Patents by Inventor THORSTEN KÖLZOW

THORSTEN KÖLZOW 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 providing a representation in a motor vehicle depending on a viewing direction of a vehicle operator
    Patent number: 9491417
    Abstract: The physiological characteristics of the eye are particularly well taken into account in a motor vehicle by selecting a representation at a representation site from at least two types of representations depending on whether the respective representation site is located in a central field of view of the vehicle operator or is located in a peripheral field of view of the vehicle operator. Preferably, intensive colors and strong color contrasts are selected in the central field of view of the vehicle operator, whereas representations that change over time are selected in the peripheral field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Björn Giesler, Thorsten Kölzow, Bernd Jakobs
  • Motor vehicle with occupant protection device
    Patent number: 8844968
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes an occupant protection device which is provided for a side region of the motor vehicle. The occupant protection device includes a sensor capable of ascertaining an air pressure signal, and a control device capable of evaluating the air pressure signal and activating the occupant protection device when determining that the air pressure signal indicates the presence of a pressure wave generated before a collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Björn Giesler, Thorsten Kölzow, Bernd Jakobs
  • MOTOR VEHICLE WITH OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140077482
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes an occupant protection device which is provided for a side region of the motor vehicle. The occupant protection device includes a sensor capable of ascertaining an air pressure signal, and a control device capable of evaluating the air pressure signal and activating the occupant protection device when determining that the air pressure signal indicates the presence of a pressure wave generated before a collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Björn Giesler, Thorsten Kölzow, Bernd Jakobs
  • METHOD FOR PROVIDING A REPRESENTATION IN A MOTOR VEHICLE DEPENDING ON A VIEWING DIRECTION OF A VEHICLE OPERATOR
    Publication number: 20130235200
    Abstract: The physiological characteristics of the eye are particularly well taken into account in a motor vehicle by selecting a representation at a representation site from at least two types of representations depending on whether the respective representation site is located in a central field of view of the vehicle operator or is located in a peripheral field of view of the vehicle operator. Preferably, intensive colors and strong color contrasts are selected in the central field of view of the vehicle operator, whereas representations that change over time are selected in the peripheral field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: BJÖRN GIESLER, THORSTEN KÖLZOW, BERND JAKOBS