Connaught Electronics

Automotive camera (2) comprising a housing (4a, 4b) and a circuit board (7), which is arranged within a housing interior of the housing (4a, 4b). The circuit board (7) is connected to the housing (4a, 4b) by a pin (5). The automotive camera (2) is comprising a heat transfer element (6), wherein the pin (5) passes through the heat transfer element (6) and the heat transfer element (6) is in contact with the housing (4a, 4b) via a first surface (11a) of the heat transfer element (6) and with the circuit board (7) via a second surface (11b) of the heat transfer element (6).

The invention is directed at an Electronic control device (10) for a motor vehicle (36), comprising- a housing with a housing interior, the housing comprising an upper housing part (12) and a lower housing part (26), which in an assembled state form the interior of the housing,- a printed circuit board (28), which is arranged inside the interior of the housing, and- at least one electrical component (22), which is arranged on the printed circuit board (28), wherein the at least one electronic component (22) is thermally conductively coupled to a cooling plate (14), which is integrated into at least one of the housing parts (12, 26), in particular into the upper housing part (12). At least one surface of the housing, which faces the interior of the housing, is at least partially coated with a thermally insulating coating (34).

The invention relates to a method for generating a focus signal (25) for focusing of at least one camera (4) of an assistance system (2) of a motor vehicle (1) by an electronic computing device (6), comprising the steps of receiving a vehicle movement status signal (17), depending on the vehicle movement status signal (17) selecting a camera (4) from at least two cameras (4) of the motor vehicle (1); receiving at least one captured image (26) from the selected camera (4) of surroundings (5) of the motor vehicle (1); detecting at least one object (8) in the received image (26); determining a sharpness of that at least one object (8) in the captured image (26); and generating the focus signal (25) depending on the determined sharpness for sharpening the determined object (8). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a computer program product, a computer-readable storage medium, as well as to an electronic computing device (6).

A cooling plate (10) for tempering at least one computing unit (7, 8, 9, 35, 36) of an electronic computing device (3), comprising at least a first cooling plate element (16), which comprises a first cavity (20) for receiving a fluid from a temperature control unit (37) of the electronic computing device (3), wherein the first cooling plate element (16) is plate-like formed and comprises a first side (11) for arranging a first computing unit (7) and a second side (12), which is arranged opposite to the first side (11), for arranging a second computing unit (8), wherein the cooling plate (10) comprises a second cooling plate element (17), wherein the second cooling plate element (17) comprises a second cavity (21) for receiving a fluid from a temperature control unit (37), wherein the second cooling plate element (17) is plate-like formed, wherein the second cooling plate element (17) comprises at least a third side (13) for arranging a third computing unit (9), and wherein the second cooling plate element (17) is arranged at right angles to the first cooling plate element (16). Furthermore, the present invention relates to an arrangement (5), to a calculating unit (6), to an electronic computing device (10), and to a motor vehicle (1).

The invention relates to a method for presenting a surrounding image of surroundings (14) of a motor vehicle (1) with a virtual representation of the motor vehicle (1) during a start-up phase of the motor vehicle (1) by a support system (3) of the motor vehicle (1), comprising the steps of providing a two-dimensional image (9) of the motor vehicle (1) as the virtual representation by an electronic computing device (5) of the support system (3); capturing the current surroundings (14) of the motor vehicle (1) by at least one capturing device (4) of the support system (3); blending the two-dimensional image (9) with the current captured surroundings (14) to the surrounding image by the electronic computing device (5); and presenting the surrounding image during the start-up phase on a display device (6) of the support system (3). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a computer program product, a computer-readable storage medium, as well as to a support system (3).

A first image (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) representing a first part of an environment of a motor vehicle (1) and generated by a first camera (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) of the motor vehicle (1) and a second image (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) representing a second part of the environment of the motor vehicle (1) and generated by a second camera (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) of the motor vehicle (1) are received. A stitched image (8) is generated depending on the first image (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) and the second image (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d). An artifact (14) in the stitched image (8), which represents a component of the motor vehicle (1), is detected. An improved stitched image (12) is generated, wherein the artifact (14) is removed at least in part by applying a machine learning model, MLM, (11) trained for image inpainting to input data comprising the stitched image (8).

Cooling block (1) for cooling an electronic component (14) of an electronic computing device (10) of a motor vehicle (15), wherein the cooling block (1) is applicable to a cooling channel (6) for guiding a cooling fluid. The cooling block (1) comprises an inlet side (2) on a first side of the cooling block (1). The cooling block (1) comprises an outlet side (3) on a second side of the cooling block (1). The cooling block (1) comprises a through hole (4) connecting the inlet side (2) to the outlet side (3) of the cooling block (1). The through hole (4) comprises an interior surface, which comprises a first protrusion (5a).

Cooling block (1) for cooling an electronic component (5) of an electronic computing device (10) of a motor vehicle (15). The cooling block (1) is applicable to a cooling channel (6) for guiding a cooling fluid. The cooling block (1) comprises an inlet side (2) on a first side of the cooling block (1) and an outlet side (3) on a second side of the cooling block (1). Additionally the cooling block (1) comprises a through hole (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4') connecting the inlet side (2) to the outlet side (3) of the cooling block (1). The through hole (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4') goes along a helical path through the cooling block (1).

The invention is directed at an electronic control unit (28) for a control device, wherein the electronic control unit (28) comprises a housing (30) with opposing housing walls, forming a housing interior, a circuit board (32) and at least one electronic component (34) arranged on the circuit board (32), wherein the circuit board (32) with the at least one electronic component (34) is arranged inside the housing interior, wherein the electronic control unit (28) comprises a tempering device with at least one vapor chamber (10) with a vapor chamber housing (12), which is in thermal contact with a heat dissipating surface of the at least one electronic component (34) and with at least one of the opposing housing walls, thus providing a thermal link therebetween.

The invention relates to a camera (4) for a motor vehicle (1), having a housing (9), the housing (9) delimiting a receiving space (12) in which a lens module (16) of the camera (4) is arranged in certain regions, the camera (4) having a longitudinal axis (A), and having a heater for heating the lens module (16), the heater being an IR heater (15).