Patents by Inventor Nicole Eikelenberg

Nicole Eikelenberg 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: 12106260
    Abstract: A cargo space is monitored for objects connected to respective beacon-transmitting devices which transmit identification signals associated with the objects. Signal strengths of received signals and repetition periods associated therewith are determined using a monitoring device which checks whether each received beacon identification signal identifies a respective object in an object inventory of the cargo space based on comparisons of the signal strengths with current signal strength threshold values respectively associated with them and on comparisons of the respectively associated beacon repetition periods with respective current repetition period threshold values. The monitoring device detects whether the cargo space is currently in a first state (in which loading and unloading operations of objects in the cargo space is permissible) or a second state (in which loading and unloading is not permissible).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Detlef Kuck, Marcel Grein, Nicole Eikelenberg, Walter Pijls, Jörg Christian Kirchhof
  • Publication number: 20220398534
    Abstract: A cargo space is monitored for objects connected to respective beacon-transmitting devices which transmit identification signals associated with the objects. Signal strengths of received signals and repetition periods associated therewith are determined using a monitoring device which checks whether each received beacon identification signal identifies a respective object in an object inventory of the cargo space based on comparisons of the signal strengths with current signal strength threshold values respectively associated with them and on comparisons of the respectively associated beacon repetition periods with respective current repetition period threshold values. The monitoring device detects whether the cargo space is currently in a first state (in which loading and unloading operations of objects in the cargo space is permissible) or a second state (in which loading and unloading is not permissible).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Detlef Kuck, Marcel Grein, Nicole Eikelenberg, Walter Pijls, Jörg Christian Kirchhof