Patents by Inventor Nico Stock

Nico Stock 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: 12162488
    Abstract: A control system is designed and intended for use in a host motor vehicle and to detect a preceding vehicle in the surroundings of the host motor vehicle from surroundings data acquired by means of a surroundings sensor system of the host vehicle, to capture operating data of the host motor vehicle by means of a driving state sensor system of the host motor vehicle, and, in a recording mode, to capture and store operating data and/or surroundings data of the host motor vehicle, and, in a playback mode, to set an acceleration and/or a speed of the host motor vehicle depending on the operating data stored in the recording mode and/or the surroundings data stored in the recording mode, wherein the control system is designed and intended to interrupt the playback mode as soon as the time interval between the host motor vehicle and the preceding vehicle falls below a predefined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ZF ACTIVE SAFETY GMBH
    Inventors: Nico Stock, Tim Schwickart
  • Patent number: 11613274
    Abstract: A fallback safety system for a vehicle equipped with a platooning system is configured to detect an operating state and a functional failure of the platooning system of the vehicle and to detect a distance of the vehicle to a vehicle driving in front with a sensor system of the vehicle. Further, in the case of a detected functional failure of the platooning system during a convoy driving operation of the vehicle controlled by the platooning system, the fallback safety system is configured to initiate braking of the vehicle and to adjust a braking acceleration of the vehicle during the initiated braking depending on the detected distance of the vehicle to the vehicle driving in front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZF ACTIVE SAFETY GMBH
    Inventors: Nico Stock, Niklas Roth, David Schnitzler
  • Publication number: 20210114594
    Abstract: A control system is designed and intended for use in a host motor vehicle and to detect a preceding vehicle in the surroundings of the host motor vehicle from surroundings data acquired by means of a surroundings sensor system of the host vehicle, to capture operating data of the host motor vehicle by means of a driving state sensor system of the host motor vehicle, and, in a recording mode, to capture and store operating data and/or surroundings data of the host motor vehicle, and, in a playback mode, to set an acceleration and/or a speed of the host motor vehicle depending on the operating data stored in the recording mode and/or the surroundings data stored in the recording mode, wherein the control system is designed and intended to interrupt the playback mode as soon as the time interval between the host motor vehicle and the preceding vehicle falls below a predefined time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Nico Stock, Tim Schwickart
  • Publication number: 20210009159
    Abstract: A fallback safety system for a vehicle equipped with a platooning system is configured to detect an operating state and a functional failure of the platooning system of the vehicle and to detect a distance of the vehicle to a vehicle driving in front with a sensor system of the vehicle. Further, in the case of a detected functional failure of the platooning system during a convoy driving operation of the vehicle controlled by the platooning system, the fallback safety system is configured to initiate braking of the vehicle and to adjust a braking acceleration of the vehicle during the initiated braking depending on the detected distance of the vehicle to the vehicle driving in front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Nico Stock, Niklas Roth, David Schnitzler
  • Publication number: 20190172355
    Abstract: A system and a method for use in an own motor vehicle to identify, on the basis of environmental data, motor vehicles driving in front, next to and/or behind an own motor vehicle and preferably objects standing in front, to provide the environmental data representing an area in front of, next to and/or behind the own motor vehicle, and which comprises: detecting another motor vehicle participating in traffic in front of the own motor vehicle as reference vehicle relative to the own motor vehicle both on a lane on which the own motor vehicle is also travelling and on a neighbouring lane with slower traffic than the own motor vehicle, starting out from a momentary location, determining the distance and the relative speed with respect to a vehicle driving in front in the slower neighbouring lane, receiving a signal of a driver's desire for a lane change or a request signal for a lane change or for a merging manoeuvre, determining whether a lane change is possible within predetermined limits from the distance
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Nico Stock, Tim Schwickart
  • Publication number: 20180156177
    Abstract: A monitoring method for use in a motor vehicle is proposed. The motor vehicle comprises a speed control system with stop and go function. The monitoring method comprises starling, upon standstill of the motor vehicle, monitoring of a startup procedure of the motor vehicle. The method further comprises monitoring the startup procedure, during the startup procedure, by comparing an actual movement with a maximum movement profile. The actual movement results from measured movements of the motor vehicle. The maximum movement profile represents predefined movements of the motor vehicle. The method further comprises triggering a signal when a currently measured actual movement profile exceeds the maximum movement profile. A monitoring system, and a system comprising the monitoring system and the speed control system with stop and go function are further described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Bast, Nico Stock, Richard Conlong, Pascal Bremm