Patents by Inventor Vincent KRATZER

Vincent KRATZER 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: 20250162514
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a virtual exterior mirror system for a vehicle, said system comprising: a display screen integrated into a dashboard of the vehicle; and a reflection means, which is associated with the display screen and located between two A-pillars of the vehicle, for reflecting a display content, which is displayed by the display screen, into an eye of a driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel LOTTES, Marcus RICHTER, Sebastian ALBL, Vincent KRATZER, Philipp WEISS
  • Patent number: 11420680
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for assisting a user of a motor vehicle when swerving around an obstacle on a movement path of the motor vehicle. A driver assistance device carries out the following: providing a warning signal which describes an object on the movement path and a collision area which is visible through a window, preferably a vehicle window of the motor vehicle in which the object is located; defining a swerving area visible through the vehicle window, in which a swerving point for travelling around the object is visible, generating an accentuation signal, which describes a measure for accentuating the swerving area, and transmitting the accentuation signal to an accentuation device. Depending on the accentuation signal, the measure for accentuating the swerving area is carried out. The accentuation device can control a heads-up display, a monitor integrated into the vehicle window and/or a headlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christian Wall, Vincent Kratzer
  • Publication number: 20200346692
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for assisting a user of a motor vehicle when swerving around an obstacle on a movement path of the motor vehicle. A driver assistance device carries out the following: providing a warning signal which describes an object on the movement path and a collision area which is visible through a window, preferably a vehicle window of the motor vehicle and in which the object is located; defining a swerving area visible through the vehicle window, in which a swerving point for travelling around the object is visible, generating an accentuation signal, which describes a measure for accentuating the swerving area, and transmitting the accentuation signal to an accentuation device. Depending on the accentuation signal, the measure for accentuating the swerving area is carried out. The accentuation device can, for example, control a heads-up display and/or a monitor integrated into the vehicle window and/or a headlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christian WALL, Vincent KRATZER