Continental Teves, Ag and Company Ohg

Itt Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.

Conti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh

Itt Automotive Europe Gmbh

Alfred Teves Gmbh

Adc Automotive Distance Control Systems Gmbh

Application Solutions (electronics and Vision) Ltd.

Continental Ab & Co. Ohg

Wolfgang Fey

Michael Zydek

Mario Engelmann

Olaf Zinke

Adrian Traskov

Heinz Loreck

Micha Heinz

Peter Lohberg

Peter Oehler

Frank Michel

Andreas Kirschbaum

Ling Chen

Klaus Rink

Leonhard Link

Gunter Fendt

Andreas Klein

Martin Randler

Dieter Krökel

Hans W Bleckmann

Wolfgang Jöckel

Tobias Beckmann

Wilfried Mehr

Lothar Weichenberger

Georg Fachinger

Timo Dietz

Lukusa Didier Kabulepa

Rolf Adomat

Axel Schmitz

Ravikanth Uppara

Houman Amjadi

Peter Schubert

Jan Truoel

Lutz Kuehnke

Arnold Möbius

Wolfgang Joeckel

Markus Jäger

Vaclav Mocek

Luc Van Dijk

Gideon Reade

Ian Saward

Dave Weller

Leonard Link

Juergen Brandl

Michael Zydeck

Peter Jones

Christopher Kosubek

Eric Hantsch

Lars Lucius

Manfred Kulesch

Günther Fendt

Günter Fendt

Lutz KÜHNKE

Arnold MÖBIUS

Andreas Kirchbaum

Jürgen Brandl

Gunther Hölzl

A control device and an operating method for a driver assistance system of a vehicle are configured to selectively process image data from only a first vehicle camera or from only a second vehicle camera at any given time, depending on a current operating state of the vehicle, in order for driver assistance functions to be implemented.

Control device and method for a driver assistance system of a vehicle

A device for determining a space in which the vehicle can drive includes at least one sensing unit for sensing spatial coordinates of at least one object in a vehicle environment of the vehicle. A determining unit is configured to determine a space in which the vehicle can drive on the basis of the spatial coordinates of the at least one object sensed by the sensing unit and on the basis of specified dimensions of the vehicle.

Device for determining a space in which a vehicle can drive, corresponding method, and vehicle

A method and apparatus for calibrating an image from a camera mounted on a vehicle using camera pose parameter determined from information relating to suspension level from a suspension system of the vehicle. The difference in the suspension level compared with a suspension level datum can be determined and an adjustment to the camera pose parameter values can be obtained from the difference in the suspension level.

Image calibration

A mirror substitute device for a vehicle has at least one camera designed to cover at least a part of the surroundings of the vehicle and to provide a corresponding image signal, an image processing device coupled to the camera and designed to process the image signal and to output a processed image signal, and at least one display device designed to display the processed image signal.

Mirror substitute device and vehicle

A device for detecting rain includes a camera and a lighting source for emitting visible light onto a window. The camera and the lighting source are configured and arranged in such a way that the camera can detect a signal of the visible light which the lighting source emits onto the window. The signal which is detected by the camera correlates with visible light of the lighting source, which visible light is reflected or scattered at the inner face of the window or outer face of the window and/or at the raindrop. The visible light passes through a shutter device which causes the light to be blocked or highly attenuated in a predefined direction perpendicular to the illumination direction of structures of the shutter device. In contrast, the light in the direction perpendicular to the predefined direction and to the illumination direction can propagate virtually unimpeded through the shutter device.

Illumination for the detection of raindrops on a window by means of a camera

A microprocessor system () for controlling or regulating at least partly safety-critical processes, comprising two central processing units () integrated in a chip housing, a first and a second bus system, at least one full memory () on the first bus system, at least one test data store () on the second bus system, which has a reduced store coverage compared to the full memory on the first bus system and in which test data are stored which are connected to data of the memory () on the first bus system, and the bus systems comprise comparison and/or driver components which allow the data interchange and/or comparison of data between the two bus systems, and a hardware test data generator () is arranged at least on the second bus system, in which case at least part of the full memory on the first bus is additionally backed up using another test data store () and test data on the first bus. The invention further relates to the use of the above microprocessor system in motor vehicle controllers.

Microprocessor system for controlling or regulating at least partly safety-critical processes

A waveguide antenna for a radar antenna array, particularly for use in motor vehicles, includes a metal waveguide extending in an x direction and having a longitudinal axis, which, for the propagation of a radar wave of a first mode in the x direction, delimits an inner space, wherein in order to specifically convert the first mode to a second mode of the radar wave which is different from the first mode and to couple the second mode out of the waveguide, a plurality of structural elements arranged in the x direction are provided which extend into the inner space and wherein adjacent structural elements have a distance which is larger than half a waveguide wavelength of the radar wave of the first mode or larger than half a free-space wavelength, depending on which of the two wavelengths is smaller.

Waveguide antenna for a radar antenna array

Method in which the current is measured inside an integrated PWM control circuit using at least one A/D converter which is likewise integrated in the circuit is described. The PWM controller is provided for the purpose of driving inductive loads and is arranged, in particular, in an electronic circuit of an electronic controller for a motor vehicle braking system. Before determining the actual current of the PWM controller, which is determined using the at least one A/D converter, the current is smoothed using a low-pass filter. A circuit arrangement for carrying out the above method and its use in electronic motor vehicle control systems is also described herein.

Method and pulse-width-modulated current control circuit for driving inductive loads in motor vehicles

A driver assistance system for a motor vehicle has a surroundings sensor and an evaluation unit for evaluating the surroundings sensor data. The evaluation unit receives data from a positioning device. Furthermore, a reduced or limited subset of data taken from a digital roadmap is stored in a non-volatile memory, which is provided to the evaluation unit. The reduced data are selected to include only data relevant for the function(s) of the driver assistance system. Thereby the driver assistance system does not need to be connected for data transmission with a navigation system.

Driver assistance system having reduced data from a digital road map

Disclosed is a method of improving the immunity to interference of an integrated circuit () having error signals transferred between a microprocessor chip or multiple processor &#x3bc;C () and an additional component (). For the transfer, a minimum pulse length that is independent of the clock frequency of the microprocessor or the microprocessors is defined, starting from which a signal on an error line having a defined pulse length is interpreted as an error. Also disclosed is an integrated circuit, which is designed so that the above method is implemented. The circuit has a microprocessor chip or multiple processor microcontroller () or microprocessor module and an additional component () having separately arranged power elements. The circuit also has pulse extending devices and/or signal delaying devices for the output of error pulses (') one after the other through at least one error line ().

Method and integrated circuit for increasing the immunity to interference

An integrated circuit arrangement on a common chip or chip support, for safety critical applications, in particular for use in control and regulation units for a motor vehicle braking system, including at least one microprocessor system module, which has at least one core processor, provided with at least one ROM and at least one RAM, at least one power module for controlling external users and at least one monitoring module for monitoring at least parts and/or part systems of the circuit arrangement, the circuit arrangement including at least one temperature sensor for recording a chip temperature.

Integrated circuit arrangement for safety critical regulation systems

Disclosed is an integrated circuit arrangement for safety-critical applications, such as for regulating and controlling tasks in an electronic brake system for motor vehicles. The arrangement includes several electronic, cooperating functional groups ('), with electric lines () provided to interconnect the functional groups (&#x2032;). The functional groups consist of a first type and a second type, with the functional groups of the first type having at least the functional group redundant microprocessor system () or the functional group input/output devices (). The functional groups of the second type have at least the functional groups actuator drivers () and safety circuits (&#x2032;). The functional groups of the first type and the second type are grouped on a joint chip or chip support member (). The arrangement can be used in electronic brake systems for motor vehicles, in electronic control systems for governing the driving dynamics of motor vehicles, or for controlling electronically controlled parking brakes, or for controlling vehicle restraint systems.

Integrated microprocessor system for safety-critical regulations

A semiconductor memory and a data processing system having hardware for carrying out a method for the improved internal monitoring of addressing circuits in semiconductor memories or in a data processing system, in which logic levels addressing lines are tapped off, the actually selected address or subaddress is represented by additional address bit lines, the actually accessed address/subaddress is recovered using the address bit lines, and the actually selected address/subaddress is compared with the applied address/subaddress, obtained from the additional address bit lines, in order to recognize an error in the addressing circuit.

Method and semiconductor memory with a device for detecting addressing errors

The invention relates to a microprocessor system () for controlling and/or regulating at least partly security-critical processes, which system comprises two central processing units () integrated into a chip housing, a first and a second bus system, at least one complete memory () on the first bus system, and check data in one or more check data memories, said data being related to data of the memory in the first bus system. The check data memory is smaller than the complete memory. The bus systems comprise comparative and/or driver components which facilitate data exchange and/or comparison of data between the two bus systems. The one or more check data memories are arranged on the first bus system. On the second bus system, neither a check data memory nor a memory safeguarding data of the memory on the first bus is used. The invention also relates to the use of the inventive microprocessor system in automotive control devices.

Microprocessor system for controlling at least partly safety-critical processes

A signal preprocessing device is disclosed, which is integrated into a structure-borne sound sensor or into an acceleration sensor for sensing structure-borne sound, or which is connected at the input end to at least one sensor of this type and is connected at the output end to at least one signal channel that is connected to at least one central electronic control unit, and wherein the signal preprocessing device has at least one filter module having at least two bandpass filters. A method for preprocessing structure-borne sound sensor signals is also disclosed, in which a filtering operation is carried out in which at least two frequency bands, which are at least to a certain extent part of the structure-borne sound spectrum, are transmitted. Use of the above device in electronic motor vehicle security systems, in particular safety systems, in particular in vehicle occupant protection systems and/or passenger protection systems is also disclosed.

Signal preprocessing device comprising band-pass filters for structure-borne noise sensors

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Wolfgang Fey