Continental Teves, Ag and Company Ohg

Continental Automotive Gmbh

Continental Aktiengesellschaft

Daimler Ag

Frank Edling

Andreas Köbe

Martin Griesser

Vladimir Koukes

Lennert Gootjes

Maik Hofmann

Martin Grieβer

Michael Holtz

Karl Perras

Jörg Cunz

Helmut Fennel

Michael Latarnik

Peter Lauer

Peter Säger

Stefan Stölzl

Markus Irth

Robert Obermaier

Frank Schreiner

Alfred Duchow

Ines Runge

Sharmila Ghosh

Andreas K&ouml;be

Joachim Kohn

Markus Lux

Stefan Kluge

Christine Latarnik

Sylvia Monika Latarnik

Eva-Maria Latarnik

Tobias Kranz

Hendrik Deusch

Gunnar Juergens

Franko Blank

Hagen Stuebing

The invention relates to a method for creating a probabilistic free space map with static () and dynamic objects (V-V), having the following steps:

Method for creating a probabilistic free space map with static and dynamic objects

A method of controlling a parking process of a vehicle includes the following steps:

Method for controlling a parking process

A method of controlling a parking operation of a vehicle by a parking assista&#x144;ce system involves:

Method for controlling a parking operation of a motor vehicle

Disclosed is a method for detection of a pressure loss in motor vehicle tires, which detects pressure loss on at least one vehicle tire based on several parameters, which are calculated from the rolling circumference of the tires. To this end, currently calculated parameters are compared with learnt values of the parameters.

Method for recognition of a pressure loss in motor vehicle tires

Disclosed is a method of indirect tire pressure monitoring. The method includes: learning test variables (DIAG, SIDE, AXLE), which describe the rotational movements of the wheels; determining rolling circumference differences (&#x394;DIAG, &#x394;SIDE, &#x394;AXLE) from actually determined test variables and the learnt test variables; learning at least one torsion natural frequency ffor at least one tire from the oscillation behavior of the individual tires; determining at least one shift of the torsion natural frequency &#x394;ffrom at least one actually determined torsion natural frequency and from the at least one learnt torsion natural frequency; and combining the rolling circumference differences (&#x394;DIAG, &#x394;SIDE, &#x394;AXLE) with the at least one shift of the torsion natural frequency fin a joint warning strategy for detecting and warning of tire inflation pressure loss.

Method for indirect tire pressure monitoring

The present device relates to a method of improving a indirect measurement tire pressure detection system. Such systems include a system that detects pressure loss based on wheel speed data. The present method determines reference values dependent upon driving parameters and produces a two-dimensional or multi-dimensional closed range of driving parameters. The closed range of driving parameters uses reference values that are determined to be currently valid.

Method for improving a system for recognizing tire pressure which is measured in an indirect manner

The present device relates to a method for automatically determining the installation positions of wheels in a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has a direct measure tire pressure monitoring system includes individual wheel tire pressure measuring devices and transmitting devices for the transfer of TPMS data containing tire air pressure values and identification numbers of the individual wheels to a receiving and evaluating device installed in or on the vehicle. The motor vehicle also includes an indirect measuring tire pressure monitoring system determining DDS data containing air pressure changes and installation positions from the rotational behavior of the individual wheels. The method includes determining correlation coefficients from the TPMS data and the DDS data by using a correlation function.

Method for automatically determining the fitting positions of tires in a motor vehicle

The present invention relates to a method of detecting growth of the dynamic tire circumference (circumferential growth or tire growth), wherein at least one reference value Ref is produced on the basis of wheel speed information, said reference value representing in particular a sidewise and/or crosswise relation of the motor vehicle wheels, and wherein the time variation of the reference value(s) is examined and, further, tire growth is detected on the basis of said variation.

Method for identifying tire characteristics

The present invention relates to a method of detecting straight-ahead driving according to a first straight-ahead driving detection method based on information on the rotational speed of a wheel by way of memorizing a curve parameter in a learning phase, in particular in selected driving situations, and the curve parameter is formed from the wheel speed information of one or more axles, and the reciprocal value of the curve radius is calculated from the wheel speed information to determine the curve parameter. The invention also relates to a computer program product comprising an algorithm defined by the above method.

Method for detecting straight-ahead driving based on information on the rotational speed of a wheel

The invention discloses a method for compensating temperature in a system for tire pressure monitoring which is especially implemented by detecting a tire pressure and/or by detecting a tire pressure loss. The method is especially characterized in that the temperature is compensated by determining the gas temperature in the tire by way of at least two items of temperature information and by taking the determined temperature as a basis for said tire inflation monitoring. One significant advantage of this method involves that externally active temperature changes, such as a heat-emitting brake disc causing the wheel rim of the tire and, hence, also a temperature sensor arranged thereat to be heated more intensely than the gas in the tire, do not lead to an indication error with respect to the tire pressure (or a spurious alarm).

Method for compensating temperature in a tire pressure monitoring system

The invention relates to a method for detecting the pressure loss in the tires of a motor vehicle by evaluating the wheel speeds. The pressure evaluating method comprises two or more partial methods Prog A, Prog B, Prog S, Prog V, which each per se represents an independent functional method for measuring the pressure of a motor vehicle tire. The steps of these partial methods are carried out in parallel or quasi parallel. The invention further relates to a device for controlling the braking force and/or dynamics of vehicle movement and for measuring the pressure of vehicle tires. A microprocessor that is linked with the wheel speed sensors and optionally with additional sensors for the dynamics of vehicle movement processes the partial methods described above as well as a method known per se for controlling the braking force and/or dynamics of vehicle movement.

Method and arrangement for detecting a pressure loss of tires in motor vehicle

The invention relates to a method for detecting a drop in pressure of a motor vehicle tire by evaluating wheel speeds determined by sensors. The method for detecting the drop in pressure is based on the detection of a large drop in pressure or a complete drop in pressure using a reduction of the angular velocity or an increase ( ) in the dynamic read radius r of one or more wheels. The invention also relates to a device for controlling the braking power and/or driving dynamics and for measuring the pressure of vehicle tires wherein a microcomputer, which is connected to wheel rotational speed sensors and optionally to driving dynamic sensors, is used to perform the aforementioned method and a known method for regulating the braking power and/or driving dynamics.

Method and device for detecting a drop in pressure in motor vehicle tires

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Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Frank Edling