Prof. Dr. Gerald Ackner

Professional career

• Since 09/2018
  Professor of Applied Cognitive Psychology at HFU
• 08/2010 to 09/2018
  Project manager in the Advanced Technology division at Adam Opel AG/Opel Automobile GmbH
• 01/2007 to 07/2010
  Doctoral student in the field of “Advanced Development Active Safety” at Adam Opel GmbH
• 02/2006 to 12/2006
  Research assistant at the Interdisciplinary Center for Transportation Sciences (IZVW) at the University of Würzburg

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Psychology (Adam Opel AG and Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, 2012)
• Diploma in Psychology, majoring in Traffic Psychology (Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, 2006)

Patents

Several patents in the field of driver assistance including:

• US9685083 B2 (2017). Uwe Hahne & Gerald J. Schmidt “Computer program product and driver assistance system for a vehicle.”
• DE102015013467A1 (2017). Harald Berninger, Lena Rittger, Jochen Stellwagen, Ulrich Eberle & Gerald J. Schmidt “Traffic light assistance system and operating method therefor.”
• DE102014011264 A1 (2016). Gerald J. Schmidt & Thomas Schramm “Method for calculating a return time.”
• DE102012018353A1 (2014). Uwe Hahne & Gerald J. Schmidt “Supporting a driver of a vehicle in operating vehicle systems.”
• DE102012007388A1 (2013). Johannes Huth, Christian Jerusalem & Gerald J. Schmidt “Warning system with warning signal transmitter for a vehicle and a method for warning occupants of a vehicle”