Abstract: A method of operating a surveillance system includes capturing a sequence of images of a field-of-view. A source of localized motion is disposed within at least one of a plurality of segments of the field-of-view. Provided to an operator is means to enable or disable, for at least one of the segments of the field-of-view, a localized motion identification and notification function wherein localized motion in the segment is automatically identified and distinguished from transient motion, and the operator is automatically notified about the presence of the localized motion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade latching device, for coupling a wiper blade (10) to a wiper arm (12), having at least one wiper unit (14) which has at least one latching means (16, 18), which can be deflected counter to a tensioning force, and at least one guide means (20, 22). It is proposed that the latching means (16, 18) is at least partially decoupled from the guide means (20, 22).

Abstract: A portable power tool includes a motor housing (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 68) and a housing cover (26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, 72) that is attached to the motor housing (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 68). The portable power tool includes insulation (44a, 44b, 44c, 44d, 70a, 70b) adjacent to the motor housing (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 68) and the housing cover (26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, 72), which are guided through a guide (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d, 52a, 52b, 52d, 92) in the direction toward the motor housing (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 68) and/or the housing cover (26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, 72).

Abstract: Method for ascertaining an ethanol content of a fuel with the steps: ascertaining the vapor pressure of the fuel, ascertaining the temperature of the fuel and ascertaining the ethanol content of the fuel as a function of the vapor pressure and the temperature, which were ascertained.

Abstract: To determine air mass flows, especially for controlling internal combustion engines, a hot-film air-mass sensor is provided, which may be used especially for sensing air mass flows in the intake tract of an internal combustion engine. The hot-film air-mass sensor has a sensor chip having a sensor frame and a sensor diaphragm having at least one heating element and at least two temperature sensors. Furthermore, the hot-film air-mass sensor has a chip carrier for mounting the sensor chip, as well as at least one additional heating element. The sensor chip is able to be heated up using the at least one additional heating element, which is inserted into the chip carrier. Compared to the usual devices, the hot-film air-mass sensor has a lower susceptibility to contamination, especially by oil films.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a solenoid valve (1) having a solenoid armature (2) which is operatively connected to a sealing element (5) of the solenoid valve (1) in order to move the same, and an armature opposing piece (16) which engages, at least in certain areas, in a receptacle opening (23) in the solenoid armature (2). There is provision here for the armature opposing piece (16) to be composed of a pole core (19) and an intermediate component (20) which is supported on the pole core (19), wherein only the intermediate component (20) is arranged at least in certain areas in the receptacle opening (23), and at least one venting opening (33, 36), which produces a fluid connection between the receptacle opening (23) and the surroundings of the solenoid armature, is formed in the intermediate component (20). The disclosure also relates to a driver assistance device.

Abstract: In an electric machine tool having an interface (14) via which the electric machine tool can be mechanically and electrically connected to a battery pack (20), a coupling apparatus (30) is provided, which can be mechanically and electrically connected to the electric machine tool via the interface (14), wherein the coupling apparatus (30) has at least one first battery interface (40) for connection to a first battery pack (60) and at least one second battery interface (50) for connection to a second battery pack.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a pollutant conversion capacity of a catalytically coated, oxidizing exhaust gas aftertreatment component (29) in an exhaust gas system (13) of an internal combustion engine (15). A nitrogen oxide sensor (31, 32) is disposed in each case in the flow path of the exhaust gas upstream of and downstream of the oxidizing exhaust gas aftertreatment component (29), a capacity of said oxidizing exhaust gas aftertreatment component (29) for converting NO to NO2 being ascertained from a comparison of the two signals (Z?, Z?) of the nitrogen oxide sensors (31, 32). Additional independent claims relate to an open-loop and/or closed-loop control device (17), a computer program and a computer program product.

Abstract: A sensor element is described that includes at least one semiconductor component having a gas-sensitive layer which is attached to a substrate by the flip-chip method, the gas-sensitive layer facing the substrate and a supply arrangement being provided to supply a gas to be examined to the gas-sensitive layer. The semiconductor component is enclosed in a casing. Also described is a method for manufacturing the sensor element, in which a semiconductor component having a gas-sensitive layer is attached by the flip-chip method to a substrate in such a way that the gas-sensitive layer faces the substrate. After that, the casing is applied by a plasma sputtering method, in particular an atmospheric plasma sputtering method. Finally, a use of the sensor element in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine is also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a base module for a motion sensor, particularly a tacho generator, phase transducer, or transmission sensor for a motor vehicle. Said base module (22) comprises at least one busbar (11) for contacting an integrated circuit (36) used for sensing a motion. The base module (22) further comprises at least one wiring means (12, 14) which is arranged on the busbar (11). The busbar (11) and the wiring means (12) are surrounded at least in part by a sheath (26).

Abstract: The invention provides crystalline O-methyltransferases and isolated non-native O-methyltransferases as well as sets of their structural coordinates. Also provided are methods of predicting the activity or substrate specificity of putative O-methyl-transferases, methods of identifying potential substrates of O-methyltransferases, and methods of identifying potential inhibitors of methyltransferases.

Abstract: An injection valve for fuel-injection systems has a valve-seat support, a valve needle, a solenoid and a connection piece having a filter, to convey the fuel. Valve opening and valve seat are formed on the one-piece valve-seat support itself, which additionally guides the valve needle so as to be axially displaceable; solenoid coil and connector plug are combined in a separate, plastic-extrusion-coated coil part, the magnetic cup is placed over the coil part, and the connection piece is formed as separate plastic-injection-molded part having an integrated filter. Joining and sealing points between the connection piece on the one side and the coil part, magnetic cup and/or valve-seat support on the other side are bonded.

Abstract: A method to determine the fuel composition of a fuel mixture from a first fuel and a second fuel for the operation of an internal combustion engine. The first and the second fuel have different combustion rates and/or different specific energy contents and the internal combustion engine has at least one pressure sensor in at least one combustion chamber, with which a temporal pressure curve and/or a pressure curve under conditions of angular synchronism is determined.

Abstract: A procedure for the operation of an internal combustion engine is disclosed, in whose exhaust gas area a particle filter is arranged which is freed from the stored particles during a regeneration. A measure for a load of the combustion engine is compared to a load threshold value. An overrun cut-off, at which the fuel metering is completely suppressed, is carried out if the measure for the load falls below the load threshold value and if the engine speed of the combustion engine lies above an engine speed threshold value. The load threshold value that has been determined to a value higher than zero is further dependant on the particle filter's regeneration signal. The procedure aims to prevent the overheating of the particle filter during its regeneration.

Abstract: A method and device for determining the hydraulic leakage rate of liquid-conveying parts, in particular injection valves for internal combustion engines, place the liquid-conveying part into a test body, and the liquid-conveying part is charged with a test liquid under a particular pressure, and a carrier gas stream is provided in a flow duct of the test body, and a vapor mixture behind the liquid-conveying part is conducted to an analyzer, and a measurement and analysis are carried out, using the analyzer, of the hydraulic leakage rate of the liquid-conveying part via the concentration of test liquid in the vapor mixture, the carrier gas stream being brought in via a nozzle element close to the leakage point of the liquid-conveying part, and/or a heating of the vapor mixture being provided behind the liquid-conveying part for complete conversion into the gas phase.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a trench MOS barrier Schottky diode having an integrated PN diode and a method is for manufacturing same.

Abstract: A procedure for operating a particle sensor that is arranged downstream after a particle filter, at which an ash contamination can occur, and a device for implementing the procedure, are suggested. A remaining operating time determination determines the remaining operating time of the particle sensor related to an ash contamination. Alternatively or additionally the remaining operating time determination provides a correction signal, with which the sensitivity loss of the particle sensor caused by the ash contamination can be considered.

Abstract: A method for transmitting data, the data to be transmitted being divided into at least two data packets; the data packets being transmitted in at least two transmission modes; an assignment between the data packets and the transmission modes being made in such a way that one of the transmission modes is assigned to each data packet; at least one data packet, to which a first transmission mode is assigned, being transmitted in a second transmission mode.

Abstract: A method to test for a leak in a fuel tank system of a motor vehicle includes a fuel tank is cut off during the overrun by means of at least one cutoff device, and the pressure, which builds up in the fuel tank within a specifiable time interval is acquired; if a specifiable maximum pressure or a specifiable vacuum threshold is not achieved, said cutoff device is opened and closed again after a specifiable time period, and a vacuum is produced and acquired in a subsequent vacuum phase, and a parameter, which characterizes the leak tightness, is determined and evaluated from the vacuum achieved within a specifiable time period and the overpressure, which is achieved, and the test for a leak is concluded; if the specifiable maximum pressure is achieved, a parameter characterizing the leak tightness is determined from the acquired overpressure and the specifiable overpressure threshold and is compared with a specifiable reference value and for the case that the determined parameter is smaller than the reference