Patents by Inventor Ulrich Stahlin

Ulrich Stahlin 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 for handling a received vehicle-to-X message in a vehicle, vehicle-to-X communications module and storage medium
    Patent number: 10341231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for handling a received vehicle-to-X message in a vehicle, said message having at least a header and a body, and only the header without the body being forwarded to a self-learning map, in particular if it is established that the message is suitable for simplified processing. The invention also relates to a vehicle-to-X communications module and a storage medium for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Richard Scherping
  • METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FROM A VEHICLE TO A SERVER, AND METHOD FOR UPDATING A MAP
    Publication number: 20190163689
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data from a vehicle to a server, wherein raw data from satellite navigation is co-transmitted. The invention also relates to a method for updating a map via a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: Ulrich Stählin
  • METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MAP IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190162552
    Abstract: A method for providing a map in a vehicle, wherein an initial map is stored, route information is obtained and the map is provided based on the initial map and the route information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Attila Jaeger, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping
  • CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A VEHICLE TO A TRAILER
    Publication number: 20190152282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection system (10) for coupling a vehicle (10) to a trailer (11), having: a first plug connector (3), which is configured to connect the connection system (1) to the vehicle (10), a second plug connector (4), which is configured to connect the connection system (1) to the trailer (11), a V2X-based communication device (2) which is configured to process at least one signal which is transmittable from the vehicle (10) to the trailer (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ralf Spengler, Ulrich Stählin
  • CAR2X receiver filtering based on a receiving corridor in a geographic coordinate system
    Patent number: 10225690
    Abstract: A method for filtering a message transmitted between a transmitter and a receiver in a vehicular ad hoc network, the message containing at least one position of the transmitter, including: determining a position of the receiver by a global satellite navigation system in a predetermined coordinate system; determining a decision threshold for a maximum distance between the receiver and the transmitter in the predetermined coordinate system in which the position of the receiver was determined; and discarding the message if a distance between the position of the transmitter and the position of the receiver exceeds the decision threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Thomas Grotendorst, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin
  • Location-determining device in a motor vehicle and information merging method
    Patent number: 10209073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a location-determining device in a motor vehicle which comprises at least one receiver device for receiving position signals and time signals for a multiplicity of satellites assigned to a global navigation system and a location-calculating module for calculating location information on the basis of received position data and time data. The location-Determining device is distinguished by the fact that the at least one receiver device is structurally integrated into the housing of an optical sensor unit, wherein the housing is arranged in a passenger compartment in a region of an upper edge of a windscreen, and wherein the housing does not have more than a single connection to a vehicle data bus and not more than a single connection to a vehicle energy supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventor: Ulrich Stahlin
  • Vehicle-to-X communication system, vehicle, and method for transmitting vehicle-to-X messages
    Patent number: 10205476
    Abstract: A vehicle-to-x communication system, a vehicle including a vehicle-to-x communication system and a method for transmitting vehicle-to-x messages. Instead of having to diversify transmission as is customary when at least two antennae are used, signals are emitted in a suitably split manner via a first antenna or a second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel, Richard Owen
  • Sensor having moisture protection
    Patent number: 10203221
    Abstract: A method for detecting a phase angle difference between a first periodic measurement signal and a second periodic measurement signal, wherein, for the purpose of determining a torque applied to a shaft, the two periodic measurement signals describe a rotation of the shaft at an axial distance from one another including superimposing a periodic auxiliary signal which simulates a previously known rotational speed for the shaft on the first periodic measurement signal in order to form a superimposition signal, and determining the phase angle difference on the basis of the superimposition signal and the second measurement signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Udo Hilgenberg, Stephan Risch, Laszlo Boldizsar, Ulrich Stählin
  • Processing-path-dependent filtering of data packets received in the car2X network
    Patent number: 10143039
    Abstract: A method for receiving a data packet containing at least position data in a transmission signal via a vehicular ad hoc network, including: filtering the received data packet on the basis of a first filter condition and outputting the filtered data packet to a processing device for processing the filtered data packet; and filtering the received data packet on the basis of a second filter condition and outputting the filtered data packet to a forwarding device for forwarding the filtered data packet to another subscriber of the vehicular ad hoc network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Richard Scherping, Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel
  • Fusion of chassis sensor data with vehicle dynamics data
    Patent number: 10118626
    Abstract: A system for processing sensor data in a vehicle has a processor and a chassis sensor in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to record driving dynamics data and chassis sensor data for the vehicle, and filter driving dynamics data or the chassis sensor data on the basis of the chassis sensor data or the driving dynamics data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Klaus Rink, Stefan Günthner
  • Situation-Dependent Sharing of Map Messages to Improve Digital Maps
    Publication number: 20180304904
    Abstract: A system for creating a digital map for driver assistance systems of a vehicle, includes a communications unit for exchanging messages between vehicles. A position acquisition unit acquires the position of the individual vehicle. A map unit stores and processes a digital map. A detection unit detects ambiguities of a driving situation in relation to a position in the digital map. Upon detection of an ambiguity, a message including map data and/or a warning message is/are output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventor: Ulrich Stählin
  • Method for updating an electronic card of a vehicle
    Publication number: 20180292227
    Abstract: A method for updating an electronic card in a vehicle based on a deviation between predicted states and actual states comprises calculating a predicted state of the vehicle, establishing an actual state of the vehicle, determining a deviation between the predicted state and the actual state, and storing information in the map if the predicted state and the actual state deviate from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Stählin, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping
  • SYSTEM FOR CHECKING THE PLAUSIBILITY OF SATELLITE SIGNALS FROM GLOBAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180259650
    Abstract: A system for receiving and processing satellite signals from satellites of global navigation systems, in particular for a vehicle, having a signal path includes a signal conditioning unit for conditioning received satellite signals, an analysis unit for analyzing the conditioned satellite signals, and a position determination unit for determining measured values utilizing the satellite signals provided by the analysis unit. The measured values include a position, a speed, and/or a satellite time. The system has two signal paths which are separate from one another and each process mutually independent satellite signals for a position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Henrik Antoni, Pierre Blüher, Ulrich Stählin, Michael Zalewski
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING A POSITION OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180259651
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for assessing a position of a vehicle are described herein. The disclosure proposes ascertaining a first absolute position utilizing a conventional GNSS receiver. This is to be compared with a second absolute position, which is ascertained in a secure safety unit or a secure ASIL-compatible chip, and is therefore always plausible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicants: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Henrik Antoni, Ulrich Stählin, Michael Zalewski, Sandro Syguda, Pierre Blüher, Holger Faisst
  • Method and System for Exchanging Map Data According to a Quality Measurement
    Publication number: 20180252538
    Abstract: A method for exchanging digital map data between a first and a second vehicle, each vehicle comprising a communication unit for exchanging messages between vehicles, a positioning unit for detecting the position of the vehicle, a map unit for storing and processing a digital map, and an evaluation unit for creating a quality measurement regarding a map section of the digital map. The method includes creation of a quality measurement regarding map data of a map section of the digital map by the first vehicle and checking of whether the quality measurement for the map data of the map section is below a threshold value which defines a minimum quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventor: Ulrich Stählin
  • 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
  • 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 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