Patents by Inventor Stefan Stümper

Stefan Stümper 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: 9429439
    Abstract: A method for determining a vehicle position of a vehicle to be located within a defined cruising range in a mapped environment is disclosed, wherein the vehicle position is determined by evaluating the position data of at least one predetermined component of the vehicle, and the position data are made available particularly by way of a plurality of position detecting sensors, which are fixedly arranged within the mapped environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Stefan Stümper
  • Patent number: 9221384
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a display device of a motor vehicle for displaying an environmental information relating to an environment of the motor vehicle, the environmental information is assigned at least one directional information which describes a detection direction of a detection device used for determining the environmental information or a direction to an object described by the environmental information based on a reference point, in particular a sitting position of the driver inside the motor vehicle, wherein the display device for displaying the environmental information which covers at least one angular range which lies in a horizontal plane is activated in a sub-range of the angular range which is assigned to the directional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Björn Giesler, Patrick Heinemann, Michael Schadeck, Stefan Stümper
  • Publication number: 20150219462
    Abstract: A method for determining a vehicle position of a vehicle to be located within a defined cruising range in a mapped environment is disclosed, wherein the vehicle position is determined by evaluating the position data of at least one predetermined component of the vehicle, and the position data are made available particularly by way of a plurality of position detecting sensors, which are fixedly arranged within the mapped environment
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Stefan Stümper
  • Publication number: 20150015518
    Abstract: In a method for displaying information in a vehicle interior by means of a display unit of a motor vehicle, wherein for the display of the information on the display unit extending in at least a horizontal direction, at least one horizontal subregion of the display unit having a smaller spatial extent than the display unit is determined by means of a user input, the position of said subregion on the display unit at least along the horizontal direction being predetermined by means of user input, wherein the at least one subregion is activated selectively for the display of the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Björn Giesler, Patrick Heinemann, Michael Schadeck, Stefan Stümper