Patents by Inventor Sonja de Castro Bonfim

Sonja de Castro Bonfim 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: 20210316629
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for the automatic maneuvering of a motor vehicle is designed to determine a driving trajectory in a recording process based on a route which is manually driven by the driver with the motor vehicle, at the end of which the vehicle is in an actual target position with an actual target orientation, and on the basis of the previously determined driving trajectory, to maneuver the motor vehicle with at least automatic lateral guidance. The driver assistance system is characterized in that it is designed to detect, during the recording process, the existence of a desired target position and/or a desired target orientation of the motor vehicle. Alternatively, the driver assistance system receives information about a desired target position and/or a desired target orientation of the motor vehicle, via a user interface, for the correction of the actual target position or actual orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Sonja de CASTRO BONFIM, Joachim FLEIG, Elisabeth ORTHUBER
  • Patent number: 7627415
    Abstract: In a device for securing the standstill of a motor vehicle with a distance-related longitudinal dynamic control module, which is contained in at least one electronic control unit and by which the motor vehicle is decelerated down to a standstill while maintaining a defined distance from a target object, at least until reaching the standstill, a nominal brake torque is defined by the longitudinal dynamic control module for a brake control module. At a defined first time after a detected standstill of the motor vehicle, the longitudinal dynamic control module transmits a transfer signal to the brake control module. Thereupon, independently of the predefinition of a nominal brake torque by the longitudinal dynamic control module, the brake control module alone builds up and/or holds a wheel brake torque in the sense of a parking brake function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver Tschernoster, Carsten Hass, Sonja de Castro Bonfim, Leander Kempenaars, Christian Scheinost, Bartono Adiprasito, Maria-Christina Laiou, Andreas Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20080215224
    Abstract: In a device for securing the standstill of a motor vehicle with a distance-related longitudinal dynamic control module, which is contained in at least one electronic control unit and by which the motor vehicle is decelerated down to a standstill while maintaining a defined distance from a target object, at least until reaching the standstill, a nominal brake torque is defined by the longitudinal dynamic control module for a brake control module. At a defined first time after a detected standstill of the motor vehicle, the longitudinal dynamic control module transmits a transfer signal to the brake control module. Thereupon, independently of the predefinition of a nominal brake torque by the longitudinal dynamic control module, the brake control module alone builds up and/or holds a wheel brake torque in the sense of a parking brake function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Oliver TSCHERNOSTER, Carsten Hass, Sonja de Castro Bonfim, Leander Kempenaars, Christian Scheinost, Bartono Adiprasito, Maria-Christina Laiou, Andreas Pfeiffer