Patents by Inventor Stephan Bechtolsheim

Stephan Bechtolsheim 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).

  • Method and system for providing an electronic horizon in an advanced driver assistance system architecture
    Patent number: 6735515
    Abstract: A method and system for use by driver assistance systems installed in a motor vehicle to continuously provide such systems with updated data about paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle as the motor vehicle travels along said roads. The method includes accessing a database that contains data that represents segments of roads and intersections of a road network located in a geographic region in which the motor vehicle is traveling and determining one or more paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle. Each path is extended out to a threshold. Data representing each of the paths is provided in an organized data structure for use by the driver assistance systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Navigation Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Stephan Bechtolsheim, Larry Dunn, Andreas Hecht, Matthias Schmitt, Jerry Feigen, Michele Roser
  • Method and system for providing an electronic horizon in an advanced driver assistance system architecture
    Publication number: 20020161513
    Abstract: A method and system for use by driver assistance systems installed in a motor vehicle to continuously provide such systems with updated data about paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle as the motor vehicle travels along said roads. The method includes accessing a database that contains data that represents segments of roads and intersections of a road network located in a geographic region in which the motor vehicle is traveling and determining one or more paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle. Each path is extended out to a threshold. Data representing each of the paths is provided in an organized data structure for use by the driver assistance systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Stephan Bechtolsheim, Larry Dunn, Andreas Hecht, Matthias Schmitt, Jerry Feigen, Michele Roser
  • Method and system for providing an electronic horizon in an advanced driver assistance system architecture
    Patent number: 6405128
    Abstract: A method and system for use by driver assistance systems installed in a motor vehicle to continuously provide such systems with updated data about paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle as the motor vehicle travels along said roads. The method includes accessing a database that contains data that represents segments of roads and intersections of a road network located in a geographic region in which the motor vehicle is traveling and determining one or more paths along roads onto which the motor vehicle can travel from a current position of the motor vehicle. Each path is extended out to a threshold. Data representing each of the paths is provided in an organized data structure for use by the driver assistance systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Navigation Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Stephan Bechtolsheim, Larry Dunn, Andreas Hecht, Matthias Schmitt, Jerry Feigen, Michele Roser