Patents by Inventor Soenke Carstens-Behrens

Soenke Carstens-Behrens 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: 8432770
    Abstract: A method for detecting the surface character of objects in road traffic or of persons, especially pedestrians, vehicles, obstacles and the like, in which signals are emitted from a vehicle that are reflected by a person or an object, and in which the reflected signals are received and evaluated in the vehicle, wherein the emitted signals are transmit pulses whose echo pulses are received, and based on the signal characteristics of the echo pulses, the surface character is inferred, and from that, it is inferred whether a person or an object is positioned in front of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Zott, Soenke Carstens-Behrens, Claudia Zehder, Jacek Kaminski
  • Patent number: 8086406
    Abstract: In order to enhance a safety system, in particular an accident avoidance system for a means of transportation, in particular a motor vehicle, having at least one steering system and at least one brake system in such a way that an avoidance maneuver initiated by the operator of the means of transportation when approaching an obstacle is supported with respect to both the device and the method, thus preventing an accident through collision, the evaluation unit determines at least one driving variation, in particular at least one avoidance trajectory and/or at least one automatic emergency braking action from the data and information and when or after the operator of the means of transportation initiates a driving maneuver, in particular an avoidance maneuver or an emergency braking maneuver, the safety system, in particular the evaluation unit specifies, supports and/or suggests this driving maneuver in an optimized form, in particular in the form of an optimal avoidance trajectory or in the form of an automati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Ewerhart, Uwe Werner, Heiko Freienstein, Jan Tilp, Joachim Selinger, Soenke Carstens-Behrens, Markus Hagemann
  • Publication number: 20100299016
    Abstract: The invention relates to an activation system (1) for a robotic vehicle (2), comprising at least one external camera (8) configured for generating image data of a work area (3) and of at least one robotic vehicle (2), and comprising at least one external logic unit (10) configured for determining the position of the at least one robotic vehicle (2) based on the image data generated by the camera (8), and comprising an external transmission unit (15, 20) configured for transmitting driving instructions, and comprising a receiving unit (16, 21) configured for receiving the driving instructions, and further comprising a controller (18) for activating drive means of at least one robotic vehicle (2) based on the driving instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich-Lorenze Benzler, Klaus Marx, Soenke Carstens-Behrens, Wolfgang Niehsen, Thilo Koeder, Christoph Koch, Thomas Brosche, Joachim Platzer
  • Publication number: 20090213694
    Abstract: A method for detecting the surface character of objects in road traffic or of persons, especially pedestrians, vehicles, obstacles and the like, in which signals are emitted from a vehicle that are reflected by a person or an object, and in which the reflected signals are received and evaluated in the vehicle, wherein the emitted signals are transmit pulses whose echo pulses are received, and based on the signal characteristics of the echo pulses, the surface character is inferred, and from that, it is inferred whether a person or an object is positioned in front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Christian Zott, Soenke Carstens-Behrens, Claudia Zehder, Jacek Kaminski
  • Publication number: 20070299610
    Abstract: In order to enhance a safety system, in particular an accident avoidance system for a means of transportation, in particular a motor vehicle, having at least one steering system and at least one brake system in such a way that an avoidance maneuver initiated by the operator of the means of transportation when approaching an obstacle is supported with respect to both the device and the method, thus preventing an accident through collision, the evaluation unit determines at least one driving variation, in particular at least one avoidance trajectory and/or at least one automatic emergency braking action from the data and information and when or after the operator of the means of transportation initiates a driving maneuver, in particular an avoidance maneuver or an emergency braking maneuver, the safety system, in particular the evaluation unit specifies, supports and/or suggests this driving maneuver in an optimized form, in particular in the form of an optimal avoidance trajectory or in the form of an automati
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Frank Ewerhart, Uwe Werner, Heiko Freienstein, Jan Tilp, Joachim Selinger, Soenke Carstens-Behrens, Markus Hagemann