Abstract: An audio encoder for encoding an audio signal having a lower frequency band and an upper frequency band includes: a detector for detecting a peak spectral region in the upper frequency band of the audio signal; a shaper for shaping the lower frequency band using shaping information for the lower band and for shaping the upper frequency band using at least a portion of the shaping information for the lower band, wherein the shaper is configured to additionally attenuate spectral values in the detected peak spectral region in the upper frequency band; and a quantizer and coder stage for quantizing a shaped lower frequency band and a shaped upper frequency band and for entropy coding quantized spectral values from the shaped lower frequency band and the shaped upper frequency band.

Abstract: A vehicle has a transverse roof bow of a vehicle roof. The transverse roof bow extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle, being located above a seat region for vehicle occupants in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and adjoins, at least in some regions, a region of a vehicle interior from behind in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The region represents a free space for the head of a vehicle occupant to move. The transverse roof bow has two lateral regions and a central region connected thereto. The central region extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The central region is connected to the lateral regions in each case via a transition region. The transition regions extend towards the rear side of the vehicle obliquely between the lateral regions and the central region. A front side of the central region is at a distance from front sides of the lateral regions in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: A video conferencing system for a vehicle includes a display device disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, the display device comprising a screen, a first imager configured to capture a first image data corresponding to a field of view of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, at least one microphone configured to collect audio data from within the passenger compartment, and a controller. The controller is configured detect a display prompt within the image data corresponding to a portion of the image data received from the first imager, detect an audio prompt within a predetermined zone of the passenger compartment of the vehicle, and selectively crop the first image data according to the portion of the image data corresponding with the display prompt in response to determining a correlation between the portion of the image data and the zone of the passenger department associated with the audio prompt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyamide moulding compounds that contain a semi-crystalline copolyamide, at least one filler, and optionally additives. The invention likewise relates to mouldings manufacture from these moulding compounds and to the use of the moulding compounds to manufacture mouldings.

Abstract: A trainable transceiver comprises a transceiver circuit, a user interface, and a control circuit in selective communication with the transceiver circuit. The control circuit is further in communication with and configured to process inputs received at the user interface. The transceiver circuit is configured to, in response to a particular input received at the user interface, transmit an activation signal to a vehicle charging station.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyamide moulding compounds that contain a semi-crystalline copolyamide, at least one filler, and optionally additives. The invention likewise relates to mouldings manufacture from these moulding compounds and to the use of the moulding compounds to manufacture mouldings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to semi-crystalline copolyamides and to moulding compounds manufactured from same that contain at least one filler, and optionally additives in addition to the semi-crystalline copolyamide. The invention equally relates to mouldings manufactured from same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide moulding compound formed from a mixture of partially crystalline, aliphatic polyamides and partially crystalline, partially aromatic polyamides and also fibrous reinforcing materials. The partially crystalline, partially aromatic polyamides are thereby formed from a diamine component, a dicarboxylic acid component and possibly a lactam- and/or ?-amino acid component. The mixture and/or the moulding compound can include further components. Moulded articles produced from these moulding compounds are used, for example, in the automobile sphere, in the household sphere, in measuring, regulating and control technology or in mechanical engineering.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for vehicle body construction, comprising a central control unit (1) and at least two electrically operated actuation devices (2), which each have their own control unit (2.1) for controlling the movement of said actuation devices. According to the invention, the control unit (2.1) of one of the two actuation devices (2) is connected to the central control unit (1) via the control unit (2.1) of the other of the two actuation devices (2).

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide moulding compound formed from a mixture of partially crystalline, aliphatic polyamides and partially crystalline, partially aromatic polyamides and also fibrous reinforcing materials. The partially crystalline, partially aromatic polyamides are thereby formed from a diamine component, a dicarboxylic acid component and possibly a lactam- and/or ?-amino acid component. The mixture and/or the moulding compound can include further components. Moulded articles produced from these moulding compounds are used, for example, in the automobile sphere, in the household sphere, in measuring, regulating and control technology or in mechanical engineering.

Abstract: A method of operating a brake system for a hydraulic motor, by feeding the hydraulic motor with at least one pump having a variable cubic capacity, in a closed circuit, providing a friction brake to brake the motor, providing a brake controller that controls an amount of applied frictional braking by the friction brake and an amount of applied hydraulic braking, and determining a level of actuation of the brake controller to detect normal and emergency braking situations. In normal braking situations, the proportional amount of frictional and hydraulic braking is managed as a function of parameters to cause progressive hydrostatic braking to occur by causing a ratio between the fluid flow rate delivered by the pump and the active cubic capacity of the motor to decrease progressively. In emergency braking situations there is a controlled sudden decrease in the ratio between the fluid flow rate delivered by the pump and the active cubic capacity of the motor, and then progressive hydrostatic braking occurs.

Abstract: The system comprises friction brake means for braking the motor, which means are controlled by brake control means for causing braking to take place, means for determining a level of actuation of said control means, and braking management means which, in addition to the friction braking, are suitable for causing progressive hydrostatic braking to take place, thereby causing a decrease to take place in the ratio between the fluid flow rate delivered by the pump and the active cubic capacity of the motor. The system further comprises means for detecting an emergency braking situation or a normal braking situation as a function of the level of actuation of the brake control means. In an emergency braking situation, the braking management means are suitable for successively causing a sudden decrease to take place in the fluid flow rate delivered by the pump, and then causing progressive hydrostatic braking to take place.

Abstract: A pneumatic brake force producing device for a vehicle comprising: a heat storing container; at least one intake device in the container for taking in surrounding air, the intake device having a condenser for condensing humidity out of the surrounding air, the condenser including at least one pope feeding the intake air the brake force producing device, and at least portions of the at least one pipe ore arranged in a cooler zone of the container which is cooler in a regular driving operation of the vehicle than air-guiding parts of the brake force producing device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic brake force producing device comprising at least one suction device for the surrounding air. The aim of the invention is to prevent the condensation of air humidity in the brake force producing device. According to the invention, this can be achieved in an especially reliable manner by passing the aspirated air through a condenser before it enters the brake force producing device. The air-guiding parts in said condenser are at a lower temperature than the air-guiding parts of the brake force producing device in such a way that enough air humidity from the air condenses in the condenser to avoid further condensation in the brake force producing device.

Abstract: The invention discloses a dense silicon nitride composite material which may be used as a high-temperature component in building armatures and motors with a long service life and high reliability even at higher temperatures. More specifically, the invention discloses a dense silicon nitride composite material containing 3 to 50 wt. % of a reinforcing component, in which the reinforcing component contains 10 to 90 wt. % Me.sub.5 Si.sub.3 and the remaining portion is either MeSi.sub.2 or MeSi.sub.2 and silicides with other stoichiometries and Me is a metal or a mixture of metals. The present invention is made by a method in which the material is produced by sintering and/or hot pressing and/or hot isostatic pressing and the reinforcing components are added as Me.sub.5 Si.sub.3 and MeSi.sub.