Patents by Inventor Thomas MIEHLING

Thomas MIEHLING 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).

  • Device and method for controlling a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9873427
    Abstract: A motor vehicle comprising at least one driver assistance system (2) to pre-calculate future driving situations of the motor vehicle (1) for a specified time interval by evaluating ego data related to the motor vehicle (1) and environmental data related to the motor vehicle environment, wherein the motor vehicle (1) is controllable by a driver in a first operating mode of the driver assistance system (2), wherein the driver assistance system (2) is designed, upon fulfillment of one switchover condition dependent at least upon future driving situations, to be temporarily switched over into a second operating mode in which the motor vehicle (1) is autonomously controlled by the driver assistance system (2) without the possibility of intervention by the driver, wherein driving is continued in the second operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Martin Danzl, Sabine Wüst, Torsten Gollewski, Georg Kienzl, Franz-Michael Hagemann, Karl-Heinz Siedersberger, Thomas Miehling, Peter Kunsch
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160200317
    Abstract: A motor vehicle comprising at least one driver assistance system (2) to pre-calculate future driving situations of the motor vehicle (1) for a specified time interval by evaluating ego data related to the motor vehicle (1) and environmental data related to the motor vehicle environment, wherein the motor vehicle (1) is controllable by a driver in a first operating mode of the driver assistance system (2), wherein the driver assistance system (2) is designed, upon fulfillment of one switchover condition dependent at least upon future driving situations, to be temporarily switched over into a second operating mode in which the motor vehicle (1) is autonomously controlled by the driver assistance system (2) without the possibility of intervention by the driver, wherein driving is continued in the second operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Martin DANZL, Sabine WÜST, Torsten GOLLEWSKI, Georg KIENZL, Franz-Michael HAGEMANN, Karl-Heinz SIEDERSBERGER, Thomas MIEHLING, Peter KUNSCH