Patents by Inventor Steve Kreyer

Steve Kreyer 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: 10692381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a parking assistance apparatus (12) for a motor vehicle (10). The invention is based on the object of providing reliably working parking assistance that can involve computational-intensive processing of sensor signals. To this end, at least one sensor (20) for producing a sensor signal (S) that is dependent on a relative position (D) of a vehicle-external object (22) is connected to a first controller (14) that is designed to take each sensor signal (S) as a basis for producing position data (P) that describe the relative position (D) and to transmit said position data via a communication link (18) of the motor vehicle (10). A second controller (16) is designed to receive the position data (P) via the communication link (18) and, during a parking manoeuvre of the motor vehicle (10), to take the position data (P) as a basis for outputting a control signal (C) to an actuator device (26) of the motor vehicle (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Steve Kreyer, Ralf Schneider
  • Publication number: 20190371175
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a server, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for automated parking. According to an embodiment, the above-described server, method, and computer-readable storage medium of the present disclosure generally relate to receiving a parking request from a mobile device associated with a vehicle, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle, generating a fusion map based at least on the sensor data, from the one or more sensors, detecting one or more parking spaces within a pre-defined distance from the vehicle based on the fusion map, receiving, from the mobile device, a selection of one of the detected parking spaces in response to sending information corresponding to the detected parking spaces to the mobile device, generating a parking trajectory corresponding to the selected parking space, and transmitting, to the vehicle, the parking trajectory, the transmission enabling an automated parking procedure by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Malte JOOS, Steve KREYER, Mohammad POORSARTEP, Mahmoud SHALABY
  • Publication number: 20190106119
    Abstract: A driver assistance control system (10) for a vehicle, having a computer-based control unit (12) on the vehicle side to control at least one driver assistance function (26), and having a computer-based terminal device (16, 18) connectable via a network (20) to the computer-based control unit (12) using data transmission technology is disclosed. The computer-based terminal device (16, 18) includes at least one user interface (14) to display and/or operate the driver assistance function (26). The computer-based control unit (12) provides a WebSocket server (32) for a web application executable via the computer-based terminal device (16, 18), where the user interface (14) is implemented via the web application on the computer-based terminal device (16, 18). A corresponding data exchange is implemented using the JSON data format. A corresponding method to perform at least one driver assistance function (26) in a vehicle, and a corresponding computer program product is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Steve Kreyer, Malte Joos
  • Publication number: 20170084179
    Abstract: The invention relates to a parking assistance apparatus (12) for a motor vehicle (10). The invention is based on the object of providing reliably working parking assistance that can involve computational-intensive processing of sensor signals. To this end, at least one sensor (20) for producing a sensor signal (S) that is dependent on a relative position (D) of a vehicle-external object (22) is connected to a first controller (14) that is designed to take each sensor signal (S) as a basis for producing position data (P) that describe the relative position (D) and to transmit said position data via a communication link (18) of the motor vehicle (10). A second controller (16) is designed to receive the position data (P) via the communication link (18) and, during a parking manoeuvre of the motor vehicle (10), to take the position data (P) as a basis for outputting a control signal (C) to an actuator device (26) of the motor vehicle (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Steve Kreyer, Ralf Schneider