Patents by Inventor Nils Arne Müller

Nils Arne Müller 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: 11987123
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a direction of view of at least one passenger as an occupant of the motor vehicle; and providing a display with information about at least one object in a landscape of the motor vehicle viewed by the at least one passenger, the at least one object not being relevant to road traffic, such that said information is provided in an area in the direction of view of the at least one passenger, wherein, when multiple passengers of the motor vehicle are detected, a direction of view of each passenger is detected, such that a display with information about the at least one object in the landscape of the motor vehicle viewed by at least two passengers is provided in an area in which the direction of view of the at least two passengers intersect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.á.r.l.
    Inventors: Nils Arne Müller, Andreas Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20230076304
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a direction of view of at least one passenger as an occupant of the motor vehicle; and providing a display with information about at least one object in a landscape of the motor vehicle viewed by the at least one passenger, the at least one object not being relevant to road traffic, such that said information is provided in an area in the direction of view of the at least one passenger, wherein, when multiple passengers of the motor vehicle are detected, a direction of view of each passenger is detected, such that a display with information about the at least one object in the landscape of the motor vehicle viewed by at least two passengers is provided in an area in which the direction of view of the at least two passengers intersect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Nils Arne Müller, Andreas Herrmann
  • Patent number: 11519746
    Abstract: A method includes determining the position of the motor vehicle, identifying at least one object not relevant to road traffic as an object in the landscape in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, depending on the determined position, detecting at least the direction of view of a passenger as an occupant of the motor vehicle, and providing a display with information about the at least one object in the landscape viewed by the passenger, such that said information is provided in the direct field of view of the passenger, as defined by the direction of view of the same, in the same place as the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Nils Arne Müller, Andreas Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20200232807
    Abstract: A method includes determining the position of the motor vehicle, identifying at least one object not relevant to road traffic as an object in the landscape in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, depending on the determined position, detecting at least the direction of view of a passenger as an occupant of the motor vehicle, and providing a display with information about the at least one object in the landscape viewed by the passenger, such that said information is provided in the direct field of view of the passenger, as defined by the direction of view of the same, in the same place as the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Nils Arne Müller, Andreas Herrmann