Patents by Inventor Tobias Schlachtbauer

Tobias Schlachtbauer 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, system and vehicle for conducting group travel
    Patent number: 9829326
    Abstract: A method for conducting group travel, wherein a subsequent group travel participant follows a group travel participant travelling ahead or the subsequent group travel participant drives to a current destination of group travel participant travelling ahead, includes the steps of: assigning a group travel identifier for a journey of the group travel participant travelling ahead; passing on the group travel identifier from the group travel participant travelling ahead to the subsequent group travel participant; transmitting navigation information of the group travel participant travelling ahead to a distribution unit in a context with the group travel identifier; transmitting the navigation information from the distribution unit to the subsequent group travel participant; and using the navigation information transmitted from the distribution unit by the subsequent group travel participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Maximilian Pühler, Hubert Fischer, Michael Schermann, Tobias Schlachtbauer, Sergej Truschin, Thomas Wolf, Helmut Krcmar
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND VEHICLE FOR CONDUCTING GROUP TRAVEL
    Publication number: 20150120181
    Abstract: A method for conducting group travel, wherein a subsequent group travel participant follows a group travel participant travelling ahead or the subsequent group travel participant drives to a current destination of group travel participant travelling ahead, includes the steps of: assigning a group travel identifier for a journey of the group travel participant travelling ahead; passing on the group travel identifier from the group travel participant travelling ahead to the subsequent group travel participant; transmitting navigation information of the group travel participant travelling ahead to a distribution unit in a context with the group travel identifier; transmitting the navigation information from the distribution unit to the subsequent group travel participant; and using the navigation information transmitted from the distribution unit by the subsequent group travel participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Maximilian Pühler, Hubert Fischer, Michael Schermann, Tobias Schlachtbauer, Sergej Truschin, Thomas Wolf, Helmut Krcmar