Hermann Winner
83Patents
23h-index
99Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 12, 1992 → Mar 19, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6889161B2 | Method for recognizing a change in lane of a vehicle | Physics | 406 | Expired |
| US6580385B1 | Object detection system | Physics | 173 | Expired |
| US5880586A | Apparatus for determining rotational position of a rotatable element without contacting it | Physics | 100 | Expired |
| US5400864A | Method and apparatus for controlling the speed of a vehicle and its spacing from a preceding vehicle | Physics | 86 | Expired |
| US6842687B2 | Method and device for assisting in a passing maneuver for motor vehicles | Physics | 82 | Expired |
| US6362729B1 | Apparatus for kinesthetic signaling to the driver of a motor vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 78 | Expired |
| US6363619B1 | Method and device for adjusting a distance sensor | Physics | 63 | Expired |
| US5999874A | Method and apparatus for controlling the velocity of a vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 60 | Expired |
| US6108084A | Combined sensor device for measuring both rain-covered area on and visual range through a windshield of a motor vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 51 | Expired |
| US5485381A | Navigation system for land vehicles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 45 | Expired |
| US5588718A | Vehicle hydraulic brake system operating with power assistance | Performing Operations; Transporting | 45 | Expired |
| US6114973A | Method and apparatus for recognizing whether traffic drives on the right or on the left | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 42 | Expired |
| US6026353A | Method and apparatus for recognizing a vertical misalignment of a clearance sensor | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US6704631B2 | Method and device for determining a corrected offset value | Performing Operations; Transporting | 37 | Expired |
| US5252981A | FMCW radar system with linear frequency modulation | Physics | 37 | Expired |
| US7373237B2 | Speed regulator with distance regulating function | Physics | 36 | Expired |
| US7363194B2 | Control and evaluation system for a compound sensor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 35 | Expired |
| US7840354B2 | Method and device for automatically triggering a vehicle deceleration | Performing Operations; Transporting | 35 | Expired |
| US6351823B1 | Method and device for monitoring a computer system having at least two processors | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 31 | Expired |
| US6326887A | Vehicle parking aid system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 29 | Expired |
| US6856906B2 | Method and device for initiating and executing a deceleration of a vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Expired |
| US6653935B1 | Method for evaluating objects in the path of a vehicle | Physics | 24 | Expired |
| US9092987B2 | Lane change assist information visualization system | Physics | 23 | Active |
| US7035735B2 | Method and device for automatically triggering a deceleration in a motor vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 22 | Expired |
| US6031600A | Method for determining the position of an object | Physics | 22 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.