Abstract: A method for controlling a safety device of a vehicle. The safety device reacts to an imminent collision by an intervention in a longitudinal and/or lateral guidance of the vehicle. The method includes reading in environment data and trip data regarding the collision object in an environment of the vehicle and the vehicle, and seat occupancy data regarding an occupancy state of at least one seat of the vehicle; ascertaining: an expected impingement side of the collision object on the vehicle; a velocity change of the vehicle in the context of the collision; and a seat occupancy distribution in the vehicle, using the seat occupancy data; executing an evaluation of the velocity change with regard to a threshold value and/or of the seat occupancy distribution relative to the expected impingement side; generating, depending on a result of the evaluation, a control signal for the safety device.

Abstract: The disclosure features a bicycle rack and pannier system, a bicycle rack, and a bicycle accessory that can be used to mount the bicycle rack to a bicycle. The system comprises (a) a pannier comprising a bag having a back wall and a locking mechanism extending from the back wall, and (b) a rack configured to be mounted generally vertically on a portion of a bicycle, the rack including a rack body having a keyed opening configured to receive a portion of the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is mounted on the bag to be pivotable between an open position, in which the portion of the locking mechanism can be inserted into or removed from the keyed opening, and at least one locked position, in which the portion abuts a surface of the rack body preventing removal of the portion of the locking mechanism.

Abstract: A method for processing a Measurement Data Format (“MDF”) file includes determining a file offset address of a data block of interest in the MDF file, and adding an indexing table containing a thread pointing to the file offset address to the MDF file. The method further includes sending the indexing table and data retrieved from the MDF file to a database for caching.

Abstract: A method for performing at least one perception task associated with autonomous vehicle control includes receiving a first dataset and identifying a first object category of objects associated with the plurality of images, the first object category including a plurality of object types. The method also includes identifying a current statistical distribution of a first object type of the plurality of object types and determining a first distribution difference between the current statistical distribution of the first object type and a standard statistical distribution associated with the first object category. The method also includes, in response to a determination that the first distribution difference is greater than a threshold, generating first object type data corresponding to the first object type, configuring at least one attribute of the first object type data, and generating a second dataset by augmenting the first dataset using the first object type data.

Abstract: An OFDM radar sensor system having a plurality of transmitting and receiving units. One of the transmitting and receiving units is an OFDM radar sensor, and another of the transmitting and receiving units is a repeater which is configured to modulate a signal generated and transmitted by the OFDM radar sensor and received by the repeater into a signal orthogonal to the signal received by the repeater and to emit the modulated signal. The OFDM radar sensor is configured to separate a portion of a signal received by the OFDM radar sensor, which portion corresponds to the modulated signal, from a monostatic portion of the signal received by the OFDM radar sensor.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for the self-calibration of an inertial sensor. The method includes: establishing data that relate to the inertial sensor; subdividing the data into training data and test data; setting a first target accuracy value for a first artificial neural network that includes linear activation functions; training the first artificial neural network using the training data; inputting the test data into the trained first artificial neural network in order to obtain a first output value of the first artificial neural network; establishing a first output accuracy value based on a comparison result between the first output value and the test data; storing weightings and the linear activation functions of the first artificial neural network in a memory unit of the inertial sensor if the first output accuracy value is greater than the first target accuracy value, or otherwise, training the first artificial neural network again using the training data.

Abstract: A braking force generator for an actuation device of a brake system. The braking force generator includes a movably supported actuator element, an electric motor which is designed to move the actuator element, a controller for controlling the electric motor, a movably supported input rod which is coupled or can be coupled to a brake pedal, a displacement sensor which is assigned to the input rod and has a transmitter and a receiver, and a communication path which is electrically connected to the receiver at one end and to the controller at the other end. The displacement sensor is arranged so as to be covered by the controller and/or adjoin the controller in plan view of the braking force generator, the viewing direction in said plan view corresponding to the movement direction of the actuator element.

Abstract: Examples provide a trailer hitch system for connecting a tow vehicle and a trailer. Some examples of the system include a vehicle connector configured to be coupled to the tow vehicle and a chamber coupled to the vehicle connector. The chamber includes a center, an interior wall, and a valve for modulating a flow of hydraulic fluid within the chamber. A pin extends through the chamber and is configured to rotate within the chamber. A paddle is coupled to the pin and sized and shaped to sit substantially flush against the interior wall. The paddle is configured to push the hydraulic fluid in a first direction and a second direction through the valve. A trailer connector is coupled to the pin and configured to be coupled to the trailer.

Abstract: A hydrostatic cylinder with a gas pressure accumulator, which is preferably designed as a piston accumulator, and which is arranged concentrically on the outer circumference of the cylinder is disclosed. A gas pressure is produced via a constant pressure source and is limited or is essentially constant in the gas pressure accumulator and also a constant pressure medium pressure is independent of the degree of filling of the gas pressure accumulator.

Abstract: A method for the phase calibration of a MIMO radar sensor having an array of transmitting and receiving antenna elements that are offset from each other in at least one direction, and high-frequency modules, which are each assigned to a part of the array. The array is subdivided into transmitting subarrays and receiving subarrays in such a manner, that each subarray is assigned to exactly one of the high-frequency modules and at least two receiving subarrays, which belong to different high-frequency modules, are offset from each other in the at least one direction and are aligned with each other in the direction perpendicular to it. The method includes a calibration which corrects a receiving control vector with the aid of a known relationship between first and second comparison variables for the respective receiving subarrays.

Abstract: A method is for producing, for a hydraulic machine having an actuator, a setpoint-value trajectory satisfying predefined limitations in order to influence an output variable of the hydraulic machine. A trajectory of unlimited setpoint values is fed to a trajectory planning function, which produces the setpoint-value trajectory from the trajectory of unlimited setpoint values. In the trajectory planning function, the trajectory of unlimited setpoint values is differentiated at least twice in order to obtain a trajectory of unlimited setpoint values that is differentiated n times. In the trajectory planning function, at least one limitation is applied to the differentiated trajectory of unlimited setpoint values in order to obtain a differentiated trajectory of limited setpoint values. The differentiated trajectory of limited setpoint values is fed to a filter integrator chain in order to obtain the setpoint-value trajectory.

Abstract: A MIMO radar sensor including an array of transmitting antenna elements and receiving antenna elements that are offset relative to one another in a predefined direction, and including at least two electronic chips that are associated with different selections of the transmitting antenna elements and receiving antenna elements. At least one receiving antenna element is connectable to both chips, and the array includes at least one configuration of antenna elements that is made up of a transmitting antenna element with which the chip is associated, a receiving antenna element with which the chip is associated, a transmitting antenna element with which the chip is associated, and a receiving antenna element with which the chip is associated, and in which configuration the offset between the transmitting antenna elements matches the offset between the receiving antenna elements.

Abstract: A method for operating a driver assistance function to support a lateral control of a vehicle is provided. A permissible range for a steering torque component which the driver assistance function is able to exert on the steering of the vehicle is predefined. The permissible range is specified by upper and lower limits. The upper and lower limits of the permissible range be adapted as a function of a current vehicle state. The vehicle state is given relative to a lane center, for example, by the position, the velocity, the acceleration and the sudden motion, by the respective component of this variable in the lateral direction. An adjustable range of the driver feedback is determined based on the vehicle state and the lateral acceleration. From this and the consideration of a disturbance compensation, the permissible range of the steering torque component of the assistance function is ascertained.

Abstract: A device and method for controlling a hardware agent in a control situation having a plurality of hardware agents. The method includes ascertaining of a potential function by a first neural network; ascertaining of a control scenario for a control situation from a plurality of possible control scenarios by a second neural network; ascertaining a common action sequence for the plurality of hardware agents by seeking an optimum of the ascertained potential function over the possible common action sequences of the ascertained control scenario; and controlling at least one of the plurality of hardware agents in accordance with the ascertained common action sequence.

Abstract: An ultrasound transducer, wherein the ultrasound transducer includes a membrane including a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the membrane is configured to vibrate and generate an ultrasound in response to voltage applied the transducer, wherein the membrane includes a perimeter including a plurality of sides and a top surface and a bottom surface with one or more feet extending away from the bottom surface; and a support member that attaches to and connects to the membrane and supports the membrane, wherein the support member includes one or more platforms extending to and attaching to the membrane and a substrate, wherein a first end of the platform connects to the membrane and includes a support portion, wherein the support portion away from the platform, wherein the platform includes the one or more piezoelectric layers, wherein the one or more platforms support and surround the membrane.

Abstract: A tilting pad bearing (10) including tilting pads (1, 2, 3) retained and positioned so that the tilting pads can tilt in a housing body (8) with a frame-type spring unit (8), such that, during operation of the tilting pad bearing (10), converging bearing gaps are created between the tilting pads (1,2,3) and a rotor body (4) that is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation. In order to improve the functioning and/or manufacturing of the tilting pad bearing (10), the tilting pad bearing (10) includes rolling elements (6, 7) arranged between the housing body (5) and the tilting pads (1,2, 3).

Abstract: A computer-implement method includes receiving one or more messages at a secure processor from a first node on a communication bus, monitoring the one or more messages from the first node, wherein the one or more messages include a request to a change a state of the one or more nodes, in response to the one or more messages including the request to the change of state, initiating a timer to initiate monitoring of the communication bus for a second sequence of messages, and in response to the second sequence of messages not being found within a database including information associated with the one or more latency values associated with the change of state, outputting a signal indicating an alert.

Abstract: A device for detecting sound in the surroundings of an automobile, including a first structure-borne noise sensor, which is acoustically coupled to a first oscillating body at an outside of the automobile and provides a first audio signal, including a second audio signal, which represents sound from an interior of the automobile, and including a processing unit, which is configured to subtract at least the second audio signal from the first audio signal.

Abstract: Method for detecting a first operating state of a handheld power tool, wherein the handheld power tool has an electric motor. In this case, the method comprises the steps of: (S1) determining a signal of an operating variable of the electric motor; (S2) comparing the signal of the operating variable with at least one model signal waveform typical of the state, wherein the model signal waveform typical of the state is assigned to the first operating state; (S3) deciding whether the first operating state is present, wherein the decision at least partially depends on whether the model signal waveform typical of the state is identified in the signal of the operating variable in step S2. Additionally disclosed is a handheld power tool, particularly an impact driver, with an electric motor and a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to execute a method according to the disclosure.

Abstract: A MEMS sensor. The MEMS sensor includes a deflectably situated functional layer, a conversion device for converting a deflection of the functional layer into an electrical signal, the conversion device including at least one electrical element, the at least one electrical element being at least partially electrically connected to a first area, and the first area being at least partially electrically connected to a second area, and the first and second areas and/or the first area and the at least one electrical element being electrically operable in a reverse direction and a forward direction, and a control unit, the control unit being designed to at least partially operate the at least one electrical element and the first area and/or the first area and the second area in the forward direction to provide thermal energy.