Patents by Inventor Stefan Kirmse

Stefan Kirmse 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).

  • Device for state dependent output of tone sequences in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8174376
    Abstract: A device for state-dependent output of tone sequences in a motor vehicle, which is capable of outputting tone sequences assigned to specific vehicle states and determinable from tone data stored in a memory unit assigned to the motor vehicle, is also capable of directly or indirectly coupling to a computing unit not permanently assigned to the motor vehicle. The set of tone sequences which may be output is changeable as a function of data which may be received from such a computing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Kirmse, Georg Friedrich
  • Device for State Dependent Output of Tone Sequences in a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20080136615
    Abstract: A device for state-dependent output of tone sequences in a motor vehicle, which is capable of outputting tone sequences assigned to specific vehicle states and determinable from tone data stored in a memory unit assigned to the motor vehicle, is also capable of directly or indirectly coupling to a computing unit not permanently assigned to the motor vehicle. The set of tone sequences which may be output is changeable as a function of data which may be received from such a computing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Kirmse, Georg Friedrich