Patents by Inventor Michael Suess

Michael Suess 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).

  • Apparatus and method for vehicle economy improvement
    Patent number: 11193778
    Abstract: A method of determining a coasting area is disclosed, together with methods of providing coasting information to a vehicle driver; coasting being when the vehicle is allowed to decelerate or to roll without being under power. In embodiments, the coasting area is determined by: determining an end point location of a coasting area based upon a location in map data of an expected decrease in speed of a vehicle traversing a road network represented by the map data; determining a start point location of the coasting area based on at least one attribute associated with the map data proximal to the end point location; and generating coasting information indicative of the coasting area having the start point and end point locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Webfleet Solutions B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Roeland Verheijen, Gianfranco Santoro, Jasper Johannes Anthonius Pauwelussen, Michael Süß, Marco Wedekind, Steffen Orlowsky
  • Method and apparatus for vehicle usage recording
    Patent number: 9898876
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing suggested entries for a candidate journey in a vehicle logbook, comprising selecting one or more neighbour journeys based on a location of one or more end-points of the candidate journey and the one or more neighbour journeys, determining an accuracy value indicative of a match between each neighbour journey and the candidate journey based on one or more attributes of each neighbour journey and the candidate journey, and providing at least one suggested entry for the candidate journey in the vehicle logbook based on the accuracy value associated
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOMTOM TELEMATICS B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Hollweg, Mathias Linke, Michael Suess
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE ECONOMY IMPROVEMENT
    Publication number: 20160231131
    Abstract: A method of determining a coasting area is disclosed, together with methods of providing coasting information to a vehicle driver; coasting being when the vehicle is allowed to decelerate or to roll without being under power. In embodiments, the coasting area is determined by: determining an end point location of a coasting area based upon a location in map data of an expected decrease in speed of a vehicle traversing a road network represented by the map data; determining a start point location of the coasting area based on at least one attribute associated with the map data proximal to the end point location; and generating coasting information indicative of the coasting area having the start point and end point locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Roeland Verheijen, Gianfranco Santoro, Jasper Johannes Anthonius Pauwelussen, Michael Süß, Marco Wedekind, Steffen Orlowsky
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE USAGE RECORDING
    Publication number: 20160196697
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing suggested entries for a candidate journey in a vehicle logbook, comprising selecting one or more neighbour journeys based on a location of one or more end-points of the candidate journey and the one or more neighbour journeys, determining an accuracy value indicative of a match between each neighbour journey and the candidate journey based on one or more attributes of each neighbour journey and the candidate journey, and providing at least one suggested entry for the candidate journey in the vehicle logbook based on the accuracy value associated
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Dirk Hollweg, Mathias Linke, Michael Suess