Patents Assigned to Roberts Bosch GmbH
  • Patent number: 11978061
    Abstract: An anti-counterfeit product of manufacture includes a housing defining a cavity. The housing is constructed of a first and second bodies forming an original joint at a parting line. Inner workings of the product are enclosed within the cavity. An encryption device includes an encryption-coded ceramics-based pin grid array embedded in the first body of the housing. An RFID circuit is connected with the ceramics-based pin grid array. The RFID circuit is configured to report out a confirmation signal based on the code set by the connected ceramics-based pin grid array upon an RFID reader interrogation trigger. The RFID circuit is programmed to prevent future reporting of the confirmation signal upon detachment of the ceramics-based pin grid array from the RFID circuit, such that the confirmation signal is configured to confirm both product authenticity and integrity of the original joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Enrique Busquets, Heiko Erlenkeuser
  • Patent number: 11978262
    Abstract: A method for training a classifier for image data using learning image data and associated labels, each of the labels including an allocation to one or multiple classes of a predefined classification. In the method, for each data set of learning image data, space-resolved relevance maps are provided, which indicate how relevant which spatial areas of the particular learning image data are for the assessment of the situation shown in the learning image data. From data sets of learning image data and associated relevance maps, learning samples are ascertained; the learning samples are fed to the classifier; and classifier parameters are optimized with the aim that the classifier maps the learning samples to allocations to one or multiple classes which are consistent with the labels of the learning image data from which the learning samples originate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Udo Mayer
  • Patent number: 11979067
    Abstract: An electrical machine (10), in particular for the adjustment of movable parts in the motor vehicle, having a stator housing (22) which accommodates a stator (12) and a rotor (14), wherein the rotor (14) has a rotor shaft (20) on which a commutator (18) is arranged, which commutator can be energized by means of electrical brushes (20), and the stator housing (22) has an axial opening (24) with an encircling edge (26), through which axial opening the rotor shaft (16) protrudes out of the stator housing (22), wherein an electronics circuit board (PCB) (30), which is populated with at least one interference-suppression element (44), is arranged transversely in relation to the rotor shaft (16), and the electronics circuit board (30), in its circumferential region (31), bears against the edge (26) in a conductive manner in order to form a ground contact with the stator housing (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Straub, Gerold Schorpp, Jens Benecke, Joerg Schmid, Michael Ketterer
  • Patent number: 11979040
    Abstract: A method detects electrical fault states of at least one removable battery pack and/or an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, that can be connected to the at least one removable battery pack, using a first monitoring unit integrated in the at least one removable battery pack and a further monitoring unit integrated in the electrical device. The first monitoring unit and the further monitoring unit each count the faulty charging or discharging processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Klee, Mickael Segret
  • Patent number: 11979800
    Abstract: A device, particularly a hand-held power tool management device, for monitoring and/or managing a plurality of objects, particularly hand-held power tools, includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the objects and a computing unit configured to process electronic data received by the communication unit. The computing unit is configured to output, as a function of swarm information from a swarm that comprises at least some of the objects, commands to at least one of the objects of the swarm and/or information to at least one operator, particularly at least one of the objects of the swarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein, Joern Stock
  • Publication number: 20240142916
    Abstract: A method for the automated selection of data sets for a method for machine learning for detecting operating variables of a motor vehicle, in which methods, measuring signal sequences for particular operating variable ranges of the motor vehicle, are detected during the operation of the motor vehicle. In the method, the operating variable ranges are assigned memory areas, each including multiple slots, each of which is configured to store a data set containing a detected measuring signal sequence, and data sets already stored in the slots being overwritable with data sets newly detected instantaneously for the same memory area in each case. For each slot of a memory area in which a data set is stored, an estimated slot error value is formed and stored together with the measuring signal sequence. The data sets, whose estimated slot error value is comparatively low, are preferably overwritten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Weissenmayer, Daniel Stuemke
  • Patent number: 11971192
    Abstract: An environmental control unit, such as an HVAC or heat pump unit, includes a housing, and a blower disposed in the housing, the blower configured to draw air into the housing via an air inlet and exhaust air from the housing via an air outlet. The unit includes a heat exchanger disposed in the housing between the air inlet and the blower, and a compressor disposed within housing. The unit include features that reduce noise emitted from the compressor. The noise reduction features include a noise-reducing enclosure that encapsulates the compressor. The enclosure includes a rigid metal shell, an outer insulating structure fixed to an outside surface of the shell, and an inner insulating structure fixed to an inside surface of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Armen Davtyan
  • Patent number: 11971720
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preventing a collision between an autonomous vehicle (A) and a user (B) in a movement range of the autonomous vehicle comprising the steps: receiving a time-dependent, planned path (P1) of the autonomous vehicle (A) and a time-dependent, planned path (P2) of the user (B), determining a time-dependent path network by means of a path network unit (8), wherein the time-dependent path network describes the planned paths (P1, P2), determining collision information which describes an overlap of the planned paths (P1, P2) in the time-dependent path network, determining a safe zone (23) for the user on the basis of the collision information, wherein the safe zone (23) describes an area in the movement range which is safe for the user (B) in respect of a collision with the autonomous vehicle (A), and making available a display (20) for the user (B) by means of a display device (19), wherein the display (20) describes the safe zone (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Arne Bröring, Thomas Jell, Andreas Ziller
  • Patent number: 11969911
    Abstract: A tool device for a hand-held power tool, which can be operated such that the tool device is rotated about an output shaft of a tool-holding device, has at least one connecting device, which is detachably connected to an output shaft of the power tool. The connecting device is fastened to the tool-holding device so that a drive axis of the output shaft and a tool axis of rotation substantially coincide. The connecting device has a cut-out and at least one clamping wing, which at least partly bounds the cut-out in the radial direction of the tool axis of rotation and which is bounded substantially in the direction radial to the tool axis of rotation by a first bounding edge, which lies on a first bounding circle around the tool axis of rotation. The clamping wing extends at least substantially along a plane orthogonal to the tool axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Fellmann, Bruno Luescher, Andreas Zurbruegg, Aldo Di Nicolantonio, Bruno Sinzig, Laurent Quebatte, Marcus Schuller
  • Patent number: 11968973
    Abstract: A method for applying a spray to a field using an agricultural spraying device. The method includes: monitoring a field section of the field having plants, using an optical and/or infrared detection unit; identifying at least one row of plants in the monitored field section using a processing unit; using the processing unit, defining a plant region including the at least one identified row of plants in a specified evaluation portion of the monitored field section, using the at least one identified row of plants and a weed region different from the plant region; ascertaining a plant value of the weed region in the specified evaluation portion of the monitored field section using the processing unit; and applying the spray to the weed region of the specified evaluation portion as a function of the ascertained plant value, using spray nozzles of the agricultural spraying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Seitz, Nicolas Houis, Tillmann Falck
  • Patent number: 11970076
    Abstract: A method, device, and computer-readable medium for operating an electrical energy store is provided. The electrical energy store includes a storage cell for storing electrical energy and a control unit. State variables of the electrical energy store are detected. The state variables are transmitted to a computation unit outside of the electrical energy store. The electrical energy store is operated based on operating parameters provided by the computation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christel Sarfert, Christoph Kroener, Jens Becker, Joerg Poehler
  • Patent number: 11972293
    Abstract: A data structure for a jointly utilized memory device, in particular, for inter-process communication, in an application system. The memory device includes a memory cell. The data structure includes a management structure, the management structure being configured to hold a pointer object to the memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Eltzschig, Dietrich Kroenke, Mathias Kraus, Matthias Killat, Michael Poehnl
  • Patent number: 11971316
    Abstract: A stress and/or strain measurement cell for a stress and/or strain measurement system. The cell includes a reference contact, a sensor contact and a first current mirror circuit which is integrated into a semiconductor material and has a first conduction path connectable or connected to the reference contact and a second conduction path connectable or connected to the sensor contact. The first conduction path includes a first transistor and the second conduction path includes a second transistor. A first crystal direction of the semiconductor material oriented perpendicular to a first inversion channel of the first transistor is definable for the first inversion channel and a second crystal direction of the semiconductor material oriented perpendicular to a second inversion channel of the second transistor is definable for the second inversion channel. The first crystal direction of the semiconductor material is inclined relative to the second crystal direction of the semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Falk Roewer, Clemens Jurgschat, Torsten Ohms
  • Patent number: 11971472
    Abstract: A method for determining an ego-velocity estimated value and an angle estimated value of targets using a synthetic aperture radar sensor. A distance is measured between the synthetic aperture radar sensor and each respective target. A relative velocity of the respective target is measured using the Doppler effect. An angle estimation of an angle estimated value takes place, which characterizes the angle between the direction of the ego-velocity of the synthetic aperture radar and the respective target. An individual ego-velocity estimated value of the synthetic aperture radar sensor is ascertained using the relative velocity and the angle estimated value for each target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gor Hakobyan, Johannes Fink
  • Patent number: 11970145
    Abstract: A brake system for a two-axle vehicle having a master brake cylinder. The brake system includes at least one connected brake circuit, each having front and rear wheel brake cylinders, front wheel inlet and outlet valves, rear wheel inlet and outlet valves, an accumulator chamber, and a control device via which, by opening the at least one rear wheel outlet valve, a brake fluid pressed out of master brake cylinder is displaceable via the open rear wheel outlet valve into the respectively downstream disposed accumulator chamber. When the at least one front wheel outlet valve is kept closed or closed, the control device is configured to increase and limit a brake pressure prevailing in the respectively associated front wheel brake cylinder to an accumulator chamber pressure actively prevailing in the accumulator chamber of the same brake circuit by keeping open or opening the at least one front wheel inlet valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Yasutaka Nagakura
  • Patent number: 11973064
    Abstract: A semiconductor power module including first and second power transistors situated in parallel between first collector and first emitter strip conductors. A first connection surface of each of the power transistors is electroconductively connected to the first collector strip conductor, and a second connection surface of each of the power transistors is electroconductively connected to the first emitter strip conductor, so that a current flowing between the first collector strip conductor and the first emitter strip conductor is divided between the power transistors when the power transistors are each conductively connected via an applied control voltage. A first external power contact is directly contacted with the first collector strip conductor at a first contact area, a second external power contact is contacted with the first emitter strip conductor at a second contact area via a first connecting element, and the second contact area is positioned asymmetrically between the power transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Marc Lautensack, Alexander Kaiser, Jan Homoth
  • Patent number: 11967841
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electrical energy store, comprising a storage cell for storing electrical energy and a control unit, wherein a safety switch is provided which is designed to interrupt an electrical line of the electrical energy store, wherein a current flowing through the electrical line is detected and an actuation of the safety switch only occurs if the current is below a predefinable threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Gottwald, Rainer Heinrich Hoerlein, Thomas Dufaux
  • Patent number: 11967126
    Abstract: A device and a computer implemented method of anomaly detection, including processing a digital representation of a signal or image with a wavelet decomposition to generate a first, second, and third plurality of decomposed representations, processing a first decomposed representation of the third plurality of decomposed representations with a first generative model to determine a first likelihood, processing a second decomposed representation of the third plurality of decomposed representations with a second generative model to determine a second likelihood, processing a second decomposed representation of the second plurality of decomposed representations with a third generative model to determine a third likelihood, processing a second decomposed representation of the first plurality of decomposed representations with a fourth generative model to determine a fourth likelihood, detecting an anomaly when at least one of the first likelihood, the second likelihood, the third likelihood and the fourth likeliho
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dan Zhang, Robin Tibor Schirrmeister
  • Patent number: 11964400
    Abstract: A method for controlling a robot to pick up an object in various positions. The method includes: defining a plurality of reference points on the object; mapping a first camera image of the object in a known position onto a first descriptor image; identifying the descriptors of the reference points from the first descriptor image; mapping a second camera image of the object in an unknown position onto a second descriptor image; searching the identified descriptors of the reference points in the second descriptor image; ascertaining the positions of the reference points in the three-dimensional space in the unknown position from the found positions; and ascertaining a pickup pose of the object for the unknown position from the ascertained positions of the reference points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andras Gabor Kupcsik, Marco Todescato, Markus Spies, Nicolai Waniek, Philipp Christian Schillinger, Mathias Buerger
  • Patent number: D1025014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Sulzer, Shawn Filipek, Andrew M. Grunloh, Clifford Krapfl, Michael Herbert, Ross Brinkman