Abstract: An electric drive system for a motor vehicle includes a first electric machine with a first rotor, a second electric machine with a second rotor, and a reduced coupling gearing, which has a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, a first output shaft, and a second output shaft. The first input shaft introduces first torques emanating from the first electric machine into the reduced coupling gearing. The second input shaft introduces second torques emanating from the second electric machine into the reduced coupling gearing. The first output shaft diverts third torques from the reduced coupling gearing. The second output shaft diverts fourth torques from the reduced coupling gearing.

Abstract: A burner for an exhaust gas tract that can be flowed through by exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber in which a mixture of air and liquid fuel is to be ignited and combusted and an inner swirl chamber that can be flowed through by a first part of the air and causes a turbulent flow of the first part of the air. The swirl chamber has a first outflow opening that can be flowed through by the first part of the air flowing through the inner swirl chamber and via which the first part of the air can be removed from the inner swirl chamber. The burner further includes an introduction element that can be flowed through by the liquid fuel and via which the fuel can be introduced into the inner swirl chamber.

Abstract: A method for determining a driving behavior of a driver relative to a driving behavior of an automated driving system of a vehicle involves detecting actuating commands from the driver and a manually navigated trajectory of the vehicle during manual driving operation of the vehicle. In a first calculation path, it is determined as to which automated actuating commands the automated driving system would generate in a respectively current actual position of the vehicle on the manually navigated trajectory if the automated driving system were active. In a second calculation path, a trajectory of the vehicle which the vehicle would cover with the automated driving system active is simulated. Depending on the detected actuating commands, the automated actuating commands, the manually navigated trajectory, and/or the simulated trajectory, at least one score value is determined as a measure of a discrepancy between the driving behavior of the driver and that of the automated driving system.

Abstract: A method for evaluating suitability route sections of a digital map storing landmarks for automated driving operation of a vehicle is provided. For each route section of the digital map a spatial density of landmarks is determined, an expected recognizability of the landmarks is determined by a vehicle sensor system under predetermined ambient conditions, a classification is performed based on the determined density and recognizability of the landmarks as to whether a vehicle can be located on the route section with a minimum accuracy required for a predetermined operating mode and/or for a predetermined driving maneuver, and a classification result is stored as a data record in a route attribute associated with the route section, the route attribute indicating for which of the predetermined operating modes and/or driving maneuvers requirements for the minimum accuracy of the landmark-based vehicle localization are met under which of the predetermined environmental conditions.

Abstract: A dual clutch transmission includes an input shaft, a first clutch having a first input disc carrier, a first output disc carrier, a first force transfer region and a first actuation piston. The transmission also includes a second clutch having a second input disc carrier, a second output disc carrier, a second force transfer region, and a second actuation piston. The transmission includes a first sub-transmission having a first sub-transmission input shaft, and a second sub-transmission having a second sub-transmission input shaft. The input shaft, the first input disc carrier, and the second input disc carrier are connected to one another for conjoint rotation. The first output disc carrier is connected to the first sub-transmission input shaft for conjoint rotation. The second output disc carrier is connected to the second sub-transmission input shaft for conjoint rotation. The second sub-transmission input shaft is arranged coaxially with and radially surrounding the first sub-transmission input shaft.

Abstract: A door handle arrangement for a moveable component of a vehicle includes a control device for checking the permissibility of the operating speed of a handle body of the door handle arrangement to determine whether a permissible operating situation of the vehicle or a critical situation of the vehicle exists.

Abstract: A method for terminating an automated driving function of a vehicle involves deactivating the driving function by a steering intervention of a driver of the vehicle in a steering system, which includes a steering column and a steering wheel. In order to determine the steering intervention, a steering column torque at the steering column is measured and a steering wheel angle is measured. A manual torque acting on the steering wheel is estimated based on the measured steering column torque and the measured steering wheel angle. The estimation is based on a model equation of the steering system, which takes into consideration a moment of inertia of the steering wheel and a frictional torque in the steering system.

Abstract: A device for controlling an automated driving operation of a vehicle may have at least two brake systems, at least two steering systems, an engine controller, a first automated drive controller, a second automated drive controller, a surroundings sensor assembly, and inertial sensors. A third automated drive controller at least controls the vehicle into a standstill. The device is configured such that the automated driving operation is initiated and/or maintained only when the brake systems, steering systems, and at least two of the automated drive controllers are functional and such that the automated driving operation is interrupted if only one of the automated drive controllers is functional and/or if one of the brake systems and/or steering systems is not functional and/or if the engine controller is not functional, in which case the still functional automated drive controller assumes control of the vehicle and guides the vehicle into a standstill.

Abstract: A method for anonymizing movement data of road users equipped with a position detection device involves collecting movement data in the form of individual time- and position-related data records and transmitting the collected movement data to a backend server. At least some data records are transmitted indirectly via at least one other vehicle, or the position or time reference in at least some data records is made noisy prior to the transmission.

Abstract: A method for developing a remote command data package for a motor vehicle by a central electronic computing device involves the central electronic computing device providing a plurality of templates in a user interface of the central electronic computing device. A single template defines at least one generalized vehicle command. A developer of the remote command data package provides a workflow defining logic for the remote command data package using the user interface. The developer provides the workflow using at least one template of the plurality of templates and the central electronic computing device transforms the workflow into the vehicle command depending on the used template.

Abstract: A respective range of environment recording sensors of the vehicle is estimated by evaluating sensor signals of the sensors to check whether the ranges of the sensors respectively is sufficient for automated driving operation. If only one of, or only a predetermined subset of, the sensors do not have a sufficient estimated range, the vehicle continues to be moved in automated driving operation maintaining a speed of the vehicle or reducing it to a predetermined limited extent. A request to take over a driving task is output instantly or after a pre-determined time delay. If all of the sensors or more or different sensors than the predetermined subset do not have a sufficient estimated range, the vehicle continues to be moved with the speed of the vehicle reduced to a predetermined more significant extent, and the request to take over the task of driving the vehicle is instantly output.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an occupancy detection system made up of at least one computing unit and at least four antennae. The occupancy detection system is configured to transmit Wi-Fi radio signals by multiple-input multiple-output communication in an occupancy detection mode. At least two first antennae arranged inside the vehicle are configured to send out Wi-Fi packages and at least two further antennae arranged inside the vehicle are configured to receive these and to transmit them to the computing unit. The computing unit analyses the received Wi-Fi packages, taking into consideration a relation between sending and receiving antennae for investigating channel state information, to determine periodic variations in the channel state information in order to detect the presence of at least one living being in the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle system of a vehicle which is equipped to carry out an automated driving operation involves localizing the vehicle and approving the vehicle system for activation depending on a result of the localization. The vehicle is localized with at least two different localization methods. The at least two localization methods include at least one landmark-based localization method and one localization method based on at least one global navigation satellite system. The vehicle system is only approved for activation if it is confirmed with each of the applied localization methods that the vehicle is located on a route section approved for automated driving operation.

Abstract: A control device of an exhaust gas-conducting section of a turbocharger includes a pivotable closing device with a closing element and an element lever. A first element portion thereof opens and closes a first flow cross-section of a flow connection and a second element portion opens and closes a second flow cross-section of a bypass duct of the exhaust gas-conducting section. The element lever includes a lever end portion engaging into a cavity of the closing element. A holding element is fixedly connected to the closing element. The lever end portion includes a first contact surface and, axially spaced apart, a second contact surface. The first contact surface includes an axially-extending first partial surface and a radially-extending second partial surface connected to one another by a third partial surface. The partial surfaces are designed to be able to effect contact with the closing element.

Abstract: A method for enabling a route for automated driving operation of a vehicle involves enabling a route ahead of the vehicle for automated driving operation of the vehicle if it is determined, using a digital map, which is used during automated driving operation for landmark-based localization of the vehicle, that there are landmarks present along the route which, with regard to their suitability for longitudinal and transverse localization of the vehicle, fulfil requirements which are predefined according to a course of the route.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle, which can be operated in a manual and an automated driving mode is provided. Depending on a driving situation occurring in the automated driving mode, a take-over request for a user of the vehicle to take over a driving task is issued to the vehicle user. During the automated driving mode the vehicle monitors whether the vehicle user is able to comply with the take-over request at the time of the issued take-over request based on a current seat position of the vehicle user and/or a current seat setting of a vehicle seat of the vehicle user.

Abstract: A control circuit may obtain, over a network, a first communication from a first vehicle by a first channel, the first channel associated with a first communication protocol; generate ongoing session data associated with the first communication, the ongoing session data defining a first online session between the computing system and the first vehicle over the first channel; determine, by the control circuit, a network event associated with the first vehicle from the first online session associated with the first communication protocol, wherein the network event is associated with an event timestamp; in response to determining the network event, generate first session record data associated with the first online session, the first session record data comprising the event timestamp and identifying the first channel; and output, for storage in a memory, the first session record data in a session history dataset associated with the first vehicle.

Abstract: Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, in connection with processing signal streams. In one application, multiple compute nodes may be configured to process data items transported in signal streams from multiple sources.

Abstract: A motor vehicle electric drive system includes first and second electric machines, arranged coaxial to each other and respectively having first and second rotors, a differential gear having a differential input shaft and a first and second differential output shafts arranged coaxially to the first rotor. A transmission stage has a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft. The transmission output shaft is connected in a rotationally fixed manner with the differential input shaft. A first switching element couples the first rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the first differential output shaft. A second switching element couples the second rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the second differential output shaft. A third switching element couples the first rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the differential input shaft. A fourth switching element couples the second rotor in a rotationally fixed manner with the transmission input shaft.

Abstract: A method for anonymizing movement data of road users equipped with a position detection device involves collecting movement data in the form of individual time- and position-related data records and transmitting the collected movement data to a backend server. At least some data records are transmitted indirectly via at least one other vehicle, or the position or time reference in at least some data records is made noisy prior to the transmission.