Abstract: Based on the assumption that a preceding vehicle does not brake to a halt, but only reduces its speed for a certain time, an improved TTC (Time To Collision) can be calculated. By means of the difference between the TTC with braking to a halt and the improved TTC, a probability for the occurrence of a hypothesis concerning the further behavior of the preceding vehicle can be reduced.

Abstract: A stereo camera (1) for a vehicle includes a first camera (1.1), which has a first image sensor (1.11) and the camera field of vision (S1) of which has a first opening angle (?1), and a second camera (1.2), which has a second image sensor (1.21) and the camera field of vision (S2) of which has a second opening angle (?2). The second opening angle (?2) is greater than the first opening angle (?1). The first camera (1.1) has a first lens optical unit (1.12) and the second camera (1.2) has a second lens optical unit (1.22), which both have an angular resolution that is higher in a central region (Z1, Z2) of the field of vision (S1, S2) lying in the angular range (?11, ?21) around the optical axis (O1) than outside of the central region. The cameras are arranged so that the fields of vision (S1, S2) overlap.

Abstract: A device for classifying electrical contacting between a first connecting element of a battery and a second connecting element, which is directly or indirectly connected to an electrical load. A temperature sensor is provided for detecting the temperature of the first connecting element and/or of the second connecting element and a control device, which is coupled to the temperature sensor and which is configured, on the basis of a detecting signal of the temperature sensor, to classify the electrical contacting between the first connecting element and the second connecting element. A corresponding method and to a battery system, as well as a battery receiving system including such a device for classifying electrical contacting. Moreover, there is provided an electrical power supply system with such a battery system and such a battery receiving system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the pneumatic adjustment of a seat in a means of transport, in particular in a motor vehicle, comprising one or more cushions (3) which can be filled with air and which are connected via one or more valves (1) to a compressed-air supply (2), and a control device for the actuation of the one or more valves (1) for the purposes of changing the filling state of the one or more cushions (3). The device according to the invention is characterized in that a respective valve (1) of at least some of the valves (1) comprises one or more actuation elements (4) composed of electroactive polymer, to which an electrical voltage can be applied. By application of the electrical voltage, a respective actuation element (4) is deformed, and in this way, one or more passage openings (6, 6?) via which an exchange of compressed air with at least one cushion (3) takes place is or are opened up or shut off.

Abstract: A surround view system includes at least at least one camera pair formed by two cameras with overlapping fields of view adapted to generate camera images with an overlapping area. The system also includes and a processing unit configured to compute surround view images including overlapping areas with respect to each camera and to extract features from the computed surround view images resulting in binary images for each overlapping area. Priority in visualization is given to the camera image of the overlapping area generated by the camera of the respective camera pair where a calculated sum of binary values within the resulting binary image is highest.

Abstract: Device and method for providing a vehicle surround view for a vehicle, which is located on a driving plane, comprising vehicle cameras, which provide camera images of a vehicle environment of the vehicle, a location-detection unit, which detects a change in location of at least one vehicle camera relative to the driving plane of the vehicle, and comprising an image data processing unit which projects the camera images provided by the vehicle cameras onto a projection surface to generate the vehicle surround view, which projection surface is adapted according to the detected change in location of the vehicle camera.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a transition between two display images. A two-dimensional initial image is mapped by means of a first and a second mapping function respectively onto a first and a second mapped image and the first and second mapped images are mapped respectively onto a first display image. The initial image is mapped by means of an interpolated mapping function onto an interpolated mapped image in the model space, wherein the interpolated mapped image is determined by interpolation of the first mapped image and the second mapped image as a function of an interpolation parameter. The initial image, mapped by means of the interpolated mapping function onto the interpolated mapped image, is mapped onto an interpolated display image which transitions from the first display image to the second display image through variation of the interpolation parameter.

Abstract: A vehicle radar system (2) for detecting the surroundings, includes a circuit board (4), with a substrate layer (14) having an upper face (14a) and a lower face (14b), a strip conductor (22) applied onto the upper face (14a) so as to surround a shielding region (20), a shielding housing (6) that covers the shielding region (20) and that extends along and is connected to the strip conductor (22) in an electrically conductive manner, and at least one wave guide (28) arranged in the substrate layer. The wave guide (28) has a laterally delimiting wave guide wall (28c) as well as upper and lower wave guide surfaces (28a, 28b), wherein the upper wave guide surface (28a) is a section of the strip conductor (22).

Abstract: A device for pneumatically adjusting a seat in a transport vehicle, in particular in a motor vehicle, including one or more adjusting devices, each of which includes a pneumatic actuating device for adjusting the seat by generating pneumatic pressure, and including a trigger device, which the actuating device is switched from a standby state to an active state in response to a trigger signal when the device is being operated. The pneumatic actuating device brings about an adjustment of the seat in the active state. The pneumatic actuating device is designed such that the actuating device is mechanically preloaded in the standby state, and the mechanical preload is released in the active state in order to thus bring about the adjustment of the seat.

Abstract: A device for providing a vehicle environment view for a vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle cameras configured to provide camera images of a vehicle environment of the vehicle, and an image data processing unit configured, based on a detected movement space of at least one vehicle component of the vehicle and/or of the entire vehicle, to adapt a projection surface onto which the camera images provided by the vehicle cameras are projected to generate the vehicle environment view.

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.

Abstract: A method controls the operation of an electric motor. Wherein electrical voltages applied to electrical phases of the electric motor are produced and output in a controlled manner in a modulation on the basis of a rotor position of the electric motor, on the basis of a set point/actual comparison, which is performed in a control loop with a speed controller, for a speed of the electric motor and on the basis of a set point/actual comparison. A set point value at the input of the current regulator is formed by multiplying a present duty factor for the modulation by a first manipulated variable applied to the output of the speed controller. The first manipulated variable of the speed controller becomes an equivalent phase current root mean square value for the electric motor in the underlying current regulator by the multiplication by the present duty factor.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and a device for recognizing traffic signs by a sensor system for recording the surrounding environment for a vehicle, which includes at least one camera sensor and one radar sensor or LiDAR sensor. Based on the data of the at least one radar sensor or LiDAR sensor, at least one element of the presence of a traffic sign, or the size of a traffic sign, position of a traffic sign, distance and/or orientation of a traffic sign, bridge-like structure, position and/or type of the vehicle ahead, position of lane delimiting structures is obtained and used for traffic sign recognition.

Abstract: In a method for determining a depth map from stereo images, the disparity for a pixel is selected from a predefined quantity or set of predefined discrete disparity values that are distributed over the entire predefined disparity value range, whereby the distribution is non-uniform or has at least two different distances or intervals between different adjacent disparity values. This method makes it possible to more precisely determine (with finer resolution) especially only those disparities for which a more precise determination is required.

Abstract: A driver assistance system (106) of a vehicle (100) includes a laser scanner (101) with a phase-controlled laser (102), a sensor unit (104) and an evaluation unit (103). The phase-controlled laser is configured to produce a controllable laser beam by beam forming and to direct the laser beam into an environment outside of the vehicle. The sensor unit (104) is configured to detect a retroreflection caused by the laser beam. The evaluation unit (103) produces driver assistance data by evaluating the detected retroreflection.

Abstract: A method for automatically controlling a direction of travel indicator of a vehicle having the following steps: receiving a signal for the chronologically limited activation of the direction of travel indicator, chronologically limited activation of the direction of travel indicator after reception of the signal for the chronologically limited activation of the direction of travel indicator, starting a timer for a measurement interval after reception of the signal for the chronologically limited activation of the direction of travel indicator, checking a steering angle measurement signal during the measurement interval, and deactivation of the direction of travel indicator as a function of the checking of the steering angle measurement signal.

Abstract: A method for adapting a dead time between the beginning of ab opening process of a first switching element and the beginning of a closing process of a second, serially connected switching element in a switching regulator of a switching power supply unit. The method includes the following steps: a measurement voltage across the second switching element is measured, and the dead time is varied such that the deviation of the measured measurement voltage from a target value of the measurement voltage is minimized or limited. The first and second switching elements are actuated using the thus ascertained dead time. There is also described a device for carrying out such a method. The device includes a measuring unit, a processing unit, and a control unit.

Abstract: In a braking maneuver using a braking assistant (9) in a motor vehicle (3), the braking assistant (9) initiates an automatic braking maneuver when an actual distance (a) between the motor vehicle (3) and an object (5) located ahead of the motor vehicle (3) becomes less than a specified minimum distance (amin). Then an acceleration of the decelerating vehicle (3) is ascertained during the braking maneuver, and if the acceleration is positive then the braking maneuver initiated by the braking assistant (9) is automatically interrupted.

Abstract: A control unit device for a motor vehicle includes a circuit board, on which a plurality of electronic components are disposed. The electronic components are electrically coupled to one another by conductor tracks on the circuit board. A substantially gas-impermeable cover is materially joined or bonded to the circuit board in such a way that the cover, together with the circuit board, forms a closed cavity in which the electronic components and the associated conductor tracks are located. A method for producing the control unit device is also provided.

Abstract: A control device and method for a vehicle with a light which is designed to illuminate an area in front of the vehicle, including an image capturing device, which is designed to capture image data for an area in front of the vehicle which is illuminated by the light in a switched-on state, and to output the image data, and including a calculation device, which is coupled to the image capturing device and is designed to calculate from the image data a light color that the light emits, and output it.