Patents by Inventor Viktor HAHN

Viktor HAHN 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).

  • Publication number: 20240278712
    Abstract: A method for operating a taillight of a motor vehicle, wherein the taillight, in particular in addition to a functional light source assigned to at least one further light function, has a taillight source assigned to a taillight function, having a plurality of lighting regions that can be controlled independently with respect to operation and brightness, wherein at least one environment sensor of the motor vehicle records sensor data describing other traffic participants behind within a predefined distance range from the rear of the motor vehicle, wherein if at least one activation criterion evaluating the sensor data and checking for the presence of at least one further traffic participant within a predetermined distance range from the rear of the motor vehicle, a brightness-increasing switching operation, in particular an activation and/or a dimming, of a second lighting region of the taillight source which was previously inactive or is operating with lower brightness than at least one other, first lighting
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Valentin SCHMIDT, Daniel HALBIG, Ernst REITER, Roman HORST, Viktor HAHN
  • Patent number: 12054046
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with an exterior lighting unit and a controller, wherein the controller is configured, on the one hand, to actuate the exterior lighting unit in a first operating mode to output a first light pattern and to analyze a changeover condition and, when the changeover condition is satisfied, to change to a second operating mode, and, on the other hand, to actuate the exterior lighting unit in the second operating mode to output a second light pattern different from the first light pattern, wherein the fulfillment of the changeover condition depends on which of a plurality of driving modes of the motor vehicle is selected for a current or future operation, and/or wherein the fulfillment of the changeover condition is dependent on an ascertained driver state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Tanja Kammann, Ashley Gleave, Michael Horn, Viktor Hahn, Maximilian Manderscheid
  • Publication number: 20230382296
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with an exterior lighting unit and a controller, wherein the controller is configured, on the one hand, to actuate the exterior lighting unit in a first operating mode to output a first light pattern and to analyze a changeover condition and, when the changeover condition is satisfied, to change to a second operating mode, and, on the other hand, to actuate the exterior lighting unit in the second operating mode to output a second light pattern different from the first light pattern, wherein the fulfillment of the changeover condition depends on which of a plurality of driving modes of the motor vehicle is selected for a current or future operation, and/or wherein the fulfillment of the changeover condition is dependent on an ascertained driver state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tanja KAMMANN, Ashley GLEAVE, Michael Horn, Viktor HAHN, Maximilian MANDERSCHEID