Abstract: A vehicle-to-X communication apparatus including: a reception device to receive a vehicle-to-X message; a first electronic computation device to calculate a hash value for a received vehicle-to-X message; and a second electronic computation device to generate a new vehicle-to-X message using data included in the received vehicle-to-X message and to calculate a hash value for the generated vehicle-to-X message. The first electronic computation device is designed in accordance with a higher safety integrity level than the second electronic computation device, and a comparison device to make a comparison between the hash value for the received vehicle-to-X message and the hash value for the generated vehicle-to-X message. The vehicle-to-X communication apparatus further processes the data from the received vehicle-to-X message depending on a result of the comparison. Also disclosed are a corresponding method and the use of the apparatus in a vehicle or an infrastructure device.

Abstract: A collision avoidance assist apparatus executes an emergency steering control including processes to determine a target steering torque used to change a steering angle to avoid a collision of a vehicle with an obstacle so as not to move the vehicle out of a moving lane when the vehicle has a high probability of colliding with the obstacle, and the moving lane is a straight lane, and applies a steering torque corresponding to the determined target steering torque to a steering mechanism. The collision avoidance assist apparatus stops executing the emergency steering control when determining that the moving lane is a curved lane, based on only one of left and right lane markings at an avoidance side of the obstacle which is the left or the right side of the obstacle which the vehicle passes over while executing the emergency steering control.

Abstract: A localization and mapping system and method for a motor vehicle is disclosed and includes at least one camera configured to obtain images of an environment surrounding the motor vehicle, at least one sensor configured to obtain location information for objects surrounding the motor vehicle and a controller configured to receive the images captured by the at least one camera and the location information obtained by the at least one sensor. The controller enhances the captured images utilizing a neural network and combines the enhanced images with the location information to localize the vehicle within the mapped environment.

Abstract: A vehicle display apparatus comprising a processor and a temperature regulator is disclosed. The temperature regulator is operable to allow a fluid flow to enter a fluid flow inlet of the vehicle display apparatus or prevent a fluid flow to enter a fluid flow inlet of the vehicle display apparatus. The temperature regulator further comprises: an actuator having a shaft, the actuator operable to rotate the shaft, and a rotatable tab in communication with the actuator, the rotatable tab operable to rotate synchronously in response to a rotation of the shaft. The processor is operable to execute a command to allow the fluid flow to enter the fluid flow inlet of the vehicle display apparatus; or to prevent the fluid flow to enter the fluid flow inlet of the vehicle display apparatus by rotating the shaft of the actuator to change a position of the rotatable tab.

Abstract: Transceiver method between at least one receiver and at least one transmitter in an overloaded communication channel that is characterized by a channel matrix, wherein within a first step a transmitter sends out a reference signals to a receiver, and the receiver estimates the channel Matrix, within a second step the receiver optimizes RX beamforming matrix and TX beamforming matrix jointly, within a third step the TX beamforming matrix is sent to the transmitter out-of-band by using a control channel, which is reliable.

Abstract: A method for classifying the height of an object by means of at least one ultrasonic sensor of a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes emitting an ultrasonic signal by the ultrasonic sensor of the vehicle in a transmission cycle; and performing a reception cycle, wherein the reception cycle has a reception time window which makes it possible to receive echoes having a transit time which corresponds to at least double a reception range of the ultrasonic sensor. It is checked whether echoes were received in the reception cycle. A detected object is classified in a height class depending on whether at least a first and a second echo were received, wherein the transit time of the second echo is an integer multiple of the transit time of the first echo.

Abstract: Method for correcting a height value, measured using a height sensor, of a spring-damper unit of a motor vehicle, wherein the measured height value is corrected by a correction value that is dependent on an acceleration value if the motor vehicle is accelerated in a longitudinal and/or lateral direction, the correction value being adjusted while the motor vehicle is moving.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for increasing the safety of driving functions in a partially automated or fully autonomous vehicle, including the following steps: capturing (S1) an environment image or a sequence of environment images by means of at least one surroundings detection sensor (2), detecting (S2) driving lane boundaries in the environment image or the sequence of environment images, determining (S3) a driving lane course based on the detected driving lane boundaries; retrieving (S4) a further driving lane course from a data source; checking the plausibility (S5) of the determined driving lane course by verifying a matching of the driving lane courses; identifying (S6) a degree of matching; setting (S7) a confidence value based on the degree of matching; deciding (S8) whether the determined driving lane course is provided to a driving function.

Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus determines that a control start condition is satisfied when there is an object in an area of a moving route of the own vehicle and determine that a control forbidding condition is satisfied when there is an oncoming vehicle which satisfies a predetermined moving condition that the oncoming vehicle moves in an oncoming lane next to a moving lane of the own vehicle and approaches the own vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus determines that the control forbidding condition is not satisfied when a forbidding cancelling condition is satisfied, the forbidding cancelling condition being satisfied when a first me elapses since determining that the oncoming vehicle satisfying the predetermined moving condition disappears after determining that the control forbidding condition is satisfied and executes the steering control when the control start condition is satisfied, and the control forbidding condition is not satisfied.

Abstract: A sensor which has a lever unit which is rotationally deflectably mounted in a bearing of a base unit, wherein the lever unit has a shaft, which is mounted by way of its shaft bearing portion in the bearing, and has a lever connected to said shaft, wherein the shaft has an encoder, and wherein the base unit has at least one sensor element which detects the encoder, wherein the bearing of the base unit has multiple detent means, in particular detent hooks and/or detent projections, which are arranged in encircling fashion on the inner shell of the bearing and which are formed as a single piece with the bearing, and wherein said detent means directly or indirectly hold and/or guide the shaft bearing portion.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling antenna changeover of a radio receiver having at least two antennas, wherein the device is configured to change over the transmission in the form of transmitting and/or receiving signals by a first antenna of the radio transceiver to a transmission of signals by an additional antenna of the radio transceiver, wherein an antenna changeover decision interval is determined, after which a decision on the changeover between the antennas is provided at an antenna changeover decision time in each case, taking into consideration at least the negative count of preceding successive negative changeover decisions.

Abstract: A data transmission method to transmit data contained in k independent data streams to k receivers with a data transmission device, wherein specific data stream identifiers are attached to the independent data streams and then multiplexed into I multiplexed data streams. The multiplexed data streams are then transmitted via I UARTs to k microcontrollers which demultiplex the multiplexed data streams and select one of the contained independent data streams via an allocation protocol. The allocation protocol is identical on all microcontrollers and utilizes the specific data stream identifiers to allocate the k independent data streams to exactly one of the k receivers. The microcontrollers then send their selected independent data stream to an allocated receiver.

Abstract: The invention relates to a puncture assistance device 1 for sealing and inflating vehicle tires, comprising a pressure source, the puncture assistance device 1 having at least one battery, which supplies power to the pressure source. The invention also relates to a method for charging such a puncture assistance device 1, the puncture assistance device 1 being charged in a vehicle by means of a power supply interface 9 and/or inductively. The invention is directed to a system for charging a puncture assistance device 1, comprising a vehicle with an inductive charging surface, and a puncture assistance device 1 of this type, the puncture assistance device 1 being arranged in the charging region of the inductive charging surface in the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining natural rubber from plant material containing at least the step of milling the plant material with at least one ball mill comprising milling media. The invention further relates to the natural rubber obtained by this process and to the use of at least one ball mill comprising milling media for milling plant material when obtaining natural rubber from plant material. In the process, the ball mill has a nonmetallic lining and/or the milling media have at least a nonmetallic surface.

Abstract: One or more routes for a mobile user between a first location and a destination are generated and provided by composing, based on data representing roads or paths between the first location and the destination, at least one route candidate having at least one route segment. To each of the at least one route segments of the at least one route candidate one or more first values representing an estimated or predicted Quality of Experience (QoE) is assigned for one or more services or applications, executed or provided by one or more devices installed at or located with the mobile user, whose function is dependent on data that is wirelessly received in real-time or near real-time. The one or more route candidates, along with the one or more assigned first values, are processed, in, or provided to, the navigation system of the mobile user, for selection or execution.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic tire for a vehicle, having at least one surface element (2) that is formed on the outer surface of the tire and has a structure (6) which contrasts with a base level (NB) and gives the surface element (2) a roughness. The contrast structure (6) is formed by a multiplicity of contrast structure cells (6a), which coincide in shape in plan view and are joined together in the form of a grid, wherein the contrast structure cells (6a) have irregular peak and trough structures (6b) of a surface-covering configuration, wherein the arrangement of the contrast structure cells (6a) and the configuration of the irregular peak and trough structures (6b) are such that, when considered in plan view, the irregular peak and trough structures (6b) can be transferred one into the other by congruence mapping.

Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire having two or more belt plies which have reinforcement members crossing at an angle. The reinforcement members within each belt ply are arranged substantially parallel to and spaced apart from one another and are embedded in rubber material. The belt has at least one first belt ply, the reinforcement members of which are formed by ultra-tensile steel monofilaments having a tensile strength of 3080 N/mm2 to 4190 N/mm2. The steel monofilaments have a diameter D of 0.33 mm to 0.37 mm. This provides, at lower cost, a pneumatic vehicle tyre with low rolling resistance, by way of simultaneously simplified production. This is achieved in that the steel monofilaments have a torsion value of approximately zero windings in the case of a length dimension of 200 times the diameter of the steel monofilament.

Abstract: A method for is disclosed for rectifying images and/or image points acquired by camera of a camera-based system of a vehicle with a windshield pane. A raw image of a scene is acquired with the camera. Raw image data is selected from the raw image. Intermediate image data is calculated based on the raw image data and camera parameters. The intermediate image data includes an intermediate image or intermediate image points. The intermediate image data resembles an image/image points of the scene obtained by a pinhole camera through the windshield pane. A set of points in space of the scene is calculated, the set of points corresponding to pixels of the intermediate image or to the intermediate image points. The calculation is performed using a parallel shift of the optical path induced by the windshield pane based on windshield pane parameters. Also disclosed is vehicle and a camera-based system therefor.

Abstract: An air compressor system having a compressor with an air inlet and an air outlet. An air filter is located in an air filter housing, and filters air before it is fed to the air inlet of the compressor. A first connector defined by the housing to be connected to a first air hose is furthermore provided for the purposes of intake and discharge of air from the air outlet of the compressor into the surroundings. The air to be discharged is conducted into the housing of the air filter into a prechamber, and thereafter is guided via the first connector into the surroundings.

Abstract: A sensor which has a lever unit which is rotationally, deflectably mounted in a bearing of a base unit, wherein the lever unit has a shaft, which is mounted by way of its shaft bearing portion in the bearing, and has a lever connected to said shaft, wherein the shaft has an encoder, and wherein the base unit has at least one sensor element which detects the encoder, wherein the lever unit is formed substantially, with the exception of the encoder, as a single piece from plastics, and that a housing of the base unit, in which at least the sensor element is arranged, is formed as a single piece from plastics together with the bearing of the base unit.