Patents by Inventor Michael Stützel

Michael Stützel 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).

  • Touch-sensitive control device for a motor vehicle and method for operating a touch-sensitive control device
    Patent number: 10795487
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive control device for a motor vehicle, with a control surface; a detection unit which is configured to detect a space-resolved deflection of the control surface; a control unit which is configured to distinguish a characteristic of a deflection of the control surface due to a force exerted on the control surface purely with at least one finger from a characteristic of a deflection of the control surface due to an acceleration acting on the entire control surface. On the basis of this, the force exerted on the control surface purely with the finger, as well as to trigger a function as a function of the determined force exerted purely with the finger is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Michael Stützel
  • TOUCH-SENSITIVE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200081601
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive control device for a motor vehicle, with a control surface; a detection unit which is configured to detect a space-resolved deflection of the control surface; a control unit which is configured to distinguish a characteristic of a deflection of the control surface due to a force exerted on the control surface purely with at least one finger from a characteristic of a deflection of the control surface due to an acceleration acting on the entire control surface. On the basis of this, the force exerted on the control surface purely with the finger, as well as to trigger a function as a function of the determined force exerted purely with the finger is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulrich MÜLLER, Michael STÜTZEL
  • Towel dispenser
    Patent number: D649820
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: ILLE Papier-Service GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Stützel