2027 patents
Utility
Method of Determining Drowsiness of a Driver in a Vehicle
18 Jan 24
Systems and techniques are provided for detecting drowsiness of a driver in a vehicle.
Alexander Barth, Timo Rehfeld
Filed: 7 Jul 23
Utility
Determining a Location of a Damage Applied to a Parked Vehicle
18 Jan 24
Disclosed are methods for determining the location of a damage applied to a parked vehicle using an acceleration sensor and an ultrasonic sensor provided at an electronic control unit within the interior of the parked vehicle.
Vikas Kumar, Rainer Bunse, Christoph Rott, Philipp Botschen, Roland Menne
Filed: 11 Jul 23
Utility
Solderable Waveguide Antenna
18 Jan 24
Described herein is a waveguide that is configured to be soldered to a printed circuit board (PCB) via one or more metallic portions disposed thereon.
Scott D. Brandenburg, David Wayne Zimmerman, Michael J. Pepples, Kevin Paul McReynolds
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
Electrical Connector for Connecting High Voltage Power Cable Including Electrical Conductor to Electrical Terminal
18 Jan 24
The present disclosure relates to a connector housing for an electrical connector.
Rainer SCHMIDT, Ricardo J. GOMEZ, Mirko POSMIK
Filed: 19 Jun 23
Utility
Systems for Dissipating Heat from Vehicle-based Devices Having Electronic Circuitry
18 Jan 24
Provided are example systems for dissipating heat from vehicle-based data processing components.
Christopher P. Bird, Andrew Moore
Filed: 14 Jul 22
Utility
Determining Ego Motion
18 Jan 24
A computer implemented method to determine ego motion of a vehicle, the vehicle having at least one radar emitter with a plurality of reception antennae, the method including the operations of acquiring, from the reception antennae, different frames of radar data of the vehicle surrounding environment, each frame being acquired at a different time; deriving from the radar data of each different frame, an environment map of the vehicle surrounding environment; and deriving the ego motion of the vehicle by: merging environment maps from at least two different frames into one accumulated map, computing, from the accumulated map, a motion vector for each pixel of the accumulated map, and extracting, from the accumulated map, a mask map including a tensor mapping a weight for each pixel of the accumulated map.
Igor Kossaczky, Mirko Meuter
Filed: 17 Jul 23
Utility
Lens Alignment
18 Jan 24
The present disclosure relates to lens alignment methods, lens alignment software, lens alignment apparatuses, and vehicle cameras.
Maciej Krzanowski, Jakub Szela
Filed: 17 Jul 23
Utility
Lens Cap with Bistable Membrane for Spring Effect
18 Jan 24
A lens cap for protecting a lens having an optical portion, the lens cap having a base with a spring membrane, and a sidewall arranged to surround the optical portion, so as to create a cavity between the base and the optical portion.
Pawel Hebda, Maciej Krzanowski, Witold Poreda, Jakub Szela, Miroslaw Zurowski
Filed: 17 Jul 23
Utility
Edge clip
16 Jan 24
The present disclosure relates to an edge clip for attaching an item to an edge of an object.
Farshad Miraboutalebi, Jill Lueders, Fynn Petersen, Sebastian Brill, Artur Hofer, Tobias Lehnert
Filed: 5 Aug 22
Utility
System and method for determining vehicle location
16 Jan 24
An illustrative example embodiment of a location determining device includes a processor that is configured to determine an indicated distance between a first detector and a source based on a signal originating at the source and detected by the detector, determine a second distance between the source and a second detector that does not have a direct signal path to the source based on a signal originating at the source and detected by the second detector, and determine a reliability of the indicated distance for determining the location by determining whether the indicated distance corresponds to a direct signal path between the first detector and the source based on a difference between the indicated distance and the second distance.
Eric P. Knutson, David M. Spell, Linh Pham
Filed: 28 Apr 21
Utility
Over-the-air (OTA) mobility services platform
16 Jan 24
An over-the-air (OTA) mobility service platform (MSP) is disclosed that provides a variety of OTA services, including but not limited to: updating software OTA (SOTA), updating firmware OTA (FOTA), client connectivity, remote control and operation monitoring.
Tao Lin, Pratikkumar Desai, Rasmus Hjorth Nielsen, Mahbubul Alam, Li Jin, Revanth Attam, Leo Dumov, Suhasini John Gadam, Atul Ashok, Sneha Prasad Alam, Dhanaji More, Mohamed Karkori
Filed: 8 Jun 22
Utility
Trajectory prediction from precomputed or dynamically generated bank of trajectories
16 Jan 24
Among other things, techniques are described for predicting how an agent (e.g., a vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, etc.) will move in an environment based on prior movement, the road network, the surrounding objects and/or other relevant environmental factors.
Tung Minh Phan, Eric Wolff, Emilio Frazzoli, Elena Corina Grigore, Freddy Boulton
Filed: 26 May 20
Utility
Self-ejecting electrical connection system
16 Jan 24
An electrical connector system includes a first connector body defining a locking fin, a second connector body configured to receive the first connector body, and a flexible locking arm defined by the second connector body configured to releasably engage the locking fin.
Rachel O'Neill, Shawna Higgins, Marcia Lytle, Prasanna Ramakrishnan, Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari
Filed: 31 Jan 22
Utility
Vehicle Charging Diagnostic
11 Jan 24
In aspects, a vehicle charging diagnostic apparatus includes a voltage sensor for determining a voltage on a control pilot line and a diagnostic controller for identifying a first fault in response to detecting a negative voltage at or below a threshold.
Janusz Debski, Wojciech Typrowicz, Krzysztof Tokarz
Filed: 6 Jul 23
Utility
Radar System for Automotive Applications
11 Jan 24
A radar system for a vehicle includes: at least one main transmit antenna configured to transmit main radar waves essentially parallel to a road on which the vehicle is standing or driving; at least one main receive antenna configured to receive reflections of the main radar waves off objects on the road; a first street condition monitoring, SCM, transmit antenna configured to transmit first polarized radar waves essentially directed to the road at a first polarization; a second SCM transmit antenna configured to transmit second polarized radar waves essentially directed to the road at a second polarization different from the first polarization; a first SCM receive antenna configured to receive, at the first polarization, reflections of the polarized radar waves off the road; and a second SCM receive antenna configured to receive, at the second polarization, reflections of the polarized radar waves off the road.
Dennis Vollbracht, Sadam Hussain Kazimi, Sachit Varma
Filed: 30 Jun 23
Utility
Radar System with Adhesive Layer for Isolation of Vertical Feed Lines
11 Jan 24
Provided is a radar system, comprising: an antenna printed circuit board (1) comprising at least one transmit antenna and at least one receive antenna; a radar control module (3); an adhesive layer (2) provided between the antenna printed circuit board (1) and the radar control module (3); and vertical feed lines (4, 5, 55) respectively connecting the at least one transmit antenna and the radar control module (3) and respectively connecting the at least one receive antenna and the radar control module (3); whereby the adhesive layer (2) comprises at least one cut-out region (8, 60) being structured by having a non-straight side boundary to direct an electromagnetic wave emanating from a first vertical feed line (4) away from arriving at one or more of the vertical feed lines (4, 5, 55).
Dr.-Ing. Armin TALAI, Roberto LEONARDI
Filed: 6 Jul 23
Utility
Integration of Radar Detection for Prediction
11 Jan 24
The subject disclosure pertains to advanced driving assistance systems and autonomous driving systems for vehicles.
Kun Zhao, Thomas Kurbiel
Filed: 29 Jun 23
Utility
Radar System for Automotive Applications
11 Jan 24
A radar system for a vehicle includes: a processing device having multiple transmit outputs and multiple receive inputs; a main transmit antenna to transmit main radar waves essentially parallel to a road, and coupled to the processing device via a first transmit output; a main receive antenna to receive reflections of the main radar waves off objects, and coupled via a first receive input; a first street condition monitoring (SCM) transmit antenna to transmit first polarized radar waves essentially directed to the road at a first polarization, and coupled via a second transmit output; and a first SCM receive antenna to receive, at the first polarization, reflections of the polarized radar waves off the road, and coupled via a second receive input.
Dennis Vollbracht, Sadam Hussain Kazimi, Sachit Varma
Filed: 5 Jul 23
Utility
Seated Passenger Height Estimation
11 Jan 24
Disclosed are methods, apparatuses and computer program products configured for estimating a height of a passenger seated at a vehicle seat.
Klaus Friedrichs, Monika Heift
Filed: 26 Jun 23
Utility
Child Seat Detection for a Seat Occupancy Classification System
11 Jan 24
Disclosed are safety improvements for vehicles, including methods and systems of child seat detection in collaboration with a seat occupancy classification system.
Klaus Friedrichs, Monika Heift
Filed: 26 Jun 23