Abstract: A connection device for a coaxial cable which allows a comprehensive shielding by continuing the outer conductor through the entire housing of the connection device and onwards through the entire camera module. The outer conductor of an interface for the connection of a coaxial cable is electrically coupled with an electrically conductive housing, wherein the housing allows an electrical shielding of the inner components of a camera module.

Abstract: A device for actuating and/or monitoring a brushless DC motor, preferably for safety-relevant applications, preferably while operating or controlling a vehicle or components of a vehicle and a method for reliably checking the functional capability of the device are provided. The device can be actuated by a motor control unit by using a control signal for actuating and/or monitoring a brushless direct current motor by using a converter circuit includes a switching-off apparatus, a driver circuit which acts on the converter circuit and a testable diagnosis unit for monitoring the device and/or the converter circuit and/or the brushless direct current motor. The switching-off apparatus acts on the driver circuit. The testable diagnosis unit can be tested for a malfunction by using a testing command transmitted by the motor control unit.

Abstract: An improved emergency braking assist system for a vehicle takes account of the region to the rear when specifying emergency braking parameters. The region to the rear is also monitored and the emergency braking parameters optionally adapted during the emergency braking operation.

Abstract: An arrangement for potential equalization in a control device for a motor vehicle includes at least one electrical component on a circuit carrier, a carrier structure on which the circuit carrier is arranged, and at least one contacting element that electroconductively connects the circuit carrier to the carrier structure by way of a connecting element that forms a potential equalization. The contacting element has a bondable surface coating.

Abstract: A lane-keeping assistance device for monitoring the lane keeping of a motor vehicle includes an evaluation mechanism for evaluating at least one bend of lanes, located in front of the vehicle. The evaluation mechanism predefines a tolerance threshold value, which defines the maximum deviation limit of a transverse deviation of the motor vehicle from the motor vehicle's own lane. The evaluation mechanism is configured to adapt the tolerance threshold value in such a way that the intersection of an adjacent lane by the own lane in the at least one evaluated bend is tolerated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle camera device for capturing the surroundings of a motor vehicle, having a first and a second optronic unit, wherein the first and second optronic units each comprise an optical device and an image sensor, wherein the first optronic unit is designed to capture a first detection area and the second optronic unit is designed to capture a second detection area of the surroundings, wherein the first and second optronic units have different image angles with an overlapping section of the detection areas, wherein the overlapping section which is captured by the first optronic unit has a different angular resolution from the rest of the first detection area.

Abstract: An electrical connection is formed of a plug outside a housing and a circuit carrier inside the housing. The plug includes at least one plug contact and an end face in the direction of the housing wall. The circuit carrier includes a receptacle for a plug contact. The plug contact protrudes through an opening in the housing wall in order to establish the electrical connection. The cross-sectional surface of the opening is smaller than the end face of the plug, the end face completely covers the opening and the circuit carrier at least partially covers the opening.

Abstract: A connecting device electrically connects electrical lines to electrical contacts. The connecting device includes a flexible circuit board or printed circuit board, a base support and a cover. The electrical lines are disposed on the flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board has a contact-making region, in which at least one electrical line is electrically connected to at least one electrical contact. The electrical contacts are disposed on the base support. The flexible circuit board is disposed between the base support and the cover. The base support and the cover form a sealed housing of the contact-making region. The circuit board and the cover are each composed of a flexible material, and the physical material properties of the circuit board and of the cover are substantially identical.

Abstract: A component has at least one opening through which an electric and/or electronic contact element is guided outwards in a sealed manner against the penetration of environmental media. A closed volume is formed at least in a wall of the component in the region of the contact element, and a permanently elastic sealing material which completely surrounds the at least one contact element in at least some sections is filled into said volume.

Abstract: A camera arrangement for or in a motor vehicle includes at least one objective with each objective including at least one lens. A temperature measurement device is configured to measure the temperature of the objective and/or of the environment of the objective. A temperature adjustment device is thermally coupled to the at least one objective and configured to adjust the temperature of the objective as a function of the measured temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for displaying an image of the surroundings of a combination of two vehicles that are coupled to one another. According to the invention, image data is sensed by sensors on both of the combined vehicles. Taking into account the three-dimensional position of the vehicles relative to one another, the image data is then combined so as to obtain a common image of the surroundings. The obtained common image of the surroundings allows a driver/operator to efficiently and safely perceive the surroundings around the entire vehicle combination.

Abstract: A driver assistance system for controlling a high beam, including an environment detecting device. At least one radar or lidar sensor system as well as a camera sensor system are provided for detecting the environment in front of the vehicle. A control signal for a high beam controller or warning device is generated when the high beam is active and at least one sensor system for detecting the environment simultaneously detects a potentially dazzled object.

Abstract: A method and a device for determining a warning condition on the basis of brake light detection. Image data are received from a front camera of a vehicle. It is determined whether a brake light of a preceding vehicle is active. An initiation threshold is lowered or a confidence value is raised if the brake light is active. An estimated risk value is derived from the image data of the front camera and a warning signal is produced, if the estimated risk value exceeds the initiation threshold.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a control system and to a device for an ego-vehicle in a vehicle convoy in the case of the avoidance of an obstacle. Before the ego-vehicle follows an adopted avoidance trajectory of a vehicle driving in front, a hazard evaluation of the driving strategy of the vehicle driving in front is performed and the avoidance trajectory is modified on the basis of the result of the hazard evaluation.

Abstract: In a method of determining the distance of an object (10), a polarization-modulated transmission light beam (LS) is reflected at the object (10) and is received as a reception light beam (LE) by a polarization analyzer, and the output signal thereof is fed to an evaluation unit (A) for determining the distance. The polarization-modulated transmission light beam (LS) is generated by at least two light sources (D1, D2, D3) which emit differently polarized light beams (L1, L2, L3), wherein the light sources (D1, D2, D3) are each respectively operated with a distinct defined mark-space pattern (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6). The polarization analyzer has polarization filters (P1, P2, P3) corresponding at least to the number of light sources. The respective polarization plane of each one of the polarization filters is correspondingly adapted to a respective polarization plane (E1, E2, E3) of the light beams (L1, L2, L3).

Abstract: A mirror substitute device for a vehicle has at least one camera designed to cover at least a part of the surroundings of the vehicle and to provide a corresponding image signal, an image processing device coupled to the camera and designed to process the image signal and to output a processed image signal, and at least one display device designed to display the processed image signal.

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, an arrangement for protecting electronics from interference radiation includes a housing and a circuit carrier for accommodating the electronics in an interior of the housing. The housing defines an opening for compensating the different pressures inside and outside the housing. The arrangement of the exemplary embodiment is also distinguished by a contact-making element of an electronic component of the electronics arranged between the opening and the circuit carrier in such a manner that the electronics are at least partially screened from interference radiation entering the housing through the opening.

Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for warning a driver of a first vehicle when the first vehicle is located in a blind spot of a second vehicle. The method includes recording the surrounding area in front of and alongside the first vehicle using a sensor, classifying objects in the recorded surrounding area, determining a relative position of an object classified as a second vehicle in relation to the first vehicle using the sensor, calculating the area of a blind angle on the basis of the determined relative position of the object in relation to the first vehicle, checking whether the first vehicle is located in the calculated area of the blind angle, and generating a warning signal for the driver of the first vehicle when the first vehicle is located in the calculated area of the blind angle.

Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for warning a driver of a first vehicle when the first vehicle is located in a blind spot of a second vehicle. The method includes recording the surrounding area in front of and alongside the first vehicle using a sensor, classifying objects in the recorded surrounding area, determining a relative position of an object classified as a second vehicle in relation to the first vehicle using the sensor, calculating the area of a blind angle on the basis of the determined relative position of the object in relation to the first vehicle, checking whether the first vehicle is located in the calculated area of the blind angle, and generating a warning signal for the driver of the first vehicle when the first vehicle is located in the calculated area of the blind angle.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a printed circuit board for an electronic component. The printed circuit board includes: an electrically insulating substrate; a number of electrically conductive conductor tracks; and at least one sensor dome having a sensor head and having a carrier body for accommodating the sensor head. The carrier body is formed integrally with the substrate. The disclosure also relates to a method for producing the printed circuit board.