Patents by Inventor Raphael Wenzel

Raphael Wenzel 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: 11679782
    Abstract: A method and system for assisting operation of an ego-vehicle in the traffic situation with shared traffic space is provided, in which a future path for the ego-vehicle and a future path for another traffic participant and a relevant path corridor for each determine future path is determined. Based thereon, an overlap of the path corridors to define a shared traffic space is determined and individual distance measures between the ego-vehicle and the shared traffic space and between the other traffic participant and the shared traffic space are calculated to determine an asymmetry. Based on the asymmetry an order is determined and (partially) automated in accordance with trajectory determined based on the order, or information on the intended passing order is provided to the ego-vehicle driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael Wenzel, Malte Probst, Tim Puphal, Thomas Weisswange
  • Publication number: 20220315047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assisting a driver of an ego-vehicle in a traffic situation, wherein an ego-trajectory of the ego-vehicle and a trajectory of a traffic participant are calculated, an ego-trajectory alternative is generated by applying a lateral shift to the calculated ego-trajectory, an uncertainty area at least with respect to a lateral direction is determined for each trajectory, a spatio-temporal closeness of the uncertainty area of the ego-trajectory and the uncertainty area of the trajectory of the traffic participant is estimated for each of the plurality of ego-trajectories and an ego-trajectory is selected from the plurality of ego-trajectories based on the evaluated spatio-temporal closeness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Malte Probst, Thomas Weisswange, Tim Puphal, Raphael Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20220234613
    Abstract: A method and system for assisting operation of an ego-vehicle in the traffic situation with shared traffic space is provided, in which a future path for the ego-vehicle and a future path for another traffic participant and a relevant path corridor for each determine future path is determined. Based thereon, an overlap of the path corridors to define a shared traffic space is determined and individual distance measures between the ego-vehicle and the shared traffic space and between the other traffic participant and the shared traffic space are calculated to determine an asymmetry. Based on the asymmetry an order is determined and (partially) automated in accordance with trajectory determined based on the order, or information on the intended passing order is provided to the ego-vehicle driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael Wenzel, Malte Probst, Tim Puphal, Thomas Weisswange
  • Patent number: 11072337
    Abstract: In a method for ascertaining the coefficient of friction between a vehicle wheel and the roadway, at least one active vehicle unit influencing the longitudinal dynamics of the vehicle is controlled during the trip in such a manner, that the longitudinal wheel force acting upon at least one vehicle wheel is increased, and/or the contact patch force of the wheel is decreased, while the characteristic of the sum of all of the longitudinal forces acting upon the vehicle remains unchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Hagenlocher, Raphael Wenzel, Tobias Oberhardt
  • Publication number: 20190210606
    Abstract: In a method for ascertaining the coefficient of friction between a vehicle wheel and the roadway, at least one active vehicle unit influencing the longitudinal dynamics of the vehicle is controlled during the trip in such a manner, that the longitudinal wheel force acting upon at least one vehicle wheel is increased, and/or the contact patch force of the wheel is decreased, while the characteristic of the sum of all of the longitudinal forces acting upon the vehicle remains unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Nils Hagenlocher, Raphael Wenzel, Tobias Oberhardt