Aumovio Corporation

Verfahren zur Fehlererkennung für eine Ventilanordnung aus mehreren Magnetventilen in einem Fahrzeug Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Fehlererkennung für eine Ventilanordnung aus mehreren Magnetventilen in einem Fahrzeug. Die Ventilanordnung umfasst zumindest zwei Magnetventile. Jedes Magnetventil weist eine Ventilspule mit einem Ventilspulenwiderstand auf. Die Ventilanordnung ist mit einer Steuereinheit zur Steuerung der Magnetventile signaltechnisch verbunden. Das Verfahren weist folgende Schritte auf: a. Ermitteln des Ventilspulenwiderstandes (10) für jede Ventilspule der zumindest zwei Magnetventile der Ventilanordnung, b. Vergleichen des Ventilspulenwiderstandes (12) des ersten Magnetventils mit einem Referenzwert, wobei der Referenzwert aus zumindest einem der ermittelten Ventilspulenwiderstände gebildet wird, und c. Erkennen eines fehlerhaften Magnetventils (14) mittels der Steuereinheit, wenn eine Differenz zwischen dem Ventilspulenwiderstandes des zu prüfenden ersten Magnetventils zu dem Referenzwert einen Schwellwert überschreitet.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus, a vehicle, a data carrier, a computer program, and a method for executing a safety-critical application. The method comprises executing, in one or more first execution environments on the hardware platform, the safety-critical application. Further, the method comprises executing, in a second execution environment on the hardware platform, a supervisor component for the safety-critical application. Also, the method comprises providing a first memory-mapped interface used by the safety-critical application and providing a second memory-mapped interface used by a non-safety-critical application running in one of the first execution environments. As well, the method comprises detecting, by the supervisor component, a transition of a control flow between the safety-critical application and the non-safety-critical application running in the first execution environment and, in response to detecting that the control flow is transitioning from the safety-critical application to the non-safety-critical application, restricting, by the supervisor component, access to the first memory-mapped interface.

Die Erfindung betrifft Kamerasystem umfassend ein Gehäuse (2), wobei in dem Gehäuse (2) ein Objektiv (1) mit einer Linsenanordnung, ein Objektivhalter und eine Leiterplatte (6) mit Bildsensor angeordnet ist, wobei das Objektiv (1) und/oder der Objektivhalter und/oder das Gehäuse (2) mit einer Eloxalschicht ausgestaltet ist, wobei zwischen Objektiv (1) und Objektivhalter und/oder zwischen Gehäuse (2) und Leiterplatte (6) eine Klebeverbindung an entsprechenden Klebeflächen (3) ausgestaltet ist und wobei die jeweilige Klebefläche (3) in zumindest einen ersten (3a) und zumindest einen zweiten Bereich (3b) unterteilt ist und wobei der zumindest eine erste Bereich (3a) mit der Eloxalschicht ausgestaltet ist und der zumindest eine zweite Bereich (3b) ohne Eloxalschicht ausgestaltet ist. Weiterhin betrifft die Erfindung ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines derartigen Kamerasystems.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods for safe motion planning. A computer program, a computer-readable data carrier and an apparatus are also disclosed. The method for safe motion planning comprises: obtaining, by a hypernetwork, an environment representation comprising one or more signed distance fields, SDFs, obtained for respective one or more time steps of a motion planning time horizon; generating, by the hypernetwork, parameters based on the environment representation; obtaining, by a main network, a residual of a Hamilton Jacobi, HJ, value function based on the generated parameters; applying a Rectified Linear Unit, ReLU, to the residual to obtain a nonnegative residual; determining an HJ value function as a subtraction of the nonnegative residual from an SDF of the one or more SDF; and using the determined HJ value function for safe motion planning.

This disclosure relates to a driver monitoring system (2) for a vehicle (1), comprising: - a camera (3) configured to capture infrared light, - an infrared illumination unit (4) configured to illuminate a driver, in particular a driver's face, with infrared light, and - a surface (5) positioned in a light path between the camera (3) and the driver (D), wherein the surface (5) a) is at least reflective in the infrared spectrum, or b) comprises a coating (6) with at least one layer (7) that is at least reflective in the infrared spectrum, wherein the surface (5) is arranged so that the infrared light generated by the infrared illumination unit (4) is reflected from the driver's face to the camera (3) so that the camera (3) captures the driver's face.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a concept for fusing sensor data from different sensors. The method comprises obtaining radar data from a radar sensor and image data from a camera. The radar data represents the environment of the vehicle, and the image data represents the environment from an ego-perspective of the vehicle. Further, the method comprises processing the radar data using an auto encoder-decoder. In doing so, the auto encoder-decoder recovers angle information from the radar data to present features extracted from the radar data in a top view. Also, the method includes processing the image data using a variational auto encoder-decoder (VAE). The VAE obtains extracted features in a top view. Further, the method comprises fusing the extracted features with each other and providing the fused features for assisted or autonomous driving.

A system and method for virtualizing an electronic control system (ECS) is disclosed. The method comprises abstracting signal properties in ECS components by categorizing signals into analog and digital groups to enable distinct processing paths; encapsulating peripheral models with standardized interfaces that match the respective ECS component interfaces; obtaining signal operations including logical operations for digital signals and mathematical operations for analog signals to simulate signal processing between components; executing said signal operations to evaluate signal behavior; and using the evaluation of the signal processing and/or the executed signal operations as input to a machine learning model configured to predict cascading malfunctions across multiple ECS components. The method further comprises adapting ECS components that are predicted to malfunction using software-based and/or hardware-based corrective actions. The system may include modules corresponding to each method step and may support semantic interpretation of signal data, dynamic validation, modular logging with interchangeable backends, and integration into continuous integration (CI) or hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) testing pipelines. The invention enables proactive fault detection, scalable ECS simulation, and enhanced system reliability in safety-critical domains.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods for virtualizing an electronic control system. A computer program, a computer-readable data carrier and an apparatus are also disclosed. The method comprising: abstracting, technical details of signals in ECS components into groups, including analog signals group and digital signals group; obtaining peripheral models associated with respective ECS components, wherein each peripheral model comprises interfaces that correspond to respective interfaces of the respective ECS component, each interface of the peripheral model being associated with a signal, which is an analog signal or a digital signal, matching an interface signal of the respective ECS component; obtaining signal operations that represent signal processing of the respective ECS components, said signal operations including logical operations for the digital signals, and mathematical operations for the analog signals; and executing the signal operations to evaluate the signal processing between the ECS components.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods for autonomous navigation and for enhancing the performance of a model predictive control, BMPC. A computer program, a computer-readable data carrier and an apparatus are also disclosed. The BMPC being configured to generate control commands to an autonomous system over successive control intervals. The method for autonomous navigation using the BMPC comprises: obtaining, for each control interval, candidate navigation corridors for the autonomous system; obtaining, using backward reachability analysis, respective backward reachable navigation corridors for at least two of the candidate navigation corridors; obtaining, for each control interval, a highest-progress corridor and a lowest-progress corridor from the backward reachable navigation corridors, wherein the highest-progress corridor is associated with the backward reachable navigation corridor where the autonomous system makes most longitudinal progress, and the lowest-progress corridor is associated with the backward reachable navigation corridor where the autonomous system makes least longitudinal progress; and

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Luftabwehrsystem (1) zur Abwehr von Flugkörpern (2a, 2b), insbesondere von Drohnen, umfassend- wenigstens einen Sensor-Knoten (3a, 3b), wobei der wenigstens eine Sensor-Knoten (3a, 3b) mindestens ein Sensorsystem (4) zur Abtastung eines Überwachungsraums (5) und zur Erfassung von im Überwachungsraum (5) befindlichen Flugkörpern (2a, 2b) aufweist;- wenigstens einen Effektor-Knoten (6a, 6b), wobei der wenigstens eine Effektor-Knoten (6a, 6b) mindestens ein Abwehrsystem (7) zur Neutralisierung von Flugkörpern (2a, 2b) aufweist; und- wenigstens einen Verarbeitungsknoten (8), wobei der wenigstens eine Verarbeitungsknoten (8) dazu eingerichtet ist, Sensordaten des wenigstens einen Sensor-Knotens (3a, 3b) zu empfangen und auf Grundlage der Sensordaten den wenigstens einen Effektor-Knoten (6a, 6b) so zu steuern, dass der erkannte Flugkörper (2a, 2b) im Überwachungsraum (5) neutralisiert wird;wobei die Knoten (3a, 3b, 6a, 6b, 8) modulare und separat handhabbare Knoten (3a, 3b, 6a, 6b, 8) sind, die miteinander signalübertragend verbindbar oder verbunden sind. Ferner betrifft die Erfindung ein Verfahren zum Abwehren von Flugkörpern (2a, 2b), insbesondere von Drohnen.