Patents by Inventor Thomas Lungwitz

Thomas Lungwitz 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 selecting elements in a driver information system or in a navigation system or in a mobile terminal
    Patent number: 8731735
    Abstract: A method for destination selection in a navigation system in which each destination from a totality of all destinations is defined by destination parameters and a set of possible destinations from the totality of all destinations is limited step-wise due to the input of individual characters for one parameter. When inputting the characters, a switch may be made from one destination parameter to an input of a character for another parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lungwitz, Stefan Lueer, Dietmar Schloegl, Ulrich Kersken, Thomas Guelzow, Thomas Kleine-Besten, Ute Weittstein
  • Method for selecting elements in a driver information system or in a navigation system or in a mobile terminal
    Publication number: 20090326794
    Abstract: A method for destination selection in a navigation system in which each destination from a totality of all destinations is defined by destination parameters and a set of possible destinations from the totality of all destinations is limited step-wise due to the input of individual characters for one parameter. When inputting the characters, a switch may be made from one destination parameter to an input of a character for another parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Lungwitz, Stefan Lueer, Dietmar Schloegl, Ulrich Kersken, Horst Wettstein, Ute Weittstein, Thomas Guelzow, Thomas Kleine-Besten
  • Method for Releasing Navigation Data Stored on a Storage Medium
    Publication number: 20080071468
    Abstract: A method for releasing navigation data stored in a storage medium includes the following steps: a) providing at least one list, which includes at least one, preferably a plurality of, temporary codes; b) the user inputting a temporary code into the navigation system; c) the navigation system checking the validity of the temporary code; d) the user selecting a country or a region; and e) releasing the navigation data of the country or the region for use in the navigation system for a limited period of time; which step (d) may occur prior to or after step (c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Lungwitz
  • Method and device for inputting a sequence of characters
    Patent number: 7240293
    Abstract: A method is proposed for the input of a character string into a processing unit, in which in a two-dimensional character field, a character to be input is determined from selectable characters for an input. In this context, the intuitive detection of a user input permits a simple navigation with the aid of a direction-input device in the thinned-out, two-dimensional character field between the selectable characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lungwitz, Robert Grudszus, Martin Kossira
  • Method and device for inputting a sequence of characters
    Publication number: 20030154327
    Abstract: A method is proposed for the input of a character string into a processing unit, in which in a two-dimensional character field, a character to be input is determined from selectable characters for an input. In this context, the intuitive detection of a user input permits a simple navigation with the aid of a direction-input device in the thinned-out, two-dimensional character field between the selectable characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Lungwitz, Robert Grudszus, Martin Kossira