LOW-COST, PROTECTED CAPACITIVE SENSING CIRCUIT FOR LOADING MODE OPERATION OF CAPACITIVE SENSORS EMPLOYING HEATER MEMBERSAn impedance measurement circuit for determining a complex impedance of a capacitive sensor that is configured for employing at least one electric heater member as an electrode to be operated in loadi…DRIVE·Aug 15·2 min readFollowH03K17/955IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
ELECTRIC HEATING AND CAPACITIVE SENSING ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEAn electric heating and capacitive sensing arrangement that includes: an electrically conductive heating track arranged on a surface of a planar substrate, the electrically conductive track being conn…DRIVE·Aug 8·1 min readFollowB60N2/0021IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
BATTERY PACK AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMBattery pack having at least one battery cell arranged within a housing, and a sensor arrangement arranged between the battery cell and an abutting surface. The sensor arrangement has first and second…DRIVE·Jul 11·1 min readFollowH01M10/48IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
LOW-COST, HIGH MEASUREMENT SPEED CAPACITIVE SENSING CIRCUIT FOR LOADING MODE OPERATION OF CAPACITIVE SENSORSAn impedance measurement circuit for determining a complex impedance of a capacitive sensor having at least one sense electrode operable in loading mode and at least one guard electrode. The measureme…DRIVE·Jan 4·1 min readFollowG01R27/02IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
CAPACITIVE DETECTION AND/OR CLASSIFICATION DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD FOR HEATER MEMBER COMPENSATION, PARTICULARLY FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONA capacitive detection device includes a capacitive sensor having a sense electrode and an auxiliary electrode that are arrangeable in the vicinity of an electric heater member for mutual capacitive c…DRIVE·Jul 13·2 min readFollowB60R21/0154IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
TDR-BASED SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF HAND TOUCH POSITIONINGS ON AN OBJECT, PARTICULARLY ON A STEERING WHEEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF HAND GESTURE RECOGNITIONA sensing system and method of recognizing a hand gesture established by a sequence of hand touch positionings on an object. The method includes at least steps of: providing to a signal line a time-de…DRIVE·May 25·1 min readFollowB62D1/046IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR CAPACITIVE POSITION DETECTION OF AN OBJECTA sensor arrangement for capacitive detection of an object, including: an electrode arrangement having a heating element as an electrode; a detection device providing a detection signal to a sensor el…DRIVE·Feb 16·2 min readFollowH03K17/955IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
OCCUPANCY DETECTION SYSTEMAn occupancy detection system for at least one vehicle seat includes: an antenna arrangement having an antenna; a control device that applies a radio-frequency transmission signal to, and receives a r…DRIVE·Feb 2·1 min readFollowB60R21/01534IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
THERMAL RUNAWAY DETECTION OF AUTOMOTIVE TRACTION BATTERIES EMPLOYING FORCE-SENSING RESISTOR (FSR) PRESSURE SENSORA detection device for detecting a thermal runaway condition in a rechargeable automotive traction battery that includes a closed traction battery housing for receiving at least a plurality of recharg…DRIVE·Sep 1·1 min readFollowH01M10/658IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
THERMAL RUNAWAY DETECTION OF AUTOMOTIVE TRACTION BATTERIES EMPLOYING FORCE-SENSING RESISTOR (FSR) PRESSURE SENSORA detection device for detecting a thermal runaway condition in a rechargeable automotive traction battery that includes a closed traction battery housing for receiving at least a plurality of recharg…DRIVE·Aug 4·1 min readFollowB60L3/0046IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
CAPACITIVE SENSOR GUARD DIAGNOSTICS FROM REDUNDANT COUPLING MEASUREMENTA method of operating a capacitive sensing device for diagnosing a galvanic connection of at least one guard electrode. The capacitive sensing device includes at least one sense-guard capacitive senso…DRIVE·Nov 18·1 min readFollowG01D5/241IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
METHOD FOR ROBUST VEHICLE OCCUPANCY DETECTION WITH VITAL SIGN MONITORINGA radar sensor system and a method for detecting an occupancy in an interior of a vehicle and with vital sign monitoring. The radar sensor system includes a radar transmitting unit, a radar receiving …DRIVE·Aug 12·2 min readFollowB60W40/08IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
CAPACITIVE OCCUPANT DETECTION SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED ISOFIX DISCRIMINATIONA multi-electrode capacitive sensor is introduced to measure a spatial distribution of impedances to ground. The sensor can be used to identify the location of the highest impedance on the seating sur…DRIVE·May 20·2 min readFollowB60N2/002IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADAR-BASED DETERMINATION OF A NUMBER OF PASSENGERS INSIDE A VEHICLE PASSENGER COMPARTMENTA method of operating a radar sensor system for determining a number of passengers in a vehicle passenger compartment. The radar sensor system includes at least one radar transmitting antenna and at l…DRIVE·May 20·2 min readFollowB60R21/0153IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
CAPACITIVE OCCUPANCY OR PROXIMITY DETECTORA capacitive occupancy or proximity detector includes a heating circuit, an impedance measurement circuit connected to the heating element and a diagnostic circuit configured for determining integrity…DRIVE·Oct 19·1 min readFollowG01D5/24IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
HEATABLE INTERIOR LINING ELEMENTAn interior lining element, for example for a passenger compartment of a vehicle, including a single-layer or multilayer decorative covering, the front side of which faces the passenger compartment an…DRIVE·May 26·1 min readFollowB60H1/2225IEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS & ENGINEERING S.A.
