Patents by Inventor Stefan Luke

Stefan Luke 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: 10850743
    Abstract: A method and a device for determining a parking trajectory, in particular for a driver assistance system, for autonomous or partially autonomous maneuvering of a vehicle into a target parking position, is disclosed. A perspective representation of the vehicle surroundings is displayed to a user on a display device and a previously determined parking trajectory is output in the representation of the vehicle surroundings. The previously determined parking trajectory can be influenced by the user by at least one manual operator input. An adjusted parking trajectory is determined in accordance with the manual operator inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Stephan Kirstein, Benedikt Lattke, Stefan Lüke
  • Patent number: 10783780
    Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein the control card is received by another vehicle. This provides an increased degree of safety in situations to be regulated, as it is possible to compare control cards of different vehicles and coordinate them if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
  • Patent number: 10752255
    Abstract: A surroundings modeling device for a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, includes a separating device configured to separate a total vehicle surroundings model into a static vehicle surroundings model based on a first look-ahead distance and a dynamic vehicle surroundings model based on a second look-ahead distance. A first real-time computing device is configured to calculate the dynamic vehicle surroundings model on the basis of the first look-ahead distance within a maximum response time. A second real-time computing device is configured to calculate the static vehicle surroundings model on the basis of the second look-ahead distance with a characteristic response time. A situation analysis device is configured to change the separation process on the basis of an analysis of the total vehicle surroundings model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Ralph Grewe, Steffen Schaack, Stefan Lüke
  • Patent number: 10685561
    Abstract: A method for operating a central server, which enables a central management of control cards containing traffic rules. The invention further includes methods for handling control cards in vehicles, in particular in cooperation with such a central server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
  • Publication number: 20200027345
    Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein the control card is received by another vehicle. This provides an increased degree of safety in situations to be regulated, as it is possible to compare control cards of different vehicles and coordinate them if necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
  • Patent number: 10217358
    Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein a control card is created in a vehicle and passed on to an external unit such as, for example, another vehicle or a central server. In this way, a comparison of control cards is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
  • Patent number: 10093233
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for displaying the surroundings of a vehicle and to a driver assistance system having such an apparatus having at least one sensor for producing sensor data for the surroundings of a vehicle. In this case, the sensor data are conditioned to produce raw image data, if need be using a grid model of the surroundings of the vehicle, if need be the raw image data are processed to produce object information using a grid model of the surroundings of the vehicle, and the object information obtained is used to condition raw image data to produce image object data, and finally the image object data are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Continental Automotive GmbH, Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Dieter Krökel, Christian Exner, Herbert Meier, Stefan Lüke, Sebastian Houben, Jan Salmen
  • Publication number: 20180251134
    Abstract: A surroundings modeling device for a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle. includes a separating device configured to separate a total vehicle surroundings model into a static vehicle surroundings model based on a first look-ahead distance and a dynamic vehicle surroundings model based on a second look-ahead distance. A first real-time computing device is configured to calculate the dynamic vehicle surroundings model on the basis of the first look-ahead distance within a maximum response time. A second real-time computing device is configured to calculate the static vehicle surroundings model on the basis of the second look-ahead distance with a characteristic response time. A situation analysis device is configured to change the separation process on the basis of an analysis of the total vehicle surroundings model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ralph Grewe, Steffen Schaack, Stefan Lüke
  • Publication number: 20180244287
    Abstract: A method and a device for determining a parking trajectory, in particular for a driver assistance system, for autonomous or partially autonomous maneuvering of a vehicle into a target parking position, is disclosed. A perspective representation of the vehicle surroundings is displayed to a user on a display device and a previously determined parking trajectory is output in the representation of the vehicle surroundings. The previously determined parking trajectory can be influenced by the user by at least one manual operator input. An adjusted parking trajectory is determined in accordance with the manual operator inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Stephan Kirstein, Benedikt Lattke, Stefan Lüke
  • Publication number: 20180233040
    Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein the control card is received by another vehicle. This provides an increased degree of safety in situations to be regulated, as it is possible to compare control cards of different vehicles and coordinate them if necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
  • Publication number: 20170334446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lane change assistant for a vehicle comprising a sensor arrangement for calculating information relating to lanes and other road users. Provided is an arithmetic and logic unit for calculating movement paths for a first lane change and a subsequent second lane change to the original lane. The vehicle driver can accept or initiate the calculated lane changes. An actuator unit can then execute the lane changes calculated by the arithmetic and logic unit and initiated by the vehicle driver upon receipt of a signal from the arithmetic and logic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Sybe Dirk Jan Bosch, Oliver Fochler, Stefan Lüke, Matthias Strauss
  • Publication number: 20170301236
    Abstract: A method for handling a control card, wherein a control card is created in a vehicle and passed on to an external unit such as, for example, another vehicle or a central server. In this way, a comparison of control cards is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Bastian ZYDEK, Thomas GROTENDORST, Enno KELLING, Stefan LÜKE, Marc MENZEL
  • Publication number: 20170278390
    Abstract: A method for operating a central server, which enables a central management of control cards containing traffic rules. The invention further includes methods for handling control cards in vehicles, in particular in cooperation with such a central server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Bastian Zydek, Thomas Grotendorst, Enno Kelling, Stefan Lüke, Marc Menzel
  • Patent number: 9576208
    Abstract: A display system for a vehicle comprises a display mounted within a passenger compartment of a vehicle and at least one camera mounted to the vehicle and facing at least partially in a rear direction. The display shows the images recorded by the camera(s) to provide a rear view for the driver of the vehicle. An ECU is controllably connected to the display screen and the at least one camera to analyze an image from the at least one camera to detect when an object in the image is an emergency vehicle; and to activate an alert on the display when an emergency vehicle is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Agnew, Stefan Lüke, Marc Fischer, Dieter Krökel
  • Publication number: 20160221503
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for displaying the surroundings of a vehicle and to a driver assistance system having such an apparatus having at least one sensor for producing sensor data for the surroundings of a vehicle. In this case, the sensor data are conditioned to produce raw image data, if need be using a grid model of the surroundings of the vehicle, if need be the raw image data are processed to produce object information using a grid model of the surroundings of the vehicle, and the object information obtained is used to condition raw image data to produce image object data, and finally the image object data are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Dieter KRÖKEL, Christian EXNER, Herbert MEIER, Stefan LÜKE, Sebastian HOUBEN, Jan SALMEN
  • Patent number: 9237599
    Abstract: The invention describes a controller for data processing in bidirectional adhoc-network radio communication with a computation unit for data processing and ports for data input and data output. The computation unit is set up to process the data according to the ITS standard, wherein the data processing is limited to processing steps of the ITS Facility layer, which performs content-oriented evaluation and/or conditioning of the data which are received or need to be sent by means of the bidirectional adhoc-network radio communication, and a first wideband communication port is provided at least for receiving the data from an ITS communication unit for the purpose of bidirectional adhoc-network radio communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Alfred Eckert, Jürgen Diebold, Stefan Lüke, Helmut Windl
  • Publication number: 20150360625
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining a position of one or more structural elements of a vehicle the position of which can be changed and a change in the position of which alters external dimensions of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicants: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH, Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Martin Randler, Ralph Grewe, Marc Fischer, Dirk Ulbricht, Alfred Eckert, Ronald Bayer, Stefan Lüke, Bernd Piller, Georg Halasy-Wimmer
  • Patent number: 9189961
    Abstract: A method and system for autonomous tracking of a following vehicle on the track of a leading vehicle. A lead message is received by the following vehicle and rejected by the following vehicle or confirmed with a follow message. After receipt of the follow message, a first element of coordination information for coordination of the autonomous tracking is sent to the following vehicle by the leading vehicle. A second element of coordination information is detected for coordination of the autonomous tracking by environment sensors of the following vehicle on the basis of movements of the leading vehicle. The first and second elements of coordination information are compared by the following vehicle. In the case of a matching comparison result, the autonomous tracking is performed corresponding to the first and second elements of coordination information and, in the case of a deviating comparison result, the autonomous tracking is ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Wilfried Mehr, Ulrich Stählin, Stefan Lüke
  • Publication number: 20150161458
    Abstract: A display system for a vehicle comprises a display mounted within a passenger compartment of a vehicle and at least one camera mounted to the vehicle and facing at least partially in a rear direction. The display shows the images recorded by the camera(s) to provide a rear view for the driver of the vehicle. An ECU is controllably connected to the display screen and the at least one camera to analyze an image from the at least one camera to detect when an object in the image is an emergency vehicle; and to activate an alert on the display when an emergency vehicle is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: David Agnew, Stefan Lüke, Marc Fischer, Dieter Krökel
  • Publication number: 20150127189
    Abstract: A method and system for autonomous tracking of a following vehicle on the track of a leading vehicle. A lead message is received by the following vehicle and rejected by the following vehicle or confirmed with a follow message. After receipt of the follow message, a first element of coordination information for coordination of the autonomous tracking is sent to the following vehicle by the leading vehicle. A second element of coordination information is detected for coordination of the autonomous tracking by environment sensors of the following vehicle on the basis of movements of the leading vehicle. The first and second elements of coordination information are compared by the following vehicle. In the case of a matching comparison result, the autonomous tracking is performed corresponding to the first and second elements of coordination information and, in the case of a deviating comparison result, the autonomous tracking is ended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Wilfried Mehr, Ulrich Stählin, Stefan Lüke