Patents by Inventor Peter Kahler
Peter Kahler 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).
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Patent number: 10246000Abstract: A parking assistance system for a motor vehicle includes a monitoring unit for detecting an object in the vicinity of the vehicle and a light system connected to the monitoring unit and configured to emit light into the area surrounding the motor vehicle. The monitoring unit is configured to sense the bearing of an object and to control the distribution of the light emitted from the light system as a function of the sensed bearing.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Ingolf Schneider, Philipp Roeckl, Martin Petermann, Peter Kahler, Marten Wittorf
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Patent number: 10249192Abstract: A system and method provide notification regarding an estimated movement path of a vehicle. A first vehicle includes an identification feature. A second vehicle includes an identification feature detection unit, an output unit and a transmission unit. A heuristic unit is configured to determine an estimation of an imminent movement path of the first vehicle. A position detection unit is configured to detect a current position of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle and to transmit the detected current position to the heuristic unit. The identification feature detection unit is configured to detect and transmit the identification feature to the heuristic unit via the transmission unit. The heuristic unit is configured to transmit the current estimation for the first vehicle to the output unit via the transmission unit. The output unit is configured to communicate the estimation to a driver of the second vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Marten Wittorf, Peter Kahler
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Publication number: 20180244206Abstract: A single-hand operable flexible pouch assembly includes a substrate, a flexible pouch body attached to the substrate along only part of a perimeter of the flexible pouch body, leaving at least a portion of the perimeter of the flexible pouch body unattached to the substrate, and a belt assembly connected to the perimeter of the flexible pouch body along said portion thereof that is unattached to the substrate. The belt assembly includes a first, inner belt including a first slot. The belt assembly further includes a second, outer belt including a second slot. Still further, the belt assembly includes a spring-loaded pin mechanism including a pin and a spring, wherein the pin is configured in four portions. The flexible pouch is suitably implemented at various locations throughout a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: TUSHAR RAJARAM GAWADE, MARTEN WITTORF, PETER KAHLER
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Patent number: 10059270Abstract: A single-hand operable flexible pouch assembly includes a substrate, a flexible pouch body attached to the substrate along only part of a perimeter of the flexible pouch body, leaving at least a portion of the perimeter of the flexible pouch body unattached to the substrate, and a belt assembly connected to the perimeter of the flexible pouch body along said portion thereof that is unattached to the substrate. The belt assembly includes a first, inner belt including a first slot. The belt assembly further includes a second, outer belt including a second slot. Still further, the belt assembly includes a spring-loaded pin mechanism including a pin and a spring, wherein the pin is configured in four portions. The flexible pouch is suitably implemented at various locations throughout a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Tushar Rajaram Gawade, Marten Wittorf, Peter Kahler
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Publication number: 20180240340Abstract: A system and method provide notification regarding an estimated movement path of a vehicle. A first vehicle includes an identification feature. A second vehicle includes an identification feature detection unit, an output unit and a transmission unit. A heuristic unit is configured to determine an estimation of an imminent movement path of the first vehicle. A position detection unit is configured to detect a current position of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle and to transmit the detected current position to the heuristic unit. The identification feature detection unit is configured to detect and transmit the identification feature to the heuristic unit via the transmission unit. The heuristic unit is configured to transmit the current estimation for the first vehicle to the output unit via the transmission unit. The output unit is configured to communicate the estimation to a driver of the second vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Marten Wittorf, Peter Kahler
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Patent number: 10054792Abstract: A windshield for a motor vehicle with a display unit is disclosed. The windshield is realized in the form of a laminated glass pane with at least an outer pane, an inner pane and an intermediate compound foil. The display unit is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, wherein the display unit features a flexible printed circuit and at least one display element arranged on the flexible printed circuit, as well as a secondary coil. The secondary coil is designed for making available electrical energy, which is inductively coupled into the secondary coil, in order to supply the display unit with energy. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a system, as well as a motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Peter Brandt, Heiko Charle, Georg Bauer, Rolf Mitschke, Peter Kahler
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Publication number: 20170291529Abstract: A parking assistance system for a motor vehicle includes a monitoring unit for detecting an object in the vicinity of the vehicle and a light system connected to the monitoring unit and configured to emit light into the area surrounding the motor vehicle. The monitoring unit is configured to sense the bearing of an object and to control the distribution of the light emitted from the light system as a function of the sensed bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Ingolf SCHNEIDER, Philipp ROECKL, Martin PETERMANN, Peter KAHLER, Marten WITTORF
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Publication number: 20170174082Abstract: A windshield for a motor vehicle with a display unit is disclosed. The windshield is realized in the form of a laminated glass pane with at least an outer pane, an inner pane and an intermediate compound foil. The display unit is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, wherein the display unit features a flexible printed circuit and at least one display element arranged on the flexible printed circuit, as well as a secondary coil. The secondary coil is designed for making available electrical energy, which is inductively coupled into the secondary coil, in order to supply the display unit with energy. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a system, as well as a motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Peter BRANDT, Heiko CHARLE, Georg BAUER, Rolf MITSCHKE, Peter KAHLER
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Patent number: 9573613Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided with a steering wheel, in the spoke of which an operating device, in particular a modular multi-function operation device, for arrangement in a spoke of a motor vehicle steering wheel, that includes, but is not limited to an operating element that is rotatable about an axis of rotation, in particular a turn-push operating element for operation with turning and/or pushing, which is coupled to at least one sensor for generating a control signal. The axis of rotation is obliquely mounted with an angular contact bearing, so that the operating device is oriented projecting in radial direction and in axial direction and the axis of rotation is variable with respect to the inclined mounting with the angular contact bearing, so that a rocking function is realized. In addition, a method is provided for operating instruments of a motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Marten Wittorf, Peter Kahler
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Patent number: 9506276Abstract: A closing device pivots on a vehicle body between a closing position and an opening position, such as a rear flap of a motor vehicle, with a closing element on the body side and an opposite closing element on the flap side for locking and unlocking the flap and with at least one ejection element. A plunger can be moved in a guide at least between a working position and a rest position, which upon movement into a working position can be tensioned against the force of a tensioning device. The plunger interacts with the flap for the manual opening and closing through the at least partial relaxing of the plunger. The plunger is lockable and unlockable through a locking device in a locking position in which it is tensioned at least as far as to the working position.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Wolfgang Rasel, Gregor Zoledzki, Peter Kahler, Hans Geiser, Heiko Dietrich
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Patent number: 8964035Abstract: A method for calibrating the image (3I, 3II) of a camera (1), and, in particular, a traffic-monitoring camera, with respect to its viewing space, such that the camera projection parameters (mk1) of a camera projection of the viewing space onto the image are determined, includes the steps of providing a movable carrier (4) with at least four markings that can be viewed by the camera (1) and that span a volume and that form known first world points (wi) in the viewing space, recording a first image (3I) of the viewing space, shifting the carrier (4) in the viewing space by an unknown offset (v) in order to obtain second world points (wi) dependent on this offset in the viewing space, recording a second image (3II) of the viewing space, detecting the markings in the first image (3I) as first image points (pi) and in the second image (3II) as second image points (pi), and determining the camera projection parameters (mk1), while also determining the offset (v), from the known first world points, the second worldType: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Kapsch TrafficCom AGInventors: Peter Kahler, Christian Janner, Maike Löhndorf
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Patent number: 8862283Abstract: A motor vehicle combination is provided. The motor vehicle combination includes a towing vehicle. The towing vehicle is embodied as passenger car. In addition, the motor vehicle combination includes at least one trailer. The at least one trailer can be mechanically connected to the towing vehicle. In addition, the motor vehicle combination comprises a bidirectional communication unit, which is designed for exchanging data between the towing vehicle and the at least one trailer.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Peter Kahler, Marten Wittorf
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Publication number: 20140297060Abstract: A system for controlling functions of a vehicle by speech is disclosed. The system includes a mobile terminal of a network, speech processor for converting recorded speech into digital characters, and a vehicle-based interface. The mobile network terminal includes a microphone for recording a user's speech, and a terminal interface for communication with the vehicle-based interface. The vehicle-based interface is connected to a subsystem of the vehicle for controlling it based on messages received from the mobile network terminal. The mobile network terminal is adapted to process a string of digital characters derived from the user's speech into a message and to transmit said message to the vehicle-based interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Christoph Schmidt, Volker Guetzmacher, John Capp, Stefan Eckl, Martin Petermann, Peter Kahler, Marten Wittorf
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Publication number: 20140157936Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided with a steering wheel, in the spoke of which an operating device, in particular a modular multi-function operation device, for arrangement in a spoke of a motor vehicle steering wheel, that includes, but is not limited to an operating element that is rotatable about an axis of rotation, in particular a turn-push operating element for operation with turning and/or pushing, which is coupled to at least one sensor for generating a control signal. The axis of rotation is obliquely mounted with an angular contact bearing, so that the operating device is oriented projecting in radial direction and in axial direction and the axis of rotation is variable with respect to the inclined mounting with the angular contact bearing, so that a rocking function is realized. In addition, a method is provided for operating instruments of a motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Marten Wittorf, Peter Kahler
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Publication number: 20140058588Abstract: A device is provided for configuring a motor vehicle, which makes possible the setting of a plurality of operating parameters, with a control that is connected to a plurality of configurable vehicle systems, and with an input device that can be operated by a user, which is connected or can be connected to the control and via which inputs for configuring the vehicle systems can be carried out. It is provided that the input device comprises a monitor, which displays an input mask with a plurality of slide controllers, where each slide controller serves for setting a certain operating parameter of the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Stephane VITET, Peter KAHLER
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Publication number: 20120175895Abstract: A closing device is provided for a flap pivotably articulated on a vehicle body between a closing position and an opening position. A closing element is provided on the body side and an opposite closing element on a flap side for locking and unlocking the flap and with an ejection element. A plunger moves in a guide at least between a working position and a rest position, which upon movement into the working position is tensioned against the force of a tensioning device. The plunger interacts with the flap so that by closing the flap brought into the working position and brought from the closing position into an actuation position for manual opening and closing through partial relaxing of the plunger. The plunger is lockable and unlockable through a locking device in a locking position tensioned at least as far as to the working position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Wolfgang RASEL, Gregor ZOLEDZKI, Peter KAHLER, Hans GEISER, Heiko DIETRICH
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Publication number: 20120044090Abstract: A motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a digital projector for projecting a graphic or type facial information and a monitoring circuit, to which the projector is connected, in order to project as the graphic or type facial information an information determined by the monitoring circuit in real time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Peter KAHLER, Marten WITTORF, Joerg KATHMANN
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Publication number: 20110056056Abstract: A component, a component and panel assembly, and a method are provided is adapted for hands-free assembly. A component is provided that is adapted for hands-free assembly to a panel at a desired location. The component includes, but is not limited to a body and at least one retainer member extending outwardly from the body a predetermined distance and adapted to be received in an aperture in the panel. The retainer member is adapted to temporarily hold the component on the panel before final assembly and has the form of a hook.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: March 10, 2011Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Dirk TIEMANN, Peter KAHLER
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Publication number: 20100283856Abstract: A method for calibrating the image (3I, 3II) of a camera (1), and, in particular, a traffic-monitoring camera, with respect to its viewing space, such that the camera projection parameters (mk1) of a camera projection of the viewing space onto the image are determined, includes the steps of providing a movable carrier (4) with at least four markings that can be viewed by the camera (1) and that span a volume and that form known first world points (wi) in the viewing space, recording a first image (3I) of the viewing space, shifting the carrier (4) in the viewing space by an unknown offset (v) in order to obtain second world points (wi) dependent on this offset in the viewing space, recording a second image (3II) of the viewing space, detecting the markings in the first image (3I) as first image points (pi) and in the second image (3II) as second image points (pi), and determining the camera projection parameters (mk1), while also determining the offset (v), from the known first world points, the second worldType: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: KAPSCH TRAFFICCOM AGInventors: Peter Kahler, Christian Janner, Maike Löhndorf