Patents by Inventor Roland Geiger

Roland Geiger 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: 10688987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a surroundings map (12) of a surroundings area (8) of a motor vehicle (1), in which method the surroundings area (8) is captured by way of at least one sensor, in particular ultrasound sensor (5, 6, 14, 15), on the motor vehicle, wherein capturing of the surroundings area (8) by way of the at least one sensor (5, 6, 14, 15) is performed at at least two different points in time (T1, T2), and in a manner dependent on said surroundings clearance situations detected in each case in a manner dependent on items of sensor information at the points in time (T1, T2), a decision is made as regards whether an object (11, 13) which is at least supposedly situated in the surroundings area (8) in at least one surroundings clearance situation is, upon an updating of the surroundings map (12), displayed on the then updated surroundings map (12). The invention also relates to a driver assistance system (2) and to a motor vehicle (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Bariant, Markus Heimberger, Roland Geiger, Anto Michael
  • Publication number: 20170225678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a surroundings map (12) of a surroundings area (8) of a motor vehicle (1), in which method the surroundings area (8) is captured by way of at least one sensor, in particular ultrasound sensor (5, 6, 14, 15), on the motor vehicle, wherein capturing of the surroundings area (8) by way of the at least one sensor (5, 6, 14, 15) is performed at at least two different points in time (T1, T2), and in a manner dependent on said surroundings clearance situations detected in each case in a manner dependent on items of sensor information at the points in time (T1, T2), a decision is made as regards whether an object (11, 13) which is at least supposedly situated in the surroundings area (8) in at least one surroundings clearance situation is, upon an updating of the surroundings map (12), displayed on the then updated surroundings map (12). The invention also relates to a driver assistance system (2) and to a motor vehicle (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Bariant, Markus Heimberger, Roland Geiger, Anto Michael
  • Patent number: 9604572
    Abstract: A method for the output of a warning signal for warning the driver of a motor vehicle about the presence of a vehicle-external target object in a warning region, which is prescribed in relation to the motor vehicle, by means of a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle, in which a radar sensor is used to transmit electromagnetic radar signals into a sensing region of the radar sensor in each of successive measurement cycles of the radar sensor and to receive received signals, the received signals are used for detection of the target object by means of the radar sensor and for tracking said target object in the sensing region over the measurement cycles, and, if the target object enters the prescribed warning region, the warning signal is output by means of an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kohler, Urs Luebbert, Roland Geiger, Stefan Goerner
  • Patent number: 9498861
    Abstract: In a method and a device for machining an elongate workpiece that is not rotationally symmetrical in the form of turbine blades, the workpiece is supported by a steady rest that has clamping elements for clamping the workpiece on the cross-section thereof that is not rotationally symmetrical. After clamping the workpiece, the steady rest moves with its open clamping elements along the longitudinal axis of the workpiece into a supporting position. During movement of the steady rest into the supporting position and/or while the supporting position of the steady rest is being changed, a collision between the open clamping elements of the steady rest and the workpiece is prevented by a program-controlled rotation of a rotary part of the steady rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Starrag Ag
    Inventors: Horst Keller, Roland Geiger
  • Publication number: 20160023598
    Abstract: A method for the output of a warning signal for warning the driver of a motor vehicle about the presence of a vehicle-external target object in a warning region, which is prescribed in relation to the motor vehicle, by means of a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle, in which a radar sensor is used to transmit electromagnetic radar signals into a sensing region of the radar sensor in each of successive measurement cycles of the radar sensor and to receive received signals, the received signals are used for detection of the target object by means of the radar sensor and for tracking said target object in the sensing region over the measurement cycles, and, if the target object enters the prescribed warning region, the warning signal is output by means of an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kohler, Urs Luebbert, Roland Geiger, Stefan Goerner
  • Publication number: 20130269189
    Abstract: In a method and a device for machining an elongate workpiece that is not rotationally symmetrical in the form of turbine blades, the workpiece is supported by a steady rest that has clamping elements for clamping the workpiece on the cross-section thereof that is not rotationally symmetrical. After clamping the workpiece, the steady rest moves with its open clamping elements along the longitudinal axis of the workpiece into a supporting position. During movement of the steady rest into the supporting position and/or while the supporting position of the steady rest is being changed, a collision between the open clamping elements of the steady rest and the workpiece is prevented by a program-controlled rotation of a rotary part of the steady rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: STARRAGHECKERT AG
    Inventors: Horst Keller, Roland Geiger
  • Patent number: 7188013
    Abstract: A method for interlinking regulation and/or control functions for a motor vehicle, the communication structure of the control or regulation functions is defined by way of graphs containing nodes and directed gridlines, the nodes of the graph representing control or regulation functions and its directed gridlines representing defined communication paths of the control or regulation functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Horst Krimmel, Wolf-Dieter Gruhle, Martin Spiess, Claus Granzow, Udo Gillich, Roland Geiger, Jürgen Lucas, Frank König
  • Publication number: 20040181316
    Abstract: A method for interlinking regulation and/or control functions for a motor vehicle, the communication structure of the control or regulation functions is defined by way of graphs containing nodes and directed gridlines, the nodes of the graph representing control or regulation functions and its directed gridlines representing defined communication paths of the control or regulation functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Horst Krimmel, Wolf-Dieter Gruhle, Martin Spieb, Claus Granzow, Udo Gillich, Roland Geiger, Jurgen Lucas, Frank Konig