Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Kia Motors Company

Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center Gmbh

Michael Schreiber

Ingmar Langer

Amanda Christiana

Stefan Lessmann

Frank Wolf

Gregory Ardisana

Nilesh Patel

Margaux Krause

Dominik Matheis

Manfredo Agresti

Regina Kaiser

Gerrit De Graag

Lukas Gass

Markus Frommann

Bahman Moarefi

Bilal Javaid

Andreas Kapp

Stephan Walter

Vincent Laurent

Stefan Hoffmann

Michael Graf

Stefan Lang

Jelle Tjebbes

Volker Prescher

Holger Thums

Pawel Kwasniak

Jens Schenkenberger

Marco Favilli

George Hires

Balaji Sevanan Kari

Peter Keller

Eduardo Rates Garcia

Dennis Fleischmann

Wilhelm Sulzbacher

Ralf Venino

Martin Eschle

Marian Piskon

Seonok Lee

Claudia Escobar Yaya

Mario Liebeck

Saif Mudhafar

Dirk Kuxhausen

Lukas Gaß

Baris Dönmez

Holger Bartelmeß

Vladimir Supik

Adrian Bablok

Lukas Günter Gaß

Carsten Hoefer

Nico Munkler

Johannes Heichel

George Bedenian

Joel Dammel

Vitto Bonnemayers

Humayun Yousofzy

Judith Hirsch

Uwe Meinz

A parcel station including a housing having a front cover which is slidable along at least one side of the housing which further includes a plurality of segments, and wherein the front cover is configured so that two neighboring segments among the plurality of segments are separable from each other to form an opening in the front; and a plurality of storage plates, which are arranged one above the other in the interior space of the housing with respect to planar extensions thereof and which is movable in a direction perpendicular to the planar extensions and in the upper direction and/or the lower direction, wherein the opening extends between at least two neighboring storage plates among the plurality of storage plates and at current positions thereof.

Parcel station, parcel system and method for operating a parcel station

A method for providing privacy protection in preparation for a phone call between a vehicle occupant of a vehicle and a remote conversation partner is provided. The method includes detecting, by an occupant detection system of the vehicle, additional listeners inside the vehicle. The method further includes receiving a call request with a telecommunication system in the vehicle for a phone call between the vehicle occupant and the remote conversation partner, the phone call being an outgoing call or an incoming call. The method further includes sending a notification to the remote conversation partner with the telecommunication system prior to establishment of the requested phone call informing the remote conversation partner about the presence of detected additional listeners.

Method and system for providing privacy protection in preparation for a phone call between a vehicle occupant and a remote conversation partner

A system and a method for providing an opening for delivering a shipment into a loading space of a vehicle, as well as a corresponding vehicle and a method for delivering a shipment into a vehicle, include a controller arranged and configured to calculate a first length of the opening based on received and/or determined dimensions of the shipment and further based on an area of the opening configured to receive the shipment through the opening in the loading space of the vehicle. An actuator is arranged and configured to move a first element of the vehicle relative to a second element of the vehicle by the calculated first length of the opening in order to provide the exactly necessary opening.

System for and method of providing an opening for receiving a shipment in a loading space of a vehicle

A cargo detection system for detecting overhanging cargo on a motor vehicle comprises a sensor system configured to provide cargo measurement data for cargo loaded onto the motor vehicle by measuring at least one of exterior dimensions of cargo protruding over an outer edge of the motor vehicle and an opening condition of a tailgate of the motor vehicle. The system further comprises a control device configured to assess, based on the cargo measurement data of the sensor system, whether cargo is overhanging from the motor vehicle and to calculate an updated vehicle length and/or vehicle width for the motor vehicle accounting for the overhanging cargo.

Cargo detection system and method for detecting overhanging cargo on a motor vehicle

A method can be used for automatic lateral repositioning of a child safety seat on a back seat of a motor vehicle. The child safety seat is configured to move laterally across the back seat between lateral sides of the motor vehicle. The method includes determining the lateral position of the child safety seat on the back seat of the motor vehicle, determining a current or intended parking situation of the motor vehicle, deciding which lateral side of the motor vehicle is a preferred access side for the determined parking situation, and laterally repositioning the child safety seat to a preferred position at the preferred access side of the motor vehicle.

Method and seat control system for automatic lateral repositioning of a child safety seat on a back seat of a motor vehicle

A method can be used for adaptive parking of a vehicle. A parking area is determined around a programmed destination of the vehicle. The parking area has more than one available parking spot for the vehicle. Parking data is acquired via a wireless communication network. The parking data for each parked vehicle includes a parking position and an individual sensing coverage of an environment sensor system of the respective parked vehicle scanning the traffic environment within the parking area. Available parking spots are ranked based on a calculated overall sensing coverage and a recommended parking spot is determined among the available parking spots based on overall sensing coverage of the traffic environment in the parking area.

Parking assistant and method for adaptive parking of a vehicle to optimize overall sensing coverage of a traffic environment

A method and control system for utilizing an autonomous vehicle as shield against meteorological phenomena above a drivable surface area are provided. The method includes determining if the drivable surface area is to be shielded against the meteorological phenomenon and autonomously driving the vehicle over the drivable surface area to at least partially cover the drivable surface area from the meteorological phenomenon. Additionally, the method includes determining if the drivable surface area is to be uncovered and autonomously driving the vehicle away from the drivable surface area to uncover the drivable surface area.

Method and control system for utilizing an autonomous vehicle as shield against meteorological phenomena

A method for at least partially unblocking a field of view of a motor vehicle. The method includes: locating, by a sensor system of the motor vehicle, other vehicles on a present lane of the motor vehicle in at least one of a front space of the motor vehicle and a rear space of the motor vehicle; determining, by a determination unit of the motor vehicle, if at least one of the other vehicles at least partially blocks the field of view of the motor vehicle on the present lane; deciding, by a decision unit of the motor vehicle, if a driving situation requires reducing a blocking of the field of view; and communicating, by a communication device of the motor vehicle, when the blocking of the field of view is to be reduced, a request to the other vehicles at least partially blocking the field of view of the motor vehicle to maneuver within the present lane to reduce the blocking of the field of view of the motor vehicle.

Method for at least partially unblocking a field of view of a motor vehicle during lane changes

A system for vending consumer goods in a vehicle includes a container for storing consumable units of at least one sort of consumer goods, a sensor system including at least one first sensor configured to detect removal of a consumable unit from the container by a consumer, and a computer system connected to the sensor system via a data network. The computer system includes a user database storing a user account assigned to the consumer and a service database storing a price for each consumable unit. Each user account comprises a service payment account listing services and a corresponding amount of money due for each service. The computer system is configured to retrieve from the service database a price for the removed consumable unit and to charge the service payment account of the consumer with an amount of money corresponding to the price of the removed consumable unit.

System and method for vending consumer goods in a vehicle

A method for assisting bay parking maneuvers of a vehicle includes locating, by a sensor system of the vehicle, an unoccupied parking space in a bay parking area. The method includes acquiring, by the sensor system, parking data on the unoccupied parking space, the parking data including information on positions of vehicles parking laterally adjacent to the unoccupied parking space in the bay parking area. The method includes deciding, by a decision unit of the vehicle, based on the parking data, if the vehicle fits into the unoccupied parking space side-to-side with at least one of the other vehicles, wherein a predefined lateral clearance is taken into account on both lateral sides of the vehicle. The method includes providing, by a steering assistant unit of the vehicle, steering instructions for steering the vehicle into the unoccupied parking space adjacent to the respective parking vehicle in observance with the predefined lateral clearance.

Method for assisting bay parking maneuvers of a vehicle and a parking assistant for a vehicle

An electric vehicle charging cable system is provided. The system includes a charging cable assembly having an electric cable and a connector device coupled thereto. The connector device includes a connector housing and a first electric contact arrangement therein. A cable storage device stores the electric cable, and a retainer device includes a retainer housing having a first receiving opening for receiving the connector device and a socket portion arranged adjacent to the first receiving opening for receiving a DC-charging plug of a charging plug. The first receiving opening defines a cross-section corresponding to an outer contact surface of the connector housing. The connector device is positionable in a stowage position in which the connector housing is received within the first receiving opening, and in a detached position to clear the first receiving opening. The socket portion defines a second receiving opening which accommodates a second electric contact arrangement.

Charging cable system for an electric vehicle, electric vehicle, and methods for charging an electric vehicle

A system for supplying heat to an exhaust gas after-treatment system of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is provided. The system includes a heat transfer device that transfers heat generated by at least one component of an electric system of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle to the exhaust gas after-treatment system of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.

System and method for supplying heat to an exhaust gas after-treatment system of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

A regeneration system of a combustion engine of a vehicle includes a speed control device configured to determine an acceleration time of the vehicle to a set speed, a NOx trap configured to reduce nitrogen oxides produced by the combustion engine, and a trigger configured to detect a loading level of the nitrogen oxides of the NOx trap in an exhaust gas produced by the combustion engine during operation. In further, the speed control device is configured to communicate with the trigger, wherein a regeneration of the NOx trap is configured to start in case the acceleration time of the vehicle to the set speed is at least equal to a regeneration time of the NOx trap at the loading level of the nitrogen oxides.

Regeneration system, vehicle comprising the same and regeneration method

A composite sheet metal component for an automobile comprises an inner metal sheet, an outer metal sheet and an intermediate polymer sheet arranged between the inner and the outer metal sheet. The intermediate polymer sheet comprises a semiconductor device and the outer metal sheet comprises at least one functional area.

Composite sheet metal component and body panel

A method includes: receiving an indication of a destination from a user; determining a route from a current position of a vehicle to the destination; projecting an image of the determined route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination onto ground nearby the vehicle using a projection device equipped in the vehicle; and rotating the projected image such that the projected image is oriented in accordance with the determined route.

Projection orientation correction system for vehicle utilizing a projection device

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