Patents by Inventor Tim Haerle

Tim Haerle 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).

  • Automatic steering of an agricultural machine on an agricultural surface
    Patent number: 11606895
    Abstract: A method for automatically steering an agricultural machine on an agricultural area that is to be worked. The method includes optically detecting a first region of the area that is to be worked lying in a direction of travel of the agricultural machine in a first recording via a first optical sensor in a first position with a first viewing direction. The method further includes optically detecting a second region of the area that is to be worked lying in the direction of travel of the agricultural machine in a second recording via a second optical sensor in a second position with a second viewing direction. The method additionally includes detecting a tramline in the first recording and detecting a tramline in the second recording, determining a first trajectory and a second trajectory, and determining a steering signal based on the first trajectory and/or the second trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: David Nieto Lara, Zhihu Chen, Anatol Weidenbach, Tim Haerle
  • AUTOMATIC STEERING OF AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE ON AN AGRICULTURAL SURFACE
    Publication number: 20220000005
    Abstract: A method for automatically steering an agricultural machine on an agricultural area that is to be worked. The method includes optically detecting a first region of the area that is to be worked lying in a direction of travel of the agricultural machine in a first recording via a first optical sensor in a first position with a first viewing direction. The method further includes optically detecting a second region of the area that is to be worked lying in the direction of travel of the agricultural machine in a second recording via a second optical sensor in a second position with a second viewing direction. The method additionally includes detecting a tramline in the first recording and detecting a tramline in the second recording, determining a first trajectory and a second trajectory, and determining a steering signal based on the first trajectory and/or the second trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: David Nieto Lara, Zhihu Chen, Anatol Weidenbach, Tim Haerle
  • INTERIOR OBSERVATION FOR SEATBELT ADJUSTMENT
    Publication number: 20190359169
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for a vehicle may comprise a control unit that is configured to determine a state of a vehicle occupant via a neural network. The control unit may also activate a safety belt system for positioning and securing the vehicle occupant based on the identified state of the vehicle occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Mark Schutera, Tim Härle, Devi Alagarswamy