Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected to enter the detection area is an alert object, and to output the judgement to a warning which is configured to warn a driver of the subject vehicle that a target object is present in the detection area behind the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, wherein the system is configured to delay generating the judgement until a specified period of time has elapsed from a point in time when the target object entered the detection area from an adjacent area located lateral to the detection area and/or is configured to generate the judgement based on a change in distance between the target object and the subject vehicle during said specified period of time.

Abstract: A blind spot detection control apparatus for a vehicle, configured for judging whether an object detected during a detection cycle in blind spot zone of the vehicle is an alert object, for outputting a result of judgement to a warning which warns a driver of vehicle that an object is present in blind spot zone based on judging that object detected in blind spot zone is an alert object, wherein apparatus is configured to judge whether an object detected in blind spot zone is an alert object by comparing detection parameters relating to a current target object detected in blind spot zone during a current detection cycle with detection parameters relating to a reference moving object corresponding to a target object detected in blind spot zone at least during a previous detection cycle.

Abstract: A method for automatically controlling a vehicle based on a driving specification received from an external infrastructure. In a normal mode the vehicle is controlled along a trajectory specified thereby and in a test mode the vehicle is controlled along a test trajectory that deviates from the trajectory specified by the driving specification, and/or is controlled using test parameters. This allows the reliable operation of the infrastructure to be verified.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for the assistive or automated vehicle control of an ego-vehicle, the ego-vehicle including a control device and at least one sensor for environment and object detection, wherein, for the vehicle control of the ego-vehicle, trajectory planning is carried out on the basis of the detected environment and the detected objects, boids which are defined using rules of attraction and repulsion are generated for the objects, and the trajectory planning is carried out using the boids.

Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to judge whether a target object which has been detected in the detection area is an alert object, and to output a result of judgement to a warning which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle that a target object is present in the detection area based on judging the target object to be an alert object, wherein the system is configured to judge, in response to the subject vehicle being detected to make or have made a turn, whether the target object detected in the detection area is an alert object based on a trailing trajectory of the subject vehicle being a calculated trajectory the subject vehicle has passed during turning and/or after turning, and further based on a current relative position of the target object with respect to the subject vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle object detection system configured to generate a judgement on whether a target object which has been detected to enter the detection area is an alert object, and to output the judgement to a warning which is configured to output a warning to a driver of the subject vehicle that a target object is present in the detection area behind the subject vehicle based on the judgement indicating that the target object is an alert object, wherein the system is configured to delay generating the judgment until a specified period of time has elapsed from a point in time when the target object is detected to enter a detectable area included in a field of view of a sensor, wherein the detectable area overlaps with only a part of the detection area.

Abstract: A method for operating a brake system having a brake fluid reservoir having a first and a second reservoir chamber which are separated by a first partition wall, wherein a first filling level in the brake fluid reservoir is determined by a first sensor element, and a second filling level in the brake fluid reservoir is determined by a second sensor element, wherein the brake system is operated in a first fallback operating mode when the determined first filling level in the brake fluid reservoir falls below a first predetermined level (p1), and wherein the brake system is operated in a second fallback operating mode when the determined second filling level in the brake fluid reservoir falls below a second predetermined level (p2), wherein the second level (p2) is lower than the first level (p1), and to a brake system.

Abstract: An optically and aerodynamically optimized and particularly wind-insensitive cleaning apparatus for cleaning a surface of a sensor apparatus of a vehicle with a fluid cleaning agent. The surface is surrounded by an outer surface region with respect to which the surface is arranged so as to be substantially flush therewith or curved in a domed manner above it, and, in relation to the outer surface region, the nozzle is positioned in a recessed manner such that the spraying of the cleaning agent is realized below the outer surface region.

Abstract: A display including a display panel and a backlight arranged behind the display panel, with a light guide with edge coupling, wherein the backlight is designed so the light intensity of the backlight is lower in a peripheral region of the display panel than in a central region of the display panel.

Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle brake system having hydraulic wheel brakes; an atmospheric pressure pressure medium reservoir; a pressure modulation unit setting wheel-specific brake pressures, an electrohydraulic pressure provision device connected to the pressure modulation unit and the pressure medium reservoir which outputs brake system pressure to the pressure modulation unit and draws in pressure medium from the reservoir; a first and second pressure activation valve connecting the pressure provision device to the pressure modulation device. A piston of the piston-cylinder arrangement separates two pressure spaces from one another. A pressure build-up occurs in the first pressure space during a backward movement of the piston and in the second pressure space during a forward movement of the piston. During a brake pressure build-up by a forward stroke of the piston, the activation valve is opened and the first pressure space is hydraulically separated from the pressure medium reservoir.

Abstract: A utility vehicle tire having a tread with at least two circumferential channels (3), which are formed to a profile depth (T) and which separate central profile positives (1) and shoulder-side profile positives (2) from one another, the circumferential channels (3) having channel flanks (5a, 5b) toward the central profile positives (1) and the shoulder-side profile positives (2) having shoulder flanks (6) running toward the side wall. The channels have depressions delimited by a curved surface.

Abstract: A method for determining an encoder architecture of a convolutional neural network configured to process image processing tasks. For each image processing task), characteristic scale distribution is calculated based on training data. Encoder architecture candidates are generated, each including a shared encoder layer providing computational operations for image processing tasks and branches which span over encoder layers providing at least partly different computational operations for the image processing tasks. Each branch is associated with a certain image processing task. Receptive encoder layer field sizes and assessment measures are calculated, each assessment measure referring to a combination of a certain encoder architecture and a certain image processing task, and including information regarding matching quality of characteristic scale distribution associated with the assessment measure to the receptive field sizes of the encoder layers.

Abstract: A display system comprises a display, configured for displaying data, wherein the display comprises an inactive display edge not configured for displaying, and an active display inner surface configured for displaying. The display system further comprises a backlighting module having luminous units, wherein the backlighting module is arranged directly or indirectly at a rear side of the display, such that the light emitted by the luminous units forms a backlight for the display. The backlighting module comprises a backlighting edge corresponding to the display edge and comprises a backlighting inner surface corresponding to the display inner surface. The display system further comprises and a control system for driving the luminous units. A vehicle comprising a display system and a method for operating a display system is also provided.

Abstract: A method and system for pose estimation includes receiving at least one image frame captured by an imaging device, wherein the imaging device is arranged to image at least one subject; determining one or more candidate positions for each of a plurality of human keypoints, wherein each candidate position is associated with a likelihood that a human keypoint is located at such position; generating one or more combinations of human keypoints based on the determined one or more candidate positions; and determining a pose of each of the at least one subject based at least on the one or more generated combinations of human keypoints.

Abstract: A pulsation damper for damping pressure medium vibrations in a hydraulic system, has a membrane within a bore of a housing, which membrane is exposed to the pressure medium on its one side and faces a gas-filled cavity inside the housing on its other side, the bore of which is closed by means of a plug. The membrane, in conjunction with the plug and a hollow-cylindrical support body, forms an independently handleable, functionally pre-testable assembly, for which purpose the membrane is substantially cup-shaped, and the support body extends into it.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device (1) for measuring at least one parameter of a motor vehicle, the device (1) comprising at least one reference resistor (R0) of a predetermined value and at least two measuring branches (K1, K2), each of the two measuring branches comprising at least a first element comprising a resistor (R0) or a resistive sensor (R2), capable of being connected to a voltage supply (Vcc), and a second element comprising a resistor or a resistive sensor (R1, R3) capable of being connected to earth (M), the first element and the second element being connected together at a mid-point (A, B), the mid-points (A, B) of the at least two measuring branches (K1, K2) being connected together in pairs by a third element comprising a resistor or a resistive sensor (R4).

Abstract: A camera arm device for a mirror replacement system for a motor vehicle having a boom element, which has at least one camera (30) of the mirror replacement system is provided. A. housing, which cooperates with an end portion of the boom element in order to hold the boom element. There is arranged in the housing a guide groove through which the boom element extends and along which the boom element is movably mounted.

Abstract: A method of providing full array local dimming to a display comprises performing an image processing algorithm with a processor having instructions for: determining a new pixel value for each of a plurality of pixels of the image, mapping the new pixel value to a prior pixel value for each of the plurality of pixels, scaling the image of the zone bilinearly, repeating the determining mapping and scaling until an approximation value is reached, compiling the repeated results into a data set. The method also includes dividing an image for the display having into a plurality of zones each having at least one LED associate therewith and making an illumination decision from the data set, where the illumination decision is for the at least one LED associated with one of the plurality of zones.

Abstract: An alert system for warning road users in a road section. A receiver unit receives movement data of detected road users (DRUs) in relation to the road section. A memory unit has prediction modules with decreasing prediction qualities. A first prediction module makes at least one DRU position prediction if first conditions are satisfied. The second prediction module makes at least one DRU position prediction if the first conditions are not satisfied and second conditions are satisfied. The third prediction module makes at least one DRU position prediction if the first and second conditions are not satisfied. A test module tests whether the first, second, or third conditions are satisfied in relation to the road section and the DRU and selects the prediction module with the highest prediction quality with a satisfied condition. A processor predicts at least a future position of the DRUs using the selected prediction module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for predicting a future position of road users in a predefined road section, including a storage unit in which at least historical sensor data relating to captured road users in the predefined road section are stored. A processor is provided and extracts the historical movement data relating to the respective road users from the historical sensor data and is further designed to learn a sufficiently accurate high-definition map of the predefined road section by means of a machine learning method based on the historical movement data. The processor is further designed to determine, based on an input of current movement data relating to a road user, a prediction of at least one future position of this road user in this road section, at least implicitly using the learned high-definition map.