Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090249888 | Device for Determining a Mass Flow - A device is provided for determining a mass flow of a first gas flowing in a flowing channel of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. The device includes: sound transducers arranged at respective ends of a measuring path for providing sound signals, a temperature sensor for determining a temperature of an overall mass flowing in the flow channel, and an evaluation unit arranged downstream of the sound transducers. The evaluation unit is capable of carrying out the following: determining a flow rate of the overall mass and a speed of sound based on delay times of the sound signals, determining an overall mass flow based on the flow rate, the temperature, and a pressure of the overall mass in the flowing channel, ascertaining a proportion of a second gas flowing in the flow channel at a temperature above 10° C. and based on the speed of sound and the temperature, and correcting the overall mass flow to obtain the mass flow of the first gas. | 10-08-2009 |
20090290731 | Circuit arrangement for the bidirectional operation of a sound transducers disposed at the ends of a measuring section - A sensor circuit for a flow sensor comprises terminating impedances connected in parallel to the sound transducers and has a signal generator, which is configured as a power source. The circuit arrangement is suitable particularly for the operation of an airflow sensor in internal combustion engines. | 11-26-2009 |
20100000309 | Method and device for monitoring an exhaust-gas turbocharger - The present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring an exhaust-gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine. In order to create an inexpensive and also reliably operating method and a corresponding device for monitoring an exhaust-gas turbocharger, it is proposed that a sound transducer which is designed to record rotational-speed dependent turbocharger operating noise is provided, which sound transducer is connected to an electronic system for frequency analysis for the output of a turbocharger rotational speed signal. | 01-07-2010 |
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20080256365 | APPARATUS FOR WRITING INFORMATION ON A DATA CONTENT ON A STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus for writing checksum information on a data content on a storage medium. The apparatus has a provider for providing checksum information based on the data content and a writer for writing the data content and the checksum information on the storage medium such that a baseline reader and an enhanced reader can read the data content, the enhanced reader can read and process the checksum information, and the baseline reader ignores, skips or does not read the checksum information. | 10-16-2008 |
20080320314 | APPARATUS FOR WRITING DATA TO A MEDIUM - An apparatus for writing data to a medium. The apparatus has a receiver for receiving a write request and encrypted data from a data provider. The apparatus further has a creator for creating a medium ID upon reception of the write request. Furthermore, the apparatus has a provider for providing the medium ID to the data provider for generating the encrypted data and a storage for storing the encrypted data on the medium and for storing the medium ID on the medium upon creation of the medium ID, wherein the encrypted data is encrypted based on the medium ID. | 12-25-2008 |
20090271736 | Method and Disc Drive for Providing a Content Entity from a Storage Disc - A method for providing a content entity from a storage disc is described. The storage disc comprises at least one further content entity. Each content entity comprises a main menu and at least one submenu accessible via the main menu. The storage disc further comprises an entity selection menu. The entity selection menu comprises a link to the main menu of the content entity to be provided. The method comprises providing the entity selection menu for reproduction, receiving a selection of the content entity to be provided, detecting that the storage disc comprises a plurality of content entities, mapping a pre-defined start address to a different start address and providing the selected content entity for reproduction based on the different start address. The pre-defined start address is mapped to a different start address of the storage disc associated with the main menu of the selected content entity to be provided. | 10-29-2009 |
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20130117354 | Client Device, Method and Computer Program for Playing Media Content - Client device for playing media content, comprising: a connection interface for establishing a connection with a server and for receiving a media content from the server via the connection; a detector for detecting, whether the media content is to be continued beyond a termination of the connection with the server, and for providing a detection result in case it is determined that the media content is to be continued beyond a determination of the connection with the server; and a processor for taking an action to continue the media content beyond a termination of the connection with the server. | 05-09-2013 |
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20140344223 | DATABASE MANAGER AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MANAGING A DATABASE - A database manager comprises: a detector detecting a connection of an external database which comprises media files, a database file system comprising a media identifier comprising a file or directory path name and an identification on the location of the media file on the external database, and metadata for each of the media files; a database synchronizer reading and storing, as a first step, part of the database file system and, as a second step, part of the metadata when the at least a portion of the database file system is read; and a search request processor processing a search request for a media file in parallel with the second step, wherein the search request processor provides a search result based on the media identifier from the database file system, even when the metadata for the media file is not yet read and stored in the second step. | 11-20-2014 |
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