Patents Assigned to Robert
  • Patent number: 12230039
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting symptoms of occupant illness is disclosed herein. In embodiments, a storage is configured to maintain a visualization application and data from one or more sources, such as an image source. A processor is in communication with the storage and a user interface. The processor is programmed to receive data from the one or more sources, execute human-detection models based on the received data, execute activity-recognition models to recognize symptoms of illness based on the data from the one or more sources, determine a location of the recognized symptoms, and execute a visualization application to display information in the user interface. The visualization application can show a background image with an overlaid image that includes an indicator for each location of recognized symptom of illness. Additionally, data from the audio source, image source, and/or radar source can be fused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Sirajum Munir, Samarjit Das, Yunze Zeng, Vivek Jain
  • Patent number: 12228423
    Abstract: A method for generating a map display for vehicles. The method includes receiving vehicle sensor data; ascertaining poses of the vehicles based on the vehicle sensor data; generating subsets of the plurality of poses by combining poses of drives that have been carried out on an identical subsection of the route, a course of the respective subsection of the route being described by the vehicle sensor data assigned to the poses of every subset; generating sub-segments of the map display based on the subsets of the poses, for each subset a sub-segment being generated, and a course of the traffic lane within a sub-segment corresponding to one of the subsets being ascertained based on the poses of a subset; interpreting the sub-segments as nodes of a graph display of the map display and connecting sub-segments via edges of the graph display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Jung, Timo Nachstedt, Tobias Strauss, Vladimir Gerts
  • Patent number: 12230825
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery back for a hand-held power tool comprising a battery pack housing. An interface of the battery pack housing has contact elements for contacting corresponding counter contact elements on the hand-held power tool and/or the charging device. A battery pack electronics system comprises a charge current path and a discharge current path. The charge current path is designed to connect the contact elements to the battery cell during a charging of the at least one battery cell, while the discharge current path is designed to connect the contact elements to the battery cell during a discharging of the at least one battery cell. The charge current path and the discharge current path are at least partially electrically separate from one another. The battery pack also comprises a first switch element for switching between at least the charge current path and the discharge current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Holger Wernerus
  • Patent number: 12230010
    Abstract: A method for training a classifier and/or regressor. The method includes: providing training samples labelled with ground truth classification and/or regression scores; and for each training sample from at least a subset of the training samples: determining a confidence score that quantifies an uncertainty of the training sample, and/or an ease or difficulty of classifying this sample, and reducing a largest ground truth classification and/or regression score with respect to one class and/or regression value by an amount that is dependent on the confidence score, and distributing the amount to ground truth classification and/or regression scores with respect to other classes and/or regression values; mapping the training samples to classification and/or regression scores; rating a deviation of the classification and/or regression scores from the updated ground truth classification and/or regression scores; and optimizing parameters that characterize the behavior of the classifier and/or regressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Kanil Patel
  • Patent number: 12223440
    Abstract: A device and method for determining a knowledge graph. A second embedding is determined for a first embedding for a word including a function. A first classification, which determines whether or not the word is an entity for the knowledge graph, or which defines to which entity or to which type of entity for the knowledge graph the word in the knowledge graph is to be assigned, is determined for the second embedding using a first classifier. A second classification, which defines to which type of embeddings from a plurality of types of embeddings the second embedding is to be assigned, is determined for the second embedding using a second classifier. At least one parameter for the function is trained in a training as a function of a gradient for the training of the first classifier and as a function of a gradient for the training of the second classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Heike Adel-Vu, Jannik Stroetgen, Lukas Lange
  • Patent number: 12222394
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining an approximation and/or a prognosis for the true degradation state of a rechargeable battery. The method includes: providing a time sequence of values of the degradation state ascertained using measuring technology for past points in time; providing a trained HMM, which indicates, as a function of the true degradation state, at which probability during the ascertainment using measuring technology which particular value of the degradation state is monitored, and at which probability the true degradation state is maintained for what length of time, and/or at which probability this true degradation state transitions to which worse degradation state in the next time step; from the monitored time sequence and the HMM, the most probable characteristic of the true degradation state in the past that is in agreement with the monitored time sequence is ascertained; the desired approximation and/or prognosis is evaluated based on the most probable characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Woll, Andras Gabor Kupcsik, Christian Simonis
  • Patent number: 12222071
    Abstract: A compressed gas storage unit (1) for mobile applications, in particular for storing hydrogen on board a vehicle, including at least one metal storage housing (2) which delimits a storage volume (3) that can be filled with compressed gas, as well as at least one temperature-and/or pressure-sensitive overload valve (4) arranged on the storage housing (2). The storage housing (2) or the compressed gas storage unit (1) is surrounded by a heat protection shield (5) at least in regions, preferably releasing the at least one overload valve (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Hellmann, Markus Brenk
  • Patent number: 12220759
    Abstract: A resistance welding apparatus includes a welding tool with a welding electrode configured to contact a component. A welding transformer is configured to feed an electric current to the welding tool and a control device is configured to control a polarity of welding transformer by transmitting polarity information to the welding transformer such that a polarity of the welding transformer is switchable. A circuit including two transistors is operably connected in series between the welding tool and an output of the welding transformer and a polarity one of the transistors is rotated relative to the other transistor, such that a polarity of a welding voltage at the welding electrode is switchable with the switching of the polarity of the welding transformer, and such that a polarity of a welding current at the welding transformer is switchable with the switching of the polarity of the welding transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Scholz
  • Patent number: 12221915
    Abstract: An air supply to an internal combustion engine, which includes at least one cylinder and a heater. A first air duct is provided for supplying air to the at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine for operating the internal combustion engine and a second air duct is provided for supplying air to a heater for heating an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine. The first and second air ducts are connected by a third air duct to an air filter, for providing filtered ambient air to the internal combustion engine. The first and second air ducts in each case have at least one control element for controlling the amount of air flowing through. The second and third air ducts in each case have a mass flow sensor for measuring a mass of the air flowing through the relevant air duct. Methods and devices for diagnosing the air supply are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Benedikt Graf, Christian Disch, Conrad Bubeck, Stefan Bauer
  • Patent number: 12223696
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for testing conformance between images generated by a synthetic image generator and images obtained from authentic visual data. A conformance test result results from comparing results of global sensitivity analyses used to rank the effect of visual parameters on the computer vision model both for synthetic and authentic visual data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Gladisch, Christian Heinzemann, Matthias Woehrle
  • Patent number: 12221108
    Abstract: An automatic cruise control system on a motorcycle capable of performing an overtake maneuver via a long button press. The automatic cruise control includes a radar, a button, and a motorcycle speed. The radar is configured to detect objects in front of the motorcycle and generate data regarding the detected object. The button is configured to generate a button signal. The radar is further configured to receive the motorcycle speed, sensor data, and a button signal, and to generate an acceleration signal based upon the sensor data, the button signal, and the motorcycle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Matthew David Peters
  • Patent number: 12222813
    Abstract: A method for controlling a technical system, in particular of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Merker, Axel Aue, Franz Nottensteiner, Jerome Parlebas, Matthias Schreiber
  • Patent number: 12221943
    Abstract: A pressure relief valve includes a valve body with a hollow internal cavity. The internal cavity has two opposite ends, which are in communication with a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side of the pressure relief valve respectively. The pressure relief valve further includes a separating plate disposed in the valve body and located in the hollow internal cavity, and a penetrating member configured to slide linearly in the valve body. The penetrating member has a force applied thereto from the low-pressure side towards the high-pressure side by an elastic component located in the internal cavity. The pressure relief valve further includes a locking structure disposed in the valve body in a fixed manner and spaced apart from the separating plate. The penetrating member is locked in a cut-off state of the pressure relief valve by the locking structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Zhirong Qin, Zeyu Wu
  • Patent number: 12224852
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining a master clock in a communication network having a plurality of stations that are communicatively connected to each other and each have a clock, wherein the master clock is used for time synchronization of the clocks of the stations, comprising the steps: determining by means of a model of the communication network, a synchronization path measure for each station to every other station of the stations, which specifies a synchronization accuracy between two stations; determining for each station on the basis of the synchronization path measure in each case a synchronization metric, which specifies a synchronization accuracy for this station; and determining on the basis of the synchronization metrics of all the stations the station whose clock is meant to be used as the master clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Maximilian Schuengel
  • Patent number: 12222435
    Abstract: A method for evaluating radar signals in a radar system including multiple sensor units, which are each capable of detecting objects in the surroundings of the radar system, the detection areas of the sensor units at least overlapping one another. In the method, each sensor unit calculates a short message from the radar signals received by it, whose data volume is smaller than the complete detection result, but which at least contains data which allow for the identification of potential objects and for the determination of a probability that the potential object is a real object, and at least one evaluation instance receives the entirety of all short messages of all sensor units and, on the basis of these short messages and selected detection results of the sensor units, calculates a consolidated detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Meinl, Robert Nabholz
  • Patent number: 12224610
    Abstract: A battery-operated device including a rechargeable battery and an interchangeable drive unit that is supplied with power by the rechargeable battery via an electromechanical interface is provided. The rechargeable battery is chargeable via the electromechanical interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Jing Sheng
  • Patent number: 12224612
    Abstract: A method for charging battery packs for power tools with the aid of a charging device. The charging device has a first charging mode, in which the battery packs are charged up to a defined state of charge using a constant current and subsequently using a constant voltage. At least one second charging mode is settable by a user, in which the battery packs are only partially charged up to a charge limit exclusively using a constant current. A charging device is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Marc-Alexandre Seibert, Thomas Gabriel
  • Patent number: 12220700
    Abstract: A fluidic network for carrying out, in parallel, a plurality of analyses of biological samples is disclosed. The network has a flow cell array with a plurality of reaction chambers. The reaction chambers each have a first channel connection and a second channel connection. The first channel connections are connected to a first supply channel and the second channel connections are connected to a second supply channel. The first supply channel and the second channel connection are interconnected by a circulation line. At least one component is connected to the circulation line so that component test reagents can be introduced into the reaction chambers of the flow cell array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Jochen Hoffmann
  • Patent number: D1061196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jaime Moreno Terrazas, Fernando Porchas Iniguez, Alejandra Sanchez Hijar, Christopher Thomson, Patricia Howes
  • Patent number: D1062694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Caleb Braff, Nicholas Sulzer, Shawn Filipek, Andrew M. Grunloh