Patents Assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
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Publication number: 20230182752Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided an interface circuit for connecting to an electronic control unit (ECU). The interface circuit may include a first connection circuit, a second connection circuit, and a switching circuit. The first connection circuit may be configured to connect to an external device. The second connection circuit may be configured to provide an input signal to an ECU. The input signal may be indicative of a voltage level at the first connection circuit. The switching circuit may be connectable to a first voltage and a second voltage. The switching circuit may be configured to receive a control signal from the ECU, and may be further configured to selectively connect the first connection circuit to one of the first voltage and the second voltage, based on the received control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventor: Marcos Narvaez Soriano
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Publication number: 20230176375Abstract: A device for generating a virtual image comprising a display element for generating an image, an optical waveguide for widening an exit pupil, and an anti-glare element arranged downstream of the optical waveguide in a beam path wherein the anti-glare element is a shutter is disclosed. A method and a head-up display comprising a device for generating a virtual image are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventor: Alexander Wolf
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Publication number: 20230173918Abstract: A motor vehicle comprising a translucent front panel, an infrared component configured to receive and/or transmit radiation in the infrared range, a coating arranged on a main surface of the front panel, wherein the infrared component is arranged on the main surface of the front panel in a component region, the coating is arranged between the front panel and the infrared component and is arranged both in the component region and outside the component region, and the coating is transmissive to radiation in the infrared range and has a predefined color locus is disclosed. A motor vehicle comprising an apparatus is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Sebastian Knünz, Gianfranco Visano
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Publication number: 20230175828Abstract: A snap-fit height sensor and a height sensor assembly. The snap-fit height sensor is fixed to a base by means of a mounting support. The height sensor comprises a sensor body and a swing arm capable of swinging relative to the sensor body. An engagement seat is provided on the sensor body, the engagement seat being capable of receiving the mounting support and being fitted and fixed to the mounting support. The snap-fit height sensor and height sensor assembly provided in the present utility model overcome the shortcomings in the prior art, such that the mounting support and sensor have a small mounting volume, a light weight and a low cost, with simple mounting steps, few components and high efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Guozhen Cai, Xiangru Meng, Yao Wang
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Publication number: 20230166665Abstract: A sensor device for fastening to the inside of a vehicle window of a motor vehicle, comprising a holder that is connectable to the vehicle window, a carrier that is connected pivotably to the holder, and a sensor unit that is arranged on the carrier, the carrier being pivotable relative to the holder by a settable pivot angle about a carrier pivot axis, and the pivot angle being lockable by a fixing device is disclosed. For particularly precise pivotability of the carrier relative to the holder, the fixing device has a worm mechanism with a worm and with a worm wheel, the axis of rotation of the worm wheel corresponding to the carrier pivot axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Oliver Granzow, Oliver Griese, Werner Miethig, Marius Giuchici, Paul Adrian Macovei
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Publication number: 20230166704Abstract: A braking device for a hydraulic motor vehicle braking system has a housing with a cylinder bore formed therein along a bore axis (A), with at least one piston which is actuable axially in the cylinder bore by a pedal, and which braking device has at least one simulator unit which is positioned directly below the cylinder bore with a simulator axis (S) which is oriented perpendicularly to the side flank and transversely with respect to the bore axis (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Constantin Loghin, Cristian-Constantin Apetrei, Eduard Cretu, Constantin-Petrica Cazacu, Marius Cucos, Marius-Vasilica Adam, Ionut-Madalin Pista, Radu-Tudorel Damian, Cristian Aonesti
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Publication number: 20230171023Abstract: A computer-implemented reconstruction method of discrete digital signals in noisy overloaded wireless communication systems with CSI Errors that is characterized by a channel matrix of complex coefficients, the method including receiving the signal from channel by a signal detector, estimation of the CSI error parameter ? is done at the receiver, estimation noise power is done by a noise power estimator, forwarding the detected signal and the CSI error parameter ? and noise power estimation to a decoder that estimates the transmitted symbol, wherein the estimation of the decoder produces a symbol that could probably have been transmitted it is forwarded to a de-mapper, which outputs the bit estimates corresponding to the estimated transmit signal and the corresponding estimated symbol to a microprocessor for further processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: David Gonzalez Gonzalez, Andreas Andrae, Osvaldo Gonsa, Hiroki Iimori, Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu, Razvan-Andrei Stoica
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Publication number: 20230168499Abstract: A device for generating a virtual image comprising a display element for generating an image, an optical waveguide for expanding an exit pupil, and an antiglare element, which is arranged after the optical waveguide in a beam path and is configured as a shutter comprising slats, wherein the slats are arranged variably in their setting angle during operation is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Felicitas Wille, Klaus Seifert
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Publication number: 20230144250Abstract: A computer-implemented reconstruction method of discrete digital signal recovery in noisy overloaded wireless communication systems in the presence of hardware impairments that is characterized by a channel matrix of complex coefficients, the method including, receiving the signal from channel by a signal detector, estimation of hardware impairments parameter ? is done at the receiver, estimation noise power is done by a noise power estimator, forwarding the detected signal and hardware impairments parameter ? and noise power estimation to a decoder that estimates the transmitted symbol, wherein the estimation of the decoder produces a symbol that could probably have been transmitted it is forwarded to a de-mapper, which outputs the bit estimates corresponding to the estimated transmit signal and the corresponding estimated symbol to a microprocessor for further processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: David Gonzalez Gonzalez, Andreas Andrae, Osvaldo Gonsa, Hiroki Iimori, Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu, Razvan-Andrei Stoica
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Publication number: 20230145357Abstract: A circuit arrangement comprises an LED chain comprising multiple LEDs and bypass switching elements, wherein each LED is assigned to one of the bypass switching elements, and the bypass switching elements each have a driver terminal, wherein each of the bypass switching elements is configured to bypass the LED of the LED chain that is associated with the bypass switching element based on a voltage at the driver terminal that is associated with the bypass switching element; and a switch, wherein the driver terminals of the bypass switching elements are connected to the switch via a common node, the switch being configured to discharge a capacitor of a constant current source that can be connected to the LED chain based on a voltage applied to the node. A circuit comprises the circuit arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventor: Emil Kovatchev
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Publication number: 20230139711Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle along a trajectory, in which the vehicle has a control device which plans the trajectory within a definable search space of the trajectory and can access actuators of the vehicle in order to control the vehicle , wherein at least one limit value is determined for at least one manipulated variable of an actuator and a search space of the manipulated variable is defined on the basis of the at least one limit value, wherein the search space is used to plan the trajectory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventor: Philipp Keßler
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Publication number: 20230127266Abstract: A driver monitoring camera comprises an optical sensor configured to take an image of a driver of a vehicle, an inclination sensor configured to determine an inclination of the driver monitoring camera with respect to a vehicle coordinate system and a processor configured to determine a pose of the driver in a driver monitoring camera coordinate system from the image and configured to transform the pose of the driver in the driver monitoring camera coordinate system to a pose of the driver in the vehicle coordinate system using the determined inclination.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Kah Soon Ang, Florin Burza
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Publication number: 20230125088Abstract: A brake system has at least two energy sources and at least two electromechanical wheel brakes. A first wheel brake is directly connected exclusively to a first of the energy sources and is not directly connected to a second of the energy sources. A second wheel brake is directly connected to the second energy source and is not directly connected to the first energy source. The wheel brakes are each configured to, in the event of failure of the energy source of the respective other wheel brake, supply energy to the other wheel brake from the remaining energy source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventor: Jochen Beuss
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Publication number: 20230126121Abstract: A braking system for a motor vehicle has a first and a second parking brake A first and a second control device each have a driver for driving at least the first and/or the second parking brake actuator. The first control device has a first arbitration unit to data whether a parking brake action should be carried out. The second control device has a second arbitration unit to receive parking brake request data and to ascertain from the received data whether a parking brake action should be carried out. The result of the second arbitration unit is fed to the first arbitration unit as parking brake request data and the result of the first arbitration unit is transmitted to the driver of the first and/or second control device for driving the first and second parking brake actuators.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Martin Brenn, Thorsten Ullrich
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Publication number: 20230119215Abstract: A battery sensor for detecting a current flowing through an electrical conductor, wherein the battery sensor has at least two mutually independent measuring devices for detecting the current flowing through the electrical conductor. The measuring devices are structurally and/or electrically completely isolated from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Michael Irsigler, Matthias Böhm, Dirk Grobe, Sudarshan Rao
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Publication number: 20230121655Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic device with active cooling. In order to make a compact design of an electronic device possible and furthermore ensure a high level of ESD/EMC protection and a high level of IP protection, it is proposed according to the disclosure that a housing of the electronic device is connected to a main body of a fan. When the main body and housing are in a connected state, an opening to the interior of the housing is closed off. The main body is furthermore connected to a bushing on which the fan rotor is mounted for rotation. In the connected state, a chamber is furthermore formed which is separated from the interior of the housing and in which the fan rotor is arranged. Here, the chamber forms a housing for the fan rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Bernd Hildebrand, Georg Nehm
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Publication number: 20230111973Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for monitoring the logical consistency of an artificial neural network. Activation data of the artificial neural network, which are produced from input data, are initially read in. The activation data are transferred to at least one trained concept model which is trained to recognize and, if applicable, localize a partial feature of the features contained in the input data and to output a calibrated partial feature mask. The final output data are linked to the partial feature truth values by means of a fuzzy logic unit in such a way that a continual logical consistency truth value is produced therefrom. The logical consistency truth value is evaluated by means of an evaluation unit, wherein a logical inconsistency of the final output data is ascertained in an inconsistency region if the consistency truth value falls short of a predefined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Gesina Schwalbe, Christian Wirth
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Publication number: 20230115930Abstract: A head-up display comprising an image generator with a light source, a tilted display, a display glass wherein the display glass has a wedged shape, a light trap, an optical system, and a transmissive screen is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Willi Scheffler-Juschtschenko, Andreas Buechel, Christian Junge, Jörg Reimann, Eugen Vetsch
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Publication number: 20230113774Abstract: A head-up display comprising an image generator with a light source, a tilted display, an aspheric mirror, an optical system, a transmissive screen, and an aspheric lens, wherein the aspheric lens is arranged between the tilted display and the aspheric mirror is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Willi Scheffler-Juschtschenko, Andreas Buechel, Nico Plagens
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Publication number: 20230109494Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for building a training dataset on a server, including the steps of: analyzing meta information of the training dataset for a requirement to extend the training dataset; and based on the requirement, sending a data capturing task to a data capturing device, in particular a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Ionut-Valentin Gheorghe, Christian Hellert, Antje Elisabeth Loyal