Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090033926 | Device for Calibrating an Image Sensor System in a Motor Vehicle - A device for calibrating an image sensor system in a motor vehicle includes an onboard calibration object situated on engine hood of vehicle. The engine hood is put into a selected position to perform the calibration. | 02-05-2009 |
20090315992 | Image Capturing Device for a Driver Assistance System - An image capturing device for a driver assistance system having a mobile communication device includes an image sensor and a holding device for holding the mobile communication device in a vehicle. The holding device includes a device adapter for accommodating the communication device, a vehicle adapter disposed in a manner that is fixed to the vehicle, and a universal module that is disposed between the vehicle adapter and the device adapter. | 12-24-2009 |
20090321165 | Speed Control Device and Motor Vehicle Having Such a Speed Control Device - A speed control device for motor vehicles, having a controller and a user interface. A plurality of operating modes is implemented in the controller, which differ in their control strategies and include at least one eco mode, whose control strategy is optimized for a fuel-saving manner of driving. The user interface has an input device for selecting the operating mode. Use of the device is made advantageously in a hybrid vehicle. The control strategy may then be adapted to various parameters of the hybrid vehicle (charge state, power of the electric motor, scope of the regenerative braking). | 12-31-2009 |
20090321229 | "TURN-SIGNAL SWITCH FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH HAS AN ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL" - A turn-signal switch for a motor vehicle, which has an adaptive cruise control, has, in addition to an OFF position and an ON position, at least one command position situated beyond the ON position, in which it outputs a command to the cruise control to modify the setpoint acceleration. | 12-31-2009 |
20100013928 | IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM - An image recording system having a CCD camera or CMOS camera for picking up the surroundings of a vehicle. The image recording system additionally includes a radiation sensor for sensing a pulsed light source, as well as a control device, controlled by the radiation sensor, which determines the discrepancy between the exposure phase of the camera and the ON phase of the pulsed light source and minimizes it by synchronizing the exposure phase with the ON duration | 01-21-2010 |
20100222976 | Driving assistance system having presence monitoring - A driver assistance system includes a control device, which has a self-deactivation function, and a monitoring device which is designed for monitoring the presence of the driver in the driver's seat and for triggering the self-deactivation function in the absence of the driver. | 09-02-2010 |
20110007162 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE DETECTION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - An image sensing method for motor vehicles, an image of the surroundings of the vehicle being sensed by way of pixels of an image sensor, and exposure parameters of at least one pixel of the image sensor being set. Different exposure parameters are set for at least two of the pixels at the same point in time. An apparatus for carrying out this method is also described. | 01-13-2011 |
20110043624 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING RECORDED IMAGE INFORMATION FROM A VEHICLE - A method for improving the driver assistance function, in particular of driver assistance systems based on video images recorded from a vehicle, and a corresponding device for that purpose made up of a camera and processing unit. To improve the function during rain, the passing of a windshield wiper through the camera image be used to classify individual images and/or portions of images as being of higher or lower quality, in order to improve the quality of the images from the camera. The images from camera are intended to be used for automatic driver assistance systems. | 02-24-2011 |
20120124427 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ERROR CONTROL IN AN OVERALL SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE INSTALLATIONS - A method for error control in an overall system having multiple installations, the installations communicating with one another via a data transmission system having a predefined transmission bandwidth, at least one installation component of each installation transmitting a predefined piece of information in a defined time slot of the transmission bandwidth of the data transmission system. In order to be able to perform an anticipatory machine diagnosis of the overall system, information concerning an error diagnosis of the installation components of each installation is transmitted via the predefined transmission bandwidth of the data transmission system, at least one installation component of each installation to be monitored for errors transmitting its error diagnosis data via an unassigned time slot within the transmission bandwidth of the data transmission system to a central evaluation unit which receives the error diagnosis data of all installation components of the installations to be monitored via the data transmission system. | 05-17-2012 |
20140042965 | Deep-Discharge Protection Method and Motor Vehicle - A deep-discharge protection method for protecting a battery of a parking motor vehicle is shown. In this case, a state of charge of the battery is regularly monitored by a battery control unit and is transmitted to an evaluation unit. When a predefined state of charge of the battery is reached, a message is transmitted from a communication unit to a stored address by mobile radio and/or information acquired using a sensor system is used by the evaluation unit to determine whether a situation of the motor vehicle is suitable for autonomous recharging of the battery. | 02-13-2014 |
20140152263 | Mobile Discharge Device for a Battery and Motor Vehicle Comprising a Mobile Discharge Device - A mobile discharge device for a battery includes a first electrical connection configured to make contact with a first electrical terminal of the battery, a second electrical connection configured to make contact with a second electrical terminal of the battery, and an electrical resistor electrically connected firstly to the first electrical connection and secondly to the second electrical connection. The discharge device further includes a first fluid connection for connecting a fluid supply, a second fluid connection for connecting a fluid discharge line, and a fluid channel connected to the first fluid connection and the second fluid connection. The fluid channel is thermally coupled to the electrical resistor. | 06-05-2014 |
20140295239 | BATTERY CELL, BATTERY, OR BATTERY CELL MODULE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY CELL, AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A battery cell, in particular a lithium ion battery cell, includes a housing and at least one electrode assembly in the housing. The electrode assembly includes electrode assembly electrodes that are arranged in more than two layers in a cross-section in the housing. The housing has at least two housing elements that substantially separate the electrode assembly from the environment. A first housing element is electrically connected to the positive pole of the electrode assembly and a second housing element is electrically connected to the negative pole of the electrode assembly such that the battery cell is configured to be electrically contacted at the first housing element and at the second housing element. A battery or a battery cell module includes several of the battery cells. A method is implemented to produce the battery cell and a motor vehicle includes the battery cell. | 10-02-2014 |
20150024239 | Cover for Batteries - A battery module comprises a plurality of electrically interconnected battery cells, a module cover, and a battery cell monitoring unit. The battery cells include at least one terminal cover. The battery cell monitoring unit is positioned on an inner face of the at least one terminal cover. | 01-22-2015 |