A computer implemented method for controlling a load aggregator for a grid includes receiving a predicted power demand over a horizon of time steps associated with one of at least two buildings, aggregating the predicted power demand at each time step to obtain an aggregate power demand, applying a learnable convolutional filter on the aggregate power demand to obtain a target load, computing a difference between the predicted power demand of the one building with the target load to obtain a power shift associated with the one building over the horizon of time steps, apportioning the power shift according to a learnable weighted vector to obtain an apportioned power shift, optimizing the learnable weighted vector and the learnable convolutional filter via an evolutionary strategy based update to obtain an optimized apportioned power shift, and transmitting the optimized apportioned power shift to a building level controller associated with the one building.
A anomalous region detection method includes receiving time series data being grouped in patches, encoding, via parameters of an encoder, the data to obtain local latent representations, determining a representation loss from the local latent representations, transforming the local latent representations associated with each patch, via at least two local neural transformations, to a series of diverse transformed vector representations, determining a dynamic deterministic contrastive loss (DDCL) from the series of diverse transformed vector representations, combining the representation loss and the DDCL to obtain updated parameters, updating the parameters of the encoder with the updated parameters, scoring each of the series of the diverse transformed vector representations, via the DDCL, to obtain a diverse semantic requirement score associated with each patch, smoothing the diverse semantic requirement score to obtain a loss region, masking data associated with the loss region to obtain verified data, and outputting the verified data.
A method for assembling a camera includes providing an upper housing having a first circuit board and a lower housing having a second circuit board having an image sensor fixed thereon. The first circuit board includes a first blind mate connector on a lower surface thereof. The method further includes providing a second blind mate connector. The lower housing is moved toward the upper housing to a first connected state in which the lower housing is supported by the upper housing and the first and second blind mate connectors are partially coupled. The lower housing is further moved toward the upper housing to a second connected state in which the first and second blind mate connectors are fully coupled.
H01R 13/631 - Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure for engagement only
A surveillance camera assembly includes a camera mount having a camera mount housing, a base, and an arm extending between the housing and the base. The base includes a mounting feature for coupling the camera mount to a surface external to the surveillance camera assembly. A camera has a camera housing coupled to the camera mount housing, a camera lens module, and an image sensor configured to generate a first signal. A camera mount accessory has an accessory housing coupled to the camera mount housing. The camera mount accessory further has an electrical component configured to generate a second signal. A circuit board assembly is positioned within the camera mount housing, the circuit board assembly configured to receive the first signal and the second signal.
H01R 13/631 - Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure for engagement only
The disclosure relates to a method for processing plants in a field in which a specific type of crop is planted, said method having the following steps: selecting a processing tool for processing plants; acquiring an image of the field, the image being correlated with position information; determining a position of a plant to be processed in the field using a neural network into which the acquired image is input, the neural network having a plurality of heads and in particular one of the heads being evaluated according to the processing tool and/or the type of crop grown; guiding the processing tool to the position of the plants; and processing the plants using the processing tool.
G06V 10/44 - Local feature extraction by analysis of parts of the pattern, e.g. by detecting edges, contours, loops, corners, strokes or intersections; Connectivity analysis, e.g. of connected components
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
G06V 20/56 - Context or environment of the image exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
A method for determining a rotational orientation change using an NMR gyroscope includes making use of a measure of determining, in a vapor cell, which is filled at least with a gaseous first element and a gaseous second element having non-vanishing nuclear spin, a nuclear spin component of the second element in the second direction and a nuclear spin component of the second element in a third direction. The second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to a first direction, which corresponds to the direction of the static magnetic field and to the polarization direction of the nuclear spin of the second element. Moreover, the second direction corresponds to the direction of an applied alternating magnetic field, the frequency of which corresponds to the Larmor frequency of the Larmor precession of the nuclear spin of the second element about the static magnetic field.
A method for classifying an accident event of a two-wheeled vehicle, in particular a bicycle. The method is able to run as an algorithm on a device having an evaluation unit in order to indicate to the driver of the two-wheeled vehicle or to a third party a collision or fall of the two-wheeled vehicle with the aid of correspondingly generated and/or transmitted information. The device may be used for a two-wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle and in particular for an electric bicycle. The use is naturally also possible for a motorcycle or some other single-track vehicle.
B62J 6/26 - Warning or information lights warning or informing other road users, e.g. police flash lights
B62J 50/21 - Information-providing devices intended to provide information to rider or passenger
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
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FUEL CELL, FUEL CELL STACK AND METHOD OF OPERATING A FUEL CELL STACK
The invention relates to a fuel cell (1) for a fuel cell stack (11), comprising a polymer membrane (2) which serves as an electrolyte and has respectively on both sides a catalyst layer (3, 4) for forming an anode (3) on the one side and a cathode (4) on the other side, a gas diffusion layer (5) and a bipolar plate (6) being applied to each of the two analyst layers (3, 4). According to the invention, a short-circuit element (7) is applied, preferably printed, to at least one bipolar plate (6). namely on the side facing away from the gas diffusion layer (5). The invention also relates to a fuel cell stack (11) and to a inetliod for operating a fuel cell stack (11).
H01M 8/04223 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells
H01M 8/0247 - Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the form
H01M 8/1004 - Fuel cells with solid electrolytes characterised by membrane-electrode assemblies [MEA]
H01M 8/2457 - Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells with both reactants being gaseous or vaporised
H01M 8/1065 - Polymeric electrolyte materials characterised by the form, e.g. perforated or wave-shaped
The present invention obtains a control system, a controller, and a control method capable of appropriately controlling body behavior of plural motorcycles that travel in group.
The present invention obtains a control system, a controller, and a control method capable of appropriately controlling body behavior of plural motorcycles that travel in group.
In a control system (1), a controller (12), and a control method according to the present invention, in plural motorcycles (10) to each of which an environment sensor (11) and the controller (12) are mounted and in each of which a control mode for controlling body behavior is executed by the controller (12) on the basis of output of the environment sensor (11), a first controller that is mounted to a first motorcycle of the plural motorcycles (10) transmits acquired information that is acquired during execution of the control mode to a second controller that is mounted to a second motorcycle other than the first motorcycle of the plural motorcycles (10), and the second controller receives the acquired information and executes the control mode on the basis of the acquired information.
B60W 30/165 - Control of distance between vehicles, e.g. keeping a distance to preceding vehicle automatically following the path of a preceding lead vehicle, e.g. "electronic tow-bar"
The invention concerns a method (200) for operating a motor vehicle (100) with a combustion engine (110), including the determination (210) of a current operating state of the vehicle (100), the determination (220) of an emission state of the vehicle (100) during the determined operating state, carrying out (230) at least one measure to reduce emissions depending on the emission state and evaluating (240) the at least one measure in connection with the operating state with regard to its success in reducing emissions. Furthermore, a computing unit (130) and a computer program product for carrying out such a method (200) are proposed.
A neural network configured for classifying whether an image from an optical sensor characterizes an obstruction of the optical sensor or not. The classification is characterized by an output of the neural network for an input of the neural network and wherein the input is based on the image. The neural network comprises a first convolutional layer that characterizes a 1D-convolution along a vertical axis of a convolution output of a preceding convolutional layer and a second convolutional layer that characterizes a 1D-convolution along a horizontal axis of the convolution output. The output of the neural network is based on a first convolution output of the first convolutional layer and based on a second convolution output of the second convolutional layer.
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 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
A method for determining an absolute position for an ego vehicle. The method includes a step of determining an other vehicle position of another vehicle and a piece of vehicle information of the other vehicle by using a vehicle signal that represents a vehicle-to-vehicle message of the other vehicle. The method furthermore comprises a step of determining a piece of vehicle information of the other vehicle and a relative position between the ego vehicle and the other vehicle by using a data signal provided by the other vehicle and a step of ascertaining the absolute position of the ego vehicle by using the other vehicle position and the relative position.
G08G 1/00 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles
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DEVICE, A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING NEGATIVE SAMPLES FOR TRAINING A KNOWLEDGE GRAPH EMBEDDING OF A KNOWLEDGE GRAPH
A method for determining negative samples for training a knowledge graph embedding of a knowledge graph enhanced by an ontology including at least one constraint for distinguishing a fact of the knowledge graph from a spurious fact. The method comprises determining embedding predicted triples; determining a set of triples that comprises a triple of the knowledge graph and at least one of the predicted triples that are inconsistent with respect to the ontology; determining from the set of triples a replacement entity for the object entity in the at least one triple of the predicted triples; and determining the negative sample to comprise the relation, the subject entity and the replacement entity, or determining from the subset a replacement entity for the subject entity in the at least one triple of the predicted triples and determining the negative sample to comprise the relation, the object entity, and the replacement entity.
A method for generating a simplified computer-implemented neural network. The method includes: receiving a predefined neural network, which includes a plurality of neural network structures and is described by weights, each neural network structure being assigned a pruning vector which describes a change in weights as a result of the pruning of the respective neural network; calculating a product of a matrix including a structure vector, the matrix including partial second order derivations of a loss function with respect to the plurality of weights; determining changes in the loss function with respect to the predefined neural network, each change occurring as a result of a pruning of a corresponding neural network structure of the two or more neural network structures to be pruned; and pruning at least one neural network structure based on the determined two or more changes in the loss function to generate the simplified neural network.
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
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COMPOSITIONAL VERIFICATION OF EMBEDDED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
A computer-implemented method for static testing a software system that is decomposed into software units connected by interfaces. The method comprises receiving context information for an interface, which includes at least one postcondition for the at least one output variable of a respective first software unit and/or a precondition for the input variable of a respective second software unit; receiving a selection of a third software unit in so that a substitute decomposition appertaining thereto of the software system into the third software unit and a complement of the third software unit is produced, the third software unit and the complement forming the software system and being connected via a substitute interface; selecting, based on the item of context information a postcondition per output variable of the complement; and testing whether the selected postcondition can be forward-propagated by the third software unit with regard to a formal verification.
A method for training an encoder that maps data samples of measurement data onto machine-evaluable representations. In the method, a set of training samples is provided, a relation being defined, in the context of a specified application, concerning the degree to which two samples are similar to one another. A function is provided that is parameterized with trainable parameters and that maps samples onto representations. A similarity measure is provided that assigns samples a similarity of representations and/or of processing products of these representations. From the set of training samples, at least one query sample is drawn. For this query sample, the following are ascertained: a set, ordered in a ranked order, of positive samples from the set that are similar to the query sample, and a set of negative samples from the set that are no longer similar to the query sample. At least the parameters are optimized.
A worm drive for a power steering system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The worm drive includes a worm gear, a worm which meshes with the worm gear, and an electric motor which drives the worm. One side of the worm is connected by a coupling to the electric motor and the other side of the worm is mounted in a floating bearing. The coupling consists of a hub and an elastic spring bush. The floating bearing is oval-shaped in order to allow vertical movements of the worm, and the worm is spring-loaded on the worm gear by the coupling.
In order to detect air in a brake master cylinder within a hydraulic power brake system, a brake master cylinder pressure on actuation of the brake master cylinder is compared with a comparison pressure which prevails in the brake master cylinder when it is air-free. For bleeding, brake fluid is conveyed with a power brake pressure generator through the in this case non-actuated brake master cylinder into a pressureless brake fluid reservoir, where air escapes from the brake fluid.
A hand-held power tool device for a hand-held power tool, in particular an angle grinder, includes at least one attachment hood for connection to a protective hood for at least partially covering a working tool of the hand-held power tool. The attachment hood has at least one form-fitting element, which is provided to interact with a collar-like, free-standing outer region, running in a circumferential direction, of the protective hood and at least contribute to the connection.
A battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells (2), which are each connected electrically conductively in series and/or in parallel with one another, and comprising a switching device (3), which has a first terminal (31) and a second terminal (32), wherein a first electrically conductive connecting element (41) connects the first terminal (31) of the switching device (3) electrically conductively to a first terminal (51) of a fuse element (5), and a second terminal (52) of the fuse element (5) is electrically conductively connected to a voltage tap (61) of a terminally arranged battery cell (2, 21), and a second electrically conductive connecting element (42) connects the second terminal (32) of the switching device (3) electrically conductively to a voltage tap (62) of the battery module (1).
A method for operating an SCR catalytic converter in an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine with ammonia dosing upstream of the catalytic converter. The method includes: determining, on the basis of a catalytic converter model, the efficiency of nitrogen oxide conversion in the catalytic converter; determining an ammonia fill level in the catalytic converter; determining a nominal ammonia fill level in the catalytic converter, based on the determined efficiency and a pre-definable target nitrogen oxide conversion; and controlling the ammonia dosing depending on the nominal ammonia fill level and the ammonia fill level.
F01N 3/20 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by methods of operation; Control specially adapted for catalytic conversion
F01N 3/08 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous
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METHOD FOR THE MEDIA-TIGHT CONNECTION OF TWO PLATE-SHAPED COMPONENTS
The invention relates to a method for the media-tight connection of two plate-shaped components (1, 2), in particular two monopolar plates for the production of a bipolar plate, comprising the steps of:
placing the first component (1) on a surface of a clamping device,
placing the second component (2) on the first component (1),
closing the clamping device,
setting a first weld seam (3) on the second component (2), wherein a welding depth (t) is selected that is less than a material thickness (s) of the second component (2), with the result that a bend (5) is formed along the first weld seam (3) owing to the welding distortion, via which bend the second component (2) comes into linear contact with the first component (1),
setting a connecting weld seam (4) on the first weld seam (3), with the result that the two components (1, 2) are welded to one another along the bend (5).
The invention relates to a method for ascertaining a departure time specification, which indicates the most probable departure time specification (AB) of an electric vehicle (4) from a building, in order to determine a charging strategy for an electric energy storage device (41) of the electric vehicle (4), having the following steps: - providing a data-based departure time model (11) which is trained to provide a departure time specification (AB) on the basis of a calendrical time specification (Z) and on the basis of one or more temporal load variable curves (V1, V2) of vehicle-external load variables within a specified period of time, said one or more load variable curves (V1, V2) characterizing the usage of one or more energy loads (7), in particular a domestic appliance and/or a heating and hot water system, of the building; and - analyzing the data-based departure time model (11) by specifying the calendrical time specification (Z) and the one or more load variable curves (V1, V2) within the specified period of time in order to determine the departure time specification (AB).
The invention relates to a valve device (1, 1') for controlling a gaseous medium, in particular hydrogen, comprising a valve housing (7), wherein a longitudinally movable closing element (3) is arranged in the valve housing (7), the closing element (3) interacting with a valve seat (12) in order to open and close an opening cross-section from a feed region (28) into a passage opening (18). Furthermore, the valve seat (4) is produced from an amorphous metallic material.
The invention relates to an electric motor device (10a-10d), in particular an axial-flux reluctance motor device, comprising at least one rotor unit (12a-12d), which is provided to be at least partly rotated about a rotational axis (16a-16d) by a reluctance force, and at least one stator unit (14a-14d) for driving the rotor unit (12a-12d), which comprises at least one stator body (18a-18d, 18a'-18d'). It is proposed that the stator unit (14a-14d) comprises at least one rail unit (46a, 48a, 50a, 52a, 54a, 56a; 92b, 94b, 96b; 118c, 120c, 122c; 140d) for generating at least one magnetic field, which rail unit extends in the peripheral direction (58a-58d) about the rotational axis (16a-16d) at least essentially at least once completely over at least one axial outer surface (20a-20d, 22a-22d) of the at least one stator body (18a-18d, 18a'-18d').
The invention relates to a method and to a circuit arrangement (300) for identifying impedance changes in a signal line (120) in a communication system (100), wherein: at a first end (121) of the signal line (120), a first signal is input at a first frequency; a signal coming from the signal line and present at the first end (121) is detected and sampled at a second frequency different from the first frequency, and is analysed with respect to an impedance change; and a conclusion is made regarding a state of the signal line (120) on the basis of the signal analysed.
The invention relates to a method for controlling a cleaning process for an optical path of a camera system of a mobile platform, comprising the steps of: providing a current status of cleaning resources; providing a current blindness status of the optical path of the camera system; determining a future driving scenario of the mobile platform; determining a cleaning scenario on the basis of the current status of the cleaning resources and/or on the current blindness status of the optical path of the camera system and/or on the future driving scenario of the mobile platform in order to enable the cleaning process.
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for ascertaining an annotation of a first sensor measurement on the basis of a plurality of annotated sensor measurements, having the steps of: ascertaining barycentric coordinates of the first sensor measurement with respect to at least a subset of the plurality of annotated sensor measurements, wherein a respective barycentric coordinate is assigned to an annotated sensor measurement of at least the subset; weighting the annotations of the annotated sensor measurements of at least the subset, an annotation being weighted according to the barycentric coordinate of the sensor measurement thereof; and ascertaining the annotation of the first sensor measurement on the basis of a sum of the weighted annotation.
The invention relates to a stator of an electric machine, comprising a laminated core (3) on which stator teeth (4) and stator grooves (5) are formed. The stator teeth (4) are connected via a stator yoke (7), and a conductor (9) or a conductor bundle (10) comprising a plurality of conductors (9) is arranged in each stator groove (5) in order to form a stator winding (8), wherein each of the stator grooves (5) has a groove base (5.1) and a groove slot (5.2). Each stator groove (5) is equipped with a plurality of support points (11) for supporting the conductor (9) or conductor bundle (10) lying in the respective stator groove (5). At least one groove gap that forms a groove gap channel (14) through which a coolant can flow along a cooling path (15) is formed between the walls of each stator groove (5) and the respective conductor (9) or conductor bundle (10), and each groove gap channel (14) is at least constricted at the connection points (11), wherein - the groove slot (5.2) of each stator groove (5) is closed by a groove closure (16), - a respective bypass (18) is provided in each stator groove (5) at each of the support points (11) in order to conduct the coolant past the constricted support point (11) in the groove gap channel (14), and - the bypasses (18) at the different support points (11) of the same stator groove (5) are arranged at different radial positions such that a meandering cooling path (15) is formed in the stator groove (5).
H02K 3/24 - Windings characterised by the conductor shape, form or construction, e.g. with bar conductors with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors
The invention relates to a method for aligned parking of a trailer, comprising the following steps: determining a topography of a ground surface of the surroundings of the trailer; determining a distance between contact points of at least two wheels of an axle of the trailer; determining at least one pair of target positions on the ground surface of the surroundings of the trailer for transversely aligned parking of the trailer, on the basis of the distance between the contact points of the at least two wheels of the axle of the trailer and the topography of the ground surface of the surroundings of the trailer; and providing the at least one pair of target positions for aligned parking of the trailer.
The invention provides an exhaust after-treatment system (2) for a diesel engine (1), comprising an injection device (21) for injecting exhaust gas treatment agent and a controller (23) for controlling the injection device (21), wherein the controller (23) is provided to select different strategies for determining an injection limit value of the exhaust gas treatment agent depending on whether the diesel engine (1) has a demand for revolution increase within a predetermined period of time, and to keep an injection amount of the injection device (21) below the injection limit value. The invention also provides a method for operating the exhaust after-treatment system (2) and a corresponding computer program product. With the invention, different strategies can be selected for determining the injection limit value of the exhaust gas treatment agent depending on whether the diesel engine has the demand for revolution increase within the predetermined period of time, so that over-injection of the exhaust gas treatment agent can be reduced and, in particular, crystallization of the exhaust gas treatment agent can be avoided.
F01N 3/20 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by methods of operation; Control specially adapted for catalytic conversion
F01N 9/00 - Electrical control of exhaust gas treating apparatus
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING NODES OF A GRAPH
The present disclosure provides a method for training a Graph Neural Network (GNN) model to perform a task of classifying nodes of a graph based on semi-supervised learning. The method comprises: obtaining a plurality of perturbed feature matrixes by randomly perturbing a feature matrix of the graph, wherein the graph comprising nodes represented by the feature matrix and edges represented by an adjacency matrix; obtaining a plurality of augmented feature matrixes by propagating features in each of the plurality of perturbed feature matrixes based on the adjacency matrix; obtaining a plurality of sets of classification predictions by respectively applying the plurality of augmented feature matrixes to the GNN model; obtaining a loss based on the plurality of sets of classification predictions; and updating parameters of the GNN model based on the loss.
The invention relates to a bipolar plate (1) for a fuel cell, comprising a bipolar plate substrate (2) composed of stainless steel and comprising a coating (3), which is applied to the bipolar plate substrate (2), for increasing the corrosion resistance of the bipolar plate (1). According to the invention, the coating (3) is of single- or multi-layer design and has at least one layer (4) composed of a metal matrix (5) with non-passivating dispersoid particles (6) incorporated therein. The invention further relates to a fuel cell having at least one bipolar plate (1) according to the invention.
The disclosure relates to a method for interacting with a user of a rechargeable-battery-operated machining tool, which can be supplied with energy by means of an exchangeable rechargeable battery pack or exchangeable rechargeable battery. According to the disclosure, in one method step a power characteristic variable of the exchangeable rechargeable battery pack or exchangeable rechargeable battery is sensed by means of a sensing unit of the rechargeable-battery-operated machining tool and/or of the exchangeable rechargeable battery pack or exchangeable rechargeable battery at defined times during the operation of the rechargeable-battery-operated machining tool, and in an additional method step the frequency with which the exchangeable rechargeable battery pack or exchangeable rechargeable battery has been operated at its power limit is calculated. The disclosure also relates to a system, comprising a rechargeable-battery-operated machining tool and an exchangeable rechargeable battery pack or exchangeable rechargeable battery, for carrying out the method.
H02J 7/00 - Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
G01R 31/36 - Arrangements for testing, measuring or monitoring the electrical condition of accumulators or electric batteries, e.g. capacity or state of charge [SoC]
G01R 31/371 - Arrangements for testing, measuring or monitoring the electrical condition of accumulators or electric batteries, e.g. capacity or state of charge [SoC] with remote indication, e.g. on external chargers
A method determines a number of copies of a DNA sequence that is present in a fluid. The method includes a division step, a setting up step, an identification step, and an evaluation step. In the division step, at least some of the fluid is divided into at least two compartments. In the setting up step, a reaction condition is set up for the fluid divided into the at least two compartments in order to allow a reaction in each of the at least two compartments and to obtain a reaction result in each case. In the identification step, a signal, for example an optical signal, is identified that represents the reaction results of the reactions that may have taken place in the compartments. In the evaluation step, the optical signal is evaluated in order to determine the number of copies.
The invention relates to a method for refuelling a vehicle (60) or an autonomous vehicle (60). At least one hydrogen tank (10) accommodating gaseous hydrogen is fitted in the vehicle (60). The method comprises the following method steps: The vehicle (60) drives into a refuelling area (24). A refuelling operation (28; 78, 80, 82) is performed on the vehicle (60). Then, the temperature of the contents of the at least hydrogen tank (10) is checked (30). If a temperature (74) of the tank contents of the at least one hydrogen tank (10) exceeds a temperature limit value (32), the vehicle (60) is transferred to a cooling down area (36). There, the tank temperature (44) is checked a second time following a cooling down phase. The tank pressure is checked (48) if the tank temperature (74) lies below a temperature limit value. If the tank pressure (76) in the at least one hydrogen tank (10) is below a tank pressure limit value, the vehicle (60) is transferred to the refuelling area (24) to continue refuelling; if the tank pressure (76) is in the tank pressure limit range, refuelling is halted (52).
The invention relates to a fuel injector for injecting fuel under high pressure, comprising a housing (1) equipped with a nozzle needle (10) which can be moved in a longitudinal direction and a seal surface (11) of which opens and closes one or more injection openings (13), fuel being injectable via said injection openings. A control chamber (20) which can be filled with fuel exerts a hydraulic pressure onto the nozzle needle (10) in the closing direction thereof, wherein the pressure in the control chamber (20) can be influenced by a control valve (22) in that the control valve (22) opens and closes a hydraulic connection between the control chamber (20) and a low-pressure chamber (21). The control valve (22) comprises a solenoid armature (23) which interacts with a control valve seat (26) in order to open and close the hydraulic connection, said solenoid armature (23) being radially guided in the housing (1) on the exterior (33) of the solenoid armature.
F02M 63/00 - SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF - Details, component parts or accessories of fuel-injection apparatus, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the apparatus of groups or
F02M 47/02 - Fuel-injection apparatus operated cyclically with fuel-injection valves actuated by fluid pressure of accumulator-injector type, i.e. having fuel pressure of accumulator tending to open, and fuel pressure in other chamber tending to close, injection valves, and having means for periodically releasing that closing pressure
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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A COMPUTING DEVICE
A method for operating a computing device for a control unit of a motor vehicle. The computing device including a processor core, and is configured to control an exchange of data between a connectivity zone and a security zone. The security zone includes at least one component which is necessary to drive the vehicle and has an elevated relevance with regard to safety. The connectivity zone including at least one component whose operation requires communication outside of the vehicle but is not required to drive the vehicle and does not have an elevated relevance with regard to safety. At least one first program executable by the computing device is assigned to a non-trustworthy zone, and at least one further program is assigned to a trustworthy zone. The component of the connectivity zone is assigned to the non-trustworthy zone, and the component of the security zone being assigned to the trustworthy zone.
G06F 21/53 - Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems during program execution, e.g. stack integrity, buffer overflow or preventing unwanted data erasure by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
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METHOD, PROCESSING UNIT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING AT LEAST ONE CATALYTIC CONVERTER
The invention relates to a method (200) for operating an internal combustion engine (110) having at least one catalytic converter (122), wherein control interventions of a lambda control for controlling an exhaust gas composition of the internal combustion engine are deactivated, comprising ascertaining a current exhaust gas composition upstream of the at least one catalytic converter (122), determining a current oxygen fill level of the at least one catalytic converter (122) on the basis of the ascertained current exhaust gas composition, ascertaining (210) a planned control intervention on a composition of an air-fuel mixture supplied to the internal combustion engine (110) on the basis of the determined current oxygen fill level of the at least one catalytic converter, ascertaining a current exhaust gas composition (123) downstream of the at least one catalytic converter (122), ascertaining a future exhaust gas composition (123) downstream of the at least one catalytic converter (122) resulting on the basis of an air-fuel mixture already supplied to the internal combustion engine (110), and reactivating the lambda control and specifying (260) a control intervention to be carried out as a function of the planned control intervention and the current exhaust gas composition (123) downstream of the at least one catalytic converter (122), and/or as a function of the planned control intervention and the future exhaust gas composition. Furthermore, a processing unit (130) and a computer program for carrying out such a method (200) are proposed.
A method for detecting a standstill of a vehicle includes detecting the standstill of the vehicle using at least one sensor, and, when the standstill is detected using the at least one sensor, carrying out a test routine for checking the standstill of the vehicle. The test routine uses at least one signal from at least one rate-of-rotation sensor as an input value. The method further includes rejecting the detected standstill of the vehicle when the at least one signal from the at least one rate-of-rotation sensor indicates that there is no standstill of the vehicle.
B60W 40/10 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to vehicle motion
A method for operating an automated motor vehicle during automated driving includes determining the current motor vehicle route data, a current trajectory of the motor vehicle, and environment information. The method also includes ascertaining a driving maneuver that is to be expected, associating this driving maneuver with one of the at least two motoring comfort levels, and outputting advice to the occupants of the motor vehicle if the current motoring comfort level changes as a result. The method further includes automatically and actively taking measures relating to the interior to adjust the interior to suit the motoring comfort level that is to be expected.
A method for detecting a presence of interference during global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based and inertial sensor signals (INS)-based localization of a vehicle includes determining localization results using a first filter configured to read in GNSS data and INS data, and storing a plurality of the determined localization results. The plurality of the determined localization results are after one another in terms of time and are each determined using the first filter. The method further includes analyzing the stored plurality of localization results using a second filter which differs from the first filter.
G01S 19/49 - 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 whereby the further system is an inertial position system, e.g. loosely-coupled
G01S 19/47 - Determining position by combining measurements of signals from the satellite radio beacon positioning system with a supplementary measurement the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial
A method for selecting at least one connection pattern drivable by road users using a control device. Trajectory data are received from at least one area. On the basis of the received trajectory data, starting points and end points of drivable trajectories are determined. All the connection patterns between the starting points and the end points of the drivable trajectories are determined in the form of connecting lines. The determined connection patterns are filtered by at least one filter. Connection patterns remaining after filtering are compared with route profiles from the trajectory data. For each remaining connection pattern a number of route profiles which correspond to the connection pattern are counted. A connection pattern with the highest number of matching route profiles is selected. A control device, a computer program, and a machine-readable storage medium are also described.
The disclosure relates to a sawing tool, in particular a saw blade, comprising: at least one connection part, which at least partly forms a connection region for connecting to a tool receptacle of a hand-held power tool; at least one main body, in particular one single-piece main body, which is connected to the connection part; at least one array of saw teeth, in particular one array of set saw teeth, which is arranged on the main body; and at least one functional region, in particular one reduction groove region, which is arranged on the main body and on which the array of saw teeth is at least partly arranged. According to the disclosure, the sawing tool has at least one transition region, which is arranged between the at least one connection region and the at least one functional region and which has increased flexural stiffness, in comparison to the functional region, in a direction orthogonal and/or parallel to a cutting plane of the array of saw teeth.
A method for providing time information in a GNSS receiver includes receiving at least one time counter variable from a GNSS satellite. The at least one time counter variable describes a number of time intervals that have passed since a time start value, and a data length of the time counter variable limited to a maximum number of countable time intervals. The method also includes reading an offset variable out of a non-volatile memory held in the GNSS receiver. The offset variable describes a time previously received and reconstructed by the GNSS satellite, and a data length of the offset variable exceeds the data length of the time counter variable. The method further includes carrying out a remainder division of the offset variable with a maximum number given by the data length of the at least one time counter variable in order to determine an offset time counter variable.
A method for generating a feature-based localization map for a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) -based localization and/or a feature-based localization includes generating feature information for the feature-based localization map using at least one GNSS information, generating GNSS-related meta-information that allows inferences to be drawn about a GNSS situation on which the generation of the feature information was based, and assigning the generated GNSS-related meta-information to the generated feature information.
A radar sensor having at least one high-frequency component and at least one waveguide structure in the form of a plastic body provided with an electrically conductive surface layer. The radar sensor has at least one further plastic body provided with an electrically conductive surface layer, and the plastic bodies with their conductive surface layers are thermally bonded to one another.
An assortment of radar sensors in different variant embodiments. Each radar sensor has: a housing terminated by a radome, a circuit board that is equipped on the side facing away from the radome with at least one radio-frequency module, and an antenna structure on the side of the circuit board facing the radome. The housing is realized identically in all variant embodiments. The antenna structure has a planar antenna structure in at least one variant embodiment, and has a hollow conductor structure in at least one variant embodiment.
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
H01Q 1/42 - Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome
H01Q 1/02 - Arrangements for de-icing; Arrangements for drying-out
H01Q 17/00 - Devices for absorbing waves radiated from an antenna; Combinations of such devices with active antenna elements or systems
G01S 7/02 - 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
A computer-implemented method for safeguarding a system against false negatives. The method includes: receiving a time series of a criticality, the system including a functionality that is triggered when the criticality meets a first predetermined criterion; computing a time series of a reference, the reference being a comparison criticality for triggering the functionality; computing a time series of an error measure based on the time series of the criticality and the time series of the reference, a non-triggering of the functionality being classified as a false negative when a portion of the time series of the error measure meets a second predetermined criterion; and identifying at least one near-false negative, a non-triggering of the functionality of the system being classified as a near-false negative when a portion of the time series of the error measure meets a third predetermined criterion, but not the second predetermined criterion.
A method for monitoring emissions in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle, comprising carrying out (520) multiple successive emission measurements for at least one component in the exhaust gas, wherein each of the emission measurements is respectively performed after a driving distance of predefined length is covered by the vehicle; storing (540) a distance-related emission value (Ei), which was obtained (530) on the basis of the measurement, in a memory element (42, 200, 400) for each of the emission measurements; and forming (550) a smoothed emission level for a current point in time on the basis of multiple of the previously stored distance-related emission values, wherein more recent emission values are taken into consideration more strongly than emission values lying farther back in time in the formation of the smoothed emission level.
A computer-implemented method which identifies the possibility of manipulation of the software of a first component of a plurality of components of an on-board network of a vehicle in a central device for mitigating software manipulation. A central device for mitigating manipulation is designed to mitigate software manipulation in each of the plurality of components in the on-board network. The method includes initiation of a countermeasure for mitigating manipulation of the first component by the central device for detecting and mitigating manipulation.
G06F 21/52 - Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems during program execution, e.g. stack integrity, buffer overflow or preventing unwanted data erasure
A battery module having a plurality of prismatic battery cells, in particular lithium-ion battery cells, which are arranged next to one another in a longitudinal direction of the battery module and furthermore a first temperature-control element is thermally conductively connected to in each case one side surface of the plurality of battery cells, and wherein the plurality of battery cells are received in an interior of a housing of the battery module and additionally a bottom surface of the housing of the battery module and a bottom surface of the battery cells are respectively cohesively connected to one another, the housing comprises a second temperature-control element directly adjacent to the bottom surfaces of the plurality of battery cells, and a compressing element and/or a supporting element is arranged between the housing and the plurality of battery cells in the longitudinal direction of the battery module.
H01M 10/647 - Prismatic or flat cells, e.g. pouch cells
H01M 10/653 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells characterised by electrically insulating or thermally conductive materials
A method for adjusting a motor torque of a motor of an electric bicycle. The method includes a detection of a speed signal, which describes a speed of the bicycle, a selection of a filter parameter for a filter unit based on a dynamics of the speed signal, a filtering of the speed signal by the filter unit by applying the selected filter parameter, and an ascertainment of a motor torque based on the filtered speed signal. An associated device is also described.
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performance; Adaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUTS
A method for creating a machine learning system, which is configured for segmentation and object detection. The method includes: providing a directed graph, selecting a path through the graph, at least one additional node being selected from a subset and a path being selected through the graph from the input node along the edges via the additional node up to the output node, the path initially being drawn as a function of probabilities of the edges, which defines a drawing probability of all architectures within the graph, creating a machine learning system as a function of the selected path and training the created machine learning system.
G06N 3/04 - Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
G06V 10/84 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using probabilistic graphical models from image or video features, e.g. Markov models or Bayesian networks
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CAPACITIVE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR PLANAR RECOGNITION OF AN APPROACH
A capacitive sensor for a planar recognition of an approach of an object. The capacitive sensor includes a first planar electrode and a second planar electrode, a dielectric being situated between the first electrode and second electrode for spacing. The first electrode and the second electrode being designed to be limp and/or torsion flexible.
G01D 5/24 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying capacitance
G01R 27/26 - Measuring inductance or capacitance; Measuring quality factor, e.g. by using the resonance method; Measuring loss factor; Measuring dielectric constants
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CONTRASTIVE PREDICTIVE CODING FOR ANOMALY DETECTION AND SEGMENTATION
An anomalous region detection system includes a controller configured to, receive data being grouped in patches, encode, via parameters of an encoder, the data to obtain a series of local latent representations for each patch, calculate, for each patch, a Contrastive Predictive Coding (CPC) loss from the local latent representations to obtain updated parameters, update the parameters of the encoder with the updated parameters, score each of the series of the local latent representations, via the Contrastive Predictive Coding (CPC) loss, to obtain a score associated with each patch, smooth the score to obtain a loss region, mask the data associated with the loss region to obtain verified data, and output the verified 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 surveillance camera assembly includes an upper portion providing a mounting feature for the surveillance camera assembly. A ball-shaped head portion of the camera assembly is coupled to the upper portion. A camera lens module is positioned within the head portion and movable relative to the upper portion to pan about a pan axis and tilt about a tilt axis. An illuminator module is movable to pan and tilt with the camera lens module, the illuminator module including laterally opposed arrays of lighting elements supported on distal ends of a bifurcated cooling duct having a central inlet opening coupled to the discharge outlet of a first blower.
G03B 17/55 - APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor with provision for heating or cooling, e.g. in aircraft
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VIDEO MONITORING DEVICE, AND METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR RETRAINING A VIDEO MONITORING DEVICE
A method for retraining a video monitoring device (1), wherein the video monitoring device (1) is provided with monitoring data (2), wherein the monitoring data (2) comprise images of a monitored region, wherein the monitoring data (2) are processed and/or analysed on at least two processing paths (5a,b), wherein the processing and/or analysis of the monitoring data (2) on the processing paths (5a,b) each deliver a path result and an associated reliability measure, wherein at least one of the processing paths (5a,b) forms an AI processing path, wherein the AI processing path is based on a neural network and is designed for object detection and/or object classification, wherein a difference between the reliability of the path result of the AI processing path and the reliability of the associated path results of the further processing paths (5a,b) and/or a difference between the path result of the AI processing path and the path results of the further processing paths (5a,b) is determined, wherein if a threshold difference is exceeded by the determined difference then the associated path result of the AI processing path is set as the training object for retraining the neural network.
G06V 10/774 - Generating sets of training patterns; Bootstrap methods, e.g. bagging or boosting
G06V 10/80 - Fusion, i.e. combining data from various sources at the sensor level, preprocessing level, feature extraction level or classification level
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
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TEXTILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE TEXTILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
The invention relates to a textile electronic device (1) having a plurality of planar textile layers (7), wherein the textile layers (7) have in each case at least one electronic component (3) and/or an electrical conductor track (4), wherein the textile layers (7) are layered in a layering direction and form in each case an electronic layer (2), characterized by embroidery lines of a conductive thread material (6), wherein the number of embroidery lines running through the respective textile layers (7) decreases in the layering direction.
B32B 5/02 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments
B32B 5/06 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments characterised by a fibrous layer needled to another layer, e.g. of fibres, of paper
B32B 5/08 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by structural features of a layer comprising fibres or filaments the fibres or filaments of a layer being specially arranged or being of different substances
B32B 5/26 - Layered products characterised by the non-homogeneity or physical structure of a layer characterised by the presence of two or more layers which comprise fibres, filaments, granules, or powder, or are foamed or specifically porous one layer being a fibrous or filamentary layer another layer also being fibrous or filamentary
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WEED DETECTION DEVICE, METHOD FOR DETECTING WEEDS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
The invention relates to a weed detection device (1) for detecting weeds on an agricultural field, wherein the crops (5) on the agricultural field form row crops with at least one crop row (11a, b, b), and the crops (5) in the crop row (11a, b, c) are arranged equidistantly to one another. The weed detection device (1) provides image data (2) comprising at least one image (3), said image (3) displaying and/or comprising a section of the agricultural field, and the weed detection device comprises an analysis module which has a first analysis unit (4a), a second analysis unit (4b), and a fusion unit (7), wherein the first analysis unit (4a) is designed to detect crops (5) on the basis of the image data (2) and determine a position and a detection rate for the detected crops (5), and the second analysis unit (4b) is designed to detect a crop row (11a, b, c) and crops (5) in the crop row (11a, b, c) on the basis of the image data (2). The second analysis unit (4b) is also designed to determine a row position for the detected crops (5) in the crop row (11a, b, c), and the fusion unit (7) is designed to detect weeds in the agricultural field section on the basis of first and second analysis data (6, 9).
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
The invention relates to a method for motor vehicles for detecting the height of elevated objects (14), comprising at least one camera (10) by means of which pieces of image information about objects (14) can be optically captured in at least two different lateral positions of the motor vehicle with respect to the object (14). The method comprises the steps of: identifying object edge portions (18) of the objects (14) in the at least two pieces of image information; projecting the object edge portions (18) of the objects (14) from the camera (10) onto a base (22) calibrated for the camera (10); assigning the object edge portions (18) to different objects (14) and identifying a common object edge line (34); identifying sight beam lines (38, 38') between the camera (10) and the object edge line (34) projected onto the base (22) in the at least two positions; identifying a point of intersection (P) of the at least two sight beam lines (38, 38') of the same objects (14) in the same plane (Π); and determining a height (h) of the point of intersection (P) over the calibrated base (22) of the object (14) in question.
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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CAPACITIVE PRESSURE SENSOR FOR DETECTING A PRESSURE, COMPRISING TWO PRESSURE REGIONS, AND PRODUCTION METHODS
The invention relates to a capacitive pressure sensor element with a first measuring capacitance, which generates a first sensor signal in a first pressure region, and a second measuring capacitance, which is used as a reference capacitance in the first pressure region and which generates a second pressure-based sensor signal in the second pressure region. The invention additionally relates to a pressure sensor system which has at least two of the pressure sensor elements according to the invention and to methods for producing the pressure sensor as well as the pressure sensor system.
G01L 9/00 - 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
G01L 19/06 - Means for preventing overload or deleterious influence of the measured medium on the measuring device or vice versa
The invention relates to a method for operating a fuel cell system (100) comprising at least one stack (101) when starting the fuel cell system (100), in particular when cold starting the fuel cell system and/or starting the fuel cell system (100) under freezing conditions, in order to bring, in particular to adjust, a coolant temperature (TCoolIn) at the entry point into the stack (101) to a desired stagnation temperature (Ts), the method comprising the following steps: - predicting the stagnation temperature (Ts) of the coolant (KM) for various rotational speeds (N) of a coolant pump (31), - adjusting the rotational speed (N) of the coolant pump (31) so that the stagnation temperature (Ts) is above the desired value (Ts).
The invention relates to a discharge system (41) for at least one pressure vessel (19) which is filled with a combustible fluid, said system being intended for releasing the combustible fluid from the at least one pressure vessel (19) into the surroundings once a predefined limit value of a release parameter has been exceeded, said system comprising: at least one drain valve (28) for releasing the fluid from the at least one pressure vessel (19) once the predefined limit value of the release parameter has been exceeded; at least one admission opening (30) for admitting the fluid from the at least one pressure vessel (19) into the at least one drain valve (28); and at least one drain opening (33) for releasing the fluid into the surroundings, wherein the discharge system (41) comprises at least one sensor (35) for detecting the ambient temperature and/or ambient radiation in the surroundings of the at least one drain opening (33), and the release of the fluid from the at least one drain opening (33) is controllable in an open loop and/or a closed loop on the basis of the ambient temperature and/or ambient radiation detected by the at least one sensor (35), also once the predefined limit value of the release parameter has been exceeded.
ROBERT BOSCH ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED (India)
Inventor
Parmar, Manojkumar Somabhai
Dabhi, Shrey Arvind
Anjali, Sunder Naik
Yash, Mayurbhai Thesia
Abstract
The present disclosure proposes a method for checking integrity of an Al model using distributed ledger technology (DLT) and a system thereof. The proposed method leverages the state-of-the-art watermarking mechanism and ties it up with DLT to generate proof of origin (provenance) in a tamper-proof way. The Al model is registered on the distributed ledger (DL) by uploading full checksum, selective checksums, watermark data and at least the predefined output of the watermark data, a unique model ID is received upon registration. The ownership and integrity of Al model is then determined by matching the model and the output of the watermark data followed by verification of the full and selective checksum of the Al model.
The invention relates to a micromechanical pressure sensor element as well as a pressure sensor system comprising such a pressure sensor element. The pressure sensor element establishes an electric contact in the event of a specified first pressure being applied. For this purpose, the pressure sensor element has a membrane which can be moved or deflected by an applied pressure. A first cavity into which the membrane can be deflected is provided below the membrane. The invention is characterized in that two contact elements are provided which come into contact with each other, in particular via a mechanical contact, on the basis of a first applied pressure being exceeded so that an electric contact is established. At least one first contact element, which is directly or indirectly connected to the membrane, and a second contact element, which is directly or indirectly connected to the cavity base, are provided.
G01L 9/00 - 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
G01L 13/02 - Devices or apparatus for measuring differences of two or more fluid pressure values using elastically-deformable members or pistons as sensing elements
G01L 19/06 - Means for preventing overload or deleterious influence of the measured medium on the measuring device or vice versa
The present application discloses a power supply protection circuit (300), comprising a first polarity protection circuit (PCC1), for receiving a first power source voltage (Vss1) to supply power to a target electronic component (EL) and a first monitoring module (MB1), configured to monitor an output voltage of the first polarity protection circuit (PCC1), and output an alert signal indicating a fault in the first polarity protection circuit (PCC1) when a voltage difference between the output voltage of the first polarity protection circuit and the first power source voltage (Vss1) is less than a polarity monitoring threshold.
METHOD FOR CHECKING INTENDED PRESSURE MEDIUM-CONDUCTING CONTACTING OF CIRCUIT BRANCHES, ASSOCIATED WITH ONE ANOTHER, OF SEPARATE BRAKE CIRCUITS OF AN ELECTRONICALLY SLIP-CONTROLLABLE POWER-ASSISTED BRAKE SYSTEM WITH TWO ACTUATOR UNITS, CONTACTED FOR CONDUCTING PRESSURE MEDIUM, FOR GENERATING AND CONTROLLING BRAKE PRESSURE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
The invention relates to a method for checking intended pressure medium-conducting contacting of circuit branches (C1.1, C1.2; C2.1, C2.2), associated with one another, of separate brake circuits (C1; C2) of an electronically slip-controllable power-assisted brake system with two actuator units (DPB, ESP), contacted for conducting pressure medium, for generating and controlling brake pressure, in particular for a motor vehicle, and to an electronic control unit (ECU) for such a power-assisted brake system, which has been developed to carry out this method.
The invention relates to a stator (1) of an electric machine (23), comprising a laminated core (3) on which stator teeth (4) and stator grooves (5) lying between the stator teeth (4) are formed and which comprises a plurality of laminations (6). A single conductor (9) or a conductor bundle (10) comprising a plurality of conductors (9) is provided in each stator groove (5) in order to form an electric stator winding (8), wherein support points (11) which are mutually spaced in the axial direction are formed in the stator grooves (5) in order to support the conductor (9) or conductor bundle (10) lying in the respective stator groove (5), and at least one groove gap (14) is formed between the walls (4.2, 5.1) of the respective stator groove (5) and the conductor or conductor bundle (9, 10) arranged in the stator groove (5), said groove gap forming a groove gap channel (15) which extends in the axial direction and through which a coolant can flow. The support points (11) are formed by support devices (12), each of which comprises one or more support discs (13) of the laminated core (3), and the support devices (12) have at least one fluid channel (18) running outside of the stator groove (5) for at least one of the stator grooves (5), in particular all of the stator grooves, said fluid channel forming an inlet (18.1) or outlet (18.2) into or out of the respective groove gap channel (15) of the respective stator groove (5) and/or a bypass (18.3) for bypassing one of the support points (11) of the respective stator groove (5).
H02K 3/24 - Windings characterised by the conductor shape, form or construction, e.g. with bar conductors with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors
H02K 9/197 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil in which the rotor or stator space is fluid-tight, e.g. to provide for different cooling media for rotor and stator
The invention relates to a stator of an electric machine, said stator having a stator axis and a laminated core on which stator teeth and stator grooves are formed and which comprises a plurality of sheet metal laminates. The stator teeth are connected together via a stator yoke, and a conductor bundle comprising a plurality of conductors is arranged in each stator groove in order to form an electric stator winding, wherein each of the stator grooves has a groove base facing the stator yoke and a groove slot facing away from the groove base, and a groove base channel which extends in the axial direction and through which a coolant can flow along at least some sections of a cooling path between a groove inlet and a groove outlet of the respective stator groove is formed between the groove base of the respective stator groove and the conductor bundle arranged in the stator groove. The invention is characterized in that a groove slot channel (18) extending in the axial direction is formed in the groove slot (5.2) of the respective stator groove (5), said groove slot channel being fluidically connected to the groove base channel (14) of the same stator groove (5) at at least one distributor point (21) via a distributor connection (22) running in the radial direction with respect to the stator axis (2), and the cooling path (15) of the stator groove (5) is formed such that a cooling flow is forced from the groove slot channel (18) into the groove base channel (14) and/or vice versa via the at least one distributor connection (22).
H02K 3/24 - Windings characterised by the conductor shape, form or construction, e.g. with bar conductors with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors
H02K 9/19 - Arrangements for cooling or ventilating for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil
A computer implemented method of encoding data, wherein the computer implemented method comprises providing (202) a first set of parameters that represent at least a part of the data, determining (206) for parameters in the first set of parameters a weighted first sum depending on the parameters that is positive, providing (204) a first parameter that represents at least a part of the data, and determining (208) an encoding of the data depending on a ratio between the first parameter and the first sum or a root of a predetermined order of the first sum.
A method for computer vision processing is disclosed. The method comprises projecting input visual data into a plurality of intermediate feature maps by performing a plurality of 1x1 convolution operations; generating an attention weighted map by performing attention and aggregation operations on the plurality of intermediate feature maps; generating a convolved feature map by performing shift and summation operations on the plurality of intermediate feature maps; and adding the attention weighted map and the convolved feature map based on at least one scalar.
A lighting device includes a housing that supports a flexible light assembly and can be operated in multiple configurations. The housing includes a cup-shaped opaque stator and light transmissive rotor that rotates relative to the stator. The rotor includes a spool upon which the flexible light assembly can be wound. The light source is configurable between a retracted configuration in which the flexible light assembly resides in the housing and light emitted by the flexible light assembly is transmitted through the rotor, and an extended configuration in which a portion of the flexible light assembly resides outside the housing. In the extended configuration, a portion of light emitted from the flexible light assembly is transmitted through the rotor and another portion of light emitted from the flexible light assembly originates outside the housing.
F21S 4/24 - Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources with light sources held by or within elongate supports flexible or deformable, e.g. into a curved shape of ribbon or tape form, e.g. LED tapes
An ultrasound sensor includes a frame, wherein the frame includes an outer perimeter, an inner perimeter, and a midsection, wherein the midsection extends across the inner perimeter. The sensor further includes two or more transducer elements, wherein the two or more transducer elements are located within the inner perimeter, and include one or more membranes that include a bottom portion that includes a first piezoelectric layer and second piezoelectric layer, wherein the two or more transducer elements are each separated from the midsection, wherein the two or more transducer elements are configured to each activate a transmit mode and receive mode, wherein the transmit mode is configured to transmit a signal and the receive mode is configured to receive a signal, wherein a first transducer element activates the transmit mode when a second transducer element does not activate the transmit mode.
An interactive textile configured to provide a haptic feedback in response to an activating signal. The interactive textile includes a fabric; an electroactive layer disposed on the fabric, the electroactive layer having a first main side and a second main side; a first electrode disposed between the first main side of the electroactive layer and the fabric; and a second electrode disposed on the second main side of the electroactive layer. A method of forming an interactive textile configured to provide a haptic feedback in response to an activating signal is also provided.
A method for producing a diaphragm for an ultrasonic sensor. In the method, a diaphragm body made of metal material is first provided. Next, an external surface region of the diaphragm body is degreased. The external surface region of the diaphragm body is then pickled. To pre-activate the subsequently applied second passivation layer, a first passivation layer is also deposited on the external surface region as a first layer.
C23C 22/78 - Pretreatment of the material to be coated
C23C 22/73 - Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals characterised by the process
C23C 22/34 - Chemical surface treatment of metallic material by reaction of the surface with a reactive liquid, leaving reaction products of surface material in the coating, e.g. conversion coatings, passivation of metals using aqueous solutions using aqueous acidic solutions with pH < 6 containing fluorides or complex fluorides
C23G 1/02 - Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts with acid solutions
Receiving Unit for Receiving a Fluid, Method and Apparatus for Producing a Receiving Unit, Method and Apparatus for Operating a Receiving Unit, and Receiving Device
A receiving unit for receiving a fluid has a receiving element with a receiving face and at least one micro-cavity that is arranged and formed in the receiving element on the receiving face in order to receive the fluid. The receiving face further has a hydrophilic surface characteristic in at least one subregion adjoining the at least one micro-cavity.
A computer-implemented method for intercepting an intrusion into a bus system. The method includes detecting, by way of an intrusion detection system, a frame sent by a further node of the bus system on a bus of the bus system as an intrusion into the bus system; sending data on a receive line of a node device in order to manipulate a signal, which corresponds to the frame arriving over the bus, on the receive line, the receive line being arranged between a transceiver and a controller of the node device. A node device and a bus system for intercepting an intrusion into the bus system, are also described.
A vehicle diagnostic system and method utilizing a plurality of diagnostic data corpuses. A first corpus comprises conventional and well-known diagnostic data useful in a broad range of common service tasks. A second corpus comprises less well-known diagnostic data useful in less common service tasks. One or more specialty corpuses may comprise obscure, protected, or emerging diagnostic data for the last-common tasks specific to particular manufacturers of the vehicle or its components. The second corpus and one or more specialty corpuses may offer access only to users that have acquired sufficient authorization.
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
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
G07C 5/00 - Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
80.
BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A BATTERY MODULE
The invention relates to a battery module having a plurality of prismatic battery cells (2, 20), which are arranged next to one another in a longitudinal direction (4) of the battery module (1) and furthermore are braced with one another, wherein the plurality of battery cells (2) are received in an interior (30) of a housing (3) of the battery module (1) and additionally a bottom surface (31) of the housing (3) of the battery module (1) and a bottom surface (21) of the battery cells (2) are respectively cohesively connected to one another, wherein a compressing element (11) is arranged between the housing (3) and the plurality of battery cells (2) in the longitudinal direction (4) of the battery module (1), which compressing element tapers perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction (4) of the battery module (1) in the direction of the bottom surface (31) of the housing (3).
H01M 10/653 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells characterised by electrically insulating or thermally conductive materials
H01M 50/209 - Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells
A battery module having a plurality of prismatic battery cells, in particular lithium-ion battery cells, which are arranged next to one another in a longitudinal direction of the battery module, wherein the plurality of battery cells are received in an interior of a housing of the battery module and additionally a bottom surface of the housing of the battery module and a bottom surface of the battery cells are respectively cohesively connected to one another, in particular in an adhesively bonded manner by means of an adhesive, wherein a compressing element is arranged between the housing and the plurality of battery cells in the longitudinal direction of the battery module, so that a defined spacing is formed for electrical insulation from the housing.
H01M 50/103 - Primary casings, jackets or wrappings of a single cell or a single battery characterised by their shape or physical structure prismatic or rectangular
H01M 50/171 - Lids or covers characterised by the methods of assembling casings with lids using adhesives or sealing agents
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HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM
A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning, HVAC, system and a method of controlling a HVAC system, The method includes: successively for at least two HVAC devices of a plurality of HVAC devices: controlling the HVAC device in accordance with a set target temperature value which is different from an environmental temperature value, wherein the other HVAC devices of the plurality of HVAC devices are deactivated or running with unvarying running parameters, and for at least two environmental sensors of a plurality of environmental sensors, determining whether environmental parameters detected by the environmental sensor change; correlating at least one environmental sensor to the HVAC devices for which a change of the environmental parameters is determined; and controlling the HVAC system to change at least one environmental parameter associated with the at least one environmental sensor using the HVAC devices correlated with the at least one environmental sensor.
G05B 19/042 - Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers using digital processors
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Method and Apparatus for Operating a System for Providing Predicted Confidence Intervals for States of Health of Electrical Energy Stores for at Least One Device With the Aid of Machine Learning Methods
A computer-implemented method predicts a modeled state of health of an electrical energy store having at least one electrochemical unit in a technical device. The method includes providing a data-based state of health model, based on a characteristic of at least one operating variable of the electrical energy store up to a time, to assign the electrical energy store a corresponding state of health for the time and to indicate a corresponding modeling uncertainty, and predicting the characteristic of the at least one operating variable starting from a present time into the future based on a usage pattern model that is determined by a user-specific or usage-specific usage pattern. The method further includes predicting a characteristic of the state of health based on the data-based state of health model and the predicted characteristic, generated in a model-based manner, of the at least one operating variable.
The invention relates to a method for producing a battery module having a plurality of prismatic battery cells (2, 20) which are arranged next to one another in a longitudinal direction (4) of the battery module (1) and in particular are additionally braced with one another, wherein the plurality of battery cells (2) are furthermore received in an interior (30) of a housing (3) of the battery module (1), wherein the plurality of battery cells (2, 20) are positioned in the housing (3) prior to the curing of an adhesive which is positioned in each case between a bottom surface (31) of the housing (3) of the battery module (1) and a bottom surface (21) of the battery cells (2), and in particular is fixed until the adhesive cures.
H01M 10/653 - Means for temperature control structurally associated with the cells characterised by electrically insulating or thermally conductive materials
The invention relates to a solenoid valve (1), in particular a shut-off valve for hydrogen tank systems, comprising a magnetic armature (2) and a magnetic coil (3) for acting on the magnetic armature (2), wherein the magnetic coil (3) is arranged in a coil receiving area (4) which is delimited radially inwards by a valve body (5) and radially outwards by a magnet pot (6) and which is sealed by a seal ring (7) that is inserted into an end-face annular groove (8) of the valve body (5) and is axially pretensioned against the magnet pot (6) such that the valve body (5) is magnetically separated from the magnet pot (6) via the seal ring (7), preferably solely via the seal ring (7). The invention additionally relates to a hydrogen tank system comprising a solenoid valve (1) according to the invention.
F16K 31/06 - Operating means; Releasing devices magnetic using a magnet
H01F 7/08 - Electromagnets; Actuators including electromagnets with armatures
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FUEL DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING A FUEL FOR A FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING A FUEL FOR A FUEL CELL SYSTEM
The present invention relates to a fuel delivery apparatus (10) for delivering a fuel for a fuel cell system, comprising a first delivery path (F1) and a second delivery path (F2), the first delivery path (F1) and the second delivery path (F2) being connected to one another in series, the first delivery apparatus (FE1) and/or the second delivery apparatus (FE2) being designed to control a delivery rate of the fuel depending on an operating output of the fuel cell system, and the first delivery path (F1) and/or the second delivery path (F2) comprising a variable flow channel for the fuel, by means of which a volume flow of the fuel through the variable flow channel can be changed depending on the operating output of the fuel cell system.
F04F 5/16 - Jet pumps, i.e. devices in which fluid flow is induced by pressure drop caused by velocity of another fluid flow the inducing fluid being elastic fluid displacing elastic fluids
F04F 5/30 - Restarting of inducing action with axially-slidable combining nozzle
The invention relates to a recirculation assembly for a fuel cell system, comprising a water separator, which can be connected to a fuel outlet of a fuel cell assembly, for at least partly separating liquid water from an exhaust gas flow coming from the fuel outlet and comprising a recirculation fan with a conveyor device, which has a fan inlet connected to the water separator and a fan outlet that can be connected to a fuel inlet of the fuel cell assembly and which is designed to convey a gas flow, and a drive device for driving the the conveyor device, comprising a heat sink which is thermally coupled to the water separator in order to cool the drive device.
H01M 8/04014 - Heat exchange using gaseous fluids; Heat exchange by combustion of reactants
H01M 8/04223 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells
H01M 8/04089 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants
H01M 8/04119 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants with simultaneous supply or evacuation of electrolyte; Humidifying or dehumidifying
H01M 8/04291 - Arrangements for managing water in solid electrolyte fuel cell systems
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DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for processing, in particular classifying, data, in particular audio data, characterised in that a text representation of the data is provided (400) that comprises a large number of elements which are each associated with at least one data element, in particular an audio element, from the data, with at least some of the large number of elements being mapped onto a vector representation (402), and the vector representation being mapped onto a result of the data processing (404).
G10H 1/00 - ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE - Details of electrophonic musical instruments
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MONITORING DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CAMERAS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONITORING
A monitoring device (1) having a plurality of cameras (2a, b), wherein the cameras (2a, b) each have a recording region (5a, b) and are designed to record monitoring data for the recording region (5a, b), the recording regions (5a, b) forming a portion of a monitoring region (3), and the recording regions (5a, b) recorded by the cameras (2a, b) together forming a monitored region (6), wherein the cameras (2a, b) are designed to be movable and/or are configured to move and/or shift the recording region (5a, b) in the monitoring region (3), characterised by a control module, wherein the control module is designed, in the event of a user-induced movement (8) and/or shifting of the recording region (5a, b) of one of the cameras (2a, b), to control at least one of the cameras (2a, b) and to move and/or shift the associated recording region (5a, b), the control module being designed to control the at least one camera (2a, b) such that the monitored region (6) satisfies a monitoring condition.
The invention relates to a method for operating a fuel cell system (1), comprising a fuel cell stack (2) to which, via an air inlet path (3), air which is compressed beforehand by means of a flow machine (4) integrated in the air inlet path (3), in particular a gas-supported thermal flow machine (4), is fed. According to the invention, in the idling mode or partial load mode of the fuel cell system (1), a pumping limit (P) of the flow machine (4) is deliberately exceeded and the flow machine (4) is operated in a virtually stable range with local flow separations. The invention also relates to a control device for carrying out the method or individual method steps.
H01M 8/04089 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants
H01M 8/04111 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants using a compressor turbine assembly
The invention relates to an electromechanical system having: a microelectromechanical (MEMS) apparatus which has a component which can oscillate; a signal processing apparatus which is designed to receive and process a signal output from the MEMS apparatus; a voltage provision apparatus which is designed to provide at least one supply voltage for the signal processing apparatus, wherein the voltage provision apparatus comprises at least one switching regulator. The voltage provision apparatus can be operated in a synchronous operating state and in an asynchronous operating state.
G01C 19/5776 - Signal processing not specific to any of the devices covered by groups
H02M 3/156 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output without intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators
B81C 1/00 - Manufacture or treatment of devices or systems in or on a substrate
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a hydrostatic drive, wherein the hydrostatic drive has at least two hydraulic machines (4, 8), of which a first hydraulic machine (4) can be coupled to a drive unit (2) and a second hydraulic machine (8) can be coupled to an output (14), wherein the first hydraulic machine (4) is connected fluidically to the second hydraulic machine, wherein the drive (14) comprises a brake (15) for blocking the output (14), wherein the method comprises the following steps: a. closing of the brake (15), with the result that a rotational movement of the second hydraulic machine (8) is blocked; b. pressure regulation of the first hydraulic machine (4) until the first hydraulic machine (4) reaches a setpoint value; c. after the first hydraulic machine has reached the setpoint value, detection of the swash angle (41) of the first hydraulic machine (4); d. regulation of the first hydraulic machine (4), with the result that the detected swash angle is held, or regulation of the first hydraulic machine (4), with the result that the volumetric flow which is dependent on the detected swash angle is provided by the first hydraulic machine (4).
An ultrasound transducer of a vehicle system, comprising a membrane configured to vibrate to generate an ultrasound when voltage is applied and further configured to vibrate in an out-of-plane movement, wherein the membrane includes a first piezoelectric film at a center of the membrane, a supporting member including a second piezoelectric film, the supporting member supporting and surrounding the membrane, wherein in response to a translation of motion or actuation from the membrane, the supporting member mode does not move when there is the out-of-plane movement from the membrane.
B06B 1/06 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction
G01S 15/931 - Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
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ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER WITH DISTRIBUTED CANTILEVERS
An ultrasound transducer, wherein the ultrasound transducer includes a membrane including a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the membrane is configured to vibrate and generate an ultrasound in response to voltage applied the transducer, wherein the membrane includes a perimeter including a plurality of sides and a top surface and a bottom surface with one or more feet extending away from the bottom surface; and a support member that attaches to and connects to the membrane and supports the membrane, wherein the support member includes one or more platforms extending to and attaching to the membrane and a substrate, wherein a first end of the platform connects to the membrane and includes a support portion, wherein the support portion away from the platform, wherein the platform includes the one or more piezoelectric layers, wherein the one or more platforms support and surround the membrane.
B06B 1/06 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction
G10K 11/00 - Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound in general; Methods or devices for protecting against, or for damping, noise or other acoustic waves in general
G10K 11/18 - Methods or devices for transmitting, conducting or directing sound
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ULTRASOUND SENSOR ARRAY FOR PARKING ASSIST SYSTEMS
An ultrasound sensor includes a frame, wherein the frame includes an outer perimeter, an inner perimeter, and a midsection, wherein the midsection extends across the inner perimeter. The sensor further includes two or more transducer elements, wherein the two or more transducer elements are located within the inner perimeter, and include one or more membranes that include a bottom portion that includes a first piezoelectric layer and second piezoelectric layer, wherein the two or more transducer elements are each separated from the midsection, wherein the two or more transducer elements are configured to each activate a transmit mode and receive mode, wherein the transmit mode is configured to transmit a signal and the receive mode is configured to receive a signal, wherein a first transducer element activates the transmit mode when a second transducer element does not activate the transmit mode.
An ultrasound transducer of a vehicle system includes a support member that attaches to and connects to the bottom portion of a membrane of the ultrasound transducer and supports the membrane, wherein the support member includes one or more cantilevers with a first end attaching to the membrane and a second end attaching to a support portion of the support member that attaches to the substrate, wherein the cantilever extends across and floats above the substrate, wherein the first end of the cantilever includes a stub extending away from a surface of the cantilever, wherein the stub extends away from the surface without contacting the substrate, wherein the one or more cantilevers includes one or more piezoelectric layers on the surface of the cantilever.
B06B 1/06 - Processes or apparatus for generating mechanical vibrations of infrasonic, sonic or ultrasonic frequency making use of electrical energy operating with piezoelectric effect or with electrostriction
G01S 15/931 - Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications for anti-collision purposes of land vehicles
97.
Electric Processing Tool Having an Energy Supply Device
An electric processing tool includes an energy supply device and an open-loop or closed-loop control unit. The energy supply device includes at least two energy sources which are interconnected, each in a series circuit with an electronic component for applying the logical operator “OR” to the individual current of the electronic component in question, to form a common star point, such that a resulting total current for supplying the electric processing tool results. At least a subset of the energy sources, in particular each energy source, is assigned a current-measuring unit for measuring the individual current of the energy source in question. The open-loop or closed-loop control unit is configured to adapt the total current to the measured individual currents.
A tool system includes at least one machining tool, in particular at least one oscillating machining tool, and at least one additional machining tool, in particular at least one additional oscillating machining tool. The at least one machining tool and the at least one additional machining tool are of the same type, and the at least one machining tool and the at least one additional machining tool differ from each other in at least one cutting blade characteristic, in particular cutting edge characteristic.
A method for operating a driver assistance function to support a lateral control of a vehicle is provided. A permissible range for a steering torque component which the driver assistance function is able to exert on the steering of the vehicle is predefined. The permissible range is specified by upper and lower limits. The upper and lower limits of the permissible range be adapted as a function of a current vehicle state. The vehicle state is given relative to a lane center, for example, by the position, the velocity, the acceleration and the sudden motion, by the respective component of this variable in the lateral direction. An adjustable range of the driver feedback is determined based on the vehicle state and the lateral acceleration. From this and the consideration of a disturbance compensation, the permissible range of the steering torque component of the assistance function is ascertained.
A MOSFET with saturation contact. The MOSFET with saturation contact includes an n-doped source region, a source contact, a contact structure, which extends from the source contact to the n-doped source region, and forms with the source contact a first conductive connection and forms with the n-doped source region a second conductive connection, a barrier layer and an insulating layer. The contact structure includes a section between the first conductive connection and the second conductive connection, which is embedded between the barrier layer and the dielectric layer and is configured in such a way that a two-dimensional electron gas is formed therein.
H01L 29/778 - Field-effect transistors with two-dimensional charge carrier gas channel, e.g. HEMT
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 29/20 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds
