Abstract: A system including a user interface that includes a processor in communication with a display and an input interface, the processor programmed to output on the display the user interface including a keyboard layout, wherein the keyboard layout includes at least a keyboard includes a collection of characters, in response to a first input from the input interface, output a first portion of the keyboard layout associated with a first subset of characters of the keyboard layout, wherein the first subset does not include all of the characters, in response to a second input from the input interface, select a second subset of characters, wherein the second subset of characters is from and include less characters than the first subset of characters and the second subset includes two or more characters, and output a character on a text field associated with the user interface based on the selection of the second subset.

Abstract: Exemplary method, system, device and computer-accessible medium can be provided for synchronizing a plurality of sensor systems with respect to a respective phase for providing data. For example, each of the sensor systems can periodically provide the data. This can be done by, e.g., (i) generating a phase request from at least one processing unit for each of the plurality of sensor systems, whereas the processing unit(s) can be configured to receive the data from the plurality of sensor systems, (ii) analysing all phase requests to ascertain executeability thereof, (iii) generating target phase requests if the phase requests have been determined and/or confirmed as being executable, and (iv) transmitting the respective target phase requests to the respective sensor systems for synchronizing the phases of the plurality of the different sensor systems.

Abstract: A memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells situated in a first cell field, multiple first bit lines, each respectively connected to multiple memory cells of the first cell field to enable access to the memory cells via the bit line, and multiple sense amplifier pairs which respectively comprise a first and a second sense amplifier. Each first bit line is assigned to a sense amplifier pair, each first bit line being connected to a respective first semiconductor switch element, through which the bit line is electroconductively connectible to and insulatable from the first sense amplifier of the sense amplifier pair, to which the bit line is assigned. Each first bit line is connected to a respective second semiconductor switch element, through which the bit line is electroconductively connectible to and insulatable from the second sense amplifier of the sense amplifier pair, to which the bit line is assigned.

Abstract: An Ethernet plug connector for a motor vehicle to be plugged together along a plug-in direction with a mating plug connector. The Ethernet plug connector includes a plug connector housing having at least two contact chambers and a shield plate. A contact element is situated in each contact chamber, a counter contact element being pluggable into each contact element. A line is attached to each contact element at its rear end with respect to the plug-in direction. The lines attached to the contact element are combined in a rear section with respect to the plug-in direction to form an Ethernet cable and are enclosed by a shield conductor, the shield plate enclosing the predominant part of the plug connector housing. The shield plate includes a connector, using which it is electrically connected to the shield conductor of the Ethernet cable.

Abstract: A method and device for reducing voltage loads of semiconductor components of an inverter. The method includes: ascertaining a request to charge a battery of an electric system including the battery, the inverter, and an electric machine. The inverter including a series connection including a first and a second semiconductor component, and being configured to convert a direct voltage provided by the battery into an alternating voltage for the electric machine, and adapt a gate voltage of the first semiconductor component and/or of the second semiconductor component to interrupt a current flow between the battery and the electric machine during the charging. A voltage load of a gate oxide layer of the semiconductor components is reduced by decreasing the gate voltages of the first semiconductor component and of the second semiconductor component and/or a voltage load of a drain-source path of the semiconductor components being matched to one another.

Abstract: A method for evaluating locating measurements of a surroundings sensor for a motor vehicle. The method includes: associating locating measurements with an object described by an estimated object state, for the locating measurements in each case an association probability being determined for the association of the locating measurement with the object; estimating instantaneous state parameters of the object, including an adaptation of the state parameters to the locating measurements associated with the object, weightings of the locating measurements associated with the object being taken into consideration during the adaptation, for the locating measurements in each case the weighting being dependent on the determined association probability for the association of the particular locating measurement with the object; and transferring the estimated instantaneous state parameters of the object to a state estimator for updating the estimated state of the object. A sensor system is also described.

Abstract: A component for contacting hydrogen, including at least one surface, which is provided for coming into contact with a hydrogen atmosphere, at least this surface being made from steel, wherein the steel has a microstructure which includes austenite and ferrite, an austenitic structure fraction being present in a range from greater than or equal to 1 wt. % to less than or equal to 50 wt. %, and a ferritic structure fraction being present in a range from greater than or equal to 50 wt. % to less than or equal to 99 wt.

Abstract: A wiper lever (10) for cleaning a vehicle pane by means of a movement in a first and a second direction is proposed. Said wiper lever comprises a wiper blade (12), a wiper arm (14), an adapter (16) for securing the wiper blade (12) to the wiper arm (14) and a hydraulic system (18) which conducts a liquid from a vehicle to the wiper blade (12) via the wiper arm (14) in order to eject the liquid via nozzles (20) on the wiper blade (12). Said wiper lever comprises at least one nozzle (20) which is oriented in the first direction (1) and one nozzle (20) which is oriented in the second direction. According to the invention, a first valve (221) for the first direction is positioned closer to the nozzles (20) in the direction of flow (3) of the liquid than a second valve (222) for the second direction (2).

Abstract: A device and a method for generating a compressed network from a trained neural network are provided. The method includes: a model generating a compressing map from first training data, the compressing map representing the impact of model components of the model to first output data in response to the first training data; generating a compressed network by compressing the trained neural network in accordance with the compressing map; the trained neural network generating trained network output data in response to second training data; the compressed network generating compressed network output data in response to the second training data; training the model by comparing the trained network output data with the compressed network output data.

Abstract: A method for providing annotated traffic area data. The method includes a step of reading in traffic area data that in each case represent a section of a traffic area used by a road user, and reading in automatically detected position data of the road user in the traffic area. In addition, the method includes a step of associating in each case at least one annotation data set with the traffic area data at which the road user is situated at the moment, corresponding to the detected position data, in order to obtain the annotated traffic area data that signal a use option and/or movement option of the traffic area, represented by the traffic area data, by another road user, in particular the annotation data set having been generated using a machine learning method and/or a classifier based on a machine learning algorithm.

Abstract: Provided is a friction material that includes a boron-containing solid lubricant. The friction material may be used to form a brake pad for automotive vehicles. The friction material may include, by weight, about 1.0% to about 6.0% of the boron-containing solid lubricant, about 5.0% to about 15.0% of a fibrous or powdered metal material, an abrasive, an organic filler, an inorganic filler, and a binder. Advantageously, an antimony free and copper free friction material of the present disclosure may still achieve high friction performance and long pad life, providing a more environment friendly solution to brake systems.

Abstract: A hydrostatic traction drive includes a hydrostatic pump and a hydrostatic motor connected to each other in an open circuit. One of the pump and motor is pressure-regulated while the other is torque-controlled or regulated in terms of pivot angle. A braking mode is therefore possible in which the secondary-side braking torque can be adapted to the permissible primary-side supporting torque of a primary machine coupled to the pump. To further increase the braking power, even in a high rotational phase of the primary machine, the permissible drag torque thereof can be temporarily exceeded. To further increase the braking power and therefore to have high-performance braking during operation, further means for converting energy can be provided in order to adjust a secondary-side braking torque and a primary-side supporting torque independently of each other.

Abstract: A method for validating a software, particularly a driver-assistance software. The method includes receiving of a sensor signal that is to be processed by the software; determining of a reference signal by an adaptive filter based on the sensor signal, the reference signal representing an anticipated sensor signal; determining an error signal based on the sensor signal and the reference signal, the error signal representing a performance of the software; determining an anti-sensor signal by a machine-learning unit based on the sensor signal, the machine-learning unit being trained with sensor signals already evaluated; controlling of the adaptive filter by a control unit based on the determined error signal and the adaptive anti-sensor signal; and validation of the software based on the determined error signal.

Abstract: A method to operate a first wireless network unit (A) is provided, wherein the method comprises: determining (102) a data entity (DE) intended to be transmitted via a physical shared radio channel (PSCH); determining (104) a plurality of segments of the determined data entity (DE); determining (106) at least one first radio resource window (rw(n?1)) of the physical shared radio channel (PSCH); monitoring (108) the at least one first radio resource window (rw(n?1)); determining (110) a plurality of candidate resources (rr12, rr22) in a second resource window (rw(n)) of the physical shared radio channel (PSCH) in dependence on monitored radio resources (rr11, rr21) of the at least one first radio resource window (rw(n?1)), wherein each candidate resource (rr12, rr22) of the plurality of candidate resources (rr12, rr22) is part of a resource chain (RC1, RC2) of the physical shared radio channel (PSCH); selecting (112) one of the plurality of candidate resources (rr12, rr22) as a transmission start resource (rr12

Abstract: A linguistic system includes a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a query and document, tokenize the query into a sequence of query tokens and tokenize the document into a sequence of document tokens, generate a matrix of token pairs for each of the query and the document tokens, retrieve for each entry in the matrix of token pairs, a precomputed similarity score produced by a neural conditional translation probability network, wherein the neural network has been trained in a ranking task using a corpus of paired queries and respective relevant documents, produce a ranking score for each document with respect to each query via a product-of-sum aggregation of each of the similarity scores for the respective query; and output the document and associated ranking score of the document.

Abstract: A MEMS switch having a substrate, a micromechanical function layer situated above the substrate, and a fixed part and an electrically operable, deflectable switch element are developed in the micromechanical function layer, the switch element for closing an electrically conductive contact with the fixed part being suspended on at least one first spring in a deflectable manner. In a first operating state, the switch element is in a first position at a first distance from the fixed part, and the electrical contact is open. In a second operating state, the switch element is in a second position at a second distance from the fixed part, and the first spring is deflected and exerts a first restoring force, and the switch element establishes an operative connection with at least one second spring and the electrical contact is open. In a third operating state, the switch element is in a third position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tank device (1) for storing a gaseous medium, in particular hydrogen, comprising at least one tank reservoir (3), wherein said at least one tank reservoir (3) comprises a tank housing (30) having a tank neck (2). Furthermore, a tank pressure bottom (8) is arranged in the tank neck (2), which tank pressure bottom (8) separates a tank neck space (7) and a tank interior (6) from one another, and wherein said tank neck (2) has an outer thread (10) as an abutment on an outer side (20).

Abstract: A computer implemented method for controlling a load aggregator for a grid includes receiving a predicted power demand over a horizon of time steps associated with one of at least two buildings, aggregating the predicted power demand at each time step to obtain an aggregate power demand, applying a learnable convolutional filter on the aggregate power demand to obtain a target load, computing a difference between the predicted power demand of the one building with the target load to obtain a power shift associated with the one building over the horizon of time steps, apportioning the power shift according to a learnable weighted vector to obtain an apportioned power shift, optimizing the learnable weighted vector and the learnable convolutional filter via an evolutionary strategy based update to obtain an optimized apportioned power shift, and transmitting the optimized apportioned power shift to a building level controller associated with the one building.

Abstract: A method for controlling robot motion includes: determining a remaining duration of a current stepping cycle, which is a duration from a current moment to an end moment of the current stepping cycle; predicting, based on the remaining duration, an expected velocity, a first center of mass position and a first instantaneous velocity of the robot at the current moment, and a state space equation, a second center of mass position and a second instantaneous velocity of the robot at the end moment; determining, based on the expected velocity, the second center of mass position and the second instantaneous velocity, a stable foothold position corresponding to the current stepping cycle; determining, based on the stable foothold position and the second center of mass position, at least one motion parameter corresponding to at least one joint in the robot associated with stepping; and controlling the robot based on the at least one motion parameter.

Abstract: A quick clamping device for a portable machine tool, in particular an angle grinder, includes at least one output shaft, at least one clamping unit, at least one operating unit, and at least one securing unit. The clamping unit, for the purpose of fixing an insert bit to the output shaft without using tools, includes at least one clamping element for applying a clamping force to the bit in a clamping position. The operating unit moves the clamping element into the clamping position and/or into a release position in which the insert bit can be removed from the clamping unit and/or the output shaft. The securing unit is designed to prevent movement of the clamping element from the clamping position into the release position at least under the action of a force decoupled from the operating unit and acting on the clamping element in the direction of the release position.