公开(公告)号：US20190329774A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-31

申请号：US15963142

申请日：2018-04-26

Applicant: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Inventor： Brian R. Hilnbrand ,  Michael H. Laur ,  Divya Agarwal ,  Nandita Mangal

IPC: B60W30/182 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60W50/14 ,  B60Q9/00

Abstract: A control system for an automated vehicle includes a receiver, an alert-device, and a controller-circuit. The receiver is configured to receive a report of a takeover-event broadcast by another-vehicle at a location, said takeover-event characterized by an other-operator of the other-vehicle engaging a manual-mode of operation of the other-vehicle at the location while the other-vehicle was being operated in an automated-mode. The alert-device is operable to notify a host-operator of a host-vehicle. The controller-circuit is in communication with the receiver and the alert-device. The controller-circuit is configured to, in response to a determination that the host-vehicle is approaching the location, operate the alert-device to notify the host-operator of the host-vehicle about the takeover-event by the other-operator of the other-vehicle at the location.

公开(公告)号：US20190326706A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-24

申请号：US16391701

申请日：2019-04-23

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Matthew L. Penn ,  Jose Alberto Davila Aleman

IPC: H01R13/627 ,  H01R24/40 ,  H01R13/50 ,  H01R43/26

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing. The housing defines a cavity configured to receive a coaxial electrical terminal. The housing has a first end an a second end opposite the first end. The housing also has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side and second side have opposed locking ribs. The coaxial electrical terminal has a wire end and a terminal end oriented orthogonal to the wire end. When the housing engages a corresponding mounting bracket, locking arms extending from the corresponding mounting bracket impart a retention force on the opposed locking ribs and inhibit a rotation of the housing about a mating axis of the coaxial electrical terminal.

公开(公告)号：US20190317204A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-17

申请号：US16366005

申请日：2019-03-27

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Tao Zhang ,  Honghui Yan ,  Wolfgang Doerr ,  Alexander Ioffe

IPC: G01S13/58 ,  G01S13/93 ,  G01S13/50 ,  G01S13/89

Abstract: A method includes identifying, from a reflected radar signal, a plurality of single detections corresponding to object surface spots detected by the radar sensor system, wherein the positions of the single detections in a Range-Doppler-map are deter-mined, wherein at least a region of the Range-Doppler map is divided into a plurality of adjacent evaluation regions separated by separation lines, wherein the separation lines extend parallel to one of the range axis and the Doppler axis. For each evaluation region, at least one selected detection is determined which has, among the detections present in the respective evaluation region, an extremal value with respect to the other axis of the range axis and the Doppler axis, and a boundary of the at least one object is determined based on the selected detections.

公开(公告)号：US20190302771A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16354589

申请日：2019-03-15

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Dariusz Borkowski ,  Dominik Sasin ,  Pawel Markiewicz

IPC: G05D1/02

Abstract: A method for identifying objects in a traffic space by means of a sensor system arranged at or in a host vehicle comprises the steps of determining the positions of a plurality of object surface spots detected by the sensor system in a vehicle coordinate system, assigning the determined positions of object surface spots to at least one detection group by means of a clustering algorithm, wherein the clustering algorithm uses clustering regions defining threshold distances, and identifying at least one object by determining that positions of object surface spots belonging to the same detection group form part of a single object. The determined positions of object surface spots are transformed in a transformation process and the clustering algorithm is applied to the transformed positions of object surface spots. The transformation process includes a directional scaling step that renders the clustering regions non-circular in the vehicle coordinate system.

公开(公告)号：US10396520B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15318076

申请日：2015-06-15

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Markus Larisch ,  Achim Rosemann ,  Rainer Bego-Ghina

IPC: H05K3/30 ,  H01R43/20

Abstract: A method for calibrating a mounting-device used for automatically mounting a contact-part attached to an electrical line with a connector-housing includes the steps of providing the mounting-device, marking a plurality of marking-points, capturing an image of the plurality of marking-points, and determining the positions of the plurality of marking-points. The mounting-device comprises a holder for the connector-housing, a positioning-device that includes a moveable-gripper that includes a marking-device, a camera configured to capture an image of a portion of the holder, and a control unit in communication with the positioning-device, the camera, and the moveable-gripper. The control unit determines the positions of the marking-points based on the image. The positions are indicative of an actual insertion-position of the contact-part into the connector-housing by the moveable-gripper. The control unit stores the positions of the marking-points in a memory of the control unit.

公开(公告)号：US10393862B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15204071

申请日：2016-07-07

Applicant: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Inventor： Robert J. Cashler ,  Premchand Krishna Prasad

IPC: G01S7/41 ,  G01S13/04 ,  G01S13/72 ,  G01S13/42 ,  G01S13/87 ,  G01S13/93

Abstract: A trailer-detection system includes a radar-sensor and a controller. The radar-sensor is used to determine a range, an azimuth-angle, and an elevation-angle of a radar-signal reflected by a trailer towed by a host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the radar-sensor. The controller is configured to determine a size of the trailer towed by the host-vehicle based on the range, the azimuth-angle, and the elevation-angle of the radar-signal.

公开(公告)号：US10355409B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-16

申请号：US15634268

申请日：2017-06-27

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： David R. Peterson ,  Joseph Sudik, Jr. ,  Frank Walter Szuba, Jr. ,  Mark Intihar ,  Benjamin Decker ,  Andrew Kneppers

IPC: H01R43/20 ,  H01R13/631 ,  H01R13/60

Abstract: A wiring-harness includes an electrical-connector and a staging-device. The staging-device has a cavity defining a flexible-member in compressive contact with the electrical-connector. The flexible-member is configured to removably retain the electrical-connector within the cavity. The cavity locates the electrical-connector in a predetermined-position within the staging-device, such that the electrical-connector is presented to an assembler in the predetermined-position. The staging-device is particularly useful in automated, i.e. robotic, installation of the wiring-harness.

公开(公告)号：US20190181599A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US16207091

申请日：2018-12-01

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Melanie Guillanton ,  Christian Albertin ,  Sylvain Dion ,  Francois Cormier

IPC: H01R25/16 ,  H01R13/03 ,  H01R43/16

CPC classification number: H01R25/162 ,  H01M2/206 ,  H01R13/03 ,  H01R13/111 ,  H01R43/16 ,  H01R2201/26

Abstract: An electrical bus bar comprising: a first mounting portion configured to be connected to a first counter connector, a second mounting portion configured to be connected to a second counter connector and a flexible section between the first and second mounting portions, wherein the bus bar comprises a first flat part and a second flat part, wherein each flat part extends from the first mounting portion to the second mounting portion and is arranged in a stacked configuration, wherein the first flat part and the second flat part is made of a sheet metal, wherein a first strip of the sheet metal extends from a body edge of the first flat part to a body edge of the second flat part forming a first link, wherein the first link is dimensioned to keep a first contact surface of the first flat part and a second contact surface of the second flat part in intimate contact.

公开(公告)号：US20190181585A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US16208607

申请日：2018-12-04

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Rainer Schmidt

IPC: H01R13/627 ,  H01R13/426 ,  H01R13/52 ,  H01R43/26

Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes a plug housing having a wall with a first opening. A contact element holder surrounds the first opening. A collar extends from the wall, surrounding the contact element holder. A fixing element is detachably attached to the contact element holder and radially surrounds the contact element holder and part of the contact element holder. First protrusions project from the fixing element between the fixing element and the collar. Second protrusions project from an inner surface of the fixing element into the contact element holder. The first protrusions and the second protrusions are designed in so that after fitting the plug housing together with a mating plug housing, a collar of the mating plug housing engages the first protrusions, whereby the first protrusions are pressed inwards and whereby the second protrusions are pressed inwards against an electrical contact element held in the contact element holder.

公开(公告)号：US20190171892A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16196193

申请日：2018-11-20

Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited

Inventor： Alexander Barth ,  Patrick Weyers

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06K9/62

Abstract: A system for generating a confidence value for at least one state in the interior of a vehicle, comprising an imaging unit configured to capture at least one image of the interior of the vehicle, and a processing unit comprising a convolutional neural network, wherein the processing unit is configured to receive the at least one image from the imaging unit and to input the at least one image into the convolution-al neural network, wherein the convolutional neural network is configured to generate a respective likelihood value for each of a plurality of states in the interior of the vehicle with the likelihood value for a respective state indicating the likelihood that the respective state is present in the interior of the vehicle, and wherein the processing unit is further configured to generate a confidence value for at least one of the plurality of states in the interior of the vehicle from the likelihood values generated by the convolutional neural network.