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| 20100152957 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ITEM OF TRAVEL DIRECTION INFORMATION FOR A VEHICLE, AND SENSOR DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A method for determining an item of travel information for a vehicle includes: determination of a speed of the vehicle; comparison of the speed with at least one specified comparison speed; if the speed is greater than the at least one specified comparison speed, determination of a yaw rate of the vehicle and determination of the item of travel direction information on the basis of the determined yaw rate; and, if the speed is less than the at least one specified comparison speed, determination of a first wheel path of a first wheel of an axle of the vehicle and a second wheel path of a second wheel of the axle, and determination of the item of travel direction information on the basis of the first wheel path and the second wheel path. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110116277 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING THE LUMINANCE OF A LIGHT BEAM EMITTED FROM A LIGHTING DEVICE OF A VEHICLE AS A FUNCTION OF THE RANGE OF VISION - A device and a method for automatically setting the luminance of a light beam emitted from a lighting device of a vehicle as a function of the range of vision. The device includes a device for ascertaining a current range of vision based on at least one first parameter, which represents a dimension of the current range of vision, an evaluation device for evaluating the ascertained current range of vision (SI) based on at least one second parameter as the evaluation criterion and outputting a corresponding evaluation variable, and a setting device for assigning a required luminance as a function of the ascertained current range of vision (SI) and the corresponding evaluation variable and setting the required luminance. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110144865 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATIC STEERING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT A PREDEFINED SETPOINT TRAVEL DIRECTION VARIABLE FOR A VEHICLE - A device for controlling an automatic steering system of a vehicle includes a signal input (which receives a setpoint travel direction variable, a memory device on which a correction factor is stored, a control unit which ascertains a corrected setpoint travel direction variable on the basis of the correction factor and the predefined setpoint travel direction variable, and an evaluation device which compares an actual travel direction variable ascertained by a sensor of the vehicle to the predefined setpoint travel direction variable, and if the actual travel direction variable deviates from the predefined setpoint travel direction variable by at least a minimum difference, redefines the correction factor according to the comparison. | 06-16-2011 |
