Robert Boschgmbh

Continental Teves, Ag and Company Ohg

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Research Institute Europe Gmbh

Pirelli Tyre S.p.a.

Conti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh

Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh

Technische Universitat Darmstadt

Adc Automotive Distance Control Systems Gmbh

Hermann Winner

Jens Lueder

Werner Uhler

Manfred Hellmann

Albrecht Irion

Ralph Lauxmann

Goetz Braeuchle

Martin Heinebrodt

Klaus Winter

Michael Weilkes

Stefan Witte

Ulf Wilhelm

Michael Knoop

Frieder Keller

Fred Oechsle

Alain Gaillard

Joachim Thiele

Ulrich Gottwick

Werner Urban

Wolfgang Hermsen

Martin Staempfle

Bernhard Lucas

Dirk Schmid

Guenther Schmidt

Reiner Marchthaler

Harald Michi

Rainer Moritz

Juergen Hoetzel

Hermann Mayer

Claus Kramer

Klaus-Peter Wagner

Nico Steinhardt

Tore Toennesen

Hans Heckmann

Michael Schlick

Eberhard Holl

Herbert Janssen

Bernd Lichtenberg

Stephan Leinbaum

G&uuml;nther Schmidt

Nicolas Grein

Sven Bone

Stefan Habenicht

Hans-Peter Schneider

J&uuml;rgen Binder

Steffen Kaehler

Erich Zabler

Alfred Eckert

Holger Von Hayn

Uwe Bach

Jürgen Böhm

Siegbert Steinlechner

Anton Dukart

Jens Hoffmann

Helmut Wiss

Christof Maron

Juergen Binder

Alexander Maass

Thomas Beez

Martin Heckmann

Winfried Koenig

Uwe Zimmermann

Peter Schubert

Herbert Olbrich

Eberhardt Schunck

Luciano Garro

Vladimir Koukes

Juergen Boecker

Martin Noll

Frieder Heintz

Dietrich Adolph

Martin Hueppauff

Guenter Schirmer

Dirk Schmidt

Georg Geiser

Gunther Schmidt

Ulrike Ahlrichs

Andree Hohm

Michael Kremer

Christian Vey

Peter Olejnik

Martin Kruse

Rolf Isermann

Jurgen Binder

Oliver Albohr

Bernt Schiele

Christian Philipp

Marcus Lorei

Jan-Christoph Goos

Thilo Leinweber

Nils Magiera

Fabian Regh

Jewgeni Selinski

Joachim Bulla

Berndhard Lucas

Martin Staemple

Marius Hofmann

Patrick Seiniger

Friedrich Kolb

Jörg Kumpf

A method for ascertaining an operating variable of a drum brake, the method using forces acting on supporting bearings. The invention further relates to an associated drum brake assembly, an associated analysis unit and an associated storage medium.

Method for ascertaining an operating variable of a drum brake, drum brake assembly, analysis unit, and storage medium

The present invention relates to a system for determining a posture of an operator of a device that transmits vibrations to the operator, wherein the system comprises at least one vibration sensor for measuring vibrations at at least one location on the body of the operator and/or the device, and a posture determining means for detecting one or more characteristics of the measured vibrations assigned to a predetermined posture and for determining the predetermined posture as the posture of the operator when the characteristic is detected.

System for estimating riding posture

A sensor system, having sensor elements for sensing at least to some extent different primary measured variables or use different measurement principles. A signal processing device evaluates the sensor signals from the sensor elements at least to some extent collectively and rates the information quality of the sensor signals. The signal processing device further provides a piece of information about the consistency of at least one datum of a physical variable, wherein this datum of the physical variable is calculated, at least to some extent, on the basis of the sensor signals from sensor elements that sense this physical variable directly or from the sensor signals from which it is possible to calculate this physical variable. The information about the consistency of this datum of this physical variable is calculated at least on the basis of the directly or indirectly redundantly present sensor information.

Sensor system for independently evaluating the integrity of the data of the sensor system

The invention regards a method, a system and a vehicle for analyzing a rider performance. The vehicle is any vehicle that employs a roll angle change for changing its driving direction. Firstly, physical motion parameters of the vehicle in motion are sensed and the measured data is supplied to computing unit. In the computing unit, segments in a time series of measured data are determined by processing the measured data in the computing unit. Each segment corresponds to a rider control behavior and the plurality of such consecutive rider control behavior build a riding maneuver. In the computing unit, the measured data within one segment for at least one of the segments is analyzed by computing at least one characteristic value for the respective segment and/or the sequence of determined segments is analyzed. Finally, an analysis result indicating the rider performance or rider skills is output.

Method, system and vehicle for analyzing a rider performance

A method for represents the surroundings of a vehicle with at least two levels of resolution in a surroundings model, preferably for a vehicle having a sensor system for monitoring the surroundings and at least one driver assistance system. The surroundings model preferably represents a probability grid having a plurality of grid cells. Data from at least two grid cells at a higher level of resolution are combined and stored in a grid cell at a lower level of resolution.

Method for representing the surroundings of a vehicle

A sensor system, having a plurality of sensor elements configured such that they sense at least to some extent different primary measured variables use at least to some extent different measurement principles, a signal processing device. The signal processing device is configured to evaluate the sensor signals from the sensor elements at least to some extent collectively and rates the information quality of the sensor signals, wherein the signal processing device provides a piece of information about the accuracy of at least one datum of a physical variable. The signal processing device is configured such that the information about the accuracy is described in at least one characteristic quantity or a set of characteristic quantities.

Sensor system for independently evaluating the accuracy of the data of the sensor system

Provided is a system for predicting a driver's intention to change lanes at a high accuracy involving a minimum amount of time delay. A driver's intention to change lanes is predicted by a prediction unit () by comparing motivators and inhibitors () which may be determined from the speed of the traffic in particular the vehicle traveling ahead of the vehicle and the traffic in the adjacent lanes in relation to the traveling speed of the ego vehicle by using an ego vehicle sensor () and an environmental sensor () that may comprise a radio wave, optical or acoustic radar. The criteria for the motivators and inhibitors may be empirically or statistically determined, preferably by conducting a large number of tests on roads. As they can be determined before the vehicle operator starts a lane changing maneuver, the prediction made by the prediction unit may be used on a real time basis in a warning system or steering/acceleration assist system.

System for predicting a driver's intention to change lanes

A lane change assist information visualization system allows a vehicle driver to change lanes with minimum effort and stress by displaying a lane change option that suits the particular lane changing situation in an intuitively understandable manner, and information on the surrounding vehicles adequate for the vehicle driver to make a reasonable decision in changing lanes. The system includes a lane change program computing device () that computes at least (a) a lane change possibility, (b) a time period that has to elapse before a lane change is allowed if a lane change possibility does not currently exists, or a time period in which a lane change should be made if a lane change possibility currently exists, and (c) a need for acceleration or deceleration, and a display unit () for displaying this information.

Lane change assist information visualization system

A device and method for determining a roll angle of a motorcycle are disclosed. The method includes the step of acquiring a rolling rate ({dot over (&#x3bb;)}) of the motorcycle. A first roll angle variable (&#x3bb;) is determined from the rolling rate ({dot over (&#x3bb;)}). At least one vehicle movement dynamics characteristic variable is determined from a velocity (v), a rotational speed ({dot over (&#x3c8;)}), and/or an acceleration ({umlaut over (z)}, &#xff;) of the motorcycle. A second roll angle variable (&#x3bb;) is determined from one or more vehicle movement dynamics characteristic variables. The roll angle (&#x3bb;) is calculated on the basis of the roll angle variables (&#x3bb;, &#x3bb;).

Method and device for determining the roll angle of a motorcycle

A method for travel course prediction in a motor vehicle having a position finding system for objects situated ahead of the vehicle is provided. In accordance with the method, a function describing the shape of the roadside is calculated on the basis of measured distance data and angle data for stationary roadside targets, wherein multiple stationary targets are identified and tracked. The path of the road is estimated for various subsets of the set of tracked stationary targets, under the assumption that these stationary targets are situated along the roadside, and roadside targets are differentiated from interfering objects on the basis of the plausibility of the resulting possible shapes of the roadside, the most probable shape of the roadside being determined on the basis of the roadside targets.

Method and device for predicting the course of motor vehicles

A method for analyzing tire vibration characteristics and an apparatus for carrying out the method, wherein the apparatus includes a stiff frame including a wheel support for supporting a wheel with a tire to be analyzed. A base part is flexibly connected with the frame by elastic means. The elastic means is embodied such that the frame is flexibly supported in one predefined functional direction. An actuator is provided for exciting vibrations into the wheel. The method and apparatus allow separate analysis of the natural vibrations in all four functional directions.

Method for analysing tire vibration characteristics and an apparatus for carrying out said method

A method and a device for automatic triggering of deceleration of a vehicle for preventing a collision, which is accomplished by the fact that a variable, which represents a probability of collision with another vehicle, must exceed a predefinable threshold value, and the threshold value is variable as a function of the driver's response, the current driving situation, or the ambient situation. To determine the change in the threshold value, signals from a steering angle sensor, a brake pedal sensor, an accelerator pedal sensor, a device for determining the speed of the vehicle, a device for determining the uphill or downhill slope of the road, a device for determining the vehicle yaw rate, a device for determining the vehicle float angle or a device for detecting stationary and moving objects in the vicinity of the vehicle, in particular in the area in front of the vehicle, are analyzed.

Method and device for automatically triggering a vehicle deceleration

In a method and a device for predicting movement trajectories of a vehicle to prevent or reduce the consequences of an imminent collision, in which for predicting the movement trajectories, only those trajectories are considered for which, because of a combination of steering intervention and braking intervention, the forces occurring at the wheels of the vehicle are within the range corresponding to the maximum force transferable from the wheel to the road. Particularly for systems which provide an automatic braking and/or steering intervention for avoiding a collision or reducing the severity of a crash with another object, an automatic braking and/or steering intervention is carried out as a function of the pre-calculated movement trajectories.

Method and device for predicting the travelling trajectories of a motor vehicle

A device for longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle, including a driver assistance system which outputs a brake request signal to a brake control unit. The driver assistance system is designed to output a brake request signal in the form of a distance signal which specifies the distance to be traveled by the vehicle within which the vehicle is to reach a predefinable target velocity. The brake control unit has a conversion unit for converting the distance signal into a brake operation signal.

Device for longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle by intervention in the brake system

A device and a method for triggering at least one deceleration device and/or one output-determining actuator element of a vehicle propulsion system, in particular for automatic longitudinal vehicle regulation, a first surroundings sensing device being provided, which delivers longitudinal value-optimized measured values, a second surroundings sensing device being provided, which delivers object lateral dimension-optimized measuring values, and an analyzer device being provided, which receives the output signals of the first and second surroundings sensing devices and the measured values of the first and second surroundings sensing devices being used for object identification. The device and the method are furthermore suitable for initiating or performing vehicle deceleration for collision avoidance or for alleviating the severity of a collision.

Method and device for controlling at least one deceleration device and/or an output-determining actuating element of a vehicle drive device

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