Patents by Inventor Timo Klingemann

Timo Klingemann 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: 11866036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle and a method for operating same. In some embodiments, an obstacle is detected based on environmental data and a risk of collision is determined in consideration of driving state data. Further, an evasion trajectory for preventing a collision of the motor vehicle with the obstacle is determined. The driver assistance system is configured to detect another oncoming vehicle for which the risk of collision is greater than a predefined first threshold value as the obstacle. Further, the driver assistance system is configured to check whether a control action of a driver of the motor vehicle is guiding same along the determined evasion trajectory and, if this is not the case, to modify the control action of the driver automatically such that the motor vehicle is guided along the determined evasion trajectory by the modified control action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Timo Klingemann, Bastian Schmidt, Maike Wall, Michael Wonke, Jörn Fauck
  • Patent number: 11851056
    Abstract: A method for terminating driving on the road shoulder by a transportation vehicle includes detection by a detection unit that the transportation vehicle is situated at least partially on a road shoulder, determination of a steering intensity of a manual steering maneuver, and assignment of one of at least two predetermined steering codes to the steering maneuver by a computing unit as a function of the steering intensity. An automatic intervention into a transportation vehicle control is carried out as a function of the assigned steering code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventors: Arne Bartels, Thomas Kolms, Timo Klingemann, Robin Bräutigam, Amogh Sakpal
  • Patent number: 11511739
    Abstract: In a method for ending shoulder driving, it is detected by means of a detection unit of a motor vehicle that a wheel is located on a shoulder. By means of a sensor unit, a driver's reaction is recorded, and by means of a computing unit, the driver's reaction is assigned to one of at least two intensity classes. By means of a control unit, an intervention in controlling the vehicle is undertaken counteracting the driver's reaction when the driver's reaction has been assigned to a first intensity class, and an intervention supporting the driver's reaction is undertaken when the driver's reaction has been assigned to a second intensity class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Arne Bartels, Thomas Kolms, Timo Klingemann, Amogh Sakpal, Robin Braeutigam
  • Publication number: 20220185332
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for operating an assistance system of a motor vehicle for providing a shoulder function. Under a first condition, a motor vehicle is detected on a shoulder of a roadway via at least one detecting apparatus in accordance with at least one predetermined first criterion. Under a second condition, a steering behavior of a driver of the motor vehicle is determined in accordance with a second criterion, where a shoulder function is executed in accordance with which an automatic driving intervention. Under a third condition, an obstacle ahead of the motor vehicle in the direction of travel is detected by the at least one detecting apparatus in accordance with a specified third criterion, where a control signal influencing the execution of the shoulder function is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Arne Bartels, Timo Klingemann, Thomas Kolms
  • Publication number: 20220126855
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for operating an assistance system in a motor vehicle with which a driving a shoulder by the motor vehicle is detected by means of at least one detection device in the assistance system, and with which a control signal is generated by means of an electronic computing device in the assistance system for engaging with a functional unit in the motor vehicle. The shoulder that is detected is evaluated in terms of the type of shoulder, and a critical or non-critical driving of the vehicle on the shoulder is determined on the basis of the type of shoulder, and the control signal is generated in the case of a critical driving on the shoulder. The present disclosure also relates to an assistance system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Arne Bartels, Frank Bärecke, Timo Klingemann, Thomas Kolms
  • Publication number: 20200361458
    Abstract: In a method for ending shoulder driving, it is detected by means of a detection unit of a motor vehicle that a wheel is located on a shoulder. By means of a sensor unit, a driver's reaction is recorded, and by means of a computing unit, the driver's reaction is assigned to one of at least two intensity classes. By means of a control unit, an intervention in controlling the vehicle is undertaken counteracting the driver's reaction when the driver's reaction has been assigned to a first intensity class, and an intervention supporting the driver's reaction is undertaken when the driver's reaction has been assigned to a second intensity class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Arne Bartels, Thomas Kolms, Timo Klingemann, Amogh Sakpal, Robin Braeutigam
  • Publication number: 20200180611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle and a method for operating same. In some embodiments, an obstacle is detected based on environmental data and a risk of collision is determined in consideration of driving state data. Further, an evasion trajectory for preventing a collision of the motor vehicle with the obstacle is determined. The driver assistance system is configured to detect another oncoming vehicle for which the risk of collision is greater than a predefined first threshold value as the obstacle. Further, the driver assistance system is configured to check whether a control action of a driver of the motor vehicle is guiding same along the determined evasion trajectory and, if this is not the case, to modify the control action of the driver automatically such that the motor vehicle is guided along the determined evasion trajectory by the modified control action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Timo Klingemann, Bastian Schmidt, Maike Wall, Michael Wonke, Jörn Fauck