Systems and methods for detecting a failure of a wheel speed sensor. One example system includes an encoder and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the wheel speed sensor, a wheel speed, receive, from the encoder, a signal, and determine, based on the signal from the encoder, a positional change of an electric motor shaft of the electric motor. The electronic processor is configured to determine, based on the wheel speed and the positional change of the electric motor, whether the wheel speed sensor is faulty.
A trailer tow assist system including a camera that captures a rearward image of the trailer and its surroundings, a human machine interface that displays the rearward image, an input device that receives user input, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor receives the rearward image, identifies a target-space within the surroundings, determines a vehicle orientation relative to the target-space, determines a trailer angle relative to the vehicle, determines a trailer trajectory within the surroundings, and displays the trailer trajectory and rearward image on the human machine interface. The electronic processor also controls, in response to the user input, the vehicle to follow the trailer trajectory along a centerline of the trailer trajectory.
B60R 1/26 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles for viewing an area outside the vehicle, e.g. the exterior of the vehicle with a predetermined field of view to the rear of the vehicle
B60T 8/17 - Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking
B60W 10/04 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of propulsion units
B60W 10/18 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of braking systems
B60W 10/20 - Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function including control of steering systems
G06T 7/70 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
H04N 7/18 - Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
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METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING TO A ROAD USER AT LEAST ONE WARNING SIGNAL FROM A VEHICLE OPERATING FULLY AUTONOMOUSLY
A method for outputting to a road user at least one, in particular a visual and/or acoustic, warning signal from a vehicle operating fully autonomously. A gesture and/or an acoustic message from at least one vehicle occupant of the vehicle operating fully autonomously is captured first. In addition, a road user in the surroundings of the vehicle is detected. In addition, a viewing direction of the road user, in particular at a time of gesture capture or capture of the acoustic message, is detected. Following this, the warning signal from the vehicle operating fully autonomously is output to the road user depending on the captured gesture of the vehicle occupant and/or the acoustic message and the viewing direction of the road user.
B60Q 1/50 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
B60W 60/00 - Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
G06V 20/59 - Context or environment of the image inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions
G06V 40/20 - Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition
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MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE COMPRISING A HYDROGEN DRAINAGE LAYER
A micromechanical device. The device includes a MEMS chip which comprises a cavity; an IC chip which includes an IC substrate and at least one IC functional layer, wherein the IC chip is connected to the MEMS chip such that the IC functional layer is disposed between the IC substrate and the cavity. The IC chip includes a hydrogen drainage layer which is disposed between the IC functional layer and the cavity.
An injector for injecting a fluid. In injector includes a filter for filtering the fluid to be injected. The filter is arranged in a tubular section of the injector. The filter has a sleeve and a filter body. The sleeve holds the filter body in the tubular section. The sleeve has a securing section and a holding section. The securing section is connected to the filter body. The holding section holds the sleeve in the tubular section of the injector. The filter body or parts of the filter body are arranged exclusively within the securing section.
A method for wireless time synchronization of a first electrical unit with a second electrical unit is disclosed, which can in particular be intermittently wirelessly connected to each other, in particular via a low-energy connection, wherein the first electrical unit includes a first time counter and the second electrical unit comprises a second time counter, and wherein a connection event occurs repeatedly at predetermined connection time intervals. The method includes (a) transmitting a first data packet, by the first electrical unit, to the second electrical unit upon a first connection event, (b) receiving the first data packet and creating a second timestamp based on the second time counter, by the second electrical unit, (c) transmitting a second data packet with the created second timestamp, by the second electrical unit, to the first electrical unit upon a next connection event, (d) receiving the second data packet by the first electrical unit, (e) determining a current time, by the first electrical unit, based on one or more time periods of the predetermined connection time interval and the second timestamp, and (f) setting the first time counter to the current time determined.
A vertical semiconductor component, in particular transistor, with a drift layer and/or an active layer on the basis of gallium nitride (GaN), and at least two, preferably three, electrodes. At least one measuring electrode is formed at a lower vertical level than the at least one other electrode and is designed to be contactable from vertically above.
H01L 21/66 - Testing or measuring during manufacture or treatment
H01L 29/20 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only AIIIBV compounds
Methods and systems of using a trained machine-learning model to perform root cause analysis on a manufacturing process. A pre-trained machine learning model is provided that is trained to predict measurements of non-faulty parts. The pre-trained model is trained on training measurement data regarding physical characteristics of manufactured parts as measured by a plurality of sensors at a plurality of manufacturing stations. With the trained model, then measurement data from the sensors is received regarding the manufactured part and the stations. This new set of measurement data is back propagated through the pre-trained model to determine a magnitude of absolute gradients of the new measurement data. The root cause is then identified based on this magnitude of absolute gradients. In other embodiments the root cause is identified based on losses determined between a set of predicted measurement data of a part using the model, and actual measurement data.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control (DNC), flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), integrated manufacturing systems (IMS), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
A computer-implemented system and method relate to object discovery. The system and method include receiving a source image and generating input data by associating each pixel of the source image with predetermined phase values. An encoder encodes the input data to generate latent representation data in spherical coordinates. A decoder decodes the latent representation data to generate spherical reconstruction data of the source image. The spherical reconstruction data includes a radial component and a plurality of phase components. A reconstructed image is generated based at least on the radial component. The reconstructed image is a reconstruction of the source image.
BOSCH SECURITY SYSTEMS - SISTEMAS DE SEGURANÇA, S.A (Portugal)
Inventor
Bastardo, Pedro
Fernandes, Rui
Cannizzaro, Andrea
Henriques, Rui
Cardoso, Nelson
Cruz, Pedro Miguel
Ranzal, Daniel
Da Silva Carvalho Pereira De Sousa, Pedro José
Braga Dias De Aguiar, Susana Isabel
Da Silva Tavares, Paulo José
Guimarães Pires Moreira, Pedro Miguel
Lobato Da Rocha Barros, Francisco
Abstract
A method and apparatus for calibrating a laser range finder of a camera comprising an image sensor and an optical lens defining a camera optical axis, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first flat surface perpendicular to the camera optical axis at a first predetermined distance from camera; emitting a laser beam of the laser range finder onto the first surface; capturing an image from the sensor; measuring a first image location of a laser spot centre of the laser beam spot on the first surface, said first image location comprising a horizontal and a vertical position; providing a second flat surface perpendicular to the camera optical axis at a second predetermined distance; repeating the previous operation and determining, from the measured first and the second image location of the laser spot, an image location at an infinite distance of the laser.
The invention relates to a bearing foil (36) for an axial foil bearing (32) for the rotatable mounting of a shaft (22), wherein the bearing foil (36) has a plurality of elastic foil segments (42) arranged distributed over its circumference. Each film segment (42) is connected via a retaining arm (44) to a retaining ring (40) surrounding the film segments (42) around their outer circumference.
The invention relates to a method for operating a fuel cell system (1) having multiple fuel cell stacks (100, 200) which each have a cathode (110, 210) and an anode (120, 220), the cathodes (110, 210) each being supplied with air via a feed air path (111, 211), and exhaust air emitted from the fuel cell stacks (100, 200) being discharged via an exhaust air path (112, 212), and the anodes (120, 220) each being supplied with hydrogen via an anode circuit (121, 221). According to the invention, inert gas is generated during start-up and/or shutdown of the fuel cell system (1) by exhaust air recirculation and at least one fuel cell stack (200, 100) is inertised with the aid of the generated inert gas. The invention further relates to a fuel cell system (1) that is suitable for carrying out the method or can be operated according to the method.
H01M 8/04089 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants
H01M 8/04223 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells
H01M 8/04302 - Processes for controlling fuel cells or fuel cell systems applied during specific periods applied during start-up
H01M 8/04303 - Processes for controlling fuel cells or fuel cell systems applied during specific periods applied during shut-down
H01M 8/249 - Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells comprising two or more groupings of fuel cells, e.g. modular assemblies
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MULTIPART AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIVIDING A TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A MULTIPART AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM
Various aspects relate to a multipart air-conditioning system and to a method for dividing a total energy consumption of a multipart air-conditioning system, wherein the method comprises: controlling at least one internal unit of the plurality of internal units according to a target temperature that has been set; measuring a first temperature at an outlet of at least one external unit and a second temperature at an inlet of the at least one external unit; determining a first pressure value, a second pressure value and a third pressure value; determining, for each of the plurality of internal units, a respective mass throughput and a respective enthalpy change of a coolant using the first pressure value, the second pressure value, the third pressure value, the first temperature and the second temperature; determining a respective power of each internal unit of the plurality of internal units using the determined mass throughput and the determined enthalpy change; determining, for each internal unit of the plurality of internal units, a proportion of the determined power in a total power which is a sum of the powers of all internal units; dividing the total energy consumption of the multipart air-conditioning system among the internal units according to the determined proportions.
The invention relates to a method for electric-motor-assisted pushing of an electric motorcycle (1), comprising: receiving vehicle dynamics data (21), which show a current vehicle dynamics state of the electric motorcycle (1); identifying whether the electric motorcycle (1) is pushed by evaluating the vehicle dynamics data (21); if it is identified that the electric motorcycle (1) is pushed: activating a push mode, which allows a controller (23) for controlling an electric drive motor (5) of the electric motorcycle (1) to control the drive motor (5) in such a way that the drive motor (5) produces a push torque for electric-motor-assisted pushing of the electric motorcycle (1).
B60L 15/20 - Methods, circuits or devices for controlling the propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles, e.g. their traction-motor speed, to achieve a desired performance; Adaptation of control equipment on electrically-propelled vehicles for remote actuation from a stationary place, from alternative parts of the vehicle or from alternative vehicles of the same vehicle train for control of the vehicle or its driving motor to achieve a desired performance, e.g. speed, torque, programmed variation of speed
The present invention relates to a fuel cell system (100) for converting energy. The fuel cell system (100) comprises: - a fuel cell stack (101) which comprises a cathode sub-system (103) and an anode sub-system (105), - a pressure sensor (107) which is arranged in the anode sub-system (105), - a flush valve (109) for flushing the anode sub-system (105), - a computing unit (111), the computing unit (111) being configured to determine a composition of a gas which is flowing through the anode sub-system (105) by means of measured values acquired by the pressure sensor (107) and to control the flush valve (109) according to the determined composition.
H01M 8/04223 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells
The invention relates to a method for operating a fuel cell (1) having a recirculation blower (2). Depending on an evaporation criterion, a heating device (3) provides heat in a targeted manner for evaporating water (W) on the recirculation blower (2). The invention further relates to a fuel cell (1) for directly generating electrical energy from hydrogen, which is configured to carry out a method according to the invention.
H01M 8/04089 - Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants
H01M 8/04228 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells during shut-down
H01M 8/04223 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells
H01M 8/04291 - Arrangements for managing water in solid electrolyte fuel cell systems
H01M 8/043 - Processes for controlling fuel cells or fuel cell systems applied during specific periods
H01M 8/04492 - Humidity; Ambient humidity; Water content
A method for ascertaining a direction of travel and/or a future path of travel of a robot and/or a vehicle, movable at least semiautonomously or autonomously in a dynamically changeable surrounding area. The method includes: measuring and/or ascertaining surrounding-area parameters, which may each be assigned to at least one moving, external object in the area surrounding the unit; executing at least one movement prediction algorithm for ascertaining, in each instance, at least one probabilistic movement prediction parameter for detected external objects as a function of measured surrounding-area parameters assigned to the individual external objects; executing at least one movement determination algorithm for ascertaining at least one short-term movement parameter for each detected external objects as a function of measured surrounding-area parameters assigned to the individual external objects; the movement prediction algorithm and the movement determination algorithm being executed at least substantially independently of each other.
A method for determining the temperature characteristic of the drain-source on-state resistance of a MOSFET of a first type. The method includes: determining temperature-specific linearization coefficients of a difference between a first value of the drain-source on-state resistance at a first temperature and a second value of the drain-source on-state resistance at a reference temperature established for the MOSFET-type characterization based on a difference between a first value of the drain-source on-state resistance at the same reference temperature and the average of the drain-source on-state resistance at the same reference temperature from measurements during production for MOSFET samples of the first type; determining the temperature dependency of the determined temperature-specific linearization coefficients to determine a specific TDDR for the characterized MOSFET samples of the first type; and using the MOSFET-type-specific TDDR to reconstruct the temperature dependency of the drain-source on-state resistance of an individual MOSFET of the first type.
G01R 31/26 - Testing of individual semiconductor devices
G01K 7/18 - Measuring temperature based on the use of electric or magnetic elements directly sensitive to heat using resistive elements the element being a linear resistance, e.g. platinum resistance thermometer
A fuel injection valve for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, in particular for directly injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The fuel injection valve includes a solenoid, an armature acted upon in a closing direction by a return spring through the solenoid, and a valve needle connected to the armature in force-locking fashion for actuating a valve closing body, which together with a valve seat surface forms a sealing seat. An adjustment element for adjusting the spring force of a return spring is arranged in a connecting sleeve serving the inlet side fuel supply. The adjustment element is bounded outwardly by a thin-walled sleeve. The sleeve includes an axially aligned sleeve jacket and a radially extending sleeve base. The wall thickness of the sleeve base is reinforced relative to the wall thickness of the sleeve jacket of the sleeve.
A method for determining a selection area in an environment for a mobile device, in particular a robot. The method includes: providing sensor data obtained using a sensor system not associated with the mobile device in the environment, the sensor data characterizing a position and/or orientation of an entity in the environment; determining, based on the sensor data, the position and/or orientation of the entity in a map provided for navigation of the mobile device; providing specification data obtained using the sensor data, the specification data characterizing the selection area; determining the selection area in the map based on the specification data; and providing information about the selection area to the mobile device, and in particular instructing the mobile device to correspondingly take the selection area into account when navigating.
An electrohydraulic braking method for mobile working machines, in particular agricultural machines, is disclosed. The method is designed to detect external signals and to transmit them to a control unit, in which the signals are processed and based on which at least one target braking pressure is determined. In a next step, a valve flow is calculated on the basis of the target brake pressures, which valve flow is transmitted to a control valve of a brake actuation pedal, resulting in a braking pressure in a hydraulic circuit of the agricultural machine and the adjustment of brake steering. The disclosure further relates to a brake function arrangement designed to perform the electrohydraulic braking method.
B60T 13/68 - Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems by electrically-controlled valves
B60T 8/40 - Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force responsive to a speed condition, e.g. acceleration or deceleration having a fluid pressure regulator responsive to a speed condition comprising an additional fluid circuit including fluid pressurising means for modifying the pressure of the braking fluid, e.g. including wheel driven pumps for detecting a speed condition, or pumps which are controlled by means independent of the br
Disclosed herein are methods for identifying physicochemical properties associated with protein corona formation at the level of proteins and NP-functionalization. Further disclosed herein are compositions comprising combinations of particles configured for low abundance protein collection and deep proteomic analysis.
A locking device for locking a rechargeable battery pack with a consumer is disclosed. The locking device includes a rechargeable battery pack interface for releasably connecting the locking device to the rechargeable battery pack along a connecting direction. The rechargeable battery pack interface has a receptacle in which the rechargeable battery pack is at least partially arranged in the connected state, and at least one movably mounted locking element. The locking element is always movable in the unconnected state and/or is preloaded with a force counter to the connecting direction in the connected state.
H01M 50/264 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders with fastening means, e.g. locks for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames
B62J 43/13 - Arrangements of batteries for propulsion on rider-propelled cycles with additional electric propulsion
H01M 50/249 - Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains
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Method for the GNSS-Based Localization of a Vehicle with 5G Signals
A method for the GNSS-based localization of a vehicle includes (a) receiving GNSS satellite signals from at least one GNSS satellite and determining GNSS localization data using the received GNSS satellite signals, (b) receiving 5G signals and determining 5G localization data using the received 5G signals, and (c) evaluating the GNSS localization data using the 5G-localization data in order to identify possible impairments of GNSS satellite signals.
G01S 19/48 - Determining position by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system
25.
METHOD AND APPARATUS OF BOUNDARY REFINEMENT FOR INSTANCE SEGMENTATION
Methods and apparatuses of boundary refinement for instance segmentation. The methods for instance segmentation include receiving an image and an instance mask identifying an instance in the image; extracting a set of image patches from the image based on a boundary of the instance mask; generating a refined mask patch for each of the set of image patches based on at least a part of the instance mask corresponding to the each of the set of image patches; and refining the boundary of the instance mask based on the refined mask patch for each of the set of image patches.
A method for providing training datasets for training an object classification model for object classification in an ultrasonic sensor system is disclosed. The method includes (i) providing one or multiple survey scenarios in which at least one surrounding object within a collection range of the ultrasonic sensor system is moved along a trajectory relative to the ultrasonic sensor system, (ii) collecting the ultrasonic signals reflected at the surrounding object at chronologically successive collection situations and respective identification of collection features depending on reflected ultrasonic signals collected during a respective collection situation, (iii) determining a candidate training dataset for each collection situation by associating a classification vector specified by the survey situation, the elements of which each indicate an object property of at least one surrounding object, with the collection features, and (iv) considering the candidate training dataset of each of the collection situations as a training dataset depending on the relative distance from the at least one surrounding object from the ultrasonic sensor system and the relative distances of the surrounding object from the ultrasonic sensor system during previously measured collection situations of candidate training datasets determined.
A transistor arrangement for power transistors with a fin structure. It is provided to lower the epitaxy layer of the transistor arrangements in an edge region surrounding the fin structure and to introduce shield implants and edge implants into the epitaxy layer after lowering.
A field-effect transistor. The field-effect transistor includes: an n-doped source layer, an n-doped drain layer, a channel layer located vertically between the n-doped source layer and the n-doped drain layer, and several gate trenches extending vertically from the n-doped source layer to the n-doped drain layer and adjoining the channel layer. A fin is respectively formed between each two gate trenches, wherein at least two of the fins have different widths. A method for production is also described.
H01L 29/423 - Electrodes characterised by their shape, relative sizes or dispositions not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
H01L 29/16 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System in uncombined form
H01L 29/417 - Electrodes characterised by their shape, relative sizes or dispositions carrying the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
A method for manufacturing a vertical field effect transistor structure and to a corresponding vertical field effect transistor structure. The vertical field effect transistor structure is provided with a semiconductor body having first and second connecting zones of a first conductivity type, a channel zone of the first or second conductivity type between the first and second connecting zone, a plurality of trenches extending into the semiconductor body, reaching into the first connecting zone from the second connecting zone through the channel zone and forming fins of the channel zone and the second connecting zone, a control electrode arranged in the trenches, the electrode being arranged adjacent to the channel zone and insulated from the semiconductor body, and a breakdown current path connected between the first and second connecting zones and parallel to the channel zone, the current path having least one p-n junction.
H01L 29/78 - Field-effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate
H01L 29/06 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions
H01L 29/16 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the materials of which they are formed including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System in uncombined form
BOSCH SECURITY SYSTEMS - SISTEMAS DE SEGURANÇA, S.A (Portugal)
Inventor
Hanses, Thomas
Haug, Christopher
Rodrigues, Arlete
Abstract
A smoke detector and method arranged to identify when obstructed in an ambient, comprising: a dark chamber with one or more inlet openings for receiving smoke of the ambient; a light-sensor arranged within the dark chamber; and an electronic data processor arranged to: capture an electrical signal output of the light-sensor for sampling the light over a period of time; process the captured light sample signal with a pretrained machine-learning model to determine whether the light sample signal matches one or more predetermined light patterns of an obstructed smoke detector; determine a warning if the captured light sample signal is determined to be at least in part comprising a predetermined light pattern of an obstructed smoke detector.
The invention relates to a method for laser beam welding two components (1, 2), wherein the material of the two components (1, 2) is melted by means of at least one laser beam (LS1, LS2) in order to produce at least one weld seam (SN1, SN2), wherein the components (1, 2) are arranged one on top of the other with respect to an incidence direction of the at least one laser beam (LS1, LS2) onto the two components (1, 2).
The invention relates to a method for providing calibration data for calibrating antenna diagrams of devices which are configured for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic radiation and which belong to a common type series, characterized by the following steps: a) selecting a set of devices from the type series for the creation of a training file, b) for each selected device: measuring a target diagram (34) having a first number of measurement points (24, 26) and creating an associated source diagram (28) having a second number of measurement points (24) which is smaller than the first number, and storing the target and source diagrams (34, 28) in the training file, c) using the training file to train a neural network (30) to determine, on the basis of the source diagrams (28), the respective associated target diagrams (34), d) measuring the source diagrams (28) of the other devices from the type series, e) creating the associated target diagrams (34) by means of the neural network (30) and f) using said target diagrams (34) as calibration data for other devices.
The invention relates to an operational method (100) for a fuel-cell assembly (1), in particular of a fuel-cell vehicle, wherein the operational method (100) comprises a moisture-transmitter ageing-protection routine (101), by which ageing behaviour of a moisture transmitter (36), in particular of a gas-to-gas humidifier (36), of the fuel-cell assembly (1) is influenced in such a way that ageing of the moisture transmitter (36) is slowed.
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METHOD FOR SHIFTING A HYDROSTATIC TRACTION DRIVE TO NEUTRAL
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a traction drive of a work machine, wherein the traction drive is provided with a hydrostatic transmission (4), wherein the hydrostatic transmission (4) is provided with a first hydraulic machine (8) with an adjustable displacement volume, wherein the first hydraulic machine (8) is coupled to a drive machine (2) and is responsible for supplying pressure medium to a second hydraulic machine (14) of the traction drive, which second hydraulic machine (14) is coupled to an output and has an adjustable displacement volume, wherein the first hydraulic machine (8) is connected to the second hydraulic machine (14) by means of a first and a second working line (10, 12), wherein power can be transmitted from the drive machine to the output (26) by the first hydraulic machine (8) and the second hydraulic machine (14), wherein the method comprises the following steps: a. sensing a travel speed gradient of the work machine and/or a load of the work machine or a parameter with which the load can be determined; b. receiving a command to deactivate the power transmission; c. determining a desired behaviour of a change in displacement volume of the first hydraulic machine (8) and of the second hydraulic machine (14) during the deactivation of the power transmission on the basis of the travel speed gradient, load or parameter sensed in step a.; d. deactivating the power transmission on the basis of the desired behaviour determined in step c. by changing the displacement volume of the first hydraulic machine (8) and of the second hydraulic machine (14).
The invention relates to a wiper blade (10) comprising at least one spring rail (17, 17a, 17b) and at least one wiper strip unit (11) having at least one wiper lip (12) and having at least one wiper base body (14), wherein the wiper blade (10) comprises at least one spring rail (17, 17a, 17b) arranged at a distance from the wiper base body (14), in particular arranged at a distance along an axis of symmetry (102) of the wiper blade (10). According to the invention, the wiper strip unit (11) comprises a resilient spacer element (110, 110a, 110b) for supporting the spring rail (17, 17a, 17b) on the wiper base body (14), wherein the spacer element (110, 110a, 110b) preferably rests in contact with the spring rail (17, 17a, 17b).
The invention relates to a pump (10) for a cooling circuit, comprising a pump housing (18), a bearing point (30) and at least one drive unit (14), wherein the pump (10) has an impeller wheel (20) which is driven by means of the drive unit (14) and is mounted in the bearing point (30), wherein the impeller wheel (20) is configured to convey a fluid, and wherein the bearing point (30) has a bearing shaft (32) which supports the impeller wheel (20). It is proposed that the pump (10) has at least one bearing shaft cover element (60) which is driven around the bearing shaft (30), in particular a bearing shaft cover cap, wherein the impeller wheel (20) and the bearing shaft cover element (60) are arranged in the throughflow region (40) of the pump (10).
The invention relates to an electronic device for a heat pump, in particular an air heat pump, having at least one electronic component for operating the heat pump and having at least one electronics housing unit (16a; 16b; 16c; 16d; 16e) in which the electronic component is arranged. According to the invention, the electronics housing unit (16a; 16b; 16c; 16d; 16e) comprises at least one heat sink (42a; 42b; 42c; 42d, 42e) which is intended to be arranged in a heat reservoir channel (38a; 38b; 38c; 38d) of the heat pump.
A trailer tow assist system including a camera that captures a rearward image of the trailer and its surroundings, a human machine interface that displays the rearward image, an input device that receives user input, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor receives the rearward image, identifies a target-space within the surroundings, determines a vehicle orientation relative to the target-space, determines a trailer angle relative to the vehicle, determines a trailer trajectory within the surroundings, and displays the trailer trajectory and rearward image on the human machine interface. The electronic processor also controls, in response to the user input, the vehicle to follow the trailer trajectory along a centerline of the trailer trajectory.
The invention relates to a cleaning cartridge (10) for a microfluidic device, having at least one cleaning element (21 - 23). It has at least one actuator (40), which is designed to move the cleaning element (21 - 23). When the microfluidic device is being cleaned by means of the cleaning cartridge (10), the cleaning cartridge (10) is introduced into a receiving region of the microfluidic device in such a way that at least one cleaning element (21 - 23) is positioned on at least one element to be cleaned of the microfluidic device, and the cleaning element (21 - 23) is subsequently moved, by means of the actuator, along the element to be cleaned. The invention also relates to a microfluidic device which is designed so that, by means of at least one actuator (40) of the cleaning cartridge (10), it moves at least one cleaning element (21 - 23) of the cleaning cartridge (10) along on at least one element to be cleaned of the microfluidic device.
B08B 1/00 - Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools, brushes, or analogous members
B08B 11/00 - Cleaning flexible or delicate articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto
B08B 1/30 - by movement of cleaning members over a surface
B01L 3/00 - Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
B08B 3/10 - Cleaning involving contact with liquid with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration
The present invention provides a hydraulic pressure control unit, a brake system, and a diagnosis method capable of appropriately diagnosing an abnormality in a power supply line. A hydraulic pressure control unit (5) comprises: a hydraulic pressure control mechanism including an inlet valve (31) that is an electromagnetic valve electrically connected to a power supply (7) by a power supply line (8); a control device (52) that controls the operation of the hydraulic pressure control mechanism; and a resistor (35) that is electrically connected to the power supply (7) by the power supply line (8), wherein a diagnosis unit of the control device (52) performs a power supply line diagnosis in which an abnormality in the power supply line (8) is diagnosed, in a state where no current is applied to the inlet valve (31) but a current is applied to the resistor (35), on the basis of the change in voltage in the power supply line (8) when the current applied to the resistor (35) is changed.
B60T 7/04 - Brake-action initiating means for personal initiation foot-actuated
B60T 7/08 - Brake-action initiating means for personal initiation hand-actuated
B60T 8/17 - Using electrical or electronic regulation means to control braking
B60T 8/173 - Eliminating or reducing the effect of unwanted signals, e.g. due to vibrations or electrical noise
B60T 8/26 - Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force characterised by producing differential braking between front and rear wheels
B60T 8/32 - Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force responsive to a speed condition, e.g. acceleration or deceleration
B60T 13/66 - Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems
B60T 13/68 - Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems by electrically-controlled valves
B60T 17/22 - Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices
An analog front-end architecture for a capacitive pressure sensor with a low-noise amplifier unit for amplification of sensor signals from the sensor. The amplifier unit includes first and second integrator units for integrating charges injected into input terminals of the amplifier unit and for outputting integrated charges to output terminals of the amplifier unit, a feedback unit, and a startup unit. The feedback unit reinjects integrated charges from the integrator unit into the input terminals of the amplifier unit. The startup unit is switchable between first and second switching states and is configured, in the first switching state, to route the charges injected into the input terminals past the first integrator unit into the second integrator unit and from the second integrator unit into the feedback unit, and, in the second switching state, to route charges injected into the input terminals directly into the first integrator unit.
G01L 9/12 - Measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or a fluent solid material by electric or magnetic pressure-sensitive elements; Transmitting or indicating the displacement of mechanical pressure-sensitive elements, used to measure the steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or fluent solid material, by electric or magnetic means by making use of variations in capacitance
An electromechanical linear actuator having a threaded drive, which comprises a threaded nut connected to a cantilever tube and a lead screw connected to a hollow shaft of an electric motor via a rotationally fixed connection in such a way that, by a rotation of the hollow shaft and the lead screw, the threaded nut and the cantilever tube are linearly movable. An axial design length of the electromechanical linear actuator in the maximally retracted state is minimized in that a holding brake for the lead screw and a first rotary bearing for bearing the lead screw on a housing of the linear actuator are arranged within the hollow shaft.
F16H 25/24 - Elements essential to such mechanisms, e.g. screws, nuts
H02K 7/00 - Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
A linear actuator having a threaded drive including a nut connected to a cantilever tube and a leadscrew coupled to a motor, so that, by rotation of the leadscrew, the threaded nut and the cantilever tube are linearly movable, and, regardless of the position of the cantilever tube, one end the leadscrew projects into the cantilever tube and is connected to a piston which divides an internal space formed by the cantilever tube into a first region on the side of the piston opposite the threaded nut and a second region on the side of the piston facing the nut. The two regions are separated from one another in a fluidically sealed manner. A relief of the threaded drive is improved since the first region is connected to a pressure accumulator to generate a relief pressure in the first region using the first pressure source.
A particle sensor for determining the concentration of soot in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The particle sensor includes a sleeve-shaped sensor housing, a sensor element fixed in the sensor housing and projecting beyond the sensor housing on the exhaust gas side, and a sleeve-shaped protection tube fastened to the sensor housing on the exhaust gas side, the protection tube including an inner protection sleeve and an outer protection sleeve, the inner protection sleeve surrounding an exhaust-gas-side end region of the sensor element, the outer protection sleeve surrounding the inner protection sleeve at least in some regions, so that an annular space is formed between the outer protection sleeve and inner protection sleeve. The outer protection sleeve and the inner protection sleeve each have a gas outlet and a gas inlet.
An apparatus. The apparatus includes at least a first comparator device, which is designed to compare a first input current with a first reference current and, based on the comparison, to output a first output current to a second comparator device, wherein the first output current corresponds to a difference of the first reference current and the first input current if the first input current is smaller than the first reference current, and wherein the first output current corresponds to a difference of the first input current and the first reference current if the first input current is greater than or equal to the first reference current.
H03M 1/06 - Continuously compensating for, or preventing, undesired influence of physical parameters
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RUNNING GEAR FOR A GONDOLA OF A GONDOLA LIFT SYSTEM, SUPPORT MEANS FOR GONDOLAS OF A GONDOLA LIFT SYSTEM, GONDOLA FOR A GONDOLA LIFT SYSTEM, GONDOLA LIFT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A RUNNING GEAR
A running gear for a gondola of a gondola lift system for use with support means of the gondola lift system. The running gear includes a running gear frame coupleable to a cabin of the gondola via a support arm, and at least one running wheel, rotatably mountable on the running gear frame, for traveling on a running device of the support means. The running gear includes a guide unit coupleable to the running gear frame via a swivelable cantilever. The guide unit includes a guide element for a form fit with one of two guide devices of the support means, and an actuator element for the form fit with one of two actuator devices of the support means that are rigidly coupled to the running device for deflection of the running device. The running gear includes a control element for swiveling the cantilever together with the guide unit.
The invention proposes a sensor (10) for detecting an electric current flowing through a conductor (12). The sensor (10) comprises a first measuring core (22) designed to detect a current flowing through the conductor (12) and to output a first signal indicating the current flowing through the conductor (12), wherein the first measuring core (22) is classified according to a first safety requirement level, a second measuring core (24) designed to detect a current flowing through the conductor (12) and to output a second signal indicating the current flowing through the conductor (12), wherein the second measuring core (24) is classified according to a second safety requirement level, and an evaluation circuit (26) designed to detect the first signal and the second signal, wherein the evaluation circuit (26) is designed to use the first signal to check the plausibility of the second signal.
G01R 19/00 - Arrangements for measuring currents or voltages or for indicating presence or sign thereof
G01R 15/18 - Adaptations providing voltage or current isolation, e.g. for high-voltage or high-current networks using inductive devices, e.g. transformers
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
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METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OBJECT MESSAGE, MESSAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A SURROUNDINGS MODEL OF A PARTICIPANT
The invention relates to a method for providing an object message (101) comprising selected information (1001) about a surrounding region of a participant in a communication network comprising the following steps: • acquiring (103) the selected information (1001) about the surrounding region, especially sensor data, • Comparing (105) a calculated or estimated data size (1051) of the object message (101), comprising the acquired information (1001) about the surrounding region, with a given maximum data size (1050) of the transmittable object message (1010), • if the calculated or estimated data size (1051) of the object message (101) exceeds the given maximum data size (1050), the method (100) comprises the following steps: ■ Segmentation (109) of the surrounding region of the participant into at least a first subregion and a second subregion, ■ Generating (111) a first transmittable object message segment (1110), at least comprising all of the selected information (1002) about the first subregion, ■ Generating (112) a second transmittable object message segment (1120), at least comprising al of the selected information (1003) about the second subregion, ■ Providing (110) the first transmittable object message segment (1110) and the second transmittable object message segment (1120) to be sent via the communication network (102).
The invention relates to a method for compensating for erroneous detections of pulse signals when determining the speed of a vehicle, said vehicle having a pulse-based speed sensor on a wheel and at least one other sensor for determining the speed of the vehicle. The method has the steps of: - determining the speed of the vehicle using the pulse-based speed sensor, - detecting a pulse signal of the pulse-based speed sensor, - calculating the distance traversed by the wheel up to the next pulse signal of the pulse-based speed sensor on the basis of the ascertained speed by means of the other sensor, - detecting an early pulse signal of the pulse-based speed sensor if the calculated distance is less than the circumference of the wheel and/or detecting a missing pulse signal of the pulse-based speed sensor if the calculated distance is greater than the circumference of the wheel, and - omitting the early pulse signal in the process of determining the speed of the vehicle using the pulse-based speed sensor and/or determining the speed of the vehicle using the at least one other sensor if a missing pulse signal has been detected.
G01P 21/02 - Testing or calibrating of apparatus or devices covered by the other groups of this subclass of speedometers
G01P 3/487 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed by measuring frequency of generated current or voltage of pulse signals delivered by rotating magnets
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CARBON CONDUCTOR WITH CARBON STRUCTURAL FORMS
The present invention relates to a method for producing an electrical carbon conductor from carbon structural forms, which are in particular allotropic modifications of the carbon, in particular graphite, pyrolytic graphite, graphene and/or carbon nanotubes, and precursor compounds of graphene, such as graphene oxide, for example, which, in order to increase the electrical conductivity of the electrical carbon conductor, are doped with an additive for doping the carbon structural forms, in particular aluminum fluoride and/or aluminum chlorofluoride and/or perfluorinated polymeric sulfonic acid, characterized by the steps: producing a liquid dispersion from undoped carbon structural forms and a solvent, adding the additive to the dispersion and mixing the dispersion, producing a conductor strand in fiber or film form to form the carbon conductor, in particular by wet-spinning the dispersion or by depositing the dispersion on a carrier material, and by removing the dispersion fluid from the conductor strand as a liquid phase, which is achieved in particular by drying, vacuum and heat treatment.
H01B 1/04 - Conductors or conductive bodies characterised by the conductive materials; Selection of materials as conductors mainly consisting of carbon-silicon compounds, carbon, or silicon
H01B 13/00 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing conductors or cables
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CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RIDER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM
The present disclosure provides a controller and a control method capable of assisting a rider in driving a straddle-type vehicle to which mounting of a surrounding environment detector is difficult.
The present disclosure provides a controller and a control method capable of assisting a rider in driving a straddle-type vehicle to which mounting of a surrounding environment detector is difficult.
A first straddle-type vehicle (200) has a first rider-assistance system (110) that is configured to assist a first rider (101) in driving a first straddle-type vehicle (200) and has no surrounding environment detector. A second straddle-type vehicle (100) has a second rider-assistance system (10) that is configured to assist a second rider (1) in driving the second straddle-type vehicle (100) and has a surrounding environment detector (11). The first rider-assistance system (110) receives information, which is based on surrounding environment information of the second straddle-type vehicle (100), from the second rider-assistance system (10) directly or indirectly by wireless communication and executes a rider-assistance operation to assist with the first rider (101) based on the information.
The invention relates to a fuel injection device (100) for a compression-ignition engine, comprising a first storage unit (20) which can be supplied with fuel by at least one high-pressure pump (16), the first storage unit (20) being arranged preferably inside the high-pressure pump (16), a first connecting line (26) from the first storage unit (20) to a second storage unit (30), and a second connecting line (40) from the second storage unit (30) to a fuel injector (50).
F02M 63/02 - Fuel-injection apparatus having several injectors fed by a common pumping element, or having several pumping elements feeding a common injector; Fuel-injection apparatus having provisions for cutting-out pumps, pumping elements, or injectors; Fuel-injection apparatus having provisions for variably interconnecting pumping elements and injectors alternatively
F02M 37/00 - Apparatus or systems for feeding liquid fuel from storage containers to carburettors or fuel-injection apparatus; Arrangements for purifying liquid fuel specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines
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HYDRAULIC BLOCK FOR A SERVICE BRAKE UNIT OF A HYDRAULIC POWER BRAKE SYSTEM
B60T 13/74 - Transmitting braking action from initiating means to ultimate brake actuator with power assistance or drive; Brake systems incorporating such transmitting means, e.g. air-pressure brake systems with electrical assistance or drive
B60T 7/04 - Brake-action initiating means for personal initiation foot-actuated
B60T 13/66 - Electrical control in fluid-pressure brake systems
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Device and Method for Separating Blood Plasma from Whole Blood
A microfluidic device includes at least one separation chamber having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet opens into the separation chamber at a lower height than the outlet. In order to separate blood plasma from whole blood, whole blood is introduced into the separation chamber of the microfluidic device, blood cells are sedimented from the whole blood, and blood plasma separated in the process is sublayered using a transport medium which has a higher density than the blood plasma.
A linear actuator has a screw drive having a threaded nut connected to an extension arm tube and a threaded spindle couplable to a motor. A first end of the spindle always projects into the tube and is connected to a piston which partitions an interior space formed by the tube into a first region on the side of the piston opposite to the nut and a second region on the side of the piston facing the nut. The regions are separated in a fluid-tight manner. The spindle is held in position since the nut comprises an annular piston that delimits an annular fluid space between a housing of the linear actuator and the tube in a fluid-tight manner, the hydraulically effective surface of which is the same size as that of the first region. The first region and the annular fluid space are fluidically connected by a switching valve.
A method for training a machine learning model. The method includes: determining a plurality of training sequences of training-input data elements, wherein for each training sequence each training-input data element contains sensor data for a time point from a time period assigned to the training sequence in which a prespecified event takes place at least once at one or more respective event time points; determining, for each training-input data element, the temporal distance between the time point for which the training-input data element contains sensor data and one of the one or more respective event time points; and training the machine learning model depending on the determined temporal distances.
A microfluidic cartridge has an L-shaped base. The base is based on a rectangle and a corner region of the rectangle is missing, so that the microfluidic cartridge is positionable relative to a second microfluidic cartridge having the same base, such that a respective projection of the base of the microfluidic cartridge engages in the missing corner region of the base of the second microfluidic cartridge.
The invention relates to an optical system (101b) for a retinal scan display. A plurality of first exit pupils (A, B) and replicated second exit pupils (A', B') are created. A computer unit (53a) is designed such that, depending on second light beams (51a) in a first infrared wavelength range detected by a first sensor (62a) and back-scattered by an external eye surface (56a) or the modulation of the power of a second light source (83a) and/or depending on third light beams (67a) in a second infrared wavelength range back-scattered by the external eye surface (56a) or a modulation of a power of a third light source (85a) and/or depending on back-scattered third light beams (67a) detected by a second sensor (65a) or the modulation of the power of the third light source (85a), it determines the positions of the first exit pupils (A, B) relative to a pupil centre point (59a) and the positions of the second exit pupils (A', B') relative to the pupil centre point (59a). The computer unit (53a) also functions to differentiate the determined positions of the determined first exit pupils (A,B) relative to the pupil centre point (59a) in relation to the determined positions of the determined second exit pupils (A', B') relative to the pupil centre point (59a) from one another.
The invention relates to an event-based camera (10) for generating sensor data, in particular for a laser beam working system, comprising a camera chip (12) and an objective (14) for imaging an object (20) in a capture region (24) of the event-based camera (10) onto the camera chip (12), the event-based camera (10) comprising an illuminating device (22), and the illuminating device (22) being designed to illuminate the camera chip (12) with light. The invention also relates to a laser beam working system comprising the event-based camera (10) for monitoring a laser beam working process and to the use of the event-based camera (10) for monitoring a laser beam working process, in particular for monitoring a laser beam welding process.
H04N 23/56 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof provided with illuminating means
H04N 23/55 - Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
B23K 26/03 - Observing, e.g. monitoring, the workpiece
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SHUT-OFF VALVE DEVICE FOR A FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH, IN PARTICULAR, GASEOUS FUEL, PRESSURE REGULATING DEVICE FOR SUCH A FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM
A shut-off valve device (32) for a fuel supply system for supplying an internal combustion engine with, in particular, gaseous fuel, comprises an inlet (54), an outlet (56), a first valve (58) with a first valve element, which is acted upon in the closing direction by a first biasing device (62) and can be acted upon in the opening direction by a controllable actuator (64), characterised in that the shut-off valve device (32) further comprises a second valve (60) hydraulically parallel to the first valve (58) and having a second valve element, which is acted upon by an inlet-side fluid pressure in the closing direction and by an outlet-side fluid pressure in the opening direction, and which is mechanically coupled (70) to the first valve (58) in the closing direction in such a way that it closes when the first valve (58) closes.
The invention relates to a method for analyzing the state, in particular the health, of a rechargeable battery pack (16; 16a), in particular an exchangeable rechargeable battery pack (26; 26a), having the steps of: - detecting (100) at least one resistance characteristic; - ascertaining (102) at least one resistance on the basis of the resistance characteristic, - additionally detecting (104) at least one temperature characteristic; - additionally ascertaining (106) at least one temperature on the basis of the temperature characteristic; and - calculating (108) the SoH value of the rechargeable battery pack (16; 16a) while taking into consideration the at least one resistance and the at least one temperature.
The invention relates to an arrangement (10) for measuring a bearing force of a bottom bracket (24) of a vehicle (100) which can be operated by means of muscle power and/or motor power, the arrangement comprising a bottom bracket (24), a bearing receptacle (5), which at least partly annularly engages around the bottom bracket (24), a bearing force sensor (51), and a measuring unit (6), wherein a flexible bar (53) which is bendable in a radial direction is formed on the bearing receptacle (5), wherein the bearing force sensor (51) is designed to detect a deformation of the flexible bar (53), and wherein the measuring unit (6) is designed to measure a bearing force on the bearing bracket (24) on the basis of the deformation of the flexible bar (53), which has been detected by means of the bearing force sensor (51).
The invention relates to a drive unit (1) of a vehicle (100) able to be driven by muscle force and/or motor force, comprising a motor (2) with an output shaft (22), a crank shaft (3) and a transmission (4), wherein the transmission (4) is configured for torque transmission between the output shaft (22) and the crank shaft (3), wherein the output shaft (22) is arranged coaxially to the crank shaft (3), and wherein the transmission (4) is designed as a spur gear transmission.
The invention relates to a method for ascertaining an erroneous pulse signal when measuring the speed of a vehicle, in particular a single-track vehicle, such as an e-bike, said vehicle having a pulse-based speed sensor on a wheel. The method has the steps of: - detecting a first, second, third, and fourth pulse signal using the pulse-based speed sensor, - determining a first difference between the points in time of the second and first pulse signal, determining a second difference between the points in time of the third and second pulse signal, and determining a third difference between the points in time of the fourth and third pulse signal, - ascertaining whether the third pulse signal was detected too early or too late by at least comparing the first and/or the second difference with at least one first threshold, and - ascertaining the third pulse signal type by at least comparing the third and the second difference with at least one second threshold.
G01P 21/02 - Testing or calibrating of apparatus or devices covered by the other groups of this subclass of speedometers
G01P 3/487 - Devices characterised by the use of electric or magnetic means for measuring angular speed by measuring frequency of generated current or voltage of pulse signals delivered by rotating magnets
A method for self-monitoring of a radar sensor, which carries out object detection of an object by way of a measurement process on the basis of a measurement signal and is monitored by way of self-monitoring carried out during the measurement process using a test signal superimposed on the measurement signal. The test signal is encoded by signal encoding such that it can be differentiated from the measurement signal. A radar sensor is also described.
A method for training an agent having a planning component. The method includes carrying out a plurality of control passes, and training the planning component to reduce a loss that includes, for each of a plurality of coarse-scale state transitions occurring in the control passes from a coarse-scale state to a coarse-scale successor state, an auxiliary loss that represents a deviation between a value outputted by the planning component for the coarse-scale state and the sum of a reward received for the coarse-scale state transition and at least a portion of the value of the coarse-scale successor state.
G05B 13/02 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric
A method for location attestation for a device connected to a network. The method includes: ascertaining at least one initial fingerprint, wherein the at least one initial fingerprint is specific to an initial network environment of the device in the network; storing the at least one ascertained initial fingerprint as a reference; ascertaining at least one current fingerprint, wherein the at least one current fingerprint is specific to a current network environment of the device on the network; comparing the at least one ascertained current fingerprint with the reference; verifying a geographic location of the device at least partially based on the comparison.
Systems and methods for generating new images for training a machine-learning model are disclosed. Image data is produced regarding an image captured by an image sensor. The image data is altered such that the style of the image (e.g., color, shading, orientation, etc.) is altered. The altered image data is encoded into a first latent space. An image from a database is selected based on its similarity to the altered image and a decoding of the first latent space. Style encodings of the first latent space are extracted to classify a style of the altered image data in a second latent space. New images are then generated utilizing a reconstructor model that combines the two latent spaces. These new images can be used to train an image-recognition model.
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED CREATION OF ANNOTATED DATA AND TRAINING OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL THEREFROM
The systems and methods described herein are directed to a Co-Augmentation framework that may learn new rules and labels simultaneously from unlabeled data with a small set of seed rules and a few manually labeled training data. The augmented rules and labels are further used to train supervised neural network models. Specifically, the systems and methods described herein include two major components: a rule augmenter, and a label augmenter. The rule augmenter is directed to learning new rules, which can be used to obtain weak labels from unlabeled data. The label augmenter is directed to learning new labels from unlabeled data. The Co-Augmentation framework is an iterative learning process which generates and refines a high precision set. At each iteration, both the rule augmenter and label augmenter will contribute new and more accurate labels to the high precision set, which is in turn used to train both the rule augmenter and label augmenter.
A method for training a machine learning model. The method comprises receiving a training dataset that includes a plurality of images. The method also includes identifying, by a machine learning model, at least one portion of at least one image of the plurality of images in the training dataset associated with a first object type. The method further includes identifying other images having at least one portion that includes the first object type. The method also includes grouping the identified other images into a first image group. The method also includes generating for display a first user interface, that at least includes a rank matrix, wherein a first row of the rank matrix represents the images of the first image object. The user may provide feedback for the visualization using the first interface. The method may also include training the machine learning model based on the user feedback.
A method includes generating, using a machine learning model and at a first time interval, a first current vehicle position prediction and generating, using the machine learning model, at a second time interval, a first historical vehicle trajectory prediction based on at least the first current vehicle position prediction and previous spatial information. The method also includes generating, using the machine learning model, at a third time interval, a first future vehicle position prediction based on the first current vehicle position prediction and the first historical vehicle trajectory predication. The method also includes receiving, at the first time interval, sensor data and a sequence of waypoints, and controlling, at the first time interval, at least one vehicle operation of the vehicle using the first current vehicle position prediction, the first historical vehicle trajectory prediction, the first future vehicle position prediction, the sensor data, and the sequence of waypoints.
B60W 60/00 - Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles
B60W 40/02 - Estimation or calculation of driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit related to ambient conditions
B60W 50/00 - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit
A press guard configured to be detachably coupled to an industrial press machine. The press guard comprises a guard surface that is not flush with the work surface of the industrial press, providing a gap-space to accommodate work pieces of irregular size or shape. The press guard further comprises a hinge bracket and latch mechanism to detachably couple to industrial presses having a wide variety of configurations.
B30B 15/08 - Accessory tools, e.g. knives; Mountings therefor
F16P 3/08 - Safety devices acting in conjunction with the control or operation of a machine; Control arrangements requiring the simultaneous use of two or more parts of the body in connection with the locking of doors, covers, guards, or like members giving access to moving machine parts
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OBJECT TRAJECTORY CLUSTERING WITH HYBRID REASONING FOR MACHINE LEARNING
Methods and systems of building a knowledge graph based on event-based ontology of a scene and vehicle trajectory in the scene. Image data corresponding to a plurality of scenes captured by one or more cameras is received. Event-based ontology data corresponding to events occurring in the plurality of scenes is received. Via an object-tracking machine-learning model, the system determines (i) a presence of a plurality of vehicles in the image data, and (ii) a plurality of vehicle trajectories, each vehicle trajectory associated with a respective one of the vehicles. Using a clustering model, the vehicle trajectories are clustered. A knowledge graph is augmented based on the clustered vehicle trajectories and the event-based ontology.
G06V 20/58 - Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads
G06V 10/762 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using clustering, e.g. of similar faces in social networks
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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND LOCALIZATION
The systems and methods described herein provide a means for obtaining an accurate localization of static/mobile portable devices with respect to static/mobile infrastructure. A real-world environment presents unique challenges when localizing a given portable tag. Measurement of various geometric properties such as distance and/or angle to given infrastructure sensor is often erroneous due to process phasing of main paths and superimposition with various multipath reflected signals. These errors are not known beforehand and vary per environmental conditions. Therefore, performing localization in such scenarios is non-trivial. The systems and methods described herein will highlight several methods and possible algorithm process flows to improve performance.
A system includes a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to receive sound information and vibrational information from a device in a first environment, generate a training data set utilizing at least the vibrational information and a sound perception score associated with the corresponding sound of the vibrational information, wherein the training data set is fed into an un-trained machine learning model, in response to meeting a convergence threshold of the un-trained machine learning model, outputting a trained machine learning model, receive real-time vibrational information from the device in a second environment, and based on the real-time vibrational information as an input to the trained machine learning model, output a real-time sound perception score indicating characteristics associated with sound emitted from the device.
The invention relates to a DC/DC converter with three DC voltage connections between which electrical energy can be exchanged. At least one resonant circuit is provided in the DC/DC converter for resonant operation of the DC/DC converter. Components for resonant operation are also preferably provided for other DC voltage connections.
H02M 1/00 - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF - Details of apparatus for conversion
H02M 3/00 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
B60L 55/00 - Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
The invention relates to a waveguide (1) consisting of two waveguide parts (11, 12). Each waveguide part (11, 12) has a wave guide body (111, 121) and a part (110, 120) of at least one waveguide channel (10), which are arranged such that they form the at least one waveguide channel (10) when the two waveguide parts (11, 12) are joined together. The opposing surfaces (112, 122) of the two waveguide parts (11, 12) are designed in parallel. A pin (2) is formed in the waveguide body (111) of the first waveguide part (11), which projects in the direction of the second waveguide part (12). A recess (3) receiving the pin (2) is formed in the waveguide body (121) of the second waveguide part (12). The pin (2) and the recess (3) are arranged coaxially relative to one another and the pin (3) and the recess (3) do not come into contact in the assembled state of the waveguide (1).
The invention relates to a waveguide (1) consisting of two waveguide parts (11, 12). Each waveguide part (11, 12) has a wave guide body (111, 121) and a part (110, 120) of at least one waveguide channel (10) which are arranged such that they form the at least one waveguide channel (10) when the two waveguide parts (11, 12) are joined together. The opposing surfaces (112, 122) of the two waveguide parts are parallel. A recess (2, 23 - 26) is provided in a side wall (114, 124) of a waveguide channel (10). The width (b) and the height (h) of the recess (2, 23 - 26) are substantially smaller than half the wavelength of a signal for which the at least one waveguide channel (10) is designed.
The invention relates to a method for determining an ambient temperature at the installation site of a component (110), comprising: detecting a coolant temperature (10) of a coolant that is used to cool the component (110); and, determining (20) the assumed ambient temperature (30) at the installation site of the component (110) on the basis of at least the coolant temperature (10). The invention also relates to a method for determining a temperature (80) of a component (110), comprising: determining (60) an expected temperature (70) of the component (110) for a predetermined ambient temperature of the component; and, correcting the expected temperature (70) of the component (110) on the basis of an assumed ambient temperature (30) of the component, in order to determine the temperature (80) of the component (110).
A DC voltage converter having three DC voltage connections. The DC voltage converter can exchange electrical energy between the three DC voltage connections in any desired way. The DC voltage converter comprises a resonant circuit for resonant operation. In addition, a combination of an H-bridge circuit and a step-down converter is provided on at least one DC voltage converter connection.
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate ac using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
84.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERRUPTING A CHARGING PROCESS OF A POWER SOURCE OF AN ELECTRIC DRIVE
The invention relates to a method (500) for interrupting a charging process of a power source (230) of an electric drive (200), having the steps of: detecting (510) a fault at a highside switch (231, 233, 235) of a first half-bridge of the inverter (210), and closing (520) a lowside switch (232, 234, 236) of a half-bridge of the inverter (210).
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
B60L 3/04 - Cutting-off the power supply under fault conditions
B60L 53/24 - Using the vehicle's propulsion converter for charging
H02M 1/32 - Means for protecting converters other than by automatic disconnection
B60L 53/10 - Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles characterised by the energy transfer between the charging station and the vehicle
85.
CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER CONVERTER, AND ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM
The invention relates to monitoring a freewheeling mode in an electric drive system. For this purpose, the electrical power on the direct-current side, the alternating-current side or in the half-bridges in the power converter is detected by sensors. Freewheeling is terminated in accordance with the detected sensor values as soon as a predetermined termination criterion is met.
H02P 3/22 - Arrangements for stopping or slowing electric motors, generators, or dynamo-electric converters for stopping or slowing an individual dynamo-electric motor or dynamo-electric converter for stopping or slowing an ac motor by short-circuit or resistive braking
86.
EYE TRACKING DEVICE, DATA GLASSES, AND EYE TRACKING METHOD
The invention relates to an eye tracking device (40) for detecting and/or tracking a pupil position (10), in particular in a pair of data glasses (12), comprising at least one virtual retinal scan display (14), having at least one laser projector (16) that is designed to at least emit a laser beam bundle (22), which comprises at least one visible laser signal (18), in particular an RGB laser signal, and at least one infrared laser signal (20) and which contains at least one (RGB) image to be displayed, and having at least one optical system (24) comprising at least one replicating optical element (26) which is at least designed to multiply the (RGB) image to be displayed in order to output same into a plurality of exit pupils (eyeboxes, 30, 64) of the optical system (24), said exit pupils being mutually spaced at least on a pupil plane (28) of the virtual retinal scan display (14). According to the invention, the optical system (24) has a wavelength-selective optical element (32) which is designed to solely manipulate the infrared laser signal (20) of the laser beam bundle (22) and allow the visible laser signal (18), in particular the RGB laser signal, of the laser beam bundle (22) to pass at least substantially unchanged.
The invention relates to a gas supply apparatus (1) comprising: a shaft (7) which is mounted in a housing (15) so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation (13); and a temperature-control device (11) comprising a medium temperature control means (12) that surrounds the shaft (7) and is combined with a gas temperature control means (20). In order to improve the gas supply apparatus (1) in terms of its functionality and/or it manufacturing method, the gas temperature control means (20) comprises at least two temperature control chambers (51, 52), which are connected to one another via a first temperature control path (61), which is connected in a temperature-controlling manner to at least one first component (71) to be temperature controlled.
The invention relates to a charging device for a vehicle, the input side of the charging device (500) comprising an input terminal unit (100) for connecting a multiphase alternating voltage and a PFC stage (200) for providing a direct voltage at an intermediate terminal (300), a second connection line (120) being divided into a first part of the second connection line (120_1) and a second part of the second connection line (120_2), and a second switching element (S2) being provided which is located between the first part of the second connection line (120_1) and the second part of the second connection line (120_2) and being designed to conduct a charging current from the second input terminal (L2) via the first part and the second part of the second connection line (120_1, 120_2) to the second choke (204), or to conduct a charging current from the first connection line (110) via the second part of the second connection line (120_2) to the second choke (204).
H02M 1/36 - Means for starting or stopping converters
H02M 7/12 - Conversion of ac power input into dc power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
H02M 1/42 - Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters
B60L 53/22 - Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
H02J 7/04 - Regulation of the charging current or voltage
89.
CHARGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE CHARGING DEVICE
The invention relates to a charging device for a vehicle, the input side of the charging device (500) comprising an input terminal unit (100) for connecting a single-phase or multiphase alternating voltage and a PFC stage (200) for providing a direct voltage at an intermediate terminal (300), the PFC stage (200) comprising a half-bridge (210, 220, 230) for each phase of the n-phases, a first switching element (S1) being connected on one side to the positive ends of the half-bridges and on the other side to the positive intermediate terminal (310) and being designed to enable or interrupt a current flow between the positive ends of the half-bridges and the positive intermediate terminal (310) via the first switching element (S1).
H02M 1/36 - Means for starting or stopping converters
H02M 7/12 - Conversion of ac power input into dc power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode
H02M 1/42 - Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters
H02J 7/04 - Regulation of the charging current or voltage
B60L 53/22 - Constructional details or arrangements of charging converters specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
90.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WEAR ANALYSIS OF A COMPONENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
The invention relates to a method for the wear analysis of at least one component of a motor vehicle. Sensor data are captured by at least one sensor, the sensor data being captured in order to provide at least one basic function of the motor vehicle and/or of a drive train of the motor vehicle. Data which are dependant on an instantaneous state of the at least one component are calculated using a model, the model receiving the captured sensor data as an input variable. Information regarding instantaneous wear of the at least one component is determined using the calculated data.
The invention relates to a hard metal tip (502), in particular a hard metal tip for a drilling tool, having at least one cutting edge (506) and a joining surface for connection of the hard metal tip to a main part of the drilling tool. According to the invention, the hard metal tip (502) has at least one closed suction channel (516).
B28D 1/14 - Working stone or stone-like materials, e.g. brick, concrete, not provided for elsewhere; Machines, devices, tools therefor by boring or drilling
The present invention relates to a regeneration method (100) for regenerating a contaminated fuel cell stack (201). The regeneration method (100) comprises: - passing (101) reconditioning agent into the fuel cell stack (201), - rinsing (103) the reconditioning reagent from the fuel cell stack (201), the reconditioning reagent containing mobile anions or a mobile-anion precursor.
H01M 8/04223 - Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells
94.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING POSITIONS BETWEEN TRAFFIC PARTICIPANTS
The invention relates to a method for detecting the position of at least one first traffic participant (V1.1, V1.2) with a first transceiver unit relative to a second traffic participant (V2.1, V2.2, V3.1, V3.2) with a second transceiver unit in a spatially defined region. The transceiver units are radio-based, and no absolute positioning processes are carried out. Furthermore, the method has the steps of wirelessly measuring the distance (a1, a2, b1, b2, c1, c2) between the first traffic participant and the second traffic participant in the defined region at a defined point in time by means of the first traffic participant using the transceiver units and generating distance information. In another step, the distance information is provided to the second traffic participant via the radio-based transceiver unit.
G01S 5/00 - Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
ELECTRIC BICYCLE WITH A RADIO INTERFACE, SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND A MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE TERMINAL AND/OR FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE
The invention relates to an electric bicycle comprising a radio interface for directly connecting the electric bicycle to a mobile terminal, wherein the radio interface is designed to continuously transmit a radio signal. According to the invention, the radio signal is designed in such a way that application software can be executed on the mobile terminal by means of the radio signal.
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
B62J 50/22 - Information-providing devices intended to provide information to rider or passenger electronic, e.g. displays
H04W 4/80 - Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
96.
METHOD OF OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CLOSE TO A COMBUSTION LIMIT IN THE LOW POWER RANGE
The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular a hydrogen engine, having a plurality of cylinders, by determining a combustion air ratio of the internal combustion engine, comparing the determined combustion air ratio with a predetermined lower limit value and an upper limit value corresponding to the combustion limits, to control the operation of the internal combustion engine by: a) adjusting (10) cylinder-specific injection quantities of fuel based on a rail pressure signal of the combustion engine, as soon as the determined combustion air ratio corresponds at most to the lower limit value, in order to achieve equalisation of the injection quantities of the cylinders, b) adjusting (12) the cylinder-specific injection quantities of fuel based on the speed of the combustion engine, as soon as the determined combustion air ratio in a transition range close to the combustion limit is above the lower limit value and below the upper limit value, in order to take into account cycle fluctuations of the cylinders, c) switching off (14) at least one cylinder and adjusting the cylinder-specific injection quantities of fuel distributed to the remaining cylinders according to measure a) or measure b), as soon as the determined combustion air ratio has reached the upper limit value and thus the combustion limit, wherein the respective ignition angle is kept in an efficiency-optimised range as part of all of measures a), b) or c).
F02D 41/00 - Electrical control of supply of combustible mixture or its constituents
F02D 19/06 - Controlling engines characterised by their use of non-liquid fuels, pluralities of fuels, or non-fuel substances added to the combustible mixtures peculiar to engines working with pluralities of fuels, e.g. alternatively with light and heavy fuel oil, other than engines indifferent to the fuel consumed
F02D 19/02 - Controlling engines characterised by their use of non-liquid fuels, pluralities of fuels, or non-fuel substances added to the combustible mixtures peculiar to engines working with gaseous fuels
F02D 35/02 - Non-electrical control of engines, dependent on conditions exterior or interior to engines, not otherwise provided for on interior conditions
97.
DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE PORTION OF A MEASUREMENT GAS COMPONENT HAVING BOUND OXYGEN IN A MEASUREMENT GAS
Provided are a function management system and a function management method which are highly convenient for users, while realizing authentication with high security. A function management system (1) according to the present invention comprises: a management unit (60) having a message generation unit (62) that generates, in accordance with an input of a user boarding on a vehicle (10), a message for enabling or disabling a function of an electronic control device (40) constituting an on-vehicle network (50) to be mounted on the vehicle; a processing unit (70) that processes the message by using identification information allocated to each function of the electronic control device; and an execution unit (80) that changes a function state for enabling or disabling execution of a function in accordance with the message processed by the processing unit. The management unit (60) comprises: a reading unit (71) that reads a function state of a current function after receiving the message; a determination unit (72) that compares the function state with a request through the message, and determines whether to enable or disable the function; and a command generation unit (73) that generates, in accordance with the determination, a command to be transmitted to the execution unit.
H04L 9/32 - Arrangements for secret or secure communications; Network security protocols including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
The present invention provides a control device and a control method that can improve the safety of a saddle-ride type vehicle. In a control device (20) and a control method according to the present invention, an acquisition unit of the control device (20) acquires positional relationship information about a saddle-ride type vehicle (1) and a rear vehicle that is a vehicle positioned behind the saddle-ride type vehicle (1), an execution unit of the control device (20) executes a rider assistance operation to assist a rider in driving, and the execution unit executes, on the basis of the positional relationship information, a lane change notification operation that is a rider assistance operation to notify the rider of an instruction to change lanes.
The present invention provides a control device and a control method capable of improving assistance for a rider. This control device for a saddled vehicle (100) rider assistance system comprises an execution unit that executes rider assistance operation for assisting a rider of the host vehicle (100) on the basis of the positional relationship between the host vehicle (100) and a subject, and further comprises an acquisition unit that, if it is determined that a group traveling mode in which a group composed of a plurality of saddled vehicles (300) including the host vehicle (100) travels within in one lane (L) in a plurality of vehicle rows (C1 C2) is in effect, acquires position information of the host vehicle (100) within the group. If it is determined that the group traveling mode is in effect, the execution unit executes the rider assistance operation on the basis of the position information acquired by the acquisition unit.
