Patents by Inventor Thomas Dobberkau

Thomas Dobberkau 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 device for reading navigation data
    Patent number: 6512977
    Abstract: Simplified navigation directions are provided when a navigation compact disk is not available in a shared compact disk reader. In a preferred arrangement, simplified navigation directions include heading to desired destination and/or distance to desired destination. An audio compact disk may be played while the simplified directions are provided. When a navigation compact disk is available in a shared compact disk reader, detailed directions may be calculated and provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Frank Golisch, Dieter Kriegel, Thomas Dobberkau, Stefan Sievers
  • Multifunction display arrangement for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6448893
    Abstract: A multipurpose display arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an electronic display device for displaying information and at least one control element. The multipurpose display arrangement is located in an aperture in the vehicle instrument panel in the visual range of the vehicle driver. In order to minimize reflections and dazzle on the display surface which are caused by the incident light and/or bright surfaces inside the vehicle, the electronic display device is mounted so as to be pivotable in at least two axes in the instrument panel aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Dobberkau, Dieter Kriegel, Klaus-Gert Besel, Frank Golisch, Olaf Lengfeld
  • Method and device for reading navigation data
    Publication number: 20020001260
    Abstract: Simplified navigation directions are provided when a navigation compact disk is not available in a shared compact disk reader. In a preferred arrangement, simplified navigation directions include heading to desired destination and/or distance to desired destination. An audio compact disk may be played while the simplified directions are provided. When a navigation compact disk is available in a shared compact disk reader, detailed directions may be calculated and provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Frank Golisch, Dieter Kriegel, Thomas Dobberkau, Stefan Sievers
  • Method and arrangement for representing data in vehicle navigation systems
    Patent number: 6163752
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for representation of data in a navigation system includes an input unit, a data memory, a position-determining unit, an evaluating unit and a control unit to control a display. From a destination entered in the input unit and the current vehicle location determined by the position-determining unit, the evaluating unit determines a route to the destination from cartographic data stored in the data memory. The evaluating unit also selects reference points of decision and/or orientation along the route and the scale of the map section displayed in the display unit is adjusted as a function of the distance between the current vehicle position and the next point of decision and/or orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Stefan Sievers, Dieter Kriegel, Thomas Dobberkau, Frank Golisch