Patents by Inventor Sebastian EHMANN

Sebastian EHMANN 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: 11827095
    Abstract: A method for providing a user interface of a transportation vehicle, wherein the user interface has at least one mechanically adjustable controller and a touch display and operates peripheral devices of the transportation vehicle. A user interface of a transportation vehicle for performing the method for operating the at least one mechanically adjustable controller to bring about temporary deactivation of the touch display so that operation of peripheral devices by the touch display is temporarily blocked during the operation of the mechanically adjustable controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Denny Hecht, Sebastian Ehmann
  • Publication number: 20230294637
    Abstract: A method performed by a control device includes determining that a portable key device is located in a given reception zone around at least two motor vehicles; determining a physical position of the portable key device in relation to at least one of the motor vehicles; ascertaining, based on the physical position of the portable key device, one of the at least two motor vehicles at which a predetermined reference of the portable key device is pointing; providing a control signal that operates a locking device of the one of the at least two motor vehicles, where the control signal causes at least partial unlocking or at least partial locking of the one of the at least two motor vehicles; and transmitting the control signal to the locking device of the one of the at least two motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Robin Richter, Sebastian Ehmann
  • Publication number: 20230145472
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for capturing image material for monitoring image-analyzing systems, wherein an object is monitored to determine if it has been correctly recognized by the image-analyzing system in respect of time or location. The images captured are recorded in a memory. When a discrepancy is determined, in object recognition beyond a tolerance limit over a temporal or locational reference, select images or image sections are archived for more precise inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventor: Sebastian Ehmann
  • Publication number: 20230104722
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for checking a transport journey of a user via an electronics management system. A user books the transport journey at a starting point via an electronic management system, and the transport journey being carried out from the starting point to a destination to be reached. A planned completion of a first route portion of the transport journey is carried out using the autonomously driving vehicle, where a completion of a second route portion of the transport journey is planned and carried out using an alternative means of transportation to the autonomously driving vehicle. The electronic management system checks whether the completion of the second route portion can be carried out using the alternative means of transportation at the transfer point, and if not, the transport journey is continued toward the destination by means of the autonomously driving vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Ehmann, Robin Richter
  • Publication number: 20220116749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing wirelessly incoming messages on a device, or messages generated by a unit of the device, wherein such an incoming message, or message generated by a unit of the device, is checked according to a predetermined criterion for relevance to a particular person, and wherein the message is only output when relevance is thereby established and, when irrelevance is thereby established, instead the mere presence of the message is signaled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Sebastian Ehmann
  • Publication number: 20220024341
    Abstract: A warning system for warning pedestrians and other road users prior to a collision with a charging cable for an electric automobile. Charging cables run from a power source to a vehicle. The vehicle is charged using a charging cable. The vehicle being charged has the information that it is currently charging. It also has sensors that can identify the course of the cable, depending on the resolution and orientation of the sensors. This can be implemented using image processing algorithms or machine learning. The parked vehicle can also detect other road users by means of the onboard sensor system. If an impending collision between the road user and the charging cable is determined from these data, the road user is warned, using any of acoustic warning, or visual warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Robin Richter, Sebastian Ehmann
  • Publication number: 20200180435
    Abstract: A method for providing a user interface of a transportation vehicle, wherein the user interface has at least one mechanically adjustable controller and a touch display and operates peripheral devices of the transportation vehicle. A user interface of a transportation vehicle for performing the method for operating the at least one mechanically adjustable controller to bring about temporary deactivation of the touch display so that operation of peripheral devices by the touch display is temporarily blocked during the operation of the mechanically adjustable controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Denny HECHT, Sebastian EHMANN
  • Publication number: 20190016344
    Abstract: A method for adapting at least one operating parameter of a transportation vehicle during a driving maneuver of the transportation vehicle, wherein the at least one operating parameter of the transportation vehicle is set by at least one driver assistance system of the transportation vehicle, wherein the method detects at least one activity by a transportation vehicle occupant during the driving maneuver in response to the driving maneuver by a detection device and adapts the at least one operating parameter of the transportation vehicle in response to the detected activity by the transportation vehicle occupant by activating the at least one driver assistance system using a control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Sebastian EHMANN