Abstract: In a method and apparatus for monitoring vehicle tire the pressure a tire inflation pressure is determined and compared with at least one stored set point value. Based on the comparison result, it is determined whether the vehicle tire has an incorrect tire pressure, particularly an excessively low tire pressure. A first warning message is activated if the determined incorrect tire pressure reaches or exceeds a predefined first threshold value. According to the invention, output of the first warning message is delayed until after the ignition has been switched off for a predefinable time period.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the pressure of motor vehicle tires is provided. In the method, a tire pressure value of the tire filling pressure and a tire temperature value are determined. While taking into account the tire temperature value, the determined tire pressure value is compared with a stored nominal value and the comparison result is used to determine whether the motor vehicle tire is at an incorrect tire pressure, in particular, a low tire pressure. If the tire pressure is incorrect when a characteristic change in the tire pressure occurs, the stored nominal value is replaced by a new nominal value, and the comparison result is used to determine the new nominal value of the determined tire pressure value.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for monitoring vehicle tire pressure a tire inflation pressure value is acquired and compared with at least one stored setpoint value; and based on the comparison result, it is determined whether the vehicle tire has an incorrect tire pressure, (particularly, an excessively low tire pressure). According to the invention when a detected activation event occurs, a current kilometer reading is acquired and is stored together with predefined information. An activation event is detected if an inflation of at least one of the tires or manual re-activation is detected.

Abstract: A method for monitoring the pressure of motor vehicle tires is provided. In the method, a tire pressure value of the filling pressure and a tire temperature value are determined. While taking into account the tire temperature values, the determined tire pressure value is compared with a stored nominal value and the comparison result is used to determine whether the motor vehicle tire is at an incorrect tire pressure, in particulars, a low tire pressure. If the tire pressure is incorrect, when a characteristic change in the tire pressure occurs, the stored nominal value is replaced by a new nominal value, and the comparison result is used to determine the new nominal value of the determined tire pressure value.

Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle is equipped with a brake servo assistance unit for the automatic generation of brake force and with at least one sensor for the generation of a measuring signal. This signal represents an activity on the part of the driver and can be fed to a brake pressure control unit. An activation control signal for the actuation of the brake servo assistance unit can be generated should the measuring signal lie within an activation value range. In order to improve operating reliability, at least two sensors are provided for measurement of an activity on the part of the driver, and an activation control signal can be generated should the measuring signals from the sensors each exceed a reference value.

Abstract: In a method for carrying out an automatic braking operation in a vehicle, a stte variable for describing driver's reactions and/or events outside the vehicle is sensed by means of a sensor, compared with a reference value and, when the reference value is exceeded, a higher braking pressure than the braking pressure corresponding to the brake pedal position is generated. In order to increase reliability, the automatic generation of braking pressure is suspended for a specific holding time if the state variable which is sensed by sensor means lies outside an acceptable tolerance range.

Abstract: A method for determining an initiation threshold value for an automatic braking process, in which an automatic braking process is used and a brake pressure is produced which is greater than the brake pressure which corresponds to the operation of the brake pedal by the driver. Short distances between vehicles increase the risk of accidents. If a driver operates the brakes when there is a short distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle, in the vast majority of cases, the driver of the following vehicle is often required to perform an emergency braking due to the short distance between the vehicles. To improve the safety of vehicles, an emergency braking is performed, as quickly as possible, when the distance between vehicles is short. This emergency braking, within what is physically possible, ensures rapid deceleration of the vehicle and thus helps to avoid rear-impact accidents.

Abstract: A method for determining an initiation threshold value for an automatic braking process, in which an automatic braking process is used and a brake pressure is produced which is greater than the brake pressure which corresponds to the operation of the brake pedal by the driver. Short distances between vehicles increase the risk of accidents. If a driver operates the brakes when there is a short distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle, in the vast majority of cases, the driver of the following vehicle is often required to perform an emergency braking due to the short distance between the vehicles. To improve the safety of vehicles, an emergency braking is performed, as quickly as possible, when the distance between vehicles is short. This emergency braking, within what is physically possible, ensures rapid deceleration of the vehicle and thus helps to avoid rear-impact accidents.

Abstract: A process and device are disclosed for preventing a vehicle from colliding with an obstacle during parking. The object of the invention is therefore to ensure that a collision can be reliably avoided without any additional intervention of the drive. In a device with at least one sensor for generating signals which represent the distance between the vehicle and an obstacle, the signals are processed in an evaluation unit. When at least one distance-representing signal falls below a limit value, a warning signal is generated. This warning signal drives a control valve which generates a pressure difference between the working chamber and the vacuum chamber in a brake booster when the warning signal is generated. This pressure difference causes the braking pressure to rise in the wheel brake cylinder and therefore slows the vehicle down to a standstill.

Abstract: A method for determining an initiation threshold value for an automatic braking process, in which an automatic braking process is used and a brake pressure is produced which is greater than the brake pressure which corresponds to the operation of the brake pedal by the driver. Short distances between vehicles increase the risk of accidents. If a driver operates the brakes when there is a short distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle, in the vast majority of cases, the driver of the following vehicle is often required to perform an emergency braking due to the short distance between the vehicles. To improve the safety of vehicles, an emergency braking is performed, as quickly as possible, when the distance between vehicles is short. This emergency braking, within what is physically possible, ensures rapid deceleration of the vehicle and thus helps to avoid rear-impact accidents.

Abstract: A telecommunication device (1) is provided for identification of a caller number of a calling party. The telecommunication device (1) includes a caller identification circuit (5), a memory (10) for storing numbers of callers and a comparator (15) for comparing numbers of calling parties with the caller numbers stored in the memory. The telecommunication device supplies data of the calling party to a display device when the caller number of a calling party agrees with a caller number stored in memory. A truncation of the caller number of the calling party at its end by a predetermined number of digits occurs when there is no agreement between the caller number of the calling party and any of the numbers stored in the memory and a comparison of the branch exchange main numbers stored in the memory with the shortened caller number occurs.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for determining a threshold value for triggering an automatic brake application wherein a braking pressure greater than that corresponding to the position of the brake pedal is developed when the actuating speed of the brake pedal exceeds a triggering threshold value determined from a preset threshold value and a vehicle-specific correction factor. According to the invention, a standard curve is stored representing the relationship between the vehicle deceleration and the pedal travel, said standard curve having a pedal travel value sP0 for a vehicle deceleration aFZG0=0 m/s.sup.2. During a brake application, pairs of values for pedal travel and vehicle deceleration are determined several times, with a pedal travel value sPi0 being determined for a vehicle deceleration of 0 M/s.sup.2 corresponding to each value pair, based on a curve that is the same as the standard curve.

Abstract: In a method for controlling the braking process of a motor vehicle, nonlinear boosting of the braking force is performed if the actuating speed of the brake pedal exceeds a specified trigger threshold value. This trigger threshold value is formed as a function of the instantaneous speed of the motor vehicle, the pedal position of the brake pedal or a variable directly proportional thereto, and of a motor vehicle specific, brake dependent correction value.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining the start and the end of an automatic braking process to optimize the triggering of the automatic braking process. When a set value is exceeded, an automatic braking process is triggered. The threshold value is changed as a function of the driving state, in particular, as a function of the speed of the vehicle when the brake pedal is actuated, and independently thereof, as a function of the position of the brake pedal. In addition, various criteria terminate the automatic braking process as a function of the actuation force of the brake pedal, of the speed of the vehicle and of the pedal travel.

Abstract: An electronic camera comprises an illumination unit (30) for line-by-line imaging of large-size documents (50) or the like on an elongate solid-state image sensor, in particular a CCD line sensor (22). The illumination unit is provided with optical elements for producing a light strip (37) on the document (50). The illumination unit (30) is arranged within the camera housing (10) for pivotal movement in the direction of the arrows "A" or "B". The CCD line sensor (22) is movable, in response to the pivotal movement of the illumination unit (30), in the vertical direction within the image plane of the camera lens (42) in the direction of the arrows "A" or "B" so that the light strip (37) guided across the document (50) can be imaged on the CCD line sensor (22).

Abstract: Method of producing a knot-free thread connection by splicing, which includes mixing, alternately interlocking and anchoring individual fibers of the threads to be joined to each other in a first pre-splicing operation, and subsequently further and finally intertwining and anchoring the threads to each other in a separate finish-splicing operation, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.

Abstract: Splicing device for producing a knot-free thread connection by splicing, including a splicing head having a longitudinal groove formed therein for the insertion of threads to be joined together, the splicing head having a plurality of cross grooves formed in the longitudinal groove and the splicing head having compressed air supply holes formed therein, at least two of the cross grooves having at least one compressed air supply hole terminating therein.