Patents by Inventor Thomas H. WEISSWANGE

Thomas H. WEISSWANGE 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 for assisting a driver in driving a vehicle, a driver assistance system, a computer software program product and vehicle
    Patent number: 9669830
    Abstract: The invention regards to a method for assisting a driver in driving a vehicle, comprising the steps of producing sensor data by at least one sensor physically sensing the environment of a host vehicle and/or obtaining data conveying information about the environment of a host vehicle, generating a plurality of representation segments each segment being a portion of an entire area of representation of the environment of the host vehicle at a particular point in time wherein a relative position of the portion of such representation segment with respect to a current position of the host vehicle corresponds to a possible position of the host vehicle at that particular point in time, combining the representation segments to a spatio-temporal representation of the environment of the host vehicle; evaluating the spatio-temporal representation and outputting an assistance signal on the basis of an evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA RESEARCH INSTITUTE EUROPE GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas H. Weisswange
  • METHOD FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER IN DRIVING A VEHICLE, A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, A COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAM PRODUCT AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150344031
    Abstract: The invention regards to a method for assisting a driver in driving a vehicle, comprising the steps of producing sensor data by at least one sensor physically sensing the environment of a host vehicle and/or obtaining data conveying information about the environment of a host vehicle, generating a plurality of representation segments each segment being a portion of an entire area of representation of the environment of the host vehicle at a particular point in time wherein a relative position of the portion of such representation segment with respect to a current position of the host vehicle corresponds to a possible position of the host vehicle at that particular point in time, combining the representation segments to a spatio-temporal representation of the environment of the host vehicle; evaluating the spatio-temporal representation and outputting an assistance signal on the basis of an evaluation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas H. WEISSWANGE