Patents by Inventor Walter Settgast

Walter Settgast 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 and evaluation system for supervising correct belt utilization
    Patent number: 9266500
    Abstract: A method and an evaluation system supervise correct belt utilization of at least one safety belt in a motor vehicle, the open and/or closed belt lock state being supervised at the respective belt lock of a vehicle seat occupied by a person and a warning signal being given and/or the safety system of the motor vehicle being influenced if an unclosed belt lock is detected. In particular, feigned belt utilization is also detected by evaluating the temporal sequence of belt lock actuations with respect to further operations and/or states determined in the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Martin Brand, Philip Rigley, Walter Settgast, Heiko Kuebler
  • METHOD AND EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR SUPERVISING CORRECT BELT UTILIZATION
    Publication number: 20150046041
    Abstract: A method and an evaluation system supervise correct belt utilization of at least one safety belt in a motor vehicle, the open and/or closed belt lock state being supervised at the respective belt lock of a vehicle seat occupied by a person and a warning signal being given and/or the safety system of the motor vehicle being influenced if an unclosed belt lock is detected. In particular, feigned belt utilization is also detected by evaluating the temporal sequence of belt lock actuations with respect to further operations and/or states determined in the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Martin Brand, Philip Rigley, Walter Settgast, Heiko Kuebler