TY - CHAP A1 - Reindl, Andrea A1 - Langer, Tobias A1 - Meier, Hans A1 - Niemetz, Michael T1 - Comparative Reliability Analysis for Single and Dual CAN (FD) Systems T2 - 27th 2022 International Conference on Applied Electronics (AE): 6-7 September 2022, Pilsen, Czech Republic N2 - Modern cyber-physical systems, such as autonomous vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems, automation systems and battery management systems, result in extended communication requirements regarding the reliability and the availability. The Controller Area Network (CAN) is a broadcast-based protocol which is still used as a standard for serial communication between individual microcontrollers due to its reliability and low power consumption. In addition, it provides mechanisms for detecting transmission errors and retransmitting messages in the event of an error. The enhancement CAN Flexible Data-Rate (CAN FD) offers increased data rates and transmission rates in order to meet the data throughput requirements. In this paper, the mechanisms for reliable data transmission in a CAN FD network are analyzed. To improve reliability, a second identical CAN-FD network is added to the system, using the additional CAN interface already available on common microcontrollers. The redundant communication network is examined in terms of failure rates and the mean time to failure. The reliability over the operation time is calculated for the single and the redundant version of the CAN FD network using the failure rate limits of the ASIL levels. Y1 - 2022 SN - 9781665494816 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/AE54730.2022.9920078 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - IEEE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Unold, Heiko ED - Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, T1 - „Analog Discovery 2“ mobiles Praktikum OTH Regensburg JF - strategie digital. Magazin für Hochschulstrategien im digitalen Zeitalter N2 - Allen Studierenden wird zu Beginn des zweiten Semesters ein elektronisches Experimentierset mit einem Analog Discovery als „mobiles Praktikum“ für die gesamte Dauer des Studiums ausgeliehen. Im Rahmen der Lehrinnovationsprofessur (LIP) wird Material für möglichst viele verschiedene Module des Studiengangs entwickelt, um Fachwissen praktisch erfahrbar zu machen und gleichzeitig die Module inhaltlich zu verknüpfen. KW - Elektroniktechnologie KW - Elektronik KW - Praktikum KW - Selbststudium Y1 - 2024 UR - https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/strategie-digital_Ausgabe05_Kooperative-Curriculumentwicklung.pdf SN - 2750-0993 IS - Ausgabe #05: Kooperative Curriculumentwicklung ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Li, Liwen A1 - Lange, Klaus W. T1 - Planning Principles for Integrating Community Empowerment into Zero-Net Carbon Transformation JF - smart cities N2 - The adoption of the UN 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals is a landmark in international sustainability politics. For example, Europe has set ambitious targets to achieve 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030. However, numerous case studies from different countries have found that accelerating the transition to net-zero carbon emissions is easily hampered by the lack of a coherent systems framework, and that implementation gaps remain at the community level. These barriers are often due to a lack of an adequate end-user (i.e., household) input and early planning participation. This work therefore aims to improve on conventional planning methods that do not reflect innovative technologies with uncertainty and may not be applicable due to the lack of community empowerment, which is a dynamic learning and intervention opportunity for end-users at different planning stages (i.e., outreach, survey, planning, implementation, management, and maintenance). Using the lessons learned from participatory action research, whereby the author was involved as a project director throughout the planning and design process, we identified a six-step cycle principle. The steps are (1) collective action commitments, (2) local values and resource identification, (3) carbon footprint inventory, (4) optimized integration of environment, economy, and energy action plans, (5) Flexible strategic energy system plans, and (6) digital performance monitoring. Ultimately, the outcomes provide application support for policymakers and planners and stimulate community engagement to contribute to the achievement of zero net carbon emissions. T2 - Planungsprinzipien für die Integration von Community Empowerment in die Zero-Net Carbon Transformation KW - social science KW - environmental planning KW - responsible research innovation KW - public–private partnerships KW - low-carbon communities KW - participatory action research KW - collective actions Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-57765 VL - 2023 IS - 6 SP - 100 EP - 122 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bock, T. A1 - Mottok, Jürgen A1 - Köhler, Thorsten ED - Mottok, Jürgen ED - Ziemann, Olaf T1 - A gesture-based human-machine interface using stereoscopic depth images T2 - 2nd Applied Research Conference 2012 (ARC 2012), 25./26. June 2012, Nuremberg N2 - Reasonable integration of gesture-based automotive HMI-functionality offers potential safety benefits by reducing driver distractions and glance times to operate tertiary in-car devices. Stereo camera systems are a well investigated choice to perform the task of generating depth data for spatial gesture recognition. This paper describes the functionality of our stereo vision software, which is intended for application in a target system based on CMOS wafer-level cameras. The retrieved point cloud data was passed to a gesture-based sample application. Y1 - 2012 SP - 166 EP - 169 PB - Shaker CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Maier, Robert A1 - Mottok, Jürgen ED - Trapp, Mario ED - Saglietti, Francesca ED - Spisländer, Marc ED - Bitsch, Friedemann T1 - BayesianSafety - an Open-Source Package for Causality-Guided, Multi-Model Safety Analysis T2 - Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security, 41st International Conference (SAFECOMP 2022): Munich, Germany, September 6–9, 2022, Proceedings T2 - Lecture notes in computer science ; 13414 N2 - Development and verification of modern, dependable automotive systems require appropriate modelling approaches. Classic automotive safety is described by the normative regulations ISO 26262, its relative ISO/PAS 21448, and their respective methodologies. In recent publications, an emerging demand to combine environmental influences, machine learning, or reasoning under uncertainty with standard-compliant analysis techniques can be noticed. Therefore, adapting established methods like FTA and proper tool support is necessary. We argue that Bayesian Networks (BNs) can be used as a central component to address and merge these demands. In this paper, we present our Open-Source Python package BayesianSafety. First, we review how BNs relate to data-driven methods, model-to-model transformations, and causal reasoning. Together with FTA and ETA, these models form the core functionality of our software. After describing currently implemented features and possibilities of combining individual modelling approaches, we provide an informal view of the tool’s architecture and of the resulting software ecosystem. By comparing selected publicly available safety and reliability analysis libraries, we outline that many relevant methodologies yield specialized implementations. Finally, we show that there is a demand for a flexible, unifying analysis tool that allows researching system safety by using multi-model and multi-domain approaches. KW - Package BayesianSafety KW - Causality KW - Bayesian Networks KW - Event Tree Analysis KW - Fault Tree Analysis Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14835-4_2 SP - 17 EP - 30 PB - Springer Nature CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Maier, Robert A1 - Grabinger, Lisa A1 - Urlhart, David A1 - Mottok, Jürgen ED - Seguin, Christel ED - Zeller, Marc ED - Prosvirnova, Tatiana T1 - Towards Causal Model-Based Engineering in Automotive System Safety T2 - Model-Based Safety and Assessment, 8th International Symposium, IMBSA 2022: Munich, Germany, September 5–7, 2022, Proceedings N2 - Engineering is based on the understanding of causes and effects. Thus, causality should also guide the safety assessment of complex systems such as autonomous driving cars. To ensure the safety of the intended functionality of these systems, normative regulations like ISO 21448 recommend scenario-based testing. An important task here is to identify critical scenarios, so-called edge and corner cases. Data-driven approaches to this task (e.g. based on machine learning) cannot adequately address a constantly changing operational design domain. Model-based approaches offer a remedy – they allow including different sources of knowledge (e.g. data, human experts) into safety considerations. With this paper, we outline a novel approach for ensuring automotive system safety. We propose to use structural causal models as a probabilistic modelling language to combine knowledge about an open-context environment from different sources. Based on these models, we investigate parameter configurations that are candidates for critical scenarios. In this paper, we first discuss some aspects of scenario-based testing. We then provide an informal introduction to causal models and relate their development lifecycle to the established V-model. Finally, we outline a generic workflow for using causal models to identify critical scenarios and highlight some challenges that arise in the process. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15842-1_9 SP - 116 EP - 129 PB - Springer Nature CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maier, Robert A1 - Grabinger, Lisa A1 - Urlhart, David A1 - Mottok, Jürgen T1 - Causal Models to Support Scenario-Based Testing of ADAS JF - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems N2 - In modern vehicles, system complexity and technical capabilities are constantly growing. As a result, manufacturers and regulators are both increasingly challenged to ensure the reliability, safety, and intended behavior of these systems. With current methodologies, it is difficult to address the various interactions between vehicle components and environmental factors. However, model-based engineering offers a solution by allowing to abstract reality and enhancing communication among engineers and stakeholders. Applying this method requires a model format that is machine-processable, human-understandable, and mathematically sound. In addition, the model format needs to support probabilistic reasoning to account for incomplete data and knowledge about a problem domain. We propose structural causal models as a suitable framework for addressing these demands. In this article, we show how to combine data from different sources into an inferable causal model for an advanced driver-assistance system. We then consider the developed causal model for scenario-based testing to illustrate how a model-based approach can improve industrial system development processes. We conclude this paper by discussing the ongoing challenges to our approach and provide pointers for future work. KW - automated driving systems KW - Automation KW - Bayesian networks KW - Causal inference KW - Data models KW - ISO Standards KW - model-based testing KW - Safety KW - Task analysis KW - Testing KW - Vehicles Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2023.3317475 SN - 1524-9050 SP - 1 EP - 17 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Maier, Robert A1 - Mottok, Jürgen T1 - Causality and Functional Safety - How Causal Models Relate to the Automotive Standards ISO 26262, ISO/PAS 21448, and UL 4600 T2 - 27th International Conference on Applied Electronics (AE): 06-07 September 2022, Pilsen, CZ N2 - With autonomous driving, the system complexity of vehicles will increase drastically. This requires new approaches to ensure system safety. Looking at standards like ISO 26262 or ISO/PAS 21448 and their suggested methodologies, an increasing trend in the recent literature can be noticed to incorporate uncertainty. Often this is done by using Bayesian Networks as a framework to enable probabilistic reasoning. These models can also be used to represent causal relationships. Many publications claim to model cause-effect relations, yet rarely give a formal introduction of the implications and resulting possibilities such an approach may have. This paper aims to link the domains of causal reasoning and automotive system safety by investigating relations between causal models and approaches like FMEA, FTA, or GSN. First, the famous “Ladder of Causation” and its implications on causality are reviewed. Next, we give an informal overview of common hazard and reliability analysis techniques and associate them with probabilistic models. Finally, we analyse a mixed-model methodology called Hybrid Causal Logic, extend its idea, and build the concept of a causal shell model of automotive system safety. KW - Causality KW - Reliability KW - Functional Safety Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/AE54730.2022.9920053 PB - IEEE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lohmeyer, Manfred A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Hertel, Peter T1 - Boundary conditions for the finite difference beam propagation method based on plane wave solutions of the Fresnel equation JF - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics N2 - Each particular implementation of the beam propagation method (BPM) requires a special procedure allowing for radiation to leave the computational window. We propose a new approach to constructing the finite difference schemes of the BPM at the boundary of the computational window. These schemes are independent of the computed fields and allow for a similar treatment of both interior and boundary points. The new approach can be further improved by correcting the field values at the boundary points according to Hadley's method. The algorithm is easy to implement for both two- and three-dimensional structures. The new method considerably reduces computation times because the propagation matrices remain constant in longitudinally invariant sections, thus avoiding repeated LU-decompositions. The basic idea-establishing the finite difference scheme such that locally exact, approximate, or plausible solutions are recovered-may be of interest for other efforts to solve partial differential equations by the finite difference method. KW - Boundary conditions KW - Finite difference methods KW - Optical propagation KW - Matrix decomposition KW - Computational modeling KW - Refractive index KW - Maxwell equations KW - Sparse matrices KW - Partial differential equations KW - Shape Y1 - 1997 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/3.552269 SN - 0018-9197 VL - 33 IS - 2 SP - 279 EP - 286 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Lohmeyer, Manfred A1 - Hertel, Peter T1 - Analysis of power-dependent switching between radiatively coupled planar waveguides JF - Journal of Lightwave Technology N2 - Effective coupling between two remote optical waveguides without branching sections can be achieved in a three-guide system with multimode central waveguide. We investigate the nonlinear power switching of c.w. laser radiation by such radiatively coupled waveguides. It is shown that effective all-optical switches with spatially well separated input/output channels can be realized although the influence of multimode interference on the switching characteristics becomes more pronounced for increasing thickness of the central guide. Different coupling regimes are specified, and the changes in switching characteristics during the transformation from one regime to another is studied. Numerical calculations for the critical power are compared with an approximate analytical expression. It is also shown that, at a moderate input power, a small number of modes determines the switching behavior. KW - Electromagnetic coupling KW - Planar waveguide KW - Optical waveguides KW - Nonlinear optics KW - Optical coupling KW - Optical surface waves KW - Optical refraction KW - Optical variables control KW - Refractive index KW - Optical switches Y1 - 1997 UR - 1558-2213 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/50.588671 VL - 15 IS - 6 SP - 983 EP - 989 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lohmeyer, Manfred A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Bahlmann, N. A1 - Hertel, Peter A1 - Dotsch, H. T1 - Radiatively Coupled Waveguide Concept for an Integrated Magneto-Optic Circulator JF - MRS Online Proceedings Library N2 - Three-guide couplers with multimode central waveguides allow for remote coupling between optical channels. A simple three mode approximation turns out to be sufficient for the description of the main features of the power transfer behavior. The specific form of the relevant modes suggests the design of integrated optical isolators and circulators based on magnetic garnet materials. These novel devices are superior to conventional nonreciprocal couplers with respect to the total length and admissible fabrication tolerances. We characterize the isolation performance and the transmission loss for the proposed devices by propagating mode simulations and estimate the influence of geometry parameter deviations. Y1 - 1998 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-517-519 SN - 1946-4274 IS - 517 SP - 519 EP - 524 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Dragoi, Daniel A1 - Egersdörfer, Stefan A1 - Füchtmeier, Bernd A1 - Nerlich, Michael T1 - Der Roboter als Hilfsmittel in der Chirurgie // International Mechatronik Forum, Linz, October 2006 T2 - International Mechatronik Forum, Linz Y1 - 2006 ER -