Patents by Inventor Udo Weitze

Udo Weitze 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).

  • Vehicle control system and method for controlling a vehicle
    Patent number: 6665596
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle having a plurality of signal processing levels and actuators, in particular for brake, steering, engine and gearbox, for converting actuation signals and a method for controlling a vehicle. The system employs the following levels: an input level for continuous stipulations or an input level for discrete stipulations and an automation level for generating setpoint value signals, a predictive level and/or a reactive level for correcting the setpoint value signals, a coordination level for converting the set point value signals into actuation signals, and an execution level with the actuators. The actuators are connected to one another and to the coordination level by a fault-tolerant, redundant and bidirectional databus. Measures for redundant signal processing are taken, and data is transmitted in a fault-tolerant, redundant and bidirectional fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Bauer, Carsten Hämmerling, Albert Kirchmann, Andreas Schwarzhaupt, Gernot Spiegelberg, Wolfgang Stahl, Udo Weitze
  • Vehicle control system and method for controlling a vehicle
    Publication number: 20030120401
    Abstract: 1. Control system for a vehicle and a method for controlling a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Bauer, Carsten Hammerling, Albert Kirchmann, Andreas Schwarzhaupt, Gernot Spiegelberg, Wolfgang Stahl, Udo Weitze