An analog front-end architecture for a capacitive pressure sensor with a low-noise amplifier unit for amplification of sensor signals from the sensor. The amplifier unit includes first and second integrator units for integrating charges injected into input terminals of the amplifier unit and for outputting integrated charges to output terminals of the amplifier unit, a feedback unit, and a startup unit. The feedback unit reinjects integrated charges from the integrator unit into the input terminals of the amplifier unit. The startup unit is switchable between first and second switching states and is configured, in the first switching state, to route the charges injected into the input terminals past the first integrator unit into the second integrator unit and from the second integrator unit into the feedback unit, and, in the second switching state, to route charges injected into the input terminals directly into the first integrator unit.
G01L 9/12 - Measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or a fluent solid material by electric or magnetic pressure-sensitive elements; Transmitting or indicating the displacement of mechanical pressure-sensitive elements, used to measure the steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or fluent solid material, by electric or magnetic means by making use of variations in capacitance
A particle sensor for determining the concentration of soot in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The particle sensor includes a sleeve-shaped sensor housing, a sensor element fixed in the sensor housing and projecting beyond the sensor housing on the exhaust gas side, and a sleeve-shaped protection tube fastened to the sensor housing on the exhaust gas side, the protection tube including an inner protection sleeve and an outer protection sleeve, the inner protection sleeve surrounding an exhaust-gas-side end region of the sensor element, the outer protection sleeve surrounding the inner protection sleeve at least in some regions, so that an annular space is formed between the outer protection sleeve and inner protection sleeve. The outer protection sleeve and the inner protection sleeve each have a gas outlet and a gas inlet.
An electromechanical linear actuator having a threaded drive, which comprises a threaded nut connected to a cantilever tube and a lead screw connected to a hollow shaft of an electric motor via a rotationally fixed connection in such a way that, by a rotation of the hollow shaft and the lead screw, the threaded nut and the cantilever tube are linearly movable. An axial design length of the electromechanical linear actuator in the maximally retracted state is minimized in that a holding brake for the lead screw and a first rotary bearing for bearing the lead screw on a housing of the linear actuator are arranged within the hollow shaft.
F16H 25/24 - Elements essential to such mechanisms, e.g. screws, nuts
H02K 7/00 - Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
A linear actuator having a threaded drive including a nut connected to a cantilever tube and a leadscrew coupled to a motor, so that, by rotation of the leadscrew, the threaded nut and the cantilever tube are linearly movable, and, regardless of the position of the cantilever tube, one end the leadscrew projects into the cantilever tube and is connected to a piston which divides an internal space formed by the cantilever tube into a first region on the side of the piston opposite the threaded nut and a second region on the side of the piston facing the nut. The two regions are separated from one another in a fluidically sealed manner. A relief of the threaded drive is improved since the first region is connected to a pressure accumulator to generate a relief pressure in the first region using the first pressure source.
An apparatus. The apparatus includes at least a first comparator device, which is designed to compare a first input current with a first reference current and, based on the comparison, to output a first output current to a second comparator device, wherein the first output current corresponds to a difference of the first reference current and the first input current if the first input current is smaller than the first reference current, and wherein the first output current corresponds to a difference of the first input current and the first reference current if the first input current is greater than or equal to the first reference current.
H03M 1/06 - Continuously compensating for, or preventing, undesired influence of physical parameters
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RUNNING GEAR FOR A GONDOLA OF A GONDOLA LIFT SYSTEM, SUPPORT MEANS FOR GONDOLAS OF A GONDOLA LIFT SYSTEM, GONDOLA FOR A GONDOLA LIFT SYSTEM, GONDOLA LIFT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A RUNNING GEAR
A running gear for a gondola of a gondola lift system for use with support means of the gondola lift system. The running gear includes a running gear frame coupleable to a cabin of the gondola via a support arm, and at least one running wheel, rotatably mountable on the running gear frame, for traveling on a running device of the support means. The running gear includes a guide unit coupleable to the running gear frame via a swivelable cantilever. The guide unit includes a guide element for a form fit with one of two guide devices of the support means, and an actuator element for the form fit with one of two actuator devices of the support means that are rigidly coupled to the running device for deflection of the running device. The running gear includes a control element for swiveling the cantilever together with the guide unit.
The invention proposes a sensor (10) for detecting an electric current flowing through a conductor (12). The sensor (10) comprises a first measuring core (22) designed to detect a current flowing through the conductor (12) and to output a first signal indicating the current flowing through the conductor (12), wherein the first measuring core (22) is classified according to a first safety requirement level, a second measuring core (24) designed to detect a current flowing through the conductor (12) and to output a second signal indicating the current flowing through the conductor (12), wherein the second measuring core (24) is classified according to a second safety requirement level, and an evaluation circuit (26) designed to detect the first signal and the second signal, wherein the evaluation circuit (26) is designed to use the first signal to check the plausibility of the second signal.
G01R 19/00 - Arrangements for measuring currents or voltages or for indicating presence or sign thereof
G01R 15/18 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using inductive devices, e.g. transformers
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
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METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR ERRONEOUS DETECTIONS OF PULSE SIGNALS
The invention relates to a method for compensating for erroneous detections of pulse signals when determining the speed of a vehicle, said vehicle having a pulse-based speed sensor on a wheel and at least one other sensor for determining the speed of the vehicle. The method has the steps of: - determining the speed of the vehicle using the pulse-based speed sensor, - detecting a pulse signal of the pulse-based speed sensor, - calculating the distance traversed by the wheel up to the next pulse signal of the pulse-based speed sensor on the basis of the ascertained speed by means of the other sensor, - detecting an early pulse signal of the pulse-based speed sensor if the calculated distance is less than the circumference of the wheel and/or detecting a missing pulse signal of the pulse-based speed sensor if the calculated distance is greater than the circumference of the wheel, and - omitting the early pulse signal in the process of determining the speed of the vehicle using the pulse-based speed sensor and/or determining the speed of the vehicle using the at least one other sensor if a missing pulse signal has been detected.
G01P 21/02 - Testing or calibrating of apparatus or devices covered by the other groups of this subclass of speedometers
G01P 3/487 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed by measuring frequency of generated current or voltage of pulse signals delivered by rotating magnets
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METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OBJECT MESSAGE, MESSAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SURROUNDINGS MODEL OF A PARTICIPANT
The invention relates to a method for providing an object message (101) comprising selected information (1001) about a surrounding region of a participant in a communication network comprising the following steps: • acquiring (103) the selected information (1001) about the surrounding region, especially sensor data, • Comparing (105) a calculated or estimated data size (1051) of the object message (101), comprising the acquired information (1001) about the surrounding region, with a given maximum data size (1050) of the transmittable object message (1010), • if the calculated or estimated data size (1051) of the object message (101) exceeds the given maximum data size (1050), the method (100) comprises the following steps: ■ Segmentation (109) of the surrounding region of the participant into at least a first subregion and a second subregion, ■ Generating (111) a first transmittable object message segment (1110), at least comprising all of the selected information (1002) about the first subregion, ■ Generating (112) a second transmittable object message segment (1120), at least comprising al of the selected information (1003) about the second subregion, ■ Providing (110) the first transmittable object message segment (1110) and the second transmittable object message segment (1120) to be sent via the communication network (102).
A microfluidic device includes at least one separation chamber having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet opens into the separation chamber at a lower height than the outlet. In order to separate blood plasma from whole blood, whole blood is introduced into the separation chamber of the microfluidic device, blood cells are sedimented from the whole blood, and blood plasma separated in the process is sublayered using a transport medium which has a higher density than the blood plasma.
The present disclosure provides a controller and a control method capable of assisting a rider in driving a straddle-type vehicle to which mounting of a surrounding environment detector is difficult.
The present disclosure provides a controller and a control method capable of assisting a rider in driving a straddle-type vehicle to which mounting of a surrounding environment detector is difficult.
A first straddle-type vehicle (200) has a first rider-assistance system (110) that is configured to assist a first rider (101) in driving a first straddle-type vehicle (200) and has no surrounding environment detector. A second straddle-type vehicle (100) has a second rider-assistance system (10) that is configured to assist a second rider (1) in driving the second straddle-type vehicle (100) and has a surrounding environment detector (11). The first rider-assistance system (110) receives information, which is based on surrounding environment information of the second straddle-type vehicle (100), from the second rider-assistance system (10) directly or indirectly by wireless communication and executes a rider-assistance operation to assist with the first rider (101) based on the information.
B60T 13/74 - Transmitting braking action from initiating means to ultimate brake actuator with power assistance or drive; Brake systems incorporating such transmitting means, e.g. air-pressure brake systems with electrical assistance or drive
B60T 7/04 - Brake-action initiating means for personal initiation foot-actuated
B60T 13/66 - Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CARBON CONDUCTOR WITH CARBON STRUCTURAL FORMS
The present invention relates to a method for producing an electrical carbon conductor from carbon structural forms, which are in particular allotropic modifications of the carbon, in particular graphite, pyrolytic graphite, graphene and/or carbon nanotubes, and precursor compounds of graphene, such as graphene oxide, for example, which, in order to increase the electrical conductivity of the electrical carbon conductor, are doped with an additive for doping the carbon structural forms, in particular aluminum fluoride and/or aluminum chlorofluoride and/or perfluorinated polymeric sulfonic acid, characterized by the steps: producing a liquid dispersion from undoped carbon structural forms and a solvent, adding the additive to the dispersion and mixing the dispersion, producing a conductor strand in fiber or film form to form the carbon conductor, in particular by wet-spinning the dispersion or by depositing the dispersion on a carrier material, and by removing the dispersion fluid from the conductor strand as a liquid phase, which is achieved in particular by drying, vacuum and heat treatment.
H01B 1/04 - Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials; Selection of materials as conductors mainly consisting of carbon-silicon compounds, carbon, or silicon
H01B 13/00 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing conductors or cables
The invention relates to a fuel injection device (100) for a compression-ignition engine, comprising a first storage unit (20) which can be supplied with fuel by at least one high-pressure pump (16), the first storage unit (20) being arranged preferably inside the high-pressure pump (16), a first connecting line (26) from the first storage unit (20) to a second storage unit (30), and a second connecting line (40) from the second storage unit (30) to a fuel injector (50).
F02M 63/02 - Fuel-injection apparatus having several injectors fed by a common pumping element, or having several pumping elements feeding a common injector; Fuel-injection apparatus having provisions for cutting-out pumps, pumping elements, or injectors; Fuel-injection apparatus having provisions for variably interconnecting pumping elements and injectors alternatively
F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
A method for training a machine learning model. The method includes: determining a plurality of training sequences of training-input data elements, wherein for each training sequence each training-input data element contains sensor data for a time point from a time period assigned to the training sequence in which a prespecified event takes place at least once at one or more respective event time points; determining, for each training-input data element, the temporal distance between the time point for which the training-input data element contains sensor data and one of the one or more respective event time points; and training the machine learning model depending on the determined temporal distances.
A linear actuator has a screw drive having a threaded nut connected to an extension arm tube and a threaded spindle couplable to a motor. A first end of the spindle always projects into the tube and is connected to a piston which partitions an interior space formed by the tube into a first region on the side of the piston opposite to the nut and a second region on the side of the piston facing the nut. The regions are separated in a fluid-tight manner. The spindle is held in position since the nut comprises an annular piston that delimits an annular fluid space between a housing of the linear actuator and the tube in a fluid-tight manner, the hydraulically effective surface of which is the same size as that of the first region. The first region and the annular fluid space are fluidically connected by a switching valve.
A microfluidic cartridge has an L-shaped base. The base is based on a rectangle and a corner region of the rectangle is missing, so that the microfluidic cartridge is positionable relative to a second microfluidic cartridge having the same base, such that a respective projection of the base of the microfluidic cartridge engages in the missing corner region of the base of the second microfluidic cartridge.
The invention relates to a method for analyzing the state, in particular the health, of a rechargeable battery pack (16; 16a), in particular an exchangeable rechargeable battery pack (26; 26a), having the steps of: - detecting (100) at least one resistance characteristic; - ascertaining (102) at least one resistance on the basis of the resistance characteristic, - additionally detecting (104) at least one temperature characteristic; - additionally ascertaining (106) at least one temperature on the basis of the temperature characteristic; and - calculating (108) the SoH value of the rechargeable battery pack (16; 16a) while taking into consideration the at least one resistance and the at least one temperature.
G01R 31/389 - Measuring internal impedance, internal conductance or related variables
G01R 31/392 - Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health
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SHUT-OFF VALVE DEVICE FOR A FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH, IN PARTICULAR, GASEOUS FUEL, PRESSURE REGULATING DEVICE FOR SUCH A FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM
A shut-off valve device (32) for a fuel supply system for supplying an internal combustion engine with, in particular, gaseous fuel, comprises an inlet (54), an outlet (56), a first valve (58) with a first valve element, which is acted upon in the closing direction by a first biasing device (62) and can be acted upon in the opening direction by a controllable actuator (64), characterised in that the shut-off valve device (32) further comprises a second valve (60) hydraulically parallel to the first valve (58) and having a second valve element, which is acted upon by an inlet-side fluid pressure in the closing direction and by an outlet-side fluid pressure in the opening direction, and which is mechanically coupled (70) to the first valve (58) in the closing direction in such a way that it closes when the first valve (58) closes.
The invention relates to an event-based camera (10) for generating sensor data, in particular for a laser beam working system, comprising a camera chip (12) and an objective (14) for imaging an object (20) in a capture region (24) of the event-based camera (10) onto the camera chip (12), the event-based camera (10) comprising an illuminating device (22), and the illuminating device (22) being designed to illuminate the camera chip (12) with light. The invention also relates to a laser beam working system comprising the event-based camera (10) for monitoring a laser beam working process and to the use of the event-based camera (10) for monitoring a laser beam working process, in particular for monitoring a laser beam welding process.
The invention relates to an optical system (101b) for a retinal scan display. A plurality of first exit pupils (A, B) and replicated second exit pupils (A', B') are created. A computer unit (53a) is designed such that, depending on second light beams (51a) in a first infrared wavelength range detected by a first sensor (62a) and back-scattered by an external eye surface (56a) or the modulation of the power of a second light source (83a) and/or depending on third light beams (67a) in a second infrared wavelength range back-scattered by the external eye surface (56a) or a modulation of a power of a third light source (85a) and/or depending on back-scattered third light beams (67a) detected by a second sensor (65a) or the modulation of the power of the third light source (85a), it determines the positions of the first exit pupils (A, B) relative to a pupil centre point (59a) and the positions of the second exit pupils (A', B') relative to the pupil centre point (59a). The computer unit (53a) also functions to differentiate the determined positions of the determined first exit pupils (A,B) relative to the pupil centre point (59a) in relation to the determined positions of the determined second exit pupils (A', B') relative to the pupil centre point (59a) from one another.
The invention relates to a method for ascertaining an erroneous pulse signal when measuring the speed of a vehicle, in particular a single-track vehicle, such as an e-bike, said vehicle having a pulse-based speed sensor on a wheel. The method has the steps of: - detecting a first, second, third, and fourth pulse signal using the pulse-based speed sensor, - determining a first difference between the points in time of the second and first pulse signal, determining a second difference between the points in time of the third and second pulse signal, and determining a third difference between the points in time of the fourth and third pulse signal, - ascertaining whether the third pulse signal was detected too early or too late by at least comparing the first and/or the second difference with at least one first threshold, and - ascertaining the third pulse signal type by at least comparing the third and the second difference with at least one second threshold.
G01P 21/02 - Testing or calibrating of apparatus or devices covered by the other groups of this subclass of speedometers
G01P 3/487 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed by measuring frequency of generated current or voltage of pulse signals delivered by rotating magnets
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DRIVE UNIT OF A VEHICLE ABLE TO BE DRIVEN BY MUSCLE POWER AND/OR MOTOR POWER
The invention relates to a drive unit (1) of a vehicle (100) able to be driven by muscle force and/or motor force, comprising a motor (2) with an output shaft (22), a crank shaft (3) and a transmission (4), wherein the transmission (4) is configured for torque transmission between the output shaft (22) and the crank shaft (3), wherein the output shaft (22) is arranged coaxially to the crank shaft (3), and wherein the transmission (4) is designed as a spur gear transmission.
The invention relates to an arrangement (10) for measuring a bearing force of a bottom bracket (24) of a vehicle (100) which can be operated by means of muscle power and/or motor power, the arrangement comprising a bottom bracket (24), a bearing receptacle (5), which at least partly annularly engages around the bottom bracket (24), a bearing force sensor (51), and a measuring unit (6), wherein a flexible bar (53) which is bendable in a radial direction is formed on the bearing receptacle (5), wherein the bearing force sensor (51) is designed to detect a deformation of the flexible bar (53), and wherein the measuring unit (6) is designed to measure a bearing force on the bearing bracket (24) on the basis of the deformation of the flexible bar (53), which has been detected by means of the bearing force sensor (51).
A method for self-monitoring of a radar sensor, which carries out object detection of an object by way of a measurement process on the basis of a measurement signal and is monitored by way of self-monitoring carried out during the measurement process using a test signal superimposed on the measurement signal. The test signal is encoded by signal encoding such that it can be differentiated from the measurement signal. A radar sensor is also described.
A method for training an agent having a planning component. The method includes carrying out a plurality of control passes, and training the planning component to reduce a loss that includes, for each of a plurality of coarse-scale state transitions occurring in the control passes from a coarse-scale state to a coarse-scale successor state, an auxiliary loss that represents a deviation between a value outputted by the planning component for the coarse-scale state and the sum of a reward received for the coarse-scale state transition and at least a portion of the value of the coarse-scale successor state.
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
A method for location attestation for a device connected to a network. The method includes: ascertaining at least one initial fingerprint, wherein the at least one initial fingerprint is specific to an initial network environment of the device in the network; storing the at least one ascertained initial fingerprint as a reference; ascertaining at least one current fingerprint, wherein the at least one current fingerprint is specific to a current network environment of the device on the network; comparing the at least one ascertained current fingerprint with the reference; verifying a geographic location of the device at least partially based on the comparison.
A method includes generating, using a machine learning model and at a first time interval, a first current vehicle position prediction and generating, using the machine learning model, at a second time interval, a first historical vehicle trajectory prediction based on at least the first current vehicle position prediction and previous spatial information. The method also includes generating, using the machine learning model, at a third time interval, a first future vehicle position prediction based on the first current vehicle position prediction and the first historical vehicle trajectory predication. The method also includes receiving, at the first time interval, sensor data and a sequence of waypoints, and controlling, at the first time interval, at least one vehicle operation of the vehicle using the first current vehicle position prediction, the first historical vehicle trajectory prediction, the first future vehicle position prediction, the sensor data, and the sequence of waypoints.
B60W 60/00 - Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles
B60W 40/02 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to ambient conditions
B60W 50/00 - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit
Systems and methods for generating new images for training a machine-learning model are disclosed. Image data is produced regarding an image captured by an image sensor. The image data is altered such that the style of the image (e.g., color, shading, orientation, etc.) is altered. The altered image data is encoded into a first latent space. An image from a database is selected based on its similarity to the altered image and a decoding of the first latent space. Style encodings of the first latent space are extracted to classify a style of the altered image data in a second latent space. New images are then generated utilizing a reconstructor model that combines the two latent spaces. These new images can be used to train an image-recognition model.
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
A press guard configured to be detachably coupled to an industrial press machine. The press guard comprises a guard surface that is not flush with the work surface of the industrial press, providing a gap-space to accommodate work pieces of irregular size or shape. The press guard further comprises a hinge bracket and latch mechanism to detachably couple to industrial presses having a wide variety of configurations.
B30B 15/08 - Accessory tools, e.g. knives; Mountings therefor
F16P 3/08 - Safety devices acting in conjunction with the control or operation of a machine; Control arrangements requiring the simultaneous use of two or more parts of the body in connection with the locking of doors, covers, guards, or like members giving access to moving machine parts
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED CREATION OF ANNOTATED DATA AND TRAINING OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL THEREFROM
The systems and methods described herein are directed to a Co-Augmentation framework that may learn new rules and labels simultaneously from unlabeled data with a small set of seed rules and a few manually labeled training data. The augmented rules and labels are further used to train supervised neural network models. Specifically, the systems and methods described herein include two major components: a rule augmenter, and a label augmenter. The rule augmenter is directed to learning new rules, which can be used to obtain weak labels from unlabeled data. The label augmenter is directed to learning new labels from unlabeled data. The Co-Augmentation framework is an iterative learning process which generates and refines a high precision set. At each iteration, both the rule augmenter and label augmenter will contribute new and more accurate labels to the high precision set, which is in turn used to train both the rule augmenter and label augmenter.
A method for training a machine learning model. The method comprises receiving a training dataset that includes a plurality of images. The method also includes identifying, by a machine learning model, at least one portion of at least one image of the plurality of images in the training dataset associated with a first object type. The method further includes identifying other images having at least one portion that includes the first object type. The method also includes grouping the identified other images into a first image group. The method also includes generating for display a first user interface, that at least includes a rank matrix, wherein a first row of the rank matrix represents the images of the first image object. The user may provide feedback for the visualization using the first interface. The method may also include training the machine learning model based on the user feedback.
Methods and systems of building a knowledge graph based on event-based ontology of a scene and vehicle trajectory in the scene. Image data corresponding to a plurality of scenes captured by one or more cameras is received. Event-based ontology data corresponding to events occurring in the plurality of scenes is received. Via an object-tracking machine-learning model, the system determines (i) a presence of a plurality of vehicles in the image data, and (ii) a plurality of vehicle trajectories, each vehicle trajectory associated with a respective one of the vehicles. Using a clustering model, the vehicle trajectories are clustered. A knowledge graph is augmented based on the clustered vehicle trajectories and the event-based ontology.
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
G06V 10/762 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using clustering, e.g. of similar faces in social networks
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND LOCALIZATION
The systems and methods described herein provide a means for obtaining an accurate localization of static/mobile portable devices with respect to static/mobile infrastructure. A real-world environment presents unique challenges when localizing a given portable tag. Measurement of various geometric properties such as distance and/or angle to given infrastructure sensor is often erroneous due to process phasing of main paths and superimposition with various multipath reflected signals. These errors are not known beforehand and vary per environmental conditions. Therefore, performing localization in such scenarios is non-trivial. The systems and methods described herein will highlight several methods and possible algorithm process flows to improve performance.
A system includes a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to receive sound information and vibrational information from a device in a first environment, generate a training data set utilizing at least the vibrational information and a sound perception score associated with the corresponding sound of the vibrational information, wherein the training data set is fed into an un-trained machine learning model, in response to meeting a convergence threshold of the un-trained machine learning model, outputting a trained machine learning model, receive real-time vibrational information from the device in a second environment, and based on the real-time vibrational information as an input to the trained machine learning model, output a real-time sound perception score indicating characteristics associated with sound emitted from the device.
Provided are a function management system and a function management method which are highly convenient for users, while realizing authentication with high security. A function management system (1) according to the present invention comprises: a management unit (60) having a message generation unit (62) that generates, in accordance with an input of a user boarding on a vehicle (10), a message for enabling or disabling a function of an electronic control device (40) constituting an on-vehicle network (50) to be mounted on the vehicle; a processing unit (70) that processes the message by using identification information allocated to each function of the electronic control device; and an execution unit (80) that changes a function state for enabling or disabling execution of a function in accordance with the message processed by the processing unit. The management unit (60) comprises: a reading unit (71) that reads a function state of a current function after receiving the message; a determination unit (72) that compares the function state with a request through the message, and determines whether to enable or disable the function; and a command generation unit (73) that generates, in accordance with the determination, a command to be transmitted to the execution unit.
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
The present invention provides a control device and a control method that can improve the safety of a saddle-ride type vehicle. In a control device (20) and a control method according to the present invention, an acquisition unit of the control device (20) acquires positional relationship information about a saddle-ride type vehicle (1) and a rear vehicle that is a vehicle positioned behind the saddle-ride type vehicle (1), an execution unit of the control device (20) executes a rider assistance operation to assist a rider in driving, and the execution unit executes, on the basis of the positional relationship information, a lane change notification operation that is a rider assistance operation to notify the rider of an instruction to change lanes.
The present invention provides a control device and a control method capable of improving assistance for a rider. This control device for a saddled vehicle (100) rider assistance system comprises an execution unit that executes rider assistance operation for assisting a rider of the host vehicle (100) on the basis of the positional relationship between the host vehicle (100) and a subject, and further comprises an acquisition unit that, if it is determined that a group traveling mode in which a group composed of a plurality of saddled vehicles (300) including the host vehicle (100) travels within in one lane (L) in a plurality of vehicle rows (C1 C2) is in effect, acquires position information of the host vehicle (100) within the group. If it is determined that the group traveling mode is in effect, the execution unit executes the rider assistance operation on the basis of the position information acquired by the acquisition unit.
The invention relates to a DC/DC converter with three DC voltage connections between which electrical energy can be exchanged. At least one resonant circuit is provided in the DC/DC converter for resonant operation of the DC/DC converter. Components for resonant operation are also preferably provided for other DC voltage connections.
H02M 1/00 - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF - Details of apparatus for conversion
H02M 3/00 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
B60L 55/00 - Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
The invention relates to a waveguide (1) consisting of two waveguide parts (11, 12). Each waveguide part (11, 12) has a wave guide body (111, 121) and a part (110, 120) of at least one waveguide channel (10), which are arranged such that they form the at least one waveguide channel (10) when the two waveguide parts (11, 12) are joined together. The opposing surfaces (112, 122) of the two waveguide parts (11, 12) are designed in parallel. A pin (2) is formed in the waveguide body (111) of the first waveguide part (11), which projects in the direction of the second waveguide part (12). A recess (3) receiving the pin (2) is formed in the waveguide body (121) of the second waveguide part (12). The pin (2) and the recess (3) are arranged coaxially relative to one another and the pin (3) and the recess (3) do not come into contact in the assembled state of the waveguide (1).
The invention relates to a waveguide (1) consisting of two waveguide parts (11, 12). Each waveguide part (11, 12) has a wave guide body (111, 121) and a part (110, 120) of at least one waveguide channel (10) which are arranged such that they form the at least one waveguide channel (10) when the two waveguide parts (11, 12) are joined together. The opposing surfaces (112, 122) of the two waveguide parts are parallel. A recess (2, 23 - 26) is provided in a side wall (114, 124) of a waveguide channel (10). The width (b) and the height (h) of the recess (2, 23 - 26) are substantially smaller than half the wavelength of a signal for which the at least one waveguide channel (10) is designed.
The invention relates to a method for determining an ambient temperature at the installation site of a component (110), comprising: detecting a coolant temperature (10) of a coolant that is used to cool the component (110); and, determining (20) the assumed ambient temperature (30) at the installation site of the component (110) on the basis of at least the coolant temperature (10). The invention also relates to a method for determining a temperature (80) of a component (110), comprising: determining (60) an expected temperature (70) of the component (110) for a predetermined ambient temperature of the component; and, correcting the expected temperature (70) of the component (110) on the basis of an assumed ambient temperature (30) of the component, in order to determine the temperature (80) of the component (110).
A DC voltage converter having three DC voltage connections. The DC voltage converter can exchange electrical energy between the three DC voltage connections in any desired way. The DC voltage converter comprises a resonant circuit for resonant operation. In addition, a combination of an H-bridge circuit and a step-down converter is provided on at least one DC voltage converter connection.
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
45.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERRUPTING A CHARGING PROCESS OF A POWER SOURCE OF AN ELECTRIC DRIVE
The invention relates to a method (500) for interrupting a charging process of a power source (230) of an electric drive (200), having the steps of: detecting (510) a fault at a highside switch (231, 233, 235) of a first half-bridge of the inverter (210), and closing (520) a lowside switch (232, 234, 236) of a half-bridge of the inverter (210).
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
B60L 3/04 - Cutting-off the power supply under fault conditions
B60L 53/24 - Using the vehicle's propulsion converter for charging
H02M 1/32 - Means for protecting converters other than by automatic disconnection
B60L 53/10 - Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles characterised by the energy transfer between the charging station and the vehicle
46.
CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER CONVERTER, AND ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM
The invention relates to monitoring a freewheeling mode in an electric drive system. For this purpose, the electrical power on the direct-current side, the alternating-current side or in the half-bridges in the power converter is detected by sensors. Freewheeling is terminated in accordance with the detected sensor values as soon as a predetermined termination criterion is met.
H02P 3/22 - Arrangements for stopping or slowing electric motors, generators, or dynamo-electric converters for stopping or slowing an individual dynamo-electric motor or dynamo-electric converter for stopping or slowing an ac motor by short-circuit or resistive braking
47.
EYE TRACKING DEVICE, DATA GLASSES, AND EYE TRACKING METHOD
The invention relates to an eye tracking device (40) for detecting and/or tracking a pupil position (10), in particular in a pair of data glasses (12), comprising at least one virtual retinal scan display (14), having at least one laser projector (16) that is designed to at least emit a laser beam bundle (22), which comprises at least one visible laser signal (18), in particular an RGB laser signal, and at least one infrared laser signal (20) and which contains at least one (RGB) image to be displayed, and having at least one optical system (24) comprising at least one replicating optical element (26) which is at least designed to multiply the (RGB) image to be displayed in order to output same into a plurality of exit pupils (eyeboxes, 30, 64) of the optical system (24), said exit pupils being mutually spaced at least on a pupil plane (28) of the virtual retinal scan display (14). According to the invention, the optical system (24) has a wavelength-selective optical element (32) which is designed to solely manipulate the infrared laser signal (20) of the laser beam bundle (22) and allow the visible laser signal (18), in particular the RGB laser signal, of the laser beam bundle (22) to pass at least substantially unchanged.
The invention relates to a gas supply apparatus (1) comprising: a shaft (7) which is mounted in a housing (15) so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation (13); and a temperature-control device (11) comprising a medium temperature control means (12) that surrounds the shaft (7) and is combined with a gas temperature control means (20). In order to improve the gas supply apparatus (1) in terms of its functionality and/or it manufacturing method, the gas temperature control means (20) comprises at least two temperature control chambers (51, 52), which are connected to one another via a first temperature control path (61), which is connected in a temperature-controlling manner to at least one first component (71) to be temperature controlled.
The invention relates to a charging device for a vehicle, the input side of the charging device (500) comprising an input terminal unit (100) for connecting a multiphase alternating voltage and a PFC stage (200) for providing a direct voltage at an intermediate terminal (300), a second connection line (120) being divided into a first part of the second connection line (120_1) and a second part of the second connection line (120_2), and a second switching element (S2) being provided which is located between the first part of the second connection line (120_1) and the second part of the second connection line (120_2) and being designed to conduct a charging current from the second input terminal (L2) via the first part and the second part of the second connection line (120_1, 120_2) to the second choke (204), or to conduct a charging current from the first connection line (110) via the second part of the second connection line (120_2) to the second choke (204).
H02M 1/36 - Means for starting or stopping converters
H02M 7/12 - Conversion of ac power input into dc power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
H02M 1/42 - Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters
B60L 53/22 - Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
H02J 7/04 - Regulation of the charging current or voltage
50.
CHARGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE CHARGING DEVICE
The invention relates to a charging device for a vehicle, the input side of the charging device (500) comprising an input terminal unit (100) for connecting a single-phase or multiphase alternating voltage and a PFC stage (200) for providing a direct voltage at an intermediate terminal (300), the PFC stage (200) comprising a half-bridge (210, 220, 230) for each phase of the n-phases, a first switching element (S1) being connected on one side to the positive ends of the half-bridges and on the other side to the positive intermediate terminal (310) and being designed to enable or interrupt a current flow between the positive ends of the half-bridges and the positive intermediate terminal (310) via the first switching element (S1).
H02M 1/36 - Means for starting or stopping converters
H02M 7/12 - Conversion of ac power input into dc power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
H02M 1/42 - Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters
H02J 7/04 - Regulation of the charging current or voltage
B60L 53/22 - Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
51.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WEAR ANALYSIS OF A COMPONENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
The invention relates to a method for the wear analysis of at least one component of a motor vehicle. Sensor data are captured by at least one sensor, the sensor data being captured in order to provide at least one basic function of the motor vehicle and/or of a drive train of the motor vehicle. Data which are dependant on an instantaneous state of the at least one component are calculated using a model, the model receiving the captured sensor data as an input variable. Information regarding instantaneous wear of the at least one component is determined using the calculated data.
The invention relates to a hard metal tip (502), in particular a hard metal tip for a drilling tool, having at least one cutting edge (506) and a joining surface for connection of the hard metal tip to a main part of the drilling tool. According to the invention, the hard metal tip (502) has at least one closed suction channel (516).
B28D 1/14 - Working stone or stone-like materials, e.g. brick, concrete, not provided for elsewhere; Machines, devices, tools therefor by boring or drilling
The present invention relates to a regeneration method (100) for regenerating a contaminated fuel cell stack (201). The regeneration method (100) comprises: - passing (101) reconditioning agent into the fuel cell stack (201), - rinsing (103) the reconditioning reagent from the fuel cell stack (201), the reconditioning reagent containing mobile anions or a mobile-anion precursor.
H01M 8/04223 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells
55.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING POSITIONS BETWEEN TRAFFIC PARTICIPANTS
The invention relates to a method for detecting the position of at least one first traffic participant (V1.1, V1.2) with a first transceiver unit relative to a second traffic participant (V2.1, V2.2, V3.1, V3.2) with a second transceiver unit in a spatially defined region. The transceiver units are radio-based, and no absolute positioning processes are carried out. Furthermore, the method has the steps of wirelessly measuring the distance (a1, a2, b1, b2, c1, c2) between the first traffic participant and the second traffic participant in the defined region at a defined point in time by means of the first traffic participant using the transceiver units and generating distance information. In another step, the distance information is provided to the second traffic participant via the radio-based transceiver unit.
G01S 5/00 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
ELECTRIC BICYCLE WITH A RADIO INTERFACE, SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND A MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE TERMINAL AND/OR FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE
The invention relates to an electric bicycle comprising a radio interface for directly connecting the electric bicycle to a mobile terminal, wherein the radio interface is designed to continuously transmit a radio signal. According to the invention, the radio signal is designed in such a way that application software can be executed on the mobile terminal by means of the radio signal.
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
B62J 50/22 - Information-providing devices intended to provide information to rider or passenger electronic, e.g. displays
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
57.
METHOD OF OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CLOSE TO A COMBUSTION LIMIT IN THE LOW POWER RANGE
The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular a hydrogen engine, having a plurality of cylinders, by determining a combustion air ratio of the internal combustion engine, comparing the determined combustion air ratio with a predetermined lower limit value and an upper limit value corresponding to the combustion limits, to control the operation of the internal combustion engine by: a) adjusting (10) cylinder-specific injection quantities of fuel based on a rail pressure signal of the combustion engine, as soon as the determined combustion air ratio corresponds at most to the lower limit value, in order to achieve equalisation of the injection quantities of the cylinders, b) adjusting (12) the cylinder-specific injection quantities of fuel based on the speed of the combustion engine, as soon as the determined combustion air ratio in a transition range close to the combustion limit is above the lower limit value and below the upper limit value, in order to take into account cycle fluctuations of the cylinders, c) switching off (14) at least one cylinder and adjusting the cylinder-specific injection quantities of fuel distributed to the remaining cylinders according to measure a) or measure b), as soon as the determined combustion air ratio has reached the upper limit value and thus the combustion limit, wherein the respective ignition angle is kept in an efficiency-optimised range as part of all of measures a), b) or c).
F02D 41/00 - Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
F02D 19/06 - Controlling engines characterised by their use of non-liquid fuels, pluralities of fuels, or non-fuel substances added to the combustible mixtures peculiar to engines working with pluralities of fuels, e.g. alternatively with light and heavy fuel oil, other than engines indifferent to the fuel consumed
F02D 19/02 - Controlling engines characterised by their use of non-liquid fuels, pluralities of fuels, or non-fuel substances added to the combustible mixtures peculiar to engines working with gaseous fuels
F02D 35/02 - Non-electrical control of engines, dependent on conditions exterior or interior to engines, not otherwise provided for on interior conditions
58.
DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE PORTION OF A MEASUREMENT GAS COMPONENT HAVING BOUND OXYGEN IN A MEASUREMENT GAS
A pressure relief valve assembly includes a pressure relief valve having a valve bushing received in a valve bore of a housing bore, and a valve body biased against a valve seat by a spring guided in the valve bushing. The valve body includes first and second control surfaces subjected in an opening direction, respectively, to a pressure to be limited and to a control pressure. A fixing device disposed on the valve bushing axially supports the valve bushing in the housing bore. The valve bushing has a radially protruding sealing collar which sits against a peripheral wall of the housing bore and seals an annular chamber carrying the pressure to be limited against an annular control chamber carrying the control pressure. Both the chamber and the control chamber are radially delimited on one side by the housing bore and on the other side by the valve body.
F16K 17/06 - Safety valves; Equalising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded with special arrangements for adjusting the opening pressure
F15B 13/02 - Fluid distribution or supply devices characterised by their adaptation to the control of servomotors
F15B 13/04 - Fluid distribution or supply devices characterised by their adaptation to the control of servomotors for use with a single servomotor
F16K 17/10 - Safety valves; Equalising valves closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded with auxiliary valve for fluid operation of the main valve
60.
Method for Analyzing a State of an Exchangeable Battery Pack, Exchangeable Battery Pack, System, and Computer Program
A method of analyzing a state of an exchangeable battery pack to make a determination of a remaining lifetime of an exchangeable battery pack more efficient includes an SoC determination step during which an SoC value of the exchangeable battery pack is determined, an SoH determination step during which a SoH value of the exchangeable battery pack is determined, and a remaining lifetime calculation step during which a remaining lifetime of the exchangeable battery pack is calculated taking into account the SoC value and the SoH value.
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a combination recorded signals indicating current, voltage, vibrational, and sound information associated with a test device, generating a training data set utilizing the signals, wherein the training data set is sent to a machine learning model, and in response to meeting a convergence threshold of the machine learning model, outputting a trained model that outputs a prediction using the recorded signals from the combination. The prediction indicates a predicted signal characteristic. The method also includes comparing the prediction and signal associated with the test device to identify a prediction error associated with the device, and outputting a prediction analysis indicating information associated with at least the prediction error. The prediction analysis includes information indicative of a relationship between the device and its signals.
A system includes a processor in communication with one or more sensors, wherein the processor is programmed to receive data including one or more of real-time current information, real-time voltage information, or real-time vibrational information from a run-time device, wherein the run-time device is an actuator or electric dive, and utilize a trained machine learning model and the data as an input to the trained machine learning model, output a sound prediction associated with estimated sound emitted from the run-time device.
A system includes a processor in communication with one or more sensors. The processor is programmed to receiving, from the one or more sensors, vibrational information and sound information associated with the vibrational information from a test device, generating a training data set utilizing at least the vibrational data and the sound information associated with the vibrational data, wherein the training data set is sent to a machine learning model configured to output sound predictions, receiving real-time vibrational data from a run-time device running an actuator or electric dive emitting the real-time vibrational data, and based on the machine learning model and the real-time vibrational data, output a sound prediction indicating a purported sound emitted from the run-time device.
A diagnostic system and method for providing service functions to a vehicle under service. The system and method utilize a scan tool in data communication with an authorization gateway. The gateway is suitable to provide authorization for some service functions of the scan tool. The gateway is in communication with external devices, such as specialized machines or remote scan tools, that may be utilized to provide authorization for additional service functions of the scan tool. The gateway may be in data communication with a billing server to generate billing data for the user of the scan tool.
G07C 5/00 - Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
65.
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ONTOLOGY CONSTRUCTION WITH AI-MEDIATED CROWDSOURCING AND CONCEPT MINING FOR HIGH-LEVEL ACTIVITY UNDERSTANDING
Methods and system of building and augmenting a knowledge graph regarding ontology of events occurring in images. Image data corresponding to a plurality of scenes captured by one or more cameras is received. A knowledge graph is built with event-based ontology data corresponding to events occurring in the plurality of scenes. One or more of the scenes is displayed to a plurality of crowdsourcing workers which provide natural-language input including event-based semantic annotations corresponding to the scene. Using natural language processing on the input, triples are generated. The knowledge graph is augmented with the generated triples to yield an augmented knowledge graph for use in determining event-based ontology associated with the plurality of scenes.
An electromechanically drivable brake pressure generator for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The electromechanically drivable brake pressure generator includes an electric motor, using which a driving rotational speed is generatable; a planetary gear, which is driven on the input side by the electric motor to convert the driving rotational speed of the electric motor into a slower rotational speed, the planetary gear including an annulus gear, accommodated rotatably fixedly thereto in an annulus gear receptacle; and a hydraulic module, which is connected to an output side of the planetary gear and using which a brake pressure is generatable. A torque support is situated between the annulus gear and the annulus gear receptacle, which extends in an axial direction to the planetary gear and which cooperates with a recess so that the annulus gear and the annulus gear receptacle are held rotatably fixedly with respect to one another.
B60T 13/74 - Transmitting braking action from initiating means to ultimate brake actuator with power assistance or drive; Brake systems incorporating such transmitting means, e.g. air-pressure brake systems with electrical assistance or drive
67.
CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RIDER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM
The present invention provides a control device and a control method which are capable of improving the safety of a lean vehicle. In a control device 20 and a control method according to the present invention: an acquisition unit of the control device 20 acquires, on the basis of the surrounding environmental information about the lean vehicle 1, approaching object information which is information about an approaching object that approaches a lean vehicle 1; an execution unit of the control device 20 executes a rider assistance operation for assisting an operation of a rider on the basis of the approaching object information; and a determination unit of the control device 20 determines whether there is a get-off possibility which is the possibility that the rider gets off the lean vehicle 1, and the execution unit executes the rider assistance operation when the determination unit has determined that there is the get-off possibility.
The present invention provides a control device and a control method which make it possible to appropriately adjust a positional relationship between a two-wheeled vehicle and a leading vehicle. With regard to a control device (20) and a control method of the present invention, an execution unit of the control device (20) executes a positional relationship adjustment operation for adjusting a positional relationship between a two-wheeled vehicle (1) and a leading vehicle positioned in front of the two-wheeled vehicle (1) so as to be a target positional relationship. Furthermore, a determination unit of the control device (20) determines whether the two-wheeled vehicle (1) is cornering, and the execution unit changes the target positional relationship in accordance with whether the two-wheeled vehicle (1) is cornering.
The invention discloses a DC voltage converter arrangement for supplying energy to a low-voltage supply system from a high-voltage supply system in an electric vehicle. The DC voltage converter arrangement comprises, in addition to a DC voltage converter, a supplementary auxiliary voltage supply system. This auxiliary voltage supply system can supply control components of the DC voltage converter with electrical energy. The voltage supply system can further feed electrical energy into the low-voltage supply system so that the DC voltage converter can be deactivated when there is a low power requirement in the low-voltage supply system.
The invention relates to a method for controlling a coherent cooperative radar sensor network comprising a plurality of radar sensors (11, 12, 13), wherein at least two sensors (12, 13) operate coherently. The sensor data (SD1, SD2, SD3) are divided, according to the type of evaluation, into data (KD) to be evaluated coherently and data (NKD) to be evaluated non-coherently. The data (KD) to be evaluated coherently and the data (NKD) to be evaluated non-coherently are communicated to respectively different evaluation units (110, 120, 130; 31, 32, 33), each of which then carries out an evaluation. The individual evaluations are combined to form an overall evaluation.
G01S 7/35 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group - Details of non-pulse systems
G01S 13/42 - Simultaneous measurement of distance and other coordinates
G01S 13/58 - Velocity or trajectory determination systems; Sense-of-movement determination systems
G01S 13/87 - Combinations of radar systems, e.g. primary radar and secondary radar
71.
SWITCH DEVICE, AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR COUPLING AND CHARGING AN ENERGY STORE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCH ELEMENT
The present invention relates to controlling an electromechanical switch element between a charging port and a charging circuit. Two alternative current paths are provided for controlling said electromechanical switch element: in one of the two current paths an additional electrical resistor is provided in order to limit the electrical current for controlling said switch element.
B60L 53/24 - Using the vehicle's propulsion converter for charging
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
B60L 3/04 - Cutting-off the power supply under fault conditions
B60L 53/30 - Constructional details of charging stations
H01R 13/66 - Structural association with built-in electrical component
H01R 13/70 - Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch
H01R 24/54 - Intermediate parts, e.g. adapters, splitters or elbows
72.
METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE, APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE
The invention relates to a method for operating an electric drive device (1), wherein: the drive device (1) has an electric motor (2) comprising a motor winding and has a switching device (4) that is associated with the motor winding; at least one coolant line (10) having a coolant (12) is associated with the switching device (4); the switching device (4) is actuated depending on a predefined power requirement; and the power requirement is limited depending on a limiting variable. According to the invention, the limiting variable is established depending on a determined cooling condition variable which describes a current coolant temperature of the coolant (12) and a current volume flow of the coolant (12).
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
H02P 29/032 - Preventing damage to the motor, e.g. setting individual current limits for different drive conditions
H02K 9/19 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil
H02K 11/33 - Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics
73.
METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INVERTER, INVERTER AND ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM
The invention relates to a change from an active short circuit to the free wheel of an inverter in an electric drive system. To this end, a half bridge of the inverter is temporarily set to a switching state that corresponds to the switching state of the free wheel. Then, the current curve in this half bridge is evaluated to check whether a change to the free wheel is permissible or not.
H02P 3/22 - Arrangements for stopping or slowing electric motors, generators, or dynamo-electric converters for stopping or slowing an individual dynamo-electric motor or dynamo-electric converter for stopping or slowing an ac motor by short-circuit or resistive braking
H02P 29/024 - Detecting a fault condition, e.g. short circuit, locked rotor, open circuit or loss of load
74.
CONNECTION ELEMENT FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING ELECTRONIC ELEMENTS
The invention relates to a connection element (10) for electrically connecting electronic elements (11, 12), comprising a first connection region (1), which is designed for connection to a first electronic element (11), and a second connection region (2), which is designed for connection to a second electronic element (12), wherein each connection region (1, 2) is in the form of a sheet, wherein the first connection region (1) is in a first connection plane (21), and wherein the second connection region (2) is located at a distance from the first connection plane (21).
The invention relates to a method for controlling a hydraulic volume in a system (1) consisting of a power brake (10) and a driving dynamics control system (14), wherein the power brake (10) is hydraulically coupled to the driving dynamics control system (14). The method comprises the steps of generating (A) a control signal by means of the driving dynamics control system (14), and providing a control signal for the power brake (10), in order to provide hydraulic volumes for the driving dynamics control system (14). The method further comprises the steps of performing (D) a control of the driving dynamics, returning (E) the hydraulic volume from the driving dynamics control system (14), after the control of the driving dynamics is ended, to a reservoir (50) via previously opened circuit isolating valves (38, 42), via which the driving dynamics control system (14) can be connected to the reservoir (50). In addition, the method comprises the step of closing (G) the circuit isolating valves (38, 42) and controlling (H) the brake pressure in the driving dynamics control system (14) using an external-power piston (54) arranged in an external-power cylinder (52), for the case where, before or during the return (E) of the hydraulic volume, an active braking manoeuvre is initiated.
B60T 13/16 - Pressure supply arrangements using pumps directly, i.e. without interposition of accumulators or reservoirs
B60T 13/68 - Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems by electrically-controlled valves
B60T 13/74 - Transmitting braking action from initiating means to ultimate brake actuator with power assistance or drive; Brake systems incorporating such transmitting means, e.g. air-pressure brake systems with electrical assistance or drive
76.
FOIL THRUST BEARING AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A FOIL THRUST BEARING
The invention relates to a foil thrust bearing (1) having different bearing foils (11-14; 21-24) which are fitted in a defined position and in a specific order on two sides of an axial intermediate space (8). In order to simplify the assembly of the foil thrust bearing (1), the different bearing foils (11-14; 21-24) are provided with additional identifiers which are visible in a defined identifier arrangement on the different bearing foils (11-14; 21-24) only when the different bearing foils (11-14; 21-24) are fitted in a correct fitting order and are correctly positioned.
The invention relates to the discharging of energy stores such as, for example, DC link capacitors in a high-voltage system, in particular a high-voltage system of an electric vehicle. To this end, a DC-DC converter device having at least two DC-DC converters is provided, wherein at least one DC-DC converter transmits power from the high-voltage system to a low-voltage system and, in parallel therewith, at least one further DC-DC converter transmits power from the low-voltage system to the high-voltage system.
The invention relates to a method for predicting a trajectory of a vehicle, in particular of a single-track vehicle such as an e-bike, comprising the following steps: - obtaining map information from a predefinable region around the current position of the vehicle, - ascertaining a road network based on the obtained map information, - ascertaining one or more possible paths of the vehicle on the basis of the ascertained road network, - determining a kinematic trajectory of the vehicle and/or a state of the vehicle on the basis of at least one of the following variables: linear acceleration, angular acceleration, yaw rate, speed, direction, orientation, position, driver cadence and/or drive torque of the vehicle, driver drive torque, - determining one or more possible trajectories of the vehicle on the basis of the one or more determined paths, and - estimating at least one probability of the one or more possible trajectories being followed by the vehicle, using the determined kinematic trajectory and/or the determined state.
The invention relates to an electrical device with at least one circuit carrier comprising a carrier substrate made of an electrical insulation material. On at least one outer face of the circuit carrier, an electrical conductor structure is formed with structure regions that are electrically insulated from one another by an effective first insulation structure made of the insulation material of the carrier substrate. A dam-like second insulation structure is then arranged, at least in some regions, on the first insulation structure, said second insulation structure framing an electrically insulated structure region and/or at least one group of at least two adjacent electrically insulated structure regions of the conductor structure with a dam course that is closed in each case. The thus extending second insulation structure projects in each case beyond the surface of the at least one or the several framed comprised structure regions on sides of the outer surface of the circuit carrier.
The invention proceeds from a press-in contact element, comprising at least two press-in zones, which are each formed terminally at an edge contour of the press-in contact element along press-in axes which are spaced apart and run parallel to each other. The at least two press-in zones also have a galvanic coating and a spacing from each other in the direction of the press-in axes. At least two press-in zones are then in each case formed on partial contact elements which are connected to each other at a connection interface so as to form the press-in contact element.
H01R 12/58 - Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals terminals for insertion into holes
H01R 43/16 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Software and hardware, for use in relation to the following
goods: production installations for testing and configuring
subassemblies or vehicles during production.
84.
RADAR-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
A radar-based environmental detection system for motor vehicles. The system includes at least one radar sensor for providing location data regarding objects in the environment of the motor vehicle, and including a neural network for converting the location data into an environmental model which represents spatio-temporal object data of the objects. The neural network is conditioned to give priority to outputting environmental models in which at least one predetermined physical relationship between the location data and the object data is satisfied.
G01S 7/41 - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - Details of systems according to groups , , of systems according to group using analysis of echo signal for target characterisation; Target signature; Target cross-section
G01S 13/89 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for mapping or imaging
85.
INTERFACE DEVICE FOR A COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM
An interface device for a component of a functional system of a vehicle brake system for fastening a pedal-travel sensor coupled to the component and for fastening the component on an associated vehicle. The interface device has a first contact surface to be positioned on the component and has a second contact surface to be positioned on the vehicle. The second contact surface is set at an oblique angle with respect to the first contact surface.
A method for ascertaining a performance of a machine learning system on a processing unit. The method includes: creating a hardware model of the processing unit from a provided technical specification of the processing unit and creating a simulation graph based on the machine learning system; simulating an implementation of the machine learning system on the processing unit using the hardware model and the graph, the simulation being an event-based simulation, and ascertaining the performance based on the result of the simulation.
A method for determining data regarding a plurality of functions performed in a vehicle for transmission to a data collection site, in particular for analysis, said method comprising: determining (210), for each of the plurality of functions (201, 202, 203), one or more signals (A, B, C) each at a frequency (222) and having been recorded and/or will be recorded by the respective function; and consolidation of the signals, comprising: checking (230) the signals for multiple existing signals, checking each of the multiple existing signals for different frequencies, and selecting (240), in the case of multiple existing signals at different frequencies, the signal with the highest frequency; and providing (250) information (251) about the consolidated signals in order to determine the data to be transmitted (260).
G07C 5/00 - Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
G07C 5/08 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time
A tool holder for a hand-held power tool includes an at least partially tubular base body, which forms an inner holder for receiving an insertion tool, in particular a bit insertion tool. The tool holder further includes a locking device for releasable locking of the insertion tool, which is arranged in the inner holder. The locking device features a locking sleeve and a locking element. The locking sleeve is movable to a locked position along a longitudinal extension of the at least partially tubular base body with the aid of a spring element. The locking sleeve features a contact element at least in sections on its inner circumference, and the at least approximately tubular base body features a fixing element on its outer circumference. The spring element acts upon the fixing element against the contact element.
B25B 23/00 - TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING - Details of, or accessories for, spanners, wrenches, screwdrivers
B25B 21/00 - Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose
A hand-held power tool, in particular a screwdriver, has a housing in which at least one gear assembly and a drive motor for rotationally driving a toolholder are arranged. The power tool further includes a torque coupling, which includes a torque adjustment unit associated with the gear assembly, and with which a transmission element acted upon by at least two spring elements is associated. A torque level of the torque coupling can be adjusted via an operating element actuable by a user. The at least two spring elements are arranged between the transmission element and a spring retaining ring. The spring retaining ring is arranged on a side of the transmission element facing away from the gear assembly and is connected to the operating element via a toothing for adjusting a torque level. The spring retaining ring includes bearing points associated with the at least two spring elements.
B25B 23/142 - Arrangement of torque limiters or torque indicators in wrenches or screwdrivers specially adapted for hand operated wrenches or screwdrivers
B25B 21/00 - Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose
90.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC IMPROVEMENT OF CORRUPTION ROBUSTNESS
A computer-implemented method for training a machine-learning network. A computer-implemented method for training a machine-learning network includes generating a frequency spectrum associated with the input data, wherein the generating includes creating the frequency spectrum by applying a frequency domain transformation on the input data, normalizing the frequency spectrum to generate a normalized frequency spectrum, sending the normalized frequency spectrum to a hyper model configured classifying corruptions, utilizing the normalized frequency spectrum as input to the hyper model in order to classify a corruption associated with the input data, updating one or more weights associated with the classifier based on the corruption associated with the input data, and outputting a classification associated with the input data utilizing the classifier with updated weights.
The invention relates to a method for operating a gas injector for determining the start of a braking current to reduce closure bounce of an armature of a magnetic actuator, comprising the following steps: determining a voltage curve C of the magnetic actuator over time t; determining, exclusively based on the voltage curve C of the magnetic actuator, a time L when the armature starts moving from the open position of the gas injector in the direction of a closing position; and establishing the start of the braking current exclusively based on the voltage curve C of the magnetic actuator.
F02D 19/02 - Controlling engines characterised by their use of non-liquid fuels, pluralities of fuels, or non-fuel substances added to the combustible mixtures peculiar to engines working with gaseous fuels
F02D 41/20 - Output circuits, e.g. for controlling currents in command coils
F02M 21/02 - Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels
The present invention relates to a method for operating a gas injector (1) of an internal combustion engine in order to avoid closing bounces during a closing process of an armature (2) of a magnetic actuator, comprising the steps of: ending energisation of the magnetic actuator at a switching time t0 to initiate the closing process of the gas injector; and determining a switching time t3 after a period of time Z has elapsed after the switching time t0, at which switching time a voltage U of the magnetic actuator is set to zero.
F02D 19/02 - Controlling engines characterised by their use of non-liquid fuels, pluralities of fuels, or non-fuel substances added to the combustible mixtures peculiar to engines working with gaseous fuels
F02D 41/20 - Output circuits, e.g. for controlling currents in command coils
F02M 21/02 - Apparatus for supplying engines with non-liquid fuels, e.g. gaseous fuels stored in liquid form for gaseous fuels
Rotor of an electric machine, in particular an electrically excited synchronous machine, having a plurality of salient poles (3) arranged along a circumferential direction with respect to a rotor axis (2) of the rotor (1), between which rotor slots (4) are formed for the arrangement of electrical conductors (5) of a rotor winding (6), wherein the salient poles (3) have pole shoes (7) at the radially outer pole ends with respect to the rotor axis (2), wherein a slot (8) is formed between adjacent pole shoes (7) as a radial opening of the respective rotor groove (4), characterised in that - at least one circumferential pole groove (10) extending in the circumferential direction is provided on a radial outer side (7a) of each pole shoe (7), for receiving an annular section (11.1) of an annular short sleeve (11), - the circumferential pole grooves (10) of all pole shoes (7) form at least one groove group (12), the circumferential pole grooves (11) of which are designed to partially accommodate the same short sleeve (11), - at least one short sleeve (11) is arranged in at least one, in particular each, groove group (12).
The invention relates to a rotor (1) of an electric machine, having a rotor axis (2) and multiple salient poles (3) which are arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotor (1) and between which pole slots (4) are formed for arranging electric conductors of a rotor winding (5). The salient poles (3) have pole shoes (6) at the radially outer pole ends, wherein each of the salient poles (3) is surrounded by a coil (7) of the rotor winding (5), and each of the coils (7) has two coil slot sections (7n), which run in the pole slots (4), and multiple winding layers (8). The invention is characterized in that a respective winding plate (10) is provided in the coil slot sections (7n) of each coil (7) between the uppermost and lowermost winding layer (8), said winding plate having multiple support ribs (11) on an outer face facing away from the respective salient pole (3) in order to form winding chambers (12) and consisting in particular of plastic. Lower winding layers of each coil (7) are provided below the two winding plates (10), and upper winding layers of each coil (7) are provided in the winding chambers (12) above the two winding plates (10).
H02K 3/52 - Fastening salient pole windings or connections thereto
95.
PRESSURE SUPPLY UNIT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FIRST TARGET PRESSURE LEVEL AND A SECOND TARGET PRESSURE LEVEL FOR A MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM, MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM
A pressure supply unit for providing a first target pressure level (1051) and a second target pressure level (1051), comprising - a pump (103) for drawing in a fluid, - a first component (1011, 1071) for controlling fluid flow on a first side (1001) of the pump (103) that controls the fluid flow according to a first current pressure level (1053) and is thus configured to provide the first target pressure level (1051) on the first side (1001) of the pressure supply unit (100), and - a second component (1012, 1072) for controlling fluid flow on a second side (1002) of the pump (103) that controls the fluid flow according to a second current pressure level (1054) and is thus configured to provide the second target pressure level (1052) on the second side (1002) of the pressure supply unit (100). The invention further relates to a method for providing two target pressure levels (1051, 1052) and to a microfluidic analysis system.
The invention relates to a method for controlling a fuel cell device. In at least one step, at least one exhaust gas measurement value (14a; 14b; 14c; 14d; 14e, 22e; 14f) of the composition of an exhaust gas of the fuel cell device is detected, in order to adjust the flow rate of fuel flowing through the fuel cell device on the basis of a controlled variable (16a; 16b; 16c; 16d; 16e; 16f) which is based on the exhaust gas measurement value (14a; 14b; 14c; 14d; 14e, 22e; 14f). According to the invention, in at least one step, the actual value of the controlled variable (16a; 16b; 16c; 16d; 16e; 16f) is ascertained in that an analysis function is analyzed which correlates the exhaust gas measurement value (14a; 14b; 14c; 14d; 14e, 22e; 16f) directly to the controlled variable (16a; 16b; 16c; 16d; 16e; 16f).
H01M 8/04992 - Processes for controlling fuel cells or fuel cell systems characterised by the implementation of mathematical or computational algorithms, e.g. feedback control loops, fuzzy logic, neural networks or artificial intelligence
A hydraulic circuit includes a first cylinder including a first rod and a second cylinder including a second rod. In addition, the hydraulic circuit includes a primary energy source that is common to both the first cylinder and the second cylinder and is sized to perform the intended work of the circuit, and a secondary energy source that is common to both the first cylinder and the second cylinder and is sized to make up for parasitic losses of the circuit. The first cylinder is coupled to the second cylinder electronically and fluidly such that when the first rod moves relative to the first cylinder, the second rod moves relative to the second cylinder in a motion that is equal and opposite to the motion of the first rod.
The invention relates to a diagnostic method (100) for diagnosing the state of an electrochemical cell (301) of an electrochemical energy converter (300). The diagnostic method (100) has the steps of: - ascertaining (101) the curve (201) of electric properties of the electrochemical cell over time, - determining (103) data packets (205, 209) which can be analyzed, - aggregating (105) at least one region (207, 211) of each data packet (205, 209) which can be analyzed in order to form an aggregated curve, - determining (107) the slope for at least one region of the aggregated curve, - assigning (109) a characteristic to the slope according to a specified assignment scheme in order to quantify the state of the electrochemical cell, and - outputting (111) the characteristic on an output unit, wherein a data packet (205, 209) which can be analyzed comprises a plurality of data points with values which differ from one another maximally by a specified threshold at least for a specified duration.
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B33Y 40/00 - Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling
B33Y 50/00 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
B33Y 50/02 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
100.
DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A MATERIAL TO BE PRINTED FOR A 3D PRINTER, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MATERIAL TO BE PRINTED FOR A 3D PRINTER
The invention relates to a device (20) for providing a material (38) to be printed in order to produce a three-dimensional object (1) to be printed from the printable material (38) for a 3D printer (2), comprising a metering device (18) for filling a discharge device (14) with the material (38). The invention is characterized in that the device (20) has a system (5) for identifying the printable material (38) and/or the three-dimensional object (1), wherein the discharge device (14) comprises a first marking device (52), and the metering device (18) comprises a second marking device (51). The invention additionally relates to a method for providing a material (38) to be printed in order to produce a three-dimensional object (1) to be printed from the printable material (38) for a 3D printer (2) using a device (20) according to the invention.
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B29C 64/259 - Enclosures for the building material, e.g. powder containers interchangeable
B29C 64/307 - Handling of material to be used in additive manufacturing
B29C 64/386 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
B33Y 50/00 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
B22F 12/00 - Apparatus or devices specially adapted for additive manufacturing; Auxiliary means for additive manufacturing; Combinations of additive manufacturing apparatus or devices with other processing apparatus or devices
