Patents by Inventor Rainer BUNSE

Rainer BUNSE 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 for detecting the application of scratches and bumps
    Patent number: 11932187
    Abstract: A method for detecting scratches and bumps applied to a vehicle uses an acceleration sensor. Signals of the sensor are analyzed and evaluated based on amplitude and frequency. Relationships between the amplitudes and frequencies provide a basis to classify a vehicle contact event as a bump or a scratch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Rainer Bunse, Andreas Vogt, Vikas Kumar
  • Determining a Location of a Damage Applied to a Parked Vehicle
    Publication number: 20240021026
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for determining the location of a damage applied to a parked vehicle using an acceleration sensor and an ultrasonic sensor provided at an electronic control unit within the interior of the parked vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Vikas Kumar, Rainer Bunse, Christoph Rott, Philipp Botschen, Roland Menne
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING THE APPLICATION OF SCRATCHES AND BUMPS
    Publication number: 20220297624
    Abstract: A method for detecting scratches and bumps applied to a vehicle uses an acceleration sensor. Signals of the sensor are analyzed and evaluated based on amplitude and frequency. Relationships between the amplitudes and frequencies provide a basis to classify a vehicle contact event as a bump or a scratch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Rainer BUNSE, Andreas VOGT, Vikas KUMAR
  • Method for detecting the application of scratches and bumps
    Patent number: 11351943
    Abstract: A method for detecting scratches and bumps applied to a vehicle uses an acceleration sensor. Signals of the sensor are analyzed and evaluated based on duration and frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Rainer Bunse, Andreas Vogt, Vikas Kumar
  • METHOD FOR DETECTING THE APPLICATION OF SCRATCHES AND BUMPS
    Publication number: 20200324723
    Abstract: A method for detecting scratches and bumps applied to a vehicle uses an acceleration sensor. Signals of the sensor are analyzed and evaluated based on duration and frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Rainer BUNSE, Andreas VOGT, Kumar VIKAS