Abstract: An in-vehicle sensing module for monitoring a vehicle is disclosed, which is advantageous for use in the context of a shared vehicle service, such as a car rental service, an autonomous taxi service, or a ride sharing service. The in-vehicle sensing module at least includes a controller, a cellular transceiver, and one or more integrated sensors configured to monitor a status of the vehicle. The in-vehicle sensing module utilizes appropriate algorithms, models, or thresholds to interpret sensor data and enrich the data with metadata and event detection. The in-vehicle sensing module uploads relevant sensor data, event data, or other metadata to a cloud storage backend, which is made accessible by authorized third-parties.

Abstract: A method for scanning a scan angle, in which at least one electromagnetic beam is generated, the at least one electromagnetic beam is deflected along the scan angle, and the at least one electromagnetic beam, reflected at an object, is received and detected, wherein after at least one first electromagnetic beam, at least one second electromagnetic beam is generated and the second electromagnetic beam is generated with a lower energy than the first electromagnetic beam. A LIDAR device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A fuel cell includes a flow field plate having at least one channel and at least one land, where each of the at least one channel is positioned between two adjacent lands. The fuel cell further includes a gas diffusion layer (GDL) positioned between the flow field plate and a catalyst layer, where the catalyst layer has a first region aligned with the at least one channel and a second region aligned with the at least one land. The first region may have a first catalyst material supported by a first catalyst support region, and the second region may have a second catalyst material supported by a second catalyst support region.

Abstract: A monitoring and/or control device for an environmental control unit such as a heat pump determines the performance status and whether maintenance is required of a component of the unit for example a compressor during operation of the component. The device includes sensors configured to be situated relative to the compressor so as to receive and signal data from the compressor during operation of the component. In some embodiments, the device includes a vibration detector and a controller coupled to the vibration detector. The controller is configured to (i) receive electrical signals from the vibration detector, (ii) compare the electrical signals to a reference signal, (iii) determine the performance characteristic of the component based on the results of the comparison, and (iv) output a signal corresponding to the performance characteristic of the component to a user display. The controller may also request maintenance and/or order parts automatically.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a switch guard that prevents inadvertent pressing by a user of the direction-control switch of a handheld power tool. On each side of the housing of the tool, a pair of protrusions extend from the housing, one just to the front of the switch and one just to the rear. Whether the power tool is being operated right- or left-handed, the protrusions prevent a user's thumb or forefinger from inadvertently pressing the direction-control switch while the tool is in operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a differential or transfer gearbox (10) in a motor vehicle, a method of production and the use of the differential or transfer gearbox (10). The differential or transfer gearbox (10) comprises a differential case (12) in which differential side gears (18, 20) and differential gears (22, 24) are accommodated. Each differential side gear (18) drives a first axle shaft (14) or a second axle shaft (16). A ring gear (32, 60) is driven by an input shaft (34) and mounted for conjoint rotation with the differential case (12). The ring gear (32, 60) is interlockingly connected to the differential case (12) of the differential or transfer gearbox (10).

Abstract: A surveillance camera assembly includes an upper portion providing a mounting feature for the surveillance camera assembly. A ball-shaped head portion of the camera assembly is coupled to the upper portion. A camera lens module is positioned within the head portion and movable relative to the upper portion to pan about a pan axis and tilt about a tilt axis. An illuminator module is movable to pan and tilt with the camera lens module, the illuminator module including laterally opposed arrays of lighting elements supported on distal ends of a bifurcated cooling duct having a central inlet opening coupled to the discharge outlet of a first blower.

Abstract: A method, in particular a computer-implemented method, for processing data of a technical system. The method includes the following steps: ascertaining first pieces of information which are associated with a data traffic of the system, and ascertaining metadata associated with the data traffic of the system based on the first pieces of information.

Abstract: A method for controlling or regulating a hand-held power tool, in particular a screwdriver, preferably a rotary impact screwdriver. The method includes: application of a first torque, in particular torque impulse, to a screw in a first direction of rotation, and application of a second torque, in particular torque impulse, to the screw, in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation.

Abstract: A method for training an artificial neural network, in particular a Bayesian neural network, by way of training data sets, having a step of adapting the parameters of the artificial neural network depending on a loss function, the loss function encompassing a first term that represents an estimate of a lower bound of the distances between the classifications of the training data sets by the artificial neural network and the expected classifications of the training data sets. The loss function further encompasses a second term that is configured in such a way that differences in the aleatoric uncertainty in the training data sets over different samples of the artificial neural network are regulated.

Abstract: A battery cell comprises at least one galvanic cell, a first cell housing element, and a second cell housing element. The two cell housing elements jointly substantially completely enclose the galvanic cell. The first cell housing element has inner recesses on the inner surface thereof, which inner recesses are, on an outer surface of the first cell housing element lying immediately opposite the inner surface, outer protrusions for electrically contacting a first further battery cell. First compensation elements are complementary to the inner recesses in such away and are arranged in the inner recesses in such a way that the first compensation elements, together with the inner recesses, form a substantially flat inner surface of the first cell housing element.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a safety module for an automation system assembly, having a safety component which is configured to implement a safe operation of the automation system assembly, and an adaptation component which is configured to mediate between the safety component and a communication system of the automation system assembly in order to incorporate the safety module into the automation system assembly, wherein the safety component and the adaptation component are constructed on separate circuit carriers and are connected in such a way that they are mechanically detachable and reconnectable.

Abstract: A valve for metering a fluid, including an electromagnetic actuator and a valve needle which is actuatable by an armature of the actuator and used to actuate a valve closing body which cooperates with a valve seat surface to form a seal seat. The armature is movably guided at the valve needle in the process. A stop element connected to the valve needle limits a relative movement between the armature and the valve needle in connection with an actuation of the valve needle. At least one elastically deformable spacer element is provided between the armature and the stop element, which, during the limitation of the relative movement between the armature and the valve needle at the stop element, encloses an attenuation space provided between a front face of the armature and a stop element surface of the stop element facing the front face of the armature.

Abstract: A method for evaluating an angular position of an object recognized on the basis of radar data, the radar data being ascertained by a radar device. The method includes: ascertaining of an intrinsic speed of the radar device; ascertaining a relative speed of the recognized object in relation to the radar device, using the ascertained radar data; ascertaining at least one angular test region using the ascertained intrinsic speed and the ascertained relative speed, the at least one angular test region corresponding to possible stationary objects that have a relative speed that substantially corresponds to the ascertained relative speed; and ascertaining whether an azimuth angle of the recognized object lies in the ascertained angular test region.

Abstract: A micromechanical device including a substrate, a movable mass, and a stop spring structure, which includes a stop. The substrate includes a substrate surface in parallel to a main extension plane and the movable mass is situated movably above the substrate surface in relation to the substrate. The stop spring structure is connected to the movable mass. The stop is designed to strike against the substrate surface in the event of a deflection of the movable mass in a z direction, perpendicular to the main extension plane. The stop spring structure, at the location of the stop, includes a first spring constant, a second spring constant, in parallel to the main extension plane, and a third spring constant, in parallel to the main extension plane and perpendicular to the x direction. The first spring constant is greater than the second spring constant and/or is greater than the third spring constant.

Abstract: A system, a control unit, and a method for deciding a geofence event of a vehicle is disclosed.

Abstract: A device and a method for anomaly detection in a communications network, at least two messages at a port of the communications network being observed, a property of a communication behavior of a network user being determined as a function of the at least two messages, a deviation of the property from an expected property being determined, and the presence of an anomaly being detected when the deviation differs from an allowable deviation. The expected property defines a communication behavior of the at least one network user as a function of an in particular static network architecture of the communications network.

Abstract: A system and computer implemented method for learning rules from a data base including entities and relations between the entities, wherein an entity is either a constant or a numerical value, and a relation between a constant and a numerical value is a numerical relation and a relation between two constants is a non-numerical relation. The method includes: deriving aggregate values from said numerical and/or non-numerical relations; deriving non-numerical relations from said aggregate values; adding said derived non-numerical relations to the data base; constructing differentiable operators, wherein a differentiable operator refers to a non-numerical or a derived non-numerical relation of the data base, and extracting rules from said differentiable operators.

Abstract: A user station for a serial bus system. The user station includes a communication control device for controlling a communication of the user station with at least one other user station, and a transceiver device for transmitting a transmission signal, generated by the communication control device, onto a bus, so that for a message that is exchanged between user stations of the bus system, the bit time of a signal transmitted onto the bus in the first communication phase is different from a bit time of a signal transmitted in the second communication phase. The communication control device generates the transmission signal according to a frame in which a field for a header check sum and a field for a frame check sum are provided, and computers the header check sum from all bits in the header of a frame that is formed for the message, except fixed stuff bits.

Abstract: A hardware architecture for an artificial neural network ANN. The ANN includes a consecutive series made up of an input layer, multiple processing layers, and an output layer. Each layer maps a set of input variables onto a set of output variables, and output variables of the input layer and of each processing layer are input variables of the particular layer that follows in the series. The hardware architecture includes a plurality of processing units. The implementation of each layer is split among at least two of the processing units, and at least one resettable switch-off device is provided via which at least one processing unit is selectively deactivatable, independently of the input variables supplied to it, in such a way that at least one further processing unit remains activated in all layers whose implementation is contributed to by this processing unit.