Abstract: A method for testing the function of a fuel tank system of an internal combustion engine, the fuel tank system, whereby a gas transport device is operated and a shutoff valve is actuated by means of PWM, whereby the shutoff valve is opened and closed multiple times according to a PWM signal for implementing a defined opening state, a pressure oscillation of the purge gas, which results due to the corresponding opening and closing movements of the shutoff valve, being ascertained and evaluated with the aid of the pressure sensor according to a frequency diagnosis, and a distinction being made between an operability and a malfunction, based on the result of the evaluation.

Abstract: A method for distance measurement by means of an active optical sensor system is disclosed, comprising: an initial pulse sequence with an initial frequency spectrum, which corresponds to a frequency comb, is generated using a laser source. Based thereon, a first pulse sequence and a first reference pulse sequence with a first frequency spectrum, which corresponds to a first part of the frequency comb, as well as a second pulse sequence and a second reference pulse sequence with a second frequency spectrum, which corresponds to a second part of the frequency comb, are generated. A first distance of the object is determined using a first heterodyne measurement based on the first reference pulse sequence and reflected portions of the first pulse sequence and a second distance is determined using a second heterodyne measurement based on the second reference pulse sequence and reflected portions of the second pulse sequence.

Abstract: An energy accumulator, in particular for a motor vehicle, has a secondary cell with two complementary electrodes, a separator spacing them apart, a cell housing which encloses the electrodes and the separator, and an electrolyte with which the cell housing is filled. In addition, hollow glass spheres are located within the cell housing, which are filled with a quantity of the electrolyte and/or an additive and which are in contact with the electrolyte accommodated in the cell housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a destination for a motor vehicle that is different from an intended location, comprising the following steps: specifying an intended location; determining a usage rate at the intended location by means of a computing apparatus on the basis of data provided on the intended location; determining a plurality of possible alternative destinations different from the intended location on the basis of the data provided on the intended location if the usage rate exceeds a predefined usage rate threshold value; determining a predicted usage rate at the possible alternative destinations by means of the computing apparatus on the basis of data provided on the possible alternative destinations; and selecting a destination from the plurality of possible alternative destinations while taking into consideration the predicted usage rate at the alternative destinations.

Abstract: In a method for controlling the selection of media files for playback, graphical objects are displayed, and each media file is assigned to one graphical object in each case. In addition, first probabilities, by which the media files are selected for playback, are indicated in the method via a feature of the graphical objects. An operating action by a user, by which the feature of at least one graphical object is modified, is detected. Moreover, second probabilities are assigned to the graphical objects as a function of the modification of the feature of the at least one graphical object. The media files are selected for replay as a function of the second probabilities. In addition, a device is arranged for controlling the selection of media files for replay purposes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for setting a driving speed of a motor vehicle on a route. A control device of the motor vehicle sets the driving speed depending on an operating position limited by two extreme positions of a pedal device of the motor vehicle, which may be operated by a driver, wherein the control device detects the operating position of the pedal device, and depending on the detected operating position, determines in at least one specified driving mode a target driving speed corresponding to the respective operating position, and the control device sets the driving speed corresponding to the respective target driving speed by means of a closed loop control as long as the respective operating position is detected. The setting in this case takes place independently of a current condition of the route. The invention also includes a motor vehicle.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments create a vehicle, a network component, a method, a computer program and a device for generating an ID for an equipped status of a vehicle. The method for generating an ID for an equipped status of a vehicle comprises determining a first information on one or more available software components and their software versions and determining a second information on one or more available hardware components and their hardware versions. The method moreover comprises generating a hash value based on the first information, the second information and software content of the one or more software components, and providing the hash value as an ID for the equipped status of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for CO2 certification and/or CO2-dependent homologation of vehicles that takes into account at least one design feature of the vehicle, which is characterized in that the detected use of a CO2-reduced fuel is taken into account as a design feature of the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for predicting a future driving situation of a foreign object, in particular a foreign vehicle, participating in road traffic, in which at least one first item of information is sensed which corresponds to at least one sensed first foreign object (3) participating in road traffic, and in which the first foreign object (3) is assigned to an object class on the basis of the first item of information.

Abstract: A cooling device for a front end of a motor vehicle, comprises at least one heat exchanger which has a large number of coolant channels around which air can flow, and an apparatus which is connected upstream of the heat exchanger and has a support frame having a through-flow opening for air to flow to the heat exchanger, and at least one closing element that is movably mounted on the support frame and is intended to open, partially open, and close the through-flow opening. According to the invention, the closing element is designed as a pull-down shade which extends so as to close the through-flow opening in a first end position over the support frame and completely opens the through-flow opening in a second, rolled-up end position, and the support frame has a lattice supporting structure which is located in the through-flow opening and comprises intersecting struts, in particular vertical struts and horizontal struts, for the pull-down shade.

Abstract: A device for exhaust gas aftertreatment in an internal combustion engine can be connected to an outlet of the internal combustion engine. The device comprises an exhaust gas system with an exhaust gas channel in which a three-way catalytic converter is arranged, and an exhaust gas burner with which hot burner exhaust gases can be fed into the exhaust gas channel at a feed point upstream from the three-way catalytic converter. The three-way catalytic converter is configured as a lambda probe catalytic converter and comprises a first catalyst volume and a second catalyst volume, whereby a lambda probe is arranged downstream from the first catalyst volume and upstream from the second catalyst volume, whereby the first catalyst volume has a lower oxygen storage capacity than the second catalyst volume. A method for exhaust gas aftertreatment in an internal combustion engine has such an exhaust gas aftertreatment device.

Abstract: A lighting unit for a motor vehicle having at least one light guide and at least one circuit board having at least one light-emitting diode. The circuit board and the light guide are attached to one another. The lighting unit is elongate and curved in the manner of a crescent with a light guide extending over the length of the lighting unit and with multiple elongated, rigid circuit boards that are each equipped with multiple light-emitting diodes, wherein the circuit boards are identically constructed and lined up in their longitudinal direction along the light guide in such a manner that the light of the light-emitting diodes can be coupled into the light guide perpendicularly to the longitudinal extent thereof, and wherein the circuit boards are connected to one another electrically and in terms of signaling by cables.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to wireless communication devices, systems comprising wireless communication devices, and to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for a wireless communication device. The apparatus comprises a transceiver module for transmitting and receiving wireless transmissions. The apparatus comprises a processing module that is configured to control the transceiver module. The processing module is configured to communicate with a further wireless communication device via the transceiver module. The communication with the further wireless communication device is based on a transmission of data frames between the wireless communication device and the further wireless communication device. Each data frame is based on a two-dimensional grid in a time-frequency plane having a time dimension resolution and a frequency dimension resolution.

Abstract: A method for control and/or regulation of a hybrid powertrain of a motor vehicle, wherein exhaust gas is taken from an exhaust system and delivered to a fresh air supply of an internal combustion engine, wherein the residual recirculated exhaust gas is purged from the fresh air supply in the event of a negative load jump. After the negative load jump, the internal combustion engine continues to run with a smaller load and simultaneously the torque supplied by the internal combustion engine is recuperated by means of the electric machine, wherein no positive torque in total is applied to the output of the powertrain.

Abstract: A park assistance system for a motor vehicle is presented that has a distance sensor system for generating a sensor signal depending on a lateral distance to an object. A computing unit of the park assistance system generates graphics data based on the sensor signal, and contains an augmented reality system for superimposing a graphic element onto a field of view of a driver. An extension of the graphic element along a vertical axis depends on a value of the distance.

Abstract: A method for the maintenance of vehicle components is disclosed. The operating points of a plurality of vehicle components are captured over a first time period ?t1 and first developments of the plurality of operating points over time in the first time period ?t1 are determined. The operating points of the plurality of vehicle components are captured over a second time period ?t2 different from the first time period ?t1 and second developments of the plurality of operating points over time in the second time period ?t2 are determined. By comparing the first developments and the second developments of the operating points of the plurality of vehicle components over time, it is determined whether the second development of the operating point of a vehicle component over time deviates from the first development of the operating point of said vehicle component over time by more than a predefined limit value.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for assisting a driver with a manual parking procedure of a motor vehicle, wherein a processor is used to determine a target parking space and a position of the motor vehicle, to determine at least one driving setting of the motor vehicle, to determine a reachability of the target parking space proceeding from the position using the at least one determined driving setting, and to facilitate actuation of a steering of the motor vehicle by the driver by applying at least one steering torque to the steering if it is determined that the target parking space cannot be reached proceeding from the position with the at least one determined driving setting.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing a combustion machine, wherein the combustion machine comprises at least one internal combustion engine and one intake air line via which fresh air can be fed to the internal combustion engine. In addition, at least one intake air compressor and, upstream from the intake air compressor, a control flap are integrated into the intake air line. In one operating state of the combustion machine, the control flap is closed so far that a negative pressure relative to the ambient pressure is produced by means of the running internal combustion engine in the portion of the intake air line that lies between the control flap and the internal combustion engine, with an actual value that is associated with this negative pressure being compared with a target value and the presence or absence of leakage in this portion of the intake air line being deduced from any difference that might exist between the actual value and the target value.

Abstract: An emblem arrangement for a motor vehicle has an emblem support part, an element forming a brand emblem, and at least one luminous element for illuminating the emblem arrangement. The element forming the brand emblem is a layered structure having at least two layers, which layered structure has, when viewed in a plan view of the emblem arrangement, translucent and non-translucent regions. The translucent regions are able to depict the shape of the brand emblem in its entirety or wherein the translucent regions are able to depict merely the contour of the brand emblem.