Abstract: An eccentric gear unit for a braking force generator. The eccentric gear unit includes an input shaft with an eccentric, which input shaft can be rotated about an axis of rotation, wherein the eccentric is mounted in a central hole of a cam which rolls on a ring gear, and wherein the cam is coupled to an output shaft which is coaxial with the input shaft, via coupling arrangement which includes at least one pin which engages in an opening of the cam. A braking force generator having an eccentric gear unit is also provided.

Abstract: The invention concerns an oral pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of the PDE4B-inhibitor of formula III in the dose of 18 mg or 9 mg and optionally of one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients for use in the treatment of a patient suffering from one or more progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (PF-ILD), wherein this oral pharmaceutical composition is to be administered to the patient twice daily. The invention further concerns oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising the PDE4B-inhibitor of formula III in the dose of 18 mg or 9 mg and a therapeutically effective dose of a second active ingredient selected from nintedanib or pirfenidone, wherein these oral pharmaceutical compositions are administered to the patient twice daily.

Abstract: The invention concerns an oral pharmaceutical composition comprising either 18 mg or 9 mg of the PDE4B-inhibitor of formula III a therapeutically effective dose of a second active agent selected from the group consisting of nintedanib or pirfenidone and optionally, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients for the treatment of a patient suffering from a progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease (PF-ILD), wherein this oral pharmaceutical composition is to be administered to said patient twice daily.

Abstract: An electromechanical brake pressure generator for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The electromechanical brake pressure generator encompasses a screw drive assemblage for converting an input-drive-side rotational motion into a translational motion for brake pressure generation. The screw drive assemblage encompasses a spindle that is rotatable via an electric motor, a spindle nut that interacts with a thread of the spindle so that the spindle nut is axially displaceable with a rotation of the spindle, and a housing that at least partly surrounds the spindle and the spindle nut. The screw drive assemblage additionally encompasses a drive wheel, which is disposed nonrotatably on the spindle and by way of which the spindle is connected to the electric motor. The spindle and the drive wheel are mounted, via a common bearing, rotatably with respect to the stationary housing. The bearing is radially surrounded at least partly by the drive wheel.

Abstract: An electromechanical brake pressure generator for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The electromechanical brake booster includes at least one gear for transferring a torque of the electric motor for brake pressure generation. The gear in this case includes a planetary carrier for supporting planetary wheels, planetary wheels pins which are connected to the planetary carrier and on which the planetary wheels are rotatably fastenable, and a pinion for transferring a drive torque or output torque, which is rotatably fixedly connected to the planetary carrier at a side thereof opposite the planetary wheel pins. At least the part of the planetary carrier that includes the planetary wheel pins is materially integrally formed with the latter from the same material.

Abstract: An electromechanical brake pressure generator for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The brake pressure generator includes at least one threaded drive system including a spindle and a spindle nut, which cooperate via a thread, and an electromotive drive using which the spindle and the spindle nut are rotatable relative to one another. The brake pressure generator includes a hydraulic piston accommodated in a hydraulic cylinder of a piston/cylinder unit. An anti-twist protection is formed by a recess which extends in the axial direction and forms a sliding surface, and by a sliding element protruding into the recess, so that the hydraulic piston is secured against twisting and is axially displaceable by a rotation of the spindle. The sliding surface and/or a contact surface of the sliding element cooperating with the sliding surface includes a microprofiling, whose profiling direction is orthogonal to the movement of the hydraulic piston.

Abstract: Disclosed are a hydrogen tank and a method of operating the same. The hydrogen tank includes a tank vessel configured with an enclosed interior space for storing an admixture of carbon dioxide and gaseous hydrogen; and a tank port configured to fluidly contact the interior space of the tank vessel and including a semipermeable membrane, which is configured substantially permeable for the gaseous hydrogen and substantially impermeable for the carbon dioxide and is arranged to seal the tank vessel against the outside. The gaseous hydrogen can enter and leave the tank vessel through the tank port via the semipermeable membrane but carbon dioxide is kept in the tank vessel.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generates values for a representation of a face of a user. For example, an example process may include obtaining sensor data (e.g., live data) of a user, wherein the sensor data is associated with a point in time, generating a set of values representing the user based on the sensor data, and providing the set of values, where a depiction of the user at the point in time is displayed based on the set of values. In some implementations, the set of values includes depth values that define three-dimensional (3D) positions of portions of the user relative to multiple 3D positions of points of a projected surface and appearance values (e.g., color, texture, opacity, etc.) that define appearances of the portions of the user.

Abstract: Advances in deep generative models (DGM) have led to the development of neural face video compression codecs that are capable of using an order of magnitude less data than “traditional” engineered codecs. These “neural” codecs can reconstruct a target image by warping a source image to approximate the content of the target image and using a DGM to compensate for imperfections in the warped source image. The determined warping operation may be encoded and transmitted using less data (e.g., transmitting a small number of keypoints, rather than a dense flow field), leading to the bandwidth savings compared to traditional codecs. However, by relying on a single source image only, these methods can lead to inaccurate reconstructions. The techniques presented herein improve image reconstruction quality while maintaining bandwidth savings, via a combination of using multiple source images (i.e., containing multiple views of the first human subject) and novel feature aggregation techniques.

Abstract: A drive device for an electromechanical brake device, in particular a brake booster. The drive device includes an electric motor that has a housing and a rotor shaft rotatably mounted in the housing. The rotor shaft is coupled to a transmission, in particular a planetary gear train that comprises a ring gear. The rotor shaft is rotatably mounted in the housing by at least one roller bearing. The roller bearing is held in a bearing seat of a bearing cover situated in the housing. The bearing cover has a ring-gear portion, which is spaced apart from the bearing seat and in which the ring gear is situated.

Abstract: A method for energy management of a motor vehicle carrying a container powered by an auxiliary power unit is provided. The method comprises determining total energy resources available on the motor vehicle for propulsion of the motor vehicle and for powering the container; determining a first energy fraction of the total energy resources required to power the container with the auxiliary power unit along a route of the motor vehicle; determining a second energy fraction of the total energy resources required to power at least one main motor of the motor vehicle to reach a target destination with the motor vehicle along the route of the motor vehicle; and reallocating at least a fraction of the total energy resources from the auxiliary power unit to the at least one main motor of the motor vehicle or vice versa depending on the first energy fraction and the second energy fraction.

Abstract: The invention concerns an oral pharmaceutical composition comprising either 18 mg or 9 mg of the PDE4B-inhibitor of formula III a therapeutically effective dose of a second active agent selected from the group consisting of nintedanib or pirfenidone and optionally, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients for the treatment of a patient suffering from a progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease (PF-ILD), wherein this oral pharmaceutical composition is to be administered to said patient twice daily.

Abstract: The invention concerns an oral pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of the PDE4B-inhibitor of formula III in the dose of 18 mg or 9 mg and optionally of one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients for use in the treatment of a patient suffering from one or more progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (PF-ILD), wherein this oral pharmaceutical composition is to be administered to the patient twice daily. The invention further concerns oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising the PDE4B-inhibitor of formula III in the dose of 18 mg or 9 mg and a therapeutically effective dose of a second active ingredient selected from nintedanib or pirfenidone, wherein these oral pharmaceutical compositions are administered to the patient twice daily.

Abstract: An eccentric gear unit for a braking force generator. The eccentric gear unit includes an input shaft with an eccentric, which input shaft can be rotated about an axis of rotation, wherein the eccentric is mounted in a central hole of a cam which rolls on a ring gear, and wherein the cam is coupled to an output shaft which is coaxial with the input shaft, via coupling arrangement which includes at least one pin which engages in an opening of the cam. A braking force generator having an eccentric gear unit is also provided.

Abstract: An electromechanical brake pressure generator for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle, including a threaded drive system for converting a drive-side rotary motion into a translatory motion for brake pressure generation. The system includes a spindle rotatable via an electric motor, a spindle nut cooperating with a thread of the spindle so the spindle nut is axially displaceable with a rotation of the spindle and a brake fluid is loadable or relievable, and a housing which, together with the spindle nut, forms an anti-twist protection which secures the spindle nut against twisting during rotation of the spindle. The spindle nut forms at least one spindle nut reference surface, which cooperates with at least one stop surface, which is stationary with respect to the housing, in a relief end position of the spindle nut in such a way that an instantaneous axial position of the spindle nut is determinable therefrom.

Abstract: An electromechanical brake pressure generator for a hydraulic brake system of a vehicle. The electromechanical brake pressure generator includes a screw drive system for converting a drive-side rotary movement into a translation movement to generate brake pressure. The screw drive system includes a spindle which is rotatable via an electric motor, a spindle nut, which interacts with a thread of the spindle so that the spindle nut is axially displaceable by a rotation of the spindle, and a drive wheel, which is situated coaxially on the spindle in a torsionally fixed manner and via which the spindle is connected to the electric motor. The drive wheel is developed from at least two different materials. A first material forms at least a wheel hub of the drive wheel. A second material forms at least a drive ring enclosing the wheel hub. The first material has greater strength than the second material.

Abstract: An electromechanical brake pressure generator for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The electromechanical brake booster includes at least one gear for transferring a torque of the electric motor for brake pressure generation. The gear in this case includes a planetary carrier for supporting planetary wheels, planetary wheels pins which are connected to the planetary carrier and on which the planetary wheels are rotatably fastenable, and a pinion for transferring a drive torque or output torque, which is rotatably fixedly connected to the planetary carrier at a side thereof opposite the planetary wheel pins. At least the part of the planetary carrier that includes the planetary wheel pins is materially integrally formed with the latter from the same material.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromechanical brake pressure generator (14) for a hydraulic braking system (10) of a vehicle. The electromechanical brake pressure generator (14) includes at least one threaded drive assembly (40) for converting a drive-side rotation into a translation for brake pressure generation. The threaded drive assembly (40) includes a spindle (68), which is rotatable via an electric motor (38), and a spindle nut (80), which is situated on a thread (76) of the spindle (68) in such a way that the spindle nut (80) and a hydraulic piston (92) formed thereon are axially displaceable upon rotation of the spindle (68). In addition, the threaded drive assembly (40) includes a housing (64), which forms a hydraulic cylinder (66) corresponding to the hydraulic piston (92), in which the spindle (68) and the spindle nut (80) are accommodated, and a rotation lock (84, 88), via which the spindle nut (80) is secured against rotation upon rotation of the spindle (68).

Abstract: An electromechanical brake pressure generator for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle. The electromechanical brake pressure generator encompasses a screw drive assemblage for converting an input-drive-side rotational motion into a translational motion for brake pressure generation. The screw drive assemblage encompasses a spindle that is rotatable via an electric motor, a spindle nut that interacts with a thread of the spindle so that the spindle nut is axially displaceable with a rotation of the spindle, and a housing that at least partly surrounds the spindle and the spindle nut. The screw drive assemblage additionally encompasses a drive wheel, which is disposed nonrotatably on the spindle and by way of which the spindle is connected to the electric motor. The spindle and the drive wheel are mounted, via a common bearing, rotatably with respect to the stationary housing. The bearing is radially surrounded at least partly by the drive wheel.

Abstract: Systems and methods for animating an avatar are provided. An example method of animating an avatar includes at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory, receiving an audio input, receiving a video input including at least a portion of a user's face, wherein the video input is separate from the audio input, determining one or more movements of the user's face based on the received audio input and received video input, and generating, using a neural network separately trained with a set of audio training data and a set of video training data, a set of characteristics for controlling an avatar representing the one or more movements of the user's face.