Abstract: Method for modifying spectral imaging for gaining minimum spectral cross-contamination, the method comprising: modifying spectral channel images of a spectral cube of a scene with an illumination mask; and generating the illumination mask by convolutional low-pass filtering of a first spectral channel image of the spectral cube.

Abstract: Provided is a computer-implemented method for determining at least one quality attribute for at least one defect of interest, including the steps: a. providing an input data set including the at least one defect of interest; b. determining the at least one quality attribute for the at least one defect of interest using a classification algorithm based on the input data set; and c. providing the determined at least one quality attribute and/or additional output information as output. Further, a computing unit and a computer program product are provided.

Abstract: Provided is a method and a system for the tamper-proof storage of information about object-related measures which are contained as transactions in transaction blocks that are interlinked in a transaction block chain of the object to which the measures relate, the transaction block chain being stored in an object data memory allocated to the object.

Abstract: A method is for locating a ground fault in a DC system to which a plurality of load zones can be connected. The method includes specifying a time window and, after the ground fault is detected, assigning the ground fault to a load zone which was connected to the DC system within the time window before the detection of the ground fault.

Abstract: HMI screens are typically manually engineered or arranged. For example, HMI screens can include various elements, and an engineer often arranges the HMI elements on a given HMI screen, for instance one by one, until the final design of the HMI screen is complete. It is recognized herein that existing approaches to designing and arranging HMI screens lack efficiency, and can be tedious and redundant. Method, systems, and apparatuses described herein can automatically arrange elements of human-machine interface (HMI) screens. In an example aspect, a computing system includes a deep learning model, for instance an autoencoder or a generative adversarial network (GAN), configured to learn and design HMI screen arrangements.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for providing a setting for a given parameter to be adjusted. The method may include: providing a plurality n with n?2 of given input variables VARv with v=1, . . . , n to a prepared recommender system; processing the input with a modeling function to determine the recommended setting; and setting the given parameter to the recommended setting. Input variables VARv correspond to different variable types VARTv. For a particular variable type VARTv a plurality Tv of respective variables VARTv,t is available with t=1, . . . , Tv. For each variable type VARTv only one variable VARTv,t is provided as input variable VARv=VARTv,t. The modeling function is a function trained based on a Gaussian process with DCOM˜(0,Kcoreg+?2I) defined by a characterizing covariance matrix Kcoreg and a corresponding characterizing kernel kSEPcoreg.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a semiconductor module having first and second cover faces, with the first cover face facing away from the second cover face, a module face between the first and second cover faces, and side faces to enclose the module space. A heat sink cools the semiconductor module and includes a base body. Cooling elements project from a first face of the base body and a cooling medium flows around the cooling elements and the side faces of the semiconductor module in a flow direction along the base body, with a first one of the side faces and a second one of the side faces of the semiconductor module forming a common side edge which faces the flow direction. The semiconductor module is connected to the first face of the base body at the first cover face and is embedded between at least some of the cooling elements.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for knowledge recommendation. The method may include: obtaining current searching information of a user for certain knowledge in factory production, job characteristic information of the user, and historical feedback information of the user for at least one knowledge item and/or knowledge resource in the past; using a first prediction algorithm model for learning based on historical searching information, job feature information, and historical feedback information of the user and other users to analyze obtained information, to obtain first prediction information including a first number of knowledge items; using a second prediction algorithm model to perform fusion sorting on the first prediction information and thereby obtain second prediction information including a second number of knowledge items; providing the second number of knowledge items to a knowledge recommendation model; and recommending a knowledge resource output from the model.

Abstract: A zero trust architecture can continuously monitor and verify code uploaded at the edge of 5G networks, so as to automatically identify security inconsistencies between security requirements and the performance of a given system.

Abstract: A method, computer program product and modelling tool for a reference model requirement based development of a technical system is ascertained, (i) in a first orchestration phase, to ascertain a storage location in the digital twin for the suitable reference model requirement, (ii) in a second orchestration phase, to ascertain a relevance of the reference model requirement belonging to the storage location and relevant to the forwarding from different perspectives for the development of the technical system, and (iii) in a third orchestration phase, to extract the reference model requirement from the ascertained relevance.

Abstract: A method of adding a first publisher to a security group includes receiving a key request for keys for the first publisher, wherein the key request has at least one credential associated with the first publisher and a key parameter index indicative of a bandwidth of the first publisher, includes modifying a lifetime value of the at least one key of the security group based on the key parameter index of the received key request, wherein an expiry of the at least one key is based on the lifetime value of the one or more keys; and includes transmitting the at least one key and the modified lifetime value of the at least one key to the first publisher, where the first publisher is configured to publish at least one message encrypted using the at least one key, prior to expiry of the at least one key.

Abstract: A valve system having a valve with a moveable armature and a pneumatic actuation apparatus, a controller, a computer program product for simulating operating behavior of the valve system and an operating method for the valve system, wherein the valve is provided in an active operating state and a valve position to be approached is specified, a target differential pressure corresponding to the valve position to be approached that is to be set in the pneumatic actuation apparatus is determined, a differential pressure in the pneumatic actuation apparatus is changed and the differential pressure present is detected, and the differential pressure present is stabilized if a deviation between the differential pressure present and the target differential pressure falls below a settable threshold value in terms of amount.

Abstract: In order to separate excess material from an additively manufactured component, spatially resolved structural data on the component are received. On the basis of the structural data, a process for emptying material from the component is simulated, wherein a sequence of emptying poses of the component is determined. For an associated emptying pose: the component is moved into the associated emptying pose in accordance with the simulated emptying process, movement of material is detected by sensors, as a result of a detection of a decrease in the movement of material, a trigger signal is generated, and a movement of the component into a subsequent emptying pose is initiated by the trigger signal, the trigger signal being considered higher priority than the simulated emptying process.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a battery state without interruption of functioning a battery system using a battery twin, wherein the battery system includes a plurality of interconnected battery cells, and wherein the battery twin includes a battery twin cell that is identical to one battery cell of the battery system, where the method includes measuring a parameter of the battery cell that describes working conditions of either the battery cell and/or the entire battery system, where the method includes an offline measurement part that includes reproduction of the working conditions described with the measured parameter on the battery twin, such that while the battery twin operate under the reproduced working conditions, at least one further parameter of the battery twin is measured, and after the offline measurement part, the method further includes judging the battery state based on the measured at least one further parameter of the battery twin.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for controlling an exchange of energy in an energy system with multiple energy subsystems connected to one another for exchanging energy comprising: receiving first supply data at a control center from a first subsystem, wherein the first supply data represent respective remuneration conditions of the first subsystem for receiving and/or providing energy; transmitting the first supply data to a second subsystem; receiving second supply data at the control center, the second supply data responsive to the first supply data, from the second subsystem, wherein the second supply data represent respective remuneration conditions of the second subsystem for receiving and/or providing energy, and controlling an energy exchange between the first subsystem and the second subsystem based on both the first supply data and the second supply data.

Abstract: A method for parameterizing an anomaly detection method, which takes a multiplicity of sensor data points as a basis for performing a density-based cluster method, including a) mapping each sensor data point in a data space into a pixel data point in a pixel space, b) reproducing at least one operation of the density-based cluster method in the data space by means of at least one pixel operation in the pixel space, c) receiving at least one parameter value for each parameter of the density-based cluster method, d) applying the at least one pixel operation in accordance with the parameter values to the pixel data points e) outputting a cluster result in visual form in the pixel space, and f) providing the received parameter values for the anomaly detection method, and an assistance apparatus for parameterizing an anomaly detection apparatus that performs the anomaly detection method.

Abstract: A converter unit has a main printed circuit board (MPCB) on which at least one functional module is arranged. By the functional module, at least one AC voltage supplied to the functional module via first power connections of the functional module can be converted into at least two DC voltage potentials output via second power connections. The MPCB has conductor paths via which control signals can be supplied to control connections, and the MPCB has conductor paths which extend from a control unit to first and second control connections of the MPCB and via which the first and second control signals can be supplied to the first and second control connections. The functional module is at least mechanically connected to the MPCB at least in the region of the first and second control connections such that the functional module does not use the first and/or the second control signals.