle systems depending on detected input parameters, wherein the touch-sensitive position detection device (30) and the actuator device (50) are designed with a haptic control device (100) in an operating device (2), and the operating logic (1030) is designed in a central control unit (330), which is designed separately from the operating device (2) and coupled in terms of information technology with the operating device (2), and detected input parameters are transmitted to the central cont
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Mark Peter CZELNIK, Michael KLAAS, Carsten RIEGER
  • Publication number: 20160195989
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus, particularly in a motor vehicle, for input of data with haptic feedback. The method includes sensing a touch position on a user programmable touch-sensitive display device, selecting a function via the touch position, sensing of a contact pressure force on the user programmable touch-sensitive display device, initiating the selected function when a first force threshold is exceeded, and outputting a haptic feedback item. Also disclosed is an associated apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Peter CZELNIK, Michael KLAAS, Carsten RIEGER
  • Publication number: 20160195932
    Abstract: An apparatus, in particular in a motor vehicle, for inputting a text with haptic feedback, having a touch-sensitive position detection device for determining a two-dimensional actuation element position; at least one actuator element for haptic feedback that is directly or indirectly connected to the touch-sensitive position detection device; and a control device which defines initiation regions of virtual operating elements, wherein a signal is in each case output at the actuator element when the two-dimensional actuation element position accesses and leaves the initiation region of one of the virtual operating elements. Also disclosed is an associated method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Peter CZELNIK, Michael KLAAS, Carsten RIEGER
  • Publication number: 20160195931
    Abstract: Touch-sensitive operating apparatuses having a touchscreen which generates a haptic feedback in the event of an actuation of a virtual operating element and methods for operating functions. The method includes representing a virtual operating element on a display surface, detecting touch positions on a touch surface of a touch-sensitive position detection apparatus, detecting press-on forces in the event of a touching actuation of the touch surface, evaluating the detected touch positions and press-on forces, determining whether a correct haptic actuation of the virtual operating element is present, initiating a function assigned to the at least one virtual operating element, and generating a haptic feedback at the touch surface. The operating apparatus has a haptic controller which, on the basis of the press-on forces determined, generates two different haptic feedbacks in the event of an actuation process of a virtual operating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Peter CZELNIK, Michael KLAAS, Carsten RIEGER
  • Publication number: 20160068123
    Abstract: A method for communication between a transmitter and a vehicle includes transmitting information in the form of a text message in machine-readable form from the transmitter to the vehicle, receiving and analyzing the information of the vehicle, and automatically executing an application of the vehicle as a function of the information. A device by which the method of the invention may be implemented is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Lennart Helmhold, Michael Klaas, Simon Gerlach