Patents by Inventor Robert KNORRN

Robert KNORRN 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: 11932276
    Abstract: A driving system for at least automated longitudinal guidance for a motor vehicle is designed to determine or receive a virtual acceleration for the motor vehicle, to determine, for each of at least two further road users in the environment of the motor vehicle, the duration until a virtual collision of the motor vehicle with the road user in question, in each case at least in dependence on the virtual acceleration of the motor vehicle, to select one of the at least two further road users as a target object in dependence on the respective durations until a virtual collision of the motor vehicle with the respective road users, which durations were determined for the at least two further road users, and to determine the longitudinal guidance for the motor vehicle in dependence on the road user selected as the control object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tamas Fendler, Robert Knorrn, Thomas Velten
  • Patent number: 11788848
    Abstract: A method for determining an updated trajectory at a certain time point for the longitudinal and/or lateral control of a vehicle. The method includes determining short-range trajectory candidates in an immediate vicinity of a trajectory determined at a preceding time point, the short-range trajectory candidates being determined with a relatively fine value resolution of one or more state variables of the vehicle. In addition, the method includes determining at least one long-range trajectory candidate outside of the immediate vicinity of the trajectory determined at the preceding time point, the long-range trajectory candidate being determined with a relatively coarse value resolution of the one or more state variables. Furthermore, the method includes determining the updated trajectory at the certain time point on the basis of the determined short-range trajectory candidates and on the basis of the determined long-range trajectory candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tamas Fendler, Robert Knorrn
  • Patent number: 11654907
    Abstract: A driver assistance system is configured to determine or receive a setpoint value for a control variable of the motor vehicle, to determine or receive an actual value for the control variable of the motor vehicle, to determine a correction value for reducing a deviation between the setpoint value for the control variable and the actual value for the control variable depending on the deviation between the setpoint value for the control variable and the actual value for the control variable, to compare the correction value with a first threshold value, and at least to limit a future change in the setpoint value for the control variable which increases the deviation between the target value for the control variable and the actual value for the control variable depending on the comparison of the correction value with the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tamas Fendler, Robert Knorrn, Thomas Velten
  • Publication number: 20210316725
    Abstract: A driver assistance system is configured to determine or receive a setpoint value for a control variable of the motor vehicle, to determine or receive an actual value for the control variable of the motor vehicle, to determine a correction value for reducing a deviation between the setpoint value for the control variable and the actual value for the control variable depending on the deviation between the setpoint value for the control variable and the actual value for the control variable, to compare the correction value with a first threshold value, and at least to limit a future change in the setpoint value for the control variable which increases the deviation between the target value for the control variable and the actual value for the control variable depending on the comparison of the correction value with the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Tamas FENDLER, Robert KNORRN, Thomas VELTEN
  • Publication number: 20210309256
    Abstract: A driving system for at least automated longitudinal guidance for a motor vehicle is designed to determine or receive a virtual acceleration for the motor vehicle, to determine, for each of at least two further road users in the environment of the motor vehicle, the duration until a virtual collision of the motor vehicle with the road user in question, in each case at least in dependence on the virtual acceleration of the motor vehicle, to select one of the at least two further road users as a target object in dependence on the respective durations until a virtual collision of the motor vehicle with the respective road users, which durations were determined for the at least two further road users, and to determine the longitudinal guidance for the motor vehicle in dependence on the road user selected as the control object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Tamas FENDLER, Robert KNORRN, Thomas VELTEN
  • Publication number: 20210278225
    Abstract: A method for determining an updated trajectory at a certain time point for the longitudinal and/or lateral control of a vehicle. The method includes determining short-range trajectory candidates in an immediate vicinity of a trajectory determined at a preceding time point, the short-range trajectory candidates being determined with a relatively fine value resolution of one or more state variables of the vehicle. In addition, the method includes determining at least one long-range trajectory candidate outside of the immediate vicinity of the trajectory determined at the preceding time point, the long-range trajectory candidate being determined with a relatively coarse value resolution of the one or more state variables. Furthermore, the method includes determining the updated trajectory at the certain time point on the basis of the determined short-range trajectory candidates and on the basis of the determined long-range trajectory candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Tamas FENDLER, Robert KNORRN