Abstract: A surround view system that can provide a surround view, e.g., a 360° view, from a vehicle by way of cameras positioned at various locations on the vehicle. The cameras can generate image data corresponding to the surround view, and a processing device can process the image data and generate the surround view on a simulated predetermined shape that can be viewed from a display. The simulated predetermined shape can have a flat bottom with a rectangular shape and a rim with a parabolic shape.

Abstract: A motor vehicle virtual vanity mirror display system includes an a input device that provides a virtual vanity mirror control signal, and a camera that is adapted to capture an image of an occupant sitting on a seat of the vehicle in response to the virtual vanity mirror control signal. An image processing unit receives the image and processes the image to provide a processed image, and a display receives and displays the processed image to the occupant, in the absence of a vehicle mounted vanity mirror.

Abstract: A system for detection of braking of a vehicle may include a device provided in a first vehicle. The device may be in communication with a detector mounted to the first vehicle to monitor an area in front of the first vehicle. The detector may detect light emitted by the rear lights of a second vehicle when the second vehicle is ahead of the first vehicle in the monitored area. The device may acquire data from the detector and analyze the acquired data in order to detect an optical signal emitted by the rear lights of the second vehicle. The optical signal may encode information indicative of a braking procedure being performed by the second vehicle. The device may evaluate the detected optical signal in order to derive the information indicative of the braking procedure of the second vehicle.

Abstract: A surround view system that can provide a surround view, e.g., a 360° view, from a vehicle by way of cameras positioned at various locations on the vehicle. The cameras can generate image data corresponding to the surround view, and a processing device can process the image data and generate the surround view on a simulated predetermined shape that can be viewed from a display. The simulated predetermined shape can have a flat bottom with a rectangular shape and a rim with a parabolic shape.

Abstract: A motor vehicle virtual vanity mirror display system includes an a input device that provides a virtual vanity mirror control signal, and a camera that is adapted to capture an image of an occupant sitting on a seat of the vehicle in response to the virtual vanity mirror control signal. An image processing unit receives the image and processes the image to provide a processed image, and a display receives and displays the processed image to the occupant, in the absence of a vehicle mounted vanity mirror.

Abstract: A system for detection of braking of a vehicle may include a device provided in a first vehicle. The device may be in communication with a detector mounted to the first vehicle to monitor an area in front of the first vehicle. The detector may detect light emitted by the rear lights of a second vehicle when the second vehicle is ahead of the first vehicle in the monitored area. The device may acquire data from the detector and analyze the acquired data in order to detect an optical signal emitted by the rear lights of the second vehicle. The optical signal may encode information indicative of a braking procedure being performed by the second vehicle. The device may evaluate the detected optical signal in order to derive the information indicative of the braking procedure of the second vehicle.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for producing at least two plane functional surfaces extending parallel to each other on a pipe (3) having a curved, such as round, or a polygonal cross-section wherein the length of each functional surface extends only across part of the length of the pipe (3) between two smooth cylindrical rollers (4, 5) disposed in a roller frame, wherein keeping with the desired two-dimensional extension of the functional surfaces the pipe (3) is guided, preferably multiple times, between the rollers in accordance with the desired degree of deformation.

Abstract: A two-step emulsion polymerization method for making an aqueous emulsion of core/shell polymer particles recoverable as a polymer powder by spray drying the emulsion, said polymer being capable of swelling and forming a gel in gasoline, and paints and coating compositions containing gasoline and such a polymer powder as a thickening agent or binder.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a method for thickening aqueous systems in the acid range at a pH below 7 by the addition of an aqueous dispersion of a synthetic polymer having a molecular weight of at least 500,000, and which is water soluble or at least colloidally dispersible at a pH below 7, said polymer comprising (A) 5-100 percent by weight of at least one monomer having at least one basic nitrogen atom (B) 0-95 percent by weight of at least one monomer which has at most limited solubility in water, and (C) 0-30 percent by weight of at least one further non-basic, water soluble comonomer.

Abstract: What are disclosed are aqueous dispersions of a self-crosslinking synthetic resin, said dispersions consisting of an aqueous phase containing from 0.2 to 5 weight percent of urea and, dispersed therein, resin particles formed of a vinyl polymer comprising (a) from 52.1 to 97.9 weight percent of acrylate or methacrylate esters, vinyl esters, or styrene; (b) from 0.1 to 10 weight percent of N-methylol acrylamide or methacrylamide; (c) from 2 to 10 weight percent of an hydroxyalkyl ester of an unsaturated carboxylic acid; and (d) 0 to 27.9 weight percent of other monomers, which dispersions, on drying and condensation to form films, liberate much less formaldehyde than comparable dispersions without urea while retaining good solvent resistance.

Abstract: What is disclosed are aqueous dispersions of a hydrophilic copolymer prepared by polymerizing, in an aqueous medium, a monomer mixture comprising a member selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl acrylates and methacrylates, a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Y is oxygen or --NR.sup.2 --, R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n is an integer from 1 to 25, up to 8 percent, by weight of the copolymer, of a member selected from the group consisting of copolymerizable carboxylic acids and salts of such acids, and at least one monomer capable of crosslinking said copolymer, as well as methods for making said dispersions and using them to impart a hydrophilic finish to fibers and fabrics.

Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of copolymers of (1) acrylic or methacrylic acid esters, (2) derivatives of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid having the general formula ##STR1## wherein Y is oxygen or a --NR"-- group where R" is hydrogen or alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, R is hydrogen or methyl, R' is hydrogen or alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, and n is an integer from 1 to 25, (3) one or more polymerizable carboxylic acids and/or the salts thereof, and (4) one or more monomers capable of crosslinking the polymer chains. These copolymers are highly water absorbent, and alkali-resistant, and applied as dispersions are well suited for providing a hydrophilic finish to textile fibers and to textiles and non-wovens.

Abstract: Non-blocking coatings are disclosed, which coatings comprise an acrylate ester emulsion polymer prepared by polymerization in the presence of a degraded starch which, in a 10 percent solution in 1 N NaOH, has a viscosity not greater than 15 mPa . s at a velocity gradient D=532.1 s.sup.-1.

Abstract: Aqueous film-forming dispersions of a synthetic resin, said resin containing from 0.5 to 5 percent by weight of a heterocyclic comonomer of the formula ##STR1## wherein A--B is --C.dbd.C-- or --CH--CH--; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; and R is an aliphatic group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond therein; water-base paints comprising a pigment and filler dispersed in such an aqueous dispersion; and a method for overpainting substrates of oil-base paints or alkyl resin paints with such a water-base paint.

Abstract: Method for making highly resin-filled paper on a paper machine employing a fiber slurry having therein a non-ionic resin in an amount of at least 30 percent (dry resin weight based on dry fiber weight), said resin being combined with the fiber slurry as a dispersion comprising a cationic and a non-ionic dispersing agent.