Systems and methods for detecting a failure of a wheel speed sensor. One example system includes an encoder and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the wheel speed sensor, a wheel speed, receive, from the encoder, a signal, and determine, based on the signal from the encoder, a positional change of an electric motor shaft of the electric motor. The electronic processor is configured to determine, based on the wheel speed and the positional change of the electric motor, whether the wheel speed sensor is faulty.
A trailer tow assist system including a camera that captures a rearward image of the trailer and its surroundings, a human machine interface that displays the rearward image, an input device that receives user input, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor receives the rearward image, identifies a target-space within the surroundings, determines a vehicle orientation relative to the target-space, determines a trailer angle relative to the vehicle, determines a trailer trajectory within the surroundings, and displays the trailer trajectory and rearward image on the human machine interface. The electronic processor also controls, in response to the user input, the vehicle to follow the trailer trajectory along a centerline of the trailer trajectory.
B60R 1/26 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles for viewing an area outside the vehicle, e.g. the exterior of the vehicle with a predetermined field of view to the rear of the vehicle
B60T 8/17 - Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking
B60W 10/04 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units
B60W 10/18 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of braking systems
B60W 10/20 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of steering systems
G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
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
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
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METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING TO A ROAD USER AT LEAST ONE WARNING SIGNAL FROM A VEHICLE OPERATING FULLY AUTONOMOUSLY
A method for outputting to a road user at least one, in particular a visual and/or acoustic, warning signal from a vehicle operating fully autonomously. A gesture and/or an acoustic message from at least one vehicle occupant of the vehicle operating fully autonomously is captured first. In addition, a road user in the surroundings of the vehicle is detected. In addition, a viewing direction of the road user, in particular at a time of gesture capture or capture of the acoustic message, is detected. Following this, the warning signal from the vehicle operating fully autonomously is output to the road user depending on the captured gesture of the vehicle occupant and/or the acoustic message and the viewing direction of the road user.
B60Q 1/50 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
B60W 60/00 - Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles
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 20/59 - Context or environment of the image inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions
G06V 40/20 - Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition
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MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE COMPRISING A HYDROGEN DRAINAGE LAYER
A micromechanical device. The device includes a MEMS chip which comprises a cavity; an IC chip which includes an IC substrate and at least one IC functional layer, wherein the IC chip is connected to the MEMS chip such that the IC functional layer is disposed between the IC substrate and the cavity. The IC chip includes a hydrogen drainage layer which is disposed between the IC functional layer and the cavity.
An injector for injecting a fluid. In injector includes a filter for filtering the fluid to be injected. The filter is arranged in a tubular section of the injector. The filter has a sleeve and a filter body. The sleeve holds the filter body in the tubular section. The sleeve has a securing section and a holding section. The securing section is connected to the filter body. The holding section holds the sleeve in the tubular section of the injector. The filter body or parts of the filter body are arranged exclusively within the securing section.
A method for wireless time synchronization of a first electrical unit with a second electrical unit is disclosed, which can in particular be intermittently wirelessly connected to each other, in particular via a low-energy connection, wherein the first electrical unit includes a first time counter and the second electrical unit comprises a second time counter, and wherein a connection event occurs repeatedly at predetermined connection time intervals. The method includes (a) transmitting a first data packet, by the first electrical unit, to the second electrical unit upon a first connection event, (b) receiving the first data packet and creating a second timestamp based on the second time counter, by the second electrical unit, (c) transmitting a second data packet with the created second timestamp, by the second electrical unit, to the first electrical unit upon a next connection event, (d) receiving the second data packet by the first electrical unit, (e) determining a current time, by the first electrical unit, based on one or more time periods of the predetermined connection time interval and the second timestamp, and (f) setting the first time counter to the current time determined.
A vertical semiconductor component, in particular transistor, with a drift layer and/or an active layer on the basis of gallium nitride (GaN), and at least two, preferably three, electrodes. At least one measuring electrode is formed at a lower vertical level than the at least one other electrode and is designed to be contactable from vertically above.
H01L 21/66 - Testing or measuring during manufacture or treatment
H01L 29/20 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds
Methods and systems of using a trained machine-learning model to perform root cause analysis on a manufacturing process. A pre-trained machine learning model is provided that is trained to predict measurements of non-faulty parts. The pre-trained model is trained on training measurement data regarding physical characteristics of manufactured parts as measured by a plurality of sensors at a plurality of manufacturing stations. With the trained model, then measurement data from the sensors is received regarding the manufactured part and the stations. This new set of measurement data is back propagated through the pre-trained model to determine a magnitude of absolute gradients of the new measurement data. The root cause is then identified based on this magnitude of absolute gradients. In other embodiments the root cause is identified based on losses determined between a set of predicted measurement data of a part using the model, and actual measurement data.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
A computer-implemented system and method relate to object discovery. The system and method include receiving a source image and generating input data by associating each pixel of the source image with predetermined phase values. An encoder encodes the input data to generate latent representation data in spherical coordinates. A decoder decodes the latent representation data to generate spherical reconstruction data of the source image. The spherical reconstruction data includes a radial component and a plurality of phase components. A reconstructed image is generated based at least on the radial component. The reconstructed image is a reconstruction of the source image.
A method for ascertaining a direction of travel and/or a future path of travel of a robot and/or a vehicle, movable at least semiautonomously or autonomously in a dynamically changeable surrounding area. The method includes: measuring and/or ascertaining surrounding-area parameters, which may each be assigned to at least one moving, external object in the area surrounding the unit; executing at least one movement prediction algorithm for ascertaining, in each instance, at least one probabilistic movement prediction parameter for detected external objects as a function of measured surrounding-area parameters assigned to the individual external objects; executing at least one movement determination algorithm for ascertaining at least one short-term movement parameter for each detected external objects as a function of measured surrounding-area parameters assigned to the individual external objects; the movement prediction algorithm and the movement determination algorithm being executed at least substantially independently of each other.
A method for determining the temperature characteristic of the drain-source on-state resistance of a MOSFET of a first type. The method includes: determining temperature-specific linearization coefficients of a difference between a first value of the drain-source on-state resistance at a first temperature and a second value of the drain-source on-state resistance at a reference temperature established for the MOSFET-type characterization based on a difference between a first value of the drain-source on-state resistance at the same reference temperature and the average of the drain-source on-state resistance at the same reference temperature from measurements during production for MOSFET samples of the first type; determining the temperature dependency of the determined temperature-specific linearization coefficients to determine a specific TDDR for the characterized MOSFET samples of the first type; and using the MOSFET-type-specific TDDR to reconstruct the temperature dependency of the drain-source on-state resistance of an individual MOSFET of the first type.
G01R 31/26 - Testing of individual semiconductor devices
G01K 7/18 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using resistive elements the element being a linear resistance, e.g. platinum resistance thermometer
A fuel injection valve for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular for directly injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The fuel injection valve includes a solenoid, an armature acted upon in a closing direction by a return spring through the solenoid, and a valve needle connected to the armature in force-locking fashion for actuating a valve closing body, which together with a valve seat surface forms a sealing seat. An adjustment element for adjusting the spring force of a return spring is arranged in a connecting sleeve serving the inlet side fuel supply. The adjustment element is bounded outwardly by a thin-walled sleeve. The sleeve includes an axially aligned sleeve jacket and a radially extending sleeve base. The wall thickness of the sleeve base is reinforced relative to the wall thickness of the sleeve jacket of the sleeve.
A method for determining a selection area in an environment for a mobile device, in particular a robot. The method includes: providing sensor data obtained using a sensor system not associated with the mobile device in the environment, the sensor data characterizing a position and/or orientation of an entity in the environment; determining, based on the sensor data, the position and/or orientation of the entity in a map provided for navigation of the mobile device; providing specification data obtained using the sensor data, the specification data characterizing the selection area; determining the selection area in the map based on the specification data; and providing information about the selection area to the mobile device, and in particular instructing the mobile device to correspondingly take the selection area into account when navigating.
An electrohydraulic braking method for mobile working machines, in particular agricultural machines, is disclosed. The method is designed to detect external signals and to transmit them to a control unit, in which the signals are processed and based on which at least one target braking pressure is determined. In a next step, a valve flow is calculated on the basis of the target brake pressures, which valve flow is transmitted to a control valve of a brake actuation pedal, resulting in a braking pressure in a hydraulic circuit of the agricultural machine and the adjustment of brake steering. The disclosure further relates to a brake function arrangement designed to perform the electrohydraulic braking method.
B60T 13/68 - Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems by electrically-controlled valves
B60T 8/40 - Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force responsive to a speed condition, e.g. acceleration or deceleration having a fluid pressure regulator responsive to a speed condition comprising an additional fluid circuit including fluid pressurising means for modifying the pressure of the braking fluid, e.g. including wheel driven pumps for detecting a speed condition, or pumps which are controlled by means independent of the br
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Locking Device for Locking a Rechargeable Battery Pack
A locking device for locking a rechargeable battery pack with a consumer is disclosed. The locking device includes a rechargeable battery pack interface for releasably connecting the locking device to the rechargeable battery pack along a connecting direction. The rechargeable battery pack interface has a receptacle in which the rechargeable battery pack is at least partially arranged in the connected state, and at least one movably mounted locking element. The locking element is always movable in the unconnected state and/or is preloaded with a force counter to the connecting direction in the connected state.
H01M 50/264 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders with fastening means, e.g. locks for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames
B62J 43/13 - Arrangements of batteries for propulsion on rider-propelled cycles with additional electric propulsion
H01M 50/249 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
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Method for the GNSS-Based Localization of a Vehicle with 5G Signals
A method for the GNSS-based localization of a vehicle includes (a) receiving GNSS satellite signals from at least one GNSS satellite and determining GNSS localization data using the received GNSS satellite signals, (b) receiving 5G signals and determining 5G localization data using the received 5G signals, and (c) evaluating the GNSS localization data using the 5G-localization data in order to identify possible impairments of GNSS satellite signals.
G01S 19/48 - Determining position by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system
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METHOD AND APPARATUS OF BOUNDARY REFINEMENT FOR INSTANCE SEGMENTATION
Methods and apparatuses of boundary refinement for instance segmentation. The methods for instance segmentation include receiving an image and an instance mask identifying an instance in the image; extracting a set of image patches from the image based on a boundary of the instance mask; generating a refined mask patch for each of the set of image patches based on at least a part of the instance mask corresponding to the each of the set of image patches; and refining the boundary of the instance mask based on the refined mask patch for each of the set of image patches.
A method for providing training datasets for training an object classification model for object classification in an ultrasonic sensor system is disclosed. The method includes (i) providing one or multiple survey scenarios in which at least one surrounding object within a collection range of the ultrasonic sensor system is moved along a trajectory relative to the ultrasonic sensor system, (ii) collecting the ultrasonic signals reflected at the surrounding object at chronologically successive collection situations and respective identification of collection features depending on reflected ultrasonic signals collected during a respective collection situation, (iii) determining a candidate training dataset for each collection situation by associating a classification vector specified by the survey situation, the elements of which each indicate an object property of at least one surrounding object, with the collection features, and (iv) considering the candidate training dataset of each of the collection situations as a training dataset depending on the relative distance from the at least one surrounding object from the ultrasonic sensor system and the relative distances of the surrounding object from the ultrasonic sensor system during previously measured collection situations of candidate training datasets determined.
A transistor arrangement for power transistors with a fin structure. It is provided to lower the epitaxy layer of the transistor arrangements in an edge region surrounding the fin structure and to introduce shield implants and edge implants into the epitaxy layer after lowering.
A field-effect transistor. The field-effect transistor includes: an n-doped source layer, an n-doped drain layer, a channel layer located vertically between the n-doped source layer and the n-doped drain layer, and several gate trenches extending vertically from the n-doped source layer to the n-doped drain layer and adjoining the channel layer. A fin is respectively formed between each two gate trenches, wherein at least two of the fins have different widths. A method for production is also described.
H01L 29/423 - Electrodes characterised by their shape, relative sizes or dispositions not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
H01L 29/16 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System in uncombined form
H01L 29/417 - Electrodes characterised by their shape, relative sizes or dispositions carrying the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
A method for manufacturing a vertical field effect transistor structure and to a corresponding vertical field effect transistor structure. The vertical field effect transistor structure is provided with a semiconductor body having first and second connecting zones of a first conductivity type, a channel zone of the first or second conductivity type between the first and second connecting zone, a plurality of trenches extending into the semiconductor body, reaching into the first connecting zone from the second connecting zone through the channel zone and forming fins of the channel zone and the second connecting zone, a control electrode arranged in the trenches, the electrode being arranged adjacent to the channel zone and insulated from the semiconductor body, and a breakdown current path connected between the first and second connecting zones and parallel to the channel zone, the current path having least one p-n junction.
H01L 29/78 - Field-effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate
H01L 29/06 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions
H01L 29/16 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System in uncombined form
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
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.
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 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 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
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CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RIDER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM
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.
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
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HYDRAULIC BLOCK FOR A SERVICE BRAKE UNIT OF A HYDRAULIC POWER BRAKE SYSTEM
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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Device and Method for Separating Blood Plasma from Whole Blood
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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
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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.
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
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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OBJECT TRAJECTORY CLUSTERING WITH HYBRID REASONING FOR MACHINE LEARNING
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
48.
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.
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
51.
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.
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
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
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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.
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 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. 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 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
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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
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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.
Disclosed is a tank device (1) for temperature pressure relief in a hydrogen tank, the tank device (1) comprising at least two tank containers (10) and a supply line (4) that can be connected to the tank containers (10). Each of the at least two tank containers (10) includes at least one shut-off valve (8) at one end (26), said shut-off valve (8) being located between the tank container (10) and the supply line (4). Furthermore, the tank containers (10) are entirely surrounded by a housing element (12) and/or encapsulated, in particular pressure-tightly, towards the surroundings (120) by means of the housing element (12), and at least one sacrificial container (14) is arranged in the tank device (1), said sacrificial container (14) being fluidically connected to the tank containers (10) via a pressure relief valve (13).
For an electrical connecting apparatus (1), in particular for connecting an electrical and/or electronic component (2) to a conductor substrate (3), comprising an electrically conductive contact-making element (10) and an electrical conductor (20), wherein one end (21) of the electrical conductor (20) is electrically conductively connected to the contact-making element (10), the invention proposes that the contact-making element (10) is of fork-like design with at least one first tine (11) and at least one second tine (12), wherein the first tine (11) is spaced apart from the second tine (12) by an intermediate space (13), wherein the end (21) of the electrical conductor (20) is arranged in the intermediate space (13) between the first tine (11) and the second tine (12) and is electrically conductively connected to the first tine (11) and/or the second tine (12).
H01R 43/02 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for soldered or welded connections
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METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF ENERGY STORAGE STRINGS
A method for operating an electrochemical energy storage system with a plurality of energy storage strings which comprise a plurality of electrochemical energy stores. The energy storage strings can be electrically connected in parallel by means of first switches.
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
H01M 10/42 - Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
H01M 10/48 - Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte
The invention relates to a device (100) for supporting one or more MEMS components (160), comprising a base component (110), which substantially consists of a first material with a first coefficient of expansion α1, an interposer (120), which is integrally bonded to the base component (110) in one or more first connection regions (140) and substantially consists of a second material with a second coefficient of expansion α2, and a support substrate (130), which is integrally bonded to the interposer (120) in one or more second connection regions (150) and substantially consists of a third material with a third coefficient of expansion α3, wherein the support substrate (130) is configured to support the one or more MEMS components (160), and for the coefficients of expansion the following holds true: α1>α2≥α3, preferably α1>α2=α3. The invention also relates to a system (105) comprising a device (100) according to the invention and the one or more MEMS components (160), and to a method for producing a device (100) according to the invention.
A method for providing information to a plurality of recipients includes (i) providing product information to a backend, (ii) providing recipient information to the backend, (iii) providing usage information to the backend, (iv) providing a specification and the information by a sender, (v) determining the plurality of recipients based on the product information, the recipient information, the usage information, and the specification, and (vi) providing the information to the recipients determined.
G06F 11/34 - Recording or statistical evaluation of computer activity, e.g. of down time, of input/output operation
G07C 5/00 - Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
G07C 5/12 - Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle, or waiting time in graphical form
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Sealing Arrangement and Drive Unit Including a Sealing Arrangement
A sealing arrangement for sealing a first housing part with respect to a second housing part is arranged in an annular groove between the two housing parts. The sealing ring has a cross-section which abuts in a central area as an O-ring on opposite sides on the two housing parts. In addition, the cross-section has at least two sealing ears which extend from the central area of the cross-section into corners of the annular groove.
H02K 5/10 - Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. of water or fingers
F16J 15/32 - Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings
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BATTERY SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A BATTERY SYSTEM
A battery system having a battery pack with a positive pole, a negative pole, at least one battery cell, and a pack voltage divider, and at least one high-voltage coupling network electrically connectable to the battery pack, having a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a link voltage divider. The pack voltage divider comprises a first measuring resistance (RM1) and a first measuring switch (SM1) connected to one another between the negative pole and a first reference point, and a second measuring resistance (RM2) and a second measuring switch (SM2) connected to one another between the positive pole and the first reference point. The link voltage divider comprises a third measuring resistance (RM3) connected between the negative terminal and a second reference point, and a fourth measuring resistance (RM4) connected between the positive terminal and the second reference point.
A method for identifying potential data exfiltration attacks in at least one software package. The method includes: tracking at least one change to the software package; and detecting a manipulation suitable for data exfiltration on the changed software package.
G06F 21/51 - Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems at application loading time, e.g. accepting, rejecting, starting or inhibiting executable software based on integrity or source reliability
G06F 8/71 - Version control ; Configuration management
A tool box includes a base element and a cover. The base element and the cover form a box interior for receiving at least one hand-held power tool. The tool box further includes a locking tab for locking the cover to the base element. The locking tab includes an insertion tool holding device for holding at least one insertion tool.
A micromechanical component, in particular, an inertial sensor, including a seismic mass, a substrate, and a cap. The component includes a reference electrode, which is in a first electrode layer and is connected to the substrate, and a further reference electrode, which is in a second electrode layer and is connected to the cap. The seismic mass is deflectable on two sides, in a direction perpendicular to the major plane of extension of the reference electrode. The seismic mass includes a flexible limit stop in the direction of deflection towards the first electrode layer. The flexible limit stop is connected to the main part of the seismic mass using a spring element. The spring element is in an elastic layer, which is positioned between a layer of the main part of the seismic mass and the first electrode layer.
G01P 15/125 - Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration by making use of inertia forces with conversion into electric or magnetic values by capacitive pick-up
An electromechanically drivable brake pressure generator for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The brake pressure generator includes a spindle drive unit for converting a drive-side rotary motion into a translatory motion for the actuation of a piston of a hydraulic piston/cylinder unit, a planetary gear, which is connected to an electric drive motor, being situated between the spindle drive unit and an electric drive motor at whose output-side planet carrier axle a spur gear is attached, via which the spindle drive unit is drivable. The spur gear is mounted via a first bearing, which is situated between the spur gear and the planetary gear, and via a second bearing, which is situated on an axial side of the spur gear situated opposite the first bearing.
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 13/16 - Pressure supply arrangements using pumps directly, i.e. without interposition of accumulators or reservoirs
F16H 55/06 - Use of materials; Use of treatments of toothed members or worms to affect their intrinsic material properties
F16H 57/023 - Mounting or installation of gears or shafts in gearboxes, e.g. methods or means for assembly
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SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SPEECH UNDERSTANDING WITH EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT INTEGRATION OF AUTOMATED SPEECH RECOGNITION ERROR CORRECTION, OUT-OF-DOMAIN DETECTION, AND/OR DOMAIN CLASSIFICATION
The systems and methods described herein are related to a new speech understanding system for domain-specific voice interaction. The systems and methods described herein combine the automatic correction of an automatic speech recognition errors with a natural language understanding model in a way that optimizes the recognition and understanding of a received speech input. The systems and methods described herein may further support out-of-domain detection or domain classification by jointly learning and/or performing automatic speech recognition error correction and domain-related classification. Through the joint learning with automatic speech recognition error correction, the out-of-domain detection or domain classification may be conducted based on a plurality of possible speech recognition results with shared feature inputs and shared neural layers. The systems and methods described herein may achieve robust performance with high computational efficiency.
A method includes receiving input dialog including a text string corresponding to at least one question and extracting at least one keyword from the text string. The method also includes generating at least one action prediction and providing one or more sub-questions associated with the at least one question. The method also includes receiving one or more answers to the one or more sub-questions, generating at least one sub-goal based on the one or more answers, and traversing an environment based on the at least one sub-goal. The method also includes receiving one or more images associated with the environment, predicting, using the one or more images, an answer to the at least one question, and providing, at an output mechanism, the answer to the at least one question.
G06V 10/22 - Image preprocessing by selection of a specific region containing or referencing a pattern; Locating or processing of specific regions to guide the detection or recognition
G06V 10/774 - Generating sets of training patterns; Bootstrap methods, e.g. bagging or boosting
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
The invention relates to a bipolar plate (7) for an electrochemical cell (1), said bipolar plate comprising at least one first monopolar plate (13) having a first bead (15) and a second monopolar plate (17) having a second bead (19), the first bead (15) and the second bead (19) being arranged opposite one another and forming a channel (21), the first bead (15) and the second bead (19) each comprising a central base surface (23) and at least two inclined surfaces (24) and the first bead (15) and/or the second bead (19) comprising at least one outer base surface (25), and wherein the at least one outer base surface (25) and/or the central base surface (23) have at least one opening (27) for the passage of at least one medium (29). The invention also relates to an arrangement of electrochemical cells (1) and a method for operating an arrangement of electrochemical cells (1).
H01M 8/0258 - Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the configuration of channels, e.g. by the flow field of the reactant or coolant
A system for the infrastructure-supported assistance of a motor vehicle guided with at least partial automation within a parking lot. The system includes: a data-processing device, which is designed to ascertain infrastructure assistance data for the infrastructure-supported assistance of the motor vehicle guided with at least partial automation within the parking lot; a communication device, which is designed to transmit the infrastructure assistance data to the motor vehicle over a communication network; and a controller, which is designed such that, when an error of at least one of the data-processing device and the communication device during the infrastructure-supported assistance is detected, the controller switches to a safe state, such that communication between the system and the motor vehicle is at least disturbed, in particular interrupted.
H04W 4/44 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
A lidar device having a light source, a detector, and a mirror device. The light source has a main radiation direction and the detector has a main detection direction. The mirror device is rotatable about an axis and has a facet wheel with a number of facets. The main radiation direction and the main detection direction stand at a predetermined angle to each other, the predetermined angle being a function of the number of facets. A light beam emitted from the light source is reflected by a first facet and a light beam reflected back from an object is reflected by a second facet. Here the first facet and the second facet are different.
A method for operating a vehicle with a driver assistance system. A distance function of the driver assistance system regulates a distance from a preceding target object using system interventions in a brake system and/or a drive system of the vehicle to a speed-dependent safety distance, wherein the distance function is degraded during cornering of the vehicle.
A device and computer-implemented method for determining a class of an element of an image in particular for operating a technical system. The method includes providing a first set of elements representing the image, providing a set of masks, determining a set of predictions for the class, and determining the class of the element depending on the set of predictions, wherein determining the set of predictions comprises determining a second set of elements representing the image depending on the first set of elements and a mask of the set of masks, wherein the mask indicates unmasked elements of the image and/or masked elements of the image, and determining a prediction for the set of predictions depending on the second set of elements.
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 10/22 - Image preprocessing by selection of a specific region containing or referencing a pattern; Locating or processing of specific regions to guide the detection or recognition
G06V 20/70 - Labelling scene content, e.g. deriving syntactic or semantic representations
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COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GENERATING (TRAINING) IMAGES
A computer-implemented method for generating labelled training images characterizing manipulation of a plurality of stackable objects in a workspace. The method includes: obtaining a first training image subset obtained at a first time index comprising a depth map and a visual image of a plurality of stackable objects in a stacking region of a workspace; obtaining a second training image subset obtained at a second time index comprising a depth map and a visual image of the stacking region in the workspace, wherein the second training image subset characterizes a changed spatial state of the stacking region; computing a depth difference mask based on the depth maps; computing a visual difference mask based on the visual images of the first and second training image subsets; generating an annotated segmentation mask using the depth difference mask and/or the visual difference mask.
A method for improving safety precautions for vehicles. The method includes: obtaining, from one or from each of a plurality of vehicles moving in an at least partially automated manner, if a safety metric is fulfilled at a time point in the vehicle, scenario information and safety metric information; determining a relevance distribution of at least one safety metric of the scenario present at that time point, which indicates how often a respective safety metric is or has been fulfilled in that scenario; comparing the determined relevance distribution to relevance distributions of at least one already existing scenarios; determining the scenario to be a potential trigger event if the relevance distribution of the scenario present at that time point matches a relevance distribution of at least one already existing scenario for which a trigger event is defined; and providing information about the potential trigger event.
A computer-implemented method for training a machine learning system. The training includes: determining, by an encoder of the machine learning system and based on a training input signal, a first intermediate representation characterizing a mean of a latent distribution of a latent space and a second intermediate representation characterizing a variance and/or covariance of the latent distribution; determining, based on the first intermediate representation and the second intermediate representation, a plurality of sigma points with respect to the latent distribution; determining an output signal, wherein the output signal is determined by providing a randomly sampled sigma point of the plurality of sigma points to a decoder of the machine learning system; adapting the machine learning system based on a loss value, wherein the loss value characterizes a difference between the training input signal and the output signal.
A semiconductor component that is designed as a trench MISFET. The semiconductor component includes a substrate made of gallium nitride (GaN), a drift layer situated thereon, a barrier layer, and a source region situated thereabove. The source region includes a gate trench that extends from the source region into the underlying barrier layer.
H01L 29/06 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions
H01L 21/265 - Bombardment with wave or particle radiation with high-energy radiation producing ion implantation
H01L 21/28 - Manufacture of electrodes on semiconductor bodies using processes or apparatus not provided for in groups
H01L 29/20 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds
H01L 29/423 - Electrodes characterised by their shape, relative sizes or dispositions not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
A method for operating an electric bike includes a braking system and a drive unit which is actuable in a controlled manner, with the braking system including an actuator which is actuable in a controlled manner for generating a braking torque in a controlled manner. The method includes generating a braking torque in a controlled manner by way of the braking system and generating a driving torque in a controlled manner by way of the drive unit. The generation of the braking torque in a controlled manner and the generation of the driving torque in a controlled manner are performed simultaneously and depending on one another in order to decelerate the electric bike at a predetermined total braking torque, or to accelerate at a predetermined total driving torque.
B62M 6/50 - Control or actuating devices therefor characterised by detectors or sensors, or arrangement thereof
B60T 8/17 - Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking
B60T 8/1761 - Brake regulation specially adapted to prevent excessive wheel slip during vehicle deceleration, e.g. ABS responsive to wheel or brake dynamics, e.g. wheel slip, wheel acceleration or rate of change of brake fluid pressure
89.
ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR A HIGH-VOLTAGE NETWORK OF A VEHICLE
An electrical circuit for a vehicle high-voltage network, the network including two electrical stores. The circuit includes first and second connection points for electrical connection to a load and/or charging device, a first switch between a first pole connector, for electrical contacting a first pole of a first electrical store, and the first connection point, a second switch between a second pole connector, for electrical contacting a second pole of a second electrical store, and the second connection point, a third switch between the first pole connector and a third pole connector, for electrical contacting a first pole of the second electrical store, and a fourth switch between the second pole connector and a fourth pole connector, for electrical contacting a second pole of the first electrical store. The switches are switchable between connecting and separating states. The first and/or second switches galvanically separate in the separating state.
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
B60L 50/60 - Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells using power supplied by batteries
B60L 53/16 - Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIDELINK RESOURCE RESERVATION
A wireless communication method for dynamically adapting resource reservation of a sidelink channel using semi-persistent scheduling. The method includes receiving, at a first item of user equipment, a first and a second item of data for transmission via a semi persistent scheduling mode, and a status indication of a shared wireless resource pool of the first item of user equipment and one or more second items of user equipment; notifying, by the first item of user equipment, an initial semi persistent scheduling reservation for the first item of data to the one or more second items of user equipment via the shared resource pool; notifying, by the first item of user equipment, one or more second items of user equipment of a reservation of a wireless resource defined in the shared wireless resource pool according to a declaration comprised in a further semi-persistent scheduling reservation of the sidelink channel.
A method for operating a control device for a vehicle, in which software in a first version intended for an operation of the control device and an item of control information are stored. The control device is developed to receive the software intended for the operation of the control device in a second version, which differs from the first version, and to store it in a memory unit, the second version being identifiable by an indication identifying the software. The method includes: receiving at least one indication which identifies the software to be installed; checking whether storing of the software to be installed is permitted based on the indication identifying the software to be installed and the control information; and if the storing of the software to be installed is permitted, storing the software to be installed in the memory unit.
The invention relates to a turbomachine (1) for supplying air to a fuel cell system, comprising at least one compressor wheel (3) conjointly connected to a shaft (2), and an electric motor (4) for driving the shaft (2), the compressor wheel (3) being connected via a hub portion (5) to a preferably hollow-cylinder-shaped shaft portion (6) of the shaft (2). According to the invention, at least one air channel (7, 8) is formed in the hub portion (5), by means of which air channel a compressor inlet (9) is connected to an annular space (10) on the side of the compressor wheel (3) facing away from the compressor inlet (9) such that substantially the same air pressure is present on both sides of the compressor wheel (3). The invention further relates to a method for operating a turbomachine (1).
An operating method for a LiDAR system, in particular of the compressed sensing type. On the emission side, primary light is emitted in an unstructured manner into a visual field for the illumination thereof, and on the receiving side, light from the visual field is received as secondary light, is converted by light structuring using a predefined, fixed, and temporally constant, matrix-like pattern, into restructured secondary light having at least one matrix-like light pattern consisting of columnar patterns, and for detection, is respectively imaged column by column using the columnar patterns on an associated common detector element of a detector arrangement and detected as a whole.
A system and method include dividing a source image into a plurality of source regions, which are portions of the source image that correspond to a plurality of grid regions. A mask is used to create a first masked region that masks a first source region and a first unmasked region that comprises a second source region. A first inpainted region is generated by inpainting the first masked region based on the second source region. Similarity data is generated based on a similarity assessment. A protected image is generated that includes at least (i) the first masked region at a first grid region when the similarity data indicates that the first source region is not similar to the first inpainted region and (ii) the first inpainted region at the first grid region when the similarity data indicates that the first source region is similar to the first inpainted region.
The invention relates to an ignition device (1) for an internal combustion engine, more particularly for a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine, comprising a primary circuit (2.1) and a secondary circuit (2.2), wherein—the primary circuit (2.1) has a primary coil (3), wherein—the secondary circuit (2.2) has a secondary coil (4) inductively coupled to the primary coil (3), a diode (5) for suppressing a start-up spark, and a high-voltage connector (6) for connection to a spark plug (7), characterized in that a parallel path (10) is formed electrically in parallel to the diode (5) of the secondary circuit (2.2), in which parallel path there is arranged an ohmic load resistor (11) or an electric switch (20) and by means of which parallel path residual energy, in particular residual voltage, which remains in the secondary circuit (2.2) following discharge of the ignition device (1), can be extinguished, in particular by feeding the residual energy in the secondary circuit (2.2) past the diode (5), bypassing the diode (5).
The invention relates to a device for holding and fastening a bus bar (1) to a substrate (2), in particular to a metallic housing (10), having:
a metallic supporting body (3) for supporting the bus bar (1) on the substrate (2),
a thermally conductive and electrically insulating intermediate layer (4) for arrangement between the supporting body (3) and the substrate (2),
a holding element (6) which can be fixed to the substrate (2) with the aid of a fastener (5), and
a clamping and/or resilient element (7) for applying a preloading force to the supporting body (3) in the direction of the substrate (2) directly or indirectly via the holding element (6).
The invention also relates to a metallic housing (10) having a device according to the invention.
A radar system for motor vehicles. The radar system has multiple transceiver units, which are situated on separate installation supports for the installation in different locations in the motor vehicle and are connected to one another by a synchronization network. Each of the transceiver units has a scanning module for scanning radar signals received on a plurality of channels in the form of a time signals. Each installation support has a raw-data interface for the transmission of the time signal of the transceiver unit to a central evaluation instance. The central evaluation instance is configured to jointly evaluate the time signals from the plurality of transceiver units.
G01S 7/03 - 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 HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
G01S 13/931 - Radar or analogous systems, specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
98.
METHOD FOR THE EARLY RECOGNITION OF A STOPPING POSITION FOR A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM
A method for the early recognition of a stopping position for a driver assistance system of an ego vehicle at a stop signal by a light signal system. An enlarged working area and increased possible speeds are achieved in that a stop signal of a light signal system for an ego roadway of the ego vehicle is recognized; if a stop signal is recognized, the ego roadway is searched for a crosswalk, wherein if a crosswalk is recognized, the crosswalk is used for the early recognition of a stopping position of the ego vehicle. A computer program product for performing the method and a motor vehicle performing the method are also described.
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 20/56 - Context or environment of the image exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
99.
Model Training Method, Image Edge Detection Method, and Multi-Sensor Calibration Method
A method for model training, an image edge detection method, a multi-sensor calibration method, a computer program product, and a computer device is disclosed. The model is used to generate occlusion relationships between pixel pairs. The model training method comprises: constructing an initial model; obtaining multiple training images and reference annotation results for each training image, wherein each training image comprises RGB features and depth features, and the reference annotation results for each training image are annotation results of occlusion relationships between adjacent pixel pairs in said training image generated based on the depth features of said training image; respectively using the RGB features of the multiple training images as inputs to the initial model, using the reference annotation results corresponding to the input training images as outputs of the initial model, and training the initial model to obtain a well-trained model.
G06T 7/80 - Analysis of captured images to determine intrinsic or extrinsic camera parameters, i.e. camera calibration
G06V 10/26 - Segmentation of patterns in the image field; Cutting or merging of image elements to establish the pattern region, e.g. clustering-based techniques; Detection of occlusion
G06V 20/54 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects of traffic, e.g. cars on the road, trains or boats
G06V 20/70 - Labelling scene content, e.g. deriving syntactic or semantic representations
100.
Redundant Vehicle Braking System and its Electronic Control Unit and Control Method Thereof
A redundant vehicle braking system and its electronic control unit and control method thereof is disclosed. The redundant braking system is coupled to the main braking system of the vehicle. The electronic control unit comprises: a receiving module configured to receive a status signal indicating the status of the main braking system and a sensor signal indicating a driver input condition to the brake pedal and a vehicle speed condition; an activation module configured to activate the braking assist function of the redundant braking system when it is judged that the main braking system has entered a mechanical backup state based on the status signal; and a braking assist module configured to, upon activation of the braking assist function, execute a corresponding one of a plurality of braking assist modes based on the sensor signal, wherein the plurality of braking assist modes comprise: a standby mode, a first-assist adjustable mode, a second-assist adjustable mode, and a braking pressure holding mode.
B60T 8/88 - Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force responsive to a speed condition, e.g. acceleration or deceleration with failure responsive means, i.e. means for detecting and indicating faulty operation of the speed responsive control means
B60T 8/172 - Determining control parameters used in the regulation, e.g. by calculations involving measured or detected parameters
B60T 8/1755 - Brake regulation specially adapted to control the stability of the vehicle, e.g. taking into account yaw rate or transverse acceleration in a curve
B60T 8/32 - Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force responsive to a speed condition, e.g. acceleration or deceleration
B60T 8/92 - Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force responsive to a speed condition, e.g. acceleration or deceleration with failure responsive means, i.e. means for detecting and indicating faulty operation of the speed responsive control means automatically taking corrective action
B60T 13/62 - Combined or convertible systems both straight and automatic
B60T 13/68 - Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems by electrically-controlled valves
B60T 17/22 - Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices
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