Patents by Inventor Tim Kubertschak

Tim Kubertschak 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).

  • Patent number: 11588527
    Abstract: A method for operating a plurality of antennas of a vehicle is disclosed, in which the vehicle communicates wirelessly with an external radio station while traveling through a radio cell of the external radio station by means of a radio signal emitted by the plurality of antennas. The vehicle includes a plurality of antennas and a controller operatively connected to the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Tim Kubertschak
  • Patent number: 11513212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a motor vehicle comprising a sensor assembly for a 360° detection of the motor vehicle surroundings. The sensor assembly has multiple sensors of the same type, wherein each of the multiple sensors has a specified detection region and the sensors are distributed around the exterior of the motor vehicle such that the detection regions collectively provide a complete detection zone which covers the surroundings in a complete angle about the motor vehicle at a specified distance from the motor vehicle. The sensors are each designed to detect the surroundings in their respective detection region as respective sensor data in respective successive synchronized time increments. The sensor assembly has a pre-processing mechanism which fuses the sensor data of each of the sensors in order to generate a three-dimensional image of the surroundings for a respective identical time increment and provides same in a common database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tim Kubertschak, Thomas Bock
  • Patent number: 11348342
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improved data fusion during environment detection in a motor vehicle (50), comprising the following steps: detecting (101) an environment (40) of the motor vehicle (50) using at least one sensor (2); recognising (102) objects (81) in measurement data (20) detected by the at least one sensor (2); fusioning (115) of the recognised objects (81) and the object positions thereof in an environment map (80), wherein a probability of existence is/will be assigned to objects (81) recorded in the environment map (80), and wherein the probability of existence of a recorded object (81) is reduced, when a free region (86, 86.1) is measured during the detection of the position of the recorded object, wherein a respective orientation attribute (60) is assigned to the objects (81) recorded in the environment map (80) and recorded in the environment map (80), and for a region in the sensor region (83.1, 83.2, 83.3) of the at least one sensor (2), in which a free region (86, 86.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Simon Steinmeyer, Daniel Mossau, Marek Musial, Oliver Birbach, Patrick Glässer, Tim Kubertschak
  • Publication number: 20210336671
    Abstract: A method for operating a plurality of antennas of a vehicle is disclosed, in which the vehicle communicates wirelessly with an external radio station while traveling through a radio cell of the external radio station by means of a radio signal emitted by the plurality of antennas. The vehicle includes a plurality of antennas and a controller operatively connected to the antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Tim KUBERTSCHAK
  • Patent number: 11073406
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for updating an electronic map. The method includes detecting at least one first object by means of a sensor device of a motor vehicle and assigning a position of the motor vehicle, detected by means of a position detecting device of the motor vehicle, to the detected first object. The method also includes generating a first object data set representing the detected first object and the position assigned to the first object, by means of an evaluation device of the motor vehicle. The method further includes deriving a second object data set, representing a second object external to the vehicle, which is different from the first object detected, from the first object data set. The method also includes updating the electronic map by adding map data corresponding to the second object data set to the map or by removing map data contradicting the second object data set from the map by means of a computing device to improve updating of the electronic map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Tim Kubertschak
  • Publication number: 20200386572
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for updating an electronic map. The method includes detecting at least one first object by means of a sensor device of a motor vehicle and assigning a position of the motor vehicle, detected by means of a position detecting device of the motor vehicle, to the detected first object. The method also includes generating a first object data set representing the detected first object and the position assigned to the first object, by means of an evaluation device of the motor vehicle. The method further includes deriving a second object data set, representing a second object external to the vehicle, which is different from the first object detected, from the first object data set. The method also includes updating the electronic map by adding map data corresponding to the second object data set to the map or by removing map data contradicting the second object data set from the map by means of a computing device to improve updating of the electronic map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Tim KUBERTSCHAK
  • Publication number: 20200025873
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a motor vehicle comprising a sensor assembly for a 360° detection of the motor vehicle surroundings. The sensor assembly has multiple sensors of the same type, wherein each of the multiple sensors has a specified detection region and the sensors are distributed around the exterior of the motor vehicle such that the detection regions collectively provide a complete detection zone which covers the surroundings in a complete angle about the motor vehicle at a specified distance from the motor vehicle. The sensors are each designed to detect the surroundings in their respective detection region as respective sensor data in respective successive synchronized time increments. The sensor assembly has a pre-processing mechanism which fuses the sensor data of each of the sensors in order to generate a three-dimensional image of the section of the surroundings for a respective identical time increment and provides same in a common database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tim KUBERTSCHAK, Thomas BOCK
  • Publication number: 20180300563
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improved data fusion during environment detection in a motor vehicle (50), comprising the following steps: detecting (101) an environment (40) of the motor vehicle (50) using at least one sensor (2); recognising (102) objects (81) in measurement data (20) detected by the at least one sensor (2); fusioning (115) of the recognised objects (81) and the object positions thereof in an environment map (80), wherein a probability of existence is/will be assigned to objects (81) recorded in the environment map (80), and wherein the probability of existence of a recorded object (81) is reduced, when a free region (86, 86.1) is measured during the detection of the position of the recorded object, wherein a respective orientation attribute (60) is assigned to the objects (81) recorded in the environment map (80) and recorded in the environment map (80), and for a region in the sensor region (83.1, 83.2, 83.3) of the at least one sensor (2), in which a free region (86, 86.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Audi AG
    Inventors: Simon Steinmeyer, Daniel Mossau, Marek Musial, Oliver Birbach, Patrick Glässer, Tim Kubertschak