公开(公告)号：US10183650B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15588750

申请日：2017-05-08

申请人： VOLKSWAGEN AG

发明人： Julian Verkin ,  Patrick Sammer ,  Karsten Beyer

IPC分类号： B60R25/24 ,  G01D5/20

摘要： A method for assessing a reliability of a determination of the relative position between a device for accessing a vehicle and the vehicle including transmitting a first radio signal from a first antenna of the vehicle; transmitting a second radio signal from a second antenna of the vehicle; receiving the first radio signal at the device and determining a first signal intensity; receiving the second radio signal at the device and determining a second signal intensity; determining, at the device or the vehicle, a relative position of the device and/or the vehicle and/or signal directions from which the radio signals have arrived at the device, based on the first signal intensity and the second signal intensity; determining a compatibility of the determined relative position and/or the signal directions with an arrangement of the first antenna and the second antenna at the vehicle to assess the reliability of relative position determination.

公开(公告)号：US20190020499A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-17

申请号：US16029054

申请日：2018-07-06

申请人： VOLKSWAGEN AG

发明人： Alexander MEIER

IPC分类号： H04L12/413 ,  H04L12/40 ,  H03M13/09

摘要： An extension of the existing CAN FD data transmission protocol. The extension enables the use of the IPv6 protocol for the CAN bus. The CAN FD protocol is further developed in an incompatible way. One modification measure relates to the lengthening of the Data Field, which is positioned in the transmission frame after an Arbitration Field. An arbitrary number of bytes can be entered in the extended Data Field within a specified upper limit. Since the Data Field is transmitted at a higher bit rate field than the Arbitration Field, the data throughput is increased dramatically.

公开(公告)号：US20190016376A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-17

申请号：US16028661

申请日：2018-07-06

申请人： VOLKSWAGEN AG

发明人： Dzemal SJENAR ,  Oliver SCHULZ

IPC分类号： B62D5/04 ,  B62D1/20

摘要： A multifunctional steering column for a transportation vehicle having a steering bracket for connection of the steering column to a transportation vehicle body of the transportation vehicle; a steering tube held on the steering bracket and which has a steering tube axis; a steering wheel connection for mechanical coupling of the steering column to a steering wheel; and a steering gear end at which a steering gear coupling with a steering gear connection for mechanical coupling to a steering gear of the transportation vehicle is arranged. Also disclosed is a transportation vehicle and a method for operating a transportation vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US10171955B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US15721761

申请日：2017-09-30

申请人： VOLKSWAGEN AG

发明人： Holger Schultz ,  Thomas Biehle

IPC分类号： H04W4/40 ,  H04W4/44 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04W4/12 ,  H04W4/08 ,  H04W8/18 ,  G06F21/43 ,  H04L29/06 ,  G08G1/0967 ,  H04W4/46

摘要： A method for the communication of vehicles including receiving a first message from a first vehicle by a second vehicle via vehicle-to-vehicle communication and/or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and allocating the first message to the first vehicle based on the content of the first message by the second vehicle The method includes sending a second message from the second vehicle to the first vehicle via a separate communication channel by using information from the first message. Also disclosed is a method for vehicles to exchange data unrelated to traffic with one another.

公开(公告)号：US10170121B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US15183932

申请日：2016-06-16

申请人： VOLKSWAGEN AG

发明人： Daniel Lüddecke ,  Marius Spika ,  Eva Berner ,  Jens Schneider ,  Stephan Scholz

IPC分类号： G10L15/00 ,  G10L15/28 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G10L15/18 ,  G10L15/065 ,  G10L15/22

摘要： A voice recognition system having a mobile unit and an external server. The mobile unit includes a memory unit that stores voice model data having at least one expression set with expressions, a voice recognition unit, and a data interface that can set up a data-oriented connection to a data interface of the external server. The external server includes a database with event data having associated time data and expressions. The external server can, by comparing the time data associated with the event data with a current time, produce updated data that includes at least expressions associated with the event data of the database. The update data can be transmitted to the mobile unit. The update data can also be taken as a basis for adding the transmitted expressions to the expression set. Also disclosed is a method for operating a voice recognition system.

公开(公告)号：US10167018B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US15372879

申请日：2016-12-08

申请人： VOLKSWAGEN AG

发明人： Alexander Pavel

IPC分类号： B62D21/11 ,  B62D27/02 ,  B62D27/06 ,  B62D65/02 ,  B62D29/00

摘要： A subframe for a vehicle for supporting at least one wheel-controlling component, wherein the subframe has at least one shell element, wherein the subframe has or forms at least one mount section for the mounting of a transverse link element, wherein a first subsection of the mount section has or forms at least one first passage opening for receiving a fastening mechanism for the transverse link element, wherein a further subsection of the mount section is a section which is bent relative to the first subsection. Also disclosed is a method for producing a subframe.

公开(公告)号：US20180370488A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US16011850

申请日：2018-06-19

申请人： VOLKSWAGEN AG

发明人： Ralf SCHOULA ,  Claus-Peter BRÜCKNER

IPC分类号： B60R25/24 ,  G07C9/00 ,  B60R25/01

摘要： A method for operating a passive radio-based locking apparatus of a transportation vehicle wherein the locking apparatus enables at least one access function of the transportation vehicle, wherein the passive radio-based locking apparatus includes a mobile device embodied as a radio key unit and a transceiver at the transportation vehicle, between which at least two electromagnetic radio signals are exchanged for the electromagnetic radio connection, and for the operation, one parameter of each of the radio connections of the passive radio-based locking apparatus is modified. Prior to enabling the access function, an identification feature of at least two data communication interfaces for setting up communication for the radio connections at the radio key unit and/or at the transceiver is modified and also each is set to a latest value, and the access function is enabled only in response to the relevant identification feature having the latest value.

公开(公告)号：US10135080B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-20

申请号：US15137615

申请日：2016-04-25

申请人： Volkswagen AG

发明人： Malte Estorf ,  Johannes Peter ,  Lars Umland ,  Peter Lueck

IPC分类号： H01M8/04119 ,  F01D25/24 ,  H01M8/04828 ,  F01D25/32

摘要： A turbine for decompression of air, including a spiral housing, including a spiral housing inlet for inflow of an airflow, a turbine wheel chamber situated in the spiral housing, in which at least one turbine wheel is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation and which has at least one turbine outlet, a circulation channel situated in the spiral housing and extending azimuthally to the axis of rotation in at least some sections for guiding the airflow onto the turbine wheel, the circulation channel having an inside surface in which at least one outlet channel extending azimuthally to the axis of rotation is situated, the outlet channel having an outlet duct and the circulation channel having a circumferential line in its cross section, the circumferential line being subdivided so that a first partial length of the circumferential line of the circulation channel being shorter than a second partial length.

公开(公告)号：US10133944B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-20

申请号：US15386220

申请日：2016-12-21

申请人： VOLKSWAGEN AG ,  AUDI AG ,  PORSCHE AG

发明人： Edmund Dawes Zink ,  Douglas Allen Hauger ,  Lutz Junge ,  Luis Marcial Hernandez Gonzalez ,  Jerramy L. Gipson ,  Anh Vu ,  Martin Hempel ,  Nikhil J. George

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/246 ,  G06T7/215 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06K9/48 ,  G06K9/60

摘要： A system and methodologies for neuromorphic vision simulate conventional analog NM system functionality and generate digital NM image data that facilitate improved object detection, classification, and tracking.

公开(公告)号：US20180319425A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US15974159

申请日：2018-05-08

申请人： VOLKSWAGEN AG

发明人： Ingo SWIETER ,  Luis Alberto CISTERNA

IPC分类号： B62D5/04 ,  B62D15/02

CPC分类号： B62D5/0475 ,  B62D15/021 ,  B62D15/0235

摘要： A method and equipment for calibrating the steering angle sensor system of an electric steering system of a transportation vehicle during a software update, wherein the steering angle sensor system has a rotor position sensor for determining the rotor position of the electric motor of the electric steering system and the steering angle is derived from the rotor position. The method includes starting the software update, reading in and saving the present position data of the electric motor of the steering system, reading in and saving the memory values of the present calibration of the steering angle sensor system, cyclically monitoring the rotor position of the electric motor using the rotor position sensor, performing the software update, terminating the software update, and writing back the memory values of the calibration and releasing the software update.