Patents by Inventor Simon Zeilinger

Simon Zeilinger 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 device for the control of functions in a vehicle using gestures performed in three-dimensional space, and related computer program product
    Patent number: 9205846
    Abstract: A method to control functions in a vehicle using gestures carried out in three-dimensional space. When it is determined that a first gesture carried out in three-dimensional space is detected by an image-based detection procedure, it is determined whether the first gesture is a gesture directed towards a virtual object superimposing a real environment around the vehicle. If it is determined that the first gesture has been detected, it is determined whether a second gesture carried out in three-dimensional space is detected by the image-based detection procedure. If so, it is determined whether the detected second gesture is a gesture allocated to a manipulation of the virtual object, and the virtual object is manipulated accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Marco Cartarius, Wiebeke Eide, Philipp Fischer, Christian Lorenz, Georg Reil, Vera Schmidt, Erich Schoels, Hartmut Sinkwitz, Bernhard Straub, Simon Zeilinger
  • Method and Device for the Control of Functions in a Vehicle Using Gestures Performed in Three-Dimensional Space, and Related Computer Program Product
    Publication number: 20150025740
    Abstract: A method to control functions in a vehicle using gestures carried out in three-dimensional space. When it is determined that a first gesture carried out in three-dimensional space is detected by an image-based detection procedure, it is determined whether the first gesture is a gesture directed towards a virtual object superimposing a real environment around the vehicle. If it is determined that the first gesture has been detected, it is determined whether a second gesture carried out in three-dimensional space is detected by the image-based detection procedure. If so, it is determined whether the detected second gesture is a gesture allocated to a manipulation of the virtual object, and the virtual object is manipulated accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Marco Cartarius, Wiebeke Eide, Philipp Fischer, Christian Lorenz, Georg Reil, Vera Schmidt, Erich Schoels, Hartmut Sinkwitz, Bernhard Straub, Simon Zeilinger