Patents by Inventor Tobias Dirndorfer

Tobias Dirndorfer 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: 10053039
    Abstract: A method for controlling restraint devices of a motor vehicle includes measuring a movement variable of the motor vehicle, triggering a first restraint device on the basis of a first predefined threshold value for the measured movement variable being exceeded, triggering a second restraint device on the basis of a second predefined threshold value for the measured movement variable being exceeded, and activating a first device influencing the restraining force of the first restraint device and a second device influencing the restraining force of the second restraint device on the basis of the first predefined threshold value and/or the second predefined threshold value being exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Franz Fürst, Markus Larice, Tobias Dirndorfer
  • Patent number: 9159234
    Abstract: In a method for emulating an environmental sensor in a motor vehicle in a specified collision situation at a first predetermined speed of the motor vehicle, raw data are recorded in a collision situation at a second speed, which is lower than the first speed, with the environmental sensor to be emulated using the motor vehicle and/or a structurally substantially identical motor vehicle and stored. The stored raw data and/or raw data extrapolated therefrom are used downsampled for emulating the environmental sensor at the first speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tobias Dirndorfer, Markus Larice, Michael Botsch
  • Publication number: 20140100742
    Abstract: A method for controlling restraint devices of a motor vehicle includes measuring a movement variable of the motor vehicle, triggering a first restraint device on the basis of a first predefined threshold value for the measured movement variable being exceeded, triggering a second restraint device on the basis of a second predefined threshold value for the measured movement variable being exceeded, and activating a first device influencing the restraining force of the first restraint device and a second device influencing the restraining force of the second restraint device on the basis of the first predefined threshold value and/or the second predefined threshold value being exceeded
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Franz Fürst, Markus Larice, Tobias Dirndorfer
  • Publication number: 20130060522
    Abstract: In a method for emulating an environmental sensor in a motor vehicle in a specified collision situation at a first predetermined speed of the motor vehicle, raw data are recorded in a collision situation at a second speed, which is lower than the first speed, with the environmental sensor to be emulated using the motor vehicle and/or a structurally substantially identical motor vehicle and stored. The stored raw data and/or raw data extrapolated therefrom are used downsampled for emulating the environmental sensor at the first speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Tobias Dirndorfer, Markus Larice, Michael Botsch
  • Publication number: 20130054093
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a restraint system controlled by a control device, a storage device storing control information for controlling the restraint system, and a computing device. The computing device determines before a collision of the vehicle with a collision object first collision information relating to an impending collision, and determines during an actual collision of the vehicle second collision information relating to the actual collision. The motor vehicle further includes a comparison device producing a comparison result by comparing the first collision information with the second collision information. The control information stored in the storage device is selected when the comparison result indicates that the first collision information is validated in relation to the second collision information, and standard control information is selected in the absence of validation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Franz Fürst, Markus Larice, Tobias Dirndorfer