Patents by Inventor Peter BURGNER

Peter BURGNER 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).

  • Publication number: 20240070902
    Abstract: An electronic device may use one or more sensors to detect a user intent for content associated with a point of interest in the physical environment of the user. In response to the user intent for content, the electronic device may transmit information associated with the point of interest to an external server. The transmitted information may include depth information, color information, feature point information, location information, etc. The external server may compare the received information to a database of points of interest and identify a matching point of interest in the database. The external server then transmits additional contextual information and/or application information associated with the matching point of interest to the electronic device. The electronic device may run an application and/or present content based on the received information associated with the matching point of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Richard P Lozada, Peter Burgner, Thomas J Moore
  • Publication number: 20230368327
    Abstract: A method includes, while presenting a representation of a physical environment of the device, obtaining contextual data that indicates a characteristic of the physical environment, the device or a user of the device, and obtaining an indication of historical content associated with the device. The method includes determining, based on the characteristic indicated by the contextual data and the historical content, a user interest value that indicates a user interest level in the physical environment. The method includes storing an image captured by an image sensor in response to the user interest value being greater than a threshold interest value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Elena J. Nattinger, Peter Burgner, Anna L. Brewer, Devin W. Chalmers
  • Patent number: 11496873
    Abstract: A system for connecting a mobile device to a motor vehicle via a Bluetooth connection is proposed. The system comprises a processing unit for detecting a signal strength of a signal transmitted between the mobile device and the motor vehicle and for determining the position of the mobile device with respect to the motor vehicle based on the signal strength, and a connecting unit for coupling the mobile device and the motor vehicle via a Bluetooth Low Energy connection, for establishing a Bluetooth connection between the mobile device and the motor vehicle, and for coupling the mobile device to the motor vehicle via the Bluetooth connection based on the position of the mobile device and the Bluetooth Low Energy connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Burgner, Alexandra Seifert, Walter Bronzi
  • Publication number: 20210392481
    Abstract: A system for connecting a mobile device to a motor vehicle via a Bluetooth connection is proposed. The system comprises a processing unit for detecting a signal strength of a signal transmitted between the mobile device and the motor vehicle and for determining the position of the mobile device with respect to the motor vehicle based on the signal strength, and a connecting unit for coupling the mobile device and the motor vehicle via a Bluetooth Low Energy connection, for establishing a Bluetooth connection between the mobile device and the motor vehicle, and for coupling the mobile device to the motor vehicle via the Bluetooth connection based on the position of the mobile device and the Bluetooth Low Energy connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Peter BURGNER, Alexandra SEIFERT, Walter BRONZI