Patents by Inventor Oliver Fochler

Oliver Fochler 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: 11273835
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle, having a driver monitoring device with a sensor device and with a first camera, an environment detection device with sensors for surroundings acquisition, a control unit and a classifier. Using the environment detection device and the classifier, traffic scenarios A and B may be classified. Using the driver monitoring device, it is possible to determine whether a direction of view of the driver is directed towards a traffic situation and whether the driver has their hands on a steering wheel of the vehicle. Using the control unit, it is possible, on the basis of information from the driver monitoring device and the environment detection device, to determine whether the driver is capable of resolving the traffic scenario classified as A or B within a response time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Hagen Stübing, Oliver Fochler
  • Publication number: 20190299996
    Abstract: A system for a vehicle, having a driver monitoring device with a sensor device and with a first camera, an environment detection device with sensors for surroundings acquisition, a control unit and a classifier. Using the environment detection device and the classifier, traffic scenarios A and B may be classified. Using the driver monitoring device, it is possible to determine whether a direction of view of the driver is directed towards a traffic situation and whether the driver has their hands on a steering wheel of the vehicle. Using the control unit, it is possible, on the basis of information from the driver monitoring device and the environment detection device, to determine whether the driver is capable of resolving the traffic scenario classified as A or B within a response time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Hagen Stübing, Oliver Fochler
  • Publication number: 20170334446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lane change assistant for a vehicle comprising a sensor arrangement for calculating information relating to lanes and other road users. Provided is an arithmetic and logic unit for calculating movement paths for a first lane change and a subsequent second lane change to the original lane. The vehicle driver can accept or initiate the calculated lane changes. An actuator unit can then execute the lane changes calculated by the arithmetic and logic unit and initiated by the vehicle driver upon receipt of a signal from the arithmetic and logic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Sybe Dirk Jan Bosch, Oliver Fochler, Stefan Lüke, Matthias Strauss