Patents by Inventor Thomas Goeppel

Thomas Goeppel 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: 11392804
    Abstract: A method and a labeling system for generating a label object for the symbolic description of an object of an environment of a mobile device, e.g., a robot or a vehicle. The label object includes at least one attribute of an object at a first point in time, from observations of this object. The method includes selecting, from the observations, a first observation recorded at a first point in time, a second observation recorded at a second point in time, the second point in time being a point in time before the first point in time, as well as a third observation recorded at a third point in time, the third point in time being a point in time after the first point in time; and ascertaining, by using the selected observations, the at least one attribute of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Feyerabend, Elena Pancera, Heinz Hertlein, Oliver Pink, Thomas Goeppel
  • Patent number: 11262738
    Abstract: A method and a device for the functional testing and evaluation of a control system. The method for functional testing of sensors, actuators, and/or a control logic system of a control system controlled in at least a partly automated manner has the following: sending at least one stimulus to a sensor, an actuator, and/or to the control logic system of the control system; reading out at least one reaction of the control system from the sensor, from the actuator, from the control logic system, and/or from a connection between these components; and using a metric module to compare the reaction with a stored expected reaction, the metric module determining a metric according to which deviations of the read-out reaction from the expected reaction are to be evaluated with respect to the intended function of the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Feyerabend, Elena Pancera, Heinz Hertlein, Oliver Pink, Thomas Goeppel
  • Publication number: 20210061285
    Abstract: A method for generating a reference representation of the surroundings of an at least semi-automated mobile platform is provided. The method includes ascertaining at least one third-party platform for receiving reference data for the reference representation of the surroundings of the mobile platform; establishing a communication channel of the mobile platform to the at least one third-party platform; receiving the reference data of the at least one third-party platform for the reference representation of the surroundings; ascertaining the received reference data that are relevant to the generation of the reference representation; storing the relevant reference data of the at least one third-party platform for the generation of the reference representation of the surroundings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Achim Feyerabend, Heinz Hertlein, Oliver Pink, Thomas Goeppel
  • Publication number: 20200175342
    Abstract: A method and a labeling system for generating a label object for the symbolic description of an object of an environment of a mobile device, e.g., a robot or a vehicle. The label object includes at least one attribute of an object at a first point in time, from observations of this object. The method includes selecting, from the observations, a first observation recorded at a first point in time, a second observation recorded at a second point in time, the second point in time being a point in time before the first point in time, as well as a third observation recorded at a third point in time, the third point in time being a point in time after the first point in time; and ascertaining, by using the selected observations, the at least one attribute of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Achim Feyerabend, Elena Pancera, Heinz Hertlein, Oliver Pink, Thomas Goeppel
  • Publication number: 20200174461
    Abstract: A method and a device for the functional testing and evaluation of a control system. The method for functional testing of sensors, actuators, and/or a control logic system of a control system controlled in at least a partly automated manner has the following: sending at least one stimulus to a sensor, an actuator, and/or to the control logic system of the control system; reading out at least one reaction of the control system from the sensor, from the actuator, from the control logic system, and/or from a connection between these components; and using a metric module to compare the reaction with a stored expected reaction, the metric module determining a metric according to which deviations of the read-out reaction from the expected reaction are to be evaluated with respect to the intended function of the control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Feyerabend, Elena Pancera, Heinz Hertlein, Oliver Pink, Thomas Goeppel