Patents by Inventor Oliver MÜLER

Oliver MÜLER 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).

  • Method for Providing an Operating Signal
    Publication number: 20170166168
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method (70) for preparing an operating signal for a motor vehicle (1), the method involving the following steps: (a) obtaining a signal indicating that an authorized user (10) has been authenticated; (b) monitoring an actuating region (22) located outside the motor vehicle (1) by means of an optical sensor system (30); (c) measuring a distance (a) between an object (18) in the actuating region (22) and an optical sensor (50) by means of the optical sensor system (30); (d) comparing the distance (a) with a default by means of the optical sensor system (30); and (e) preparing an operating signal if the default is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Christof HACHE, Helmut SCHUMACHER, Norbert HELLER, Oliver MÜLER, Bernd ETTE, Nadine STICHERLING, Alexander ZIEGLER, Jean MALABO YOMKIL, Stefan MÖNIG, Iko LINDIC, Mirko SCHINDLER