Robert Boschgmbh

Clemens Guenther

Peter Knoll

Winfried Koenig

Frank Ewerhart

Thomas Wittig

Georg Geiser

Christa Heiland-Franzen

Udo Brunke

Rudolph Vollmer

Arnd Engeln

Ralf Eck

Rudolf Haller

Michael Scherl

Yorck Von Collani

Volker Fischer

Matthias Haug

Steffen Leutz

Wolfgang Krautter

Juergen Luginsland

Christoph Rohrer

Ramona Roesch

Stephanie Linder

Irene Suessemilch

Helmar-Steffen Gehrke

A projection unit for a self-directing mobile platform, in particular for a freely moving transport robot and/or for one or more freely moving transport devices of a transport robot, is characterized in that the projection unit is adapted for signal transmission for projecting the movement path of the mobile platform, wherein the projection takes place within the spatial vicinity of the mobile platform.

Projection unit for a self-directing mobile platform, transport robot and method for operating a self-directing mobile platform

A control device may assist in parking maneuvers of a vehicle. The control device may include an interface to a sensor unit for detecting a boundary of a parking space in the surroundings of the vehicle. An arithmetic unit may determine a trajectory into a parking position in the parking space. In some embodiments the arithmetic unit is configured to calculate a trajectory into the parking position, taking into account a potential extension of parts of the body of the vehicle beyond the boundary of the parking space. Devices and methods are provided.

Control device for assisting a parking maneuver

A lane changing assistant for motor vehicles, having a speed control system and a surroundings sensor system for recording the traffic environment including the traffic in an adjacent lane, having a decision device for deciding whether a lane changing request of the driver is to be accepted, and having a command device for issuing an acceleration command to the speed control system in the case of a lane changing request, wherein a recognition device is developed to recognize a window for swinging into the adjacent lane without danger, in the light of the data of the surroundings sensor system; and the command device is developed to compute an acceleration strategy adjusted to the window, including a point in time for the beginning of the acceleration.

Lane changing assistant for motor vehicles

A method for distance alert for a vehicle, the distance of the vehicle to obstacles in the vehicle's surroundings being detected. The output of an alert depends on whether or not an obstacle is located in the vehicle's travel path. If there is no obstacle located in the travel path, then an alert is only output at a substantially smaller distance than would be the case when an obstacle is located in the travel path. The method is used for avoiding unnecessary alerts about obstacles.

Method for distance alert and distance alerting unit

A device for determining the ability of a vehicle to pass obstacles is used to estimate whether a vehicle is able to pass between obstacles on the basis of the vehicle height and/or vehicle width.

Device for determining the passability of a vehicle

A device and a method for determining length, area, and/or volume using a distance measuring device includes a transmit unit and a receive unit in one housing, a keypad for operating the measuring device , and an integrated computer for evaluating measured data, and a display panel for displaying the measurement results. The display panel of the measuring device &mdash;after the operator selects a desired measurement mode by pressing just one button on the keypad &mdash;uses an icon-based graphic display to indicate which of the individual measurements required to determine the desired measurement variable has yet to be carried out.

Method and device for measuring length, area or volume

A visual display monitor of an information system of a motor vehicle is connected not only with the usual engine and vehicle instrumentation, but also with a variety of electrical equipments installed in the motor vehicle which the driver may want to activate and control from time to time. The picture screen of the monitor, preferably of the LCD, electro-luminescence or plasma type, is subdivided into a report region at the top and a region for interactive information such as instructions menus and operation results. All the functions that would otherwise be performed by individual buttons, knobs and switches of the various equipments installed in the vehicle may be simply performed by a series of easily designated choices. One input device has a ball control for directing a cursor on the screen of the monitor, a menu button and an entry button, and may be located on the steering wheel. While a particular equipment that has been selected is being controlled, the corresponding field of the monitor selected by the cursor has its light-to-dark contrast reversed, to indicate that the corresponding equipment is in the process of being adjusted or controlled. Another input device is combined with a telephone handset used for telephone calls and has a recessed alphanumeric keyboard in its back for more detailed entries into the system. The information system is built around a digital speech memory which not only provides telephone answering messages and the like but also makes possible audible outputs of the system through the ratio receiver's loudspeaker so that the driver can be less dependent on visual outputs displayed on the monitor.

Multi-choice information system for a motor vehicle

Coupling component for a light-waveguide

A visual display monitor of an information system of a motor vehicle is connected not only with the usual engine and vehicle instrumentation, but also with a variety of electrical equipments installed in the motor vehicle which the driver may want to activate and control from time to time. The picture screen of the monitor, preferably of the LCD, electro-luminescence or plasma type, is subdivided into a report region at the top and a region for interactive information such as instructions menus and operation results. All the functions that would otherwise be performed by individual buttons, knobs and switches of the various equipments installed in the vehicle may be simply performed by a series of easily designated choices. One input device has a ball control for directing a cursor on the screen of the monitor, a menu button and an entry button, and may be located on the steering wheel. While a particular equipment that has been selected is being controlled, the corresponding field of the monitor selected by the cursor has its light-to-dark contrast reversed, to indicate that the corresponding equipment is in the process of being adjusted or controlled. Another input device is combined with a telephone handset used for telephone calls and has a recessed alphanumeric keyboard in its back for more detailed entries into the system. The information system is built around a digital speech memory which not only provides telephone answering messages and the like but also makes possible audible outputs of the system through the radio receiver's loudspeaker so that the driver can be less dependent on visual outputs displayed on the monitor.

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Ettlingen, Germany

Clemens Guenther