Abstract: The disclosure relates to a bipolar plate production method for producing a bipolar plate, in particular for an electrochemical cell, which method comprises the following steps: providing two foil sections made of a polymer graphite material comprising at least one polymer and at least 75 wt. % of an electrically conductive filler comprising predominantly graphite and also carbon black, inserting the two foil sections into an embossing and molding tool, closing the tool, wherein the foil sections are embossed and tightly connected to one another at their edges, forming a hollow structure between the foil sections by means of gas pressure differences at the foil surfaces, wherein the foil sections rest against surface structures of tool surfaces, which face one another, of the embossing and molding tool, removing the bipolar plate, formed from the foil sections, from the embossing and molding tool after the foil sections have solidified.

Abstract: A system of navigating and parking a vehicle with a trailer attachment. In one example, the system includes a camera, a sensor, and a display configured to display images. The system includes a controller including an electronic processor configured to receive the image data from the camera, receive the sensor data from the sensor, detect an object using the sensor data and image data, calculate a path of the vehicle relative to the object to generate a plurality of trajectories of the vehicle around the object, perform a perspective transformation of the image to generate an augmented image, the augmented image including the detected object and the path, receive a selection of one of the plurality of trajectories. The system may include controlling the vehicle in response to the selection of one of the plurality of trajectories.

Abstract: A system and method for cleaning coils in a fired heater is provided. The cleaning system includes a data acquisition tool configured to pass through the coils to acquire data. The cleaning system is configured to establish a pre-cleaning fouling baseline derived from the data for the coils. The cleaning system is configured to develop an optimized cleaning plan for the coils based on the pre-cleaning fouling baseline. The optimized cleaning plan includes a focused cleaning for a fouling area in the coils. The cleaning system further includes at least one cleaning pig configured to clean the coils based on the optimized cleaning plan. The cleaning system further includes a decoking truck for cleaning the coils with the cleaning pig based on the optimized cleaning plan.

Abstract: A method for detecting illegally parked vehicles includes obtaining information, in the form of a digital parking map, about available parking areas and areas that are unavailable for parking, where the information about areas unavailable for parking includes coordinates, in particular GPS coordinates, and expected lengths of the areas. The length of an area that is unavailable for parking is detected by a parking space searching vehicle and an illegally parked vehicle is detected if the detected length deviates from an expected length.

Abstract: A system and method for cleaning coils in a fired heater is provided. The cleaning system includes a data acquisition tool configured to pass through the coils to acquire data. The cleaning system is configured to establish a pre-cleaning fouling baseline derived from the data for the coils. The cleaning system is configured to develop an optimized cleaning plan for the coils based on the pre-cleaning fouling baseline. The optimized cleaning plan includes a focused cleaning for a fouling area in the coils. The cleaning system further includes at least one cleaning pig configured to clean the coils based on the optimized cleaning plan. The cleaning system further includes a decoking truck for cleaning the coils with the cleaning pig based on the optimized cleaning plan.

Abstract: A method includes receiving data corresponding to spaces situated in a street section, the data being ascertained by at least one ascertaining vehicle driving through the street section and including information corresponding to a beginning edge of at least one object and a ending edge of at least one second object, determining boundaries of at least one space in which parking is permitted based on the received data, and generating a display representation of the boundaries of the at least one space in which parking is permitted. The method includes receiving the data and determining the boundaries, for example, each time an ascertaining vehicle drives through the street.

Abstract: A method for detecting illegally parked vehicles includes obtaining information, in the form of a digital parking map, about available parking areas and areas that are unavailable for parking, where the information about areas unavailable for parking includes coordinates, in particular GPS coordinates, and expected lengths of the areas. The length of an area that is unavailable for parking is detected by a parking space searching vehicle and an illegally parked vehicle is detected if the detected length deviates from an expected length.

Abstract: A method for automatically identifying parking areas and/or non-parking areas, including: S1 carrying out multiple passes, however at least two passes, through at least one road section with at least one measuring vehicle; S2 detecting parking space data along the road section during each pass with the aid of at least one sensor of the at least one measuring vehicle, the parking space data including parking space detections and respectively assigned location and time information; S3 accumulating the parking space data detected during each pass in a data set; S4 ascertaining a temporal change rate of parking space detections based on the data set; and S5 ascertaining valid parking areas and/or non-parking areas along the road section on the basis of the temporal change rate of different parking space detections. Also described are a corresponding device for automatically identifying parking areas and/or non-parking areas system and a computer program.

Abstract: Objects are sensed by a distance sensor of a vehicle. Reflected signals are received as echo signals by the driving-environment sensor. Object distance is calculable, for example, from the propagation time of the signals. Of the sensed objects, those objects are identified which, e.g., based on their spatial disposition, are parking-space-delimiting objects. It is possible to differentiate between objects delimiting a parking space to the side (e.g., parked vehicles) and lateral parking-space delimitations (e.g., a curbstone) by evaluating the echo signals. The parking-space-delimiting objects are classified through characteristic structures of the echo signals assigned to the parking-space-delimiting objects, and an object class is assigned to each parking-space-delimiting object.

Abstract: A method includes a plurality of first motor vehicles traveling along a section of a street in the same direction of travel; scanning of a right side of the street by a first sensor directed laterally to the right, and a left side of the street by a second sensor directed laterally to the left on each first motor vehicle; determining right parking spaces on the right side of the street based on data from the first sensor and left parking spaces on the left side of the street based on data from the second sensor; ascertaining a confidence value based on a first accumulation with which right parking spaces were determined in the section, and based on a second accumulation with which left parking spaces were determined in the section; and assigning the confidence value to the section and to the direction of travel.

Abstract: A method for classifying a parking spot identified with the aid of a distance-based detection process for validity, including the following: comparing a position of the identified parking spot to a digital parking facility map which includes positions of valid and invalid parking areas; and classifying the identified parking spot as a valid or an invalid parking spot as a function of the comparison. Also described are a corresponding device, a corresponding parking guidance system, a corresponding motor vehicle, and a computer program.

Abstract: A method for detecting a parking area on at least one road section includes providing a usable width of the road section. The usable width represents a passable width of the road section between parking vehicles. The method further includes travelling on the road section using a detector vehicle and detecting lateral distances from objects with a detector device arranged in the detector vehicle. The method also includes comparing the detected lateral distances with the usable width, and detecting the parking area based on the comparison.

Abstract: A method for providing an access option to a vehicle interior of a vehicle parked at a parking position, including receiving an access request for an access to the vehicle interior via a communication network, in response to the received access request, ascertaining unparking data, based on which the vehicle may at least partially leave its parking position, to provide an access option to the vehicle interior by opening a vehicle window and/or a vehicle door, transmitting the ascertained unparking data to the vehicle via the communication network, —receiving a signal via the communication network that the access option is no longer needed, in response to the signal, ascertaining parking data, based on which the vehicle may drive back into its parking position, and transmitting the ascertained parking data to the vehicle via the communication network.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining a useful width of a segment of a street, including traveling the street in a first direction of travel and ascertaining of parking spaces on the basis of echo profiles of an ascertaining device situated in an ascertaining vehicle; ascertaining of lateral distances between the ascertaining device and parked vehicles at both sides of the street, at least one ascertaining of parking spaces and lateral distances being carried out to the right of the ascertaining vehicle, and at least one ascertaining of the parking spaces and lateral distances being carried out to the left of the ascertaining vehicle; and ascertaining of the useful width from the ascertained lateral distances.

Abstract: A device is described for detecting the surroundings of a motor vehicle, including: one or multiple sensor units, each including one or multiple surroundings sensors for detecting the surroundings of a motor vehicle, and a communication interface for wirelessly transmitting surroundings sensor data, corresponding to the particular detection, to a data processing device via a wireless communications network, so that the data processing device may transmit the surroundings sensor data and/or surroundings data based on the surroundings sensor data to a cloud server via a further wireless communications network. Moreover, a motor vehicle, a method for detecting the surroundings of a motor vehicle, a method for processing a motor vehicle, a system for detecting the surroundings of a motor vehicle, and a computer program are described.

Abstract: A device for detecting motor vehicle surroundings, including: a parking control unit (PCU) (the PCU including a communication module), one or multiple sensor units, each including one or multiple surroundings sensors detecting the surroundings, and a communication interface for wired transmission of surroundings sensor data corresponding to the particular detection to the PCU, the communication module providing wired reception of the surroundings sensor data, the communication module transmitting the surroundings sensor data and/or surroundings data based on the surroundings sensor data to a data processing device via a wireless communication network so that the data processing device may transmit the surroundings sensor data and/or the surroundings data to a cloud server via a further wireless communication network.

Abstract: A device for sensing a motor vehicle environment (MVE), including: a parking control unit (PCU); a first data processing device (DP); at least one sensor unit (SU), each having at least one environment sensor(s) (ES) for sensing a MVE, and a communications interface (CI) for wired transmission of ES data; the PCU having a CI to receive the ES data; the first DP having a communications module (CM) to receive the ES data from at least one CI of the SU(s); the CM transmitting the ES data and environment data based on the ES data by a wireless communications network (WCN) to a second DP, so that it can transmit the ES data and/or environment data via another WCN to a Cloud server. Also described is a motor vehicle, a method for MVE sensing, a method for adapting a motor vehicle, a system for MVE sensing, and a computer program.

Abstract: A device for detecting the surroundings of a motor vehicle includes a parking control unit, a first data processing device, and one or more sensor units that each includes one or more surroundings sensors for detecting the surroundings of a motor vehicle. The parking control unit is connected between the sensor units and the first data processing device.

Abstract: A method for ascertaining a free parking position for a vehicle, in which at least one measurement value is ascertained by at least one vehicle-side sensor, the at least one ascertained measurement value is transmitted by a vehicle-side communication device of at least one vehicle to a vehicle-external server unit, the at least one ascertained measurement value is evaluated with respect to a free parking position by the vehicle-external server unit, and the evaluated at least one free parking position is provided in a retrievable manner on the vehicle-external server unit. A system for implementing the method is also described.

Abstract: Objects are sensed by a distance sensor of a vehicle. Reflected signals are received as echo signals by the driving-environment sensor. Object distance is calculable, for example, from the propagation time of the signals. Of the sensed objects, those objects are identified which, e.g., based on their spatial disposition, are parking-space-delimiting objects. It is possible to differentiate between objects delimiting a parking space to the side (e.g., parked vehicles) and lateral parking-space delimitations (e.g., a curbstone) by evaluating the echo signals. The parking-space-delimiting objects are classified through characteristic structures of the echo signals assigned to the parking-space-delimiting objects, and an object class is assigned to each parking-space-delimiting object.