Abstract:
An apparatus for monitoring the blind spot of a motor vehicle has a mirror assembly with at least one mirror element that can be moved using an actuator, and a microphone assembly. The microphone assembly is designed to determine the sound direction, and the movable mirror element is in the form of a sound reflector.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to a method for operation of a motor vehicle with a portable control device. The portable control device is designed to generate control signals to control the motor vehicle. The portable device is also designed to transmit the control signals to the motor vehicle. For authentication, a server generates a token, the token is transmitted to the portable control device, and the token, which is stored temporarily on the portable control device, is transmitted to, and verified by the motor vehicle.
Abstract:
A method and associated devices are used for updating software of a motor vehicle by transmitting software-updating data via LiFi. A traffic management system includes a plurality of LiFi-enabled transceiver modules and a LiFi-enabled transceiver module of the motor vehicle. During the operation of the motor vehicle in road traffic, the software-updating data of at least one of the LiFi-enabled transceiver modules of the traffic management system are transmitted to the LiFi-enabled transceiver module of the motor vehicle located within a transmission range of the transceiver module.
Abstract:
A method of operating an adaptive cruise control (ACC) system of a host vehicle includes operating a sensor onboard the host vehicle to determine respective dynamic state variables of a leading vehicle forward of the host vehicle and of a plurality of third vehicles in the vicinity of the host vehicle, and using a swarm algorithm to process the dynamic state variables of the third vehicles to predict future movements thereof Acceleration/deceleration of the host is controlled by the ACC based upon the variables and the predicted future movements of the third vehicles. The third vehicles may be sub-divided into first and second and respective first and second swarm algorithms applied thereto and later combined to predict future movements of the third vehicles. Third vehicles located ahead of the leading vehicle may be detected using radar signals that are reflected off of the road surface beneath the leading vehicle.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for modifying the configuration of a driving assistance system of a motor vehicle includes, during operation in an autopilot mode, detecting that a vehicle driver makes a control input counter to vehicle control directed by the driving assistance system. Data relating to driving conditions existing when the driver made the control input is logged onboard the vehicle and transmitted to an off-board central communications platform. The central communications platform creates a modified configuration for the driving assistance system based on the data and re-transmits it back to the vehicle where it is loaded into the driving assistance system. The modified configuration causes the driving assistance system to automatically control the vehicle in a manner consistent with the control input if the driving conditions reoccur. The modified configuration may also be transmitted to a driving assistance system of one or more other motor vehicles.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling access to a motor vehicle using heartbeat rhythm patterns. An electronic camera installed in or on the vehicle images a skin surface of a person seeking access to the vehicle. A chronological change in coloration or swelling of the imaged skin surface indicates the person's heartbeat rhythm, and this rhythm is compared to stored reference data of authorized persons. The person is allowed access if the detected rhythm corresponds to the reference data. The allowed access to the vehicle may be the unlocking and/or opening of a door and or the starting of an engine. The method is initiated if the door latch is actuated, if a person is recognized in the vicinity of the vehicle, or if a near field communication occurs, for example, by means of capacitive sensors. The electronic camera is preferably a LIDAR camera.
Abstract:
An electrified vehicle having a high-voltage source, such as a traction battery, includes at least one self-destructing or otherwise irreversibly disabling integrated circuit (IC) that may be activated by a controller in response to vehicle sensor data indicative of a situation that may expose rescue or recovery personnel to a possibility of electric shock. The IC(s) may be internal to a traction battery to disconnect or disable groups of cells from one another, and/or external to the traction battery to disconnect the high-voltage source from the vehicle electrical system.
Abstract:
Infrastructure lighting is controlled from a vehicle. Wireless communication exists between the vehicle and at least one light source of the infrastructure lighting. At least one device of the vehicle is functionally linked to the infrastructure lighting. Switching on a light source of the infrastructure lighting is performed via wirelessly transmitting a first control command to the light source. Switching off the light source is performed via transmitting a second control command to the light source. A blinker is functionally linked to the light source such that activation of the blinker triggers the transmitting of the first control command to light source when vehicle headlights are switched on.
Abstract:
A method is proposed that uses sensors of a mobile terminal device with a vehicle. The method includes deploying a mobile terminal with sensors, deploying a vehicle having positioning facilities for the mobile terminal device in or on the vehicle and a processing unit. The method connects the processing unit to the mobile terminal device, and identifies the mobile terminal device through the processing unit. The processing unit proposes positioning facilities for the mobile terminal device in or on the vehicle, as well as sensors that can be used depending on the mobile terminal device identified through the processing unit. The method also includes processing the transmitted measurements through the processing unit to execute a parking maneuver.
Abstract:
In order to obtain information about a salt-state of a road independently of drivers, a method that generates information about the salt-state of a road is specified that includes a determination of salt-state-dependent measurement values, processing of the measurement values into information about the salt-state of the road and outputting of the information about the salt-state of the road. A corresponding device that generates information about the salt-state of a road comprises sensors that determine of salt-state-dependent measurement values, a processing unit that is configured to process determined measurement values into information about the salt-state of the road, and output the information about the salt-state of the road.