Patents by Inventor Roland Haberl

Roland Haberl 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).

  • Method for operating a motor vehicle, in which a user is warned of hazardous situations based on data obtained from outside and inside the vehicle, and motor vehicle operated accordingly
    Patent number: 9564051
    Abstract: In a method for operating a motor vehicle, data obtained from outside the motor vehicle, which indicate the existence of a hazardous situation, are transmitted to a receiving device. A warning concerning the hazardous situation is communicated to the user of the motor vehicle. In addition to the external vehicle data, data obtained from inside the vehicle, which indicate the existence of a hazardous situation, are evaluated. The warning is communicated to the user of the vehicle subject to the evaluation of the data obtained from outside the vehicle and the data obtained from inside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andre Hainzlmaier, Roland Haberl, Andreas Lamprecht, Florian Netter, Frank Oldewurtel, Paul Sprickmann Kerkerinck
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN WHICH A USER IS WARNED OF HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS BASED ON DATA OBTAINED FROM OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THE VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATED ACCORDINGLY
    Publication number: 20150154864
    Abstract: In a method for operating a motor vehicle, data obtained from outside the motor vehicle, which indicate the existence of a hazardous situation, are transmitted to a receiving device. A warning concerning the hazardous situation is communicated to the user of the motor vehicle. In addition to the external vehicle data, data obtained from inside the vehicle, which indicate the existence of a hazardous situation, are evaluated. The warning is communicated to the user of the vehicle subject to the evaluation of the data obtained from outside the vehicle and the data obtained from inside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andre Hainzlmaier, Roland Haberl, Andreas Lamprecht, Florian Netter, Frank Oldewurtel, Paul Sprickmann Kerkerinck
  • Method for controlling a locking system of a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8217774
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a locking system of a motor vehicle wherein, as the states of the locking system, there is an unlocked state, a locked state from which it is possible to switch to the unlocked state via at least a first operating element inside the vehicle, and a security state in which by simply activating a first operating element it is not possible to switch to the unlocked state. The aim of the invention is to propose a method that allows a person inside the motor vehicle to still leave the motor vehicle despite user activation of the security state without substantially easing the opening of the motor vehicle from the outside by an unauthorized third party. Four concepts are proposed that can all be implemented in combination to great benefit. They enable a person still inside the vehicle to leave the motor vehicle upon activation of the security state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignees: Audi AG, Audi Electronics Venture GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Elias, Ruben Maier, Roland Haberl, Ingo Ledendecker, Martin Deinhard, Andreas Stüber
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LOCKING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20110248844
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a locking system of a motor vehicle wherein, as the states of the locking system, there is an unlocked state, a locked state from which it is possible to switch to the unlocked state via at least a first operating element inside the vehicle, and a security state in which by simply activating a first operating element it is not possible to switch to the unlocked state. The aim of the invention is to propose a method that allows a person inside the motor vehicle to still leave the motor vehicle despite user activation of the security state without substantially easing the opening of the motor vehicle from the outside by an unauthorized third party. Four concepts are proposed that can all be implemented in combination to great benefit. They enable a person still inside the vehicle to leave the motor vehicle upon activation of the security state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicants: AUDI ELECTRONICS VENTURE GMBH, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Björn Elias, Ruben Maier, Roland Haberl, Ingo Ledendecker, Martin Deinhard, Andreas Stüber