Patents by Inventor Rainer Daude

Rainer Daude 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).

  • Patent number: 10696344
    Abstract: A scooter, which is driven by an electric motor, for transporting persons, includes an electric drive motor and a standing platform. A front wheel is arranged along a center axis of the standing platform. A steering rod is coupled to the front wheel. Handlebars pivot the front wheel about a rotational axis, which is formed by the steering rod. Two rear wheels are at a spacing from the front wheel and are each arranged laterally offset with respect to the center axis. A feed-through aperture, which is preferably completely closed circumferentially and is passed through by the steering rod, or in which the front wheel sits, is incorporated into the standing platform. The front wheel is flanked on both sides in each case by at least one support element which projects from an underside of the standing platform that faces an underlying surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Augustin, Rainer Daude
  • Publication number: 20190202518
    Abstract: A scooter, which is driven by an electric motor, for transporting persons, includes an electric drive motor and a standing platform. A front wheel is arranged along a center axis of the standing platform. A steering rod is coupled to the front wheel. Handlebars pivot the front wheel about a rotational axis, which is formed by the steering rod. Two rear wheels are at a spacing from the front wheel and are each arranged laterally offset with respect to the center axis. A feed-through aperture, which is preferably completely closed circumferentially and is passed through by the steering rod, or in which the front wheel sits, is incorporated into the standing platform. The front wheel is flanked on both sides in each case by at least one support element which projects from an underside of the standing platform that faces an underlying surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Stephan AUGUSTIN, Rainer DAUDE
  • Patent number: 8997019
    Abstract: A method of operating a display device of a vehicle is provided on which information is representable in list form with a number of list entries, while the display device size is given and the type and font size are predefined. Each list entry has a second number of maximally representable characters. For the first number of list entries currently to be represented on the display device, it is determined whether, in each case, two mutually successive list entries each have a number of characters that is greater than the second representable number. In the affirmative case, the representable second number of characters of the mutually successive list entries is compared with respect to distinctiveness. When an indistinctiveness is determined, a distinctiveness of these two list entries will be established on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Daude, Alexandre Saad, Thorsten Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20130014056
    Abstract: A method of operating a display device of a vehicle is provided on which information is representable in list form with a number of list entries, while the display device size is given and the type and font size are predefined. Each list entry has a second number of maximally representable characters. For the first number of list entries currently to be represented on the display device, it is determined whether, in each case, two mutually successive list entries each have a number of characters that is greater than the second representable number. In the affirmative case, the representable second number of characters of the mutually successive list entries is compared with respect to distinctiveness. When an indistinctiveness is determined, a distinctiveness of these two list entries will be established on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer DAUDE, Alexandre Saad, Thorsten Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20080021598
    Abstract: An operating system for a vehicle, including a display screen containing a plurality of representation regions for representing inputs of a menu structure with a plurality of levels, a manual actuating means for selecting and/or activating at least one input in a current level of the menu structure, and voice control means for a redundant selection and/or activation of at least one input from the menu structure. The voice control means evaluate the current menu level and/or an active representation region and/or a current cursor position, and determine an operating purpose according to the evaluation. Once the voice control means have been activated, they start at least one voice dialogue associated with the determined operating purpose for selecting and/or activating at least one input from the menu structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Daimlerchrysler AG
    Inventors: Rainer Daude, Guenter Metsch
  • Publication number: 20070279316
    Abstract: An optical display system for a vehicle (10), having at least one first display unit (1) and at least one second display unit (2), with information for display being allocated to the at least one first display unit (1) and/or to the at least one second display unit (2). It is possible to switch from the at least one first display unit (1) to the at least one second display unit (2), or from the at least one second display unit (2) to the at least one first display unit (1), as a function of a determined current driving situation, in order to display the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Rainer Daude, Guenter Metsch
  • Publication number: 20070256027
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle having a screen display with a plurality of display areas for displaying entries of a menu structure, a manual actuating means for selecting and/or activating at least one entry in a current menu level, voice control means for redundantly selecting and/or activating at least one entry from the menu structure which simultaneously forms a keyword for the voice control means. The entries of the menu structure are divided into various groups, a first group of entries can be selected and/or activated only with the manual actuating means, a second group of entries can be selected and/or activated with the manual actuating means and/or the voice control means, and the second group being divided into at least two groups of terms which can be ordered by simple rules and which determine which keywords can be input at a particular time for menu control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Daimlerchrysler AG
    Inventor: Rainer Daude