Patents by Inventor Ulrich Stählins

Ulrich Stählins 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).

  • Communication device for vehicle-to-X communication
    Patent number: 10068479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a communication device for vehicle-to-X communication for a vehicle, comprising: at least four antennas for transmitting and receiving wireless information and at least one electronic control unit (ECU) for transmitting and receiving information via the antennas and for processing the information received or to be transmitted via the antennas, wherein the at least four antennas are arranged on the vehicle in such a way that the directional characteristics of antennas among the at least four antennas which are arranged directly opposite each other on the vehicle exhibit a spatial overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Staehlin, Marc Menzel
  • Method and system for merging ambient sensor data with communication data, and use of the system
    Patent number: 10055517
    Abstract: A method for merging environment sensor data with communication data, wherein the environment sensor data is detected by at least one environment sensor and wherein the communication data is contained in vehicle-to-X messages which are received by vehicle-to-X communication. The communication data selected by pre-processing is fed directly to the sensor data merging process, wherein the sensor data merging process merges the selected communication data with environment sensor data to form an environment model. A corresponding system and a usage of the system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping, Thomas Grotendorst
  • Method and device for vehicle communication
    Patent number: 10055987
    Abstract: In a method for vehicle communication between a first and a second vehicle, depending on environmental information, predetermined situation messages are optionally provided for transmission from the first vehicle to the second vehicle. Depending on whether a selection is made, the selected situation message is transmitted, for example by a wireless radio link, to the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Stählin
  • APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A DIGITAL TOPOGRAPHICAL POSITION MAP IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180216945
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a digital topographical position map in a vehicle comprises a receiver for receiving sensor data that specify different topographical positions of the vehicle, a processor that is designed to take the different topographical positions of the vehicle as a basis for sensing an average topographical position of the vehicle and at least one further topographical position of the vehicle, which differs from the average topographical position, wherein the processor is designed to produce the digital topographical position map on the basis of the average topographical position, and to store the at least one further topographical position in the digital topographical position map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventor: Ulrich Stählin
  • METHOD FOR SELECTING LOCALIZATION ALGORITHMS IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180217269
    Abstract: A method for selecting localization algorithms in a vehicle, wherein the localization algorithms, in particular for satellite navigation or vehicle dynamics sensors, are selected on the basis of driving states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Michael Zalewski, Ulrich Stählin
  • COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR V2X COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20180220282
    Abstract: A communications system for V2X communication, which can be installed in a motor vehicle at an installation location, includes a receiver for receiving communications data and a processor configured to capture a characteristic of the received communications data. The processor also configured to check the arrangement of the communications system at the installation location on the basis of a comparison of the captured characteristic with a reference characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel, Walter Fehrmann
  • Method and communication apparatus for validating a data content in a wirelessly received communication signal, and use of the communication apparatus
    Patent number: 10018702
    Abstract: A method for validating data content in a wirelessly received communication signal, wherein the data content includes at least one position statement for a transmission module sending the communication signal, wherein the communication signal is received by a reception module having at least two antennas, wherein the communication signal is used to determine a direction from the reception module to the transmission module and wherein the determined direction is used to validate the position statement. The direction is determined from a phrase difference in the communication signal at the at least two antennas. The invention further relates to a corresponding communication apparatus and to a use for the communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Sighard Schräbler, Ulrich Stählin
  • Method and system for the distributed transmission of a communication flow and use of the system
    Patent number: 10015195
    Abstract: A method and system for the distributed transmission of the communication flow, in which the communication flow takes place at least unidirectionally from a first to a second communication unit and wherein the first and second communication units are capable of transmitting the communication flow by means of at least two different communication paths, the communication flow comprises at least one vehicle-to-X message. The communication flow is divided into at least two communication flow elements by the first communication unit prior to sending, wherein the at least two communication flow elements are transmitted from the first to the second communication unit in a manner distributed over the at least two different communication paths, and wherein the at least two communication flow elements are assembled again by the second communication unit following reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OH
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping
  • Method for communicating between a first motor vehicle and at least one second motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9998451
    Abstract: A method for communicating between a first motor vehicle and at least one second motor vehicle, belonging to a mobile communication network including at least two motor vehicles. In a first step only one identifying piece of information is exchanged between the vehicles by each driver for forming a communication network by a radio communication unit via radio connection in order to initiate the internal communication of the vehicles present in a column formation, said piece of information being entered in a second step into a network communication unit of each vehicle, in order to join the communication network after acknowledgement by a network communication unit of at least one of the other vehicles belonging to the communication network. The identifying piece of information is an authentication, and the authentication takes place for each vehicle by a randomly generated password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Menzel, Ulrich Stählin
  • Connecting control devices and the V2X unit via WLAN or Bluetooth, and V2X unit which has update memory
    Patent number: 9986596
    Abstract: A vehicle system including a V2X unit for operating a vehicle-to-X communication, having a communications module for wireless data transfer, and a control device for controlling a user application, having a communications module for wireless data transfer which can be coupled with the communications module of the V2X unit, wherein the V2X unit and the control unit can be activated into a data transfer mode in order to couple the communications modules of the V2X unit and of the control device with each other for a data exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel
  • Method and system for determining a number of vehicle-to-X messages to be discarded
    Patent number: 9985900
    Abstract: A method for determining a number of vehicle-to-X messages to be discarded, wherein a work cycle of a vehicle-to-X communication unit involves vehicle-to-X messages being received, wherein the work cycle involves a number of received vehicle-to-X messages being determined, wherein the work cycle involves an existent computation power being available and wherein the work cycle involves the number of vehicle-to-X messages to be discarded being determined on the basis of the number of received vehicle-to-X messages. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding system and to a use for the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel, Enno Kelling, Martin Schürmeier
  • Method and system for ascertaining a local information item for a vehicle
    Patent number: 9972210
    Abstract: A method and system for ascertaining at least one traffic-related local information item for a vehicle includes a reception device in a radio system to receive sent data from a radio system in at least one other vehicle in the vicinity of the one vehicle as defined by the reception range of the reception device. The reception device is configured for the vehicle-internal capture and evaluation of data for at least one operating variable from the one vehicle. The traffic-related local information item is ascertained from the received data from the other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Aunkofer, Marc Menzel, Ulrich Stählin
  • Filter method for adapting a computing load
    Patent number: 9959751
    Abstract: A filter method for adapting a computing load to a computing capacity of a car-to-x communication system, in which method car-to-x messages are received and/or sent using the car-to-x communication system and the received car-to-x messages require processing by the car-to-x communication system. The filter method decides which of the received car-to-x messages to process and which of the received car-to-x messages to discard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE-TO-X COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20180108257
    Abstract: The invention relates to a communication device for vehicle-to-X communication for a vehicle, comprising: at least four antennas for transmitting and receiving wireless information and at least one electronic control unit (ECU) for transmitting and receiving information via the antennas and for processing the information received or to be transmitted via the antennas, wherein the at least four antennas are arranged on the vehicle in such a way that the directional characteristics of antennas among the at least four antennas which are arranged directly opposite each other on the vehicle exhibit a spatial overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich STAEHLIN, Marc MENZEL
  • VEHICLE-TO-X COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180106907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle-to-X communication system (100) for a vehicle (101). The vehicle-to-X communication system (100) comprises a first communication module (103) having a first antenna (104), wherein the first antenna (104) has a first communication angle; a second communication module (107) having a second antenna (108), wherein the second antenna (108) has a second communication angle; wherein the first communication module (103) and the second communication module (107) are arranged in such a manner that the first antenna (104) and the second antenna (108) are oriented in different directions, in order to obtain a total communication angle which is composed of the first communication angle and the second communication angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventor: Ulrich STAEHLIN
  • Filtering data packets to be relayed in the car2X network
    Patent number: 9935875
    Abstract: A method for relaying a data packet containing at least positional data, the data packet being carried in a transmission signal and received via a vehicular ad hoc network. The method includes the following steps: filtering the received data packet based on a predetermined filter condition; and relaying the filtered data packet to an additional receiver based on an identification of whether the filtered data packet should be relayed to the additional receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Thomas Grotendorst, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin
  • Trigger-based transfer of CAR2X message of different standards
    Patent number: 9930496
    Abstract: A method for processing Car2X messages by a processing device designed to receive and process messages, the construction of which is defined according to different standards, preferably according to a first standard and a second standard, including: recording of the message by the processing device, identifying the standard used by the message, forwarding the message to an application unit of the processing device if the message uses the standard for which the application unit is designed, or otherwise creating a new message from the received message so that it can be processed by the application unit. The new message is created in accordance with at least one previously known content item within the received message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CHANNEL LOAD AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A PREPROCESSING IN A VEHICLE-TO-X COMMUNICATION, VEHICLE-TO-X COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20180069800
    Abstract: A method for determining a channel load in a vehicle-to-X communication, a method for adjusting a preprocessing in a vehicle-to-X communication, a vehicle-to-X communication system and a storage medium. In particular, a preprocessing can be adjusted in a vehicle-to-X communication, for example a filtering out of vehicle-to-X messages, to the channel load and/or to a system power by the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping, Marc Menzel
  • METHOD FOR PROCESSING VEHICLE-TO-X MESSAGES
    Publication number: 20180067789
    Abstract: A method for processing vehicle-to-X messages in a processing module and a method for processing vehicle-to-X messages in a control module. In the course of this messages are checked in a specified checking sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Torsten Martin, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin
  • METHOD FOR PROCESSING VEHICLE-TO-X MESSAGES
    Publication number: 20180069928
    Abstract: A method for processing vehicle-to-x messages in a processing module and a method for processing vehicle-to-x messages in a control module. In this way, the data traffic between processing module and control module can be considerably reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Torsten Martin, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin