Patents by Inventor Philippe Kessler
Philippe Kessler 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: 12351236Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle along a trajectory, in which the vehicle has a control device which plans the trajectory within a definable search space of the trajectory and can access actuators of the vehicle in order to control the vehicle, wherein at least one limit value is determined for at least one manipulated variable of an actuator, and a search space of the manipulated variable is defined on the basis of the at least one limit value, wherein the search space is used to plan the trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbHInventor: Philipp Keßler
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Patent number: 12168484Abstract: A railborne driver assistance device for supporting or automating the lateral control of a vehicle includes a first processing unit configured to control a steering torque intervention by establishing a steering angle with a stationary control accuracy of an electrically supported steering system. A second processing unit is configured to adjust the stationary control accuracy of the steering angle via the output of an accuracy request signal to the first processing unit in such a way that there is a scaling of the control accuracy between a lower and an upper threshold value. The second processing unit includes a control unit having an integrator with an input and an output, wherein the output of the integrator is connected to the input in a closed-loop manner with a weighting dependent on the accuracy request signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Stefan Feick, Philipp Keßler, Michael Simon
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Publication number: 20240174292Abstract: A system for actuating an electromechanical steering system of a vehicle includes a driver assistance system, which generates a first item of steering control information, and a control unit having a first interface which receives driver torque information, and at least one second interface which receives at least one item of adjustment information which is dependent on the driving state and/or the driving situation. The control unit provides a second item of steering control information which is dependent on the driver torque information and the at least one item of adjustment information, and the system provides a modified item of steering control information to the steering system of the vehicle based on the first and the second item of steering control information, a steering movement being executed on the electromechanical steering system based on the modified item of steering control information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbHInventors: Stefan Feick, Philipp Keßler
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Patent number: 11981379Abstract: A regulating device for regulating the steering angle of a vehicle includes a first controller unit having at least one integrating component and configured to receive a control difference between first steering angle information, which is deduced from nominal steering angle information, and an actual steering angle. The first controller unit provides actuation information for a motor operating the steering. A compensation control circuit superposed on the first controller unit is provided. The compensation control circuit has a feedback path receives actuation information of the motor, the output torque of the motor, and/or information dependent on the output torque of the motor as the input variable and, based on the input variable, provides steering angle compensation information.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Philipp Keßler, Stefan Feick, Michael Simon
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Publication number: 20240017747Abstract: A method for generating a simulation scenario includes: receiving raw data, wherein the raw data comprises a plurality of successive LIDAR point clouds, a plurality of successive camera images, and successive velocity and/or acceleration data; merging the plurality of LIDAR point clouds from a determined region into a common coordinate system to produce a composite point cloud; locating and classifying one or more static objects within the composite point cloud; generating road information based on the composite point cloud, one or more static objects and at least one camera image; locating and classifying one or more dynamic road users within the plurality of successive LIDAR point clouds and generating trajectories for the one or more dynamic road users; creating a simulation scenario based on the one or more static objects, the road information, and the generated trajectories for the one or more dynamic road users; and exporting the simulation scenario.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Daniel Hasenklever, Simon Funke, Philipp Kessler, Dominik Doerr
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Patent number: 11840294Abstract: The disclosure relates to a regulating device for regulating the steering angle for a vehicle, comprising a first controller unit with a controller superposed thereon, the controller having a feedback path and a prefilter. The feedback path provides a first adjustment variable based on actual steering angle information which is provided by the first controller unit as an output variable and the prefilter provides a second adjustment variable based on nominal steering angle information. The controller is configured to form input information for the first controller unit based on the first and the second adjustment variables, wherein the feedback path has a first correction element, the transfer behavior of which can be adjusted. The prefilter has a second correction element, the transfer behavior of which can be adjusted. The controller is configured such that at least the controller gain of the first controller unit can be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Philipp Keßler, Stefan Feick, Michael Simon
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Publication number: 20230139711Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle along a trajectory, in which the vehicle has a control device which plans the trajectory within a definable search space of the trajectory and can access actuators of the vehicle in order to control the vehicle , wherein at least one limit value is determined for at least one manipulated variable of an actuator and a search space of the manipulated variable is defined on the basis of the at least one limit value, wherein the search space is used to plan the trajectory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventor: Philipp Keßler
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Publication number: 20220289286Abstract: The disclosure relates to a regulating device for regulating the steering angle for a vehicle, comprising a first controller unit with a controller superposed thereon, the controller having a feedback path and a prefilter. The feedback path provides a first adjustment variable based on actual steering angle information which is provided by the first controller unit as an output variable and the prefilter provides a second adjustment variable based on nominal steering angle information. The controller is configured to form input information for the first controller unit based on the first and the second adjustment variables, wherein the feedback path has a first correction element, the transfer behavior of which can be adjusted. The prefilter has a second correction element, the transfer behavior of which can be adjusted. The controller is configured such that at least the controller gain of the first controller unit can be adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Philipp Keßler, Stefan Feick, Michael Simon
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Publication number: 20220281518Abstract: A railborne driver assistance device for supporting or automating the lateral control of a vehicle includes a first processing unit configured to control a steering torque intervention by establishing a steering angle with a stationary control accuracy of an electrically supported steering system. A second processing unit is configured to adjust the stationary control accuracy of the steering angle via the output of an accuracy request signal to the first processing unit in such a way that there is a scaling of the control accuracy between a lower and an upper threshold value. The second processing unit includes a control unit having an integrator with an input and an output, wherein the output of the integrator is connected to the input in a closed-loop manner with a weighting dependent on the accuracy request signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Stefan Feick, Philipp Keßler, Michael Simon
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Publication number: 20220250678Abstract: A regulating device for regulating the steering angle of a vehicle includes a first controller unit having at least one integrating component and configured to receive a control difference between first steering angle information, which is deduced from nominal steering angle information, and an actual steering angle. The first controller unit provides actuation information for a motor operating the steering. A compensation control circuit superposed on the first controller unit is provided. The compensation control circuit has a feedback path receives actuation information of the motor, the output torque of the motor, and/or information dependent on the output torque of the motor as the input variable and, based on the input variable, provides steering angle compensation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Philipp Keßler, Stefan Feick, Michael Simon
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Publication number: 20150375719Abstract: A method for determining a vehicle reference speed and a vehicle controller having such a method, in which directly or indirectly determined or estimated vehicle status signals, including weighting factors associated with each of the vehicle status signals, are merged in a merging module, wherein the merging module includes at least two stochastic estimators, which exchange signals with one another that correspond to physical vehicle parameters, wherein the association of the estimators is selected in accordance with a physics model for the vehicle behavior.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Chen Zhang, Julien Levrier, Philipp Kessler
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Publication number: 20150230493Abstract: Method for producing a long coffee extract from a capsule in a coffee machine comprising: providing a capsule containing a predetermined dose of roast and ground coffee and the machine supplying hot water within the capsule, extracting liquid coffee extract from the capsule by rotating the capsule about its central axis in the machine for centrifuging and extracting the liquid coffee extract towards the periphery of the capsule while the machine continuing supplying hot water, the machine collecting the liquid coffee extract from the capsule and dispensing the coffee extract in a receptacle; wherein the liquid coffee extract is formed with coffee foam (i.e.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Alexis Alberto Rodriguez Rodriguez, Anton Egli, Florent Lefebre-Pautigny, Anthony Bessant, Tatiana Isabel Jerez Acevado, Victoria Cortes Narvaez, Stephanie Ribeiro, Diana Ribeiro, Philippe Kessler
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Patent number: D920388Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SPOHN & BURKHARDT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Jürgen Wagner, Gerhard Oesterle, Philipp Kessler, Thomas Starczewski