Patents by Inventor Sönke Petersen

Sönke Petersen 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: 20230358639
    Abstract: Conformance testing of a rebuilt motor includes disposing a motor under test in a motor test stand, coupling a plurality of sensors to the motor under test including a first vibrational sensor to the motor under test; a first temperature sensor to the motor under test; a first rotational speed sensor to the motor under test. A set of test parameters are received comprising parameters for a conformance test, the test parameters including a vibrational sensor parameter, a temperature sensor parameter, and a rotational speed parameter. A motor under test is placed in an on-state and a processing device receives sensor data simultaneously from the sensors, determines that the rotational speed satisfies the rotational speed parameter, and stores time sampled sensor data received from the plurality of sensors relative to a time zero corresponding to a time when the rotational speed satisfies the rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas Johnson, Michael Ingram, Greg Ziegler, Soenke Petersen
  • Patent number: 11513031
    Abstract: Conformance testing of a rebuilt motor includes disposing a motor under test in a motor test stand, coupling a plurality of sensors to the motor under test including a first vibrational sensor to the motor under test; a first temperature sensor to the motor under test; a first rotational speed sensor to the motor under test. A set of test parameters are received comprising parameters for a conformance test, the test parameters including a vibrational sensor parameter, a temperature sensor parameter, and a rotational speed parameter. A motor under test is placed in an on-state and a processing device receives sensor data simultaneously from the sensors, determines that the rotational speed satisfies the rotational speed parameter, and stores time sampled sensor data received from the plurality of sensors relative to a time zero corresponding to a time when the rotational speed satisfies the rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas Johnson, Michael Ingram, Greg Ziegler, Soenke Petersen
  • Publication number: 20210123832
    Abstract: Conformance testing of a rebuilt motor includes disposing a motor under test in a motor test stand, coupling a plurality of sensors to the motor under test including a first vibrational sensor to the motor under test; a first temperature sensor to the motor under test; a first rotational speed sensor to the motor under test. A set of test parameters are received comprising parameters for a conformance test, the test parameters including a vibrational sensor parameter, a temperature sensor parameter, and a rotational speed parameter. A motor under test is placed in an on-state and a processing device receives sensor data simultaneously from the sensors, determines that the rotational speed satisfies the rotational speed parameter, and stores time sampled sensor data received from the plurality of sensors relative to a time zero corresponding to a time when the rotational speed satisfies the rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Douglas Johnson, Michael Ingram, Greg Ziegler, Soenke Petersen
  • Patent number: 10695647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile transponder (12) for timing and position tracking, including: a reception unit (26) for receiving a message (50) when a measuring point (18) is passed; a processor (28) for evaluating the message to activate a tracking mode if the message includes activation information (54), and to determine a passing time at which the measuring point is passed if the message includes timing information (52); and a transmission unit (30) for periodically transmitting a tracking packet (56) with identity information (58) for reception by a tracking station (20) having a known position within communication range (22) if the tracking mode is activated, and for forwarding the passing time to the measuring point. The present invention further relates to a system and a method for timing and position tracking as well as to a use of the transponder and of the system for timing and position tracking of participants at a sports event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: RACE RESULT AG
    Inventors: Sönke Petersen, Nikias Klohr
  • Patent number: 10427525
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor vehicle comfort system, wherein the control is carried out with the aid of a touch-sensitive display and user interface assigned to the comfort system. In at least one operating mode, the virtual representation of at least one body having a three-dimensional appearance is generated in a first position on the touch-sensitive display and user interface and at least one function that can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the surface of the body, wherein the body is moved after rotating around a horizontal or vertical axis into another position in which at least one other function which can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the visible surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Indra-Lena Kögler, Mathias Kuhn, Filip Piotr Chudzinski, Sönke Petersen, Omer Yosha, Alexander Hahn
  • Publication number: 20180326285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile transponder (12) for timing and position tracking, including: a reception unit (26) for receiving a message (50) when a measuring point (18) is passed; a processor (28) for evaluating the message to activate a tracking mode if the message includes activation information (54), and to determine a passing time at which the measuring point is passed if the message includes timing information (52); and a transmission unit (30) for periodically transmitting a tracking packet (56) with identity information (58) for reception by a tracking station (20) having a known position within communication range (22) if the tracking mode is activated, and for forwarding the passing time to the measuring point. The present invention further relates to a system and a method for timing and position tracking as well as to a use of the transponder and of the system for timing and position tracking of participants at a sports event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Sönke Petersen, Nikias Klohr
  • Patent number: 10052955
    Abstract: A method for providing an operating device in a vehicle, wherein a control device generates graphics data which control a display surface so that a graphics object relating to an executed application is displayed, and the geometric structure of an actuating object is detected in a detection space in front of the display surface and, depending upon the detected structure, a control signal for controlling the executed application is generated. A control signal for stopping the executed application is generated by the control system if a geometric structure of the actuating object has been detected in the detection space, wherein a substantially planar surface of the actuating object which is oriented substantially parallel to the display surface is spaced apart from the display surface. Also disclosed is a corresponding operating device for carrying out the method and a vehicle having such an operating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Rainer Dehmann, Frank Hauschild, Sönke Petersen, Mathias Kuhn
  • Patent number: 9713957
    Abstract: A method for displaying at least one parameter concerning the operation of a vehicle in the vehicle by a display device with a display surface wherein, in a first display mode of the display device, the display surface generates a display element with a first boundary and an area lying within the first boundary. The area is divided into at least a first sub-area and a second sub-area and the first sub-area includes a scale by which a state variable of the vehicle is displayed. The current value of the state variable is displayed in the first display mode by a graphical element which extends from the second sub-area in the first sub-area to the scale. Also disclosed is a device for displaying at least one parameter concerning the operation of a vehicle in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Volkmar Wagner, Mi-Ran Jun, Sönke Petersen, David Schriever, Matthias Peukert, Tobias Brandt, Jens Geissler, Martin Hofmann, Christian Burghoff
  • Publication number: 20170087989
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor vehicle comfort system, wherein the control is carried out with the aid of a touch-sensitive display and user interface assigned to the comfort system. In at least one operating mode, the virtual representation of at least one body having a three-dimensional appearance is generated in a first position on the touch-sensitive display and user interface and at least one function that can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the surface of the body, wherein the body is moved after rotating around a horizontal or vertical axis into another position in which at least one other function which can be executed by the comfort system is represented on the visible surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Indra-Lena KÖGLER, Mathias Peter KUHN, Filip Piotr CHUDZINSKI, Sönke PETERSEN, Omer YOSHA, Alexander HAHN
  • Patent number: 9530259
    Abstract: A method for displaying operating states of units of a vehicle wherein a control device generates graphics data which control a display device so that a first graphics object is displayed with a representation of the vehicle in a first state, and that a second graphics object is generated with a graphical representation of the vehicle unit which is displayed in the changed graphical representation of the vehicle so that the arrangement of the second graphics object of the vehicle unit in the first graphics object of the vehicle substantially corresponds to the real arrangement of the vehicle unit in the vehicle. Also disclosed is a corresponding device for carrying out this method and to a vehicle with such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Frank Hauschild, Mathias Kuhn, Sönke Petersen, Jian Lou
  • Patent number: 9530182
    Abstract: A method for displaying information in a vehicle wherein a control device can generate graphics data which control a display surface such that, in a first display mode, graphic objects and/or buttons for visualizing information of a first vehicle unit are displayed and, in a second display mode, graphic objects and/or switches for visualizing information of a plurality of vehicle units are displayed. In a transition from the first display mode to the second display mode the representation of the graphic objects and/or buttons for visualizing information of the first vehicle unit are decreased in size and changed, and surface graphic objects and/or buttons for visualizing information of other vehicle units are redisplayed and the graphic objects and/or buttons for visualizing information of other vehicle units are moved. Also disclosed is a display unit for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Mi-Ran Jun, Mathias Kuhn, Sönke Petersen, Alexander Hahn, Jian Lou
  • Patent number: 9499052
    Abstract: A method for providing an operating device in a vehicle, wherein a control device generates graphics data which control a display surface so that a graphics object relating to an executed application is displayed, and the geometric structure of an actuating object is detected in a detection space in front of the display surface and, depending upon the detected structure, a control signal for controlling the executed application is generated. A control signal for stopping the executed application is generated by the control system if a geometric structure of the actuating object has been detected in the detection space, wherein a substantially planar surface of the actuating object which is oriented substantially parallel to the display surface is spaced apart from the display surface. Also disclosed is a corresponding operating device for carrying out the method and a vehicle having such an operating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Rainer Dehmann, Frank Hauschild, Sönke Petersen, Mathias Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20160318397
    Abstract: A method for providing an operating device in a vehicle, wherein a control device generates graphics data which control a display surface so that a graphics object relating to an executed application is displayed, and the geometric structure of an actuating object is detected in a detection space in front of the display surface and, depending upon the detected structure, a control signal for controlling the executed application is generated. A control signal for stopping the executed application is generated by the control system if a geometric structure of the actuating object has been detected in the detection space, wherein a substantially planar surface of the actuating object which is oriented substantially parallel to the display surface is spaced apart from the display surface. Also disclosed is a corresponding operating device for carrying out the method and a vehicle having such an operating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Rainer DEHMANN, Frank HAUSCHILD, Sönke PETERSEN, Mathias KUHN
  • Patent number: 9440553
    Abstract: An energy management method for a vehicle having an energy store and consumers, in which the energy reserve in the energy store is detected and a predicted actual range of the vehicle is calculated, a graphic object which visualizes the predicted actual range is generated and displayed, a user input is detected with which a setpoint range is set in that the graphic object is changed by an input device, after the setting of the setpoint range, on the basis of the difference between the setpoint range and the predicted actual range it is calculated by which changes in state of at least one subset of the consumers the setpoint range can be achieved, and the calculated changes in state are output as a proposal. Also disclosed is an energy management device for carrying out this energy management method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Mathias Kuhn, Tobias Budzynski, Jian Lou, Sönke Petersen, Gustav Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20150367730
    Abstract: A method for displaying at least one parameter concerning the operation of a vehicle in the vehicle by a display device with a display surface wherein, in a first display mode of the display device, the display surface generates a display element with a first boundary and an area lying within the first boundary. The area is divided into at least a first sub-area and a second sub-area and the first sub-area includes a scale by which a state variable of the vehicle is displayed. The current value of the state variable is displayed in the first display mode by a graphical element which extends from the second sub-area in the first sub-area to the scale. Also disclosed is a device for displaying at least one parameter concerning the operation of a vehicle in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Volkmar WAGNER, Mi-Ran JUN, Sönke PETERSEN, David SCHRIEVER, Matthias PEUKERT, Tobias BRANDT, Jens GEISSLER, Martin HOFMANN, Christian BURGHOFF
  • Publication number: 20150363083
    Abstract: A user interface and a method for adapting semantic scaling of a tile to a display unit of a user interface are provided. The method includes displaying a first tile including a first plurality of command buttons, detecting a user command to enlarge the display of the first tile and in response thereto, displaying an enlarged display of the first tile including a second plurality of command buttons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Indra-Lena Kögler, Mathias Kuhn, Filip Piotr Chudzinski, Alexander Hahn, Sönke Petersen, Omer Yosha
  • Patent number: 9207839
    Abstract: A device for displaying a multitude of planar objects arranged in at least one stack, includes a display area, e.g., a touchscreen, for displaying the stack; a processing unit to generate and modify graphics data of the objects; and a proximity ascertainment device for detecting an operating element in a proximity region in front of the display surface or an input device. The processing unit is arranged such that the graphics data of the objects are generated so that the at least one stack is displayed on the display area in different display states, i.e., a first mode, preferably a pure display mode; a second mode, in which an operating element is detected in the proximity region in front of the display area or an input device; and a third mode, following the touching or selection of the display area or an object displayed on the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Mathias Kuhn, Tobias Budzynski, Jian Lou, Soenke Petersen, Kyoung Sun Han
  • Publication number: 20150258912
    Abstract: An energy management method for a vehicle having an energy store and consumers, in which the energy reserve in the energy store is detected and a predicted actual range of the vehicle is calculated, a graphic object which visualizes the predicted actual range is generated and displayed, a user input is detected with which a setpoint range is set in that the graphic object is changed by an input device, after the setting of the setpoint range, on the basis of the difference between the setpoint range and the predicted actual range it is calculated by which changes in state of at least one subset of the consumers the setpoint range can be achieved, and the calculated changes in state are output as a proposal. Also disclosed is an energy management device for carrying out this energy management method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Mathias KUHN, Tobias BUDZYNSKI, Jian LOU, Sönke PETERSEN, Gustav HOFMANN
  • Publication number: 20140300648
    Abstract: A method for displaying information in a vehicle wherein a control device can generate graphics data which control a display surface such that, in a first display mode, graphic objects and/or buttons for visualizing information of a first vehicle unit are displayed and, in a second display mode, graphic objects and/or switches for visualizing information of a plurality of vehicle units are displayed. In a transition from the first display mode to the second display mode the representation of the graphic objects and/or buttons for visualizing information of the first vehicle unit are decreased in size and changed, and surface graphic objects and/or buttons for visualizing information of other vehicle units are redisplayed and the graphic objects and/or buttons for visualizing information of other vehicle units are moved. Also disclosed is a display unit for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Mi-Ran Jun, Mathias Kuhn, Sönke Petersen, Alexander Hahn, Jian Lou
  • Publication number: 20140303843
    Abstract: A method for providing an operating device in a vehicle, wherein a control device generates graphics data which control a display surface so that a graphics object relating to an executed application is displayed, and the geometric structure of an actuating object is detected in a detection space in front of the display surface and, depending upon the detected structure, a control signal for controlling the executed application is generated. A control signal for stopping the executed application is generated by the control system if a geometric structure of the actuating object has been detected in the detection space, wherein a substantially planar surface of the actuating object which is oriented substantially parallel to the display surface is spaced apart from the display surface. Also disclosed is a corresponding operating device for carrying out the method and a vehicle having such an operating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Rainer Dehmann, Frank Hauschild, Sönke Petersen, Mathias Kuhn