Patents by Inventor Peter BARGFREDE

Peter BARGFREDE 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).

  • Device and method for navigating within a menu for controlling a vehicle, and selecting a menu entry from the menu
    Patent number: 9645640
    Abstract: A menu including at least one menu entry and/or a menu entry from the menu, is selected by using a menu navigation device. The device can control the vehicle by at least one head movement of a driver and includes a camera which is designed to be worn on the head of the driver to capture camera data corresponding to a field of vision of the driver, a processor unit which is configured to generate a compilation of menu entries as a function of at least one predetermined viewing direction which corresponds to the direction of a field of vision of the driver and/or a position of the driver's head, and a display for outputting the menu entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas Siegel, Michael Reichel, Peter Bargfrede
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING WITHIN A MENU FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE, AND SELECTING A MENU ENTRY FROM THE MENU
    Publication number: 20160313792
    Abstract: A menu including at least one menu entry and/or a menu entry from the menu, is selected by using a menu navigation device. The device can control the vehicle by at least one head movement of a driver and includes a camera which is designed to be worn on the head of the driver to capture camera data corresponding to a field of vision of the driver, a processor unit which is configured to generate a compilation of menu entries as a function of at least one predetermined viewing direction which corresponds to the direction of a field of vision of the driver and/or a position of the driver's head, and a display for outputting the menu entries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas SIEGEL, Michael REICHEL, Peter BARGFREDE