Abstract: A method, in particular, a computer-implemented method, for operating a device. The device is designed to carry out transactions via at least one state channel associated with a distributed ledger technology (DLT) system.

Abstract: A composition includes a 1,8-naphthalimide fluorophore, a spacer bound to the 1,8-naphthalimide fluorophore and a thiazole-based receptor having an unsaturated heterocycle ring bound to the spacer. The composition may be employed as a chemosensor configured to capture an ion in a fluid medium. The chemosensor may further be incorporated into a sensing device configured to detect the ion and calculate a concentration of the ion in the fluid medium.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for GNSS-based localization of a vehicle, comprising at least the following steps: a) receiving GNSS-satellite signals from GNSS satellites and determining at least one item of distance information about the distance between the vehicle and the GNSS satellite emitting the relevant GNSS-satellite signal, b) determining at least one item of environmental information about the environment around the vehicle using image information determined using at least one environment sensor of the vehicle, which is capable of capturing images of at least part of the environment around the vehicle from different perspectives, c) determining at least one item of correction information using the at least one environmental information item, and d) correcting the at least one distance information item by means of the at least one correction information item.

Abstract: A two-dimensional code arrangement with at least one defined area. The defined area including basic symbols, and the basic symbols of the defined area being arranged on a surface. The basic symbols arranged in the defined area encode first code data and second code data, and the first code data comprise and/or describe position information.

Abstract: A method for determining a temperature of a component of an electric machine includes providing a plurality of trained neural networks, providing a current measurement of a plurality of operational parameters of the electric machine, and processing the operational parameters using the neural networks. The method further includes integrating output parameters issued by the neural networks over a time period, and issuing the integrated parameters as a temperature of the component.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a radar sensor. In the method, a circuit board is provided. A surface of the circuit board is equipped with a radar transceiver. A waveguide structure made of plastic material is provided. Waveguide channels including at least one metallic conductively coated side wall in the waveguide structure and an open side are formed. The waveguide structure is soldered to a surface of the circuit board, the open side being oriented in the direction of the circuit board.

Abstract: A method for low-interference operation of a plurality of radar sensors, which are installed in different vehicles and each emit a transmission signal in an operating range, which is characterized by at least one of the following parameters: frequency, coding, activity time window. Each radar sensor is assigned an operating range according to at least one degree of freedom of movement of the vehicle, in which the radar sensor is installed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for recognizing and/or preventing an intrusion into a service-oriented communication system of a vehicle, including registering a process originating from an instance in the service-oriented communication system, and checking, at least based on a predetermined negative list, whether the process in the service-oriented communication system is impermissible. A service-oriented communication system in a vehicle, which is designed to apply the method for recognizing and/or preventing an intrusion into the service-oriented communication system, optionally the communication system being safeguarded via the method for recognizing and/or preventing an intrusion into the service-oriented communication system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electric machine. A harmonic manipulated variable with respect to a harmonic of a predetermined frequency occurring during the energization of the electric machine is determined. The electric machine is energized using the determined harmonic manipulated variable by means of a pulse width modulation method. For each period of the pulse width modulation method, the harmonic manipulated variable is determined for both a switch-on operation and a switch-off operation.

Abstract: A method for validating a software component for highly automated driving is disclosed, wherein unprocessed video data, which depict at least one driving situation recorded from a vehicle perspective by a recording vehicle are read by a data processing system and processed into preprocessed video data using a vehicle processor connected to the data processing system for video preprocessing, wherein the vehicle processor is arranged on an adapter board and is connected to the data processing system via standard interfaces, wherein the preprocessed video data are used by the data processing system as input variables for the software component to be validated, and a reaction of the software component to the driving situation depicted in the preprocessed video data as output variables for the software component to be validated are compared by the data processing system with an expected reaction in order to validate the software component.

Abstract: A fuel cell includes a flow field plate, a catalyst layer, and a gas diffusion layer (GDL). The flow field plate has at least one channel and at least one land. Each of the at least one channel being positioned between two adjacent lands. The GDL is positioned between the flow field plate and the catalyst layer. The catalyst layer has a first region aligned with the at least one channel and a second region aligned with the at least one land. The first region has a first composition, a first carbon material, and a first carbon ratio of an amount of the first composition to the first carbon material. The second region has a second composition, a second carbon material, and a second carbon ratio of an amount of the second composition to the second carbon material. The first carbon ratio is different than the second carbon ratio.

Abstract: An electrode configuration for a microelectromechanical system, including a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure. The first electrode structure has a receptacle, and the second electrode structure has a finger. The first and second electrode structure are designed for a relative movement in relation to one another along a movement axis. A first width of the receptacle, perpendicular to the movement axis, tapers along the movement axis at least in a first region, and/or a second width of the finger, perpendicular to the movement axis, tapers along the movement axis at least in a second region.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a value profile of a controlled variable of an electrical system. Differences between predetermined values of an output variable at an end time and a determined value of the output variable at the end time are determined. A value profile of the controlled variable in the time interval is predetermined, the value profile being dependent on an end value at the end time and is being determined uniquely by the specification of the end value. Allowed values of the controlled variable are determined such that, when the electrical system is activated, the value of the output variable at the end time is equal to the determined difference. A curve of the allowed values of the controlled variable is determined on the basis of the allowed values of the controlled variable. A point of intersection of the determined curve and a predetermined derating function is determined.

Abstract: A method for nucleic acid sequencing includes providing at least one device comprising a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a dielectric layer, and a polymerase enzyme attached to the surface of the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer induces an electroactive molecule to interact with the electrodes to complete an electrical circuit. The polymerase enzyme targets a polynucleotide strand to the dielectric layer. A sample including a polynucleotide strand and modified nucleotides having an electroactive label covalently bound to the 3?—OH of a sugar ring of the nucleotide via an ester group is provided to the at least one device. Potentials are applied to each electrode to induce electron flow between the electrodes to produce a measurable electrical signal when an electroactive label is present in the dielectric layer. Electrical signals from the electrodes are detected to determine when a modified nucleotide is present in the dielectric layer.

Abstract: A control unit for a vehicle. The control unit includes: interfaces for the connection to two independently redundant communication networks, messages to and from the control unit being transferrable via a second communication network, and vice versa, in the event of a failure of a first communication network; and interfaces for the electrical supply of the control unit via two independently redundant low-voltage networks. it being possible to electrically supply the control unit via a second low-voltage network, and vice versa, in the event of an error in a first low-voltage network.

Abstract: A method for generating training data for a trainable method for a system including sensor(s) for detecting at least one subarea of the surroundings around the system. The method includes: a) obtaining first and second detections having at least one known relative ratio between the detections and/or the sensors that carried out the detections; b) determining a portion of the particular content of the detections, and assigning a piece of information concerning the determined content to the detection in question, c) projecting assigned piece of information from one of the detections and/or from a content representation associated with same into at least one other of the detections and/or into a content representation associated with the other detection, d) checking a subarea of at least one of the detections and/or of at least one of the content representations for possible inconsistencies in the detection content.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell active hydrogen capture and release system including a first zone having a target predetermined concentration of hydrogen c1 and housing: an electrical component, an adsorbing electrode including a hydrogen adsorbing material, a counter electrode separated from the adsorbing electrode, and an electric circuit connecting the adsorbing and counter electrodes to apply electrical bias configured to facilitate capture and release of hydrogen gas from the adsorbing electrode; and a second zone having a target predetermined concentration of hydrogen c2, c2 being greater than c1.

Abstract: An electrical discharge machining (EDM) assembly includes a mounting device that is configured to support an EDM electrode relative to a work piece. The electrode includes an axial opening that extends between opposed ends of the electrode, a first portion that includes one end and a second portion that includes the opposed end. The flexibility of the first portion is greater than that of the second portion. For example, the first portion may be a helical spring and the second portion may be a rigid tube. The mounting device includes a back plate, an upright portion that protrudes from the back plate and a curved sleeve disposed in a through hole that extends through the back plate and the upright portion. The electrode is movably disposed in the sleeve.

Abstract: Detection device 1 for recognizing an object and/or a person 3, 3a, b, c in a monitoring area 2 monitored with a plurality of cameras 4, 4a, b, c, having a plurality of analysis modules 6, 6a, b, c, wherein each analysis module 6, 6a, b, c in each case preferably has and/or forms a neural network, wherein the analysis modules 6, 6a, b, c in each case have a data connection to at least one camera 4, 4a, b, c, wherein monitoring data from the connected cameras 4, 4a, b, c are provided in each case to the analysis modules 6, 6a, b, c, having a shared memory module 7, wherein the analysis modules 6, 6a, b, c have a data connection to the shared memory module 7, wherein the analysis modules 6, 6a, b, c are designed in each case to retrieve memory data associated with the monitoring data from the shared memory module 7, wherein the analysis modules 6, 6a, b, c are designed in each case to determine features, object features and/or person features on the basis of the monitoring data and the memory data.