Patents by Inventor Stefan Nordbruch

Stefan Nordbruch 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: 10459438
    Abstract: A method for operating a parking facility within which several base stations are disposed, a) a minimum data quantity of data needed by a vehicle for its journey in the parking facility being ascertained so that the vehicle, based on the data corresponding to the minimum data quantity, can leave a radio range of a first base station and drive into radio range of a second base station, b) the first base station transmitting the ascertained minimum data quantity of data to the vehicle located within radio range of the first base station so that the vehicle, based on the data, can leave the radio range of the first base station and drive into radio range of the second base station. The invention further relates to a corresponding apparatus, to a corresponding parking system, and to a computer readable medium having a computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Mielenz, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20190325225
    Abstract: A method for detecting an elevated object situated within a parking facility, using at least two video cameras that are spatially distributed within the parking facility and whose visual ranges overlap in an overlap area. The method encompasses the following: recording particular video images of the overlap area with the aid of the video cameras; analyzing the recorded video images in order to detect an elevated object in the recorded video images, and ascertaining, based on the recorded video images, whether in the detection of an elevated object the detected elevated object is real. A corresponding system, a parking facility, and a computer program are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Felix Hess, Andreas Lehn, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10451426
    Abstract: A method and device for determining a spatial position of a mobile unit, the spatial position being determined within a predefined orientation system, as a function of a predetermined number of parameters; a sufficiently known spatial position of the mobile unit being determined, using a subset of the predetermined number of parameters, as a function of operating state values, which represent the operating state of the mobile unit, and/or of surrounding-area values, which represent the surrounding area of the mobile unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Hasberg, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10446029
    Abstract: A method and device of a parking system includes, for example, a computer program configured for operating a parking lot, including the steps of ascertaining a route to a target position in the parking lot for autonomous travel of a vehicle in the parking lot to the target position, and blocking at least one section of the route to other vehicles before the vehicle travels through the section, so that the vehicle is able to drive autonomously through the blocked-off section of the route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Hoffmann, Rolf Nicodemus, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10437250
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle, whereby the vehicle, parked at a parking position in a parking facility, is guided autonomously from the parking position to a loading station and parked autonomously at the loading station, so that the vehicle can be loaded at the loading station. Also described is a related vehicle and computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Mielenz, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20190304305
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a parking facility for motor vehicles, including a radio transmitter for transmitting a radio signal with a predetermined level within the parking facility, a radio receiver for receiving the radio signal within the parking facility, a measuring device for measuring a level of the received radio signal, a processor for comparing the measured level to the predetermined level, the processor being designed to ascertain whether an object is located within the parking facility, based on the comparison. A corresponding method, a parking facility for motor vehicles, as well as a computer program are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10429837
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle parked at a first position, using a mobile terminal, including monitoring a surrounding field of the parked motor vehicle and/or a route from a present position of the mobile terminal to the parked motor vehicle, transmission of monitoring data, based on the monitoring, via a wireless communication network to a mobile terminal, after the transmission of the monitoring data, reception of a move command, sent from the mobile terminal via the wireless communication network, for moving the motor vehicle away from the first position, transferring the motor vehicle from the first position to a second position in response to the reception of the move command transmitted from the mobile terminal via the wireless communication network. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10399542
    Abstract: A vehicle-internal security device is configured to perform a method, for example, by executing a computer program, in which method, when access takes place to a vehicle component or a to plurality of vehicle components from outside the vehicle, the vehicle-internal security device restricts or interrupts the access if a corresponding request was received by the vehicle via a communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10395443
    Abstract: A method for testing for errors of a sensor system included in a motor vehicle for acquiring a state of occupancy of a parking space for motor vehicles. The method includes provision of a reference data set, ascertained independently of the sensor system to be tested, for a parking space, the reference data set including a reference state of occupancy of the parking space, acquisition of a state of occupancy of the parking space by the sensor system, and comparison of the acquired state of occupancy of the parking space with the reference state of occupancy in order to test the sensor system for errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10391876
    Abstract: A method for operating a charging station, including establishing a communication link between the charging station and an electric vehicle; checking, via the communication link, whether a software stored on a processing unit of the electric vehicle has to be updated; and transmitting, as a function of the check, update data for updating the software via the communication link to the electric vehicle with the aid of the charging station so that the software may be updated based on the update data. A charging station, an electric vehicle, a method for operating an electric vehicle, and a computer program, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10392825
    Abstract: A method for transferring a vehicle from a start position to a target position, the two positions being enclosed by a multistory parking facility and the two positions being located in different stories of the parking facility, the vehicle utilizing an elevator system of the parking facility during the transfer in order to reach the story of the target position from the story of the start position, the transfer including a remote control of the vehicle and/or at least semi-autonomous travel of the vehicle. A parking system for vehicles, a vehicle, and a computer program are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Scherer, Rolf Nicodemus, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10395563
    Abstract: A digital map of a transport vehicle for transporting vehicles includes one or more digital reference locations that are respectively associated with real reference locations of the transport vehicle. A method includes: ascertaining respective reference coordinates of the real reference locations relative to a reference coordinate system, so that the ascertained reference coordinates are associated with the corresponding digital reference locations; deriving respective coordinates of further digital locations of the digital map from the reference coordinates of the reference locations based on a derivation protocol, so that coordinates relative to the reference coordinate system are respectively associated with the further digital locations, so that an edited digital map of the transport vehicle is created, in which map coordinates relative to the reference coordinate system are associated with the digital locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10388163
    Abstract: A motor vehicle, which includes a redundantly designed communications system which has a first communications device for the communication via a first wireless communications network, a second communications device for the communication via a second wireless communications network, and a control unit for the redundant operation of the first communications device and the second communications device. A parking lot for motor vehicles and a communication system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10387738
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a vehicle that is in an autonomous operating mode and is located in a parking facility. In the method, a check is performed to determine whether one or multiple persons are located in the interior of the vehicle, and one or multiple actions are performed as a function of the check. A corresponding device and a computer program are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10388160
    Abstract: A method, of a system of a parking facility, for warning at least one road user located within the parking facility includes: monitoring the parking facility using a monitoring system of the parking facility, ascertaining, based on the monitoring, whether the road user is to be warned of a hazard present within the parking facility, and warning the road user if the ascertainment has indicated that the road user is to be warned of a hazard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Auracher, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10388164
    Abstract: A method for detecting an unoccupied region within a parking facility, using at least one environment sensor disposed in a stationary manner within the parking facility, is furnished, at least encompassing the following: sensing measured data of at least one segment of the parking facility by way of at least one environment sensor; comparing the measured data with reference measured data in order to recognize a change in the segment of the parking facility; and detecting the segment as an unoccupied or non-unoccupied region as a function of the recognition of a change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Lehn, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20190251836
    Abstract: A device is described for detecting the surroundings of a motor vehicle, including: one or multiple sensor units, each including one or multiple surroundings sensors for detecting the surroundings of a motor vehicle, and a communication interface for wirelessly transmitting surroundings sensor data, corresponding to the particular detection, to a data processing device via a wireless communications network, so that the data processing device may transmit the surroundings sensor data and/or surroundings data based on the surroundings sensor data to a cloud server via a further wireless communications network. Moreover, a motor vehicle, a method for detecting the surroundings of a motor vehicle, a method for processing a motor vehicle, a system for detecting the surroundings of a motor vehicle, and a computer program are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Albrecht Irion, Philipp Mayer, Rolf Nicodemus, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10369993
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a setpoint trajectory to be traveled by a vehicle for being collision free, including carrying out a clearance measurement of vehicle surroundings with the aid of a surroundings sensor system to determine a clearance in the vehicle surroundings, carrying out an object measurement of the vehicle surroundings with the aid of the surroundings sensor system to determine objects in the vehicle surroundings, checking the setpoint trajectory for being collision free based on the determined clearance and the determined objects, and comparing particular results of the checks for being collision free to one another, an item of collision information being provided based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Schroeder, Oliver Pink, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Patent number: 10363961
    Abstract: A method for operating a plurality of vehicles includes sending over a communication network and to a first vehicle navigation data for an autonomous navigation of the first vehicle in a parking facility, the first vehicle being assigned as a guide vehicle to a second vehicle that is to autonomously follow the first vehicle, a target signal being sent to the second vehicle via the communication network while the second vehicle is following the guide vehicle during the autonomous navigation of the guide vehicle in the parking facility, the signal indicating that the second vehicle is to terminate the following and to park at a target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20190213872
    Abstract: A device for detecting motor vehicle surroundings, including: a parking control unit (PCU) (the PCU including a communication module), one or multiple sensor units, each including one or multiple surroundings sensors detecting the surroundings, and a communication interface for wired transmission of surroundings sensor data corresponding to the particular detection to the PCU, the communication module providing wired reception of the surroundings sensor data, the communication module transmitting the surroundings sensor data and/or surroundings data based on the surroundings sensor data to a data processing device via a wireless communication network so that the data processing device may transmit the surroundings sensor data and/or the surroundings data to a cloud server via a further wireless communication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Albrecht Irion, Philipp Mayer, Rolf Nicodemus, Stefan Nordbruch