Abstract: A computer-implemented method for monitoring the function of a safety monitoring system of a control unit of an actuator system of a motor vehicle, wherein it is checked by the function monitoring whether the safety monitoring is performed faultlessly, wherein the safety monitoring is carried out by a first monitoring entity and the function monitoring is carried out by a second monitoring entity, wherein the first monitoring entity sends a result of the safety monitoring as an information item to the second monitoring entity at defined time intervals, wherein the first monitoring entity and the second monitoring entity are free of a common interface, wherein the information item is received by the second monitoring entity by utilizing an interface between the second monitoring entity and the control unit, and wherein the information item is coded in a format which cannot be interpreted by the control unit.

Abstract: A display device includes at least one processing device and at least one display element for representing at least two image planes that are able to be combined with each other, and a method is for representing a plurality of combinable image planes for displaying data.

Abstract: In a method for controlling an electronic parking brake system and an electronic parking brake system, a travel-optimized method is used to achieve the released state of the parking brake system. When the parking brake is applied, travel-force values are detected and a plausibility check is run, the values being used to arrive at a first optimized position when the brake is released. If the residual force applied to the brake exceeds a threshold value, the parking brake is released even more until the value remains just under the threshold value or until a maximum defined release travel is achieved.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for monitoring the function of a safety monitoring system of a control unit of an actuator system of a motor vehicle, wherein it is checked by the function monitoring whether the safety monitoring is performed faultlessly, wherein the safety monitoring is carried out by a first monitoring entity and the function monitoring is carried out by a second monitoring entity, wherein the first monitoring entity sends a result of the safety monitoring as an information item to the second monitoring entity at defined time intervals, wherein the first monitoring entity and the second monitoring entity are free of a common interface, wherein the information item is received by the second monitoring entity by utilizing an interface between the second monitoring entity and the control unit, and wherein the information item is coded in a format which cannot be interpreted by the control unit.

Abstract: In a system for controlling a parking brake of a brake system of a motor vehicle, a first target value for the braking force of the parking brake is predefined by a operating element for the parking brake and the braking force for the parking brake is released by a operating element. When a start-up intention is detected, the control system minimizes the braking force of the parking brake in relation to the first target value, in accordance with the environmental conditions of the motor vehicle. For the first time a provisional minimization of the braking force of a parking brake for a foreseeable start-up situation is permitted, thus allowing the start-up operation of a motor vehicle to be as comfortable as possible with maximum security of the automatic functions. The system is particularly suitable for electromechanical parking brakes.

Abstract: A display device for a motor vehicle includes a display control for generating a first image signal, an image multiplexer for combining the first image signal with a second image signal and for outputting a mixed image signal, and a screen for representing an image depending on the mixed image signal.

Abstract: In a system for controlling a parking brake of a brake system of a motor vehicle, a first target value for the braking force of the parking brake is predefined by a operating element for the parking brake and the braking force for the parking brake is released by a operating element. When a start-up intention is detected, the control system minimizes the braking force of the parking brake in relation to the first target value, in accordance with the environmental conditions of the motor vehicle. For the first time a provisional minimization of the braking force of a parking brake for a foreseeable start-up situation is permitted, thus allowing the start-up operation of a motor vehicle to be as comfortable as possible with maximum security of the automatic functions. The system is particularly suitable for electromechanical parking brakes.

Abstract: A display device includes at least one processing device and at least one display element for representing at least two image planes that are able to be combined with each other, and a method is for representing a plurality of combinable image planes for displaying data.

Abstract: In a method for controlling an electronic parking brake system and an electronic parking brake system, a travel-optimized method is used to achieve the released state of the parking brake system. When the parking brake is applied, travel-force values are detected and a plausibility check is run, the values being used to arrive at a first optimized position when the brake is released. If the residual force applied to the brake exceeds a threshold value, the parking brake is released even more until the value remains just under the threshold value or until a maximum defined release travel is achieved.

Abstract: In a method for controlling an electronic parking brake system and an electronic parking brake system, a travel-optimized method is used to achieve the released state of the parking brake system. When the parking brake is applied, travel-force values are detected and a plausibility check is run, the values being used to arrive at a first optimized position when the brake is released. If the residual force applied to the brake exceeds a threshold value, the parking brake is released even more until the value remains just under the threshold value or until a maximum defined release travel is achieved.

Abstract: A method and a wireless transceiver are used for requesting and processing information. A first information query is transmitted by the wireless transceiver and information is returned by a service provider via a wireless network to the requesting wireless transceiver. The information query is provided with a predefined first validity time value and the returned information, in particular in the form of short messages, is provided with a predefined second validity time value by the service provider.

Abstract: A card reader for chip cards, which have contacts on a front face for reading and entering card information, with a card slot for receiving chip cards via an opening with a first contact arrangement mounted in the card slot for contacting the contacts of an inserted chip card and a first switching arrangement that responds to the presence or absence of chip cards in the card slot and a second contact arrangement opposite the first contact arrangement for contacting a second inserted chip card.

Abstract: A device for informing a motor vehicle driver having a decoder for digitally coded traffic messages and an auto navigator, which is designed to determine the instantaneous position of a vehicle and to calculate route recommendations, forming one basic structural unit. Preferably, a digitally coded road map, and information necessary for decoding and outputting the traffic messages are stored on the same data storage medium.

Abstract: A method for requesting and for processing traffic information, in which a traffic-information query is transmitted by a mobile transceiver, and at least one traffic message is provided by a service provider via a base station, the traffic message being transmitted as a brief coded message. Information about the version of the stored data or data groups in the memory allocated to the mobile transceiver, and/or the manufacturer of the stored data or data groups and/or the issue date of the stored data or data groups is transmitted to the base station in the traffic-information query, so that in the return message of the traffic information, the base station can undertake the coding in such a way that the coded data can be well utilized on the basis of the stored data in the vehicle. In this manner, even given changing data, it is ensured in all events that the mobile transceiver is able to interpret the coded traffic messages.

Abstract: A chip card (1) has reading and/or writing contacts (10, . . . , 17) to provide electrical contact with corresponding fixed countercontacts (20, . . . , 27) of a card reader with a card slot for receiving the chip card (1). The contacts (10, . . . , 17) are formed so that they maintain the electrical contact during an overshot, which occurs particularly when the chip card (1) is inserted into the card slot, and/or during a time required to end a writing operation on removal of the chip card (1) from the card slot, and/or during reciprocation occurring crosswise to the direction of insertion of the chip card (1) into the card reader, especially upon insertion or removal of the chip card (1). The contacts (10, . . . , 17) are formed so that, when the countercontacts (20, . . . , 27) sweep over the contacts (10, . . . , 17), no short circuit occurs between individual contacts (10, . . . , 17). A card reader for the chip card has a card slot for receiving the chip card (1) and countercontacts (20, . . .

Abstract: A device for editing and outputting information for a motor vehicle driver, comprising a receiver for digitally coded traffic messages and an auto navigator, which is designed to determine the instantaneous position of the vehicle and to calculate route recommendations, linked by a data transmission device.

Abstract: A process for source coding which divides image areas of an image, by use of a set of image statistics, into image areas to be intraframe-coded and interframe-coded and, by use of a movement estimation, additionally determines the image areas as foreground or as background. In the course of coding, in the first instance the image areas which belong to the foreground and are to be intraframe-coded are processed. Subsequently, the image areas which belong to the foreground and are to be interframe-coded are coded. Next, the image areas which belong to the background and are to be intraframe-coded are coded. Finally, the image areas which belong to the background and are to be interframe-coded are transmitted until the available data rate has been used up.