Abstract: A method for operating a refrigeration system having a heat pump function for motor vehicle, including the following steps: setting a heat pump operation, in which the refrigerant is routed from the refrigerant compressor into the secondary line; setting an expansion valve assigned to the third heat exchanger such that a total mass flow of refrigerant flows through the third heat exchanger; and detecting the temperature of the coolant in the third heat exchanger. The total mass flow of refrigerant is routed through the third heat exchanger when the temperature of the coolant is greater than an upper limiting temperature.

Abstract: A method for operating a refrigeration system for a motor vehicle. The method includes setting an operating mode of the refrigeration system having active primary line and inactive secondary line or having active secondary line and inactive primary line; detecting the pressure in the inactive line; and activating and extraction of refrigerant from the inactive line into the active line by lowering the pressure in the active line to a value below the pressure in the inactive line and by opening the relevant valve device.

Abstract: A temperature-control container for a motor vehicle having a first heat exchanger for temperature control of the cooling container, a temperature-control container coolant circuit which is connected to the first heat exchanger and which has a coolant com-pressor and an expansion valve assigned to the first heat exchanger, and having a heat exchanger arrangement which has at least one heat exchanger which is connected to a coolant circuit of the motor vehicle. The coolant circuit is connected to at least one electrical drive or storage component for its cooling, and the coolant circuit has a chiller, which is connected to a vehicle coolant circuit, and/or has a low-temperature cooler cooled via ambient air. Furthermore, a cooling container coolant circuit and a motor vehicle having a cooling container are described.

Abstract: A reheating method for operating a refrigeration system for a motor vehicle. The refrigeration system includes a refrigerant compressor, connected to a primary line and a secondary line; an external heat exchanger; an evaporator; a heating register; at least one movable temperature flap; and at least one shutoff element, which is arranged downstream of the heating register in the secondary line. The reheating method includes following steps: setting the at least one shutoff element in a position in which the refrigerant flows into the evaporator downstream of the heating register while bypassing the external heat exchanger, and incorporating at least one further heat sink, which is fluidically arranged in parallel or in series to the evaporator, in particular a chiller operating as a water heat pump evaporator and/or the external heat exchanger operating as an air heat pump evaporator.

Abstract: A cooling system with a heat pump function for a motor vehicle is described, includes a base system with a refrigerant compressor. A directly or indirectly working external heat exchanger which is arranged downstream of the refrigerant compressor. A directly or indirectly working first evaporator as part of an air conditioning device for the interior air conditioning of the motor vehicle, arranged down-stream of the external heat exchanger and preceded by a first expansion element. At least one second evaporator as part of a cooling device of an electric drive or storage unit, which evaporator is arranged fluidically parallel to the first evaporator, and which is preceded by a second expansion element. At least one low-pressure side collector arranged downstream of the first and second evaporators, or at least one high-pressure side collector arranged downstream of the external heat exchanger and upstream of the first and second evaporators.

Abstract: A radiator arrangement for a motor vehicle the motor vehicle is driven by an internal combustion engine or at least partially electrically, with a first heat exchanger that is connected to a coolant circuit of the motor vehicle; and with a second heat exchanger that is connected to a refrigerant circuit of the motor vehicle. With respect to a main direction of an air flow through the radiator arrangement, the first heat exchanger is arranged in front of the second heat exchanger, and a first base area of the first heat exchanger that is exposed to the air flow is smaller than a second base area of the second heat exchanger that is exposed to the air flow. The first base area is dimensioned such that it overlaps the second base area only in an inlet-side region with respect to the refrigerant flow in the second heat exchanger.

Abstract: A reheating method for operating a refrigeration system for a motor vehicle. The refrigeration system includes a refrigerant compressor, connected to a primary line and a secondary line; an external heat exchanger; an evaporator; a heating register; at least one movable temperature flap; and at least one shutoff element, which is arranged downstream of the heating register in the secondary line. The reheating method includes following steps: setting the at least one shutoff element in a position in which the refrigerant flows into the evaporator downstream of the heating register while bypassing the external heat exchanger, and incorporating at least one further heat sink, which is fluidically arranged in parallel or in series to the evaporator, in particular a chiller operating as a water heat pump evaporator and/or the external heat exchanger operating as an air heat pump evaporator.

Abstract: Processing sound in an enhanced reality environment can include generating, based on an image of a physical environment, an acoustic model of the physical environment. Audio signals captured by a microphone array, can capture a sound in the physical environment. Based on these audio signals, one or more measured acoustic parameters of the physical environment can be generated. A target audio signal can be processed using the model of the physical environment and the measured acoustic parameters, resulting in a plurality of output audio channels having a virtual sound source with a virtual location. The output audio channels can be used to drive a plurality of speakers. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

Abstract: A reheating method for operating a refrigeration system for a motor vehicle is described, the refrigeration system includes a refrigerant compressor, which is connectable or connected to a primary line and a secondary line; an outer heat exchanger, which is arranged in the primary line; an evaporator, which is arranged in the primary line; a heating register, which is arranged in the secondary line; at least one movable temperature flap which is arranged upstream or downstream of the heating register in relation to a supply air flow direction; and at least one shut-off element, which is arranged downstream of the heating register in the secondary line. The reheating method includes adjusting the at least one shut-off element into a position in which refrigerant flows downstream of the heating register into the evaporator, while bypassing the external heat exchanger.

Abstract: A method for operating a coolant circuit of a refrigeration system of a vehicle having multiple system sections. A single pressure sensor is located in each system section. A temperature sensor is arranged downstream at each component to be balanced in the system sections, such as heat exchangers and a coolant compressor. The sensor signals of the pressure and temperature sensors are supplied to a control unit for the control or regulation of the refrigeration system. Furthermore, a pressure approximation value at the position of the temperature sensor is calculated by a pressure loss value determined using a pressure loss calculation function starting from the position of the pressure sensor arranged in the system section of the component up to the position of the temperature sensor if the temperature sensor and the pressure sensor are arranged at different positions in the system section.

Abstract: A bracket for a seat assembly includes a bracket body having a receptacle configured to receive at least a portion of an air mover of said seat assembly. The bracket also includes at least one bracket flange extending from the bracket body. The at least one bracket flange connects with said air mover via a connector to connect said air mover with the bracket body. The bracket body and/or the at least one bracket flange connect to a suspension portion of said seat assembly.

Abstract: An audio device can sense sound in a physical environment using a plurality of microphones to generate a plurality of microphone signals. Clean speech can be extracted from microphone signals. Ambience can be extracted from the microphone signals. The clean speech can be encoded at a first compression level. The ambience can be encoded at a second compression level that is higher than the first compression level. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

Abstract: A cooling system of a vehicle, including a coolant circuit, which can be operated as a cooling circuit for an AC operation and as a heat pump circuit for a heating operation, an evaporator, a coolant compressor, a heat exchanger in the form of a coolant condenser or gas cooler for the coolant circuit or in the form of a heat pump evaporator for the heat pump circuit, a first expansion element which is paired with the evaporator, a second expansion element, the heat pump evaporator function of which is paired with the heat exchanger, and an inner heat exchanger with a high-pressure section and a low-pressure section. The low-pressure section is fluidically connected to the downstream coolant compressor. The high-pressure section of the inner heat exchanger is arranged in a coolant circuit section which connects the second expansion element to the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A reheating method for operating a refrigeration system for a motor vehicle is described, the refrigeration system includes a refrigerant compressor, which is connectable or connected to a primary line and a secondary line; an outer heat exchanger, which is arranged in the primary line; an evaporator, which is arranged in the primary line; a heating register, which is arranged in the secondary line; at least one movable temperature flap which is arranged upstream or downstream of the heating register in relation to a supply air flow direction; and at least one shut-off element, which is arranged downstream of the heating register in the secondary line. The reheating method includes adjusting the at least one shut-off element into a position in which refrigerant flows downstream of the heating register into the evaporator, while bypassing the external heat exchanger.

Abstract: A reheating method for operating a refrigeration system for a motor vehicle. The refrigeration system includes a refrigerant compressor, connected to a primary line and a secondary line; an external heat exchanger; an evaporator; a heating register; at least one movable temperature flap; and at least one shutoff element, which is arranged downstream of the heating register in the secondary line. The reheating method includes following steps: setting the at least one shutoff element in a position in which the refrigerant flows into the evaporator downstream of the heating register while bypassing the external heat exchanger, and incorporating at least one further heat sink, which is fluidically arranged in parallel or in series to the evaporator, in particular a chiller operating as a water heat pump evaporator and/or the external heat exchanger operating as an air heat pump evaporator.

Abstract: Processing sound in an enhanced reality environment can include generating, based on an image of a physical environment, an acoustic model of the physical environment. Audio signals captured by a microphone array, can capture a sound in the physical environment. Based on these audio signals, one or more measured acoustic parameters of the physical environment can be generated. A target audio signal can be processed using the model of the physical environment and the measured acoustic parameters, resulting in a plurality of output audio channels having a virtual sound source with a virtual location. The output audio channels can be used to drive a plurality of speakers. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

Abstract: An audio device can sense sound in a physical environment using a plurality of microphones to generate a plurality of microphone signals. Clean speech can be extracted from microphone signals. Ambience can be extracted from the microphone signals. The clean speech can be encoded at a first compression level. The ambience can be encoded at a second compression level that is higher than the first compression level. Other aspects are also described and claimed.

Abstract: A method of operating a refrigerant circuit of a cooling system of a vehicle in cooling system mode, having a chiller branch which includes a chiller and a first expansion element connected upstream from it and being thermally coupled to a coolant circuit, at least one interior evaporator branch connected in parallel with the chiller branch, comprising an interior evaporator, a second expansion element connected upstream from it, and a segmentation element connected downstream from the interior evaporator, being adapted to prevent a backflow of refrigerant into the interior evaporator, a refrigerant compressor, and a condenser or gas cooler, wherein the cooling system mode is carried out in single chiller mode by closing the second expansion element and aspirating the refrigerant from the interior evaporator by the starting or already started refrigerant compressor.

Abstract: A cooling system of a vehicle, including a coolant circuit, which can be operated as a cooling circuit for an AC operation and as a heat pump circuit for a heating operation, an evaporator, a coolant compressor, a heat exchanger in the form of a coolant condenser or gas cooler for the coolant circuit or in the form of a heat pump evaporator for the heat pump circuit, a first expansion element which is paired with the evaporator, a second expansion element, the heat pump evaporator function of which is paired with the heat exchanger, and an inner heat exchanger with a high-pressure section and a low-pressure section. The low-pressure section is fluidically connected to the downstream coolant compressor. The high-pressure section of the inner heat exchanger is arranged in a coolant circuit section which connects the second expansion element to the heat exchanger.

Abstract: An audio system and a method of providing a faded audio experience during a transition from a first audio experience to a second audio experience, is described. The first audio experience can include playback of an audio signal spatialized using a first space impulse response that is generated by the audio system. The second audio experience includes playback of the audio signal spatialized using a second space impulse response that is received by the audio system. The audio system generates a hybrid space impulse response based on the first space impulse response and the second space impulse response. During the transition between audio experiences, the hybrid space impulse response is used to spatialize the audio signal to create the faded audio experience. Other aspects are also described and claimed.