Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting particles, having the steps of: receiving (S1) a measurement signal; calculating (S2) at least one estimated noise value using the received measurement signal; and detecting (S3) the particles using the measurement signal on the basis of at least one detection criterion, wherein the at least one detection criterion depends on the at least one calculated estimated noise value.

Abstract: An electric power steering system. One example includes a steering control, a steering shaft connected to the steering control, a steering rack, a sensor configured to detect an operating parameter of the steering rack or an electric motor, and an electronic controller. In one example, the electronic controller is configured to receive data indicative of the operating parameter from the sensor, compare the data to a known characteristic curve, the known characteristic curve indicating potential damage to a component of the electric power steering system, and when the data matches the known characteristic curve, output an indication to a user that potential damage has occurred to the component of the electric power steering system.

Abstract: A fluid exchange service cart for performing fluid exchange service operations on a vehicle. The fluid exchange service cart additionally comprises an instrument panel and a number of panel loci to which the instrument panel may be detachably appended in different operating configurations.

Abstract: A method for parameterizing an electrochemical battery model of a specific battery of a device, includes providing a current operating feature point of the specific battery and operating feature points of further batteries of a plurality of further devices for various evaluation periods. The operating feature points of the further batteries characterize an operation of a respective further battery within one or more of the evaluation periods based on several operating features. The several operating features are produced depending on characteristics of operating variables of the respective further battery. The method further includes selecting operating feature points of the further batteries that are similar to the current operating feature point of the specific battery, and providing model parameters of the electrochemical battery model that are associated with the current operating feature point and the selected operating feature points.

Abstract: A fan module for a vehicle engine cooling system includes a pair of co-axial, counter-rotating, axial flow fans. Each fan is supported on and driven by a dedicated downstream motor, and each motor is supported by a dedicated shroud. The shroud that supports the first motor includes a barrel, a motor carrier that is surrounded by the barrel, and vanes that extend between the barrel and the motor carrier. For each vane, a line that extends between the vane nose and the vane tail is angled relative to the fan rotational axis, and the angle is selected to minimize air flow losses through the shroud.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for steering control during vehicle reverse operation when maneuvering a trailer in a reverse direction with a desired turn angle. The system has a P-I-D cascade structure and includes a rear video camera for providing images to determine a trailer angle, a yaw angle determination device, a steering angle sensor, a vehicle interior display with an input device, and a vehicle speed determination device. When a trajectory mode is selected and a desired turn angle value are received, an electronic processor determines a trailer trajectory based on the desired turn angle value, the trailer angle, vehicle yaw angle, and physical properties of the vehicle and trailer. The trailer trajectory is displayed on the vehicle interior display with the rear camera image. When a driver selects an automatic steering maneuver mode, the trailer tow assist system automatically controls steering of the vehicle.

Abstract: An environmental control unit, such as an HVAC or heat pump unit, includes a housing which contains four main components: a blower which draws air into the housing via an air inlet and exhausts air from the housing via an air outlet; a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat through the air and is located between the air inlet and the blower; a second heat exchanger, which exchanges heat through water and is disposed in the second area of the housing; and a compressor. The environmental control unit having a predetermined set of parts can be arranged in multiple configurations to meet installation requirements, where configurations include air entering from the left side or, alternatively, from the right of the environmental control unit. The configurations utilize the same parts and provide front-facing access to fluid connections and the control board.

Abstract: This patent document discloses novel compounds as inhibitors of the activity of the histone H3K27 demethylase JMJD3. Also disclosed are the use of the compounds and compositions thereof for the treatment of diseases and conditions mediated by JMJD3, in particular cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: A wear resistant hydraulics system includes a first copper-based alloy having a formula (I), CuaSnbZncMd, where M is a combination of up to six transition metals, metalloids, and/or alkali metals, a is any number between 0.50 and 0.93, b is any number between 0.00 and 0.07, c is any number between 0.00 and 0.40, and d is any number between 0.01 and 0.40, and a second copper-based alloy including at least 50 wt. % of Cu, based on the total weight of the alloy; and at least one compound of formula (II) AxBy, where A is Cu, Sn, or Zn, B is Co, Cr, In, Mn, Mo, Ni, Rb, Sb, Te, or Ti, x is any number between 1 and 53, and y is any number between 1 and 16, the first or second alloy having a bulk modulus KVRH value of about 70 to 304 GPa.

Abstract: A computational method for training a classifier. The method includes receiving a training data set comprised of pairs of training input and output signals, the classifier parameterized by parameters, a class-dependent allowed perturbation for each of at least two different classes and including a first class-dependent allowed perturbation for a first class and a second class-dependent allowed perturbation for a second class, and a loss function. The method further includes partitioning the training data set into a first subset labelled with a first label and a second subset labelled with a second label. The method also includes calculating a first loss in response to the first subset and the first class-dependent allowed perturbation and a second loss calculated in response to the second subset and the second class-dependent allowed perturbation. The method also includes updating the parameters in response to the first and second losses to obtain updated parameters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell stack (10) and to a method for producing such a fuel cell stack (10). The fuel cell stack (10) comprises at least two fuel cell modules (58) with in each case at least two individual cells (5), each fuel cell module (58) having module end plates (70) on both cell stack outer sides (66), and fuel cell stack compression means (82), via which the fuel cell modules (58) stacked one on top of the other are braced to form a fuel cell stack (10).

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor module, in particular for a safety system of a motor vehicle, having a carrier substrate, having a plurality of functional units that are arranged on or at the carrier substrate and are electrically connected to one another, wherein at least one functional unit is a sensor, having at least one analog-to-digital converter, having a communication device and optionally having a linearizer and/or compensator. There is provision for only analog functional units to be present as functional units and for the at least one analog-to-digital converter to be connected on the output side directly to the communication device.

Abstract: The present invention obtains a controller capable of improving safety of a motorcycle. The controller that controls vehicle body behavior of the motorcycle includes: an acquisition section that acquires trigger information generated in accordance with peripheral environment of the motorcycle; and an execution section that initiates a control mode making the motorcycle execute an automatic brake operation in accordance with the trigger information acquired by the acquisition section and makes the motorcycle generate a braking force. The acquisition section further acquires seat load information that is information of a load received by a seat of the motorcycle, and the execution section changes the automatic brake operation, which is executed in the control mode, in accordance with the seat load information acquired by the acquisition section.

Abstract: A method for actuating a valve with an electromagnetic valve drive through which electric current is conducted to open or close the valve or to hold the valve in an open or closed position includes receiving an opening signal, determining an adapted opening signal which is adapted to physical limits of the valve or valve drive, and determining a feed-forward signal for feed-forward control of an electric current to drive the electromagnetic valve drive to open the valve in reaction to the adapted opening signal. The method further includes calculating an actuation signal for actuating the valve drive using the feed-forward signal, and outputting the actuation signal.

Abstract: A handheld power tool includes an output shaft, a drive unit, a securing ring, and a securing element. The output shaft is configured to be releasably connected to an insert tool of the handheld power tool. The drive unit is configured to transmit a movement to the output shaft. The securing element is configured to secure the securing ring. The securing element has a recess which is provided to surround the securing ring in the radial direction in at least one operating state.

Abstract: A method for detecting comparison persons 7 to a search person 4, wherein a plurality of classification persons 3 is classified by extracting values W1,W2,W3 for classification features K1,K2,K3 from classification images 2 of the classification persons 3, the classification being ambiguous in such a way that the classification does not enable a unique identification of any of the classification persons 3, wherein during a search for a search person 4 using a search image 5 by a comparison of values of search features from the search image 5 with values W1,W2,W3 of classification features K1,K2,K3, at least two classification persons 3 are output as comparison persons 7.

Abstract: A method for controlling a robot using control parameter values from a non-Euclidean control parameter space. The method includes performing a Bayesian optimization of an objective function representing a desired control objective of the robot over the control parameter space, wherein evaluation points of the objective function are determined by searching an optimum of an acquisition function in an iterative search. In each iteration, the following are performed: updating a candidate evaluation point using a search direction in the tangent space of the parameter space at the candidate evaluation point, mapping the updated candidate evaluation point from the tangent space to the parameter space, and using the mapped updated candidate evaluation point as evaluation point for a next iteration until a stop criterion is fulfilled, and controlling the robot in accordance with a control parameter value found in the Bayesian optimization.

Abstract: A method for training a generative adversarial network, in particular a Wasserstein generative adversarial network. The generative adversarial network includes a generator and a discriminator, the generator and the discriminator being artificial neuronal networks. The method includes training the discriminator. In the step of training the discriminator, a parameter of the discriminator is adapted as a function of a loss function, the loss function including a term that represents the violation of the Lipschitz condition as a function of a first input datum and a second input datum and as a function of a first output of the discriminator when processing the first input datum and a second output of the discriminator when processing the second input datum, the second input datum being created starting from the first input datum by applying the method of the virtual adversarial training.

Abstract: A method to operate an apparatus comprises: receiving and/or determining (102) a plurality of condition information characterizing communication paths for communicating with at least one endpoint, wherein the communication paths differ at least in a respective radio channel; receiving and/or determining (104) an application information characterizing at least one communication property of an application; determining (106) a replication decision in dependence on the plurality of condition information and in dependence on the application information; and transmitting (110) a data packet associated with the application on one or a set of the different communication paths in dependence on the replication decision.

Abstract: Detecting off-zone crashes involving a vehicle using lateral acceleration values detected at locations within the vehicle. In one example method, an electronic processor receives a first acceleration value at a centerline of the vehicle from a first acceleration sensor of at least two acceleration sensors. The electronic processor also receives a second acceleration value at the centerline of the vehicle from a second acceleration sensor of the at least two acceleration sensors. The method also includes deriving, with the electronic processor, an approximate yaw acceleration at the centerline of the vehicle based on the first acceleration value and the second acceleration value. The method also includes comparing, with the electronic processor, the approximate yaw acceleration to a threshold and initiating, with the electronic processor, one or more actions in response to the yaw acceleration exceeding the threshold.