Abstract: A device provides a pneumatic pressure medium via a pressure medium source for at least one pressure medium chamber in particular of a vehicle seat of a motor vehicle. The device has a pressure medium source for the pressure medium and a pressure medium line disposed between the pressure medium source and at least one valve. At least one connection for a pressure medium line is disposed between the valve and the pressure medium chamber. A control module actuates the pressure medium source and the at least one valve. The device further has a housing. A motor of the pressure medium source is located between the control module and a pump of the pressure medium source.

Abstract: A trunk cover for a vehicle includes an upper panel covering one portion of a loading space part formed in a vehicle, a lower panel disposed continuously with the upper panel and covering the other portion of the loading space part; a main body connection part connecting the upper panel to a main body of the vehicle, and a panel connection part connecting the upper panel and the lower panel so that a length formed by the upper panel and the lower panel is variable when opening the loading space part.

Abstract: A display system in a vehicle, including: one or more displays; at least one sensor determining a user's line of sight; a controller determining an active zone and a non-active zone of the one or more displays based on the user's line of sight. The one or more displays are configured to operate the active zone at an enhanced level as compared to the non-active zone. There is further provided a controller configured to rank content displayed on one or more displays in a vehicle according to an attention score determined by at least one sensor configured to measure gaze of a user based on the user's line of sight; and a display system including the controller. One of the displays is selected to display the highest ranked content. There is also provided a method of operating one or more displays in a vehicle using the disclosed display systems.

Abstract: In a process for adapting an amount of reducing agent for a removal of nitrogen oxides from the gases in an exhaust line, a first alignment of the amounts of nitrogen oxides measured by upstream and downstream sensors is performed without injection of agent and with a catalyst of the system emptied of ammonia. A second alignment of the estimated reduction of nitrogen oxides with the measured reduction is performed by a difference between amounts of nitrogen oxides upstream and downstream during a substoichiometric injection of reducing agent without creating a store of ammonia in a catalyst of the system with a first correction of the amount of agent. A third alignment of an estimated efficiency of retaining nitrogen oxides with a efficiency measured by the sensors is performed, this third alignment taking place via a second correction of the amount of reducing agent injected as an adaptive correction.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a regulating device for regulating the steering angle for a vehicle, comprising a first controller unit with a controller superposed thereon, the controller having a feedback path and a prefilter. The feedback path provides a first adjustment variable based on actual steering angle information which is provided by the first controller unit as an output variable and the prefilter provides a second adjustment variable based on nominal steering angle information. The controller is configured to form input information for the first controller unit based on the first and the second adjustment variables, wherein the feedback path has a first correction element, the transfer behavior of which can be adjusted. The prefilter has a second correction element, the transfer behavior of which can be adjusted. The controller is configured such that at least the controller gain of the first controller unit can be adjusted.

Abstract: A device for near-field and ultra-high-frequency communication, the device includes a near-field-communication antenna, an ultra-high-frequency antenna, a control unit including a controller for controlling the ultra-high-frequency antenna and a controller for controlling the near-field-communication antenna, a first carrier on which the NFC antenna is located, a second carrier on which the control unit is located, the first carrier and second carrier being located one above the other and connected by mechanical support pins, it is proposed that the ultra-high-frequency antenna be located on the first carrier and be connected to the control unit via: a first connection located on the first carrier, at least one pin made of conductive metal, and a second connection located on the second carrier, so as to produce a bidirectional ultra-high-frequency antenna.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for supplying power to an electronic computer having a first connection terminal coupled to a power supply, a second connection terminal coupled to an electrical ground, a microprocessor having a microprocessor supply input coupled, firstly, to a first terminal of first capacitance of a first capacitor and, secondly, coupled to a supply output of the power supply device, the second terminal of first capacitance being coupled to the electrical ground, the power supply device has a first supply input. It has a diode coupled to the supply input, and to the supply output, and a switching device coupled in parallel with the diode.

Abstract: A method for transmitting in a passive activation system in a motor vehicle. Between each use-case module and a protocol driver an intermediate management layer is inserted that receives requests from the modules and stores them in a list according to oldness and priority ranking, selects a main request with the highest priority ranking, selects requests compatible with the main request, sends at least one grouped signal corresponding to the main and compatible requests to a portable activation device, receives back from the activation device at least one signal transmitted to the intermediate layer allowing the activation device to be located and then the location thereof to be sent to the case modules that sent the main request or a compatible request, and deletes the main and compatible requests from the list.

Abstract: A railborne driver assistance device for supporting or automating the lateral control of a vehicle includes a first processing unit configured to control a steering torque intervention by establishing a steering angle with a stationary control accuracy of an electrically supported steering system. A second processing unit is configured to adjust the stationary control accuracy of the steering angle via the output of an accuracy request signal to the first processing unit in such a way that there is a scaling of the control accuracy between a lower and an upper threshold value. The second processing unit includes a control unit having an integrator with an input and an output, wherein the output of the integrator is connected to the input in a closed-loop manner with a weighting dependent on the accuracy request signal.

Abstract: A method for autonomously operating a vehicle includes capturing environmental data of a front area by a front sensor mounted to the vehicle, capturing environmental data of a rear area by a rear sensor, capturing a position of the vehicle by a position sensor, assigning the position of the vehicle to a location in an topographic map containing slope information, retrieving slope information from the topographic map for a predetermined range in front of and behind of the location of the vehicle, determining a maximum detection distance of the front and rear sensors for detecting an object having a specific vertical height based on the slope information, front and rear sensor positions, and a vertical opening angle of a field of view of the front sensors, determining a minimum detection distance of the front and the rear sensor required for a planned driving maneuver or a current driving state of the vehicle, and actuating the vehicle such that the required minimum detection distance is equal or smaller than t

Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for operating a camera-monitor system for a motor vehicle, wherein the camera-monitor system has a side camera assigned to a longitudinal side of the motor vehicle to provide an image of surroundings of the motor vehicle. The method may include: specifying a region of interest in the surroundings; and transforming the image of the camera into a transformed image wherein the region of interest in the transformed image is arranged in a specified image region with a specified magnification independent of any change in relative position between the region of interest and the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A method for estimating the distance between an authentication device and a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, the vehicle including a computer and a plurality of communication modules capable of communicating with the device by exchanging signals over a wireless communication link, each communication module including an electronic clock that defines the sampling frequency of the signals received from the device. The method includes a plurality of measurement phases each comprising determination, by the computer, of the distance between the vehicle and the device and stopping and restarting of the electronic clock, and estimation of the actual distance between the vehicle and the device based on the plurality of distances determined during the measurement phases.

Abstract: A printed circuit board including electronic components, a carrier equipped with a network of conductor tracks electrically connecting the electronic components, and a plurality of strain gauges positioned on the carrier such that each one of the plurality of corners has a respective one of the plurality of strain gauges positioned closer to the one of the plurality of corners than to any other of the plurality of corners.

Abstract: Various embodiments include an input circuit comprising: a pull-up resistor having one end thereof connected to an input terminal; a switch unit for establishing/blocking a connection between the other end of the pull-up resistor and a battery; and a dark current reduction unit connected between the other end of the pull-up resistor and the switch unit, and enabling different current paths to be formed in a normal mode and in a low power mode. The dark current reduction unit enables a current path in the low power mode to have a higher resistance than a current path in the normal mode.

Abstract: A method of controlling a parking operation of a vehicle by a parking assista?ce system involves: capturing the position of a vehicle user located close to but outside of the vehicle; determining a provisional target position and a provisional motion path for the vehicle based on a vehicle starting position and the position of the vehicle user; checking whether the provisional target position and/or the motion of the vehicle into the provisional target position along the provisional motion path would cause a collision with the vehicle user; and if a result of the checking is affirmative, then changing the provisional target position and/or the provisional motion path so that no collision with the vehicle user will occur at the changed target position and/or along the changed motion path.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for detecting approach and/or contact of a user and Ultra High Frequency communication with a portable user apparatus, intended to be embedded on board an automotive vehicle, the system including: a device for detecting approach and/or contact, including a sensor for detecting approach and/or contact and an electronic control unit; a conducting metal surface, suitable for the conduction of electric charges; and a communication device, including an Ultra High Frequency antenna emitting an electromagnetic field at an Ultra High Frequency wavelength, and a management unit for managing the emission and reception of data of the antenna. The conducting metal surface takes the form of a continuous path including a plurality of meanders spread over a length at least equal to: L=?/6 wherein L is a total length of the meanders, and ? is a wavelength of the Ultra High Frequency antenna.

Abstract: A method for determining the position of a radial acceleration sensor of a wheel of a motor vehicle, including: acquiring, by the sensor, signals Si which are acquired during a predetermined time window Wi when the vehicle is in motion, the windows Wi being different from one another; detecting, for each time window Wi, local extrema of the signal Si; determining, for each time window Wi, a frequency Fi of the rotation of the wheel of the vehicle as a function of the phase values and of the detection instants for the local extrema detected; filtering of the signals Si, so as to obtain, for each time window Wi, a filtered value Zi; and determining the radial distance Rc between the radial acceleration sensor and the axis of rotation of the wheel.

Abstract: A vehicle safety control system includes: a passive safety device, configured to afford passive safety protection to the vehicle; a fault detection device, configured to detect whether any fault has occurred in the passive safety device and which upon detection of a fault in the passive safety device instructs that fault information informing of such fault in the passive safety device be transmitted to a control device. The vehicle safety system also includes a control device, configured to respond to the fault information that is received, determine a corresponding active safety protection solution and issue a control instruction of such active safety protection solution to an active safety device; and an active safety protection device, configured to respond to control instructions and execute the active safety protection solution.

Abstract: A regulating device for regulating the steering angle of a vehicle includes a first controller unit having at least one integrating component and configured to receive a control difference between first steering angle information, which is deduced from nominal steering angle information, and an actual steering angle. The first controller unit provides actuation information for a motor operating the steering. A compensation control circuit superposed on the first controller unit is provided. The compensation control circuit has a feedback path receives actuation information of the motor, the output torque of the motor, and/or information dependent on the output torque of the motor as the input variable and, based on the input variable, provides steering angle compensation information.

Abstract: A method for calculating a tow hitch position of a trailer is presented. A first and a second image of the trailer is captured and a trailer rotation and translation relative to a known zero pose of the trailer based on the captured first and second images is calculated. The rotation axes of the trailer in the first and second image is calculated based on the calculated trailer rotations and translations. An intersection of the first and second rotation axis is calculated to determine a ray to the tow hitch position. The ray to the tow hitch position and a geometrical condition are used to calculate the tow hitch position.