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20090210864 | Method and array for changing software or source code - Selected components of a piece of software serve in a first variant, as variation points, are converted into a first XML code. The software, now in hybrid form, is shipped. The first code is converted on the customer side via one or more transformations, for example SLT, exclusively in accordance with transformation rules into a second XML code. In a second variant, a first XML code containing at least one language extension is converted in accordance with transformation rules into a more easily verifiable second XML code without said language extensions. In a third variant a source code formulated in XML is transformed in such a way that, following a back-conversion into the original programming language, a new source code is produced in which not only the representation, but also the actual program content and/or functionality has been changed. Alternatively, in a fourth variant a source code formulated in XML with, for example, initial states, code fragments to be replaced and foreign language modules tailored to the respective natural language of the user is mixed by transformation, as a result of which, following a back-conversion, a new source code is produced in which not only the representation, but also the actual program content and/or functionality has been changed. | 08-20-2009 |
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20120130618 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for diagnosing a malfunction of a sensor system in an air system of an internal combustion engine, said sensor system comprising a first air state sensor, a second air state sensor and a third air state sensor, wherein a first value and a second value of a first comparison variable are ascertained in two different ways in an overall calculation step such that the result of a comparison between the first value and the second value is a function of each of the output variables of the first, second and third air state sensors and wherein in a fault detection step, said method recognizes as a function of the comparison between said first value and said second value of the comparison variable that a fault exists in the sensor system. | 05-24-2012 |
20130269662 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING ERRORS IN AN EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM - A method and device for monitoring errors in an exhaust gas recirculation line, including supplying an engine with fresh air via a supply duct using a compressor, discharging exhaust gas via an exhaust duct using a gas turbine, a subflow of the gas being supplied from a low-pressure area of the exhaust duct downstream from the turbine, via the recirculation line, to an intake air low-pressure area of the supply duct upstream from the compressor, an exhaust gas mass flow of the subflow in the recirculation line is set via a valve, a fresh air mass flow being set by a fresh air throttle, or via an exhaust flap in the exhaust duct. Where the fresh air throttle or the exhaust flap is opened when the recirculation line is free of errors, an error in the recirculation line is deduced if the throttle or flap is at least partially closed. | 10-17-2013 |
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20120303217 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMOBILE AND AN AUTOMOBILE WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION DEVICE - A method for operating an automobile includes the steps of a) detecting an object in an environment of the automobile with an environmental detection device; b) evaluating a collision risk of the automobile with the object; and c) depending on the evaluation, adjusting the steering angle of the automobile with a steering angle actuating device. The steering wheel is decoupled with the decoupling device depending on the adjustment performed in step c), so that the rotation of the steering wheel caused by the adjustment of the steering angle is smaller than if the same adjustment were made when the steering wheel is not decoupled. | 11-29-2012 |
20140046506 | METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT OF A VEHICLE IN A PARKING AREA - In a method of autonomous driving a vehicle on a parking area, a movement of a vehicle is controlled by an external stationary control device which is located in or in vicinity of the parking area and capable of steering the vehicle autonomously to or from an assigned parking space. An impending or actual collision with another moving or parked vehicle is detected by at least one sensor of the vehicle; and data generated by the sensor is analyzed by an evaluation unit. In response to the situation at hand, the control device makes a behavioral decision, such as, e.g., triggering an alert signal or maneuvering the vehicle. | 02-13-2014 |
20140052323 | TRANSPORT FACILITY FOR AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DAMAGE TO A MOTOR VEHICLE - Damage caused by accidents that occur during autonomous driving of a motor vehicle should be reliably detected. For this purpose, a transport facility with a driving area which can be autonomously driven by a motor vehicle, has a detection device for detecting a first state of the motor vehicle in an entrance area outside the driving area and for detecting a second state in an exit area located within the driving area. In addition, transport facility has an evaluation device for determining a possible difference between the second state and the first state relating to damage of the motor vehicle. | 02-20-2014 |
20140180523 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING AN AUTONOMOUS OR PILOTED GARAGE PARKING - A driver assistance system for authorizing an autonomous, piloted parking of a vehicle into and out of a target standing surface includes a sensor system detecting measuring values during at least one drive of the vehicle from a first position in a vicinity and outside of the target standing surface to a second position inside the target standing surface and from the second position back to the first position, an analysis device determining based on the detected measuring values, properties of the vehicle and the capability of control-, regulation- and sensor-devices of the vehicle for an autonomous and piloted parking into and out of a parking space, whether the vehicle is capable of an to autonomous or piloted parking into the target standing surface and out of the target standing surface; and a memory device, wherein the driver assistance system is constructed to store an authorization data set for the autonomous or piloted parking into and out of the target standing surface in the memory device when the analysis device determines that the vehicle is capable to autonomous or piloted parking into the target standing surface and out of the target standing surface. | 06-26-2014 |
20140195125 | MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle has a position detection device and a control device. The position detection device detects a piece of position information that describes the position of at least one occupant of the motor vehicle and/or of a mobile terminal, particularly a mobile telephone, that is associable or associated with the occupant within the motor vehicle by taking account of a position of the mobile terminal and/or of a piece of registration information delivered by the mobile terminal. The control device is designed to set at least one operating parameter of a vehicle system by taking account of a piece of control information delivered by the mobile terminal and of the position information and/or to transmit at least one piece of operating information that influences at least one function of the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal on the basis of the position information. | 07-10-2014 |
20140222253 | DEVICE FOR SETTING AT LEAST ONE OPERATING PARAMETER OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A device sets at least one operating parameter of at least one vehicle system of a motor vehicle. The device has at least one movement detection apparatus for determining the movement of at least one person located inside or in the vicinity of the motor vehicle, which movement detection apparatus is designed to determine at least one person-specific movement information item using at least one person-specific movement signal which is supplied by a person-side movement sensor system and relates to the movement of the person. The device is designed to set the at least one operating parameter of the at least one vehicle system using the person-specific movement information item. The device also has a memory in which certain settings of an operating parameter of a vehicle system are assigned to certain person-specific movement information items. | 08-07-2014 |
20150210216 | MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE - Motor vehicle with at least one control device, a thermal imaging camera and an image processing device, wherein the image processing device is designed to recognize objects on a thermal image from the thermal imaging camera, wherein the image processing device is designed to ascertain at least one object property of at least one recognized object, particularly of a recognized vehicle, by evaluating the thermal distribution in the thermal image in a region that includes the recognized object, wherein the control device is designed to use the object property for operation of a vehicle system. | 07-30-2015 |
20150217763 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for controlling a vehicle system, which is designed for autonomous operation of a motor vehicle is described, wherein setting information for the vehicle system is determined from location information describing a current position of the motor vehicle and from at least one location-related permission information item relating to the permission of use of the vehicle system, and at least one operating parameter of the vehicle system is selected as a function of the setting information. | 08-06-2015 |
20150286219 | METHOD FOR COORDINATING THE OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES THAT DRIVE IN FULLY AUTOMATED MODE - In a method for coordinating operation of motor vehicles driving fully automated, a trajectory described by a driving intervention is determined for each motor vehicle from status information of the motor vehicle, whereafter it is determined by an on-board vehicle system whether a coordination condition exists that requires coordination. If a coordination condition exists, trajectory data describing the trajectory are exchanged between the motor vehicles via a communication link through an on-board communication device and the trajectory is checked for conflicts caused by spatial and temporal overlap of the trajectories of at least two motor vehicles and/or because at least one of the motor vehicles did not reach its destination. If a conflict exists, the trajectory of a motor vehicle participating in the conflict is adjusted based on an arbitration rule evaluated by an arbitration device, whereafter the driving interventions described by the trajectory are performed by each motor vehicle. | 10-08-2015 |
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20160093211 | NAVIGATION AID FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AUTOPILOT - A method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle with autopilot is disclosed, wherein the autopilot is designed to automatically carry out longitudinal and lateral guidance of the motor vehicle in the activated state during a piloted journey without assistance from a driver. The navigation system determines, for a destination prescribed by the user, a route to the destination on the basis of navigation data. The roads on which the activation of the autopilot is likely to be possible is determined using traffic data and on the basis of a predetermined activation condition for the autopilot. | 03-31-2016 |
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20090220201 | Fiber-optic arrangement for display devices, in particular having analog or digital displays, and devices provided therewith - The invention relates to a transparent arrangement for a display device, in particular for an analog and/or digital display, having a fiber-optic arrangement which transmits light from an entry face into an exit face, wherein regions, in particular pixels, of an image field lying in front of the entry face are visible on the exit face of the fiber-optic arrangement, and regions visible on the exit face, in particular pixels are spatially offset relative to the image field at least by an offset V. | 09-03-2009 |
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20100091490 | LED light source with collimation optics - The invention relates to a LED light source comprising a preferably aspheric glass lens having an aspect ratio of more than 0.1. | 04-15-2010 |
20100155973 | OPTICAL LENS OR LENS GROUP, PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AS WELL AS OPTICAL IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE - The invention relates to an optical hybrid lens. According to the invention, the lens consists of a substrate ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100212742 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE WITH CONCENTRATOR OPTICS - The invention relates to a photovoltaic device having a concentrator optics. The photovoltaic device includes at least one solar cell and a concentrator optics, with the concentrator optics having at least one first, light-input-side, focusing optical element and at least one second optical element downstream of the first, light-input-side optical element and upstream of the solar cell, onto which, in operating position of the photovoltaic device, the bundled solar radiation falls by way of the first optical element, with the second optical element having a solarization-stabilized silicate glass. | 08-26-2010 |
20110254180 | Method for producing a rotationally symmetric lens from a ceramic green body and moulding tool for performing the method - The method for producing at least one rotationally symmetrical lens consisting of an opto-ceramic includes the step of moulding a ceramic green body for the lens, wherein the mould has a shaping surface, which is described by the following equation B: | 10-20-2011 |
20130265478 | CAMERA OBJECTIVE LENS WITH INFRARED FILTER AND CAMERA MODULE WITH CAMERA OBJECTIVE LENS - A lens system having an infrared filter for a compact camera module is provided. The lens system is an achromatic lens system and has two lenses. The first lens has a positive focal length, and the second lens has a negative focal length. The first lens is made of copper ion containing glass which absorbs infrared light and functions as an infrared filter. The second lens has an Abbe number that is smaller than that of the first lens with a difference between the Abbe numbers of the first lens and the second lens being at least 15. | 10-10-2013 |
20150138756 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE COMPATIBLE WITH NIGHT VISION DEVICES - A lighting device is provided that includes an LED and an NIR filter for a control panel or a display, which does not interfere with a night vision device. The light of the LED is in an area of u′>0.19 and v′>0.46 of the u′v′ diagram of the CIE-LUV chromaticity diagram. The NIR filter exhibits descending light transmittance between 500 nm and 800 nm. The thickness of the NIR filter is chosen so that a sufficient blocking effect is provided in a range of wavelengths between 600 nm and 800 nm, so that the color coordinates of the filtered useful light are in an area with a radius of 0.04 around coordinates u′=0.19 and v′=0.49 of the u′v′ diagram. | 05-21-2015 |
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20100278295 | JITTER-FREE SPATIAL TRIGGERING OF A DETECTOR OF A CT SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for acquiring measured data by way of a computed tomography system, wherein the measured data is acquired by a detector unit disposed opposite the radiation source during a rotation of a radiation source around an examination object. In at least one embodiment, the rotation is subdivided into succeeding time segments during each of which measured data is acquired, and each of the succeeding time segments has either a first length or a second length consisting of two predefined lengths. | 11-04-2010 |
20110226951 | Detector Module For A Radiation Detector And Radiation Detector - A detector module for a radiation detector is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the detector module includes a converter layer with contacts, arranged distributed over an area on the rear side, for transmitting electrical signals, wherein the contacts are routed, by way of rewiring, to target contacts on a target region that is smaller than this area. This provides the conditions for simple and secure signal routing between the contacts on the converter layer and readout electronics. In particular, this is successful if a substrate layer used for stabilization purposes has a cutout for the target region, through which cutout the target contacts are directly connected to the signal-routing lines of readout electronics. | 09-22-2011 |
20120158811 | Method For Transforming Input Data And Medical Device - A method is disclosed for transmitting measurement data from a transmitter system to a receiver system by way of a transmission link of a medical device. In an embodiment, the measurement data, as input data of a transformation method, is transformed to output values and, after transmission, back transformed again, the values of the input data lying between a maximum value and a minimum value and an assignment function being used for compression purposes, to allocate an output value to every value of the input data, a root function being used as the assignment function for at least some of the values. | 06-21-2012 |
20120243660 | Method For Correcting Detector Data Of An X-Ray Detector And X-Ray Recording System - In a method, with a current measurement, the history of the radiation exposure of the X-ray detector is taken into account with respect to the overall X-ray detector or subareas of the X-ray detector, in respect of a reduction in the measurement sensitivity produced as a result and a recovery of the reduction in the measurement sensitivity, and the determined measuring signal is corrected with a correction factor which is dependent on the history of the radiation exposure. Furthermore, an X-ray recording system includes a detector which includes a plurality of detector elements, which are read out in groups channel by channel and a read-out apparatus with computer-assisted device for correcting read-out detector data prior to a further processing of the detector data to form projective or tomographic images. | 09-27-2012 |
20120300898 | GRID MODULE OF A SCATTERED-RADIATION GRID, MODULAR SCATTERED-RADIATION GRID, CT DETECTOR AND CT SYSTEM - A grid module of a scattered-radiation grid is disclosed. The scattered-radiation grid includes a number of grid modules disposed next to one another with a plurality of webs, especially for use in conjunction with a CT detector, a CT detector and a CT system with such a detector. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, at the joining surfaces of the grid modules, the webs located there are provided with breakthroughs to compensate for a disproportionate reduction in scattered radiation. | 11-29-2012 |
20150177388 | X-RAY DETECTOR - An X-ray detector is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the invention, the X-ray detector includes at least two adjacently arranged detector elements, to each of which a high voltage is applied in order to detect incident X-rays. In this case, two adjacent detector elements are coupled to one another by way of a protection circuit, designed to limit a voltage difference between the two adjacent detector elements to a voltage value which is non-critical with regard to the formation of a flashover between the two detector elements. | 06-25-2015 |
20160054457 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF A SENSOR CHIP AND COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY DETECTOR - A sensor chip, in particular for computerized tomography detectors, including an analog-digital converter electrically connected to an element detecting radiation. A problem addressed is that of defining a sensor chip which is as cost-efficient and reliable as possible. According to an embodiment of the invention, only one single crystalline base plate is used, on which all required components of the sensor chip are applied. A through-contact between the conductor paths or the contacts of both sides of the base plate is used as applicable in order to connect the components of both sides to each other. | 02-25-2016 |