Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for packaging articles (2). Outer packages (3) are set down on a horizontal conveying device (10, 20) and are transported along a packaging line. During the transport, articles are introduced via a manipulator into the outer packages (3), and the outer packages (3) with the introduced articles (2) are subsequently removed from the horizontal conveying device (10, 20) as a packaging unit (8). A predetermined packaging process (VP1) is carried out, in which the outer packages (3) are received by the horizontal conveying device (10, 20) via a plurality of shuttles (5), the outer packages (3) standing on said plurality of shuttles (5), until the outer packages (3) together with the introduced articles (2) are removed from the at least one horizontal conveying device (10, 20) as a packaging unit (8).

Abstract: A battery charging control device controls charging operations of rechargeable battery units, for which electrical energy is provided by an electrical energy source. The battery charging control device includes a charging control unit having an input connection capable of being coupled to the energy source for supplying an energy supply signal, and an output connection configuration with one or more parallel output connections for coupling a charger arrangement which comprises one or more chargers each having one or more charging ports for the rechargeable battery units. The charging control unit is configured to monitor the current provided by the energy source at the input connection and/or a current provided at a respective output connection and to enable the activation of a charging operation at a respective charging port.

Abstract: A method automatically monitors a working and/or storage environment of at least one mobile component of a gardening, forestry, construction, ground-processing and/or transport system that includes at least one motor-powered gardening, forestry, construction, ground-processing and/or mobile transport device. The component has a temperature sensor designed to detect a temperature of the working and/or storage environment. The method a) detects the temperature using the temperature sensor, and b) if a set of ambient fire criteria is met, wherein the set of ambient fire criteria is characteristic of a fire in the working and/or storage environment and includes at least one fire temperature criterion, wherein the fire temperature criterion is to be met by the detected temperature or a quantity based on the detected temperature, outputs and/or transmits an ambient fire alarm signal to a fire alarm system.

Abstract: A method determines a use parameter for a rechargeable battery pack for using a charger device that charges user-exchangeable rechargeable battery packs for driving a mobile device. A means of transport includes the charger device. The method ascertains state and rated variables of the rechargeable battery packs relating to a possible charging of the rechargeable battery packs by the charger device; ascertains possible use time durations of the rechargeable battery packs for possibly using the charger device relating to a possible charging of the rechargeable battery packs by the charger device; and determines the use parameter for at least one of the rechargeable battery packs for using the charger device by linking the ascertained state and rated variables and the ascertained possible use time durations taking account of a use limit of the charger device.

Abstract: A battery charging management system and method for a battery fleet having a plurality of rechargeable, communication-enabled, battery units, includes a charging management base configured for transmitting charging setting information for the battery units, a plurality of user terminals configured for transmitting battery-charging-related user predefinition information, a respective charging control unit in each of the battery units, and a communication connection for data transfer between the charging management base at one end and the battery units at the other end and between the user terminals at one end and the charging management base and/or the battery units at the other end. The charging setting information and/or the user predefinition information includes charging mode information with regard to a plurality of different charging modes for the battery units.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing mineral oil from an underground mineral oil deposit, in which an aqueous saline surfactant formulation comprising a surfactant mixture, for the purpose of lowering the interfacial tension between oil and water to <0.1 mN/m, is injected through at least one injection well into the mineral oil deposit and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through at least one production well, wherein the mineral oil deposit is at a temperature of ?25° C. and <130° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits, in which an aqueous saline surfactant formulation comprising a surfactant mixture, for the purpose of lowering the interfacial tension between oil and water to <0.1 mN/m, is injected into a mineral oil deposit through at least one injection well and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through at least one production well, wherein the mineral oil deposit has a temperature of ?90° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least three ionic surfactants which differ in terms of the hydrocarbyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, A0, k, X, o, Y, a, b, M are each as defined in the description and the claims. The invention further relates to the use and preparation thereof, and to aqueous surfactant formulations comprising the mixtures, and to processes for producing mineral oil by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which the aqueous surfactant formulation is injected into a mineral oil deposit through injection wells and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production wells.

Abstract: A system may generate a database of a geographical map of a navigation device. The geographical map covering a geographical area which is divided into several update regions. The system may identify at least one object in the geographical map which covers an object area in the geographical area. The object area can be divided into different parts which are located in different update regions. The system can store in the database, for each of said at least one object, information indicating that the object area overlaps with plural update regions, the information including pointers to update regions in which the respective different parts of the object area are stored.

Abstract: A system and method for processing a 3-dimensional landmark providing a 3-dimensional representation of a 3-dimensional real world object located at a predefined geographic location is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a data set containing the 3-dimensional landmark, determining a largest continuous horizontal surface of the 3-dimensional landmark, and storing the determined largest horizontal surface as road traffic area of a road network used by a user when moving on the object.

Abstract: A method of generating search trees (25, 27) indicating next valid characters for an input interface of a navigation device includes determining a search sub-tree (29) which indicates next valid characters for both a subset of a first set of character strings and for a different second set of character strings. A first search tree (25) is generated based on information on the first set of character strings, and a second search tree (27) is generated based on information on the second set of character strings. The first search tree (25) is generated such that a node (26) of the first search tree (25) references the search sub-tree (29). The second search tree (27) is generated such that another node (28) of the second search tree (27) references the search sub-tree (29).

Abstract: A system and method for processing a 3-dimensional landmark providing a 3-dimensional representation of a 3-dimensional real world object located at a predefined geographic location is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a data set containing the 3-dimensional landmark, determining a largest continuous horizontal surface of the 3-dimensional landmark, and storing the determined largest horizontal surface as road traffic area of a road network used by a user when moving on the object.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water-soluble hydrophobically associating copolymers which are obtained in the presence of a nonpolymerizable surface-active compound and which comprise novel hydrophobically associating monomers. The monomers comprise an ethylenically unsaturated group and a polyether block, the polyether block comprising a hydrophilic polyethyleneoxy block and a hydrophobic polyalkyleneoxy block consisting of alkyleneoxy units having at least 4 carbon atoms. The monomers may optionally have a terminal polyethyleneoxy block. The invention further relates to processes for preparing the copolymers and to the use thereof.

Abstract: A surfactant and a surfactant formulation comprising at least one ionic surfactant of the general formula R1—O-(D)n-(B)m-(A)l-XY?M+ where R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon radical having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, A is ethyleneoxy, B is propyleneoxy, and D is butyleneoxy, l is from 0 to 99, m is from 0 to 99 and n is from 1 to 99, X is an alkyl or alkylene group having 0 to 10 carbon atoms, M+ is a cation, and Y? is selected from the group of sulfate groups, sulfonate groups, carboxylate groups and phosphate groups.

Abstract: Process for tertiary mineral oil production in which an aqueous injection fluid comprising at least a water soluble polyacrylamide-(co)polymer dissolved in the aqueous fluid is injected into a mineral oil deposit and the aqueous injection fluid is prepared by mixing a liquid dispersion polymer composition comprising particles of polyacrylamide-(co)polymers dispersed in an organic, hydrophobic liquid with an aqueous fluid. Preferably, the process is carried out on an off-shore production site.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for mineral oil extraction by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least three ionic surfactants which are different with regard to the alkyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2—O-(D)n-(B)m-(A)l-XYa?a/bMb+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to surfactant formulations of ionic surfactants of the general formula.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing hydrophobically associating macromonomers M and to the novel macromonomers prepared by means of the process according to the invention. The macromonomers M comprise a copolymerizable, ethylenically unsaturated group and a polyether structure in block form, the latter consisting of a polyethyleneoxy block and a hydrophobic polyalkyleneoxy block consisting of alkyleneoxy units having at least 4 carbon atoms. Optionally, the macromonomers M may have a terminal polyethyleneoxy block. The macromonomers prepared by the process according to the invention are suitable for reaction with further monomers, especially with acrylamide, to give a water-soluble, hydrophobically associating copolymer.

Abstract: A vehicle navigation system has a processing device. The processing device receives entries in a first data structure that are generated and are respectively associated with one tile of a tiling. The processing device may compare a three-dimensional terrain on the respective tile with at least one pre-defined tile pattern. Either an identifier for a pre-defined tile pattern or data describing the terrain on the respective tile may be stored by the processing device in the entry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least three ionic surfactants which differ in terms of the hydrocarbyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, A0, k, X, o, Y, a, b, M are each as defined in the description and the claims. The invention further relates to the use and preparation thereof, and to aqueous surfactant formulations comprising the mixtures, and to processes for producing mineral oil by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which the aqueous surfactant formulation is injected into a mineral oil deposit through injection wells and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production wells.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for mineral oil production by means of Winsor Type III microemulsion flooding, in which an aqueous surfactant formulation comprising at least one ionic surfactant of the general formula R1—O—(CH2C(CH3)HO)m(CH2CH2O)n—XY?M+ is injected through injection boreholes into a mineral oil deposit, and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production boreholes. The invention further relates to ionic surfactants of the general formula.