Patents by Inventor Steffen WILDNER
Steffen WILDNER 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).
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Patent number: 12189233Abstract: A display system comprises a display, configured for displaying data, wherein the display comprises an inactive display edge not configured for displaying, and an active display inner surface configured for displaying. The display system further comprises a backlighting module having luminous units, wherein the backlighting module is arranged directly or indirectly at a rear side of the display, such that the light emitted by the luminous units forms a backlight for the display. The backlighting module comprises a backlighting edge corresponding to the display edge and comprises a backlighting inner surface corresponding to the display inner surface. The display system further comprises and a control system for driving the luminous units. A vehicle comprising a display system and a method for operating a display system is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Torsten Lahr, Ulrich Kabatek, Markus Weber, Steffen Wildner
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Publication number: 20240126118Abstract: A display system comprises a display, configured for displaying data, wherein the display comprises an inactive display edge not configured for displaying, and an active display inner surface configured for displaying. The display system further comprises a backlighting module having luminous units, wherein the backlighting module is arranged directly or indirectly at a rear side of the display, such that the light emitted by the luminous units forms a backlight for the display. The backlighting module comprises a backlighting edge corresponding to the display edge and comprises a backlighting inner surface corresponding to the display inner surface. The display system further comprises and a control system for driving the luminous units. A vehicle comprising a display system and a method for operating a display system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Torsten Lahr, Ulrich Kabatek, Markus Weber, Steffen Wildner
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Patent number: 11231813Abstract: In an electro-optical touchscreen inputs into an electronic system are able to be realized by the electro-optical touchscreen being touched by an input member and wherein the electro-optical touchscreen comprises a display and a first sensing device for determining the location at which the electro-optical touchscreen is touched, and a second sensing device for determining a force applied to the electro-optical touchscreen, wherein the position of the electro-optical touchscreen with respect to a reference surface is variable by way of the force being applied to the surface of said electro-optical touchscreen, wherein the second sensing device is configured in capacitive fashion and comprises an electrode, it is provided that the electrode of the second sensing device lies in a plane with electrodes of the display or in a plane with electrodes of the first sensing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Andreas Brüninghaus, Kai Hohmann, Steffen Wildner
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Patent number: 10983265Abstract: A touchscreen having a haptic feedback device includes an electrooptical display with an input area located in front of the electrooptical display and a carrier. The display is mechanically connected, rigidly, to the input area. The input area is movable relative to the carrier by a motor. The electrooptical display is illuminated by a light source connected immovably to the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Markus Weber, Andreas Brüninghaus, Steffen Wildner
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Publication number: 20200319732Abstract: In an electro-optical touchscreen inputs into an electronic system are able to be realized by the electro-optical touchscreen being touched by an input member and wherein the electro-optical touchscreen comprises a display and a first sensing device for determining the location at which the electro-optical touchscreen is touched, and a second sensing device for determining a force applied to the electro-optical touchscreen, wherein the position of the electro-optical touchscreen with respect to a reference surface is variable by way of the force being applied to the surface of said electro-optical touchscreen, wherein the second sensing device is configured in capacitive fashion and comprises an electrode, it is provided that the electrode of the second sensing device lies in a plane with electrodes of the display or in a plane with electrodes of the first sensing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Andreas Brüninghaus, Kai Hohmann, Steffen Wildner
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Publication number: 20180292601Abstract: A touchscreen having a haptic feedback device includes an electrooptical display with an input area located in front of the electrooptical display and a carrier. The display is mechanically connected, rigidly, to the input area. The input area is movable relative to the carrier by a motor. The electrooptical display is illuminated by a light source connected immovably to the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Markus Weber, Andreas Brüninghaus, Steffen Wildner
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Patent number: 9955602Abstract: An electro-optical display device with a transparent cover and a display, a transparent bonding material being present between the electro-optical display and the transparent cover, the transparent cover being part of a tray, the sides of the tray being designed as a frame, the lateral surfaces of the electro-optical display being surrounded by the frame in a form-fitting manner and the electro-optical display being connected to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Steffen Wildner, Kai Hohmann, Hans Wedel, Peter Bolte
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Publication number: 20150351272Abstract: An electro-optical display device with a transparent cover and a display, a transparent bonding material being present between the electro-optical display and the transparent cover, the transparent cover being part of a tray, the sides of the tray being designed as a frame, the lateral surfaces of the electro-optical display being surrounded by the frame in a form-fitting manner and the electro-optical display being connected to the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Steffen WILDNER, Kai HOHMANN, Hans WEDEL, Peter BOLTE
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Publication number: 20130002605Abstract: A control device for entering control commands into an electronic device. The control device includes a touch screen. Various control menus can be displayed on the touch screen. The touch screen is disposed behind a colored transparent cover and transparent or semitransparent sensors are disposed behind the colored transparent cover adjacent to the touch screen. The sensors are implemented for detecting the presence of an input organ in front of the colored transparent cover. Illuminable symbols and/or illuminable characters are disposed in front of the transparent or semitransparent sensors, and light sources for illuminating the touch screen and the illuminable symbols or characters are present.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Bettina Leuchtenberg, Steffen Wildner
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Publication number: 20120287607Abstract: An operating device for operating different apparatuses and/or functions. The different apparatuses and/or functions are operated by an operating element. A color profile and/or a brightness profile can be represented by an illumination device. The illumination device is arranged adjacent to the operating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Bettina LEUCHTENBERG, Steffen WILDNER