Abstract: A cleaning device is for a vehicle. The cleaning device has at least one cleaning nozzle configured to apply a cleaning fluid to a surface to be cleaned of at least one sensor, a fluid supply unit, in particular a fluid valve or a pump, configured to selectively provide the cleaning fluid to the cleaning nozzle, and an actuator for generating a cleaning movement of the cleaning nozzle. It is provided in the cleaning device that the cleaning device has a switching unit for controlling the actuator, such that the cleaning movement can be generated independently of the fluid supply unit.

Abstract: A cleaning device for spray cleaning of a sensor surface includes a spray-body having a spray-nozzle and a body-housing. A liquid fluid connection to a liquid inlet and a pressurized air fluid connection to a pressurized air inlet are such that suction pressure is induced at the liquid fluid connection upon providing pressurized airflow from the pressurized air inlet to the spray-nozzle. A hydraulic flow path is connected to the liquid fluid connection. A hydraulic valve is adapted for selective control of supplying liquid fluid to the liquid fluid inlet. A pneumatic flow path is connected to the pressurized air fluid connection. A pneumatic valve is in a pressurized air fluid duct adapted for selective control of supplying pressurized air fluid from a pressurizer to the pressurized air fluid inlet. The spray-nozzle sprays the liquid fluid and the pressurized air fluid as a mixture in an aerosol jet.

Abstract: An electropneumatic parking brake device is for supplying air to and exhausting air from spring-loaded accumulator brake cylinders of an electronically controllable pneumatic braking system for a vehicle and includes a parking brake valve unit with a reservoir port for receiving reservoir pressure from a parking brake reservoir. The parking brake valve unit sets a parking brake pressure at a spring-loaded accumulator port depending on a parking brake signal. A non-return valve is arranged between the parking brake valve unit and the parking brake reservoir to prevent compressed air from flowing back from the parking brake valve unit to the reservoir. A bypass valve is provided which can be switched to supply air to and exhaust it from the spring-loaded accumulator port. The bypass valve is activated and switched independently of the parking brake valve unit.

Abstract: A method is for setting up a data connection between a terminal device of a telematics system in a vehicle and a central module of a stationary local area network (SLAN). The SLAN covers a depot. The method includes: providing access data for identifying and authenticating the terminal device in the SLAN, the access data being provided via an access network differing from the SLAN; transferring the provided access data to the terminal device in an automated manner using the access network; setting up a connection between the terminal device and the central module of the SLAN in an automated manner when the vehicle having the terminal device is located in range; authenticating the terminal device in an automated manner on the basis of the access data to check authenticity of the terminal device; and, authorizing the terminal device and/or the vehicle automatically if the terminal device is authentic.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a vehicle system for a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, that includes an electronically controllable pneumatic braking system, and an electronically controllable steering device. The electronically controllable pneumatic braking system has a redundant control unit, which controls the brake circuits in the event of a failure of an electronic stability control of the braking system during travel. In the event of the failure of the electronic stability control during travel, the redundant control unit performs axle-wise control of the front axle with a front axle redundancy brake pressure and/or of the rear axle with a rear axle redundancy brake pressure and the electronically controllable steering device carries out laterally stabilizing steering interventions in order to keep the vehicle in a tolerance corridor of a predefined target trajectory of the vehicle. The disclosure also relates to a vehicle and a method.

Abstract: An electropneumatic device for a pneumatic braking system, including a compressed air reservoir for providing a reservoir pressure; a brake pressure modulator which receives reservoir pressure and outputs a brake pressure at a brake pressure connection in a manner dependent on electronic braking request signals; a protective valve unit with a protective valve inlet, a first protective outlet and a second protective outlet; the protective valve inlet receiving the brake pressure which it can provide at the first and second protective outlets; a first and a second pressure line; and, a brake actuator that is connected to the pressure lines. The protective valve unit is configured to throttle the brake pressure output at the first protective outlet in the event of leakage of the first pressure line and to throttle the brake pressure output at the second protective outlet in the event of leakage of the second pressure line.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining object information relating to an object in an environment of a multi-part vehicle having at least one towing vehicle and at least one trailer and a control unit and vehicle associated with it, with at least one trailer camera being arranged on the trailer, having at least the following steps: capturing the environment with a trailer camera from a first position and, in dependence thereon, creating a first image having first pixels; changing the position of the trailer camera; capturing the environment with the trailer camera from a second position and creating a second image having second pixels; and, determining object information relating to an object in the captured environment.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a data acquisition device for mobile devices, having a processing unit and a memory unit. The data acquisition unit includes a communications module for transmitting acquired data to a backend server, and a bus interface for receiving messages transmitted via an internal communications bus of the mobile device. The processing unit is configured to use the data received in the messages to form a data series, and to store the data series in the memory unit. In order to reduce the memory required, the processing unit is configured to conduct a preliminary analysis of the stored data series to extract at least one region of interest of the data series and transfer the same to the communications module, which is configured to transmit the at least one extracted region of the data series to the backend server. This procedure is equivalent to data aggregation.

Abstract: A method for determining an articulation angle between a towing vehicle and a trailer, wherein the trailer can be imaged in single images with single-image pixels using a camera system. The method includes determining a point cloud from at least one single image and forming at least one planar reference surface from adjacent object points of the point cloud that lie in a same plane. The method further includes reading in at least one single image, in which the trailer coupled to the towing vehicle is imaged, and determining at least one partial surface and fitting the at least one previously formed planar reference surface to the at least one determined partial surface by applying a geometric transformation. The method further includes determining the articulation angle between the towing vehicle and the trailer as a function of a rotational component of the applied geometric transformation.

Abstract: A method for controlling traction of a wheeled vehicle or a vehicle combination having a tractor vehicle and at least one trailer vehicle. A sensor device on a coupling element of a trailer device transmits coupling forces in x, y, and z directions to the coupling element of the tractor vehicle, which are measured and emitted as force signals. From these force signals, an evaluation unit determines the coupling force acting in the respective vehicle direction and transmits them to a control unit. Traction of the tractor vehicle is adapted to suit the properties of the ground surface. Using sequences of the coupling forces, the dynamic fraction if filtered out and from these a characteristic value is determined and transmitted to the control unit. If the characteristic value exceeds a limit value, then at least one measure to improve the traction of the tractor vehicle is carried out.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle within a confined site, the method including, following a determination that there is no steering system available in a vehicle that can be controlled by steering control signals generated in automated fashion in order to influence a steering angle of wheels of a steered vehicle axle of the vehicle in automated fashion, specifying a path between a starting area and a specified destination area within the confined site, and generating drive control signals and steering braking control signals such that, during subsequent automated control of a drive system and of a brake system using the control signals, the vehicle moves from the starting area along the path to the specified destination area, and the steering angle varies owing solely to automated control of the brakes of the brake system.

Abstract: A braking system for a towing vehicle is disclosed. The braking system includes a pressure medium source for supplying pressurized pressure medium, a parking brake module having a control valve and a redundancy valve, a trailer control valve system for a trailer brake of a trailer vehicle towed by the towing vehicle, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to control the trailer control valve system in such a way that pressure medium escapes via the trailer control valve system into a non-pressurized environment, whereby the pressure medium source is emptied, when the control valve or the redundancy valve persist in the open state due to a mechanical defect and otherwise should be in the closed state, and when an ignition of the towing vehicle and a compressor for filling the pressure medium source are switched off.

Abstract: A brake system for a motor vehicle includes a control valve, a redundancy valve, a brake valve, a brake cylinder, a pressure fluid source, an electronic control unit, a parking lock, and a depressurized tank. The control valve and the redundancy valve are mechanically preloaded in a closed state, whereas the brake valve is mechanically preloaded in an open state. The electronic control unit is configured to control the brake valve so that it moves into a closed state so that pressure fluid flows out of the brake cylinder via the brake valve directly into the depressurized tank, and no pressure fluid is fed into the brake cylinder via the control valve or the redundancy valve and the brake valve, if the control valve or the redundancy valve remains in an open state due to a mechanical defect and otherwise should be in the closed state.

Abstract: A method is for operating a trailer vehicle having an electric drive and friction brakes. The method includes determining a differential mass between a first mass of a driven axle of the trailer vehicle and a second mass of a non-driven axle of the trailer vehicle, and determining a deceleration torque depending on the differential mass. The method further includes generating at least or exactly the determined deceleration torque with the electric drive when the friction brakes are activated. A trailer brake control unit is for the trailer vehicle. The trailer vehicle includes the trailer brake control unit. A combination includes a towing vehicle and a trailer vehicle having the trailer brake control unit.

Abstract: A method for displaying an environment of a vehicle on a display includes: recording the environment with at least two cameras, each having a different field of view, wherein fields of view of adjacent cameras overlap; creating a panoramic image from at least two images taken by differing cameras, the images being projected into a reference plane for creating the panoramic image; ascertaining depth information pertaining to an object in the environment by triangulation from at least two differing individual images taken by the same camera; and generating an overlay structure as a function of the ascertained depth information, the overlay structure having been uniquely assigned to an imaged object; and, representing the created panoramic image, containing the at least one object, and the at least one generated overlay structure on the display such that the overlay structure is displayed on, and/or adjacent to, the assigned object.

Abstract: A method is provided for detecting a malfunction of a valve (46) of a braking device (10) for a processing machine, where the braking device (10) has a brake that can be actuated via the valve (46) and a transmission portion (22). The method includes triggering (I.1) the valve (46) of the braking device (10) and determining a state variable in the transmission portion (22). The method further comprises a comparison (III.1) of the determined state variable to a reference variable and a detection (IV.1) of a malfunction of the valve (46) based on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for controlling an electronically controllable pneumatic braking system for a towing vehicle. The towing vehicle has front axle brake actuators and rear axle brake actuators; a primary system with a primary control unit for controlling the front and rear axle brake actuators; a secondary system with a secondary control unit for controlling the front and rear axle brake actuators in the event that a fault is detected in the primary system and the braking system is controlled by the secondary system; a trailer control valve for providing a trailer brake pressure at a trailer brake pressure port; and a PLC connector for receiving PLC signals from a trailer. The method includes: providing PLC signals received at the PLC connection both in the primary system and in the secondary system; and processing PLC signals in both the primary system and the secondary system.

Abstract: A method for controlling a subject vehicle with a braking system, a drive system and a distance control system, wherein the distance control system is configured to control an actual following distance between the subject vehicle and a vehicle ahead to a predetermined target following distance, wherein the target following distance is predetermined as a function of an activated operating mode of the distance control system, including performing a plausibility check by checking whether V2X data is exchanged or can be exchanged between the vehicle ahead and the subject vehicle over a V2X connection, and activating, if no V2X data is exchanged or can be exchanged between the vehicle ahead and the subject vehicle over the V2X connection, a first operating mode in which a first target following distance is predetermined as a function of a reaction time of a driver of the subject vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic valve system (5) for a braking system of a towing vehicle. The pneumatic valve system (5) comprises a valve block (28) comprising a supply pressure inlet (29), a towing vehicle supply pressure outlet (30) and a towing vehicle control pressure outlet (32), as well as a control valve (6), a redundancy valve (7), and a brake valve (10). The pneumatic valve system (5) permits a redundant pressure supply of a brake cylinder of a parking brake of the towing vehicle by connecting the valves and the supply pressure outlet and outlets to one another in a very compact and stable manner.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method for slip control of a vehicle wheel driven via an electric drive. The method includes at least the following steps: driving the electric drive of the vehicle wheel using an actual drive torque in a torque control in a torque control step, determining a wheel speed and a wheel slip of the vehicle wheel and evaluating the wheel slip by way of an instability criterion as to whether an instability exists, upon recognizing an instability, direct or indirect transition in a slip control of the wheel slip to a setpoint slip by driving the electric drive, determining whether an end criterion for ending the slip control is satisfied; and, if the end criterion is satisfied, returning to the torque control in the torque control step.