Patents by Inventor Norbert Hover

Norbert Hover 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: 8428820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining the path of a vehicle along a two-dimensional plane intended to control the movement of the vehicle by means of a driver-assisting system, where the path interconnects an initial state and a terminal state and each of the states Zi=[xi, yi, ?i, ci] along the path is characterized by four state coordinates with xi and yi being the Cartesian coordinates of a point Pi, ?i being the direction angle of the tangent line, and ci being the curvature of the path at point Pi, and where the path is made up of a number of elementary paths meeting at junction points JPi such that the four state coordinates of state Zi are characterized by a continuous transition at the junction points JPi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hella KGAA Huek and Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Ottenhues, Peter Magyar, Joachim Wassmuth, Norbert Höver, Sven Heinig
  • Patent number: 7571066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a distance sensor with a method and device that aid the compensation of mounting tolerances of a distance sensor, where compensation is provided with little effort, quickly and reliably. This is achieved by having the distance sensor (1) emit its rays (2) at an aperture angle (a) of 0.1° to 10° and pick up data while the vehicle is moving straight forward, and determining an angle error (6) by comparing the data picked up during a change of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Hella KGaA
    Inventors: Norbert Höver, Thomas Ottenhues
  • Publication number: 20090055117
    Abstract: A distance sensor with a method and device for compensating for mounting tolerances. Mounting tolerances may make distance sensors fail in correctly measuring the angle between the sensor and an object which will result in wrong lateral spacing to be computed. Sensor values therefore need to be corrected. Available methods of correction require quite a lot of memory capacity and processor power. The invention therefore aims at providing a method and a device that aid the compensation of mounting tolerances of a distance sensor, where compensation is provided with little effort and extremely quickly. This is achieved by having the distance sensor (1) emit its rays (2) at an aperture angle (a) of 0.1° to 10° and pick up data while the vehicle is moving straight forward, and determining an angle error (?) by comparing the data picked up during a chance of channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: HELLA KGaA
    Inventors: Norbert Höver, Thomas Ottenhues
  • Publication number: 20080255728
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining the path of a vehicle along a two-dimensional plane intended to control the movement of the vehicle by means of a driver-assisting system, where the path interconnects an initial state and a terminal state and each of the states Zi=[xi, yi, ?i, ci] along the path is characterized by four state coordinates with xi and yi being the Cartesian coordinates of a point Pi, ?i being the direction angle of the tangent line, and ci being the curvature of the path at point Pi, and where the path is made up of a number of elementary paths meeting at junction points JPi such that the four state coordinates of state Zi are characterized by a continuous transition at the junction points JPi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Ottenhues, Norbert Hover, Peter Magyar, Wassmuth Joachim, Heinig Sven