Patents by Inventor MICHAEL NOSTHOFF

MICHAEL NOSTHOFF 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210389442
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus establish a distance as well as to a vehicle. In the method for establishing a distance between a vehicle and an infrastructure device, at least two vehicle-mounted reception devices receive a signal transmitted by the infrastructure device. Each of the vehicle-mounted reception devices contains at least two antenna elements. For each reception device, a reception device-specific distance between the vehicle and the infrastructure device is established in accordance with the antenna signals generated by the antenna elements, and the shortest of all the reception device-specific distances is established as the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: MICHAEL NOSTHOFF, NORBERT BAUER, THOMAS SEIBOTH, JOCHEN NICKLES, AHMAD EL ASSAAD
  • Method and apparatus for establishing the distance between a vehicle and an infrastructure device
    Patent number: 11131760
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus establish a distance as well as to a vehicle. In the method for establishing a distance between a vehicle and an infrastructure device, at least two vehicle-mounted reception devices receive a signal transmitted by the infrastructure device. Each of the vehicle-mounted reception devices contains at least two antenna elements. For each reception device, a reception device-specific distance between the vehicle and the infrastructure device is established in accordance with the antenna signals generated by the antenna elements, and the shortest of all the reception device-specific distances is established as the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Molex CVS Bochum GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Nosthoff, Norbert Bauer, Thomas Seiboth, Jochen Nickles, Ahmad El Assaad
  • Method And Apparatus For Establishing The Distance Between A Vehicle And An Infrastructure Device
    Publication number: 20190339355
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus establish a distance as well as to a vehicle. In the method for establishing a distance between a vehicle and an infrastructure device, at least two vehicle-mounted reception devices receive a signal transmitted by the infrastructure device. Each of the vehicle-mounted reception devices contains at least two antenna elements. For each reception device, a reception device-specific distance between the vehicle and the infrastructure device is established in accordance with the antenna signals generated by the antenna elements, and the shortest of all the reception device-specific distances is established as the distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: MICHAEL NOSTHOFF, NORBERT BAUER, THOMAS SEIBOTH, JOCHEN NICKLES, AHMAD ASSAAD