Patents by Inventor Patrick Haecker

Patrick Haecker 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, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A RAIL VEHICLE FOR WARNING ABOUT A POSSIBLE COLLISION
    Publication number: 20250012920
    Abstract: A method for operating a rail vehicle with radar sensors arranged at both ends of the vehicle. The method includes: carrying out an object detection of upcoming obstacles and objects by operating a radar sensor in the direction of travel in normal mode, in which an obstacle detection of approaching objects ahead in the roadway is carried out based an a radar detection; detecting an approaching object, if a superimposed determined radar pulse pattern is received in the radar detection with the radar sensor in normal mode, wherein the determined radar pulse pattern corresponds to a radar pulse pattern that deviates from a radar transmission signal in normal operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick Haecker, Heiko Mangold, Ruprecht Anz