Patents by Inventor Thilo Riegel

Thilo Riegel 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: 8515641
    Abstract: A method for assisting the driver of a vehicle in detecting suitable parking spaces for the vehicle, a measuring unit detecting potential parking spaces as the vehicle passes by and the length and/or depth or width of a detected parking space being ascertained. A detected parking space is evaluated as a function of the ascertained length and/or depth regarding the possibility of parking the vehicle in this parking space, and the drive and/or braking device of the vehicle is controlled or regulated in such a way that the vehicle is automatically braked if the evaluation of a detected parking space yields the result that the vehicle can be parked in this parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thilo Riegel
  • Patent number: 8354944
    Abstract: A night vision device for a vehicle is provided, in which a travel path that is set or is to be set is inserted in an image recorded by a camera, the travel path being determined from an evaluation of a location-finding or travel direction sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thilo Riegel, Rainer Moritz, Uwe Beutnagel-Buchner, Jan Egelhaaf
  • Publication number: 20100017084
    Abstract: A method for assisting the driver of a vehicle in detecting suitable parking spaces for the vehicle, a measuring unit detecting potential parking spaces as the vehicle passes by and the length and/or depth or width of a detected parking space being ascertained. A detected parking space is evaluated as a function of the ascertained length and/or depth regarding the possibility of parking the vehicle in this parking space, and the drive and/or braking device of the vehicle is controlled or regulated in such a way that the vehicle is automatically braked if the evaluation of a detected parking space yields the result that the vehicle can be parked in this parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Thilo Riegel
  • Publication number: 20090195414
    Abstract: A night vision device for a vehicle is provided, in which a travel path that is set or is to be set is inserted in an image recorded by a camera, the travel path being determined from an evaluation of a location-finding or travel direction sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Thilo Riegel, Rainer Moritz, Uwe Beutnagel-Buchner, Jan Egelhaaf
  • Publication number: 20070294020
    Abstract: A device and a method are provided for the automatic longitudinal control of a motor vehicle, which have a distance sensor that measures at least the distance of the following host vehicle to a vehicle traveling in front and/or the relative speed between the two vehicles. From the measured values, it is determined whether the detected, preceding vehicle is stopped, in which case the following vehicle is automatically stopped at a predetermined distance behind the preceding vehicle. When it is detected that the preceding vehicle is driving away again, the driver of the following vehicle must actuate a drive-away confirmation device, the drive-away confirmation device being the brake pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventor: Thilo Riegel