Volvo Cars Patente

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Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a seat assembly, and corresponding method and computer readable medium, for adjusting a seat in an autonomous vehicle. The adjustment is provided such that a seat occupant may control the adjustment may providing a natural pushing force once the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode.

The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a road segment determining system (1) for identifying beforehand a situation with a potentially in-alert driver (21) of a vehicle (2). The road segment determining system determines (101) a position (22) of the vehicle. The road segment determining system further determines (102) pre-stored road characteristics (311) of a road segment (31) assumed or known to be ahead of the vehicle. Moreover, the road segment determining system determines (103) the road segment to be monotonous based on comparing at least a first road parameter of the pre-stored road characteristics with predetermined monotonous road criteria (6). The disclosure also relates to a road segment determining system in accordance with the foregoing, a vehicle comprising at least a portion of the road segment determining system, and a user device (24) comprising at least a portion of the road segment determining system.

Method performed by a vehicle exit assist system (100) for optimizing the exit of a driver/passenger or objects from the vehicle (270) during parking, the method comprising: sensing the presence of driver/passengers and/or objects in the vehicle (270), determining driver/passenger and/or object location data in the vehicle based on sensed presence (270), transmitting driver/passenger and/or object location data to a park assist system (200) for determining optimal parking route and parking position data, receiving the optimal parking position data from the park assist system, requesting available vehicle door space for each vehicle door having an associated driver/passenger or object based on the parking position data, receiving available vehicle door space for each vehicle door having an associated passenger or object based on the parking positon data, determining a minimum required vehicle door space for each vehicle door having an associated driver/passenger or object, activating a vehicle door counter force device (300) for creating a force against opening the vehicle door if the available vehicle door space is less than a minimum required vehicle door space for each vehicle door having an associated driver/passenger or object.

The present disclosure relates to a bracket (2, 2') comprising a bracket portion (4, 4') and a nut element (6, 6'), the nut element comprising threads (8). The bracket portion comprises an attachment member (12) adapted for attachment of a first object (10) to the bracket portion. The nut element is integrated into the bracket, such that the nut element is retained in the bracket portion and is rotatable around a rotational axis (A1) in relation to the bracket portion. The disclosure further relates to a seat belt arrangement, a fastening arrangement (24), a safety arrangement, a vehicle, a use of the fastening arrangement and a method for attaching the first object (10) to a second object (26) by means of the fastening arrangement.

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The present invention relates to a method and a system (200) for determining a parameter map (502) used for estimating an operation condition for an energy storage device (102) which may be an energy storage device, the method comprising updating the parameter map. When updating the parameter map, a correlation model is implemented taking into account aging behavior of the energy storage device. The model comprises correlation between different parts of the parameter map which enables updating the parameter map at parts which is presently not at a current operating point. Based on the parameter map, an operation condition of the energy storage device may be determined.

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The present invention relates to a method for inserting a fictive object (a 0 ) into an image set ( l ) that has been generated by at least one camera (12) when attached to a moving vehicle (10). The method comprises: €¢ determining an optical measure indicative of an optical condition that occurred during the generation of said image set ( l ); €¢ inserting said fictive object (a°) into at least one image of said image set ( l ), wherein the visual appearance of said fictive object is modified such that it corresponds to said optical measure.

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A catalytic converter for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a tubular member which a first catalytic converter substrate is located therein, with an inlet portion for receiving exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine and with a first outlet portion for discharging the exhaust gas after catalytic conversion thereof, a pipe member within the tubular member connects the inlet portion with the tubular member and guides the exhaust gas from the inlet portion in a first direction of flow, and the pipe member downstream opens into a deflector member which deflects the exhaust gas into the volume of the tubular member of the catalytic converter in a second direction of flow different from the first direction of flow, the catalytic converter further comprises a second outlet portion connected to the deflector member, the second outlet portion comprising a valve configured to control a flow of exhaust gas through the second outlet portion to guide exhaust gas away from the pipe member and out of the catalytic converter prior to reaching the first catalytic converter substrate when the valve is open.

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A method and a following space management unit (110) of a host vehicle (100) for managing a following space are disclosed. The following space management unit (110) obtains a set of parameters comprising one or more of: a difference parameter, indicating a difference between a velocity of the host vehicle (100) and a speed limit for the host vehicle (100) at a current location; and a road marking parameter, indicating whether a surrounding vehicle (102, 103) is allowed to enter the current lane (130). Moreover, the following space management unit (110) determines the following space based on the set of parameters.

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The present invention relates to a method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle, a speed control system and a device for use with the speed control system. For improving the fuel economy, the method comprises monitoring at least one speed-related parameter of the vehicle (2), determining a nominal speed based on said speed-related parameter, setting the engine (3) of the vehicle (2) in a driving mode or an idle mode at said nominal speed, setting the engine (3) of the vehicle (2) in an idle mode when the actual speed of the vehicle exceeds said nominal speed, setting the engine (3) of the vehicle (2) in the driving mode when the actual speed of the vehicle decreases to said nominal speed or falls below said nominal speed, and repeating, based on said fluctuations of the actual speed of the vehicle, said changes between driving mode and idle mode as long as the monitored speed-related parameter is substantially unaltered. The speed control system used at this method comprises at least monitoring means (4), calculating means (6) and setting means (8).

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The invention relates to an exhaust gas aftertreatment device (12) for an internal combustion engine, where the device (12) comprises: an exhaust duct (1) allowing a through-flow of exhaust gas; a catalytic NOx converter (2) arranged in the exhaust duct (1); and a fluid inlet (3) arranged to introduce a liquid reductant (4) into or onto a structure in the exhaust duct upstream the catalytic NOx converter (2). The invention is characterized in that the structure is a sorption structure (5) having pores configured to retain the liquid reductant (4) in liquid form until it evaporates. The invention also relates to a vehicle provided with such a device (12).