Abstract: An electrically actuated motor vehicle brake and method are provided for determining a contact position of an electrically actuated motor vehicle brake along a displacement path of an actuator, with an initial contact position being verified using a reference contact position, and with the initial contact position being determined differently than the reference contact position.

Abstract: A method and a corresponding electronic control system for ascertaining a distance traveled by a vehicle predicts with a Kalman filter a distance traveled by the vehicle using a change in angle of rotation of at least one right wheel and/or at least one left wheel of the vehicle for a specific period of time while the vehicle is traveling and an ascertained radius of the right wheel and/or ascertained circumference of the right wheel of the vehicle and/or an ascertained radius of the left wheel and/or ascertained circumference of the left wheel of the vehicle; and corrects the predicted traveled distance by a Kalman filter correction to ascertain the distance traveled by the vehicle using the predicted traveled distance and a local distance between at least two absolute positions of the vehicle recorded within the specific period of time with a time interval while the vehicle is traveling.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of regulating a vehicle load of a motor vehicle. The method comprises measuring, by way of a sensing module, an onboard loading data of a motor vehicle; transmitting, by way of a vehicle bus, the onboard loading data measured to a processing unit of a motor vehicle load regulating system; receiving, by way of a processing unit, the onboard loading data measured; and determining, by way of a processing unit, a centrifugal force of a motor vehicle relative to the onboard loading data measure; and executing, by way of the processing unit, a feedback mechanism for regulating a motion of a motor vehicle in response to the centrifugal force determined. A vehicle load regulating system, a computer program and computer-readable medium having stored thereon the computer program is also disclosed.

Abstract: A current sensor, fora vehicle battery in a vehicle, with an electrical conductor which has a first connection and a second connection for contacting a power circuit of a vehicle. The current sensor includes a first current measurement device and a second current measurement device for measuring the current flowing over the electrical conductor. An evaluation circuit receives measurement values of the first current measurement device and/or the second current measurement device to output a current measurement signal proportional to the current. The first current measurement device utilizes a Hall effect sensor disposed within a constriction with a reduced cross section of the electrical conductor.

Abstract: A current sensor with an electrical conductor which has a first connection and a second connection for contacting a power circuit of a vehicle, and with a first and a second current measurement device for detecting at least one measurement value for the current flowing over the electrical conductor, and with a first evaluation circuit which is connected to the first and/or the second current measurement device and can receive the measurement values of the first and/or the second current measurement device and output a current measurement signal depending on the measurement values, and with a second evaluation circuit.

Abstract: A method of controlling a sensor system for a traffic infrastructure facility, by way of which a transformation rule for a coordinate transformation of radar data acquired by way of a radar device and of video data acquired by way of a video camera is determined based on an association of road users detected by way of the video camera with road users detected by way of the radar device.

Abstract: A method for providing information and entertainment in a motor vehicle comprising ascertaining conditions within a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, ambient conditions around the motor vehicle and operating parameters of the motor vehicle, evaluating information about a state of a first passenger and selecting information and/or entertainment from a result, and providing the information and/or entertainment selected for the first passenger is disclosed.

Abstract: An electrooptical display module comprises an electrooptical display, a first element and a second element. The first element and the second element are connected together and the first element carries the electrooptical display. The first element and the second element are connected by at least one silicone body. In a method for producing an electrooptical display module, silicone is dispensed on at least one of a first element and a second element and then the first element and the second element are brought together so that the silicone connects the first element with the second element and waiting is undertaken until the silicone is set and so a silicone body is formed.

Abstract: A method and electronic monitoring system for identifying a detrimental traffic situation of a first road user with a second road user by acquiring position information for ascertaining a position of the first road user and uncertainty information for ascertaining a position detection uncertainty of the first road user, acquiring position information for ascertaining a position of the second road user and uncertainty information for ascertaining a position detection uncertainty of the second road user, converting the uncertainty information of the first road user into a first covariance matrix for describing a location-dependent probability of presence of the first road user in connection with the position of the first road user, converting the uncertainty information of the second road user into a second covariance matrix for describing a location-dependent probability of presence of the second road user in connection with the position of the second road user, and using the first covariance matrix and the se

Abstract: A display with a two-dimensional display element, which is planar or curved, and an illumination unit for the display element is disclosed. The display has a light source, a light guide and a receiving housing in which the light guide is arranged. The light guide is centered in the middle in its longitudinal direction by means of a centering element in the receiving housing.

Abstract: A bellows formed from an elastic material with a cylinder jacket as a basic shape, a cylinder axis corresponding to a working direction, and a jacket surface shaped into a plurality of folds transversely with respect to the working direction. Each fold has a first fold diameter perpendicular to the working direction and spaced apart therefrom in the working direction, a second fold diameter differing from the first fold diameter and spaced apart therefrom in the working direction, against the first fold diameter, and a fold wall formed integrally therewith. Consecutive folds in the working direction each have the same inner fold diameter, but alternating different outer fold diameters.

Abstract: A display device for a vehicle, comprising an electro-optical display and a position detection device which is used to determine the position of eyes of a driver of the vehicle, wherein a multiplicity of different items of information are displayed by the electro-optical display device and are perceived by the driver of the vehicle is disclosed. Provision is made for there to be a viewing direction detector for determining the driver's viewing direction, which is used to determine which information of the multiplicity of different items of information are perceived by the driver, and, depending on the perceived information, for the perceived information to be able to be enlarged and/or for additional information relating to the perceived information to be able to be displayed. A method for displaying information on a display device in a vehicle is also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a virtual image having a display element for generating an image, an optical waveguide for expanding an exit pupil, and an anti-glare element arranged downstream of the optical waveguide in the beam path, wherein the anti-glare element is a shutter that has a plurality of slats which, in their end regions, have flat reinforcing elements which protrude beyond the slats is disclosed.

Abstract: A sensor for detecting relative movements between an encoder, having a substantially periodic scale and/or pattern, and at least one sensor element, wherein the sensor comprises at least one sensor element and a signal processing device, the signal processing device being designed to take the sensor element output signal of the sensor element as a basis for providing a movement signal, wherein the signal processing device is designed such that it has two or more switching thresholds for the at least one sensor element output signal, movement information that is taken into consideration for generating the movement signal being generated substantially whenever a switching threshold is exceeded and/or is fallen short of by the sensor element output signal, wherein the signal processing device is designed such that the appearance of movement information results in a particular movement impulse of defined duration being generated in the movement signal, wherein the signal processing device is designed to substanti

Abstract: An electrooptical display device comprising an electrooptical display and a plurality of foils which are arranged on one of another and the plurality of foils is situated in front of the electrooptical display, so that the plurality of foils is situated between the electrooptical display and a possible viewer or observer of the electrooptical display device is disclosed. The foils comprise centering features for centering the foils in a frame of the electrooptical display device and the foils are connected by a linking.

Abstract: A backlight unit for a vehicular component is disclosed. In particular, the vehicle component is for displaying vehicular information. The backlight unit comprises a screen divided into an array of segments and a transparent plate for directing light rays through the screen. Each segment of the array of segments is capable to operate between a mode for permitting light rays to pass through, allowing light rays passing through the transparent plate and the screen, and a mode for blocking light rays from passing through blocking light rays from passing through the screen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a spur gear transmission (251), comprising a transmission housing (12), an output gear (14) rotatably mounted in the transmission housing (12) about a first axis of rotation (16), a drive gear (18) that is rotatably mounted in the transmission housing (12) about a second axis of rotation (20), wherein the first axis of rotation (16) and the second axis of rotation (20) run parallel to each other and spaced apart by a fixed center distance (A), and an idler gear (22), which meshes with the output gear (14) and the drive gear (18) and is rotatably mounted in a carrier part (26) about a third axis of rotation (24), wherein the third axis of rotation (24) runs parallel to the first axis of rotation (16) and to the second axis of rotation (20) and the carrier part (26) can be placed in a receptacle (37) of the transmission housing (12) and is designed in such a way that the third axis of rotation (24) can be moved perpendicular to the first axis of rotation (16) and/or to t

Abstract: Disclosed are a comb type connector and a connector assembly having the same. The disclosed comb type connector comprises: a base made of a conductive metal material; and a plurality of thin plate terminals made of a conductive metal material and which protrude in a thin film shape and are spaced apart from and overlap each other on one side surface of the base.

Abstract: A method for determining components of a sensor network within an Ethernet on-board network in a motor vehicle between at least two ECU nodes and at least one further ECU node. The at least one ECU node responds to a received payload with a payload only after a delay time, the delay time satisfying the condition tBUS?tB+(tP+tC) n, where tB denotes a beacon time of the ECU node, tC denotes the commit time of the further ECU node, tP denotes the maximum payload with the maximum length, and n denotes the number of ECU nodes.

Abstract: A digital display apparatus and method of assembling the same is disclosed. The digital apparatus comprises a light source operable to emit light rays, and a rigid light transporter operable to transmit emitted light rays from the light source towards a viewing area. The digital display apparatus further comprises a flexible optical film operable to extract light rays transmitted through the rigid light transporter towards the viewing area, the flexible optical film further comprises at least one microstructure having a curvature, wherein the flexible optical film is adhered to a curved surface of the rigid light transporter, with a peak of the curvature of the at least one microstructure opposing the curved surface of the rigid light transporter.