Patents by Inventor Zbyszek Jarzabek

Zbyszek Jarzabek 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 rejecting echo signals from a trailer apparatus on a motor vehicle, driver assistance device and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10261180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an ultrasonic sensor apparatus (3) having a multiplicity of ultrasonic sensors (5, 6, 7) arranged in the rear region (4) of a motor vehicle (1) in which the ultrasonic sensor apparatus (3) is used to perform detection of an object (11) in the surroundings of the motor vehicle (1), wherein a first ultrasonic sensor (6), in an object detection mode for detecting an object (11) that is different from a trailer apparatus (10) arranged in the rear region (4), is operated only for the purpose of receiving echo signals from transmission signals transmitted by at least one other ultrasonic sensor (5, 7), and the sending of transmission signals from this first ultrasonic sensor (6) is prevented. The invention also relates to a driver assistance device (2) and a motor vehicle (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ludwig, Ulrich Bressler, Zbyszek Jarzabek
  • METHOD FOR REJECTING ECHO SIGNALS FROM A TRAILER APPARATUS ON A MOTOR VEHICLE, DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170160395
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an ultrasonic sensor apparatus (3) having a multiplicity of ultrasonic sensors (5, 6, 7) arranged in the rear region (4) of a motor vehicle (1) in which the ultrasonic sensor apparatus (3) is used to perform detection of an object (11) in the surroundings of the motor vehicle (1), wherein a first ultrasonic sensor (6), in an object detection mode for detecting an object (11) that is different from a trailer apparatus (10) arranged in the rear region (4), is operated only for the purpose of receiving echo signals from transmission signals transmitted by at least one other ultrasonic sensor (5, 7), and the sending of transmission signals from this first ultrasonic sensor (6) is prevented. The invention also relates to a driver assistance device (2) and a motor vehicle (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ludwig, Ulrich Bressler, Zbyszek Jarzabek