Patents by Inventor Simon SPRINGMANN

Simon SPRINGMANN 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 and system for operating a vehicle navigation system
    Patent number: 12732784
    Abstract: A method operates a vehicle navigation system, in which vehicles of a vehicle fleet are classified into vehicle groups according to an antenna characteristic with respect to a terrestrial wireless network. The vehicles of the vehicle fleet ascertain at various measurement locations the position of the measurement location and the signal strength and/or the signal quality of the wireless network. The vehicles each generate for each of the measurement locations, signal data, which signal data correspond to the position of the measurement location, the vehicle group of the transmitting vehicle, and the signal strength and/or the signal quality of the wireless network at the measurement location, and transmit the signal data to a backend. The backend processes the signal data in order to create a network coverage map for each of the vehicle groups, which is specific for the antenna characteristic of the respective vehicle group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Schmitt, Simon Springmann
  • Method and System for Operating a Vehicle Navigation System
    Publication number: 20250175774
    Abstract: A method operates a vehicle navigation system, in which vehicles of a vehicle fleet are classified into vehicle groups according to an antenna characteristic with respect to a terrestrial wireless network. The vehicles of the vehicle fleet ascertain at various measurement locations the position of the measurement location and the signal strength and/or the signal quality of the wireless network. The vehicles each generate for each of the measurement locations, signal data, which signal data correspond to the position of the measurement location, the vehicle group of the transmitting vehicle, and the signal strength and/or the signal quality of the wireless network at the measurement location, and transmit the signal data to a backend. The backend processes the signal data in order to create a network coverage map for each of the vehicle groups, which is specific for the antenna characteristic of the respective vehicle group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Georg SCHMITT, Simon SPRINGMANN