Patents by Inventor Thomas Eichstetter

Thomas Eichstetter 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).

  • Publication number: 20240151841
    Abstract: An ultra-wideband sensor transmits impulse radio signals over a predetermined time period, detects echo signals of the impulse radio signals by way of at least one sensor of the ultra-wideband sensor and generates a time-variant channel impulse response that describes the echo signals received by the at least one sensor as a function of a time at which the respective impulse radio signal of the predetermined time period was transmitted and a path delay, uses a predetermined selection method to ascertain at least one ascertained path delay, generates a signal characteristic of the time-variant channel impulse response for the at least one ascertained path delay, uses a predetermined comparison method to determine a similarity of the signal characteristic to a reference characteristic, and detects a predetermined movement pattern associated with the reference characteristic if the similarity meets a predetermined similarity criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Weisgerber, Mario Schuehler, Thomas Eichstetter, Christian Schneider
  • Publication number: 20230194696
    Abstract: A method for locating a communication device borne by a user in proximity to a vehicle in order to trigger at least one function of said vehicle, the method especially including, in a locating phase, steps of detection of a set of obstacles, called “current” obstacles, of identification of the communication device in the set of current obstacles and of location of the identified communication device among the obstacles of the set of obstacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Rachid Benbouhout, Thomas Eichstetter
  • Publication number: 20220289142
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for determining, repeated in time intervals, of at least one of a distance value representing a time of flight and a distance between at least two transceivers by exchanging messages between the at least two transceivers, wherein on the part of at least one transceiver: at least one antenna is provided in each case for transferring messages by in each case at least one of transmitting and receiving the messages, wherein furthermore at least one evaluation unit is provided to determine a first distance value using messages transferred by at least one antenna and to determine at least one second distance value using of messages transferred by at least one antenna, wherein furthermore a selection unit is provided, which is configured to select in each case, from the last determined distance values, the smallest distance value
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Reisinger, Thomas Eichstetter