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20120270571 | ANNOTATING ELECTRONIC DATA WITH GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for annotating electronic data with geographic locations. Specifically, a first geographic location of a device (e.g., a camera, a cellular/smart phone, etc.) can be determined using technology such as GPS technology, a wireless Internet signal, and/or a cellular signal. Then, a motion detector associated with the device (e.g., integrated with the device, carried by a user of the device, etc.) will determine a positional difference of the device from the first geographic location (e.g., by detecting a series of movements of the device from the first geographic location). Based on the first geographic location and the positional difference, a second geographic location will be determined/computed. Thereafter, a set of electronic data available to the device (e.g., on the device's internal memory, on a removable memory card inserted into the device, etc.) can be annotated/tagged with the second geographic location. In one embodiment, the second geographic location may only be annotated to the electronic data that was captured/received at the second geographic location. | 10-25-2012 |
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20140294236 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOTE RECOGNITION - At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature systems and methods for note recognition. The note recognition system includes a sensor, a note recognition module, and a note extraction module. The sensor is configured to capture a visual representation of a scene having one or more notes. The note recognition module is coupled to the sensor. The note recognition module is configured to receive the captured visual representation and determine a general boundary of a note from the captured visual representation. The note extraction module is configured to extract content of the note from the captured visual representation based on the determined general boundary of the note. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297646 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING NOTES - At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature systems and methods for managing notes. The note management system includes a note source, a note recognition module, a note extraction module, and a note labeling module. The note source is a visual representation of a scene having a note. The note recognition module is configured to receive the visual representation and determine a general boundary of the note from the visual representation. The note extraction module is configured to extract content of the note from the visual representation based on the determined general boundary. The note labeling module is configured to label the note with a category. | 10-02-2014 |
20150262023 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOTE RECOGNITION - At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature systems and methods for note recognition. The note recognition system includes a sensor, a note recognition module, and a note extraction module. The sensor is configured to capture a visual representation of a scene having one or more notes. The note recognition module is coupled to the sensor. The note recognition module is configured to receive the captured visual representation and determine a general boundary of a note from the captured visual representation. The note extraction module is configured to extract content of the note from the captured visual representation based on the determined general boundary of the note. | 09-17-2015 |
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20100252763 | PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE - A pressure regulating valve having a compression spring fixed in a valve housing for positioning a valve plunger connected to a magnetic armature in the position above a valve seat and not electromagnetically excited, in order to create a connection between at least two pressure medium channels opening into the valve housing, and having a further compression spring disposed coaxially to the first compression spring in the valve housing, having the characteristic that the first compression spring is designed as a control spring forming a stroke and force-specific spring drive by adjusting the spring rates of both compression springs to the force/distance curve of an electromagnet by varying the current in an exciter coil, wherein the further compression spring is designed as a variably adjustable spring acting opposite to the control spring. | 10-07-2010 |
20130033097 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKING SYSTEM - A system and method for operating a hydraulic braking system) for motor vehicles with an electrically controllable pressure provision device), a high-pressure accumulator, which can be connected to the pressure provision device via a hydraulic connection), in which an electrically controllable shutoff valve is arranged, wheel brakes, which can be supplied with pressure medium by means of the pressure provision device and/or the high-pressure accumulator. An electronic control and regulating unit is provided for actuating the electrically controllable pressure provision device and/or the electrically controllable shutoff valve so as to regulate the hydraulic pressure which is provided by the pressure provision device and the high-pressure accumulator If a pressure buildup is carried out by activation of the pressure provision device, the high-pressure accumulator is connected only temporarily by at least partial opening of the shutoff valve. | 02-07-2013 |
20130204502 | Method for Controlling a Motor Vehicle Brake System - A method in which open- or closed-loop control of a motor vehicle brake system is carried out having friction brakes on the wheels of at least one axle, wherein the brake pressure generating means for the wheels of at least one axle are in a direct operative connection to the brake pedal, and at least one electrical machine is in an operative connection to at least one axle which can be used by applying an electrically regenerative braking torque for converting kinetic energy into electrical energy. In order to raise the efficiency level of the recuperation, the regenerative deceleration is increased even in the case of an unchanged brake pedal position and/or brake pedal force, and a motor vehicle brake system which is open-loop or closed-loop controlled. | 08-08-2013 |
20140028084 | Brake System for Motor Vehicles - A motor vehicle brake system operable in a brake-by-wire and fallback modes. The system includes a brake pedal ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140110997 | Brake System for Motor Vehicles and Method for Operating the Brake System - A motor vehicle brake system and method operable in a brake by wire and in a fallback operating mode. In addition to a first pressure supply unit a second electrically controllable pressure supply unit having at least one intake port and one pressure port, the intake port of which is connected or connectable to one of the pressure chambers and the pressure port of which is connectable or connected to the brake circuit associated with the pressure chamber. The second pressure supply unit is arranged in the hydraulic connection between one of the pressure chambers of the brake master cylinder and the brake circuit associated with the pressure chamber. | 04-24-2014 |
20140152085 | Brake System for Motor Vehicles. and Method for Operating the Brake System - A motor vehicle brake system actuated in brake-by-wire and fallback operating modes, having a brake master cylinder, brake circuits, a pressure medium storage vessel, a brake pedal, a separating valve for separating the brake circuit into a first section connected to the separating valve the master cylinder, and a second section connected to the separating valve and the wheel brakes. A first pressure provision device has a piston actuated by an actuator, a simulation device connected by a simulator release valve to the master cylinder for a pleasant brake pedal feel in the brake-by-wire operating mode. A first electronic control and regulating unit actuates the first pressure provision device, the separating valves and the simulator release valve. A second pressure provision device has a suction connector and a pressure connector per brake circuit being connected to the inlet of the separating valve. | 06-05-2014 |
20140203626 | Brake System for Motor Vehicles and Method for Operating a Brake System - A brake system includes a hydraulic actuating unit, which can be actuated by way of a brake pedal, a travel simulator interacting with the hydraulic actuating unit, a pressure medium reservoir under atmospheric pressure assigned to the hydraulic actuating unit, a first electrically controllable pressure supply device, a second electrically controllable pressure supply device, an electronic control unit and an electronically controllable pressure modulation device for setting wheel-specific brake pressures. The brake system preferably operates in a “brake-by-wire” mode but can also operate in a fallback mode. The second electrically controllable pressure supply device can provide boost volume during braking in a fallback mode. | 07-24-2014 |
20140368027 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES, AND BRAKE SYSTEM - A system and method for operating a brake system for motor vehicles, includes a master brake cylinder actuated by a brake pedal and separably connected to at least one hydraulically acutuatable wheel brake by at least one brake circuit, a hydraulically operable pedal travel simulator is connectable to the master brake cylinder, an electrically controllable pressure provision apparatus is separably connected to the brake circuit, and an electronic open-loop and closed-loop control unit. Upon brake pedal actuation, a pressure of the pressure provision apparatus is applied to the brake circuit in a first operating mode and the pressure of the master brake cylinder is applied to the brake circuit in a second operating mode. In the event of transition from the second operating mode to the first operating mode while the brake pedal is actuated, the actuation travel of the brake pedal is adjusted by electronic open-loop or closed-loop control. | 12-18-2014 |
20150020520 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING ANALOG-CONTROLLED HYDRAULIC VALVES AND BRAKE SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL AND REGULATING UNIT IN WHICH THE METHOD IS CARRIED OUT - A method for determining a driving characteristic of an analogized or analog-controlled hydraulic valve of a motor vehicle hydraulic brake system in which a brake pressure generated with the aid of an electrically controllable, electric-motor-driven pressure supply device, is conducted to a wheel brake via an inlet valve and can be conducted via an outlet valve from the wheel brake into a pressure medium container. The pressure supply device and the inlet valves, and outlet valves, can be controlled by an electronic control unit. For determining the control characteristic of an analogized or analog-controlled inlet or outlet valve, a brake pressure is generated by the control unit via the pressure supply device, and the brake pressure is determined by a pressure sensor associated with the pressure supply device. The determined brake pressure and an associated valve control variable are stored as a calibration point of the control characteristic. | 01-22-2015 |
20150027113 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND BRAKE SYSTEM - A method for operating a hydraulic system with a plurality of consumers an electrically controllable pressure supply device and an electrically actuable inlet valve, per consumer, which inlet valve is arranged between the pressure supply device and the consumer, wherein a pressure/volume relationship is predefined or determined for each consumer, wherein each consumer is assigned to a first group or a second group of consumers, wherein the first group of consumers includes at least one consumer, and wherein, in order to set predefined consumer-specific setpoint pressures, the first group of consumers is connected via the respectively opened inlet valve to the pressure supply device, and the inlet valves of the consumers of the second group are closed, wherein the inlet valve of a single, selected consumer of the second group is opened while being regulated to build up a pressure, and a brake system for motor vehicles. | 01-29-2015 |
20160023644 | Brake System for Motor Vehicles - A brake system for motor vehicles, having a brake master cylinder actuated by a brake pedal with at least one first pressure chamber. The brake master cylinder communicating with wheel brakes; and a hydraulic fluid storage container. A pressure balancing connection connects to the fluid storage container. A first electrically controllable pressure supply device communicating with the wheel brakes. A pressure regulating valve arrangement for regulated wheel brake pressure. A first electronic control and regulating unit actuated the first pressure supply device and the pressure regulating valve arrangement. A second electrically controllable pressure supply device connected to the brake master cylinder and having a pressure outlet connection paired with a second electronic control and regulating unit. The first and the second pressure supply device generate braking pressures independently of each other, and the pressure outlet connection is connected to the pressure balancing connection. | 01-28-2016 |
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