Patents by Inventor Ulrich Schiek

Ulrich Schiek 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: 10460186
    Abstract: To enable a user who is moving through or past a scene, e.g., along a path through a landscape or surrounding environment, and who wishes to record an image thereof, and to acquire or keep images of interest to the user without separate actuations or handling of the named type, a system is provided for producing at least one image of the scene, having at least one device for recording the at least one image, a device for acquiring a behavior of at least one user, a control unit for evaluating the behavior of the at least one user and for obtaining therefrom at least one control signal for a controlling of the device, including a selection of a recording direction and of image segments or objects that are to be recorded, for recording the at least one image in accordance with the behavior of the at least one user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Schiek, Philipp Ibele
  • Patent number: 9650058
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system for a vehicle includes: a computer unit which evaluates surroundings-related and vehicle-related data with the aid of sensors and carries out an automatic driving operation based on the data; a lead time calculator assigned to the computer unit and determining a lead time by evaluating the surroundings-related and vehicle-related data, the lead time requiring an intervention by the driver; and a comfort time calculator assigned to the computer unit and calculating a reaction time of the driver by evaluating driver-related data, the comfort time calculator continuously comparing the lead time with the reaction time and determining therefrom a comfort time which is determined by taking the difference between the lead time and the reaction time. When the comfort time reaches zero, a countermeasure including a prewarning of the driver and/or a mode change of the driving system is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Schiek, Wolfgang Kopmann
  • Publication number: 20160307056
    Abstract: To enable a user who is moving through or past a scene, e.g., along a path through a landscape or surrounding environment, and who wishes to record an image thereof, and to acquire or keep images of interest to the user without separate actuations or handling of the named type, a system is provided for producing at least one image of the scene, having at least one device for recording the at least one image, a device for acquiring a behavior of at least one user, a control unit for evaluating the behavior of the at least one user and for obtaining therefrom at least one control signal for a controlling of the device, including a selection of a recording direction and of image segments or objects that are to be recorded, for recording the at least one image in accordance with the behavior of the at least one user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Ulrich Schiek, Philipp Ibele
  • Publication number: 20150375757
    Abstract: An autonomous driving system for a vehicle includes: a computer unit which evaluates surroundings-related and vehicle-related data with the aid of sensors and carries out an automatic driving operation based on the data; a lead time calculator assigned to the computer unit and determining a lead time by evaluating the surroundings-related and vehicle-related data, the lead time requiring an intervention by the driver; and a comfort time calculator assigned to the computer unit and calculating a reaction time of the driver by evaluating driver-related data, the comfort time calculator continuously comparing the lead time with the reaction time and determining therefrom a comfort time which is determined by taking the difference between the lead time and the reaction time. When the comfort time reaches zero, a countermeasure including a prewarning of the driver and/or a mode change of the driving system is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Ulrich Schiek, Wolfgang Kopmann