Patents by Inventor Richard Scherping

Richard Scherping 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).

  • Publication number: 20240098465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for sending a vehicle-to-x-message including an information part and a safety part, wherein the safety part comprises information that can be used to evaluate quality and reliability of the information contained in the information part regarding its usability and qualification for safety-related driving functions and tasks. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for receiving and a corresponding vehicle-to-x-communications module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Andrae, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping
  • Patent number: 11930387
    Abstract: A method for filtering vehicle-to-X messages, having the following steps: receiving a number of vehicle-to-X messages and adapting a filter parameter for filtering the received vehicle-to-X messages in such a manner that a number of vehicle-to-X messages to be discarded leaves a number of vehicle-to-X messages to be processed from the number of received vehicle-to-X messages. The adaptation is carried out on the basis of a correction value for describing a deviation of the number of vehicle-to-X messages to be processed in a specified duration from a number of vehicle-to-X messages provided for processing in the specified duration. Also disclosed are a corresponding vehicle-to-X communication device and to a computer-readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping
  • Publication number: 20240029566
    Abstract: A method and electronic monitoring system for identifying a detrimental traffic situation of a first road user with a second road user by acquiring position information for ascertaining a position of the first road user and uncertainty information for ascertaining a position detection uncertainty of the first road user, acquiring position information for ascertaining a position of the second road user and uncertainty information for ascertaining a position detection uncertainty of the second road user, converting the uncertainty information of the first road user into a first covariance matrix for describing a location-dependent probability of presence of the first road user in connection with the position of the first road user, converting the uncertainty information of the second road user into a second covariance matrix for describing a location-dependent probability of presence of the second road user in connection with the position of the second road user, and using the first covariance matrix and the se
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Scherping, Daniel Sturma
  • Publication number: 20220038936
    Abstract: A method for filtering vehicle-to-X messages, having the following steps: receiving a number of vehicle-to-X messages and adapting a filter parameter for filtering the received vehicle-to-X messages in such a manner that a number of vehicle-to-X messages to be discarded leaves a number of vehicle-to-X messages to be processed from the number of received vehicle-to-X messages. The adaptation is carried out on the basis of a correction value for describing a deviation of the number of vehicle-to-X messages to be processed in a specified duration from a number of vehicle-to-X messages provided for processing in the specified duration. Also disclosed are a corresponding vehicle-to-X communication device and to a computer-readable storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping
  • Patent number: 10841975
    Abstract: A method for identifying redundantly received information in which the information is contained in vehicle-to-X messages, one vehicle-to-X message comprising at least one item of information, a plurality of vehicle-to-X messages being received by a receiver, and at least one portion of a total number of items of information being received redundantly. The received items of information are entered into an information table and matched with one another before the received information is processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Thomas Grotendorst, Richard Scherping
  • Patent number: 10684135
    Abstract: A method for updating an electronic card in a vehicle based on a deviation between predicted states and actual states comprises calculating a predicted state of the vehicle, establishing an actual state of the vehicle, determining a deviation between the predicted state and the actual state, and storing information in the map if the predicted state and the actual state deviate from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping
  • Patent number: 10454838
    Abstract: A method for determining a channel load in a vehicle-to-X communication, a method for adjusting a preprocessing in a vehicle-to-X communication, a vehicle-to-X communication system and a storage medium. In particular, a preprocessing can be adjusted in a vehicle-to-X communication, for example a filtering out of vehicle-to-X messages, to the channel load and/or to a system power by the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping, Marc Menzel
  • Patent number: 10405294
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for generating a time stamp in a vehicle which participates in a vehicle ad-hoc network. The method includes associating, by giving out the time stamp, an event, which is transmitted in a message, with a clock time. The clock time is generated by updating a global time base that may be derived from a global satellite navigation signal (GNSS). The method includes checking whether a GNSS signal may be received. The method also includes generating the clock time based on a local time base if an insufficient number of global satellite navigation signals for deriving the global time base is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Michael Zalewski, Richard Scherping, Sven Kretschmar, Nils Bauch
  • Patent number: 10353757
    Abstract: A method for processing vehicle-to-X messages in a processing module and a method for processing vehicle-to-X messages in a control module. In the course of this messages are checked in a specified checking sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Torsten Martin, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin
  • Patent number: 10356180
    Abstract: A method for processing vehicle-to-x messages in a processing module and a method for processing vehicle-to-x messages in a control module. In this way, the data traffic between processing module and control module can be considerably reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Torsten Martin, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin
  • Patent number: 10341231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for handling a received vehicle-to-X message in a vehicle, said message having at least a header and a body, and only the header without the body being forwarded to a self-learning map, in particular if it is established that the message is suitable for simplified processing. The invention also relates to a vehicle-to-X communications module and a storage medium for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping
  • Publication number: 20190162552
    Abstract: A method for providing a map in a vehicle, wherein an initial map is stored, route information is obtained and the map is provided based on the initial map and the route information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Attila Jaeger, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping
  • Patent number: 10225690
    Abstract: A method for filtering a message transmitted between a transmitter and a receiver in a vehicular ad hoc network, the message containing at least one position of the transmitter, including: determining a position of the receiver by a global satellite navigation system in a predetermined coordinate system; determining a decision threshold for a maximum distance between the receiver and the transmitter in the predetermined coordinate system in which the position of the receiver was determined; and discarding the message if a distance between the position of the transmitter and the position of the receiver exceeds the decision threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Thomas Grotendorst, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin
  • Patent number: 10143039
    Abstract: A method for receiving a data packet containing at least position data in a transmission signal via a vehicular ad hoc network, including: filtering the received data packet on the basis of a first filter condition and outputting the filtered data packet to a processing device for processing the filtered data packet; and filtering the received data packet on the basis of a second filter condition and outputting the filtered data packet to a forwarding device for forwarding the filtered data packet to another subscriber of the vehicular ad hoc network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel
  • Patent number: 10131359
    Abstract: A communication system for a vehicle, with a processor designed to determine a driving situation of the vehicle, and a communication interface designed to receive V2X communication data of a first additional vehicle, wherein the V2X communication data defines a driving situation of the first additional vehicle, wherein the processor is designed to detect a second additional vehicle which is located between the vehicle and the first additional vehicle on the basis of the determined driving situation of the vehicle and the driving situation of the first additional vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Harald Feifel, Daniel Förster, Attila Jaeger, Richard Scherping
  • Publication number: 20180292227
    Abstract: A method for updating an electronic card in a vehicle based on a deviation between predicted states and actual states comprises calculating a predicted state of the vehicle, establishing an actual state of the vehicle, determining a deviation between the predicted state and the actual state, and storing information in the map if the predicted state and the actual state deviate from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping
  • Patent number: 10055517
    Abstract: A method for merging environment sensor data with communication data, wherein the environment sensor data is detected by at least one environment sensor and wherein the communication data is contained in vehicle-to-X messages which are received by vehicle-to-X communication. The communication data selected by pre-processing is fed directly to the sensor data merging process, wherein the sensor data merging process merges the selected communication data with environment sensor data to form an environment model. A corresponding system and a usage of the system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping, Thomas Grotendorst
  • Patent number: 10015195
    Abstract: A method and system for the distributed transmission of the communication flow, in which the communication flow takes place at least unidirectionally from a first to a second communication unit and wherein the first and second communication units are capable of transmitting the communication flow by means of at least two different communication paths, the communication flow comprises at least one vehicle-to-X message. The communication flow is divided into at least two communication flow elements by the first communication unit prior to sending, wherein the at least two communication flow elements are transmitted from the first to the second communication unit in a manner distributed over the at least two different communication paths, and wherein the at least two communication flow elements are assembled again by the second communication unit following reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OH
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping
  • Patent number: 9959751
    Abstract: A filter method for adapting a computing load to a computing capacity of a car-to-x communication system, in which method car-to-x messages are received and/or sent using the car-to-x communication system and the received car-to-x messages require processing by the car-to-x communication system. The filter method decides which of the received car-to-x messages to process and which of the received car-to-x messages to discard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel
  • Patent number: 9935875
    Abstract: A method for relaying a data packet containing at least positional data, the data packet being carried in a transmission signal and received via a vehicular ad hoc network. The method includes the following steps: filtering the received data packet based on a predetermined filter condition; and relaying the filtered data packet to an additional receiver based on an identification of whether the filtered data packet should be relayed to the additional receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Thomas Grotendorst, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin