Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions

20090299546 - Dynamic-based method of estimating the absolute roll angle of a vehicle body: The absolute roll angle of a vehicle body is estimated by blending two preliminary roll angle estimates based on their frequency so that the blended estimate continuously favors the more accurate of the preliminary roll angle estimates. A first preliminary roll angle estimate based on the measured roll rate is... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090299547 - Method for determining free spaces in the vicinity of a motor vehicle, in particular in the vicinity relevant to the vehicle operation: A method and system for determining free spaces in the vicinity of a motor vehicle, in particular a vicinity relevant to the vehicle operation, is provided. A method and system for determining an evasion trajectory for a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle is provided in which information from... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299548 - Networking of control devices of a motor vehicle: A process is provided for the networking of control devices in a motor vehicle, having first sequence-controlled control devices being connected to a first data bus and second sequence-controlled control devices being connected to a second data bus. The first control devices exchange messages on the basis of a routing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090299549 - Engine idling control system for hybrid vehicle: An engine idling control system includes a receiver module and a timing module. The receiver module receives a signal indicative of a traffic light status. The timing module communicates with an engine and the receiver module and selectively starts and stops the engine based on the signal.... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090299550 - Orientation-based wireless sensing apparatus: An orientation-based wireless sensor includes a transmitter unit having a body housing a microprocessor, a transmitter, and an accelerometer for detecting the orientation of the transmitter unit relative to one-, two- or three-axis of the direction of the pull of earth's gravity. The transmitter body is mounted on a feature... Agent: Steve Tautz

20090299552 - Method and system for automatically managing a convoy of aircraft during a taxiing: The system (1) comprises means of transmitting data (2, 6, 5) between the aircraft of the convoy and with ground control, and at least one control device, at least partially automatic, for at least one following aircraft of the convoy.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090299551 - System and method for multiple aircraft lifting a common payload: A system and method are provided for controlling a plurality of aircraft to lift a common payload. The system comprises of multiple aircraft tethered to a common payload, where the group of said aircraft form a swarm that is controlled by a pilot station. Each said aircraft is autonomously stabilized... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20090299553 - Satellite control: A satellite has a depletion detector arranged in a propellant line such that, when depletion is detected, the amount of propellant remaining in the propellant lines is sufficient to dispose of the satellite, and may include a margin sufficient for 6-12 months of stationkeeping. This provides a simple and reliable... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090299554 - Method and device for monitoring the speed of an aircraft: A method for controlling speed of an aircraft in the air. The method compares a variation of the aircraft speed in the air with a variation of the aircraft speed on the ground for an identical period, and detects any significant difference between the variations.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090299555 - System and method for pacing a plurality of powered systems traveling along a route: A system is provided for pacing a plurality of powered systems traveling along a route. The plurality of powered systems include a constraining powered system and at least one trailing powered system traveling behind the constraining powered system along the route. The system includes one or more controllers configured to... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090299556 - Control device and method for influencing the engine speed and the degree of slip of a clutch of a ship drive system: A control device and method for influencing the rotation speed of an engine (3) and the degree of slip of a clutch, downstream therefrom, of a transmission (5) of a ship drive system, by way of an electronic control unit (2) in accordance with a manual command transducer (1) for... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20090299560 - Hybrid vehicle and control method thereof: After completion of warm-up of an engine, upon satisfaction of an exhaust gas recirculation condition by setting the drive mode of a hybrid vehicle to a normal mode according to the driver's accelerator operation, when a power difference ΔPe representing a decrease rate of a power demand Pe* required for... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090299561 - Malfunction diagnosis system and malfunction diagnosis method for electric vehicle on-board device: A malfunction diagnosis system includes: a malfunction diagnosis section that performs a malfunction diagnosis for an on-board device of an electric vehicle when supplied with electric power from either an electric storage section or an external power source; a malfunction diagnosis request section that requests the malfunction diagnosis section to... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090299557 - Methods and systems for dynamically controlling hill rollback of an electric vehicle: A method for dynamically controlling rollback in an electric vehicle having a motor for providing motive power to the electric vehicle and a shift lever for selecting either forward or reverse motion of the vehicle includes determining if the electric vehicle is moving in a direction opposite the direction of... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20090299558 - Travel energy learning device, and method: A road section where the host vehicle is currently located is identified and the work rate of a transmission shaft, which transmits a driving force from a drive source of a host vehicle to a wheel, is derived based on a rotational speed and the torque transmitted by the transmission... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090299559 - Vehicle, vehicle control method, and drive unit: If an accelerator pedal is released, when a flag indicates 1, a vehicle travels in a traveling environment reflected operation mode where an engine and two motors are controlled in such a manner that a required torque is output to a drive shaft while the engine, in which fuel injection... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299562 - Guided control device for unmanned vehicle: Guiding speed is increased while an unmanned vehicle is prevented from straying from a travel passage width, to improve the work efficiency. Target speed of the unmanned vehicle increases as a distance between a current position of the unmanned vehicle and a guidable borderline increases, and the target speed of... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090299563 - Method of mass transfortation of people or cargo, especially within city areas and a transport infrastructure for the implementation of this method: The method of carrying persons or cargo in the individual vehicles (3) being moved between stations (1) via separate communication corridors (2) on individual trip orders, whilst a transported person, a small group of people or cargo are being carried individually in the adopted individual vehicles (3) along the ordered... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090299564 - Grain cleaning system: A method for powering a system in a vehicle, the method including the steps of mechanically coupling, driving and controlling. The mechanically coupling step includes coupling a power unit with at least one primary load, the at least one primary load including a propulsion load. The driving step includes driving... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.c/deere & Company

20090299565 - Saddle riding type vehicle: A saddle riding type vehicle includes a support mechanism arranged to support a pair of wheels to be movable up and down relative to a vehicle body, a lock mechanism connectable to the support mechanism and arranged to limit up-and-down motion of the pair of wheels, various sensors arranged to... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090299567 - Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty... Agent: Schwartz Law Firm, P.C. Southpark Towers

20090299566 - Vehicle-mounted information system, and data gathering method in diagnostic equipment: A diagnostic equipment coupled to a vehicle network makes an inquiry about internal information, e.g., yes or no whether there is a logging-available memory area, with respect to each of a plurality of ECUs, and only to any of the ECUs making a response of yes, e.g., having such a... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090299568 - Communication system for exchanging data: A communication system for exchanging data between data recipients and data generators provides the data exchange between stationary and/or mobile units and/or within a stationary or mobile unit, and has a communication network via which the data exchange takes place connects various communication media to one another, and at least... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090299569 - Apparatrus for assisting driving of a vehicle and method for operating the apparatus: An apparatus is described for assisting driving of a vehicle having at least two driver assistance systems and having an output device or element for communicating information items of at least one of the driver assistance systems to a driver of the vehicle. To relieve the strain on the driver,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299571 - Car-mounted device and method of inserting modules: A car-mounted device comprising a plurality of slots for inserting modules; detection units for detecting the states where the modules are inserted in the slots; and a control unit for issuing a notice based on the states where the modules are inserted detected by the detection units; wherein if the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090299572 - In-vehicle apparatus: An object of the invention is to provide an in-vehicle apparatus and an in-vehicle system that can use a plurality of expansion modules. The in-vehicle apparatus includes a plurality of slots for connecting a plurality of modules, each having a connector for connection, to expand capabilities of the in-vehicle apparatus,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090299570 - Tire module and method for sensing wheel state variables and/or tire state variables: A tire module for sensing wheel and/or tire state variables is provided. The module includes at least one acceleration switch which determines a wheel state variable and/or a tire state variable. A method for sensing wheel state variables and/or tire state variables is also provided. In the method, a characteristic... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090299573 - Systems, methods and devices for adaptive steering control of automotive vehicles: A variety of methods, systems, devices and arrangements are implemented for automated assistance for a driver. One such method relates to a synergistic combination of automation and human control for a motor vehicle traveling on a lane, thereby allowing human-based decisions to be supplement (or be supplemented by) automated decisions.... Agent: Crawford Maunu PLLC

20090299574 - Car steering system: A steering system for a car having two front direction wheels and a number of electronic dynamic-performance control devices; the steering system has a steering wheel for controlling a turn angle of the front direction wheels, and a power-assist device which generates a power-assist torque which is added to the... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090299575 - Electric power steering apparatus: An electric power steering (EPS) apparatus 1 includes a motor 12, an EPS actuator 10, a torque sensor 14, and an ECU 11. The EPS actuator 10 uses the motor 12 as a drive source to apply assist force to a steering system, thereby assisting a steering operation. The torque... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090299577 - External seatbelt usage indication system and method: An external seatbelt usage indication system and method indicates whether or not the driver and passengers of a motor vehicle are wearing a seatbelt. It provides an indication of non-usage on the exterior of the motor vehicle using existing external lights on the vehicle so that it cannot be defeated... Agent: Istvan Demant

20090299576 - Motor vehicle having a preventive protection system: A motor vehicle preventive protection system comprises a plurality of safety devices which are actuated as a function of information from at least one vehicle surroundings detection device. The time remaining prior to a collision is determined when the information from the vehicle surroundings detection device represents an anticipated collision... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090299579 - Kinematic-based method of estimating the absolute roll angle of a vehicle body: The absolute roll angle of a vehicle body is estimated by blending two preliminary roll angle estimates based on their frequency so that the blended estimate continuously favors the more accurate of the preliminary roll angle estimates. A first preliminary roll angle estimate based on the measured roll rate is... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090299578 - Safety device for motor vehicles: A safety device for motor vehicles includes an impact detection system and a triggering device for triggering a braking operation as a function of a signal of the impact detection system characterized in that the triggering device is designed for the purpose of triggering the braking operation when the impact... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299580 - Opening/closing member control apparatus and method: A control apparatus for a power window device stores a speed control start position that is set between a fully open position and a fully closed position, and a speed control end position that is set adjacently to the fully open position. While driving a windowpane in a direction toward... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090299581 - Method for adjusting engine speed based on power usage of machine: A method for controlling an engine of a machine includes a step of setting an initial engine speed of the engine based on a position of an operator engine speed selection device. The machine is operated for a period of time at the initial engine speed, and a power usage... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090299582 - Mobile station for unmanned vehicle: A mobile station for an unmanned vehicle comprises a vehicular storage area for storing a vehicle during transit or at rest. A first wireless transceiver communicates a status or command between the vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest. A station controller manages... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090299583 - Method and apparatus for detecting and compensating for pressure transducer errors: A method and apparatus for detecting and compensating for pressure transducer errors includes a valve for regulating operation of a hydraulic device, a pressure transducer for detecting a pressure output from the valve, and a microprocessor comprising logic for computing a pressure measurement error of the pressure transducer. The pressure... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090299584 - Method for monitoring a gear-change operation in a motor vehicle provided with a dual-clutch transmission: The method monitors a gear-change operation in a motor vehicle provided with an engine whose crankshaft is connected to a transmission having a gearbox) comprising first and second primary shafts connectable to the crankshaft of the engine by respective friction clutches controlled by corresponding actuators, and a secondary or output... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090299585 - Gear and mode selection for transmissions using a single input device: A transmission of a vehicle has a first gear and a second gear that corresponds to a lower gear ratio than the first gear. A transmission management system for the transmission comprises an enabling module, a shift control module, and a disabling module. The enabling module enables a second gear... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090299587 - Control system for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine having at least one fuel injection valve for injecting fuel in a combustion chamber of the engine. A main injection and a pilot injection are performed through the at least one fuel injection valve, the pilot injection being performed before the main... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090299586 - Method to autostart an internal combustion engine in a hybrid powertrain system: Internal combustion engine autostarting includes selecting from among several autostart processes in accordance with desired input torque from the engine to the transmission, cranking the engine, and fueling the engine during the engine cranking based upon the selected engine autostart process.... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090299588 - Control device and control method for continuously variable transmission: A gear ratio control unit is provided to set a target gear ratio on the basis of an operating condition of the vehicle. The gear ratio control unit controls a drive amount of a step motor such that an actual gear ratio converges with the target gear ratio, and when... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090299589 - Method for operating a drive train by treating the motor characteristic by means of parallel evaluation and pt1-filtering: At least one input signal is detected in a time slot, representing the temporal progression of at least one rotational value of the motor of a drive train section and/or the respective corresponding power thereof and is electronically treated and/or evaluated a plurality of times in a parallel manner and... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090299590 - Clutch control device: A clutch control device is provided for a clutch to connect and disconnect the transmission of a rotational drive force from a power source to a drive wheel in a vehicle. A clutch control unit is configured to control a control amount for said clutch. A drive wheel rotation start... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090299596 - Collision avoidance methods and systems for gravity propelled vehicles: A method for avoiding a likelihood of collision on a track disposed on a pitched terrain between an approaching gravity driven vehicle and a forward gravity driven vehicle includes activating a warning in the approaching vehicle for alerting the rider to manually slow down the approaching vehicle to increase a... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090299594 - Driving evaluating apparatus and driving evaluation method: In an apparatus for evaluating fuel-saving driving of a vehicle, a detecting unit detects a starting point and an end point of a deceleration area; a storage unit stores therein deceleration value information representing a deceleration value per unit time tolerated for safely decelerating from a predetermined traveling speed to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090299595 - Driving evaluating apparatus, driving evaluating method, and computer program for driving evaluation: In a driving evaluating apparatus, a first unit detects a stable acceleration area that is an area in which an accelerator opening rate fluctuates within a predetermined range, a second unit detects a vehicle speed slowdown area that is an area in which a vehicle speed is decreased according to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090299593 - Method and device for avoiding and/or reducing the consequences of collisions: A device for avoiding or reducing the consequences of collisions, an obstacle being recognized by a surroundings sensor and data of the obstacle are ascertained. The brakes are automatically actuated. Furthermore, an intervention in the steering system to evade the obstacle is performed only if the risk potential for the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299592 - Method and electronic regulator with a current measuring circuit for measuring the current by sense-fet and sigma-delta modulation: An electronic controller for motor vehicle control systems having at least one valve actuation circuit is described herein. The electronic controller uses pulse width modulation to control the load current (iL) flowing through an essentially inductive load (L), and has at least one electronic current measuring circuit which has at... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090299591 - Recovery of energy in a hybrid vehicle having a hydraulic or pneumatic braking system: In a method for recovering energy in a braking process of a hybrid vehicle which has an internal combustion engine and an electric drive, as well as a hydraulic or pneumatic braking system, the exploitation of the electric drive is able to be optimized if the braking system includes at... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299597 - Pressure-controlled hydraulic brake system for a land craft: Hydraulic brake system for a land vehicle comprising a control unit ECU that is devised such that it supplies control signals ECU for controlling automatic braking operations of the brake system, a master cylinder, which has an output side, for generating brake pressure under the control of a driver, a... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090299598 - Adaptive cruise control featuring detection of a traffic jam: An adaptive cruise control for motor vehicles, having a sensor system for locating preceding vehicles and a controller which regulates the speed of the vehicle and/or the clearance from a preceding vehicle, based on specified control parameters, and having a traffic jam detection device and a specification device for adjusting... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299599 - Device for controlling an internal combustion engine: A device for controlling an internal combustion engine has sensors That measure the operating states of the internal combustion engine. The sensor signals are used for determining control signals for the internal combustion engine. Furthermore, testing means are provided which verify the sensor signals and if implausible sensor signals are... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299600 - Apparatus, system, and method for calibrating an internal combustion engine: According to one representative embodiment, an apparatus for calibrating an internal combustion engine having a predefined horsepower rating and categorized within an engine emissions family includes a calibration module, conditions module, and an output module. The calibration module includes a plurality of calibration tables that includes a top-rated torque curve... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20090299602 - Engine torque reserve system diagnostic systems and methods: An engine control system of a vehicle comprises a reserves module and a fault diagnostic module. The reserves module controls airflow into an engine based on a driver torque request, increases the airflow into the engine when a reserve torque request is received, and outputs a torque output command for... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090299601 - Internal-combustion-engine control apparatus: In an exhaust gas sensor control device that outputs a detection signal detected by the exhaust-gas sensor, while switching amplification factors or offset voltages, in the case where an abnormality occurs in an amplification circuit or in an offset circuit, the abnormality is rapidly detected, whereby deterioration in an exhaust... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090299603 - Control method and control apparatus for internal combustion engine: When the engine load is in a high-load zone, an absolute value control is executed, wherein the actual values of valve timings of an intake valve and an exhaust valve and a valve duration of the intake valve are controlled to coincide with respective target values set based on the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090299605 - Fuel ignition quality detection: An engine control system comprises a fuel diagnostic module and a fuel control module. The fuel diagnostic module determines a pressure-ratio difference average (PRDA) based on a pressure in at least one cylinder and determines a cetane number (CN) of a fuel based on the PRDA. The fuel control module... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090299606 - Method and system for controlling a high pressure pump, particularly for a diesel engine fuel injection system: In a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, including, but not limited to a high pressure pump adapted to deliver a fuel mass conveyed from a fuel tank to a high pressure region to which a plurality of injectors is connected, including a fuel metering device for adjusting... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090299607 - Method for controlling an internal combustion engine with a temperature-dependent injection parameter: In a method for controlling an internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection, an injection parameter is determined in dependence on a temperature of the internal combustion engine. The method is characterized in that a first value of the internal combustion engine temperature is determined which, in the event of... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090299604 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine, the fuel is supplied to at least one combustion chamber via at least one injector, which method includes the following steps: a) a total injection is divided into a basic injection and at least one measured injection; b) the injection time... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299608 - Method and control device for calibrating a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine; computer program and computer program product: A method and a device, a computer program and a computer program product for implementing a method for calibrating a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine, including the following: a) Specifying a first relationship between an injection quantity and an actuating variable of the fuel injector for implementing the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299610 - Control apparatus of spark ignition internal combustion engine: In an in-cylinder injection type spark ignition internal combustion engine in which the intake air amount is controlled by use of an intake valve or an exhaust valve, which is provided with mainly a variable valve mechanism, instable combustion during a low-load operation is avoided without an increase in pumping... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090299609 - Locomotive engine multi-fuel control system and method: A method, in certain embodiments, includes controlling a first parameter set (e.g., fuel injection timing, engine speed, etc.) of an engine to reduce specific fuel consumption to account for a plurality of different fuels alone or in combination with one another. The method also may include controlling a second parameter... Agent: Ge Transportation-rail C/o Fletcher Yoder PC

20090299611 - Fuel injection controller for internal combustion engine: When a specified learning executing condition is established, a command furl injection quantity ratio (CFIQ-ratio) between two fuel injectors is compulsorily changed and a fuel injection quantity error of each fuel injector is learned respectively based on the CFIQ-ratio and an air-fuel-ratio feedback correction value. Based on the learning value... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090299612 - Method of identifying engine gas composition: A method and apparatus of identifying engine gas composition in an engine cylinder comprise obtaining a measure of cylinder pressure from a cylinder pressure sensor, deriving the polytropic index from said measure and obtaining a measure of the quantity of an engine gas component therefrom.... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090299613 - Engine speed control system for work vehicle: The engine speed control system for a work vehicle has a foot accelerator controller for carrying out foot accelerator control based on a pedal sensor, a hand accelerator controller for carrying out hand accelerator control based on a lever sensor, a manually operated input device, storage means for storing a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090299614 - Engine with an automatic choke and method of operating an automatic choke for an engine: An automatic choke connectable to an engine. Also disclosed is an engine including the automatic choke, an apparatus including the engine and the automatic choke, and a method of controlling a choke valve. The automatic choke includes a motor for moving a choke valve and a controller electrically connected to... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090299617 - Data mining in a digital map database to identify curves along downhill roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle: Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a curve along a downhill road segment. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where a curve... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090299615 - Data mining in a digital map database to identify insufficient merge lanes along roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle: Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, an intersection without traffic signals and without a sufficient merge lane. A database that represents the road network is used to determine... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090299616 - Data mining in a digital map database to identify intersections located over hills and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle: Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, an intersection located over a hilltop along a section of road. A database that represents the road network is used to determine... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090299621 - Automobile navigation apparatus: An automobile navigation apparatus, that has a rewritable recording medium and capability to updates the map data base by obtaining latest map data, records the map data in the recording means and comprises updating data acquisition means that acquires updated data of a map to which updating procedure is added,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090299618 - Method for operating a navigation device and a corresponding navigation device: In order to provide a method for operating a navigation device, which also receives TMC data using two tuners for ascertaining an optimum travel route, using which an optimal travel route is ascertainable using the largest amount of TMC data possible, after a first search by the second tuner, the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090299620 - Method for searching routes of a portable terminal: The present invention relates to a navigation function of a portable terminal. The invention provides a route search method of a portable terminal to provide various route search option in the navigation function, besides a conventional search option that guides a shortest route.... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090299619 - Methods and systems for visual flight rule (vfr) chart generation: A method for generating one or more navigational charts for a geographic area is described. The method includes determining a frequency of travel between a plurality of destinations for the geographic area, the geographic area including a number of travel routes therein, defining one or more bounding boxes for placement... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090299622 - Data mining to identify locations of potentially hazardous conditions for vehicle operation and use thereof: Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where a potentially hazardous condition exists. Then, precautionary action data is added... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090299623 - Integrated data system for railroad freight traffic: A system for modifying CLM-based statistical data using received GPS data.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel, LLP

20090299625 - Data mining in a digital map database to identify blind intersections along roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle: Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a blind intersection along a section of road. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where a... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090299624 - Data mining in a digital map database to identify speed changes on upcoming curves along roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle: Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a speed limit change that occurs between a straight road section and a curved road section. A database that represents the road... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090299626 - Data mining in a digital map database to identify unusually narrow lanes or roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle: Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, an unusually narrow road width or lane width. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where an... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090299627 - Radar monitoring device: When a vehicle moves into a radar prohibited area preset for the neighborhood of a facility that suffers adverse effects from radar waves, emission of radar waves is stopped, and a voice guidance such as “Radar monitoring is stopped” is sent to a speaker via a voice output unit. Moreover,... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090299628 - Method and system for positional communication: Methods and systems for positional communication are described. In one embodiment, a plurality of electronic communications for a user may be accessed. Positional information associated with the user may be accessed. User interface data for the plurality of electronic communications may be provided based on the positional information.... Agent: Polsinelli Shughart PC

20090299629 - Preventative traffic congestion social networking improvement system within a community: A method, system, and computer program product for transmitting traffic congestion routing data to a community of global positioning system (GPS) devices. Community routing logic of a community routing system (CRS) receives a route request containing the current location and desired destination of a GPS device. The CRS may use... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20090299630 - Data mining in a digital map database to identify insufficient superelevation along roads and enabling precautionary actions in a vehicle: Disclosed is a feature for a vehicle that enables taking precautionary actions in response to conditions on the road network around or ahead of the vehicle, in particular, a curved portion of a road with insufficient superelevation. A database that represents the road network is used to determine locations where... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090299631 - Vehicle pre-impact sensing system having object feature detection: A vehicle pre-impact sensing system is provided that includes an array of energy signal transmitters mounted on a vehicle for transmitting signals within multiple transmit zones spaced from the vehicle and an array of receiver elements mounted on the vehicle for receiving signals reflected from an object located in one... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090299632 - Vehicle pre-impact sensing system having signal modulation: A vehicle pre-impact sensing system is provided that includes an array of energy signal transmitters mounted on a vehicle for transmitting signals within multiple transmit zones spaced from the vehicle and an array of receiver elements mounted on the vehicle for receiving signals reflected from an object located in one... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090299633 - Vehicle pre-impact sensing system having terrain normalization: A vehicle pre-impact sensing system is provided that includes an array of energy signal transmitters mounted on a vehicle for transmitting signals within multiple transmit zones spaced from the vehicle and an array of receiver elements mounted on the vehicle for receiving signals reflected from an object located in one... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090292406 - Methods and systems for reducing the phenomenon of structural coupling in the control system of an in-flight refuelling boom: A method for controlling a boom (11) for in-flight refueling for increasing the damping of its displacement by means of a movement of control surfaces (16) related to its angular velocity, that comprises the following steps: a) At least two sensors (32, 33) are arranged in two sections of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090292407 - Solar-powered aircraft with rotating flight surfaces: A solar-powered aircraft having a rotating tail assembly and/or a fore assembly is provided. The tail and fore assemblies have solar cells mounted on their upper surfaces and are rotated during flight to track the sun.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090292405 - Wing-body load alleviation for aircraft: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for symmetric and anti-symmetric control of aircraft flight control surfaces to reduce wing-body loads. Commands are sent to symmetrically deploy outboard control surfaces to shift wing air-loads inboard based on airplane state and speed brake deployment. Surface rate retraction on... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090292408 - System and method for communicating intent of aircraft: A method of an aircraft communicating a current position status, a current movement status, a current intent, and/or an intended future path, position, or intent of the aircraft may include the aircraft generating explicit first ownship information related to the current position status and/or the current movement status of the... Agent: RozenblatIPLLC And The Boeing Company

20090292410 - Piloting method and device avoiding the pilot induced oscillations: m

20090292409 - Responding to aircraft excursions from flight envelopes: A method of monitoring an aircraft during use. Flight parameters of the aircraft are monitored to detect an excursion from a flight envelope. While the aircraft is still in flight, the monitored flight parameters are used to determine the severity of a detected excursion, aircraft component(s) possibly affected by the... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090292411 - System, method, and computer software code for linking a plurality of powered systems having different linking protocols to operate as a single powered system: A method for linking together three or more powered systems to operate as a single distributed power system, the method includes identifying a first linking protocol between at least a first powered system and a second powered system, determining whether at least a third powered system is compatible with the... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090292412 - Vehicular guidance system having compensation for variations in ground elevation: A system and method of guiding a vehicle comprises establishing elevation data and corresponding location data for a work area. A particular location of a vehicle within the work area is determined. Roll data and pitch data are estimated corresponding to the particular location. The vehicle is guided based upon... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090292413 - Dangerous drive predicting apparatus: A dangerous drive predicting apparatus is provided which is capable of rapidly recognizing a future situation of the own vehicle by other vehicles. The dangerous drive predicting apparatus is equipped with: drive information detecting section 110 for detecting drive information containing at least one of a drive action and vehicle... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090292414 - Universal vehicle input/output transceiver and method of operation thereof: A vehicular diagnostic tool configured to interface with a plurality of vehicular computing systems that each utilize a different communications protocol. The tool includes a transceiver that itself includes a voltage threshold controller and a current threshold controller. Also, a method of using a single vehicular diagnostic tool to communicate... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090292415 - Method and apparatus for detecting a circuit failure in a vehicle brake system: In a vehicle brake system including first and second brake circuits, a dual-circuit brake actuator, first and second control lines, the first brake circuit including a first brake pressure regulating valve and a first pressure sensor, the second brake circuit including a second brake pressure regulating valve and a second... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090292416 - Apparatus and method for remotely testing multiple communication channel inputs to a vehicle computer: An embodiment of the present invention includes an apparatus for remotely testing a plurality of communication channel inputs to an automobile computer. The apparatus may include a microprocessor electrically connected to a persistent memory. The memory may have stored therein communication channel test messages corresponding to each of two or... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090292417 - Vehicle failure analysis system, vehicle failure analysis apparatus, and vehicle failure analysis method: A vehicle failure analysis system for a vehicle equipped with a plurality of control systems, each of which includes one or more components, includes: a faulty system identification unit that identifies a faulty control system from among the plurality of control systems; and a faulty component identification unit that identifies... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090292418 - Trip logger: An accessory device for vehicles, such as automobiles and light trucks, that automatically creates a log of all trips taken by the vehicle. The log includes date, time, odometer reading, stopping location, and miles traveled from previous stop. The device produces a log in a format that meets the regulation... Agent: Charles C. Mccloskey

20090292419 - Suspension control apparatus: The present invention provides a suspension control apparatus capable of an excellent vibration control by a model thereof designed to incorporate nonlinearity and a time-lag element of a control damper. The present invention employs the backstepping method which is one of nonlinear control methods, and is designed so as to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090292420 - Method of reducing current consumption of electric hydraulic power steering system for vehicle: A method of reducing current consumption of an electric hydraulic power steering system for a vehicle includes determining whether or not a steering wheel is manipulated after an engine is started, and activating a sleep mode if it is determined that the steering wheel is not manipulated and if a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090292421 - Steering apparatus: An apparatus for use in turning steerable vehicle wheels upon manual rotation of a hand wheel includes a torque sensor connected with the hand wheel. A controller is connected with the torque sensor and a rear steering gear. The controller is operable to effect operation of the rear steering gear... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090292422 - Fail-safe apparatus and method for disposal of automobile pyrotechnic safety devices: A method for disposing of a pyrotechnic safety device includes providing an electronic control unit having a primary control unit and an auxiliary control unit. The auxiliary control unit includes a safing mode and a scrap mode, and operates in the safing mode in an initial state. The auxiliary control... Agent: Autoliv Asp

20090292423 - Vehicle occupant presence and position sensing system: Sensors in a vehicle seat provide data for classifying occupants. Information from the sensors may be used to determine the position of an occupant relative to the seat and relative to the vehicle, the weight of the occupant, whether the seat belt is latched, and the position of the occupant... Agent: Law Office Of Clay Mcgurk

20090292424 - Vehicle rollover detection: A system and method for detecting a rollover of a vehicle that includes at least one wheel reaction force sensing device for transmitting wheel reaction force signals indicative of an amount of force exerted on at least one wheel of the vehicle is provided. The system includes a controller operably... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090292425 - Seat control device: A seat control device has an input unit for performing at least one of an operation to incline and move a first seat, and a drive control unit for at least one of inclining and moving the first seat based on an output of the input unit. the seat control... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090292427 - load weight measuring device for a multi-stage mast forklift truck: A load weight measuring device for a multi-stage mast forklift truck has a mast assembly, an oil passage, a flow regulator valve, a pressure sensor, a detecting device, a memory, a selector, and a calculator. The mast assembly has a lift bracket for receiving a load weight, a multi-stage mast... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20090292426 - System and method for controlling a planter: A system and method for controlling a planter comprises a boundary definer for establishing a boundary associated with a field. A location-determining receiver determines a position of a planter. A detector is capable of generating an activation signal if the location-determining receiver crosses the established boundary. An actuator is arranged... Agent: Deere & Company

20090292428 - Control system for a motor vehicle provided with a semiautomatic gearbox with discrete ratios: an adder capable of adding the torque partial values or contributions to corresponding other torque partial values or contributions, to be delivered or transmitted as relevant, determined by predetermined methods, in order to supply in the total output signals or data indicating the torque to be generated in the engine... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090292429 - Device and method for controlling transmission mechanism, and method for controlling motor vehicle: In a motor vehicle having a clutch and a transmission, an additional shift command is accepted during an already ongoing shift operation, thereby providing control that makes possible a responsive shift operation. When a shift command is issued during an ongoing shift operation and engagement operation of the clutch, the... Agent: Jones Day

20090292430 - Shift controller of vehicle automatic transmission: A shift controller includes: a shift control unit automatically shifting gears of an automatic transmission using a basic shift line map; a shift line map switching control unit switching from the basic shift line map to a high fluid temperature shift line map set on a lower vehicle speed side... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090292431 - Control apparatus for shift range changeover device: A control apparatus for a shift range changeover device determines temporary abnormality, when a detection output of a rotation position of a motor continues to be abnormal for a first abnormality determination period. The control apparatus further determines persistent abnormality and performs predetermined failsafe processing, when the detection output further... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090292432 - Clutch connection control apparatus and vehicle including the same: A pressure sensor detects the change in pressure within a cylinder in a clutch master cylinder in a case where a clutch shifts from a connected state to a disconnected state. The pressure within the cylinder is detected at a time point where a rate of the pressure increase is... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090292433 - Method and system of determining effectiveness of an aircraft braking system on an aircraft during an aircraft landing: A method of determining effectiveness of an aircraft braking system on an aircraft during an aircraft landing including generating a scalar deceleration value when a predefined braking event occurs that corresponds to effectiveness of a braking system associated with an aircraft landing operation during occurrence of a predefined braking event... Agent: Tung & Associates

20090292434 - Method for synchronising components of a motor vehicle brake system and electronic brake control system: The invention relates to a method for synchronising components of a motor vehicle brake system with an electronic main control device with a main timer associated therewith, at least one sub-control device, which is subordinate to the main control device, with a timer associated therewith, wherein the main control device... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090292435 - Security for engine torque input air-per-cylinder calculations: An air-per-cylinder (APC) security system for a vehicle comprises an APC determination module, an APC threshold determination module, and an APC diagnostic module. The APC determination module determines first and second APC values for first and second cylinders of an engine, respectively, based on mass airflow (MAF) into the engine.... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090292436 - Control of combined cycle power generation system: A control system for a combined cycle power generation system including a gas turbine engine (GT), a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG), and a steam turbine (ST) includes a display wherein an operator may observe information about predicted operating parameters; a user interface wherein an operator may provide additional operating... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090292437 - Systems and methods involving multiplexed engine control signals: Systems and methods involving multiplexed engine control signals are provided. In this regard, a representative engine control system for a gas turbine engine includes: a signal relay device operative to receive multiplexed signals from an engine electronic control (EEC), demultiplex the signals, and provide demultiplexed signals to corresponding ones of... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090292438 - Circuit detecting combustion-related variables: In a circuit for and a method of detecting combustion-relevant variables in an internal combustion engine an ionization signal is determined in dependence on the flame. To improve the accuracy of detection the ionisation measurement circuit is connected to the ignition electrode and decoupled from the ignition coil by way... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20090292440 - Control apparatus for multi-cylinder internal combustion engine: Provided is a control apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine equipped with fuel injection valves provided respectively for the cylinders including: a revolution measuring means for measuring a revolution speed for a predetermined angle for each cylinder; an inter-cylinder revolution-difference calculating means for calculating, from the measured revolution speed,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090292439 - Method of controlling cylinder deactivation: A method of controlling a cylinder deactivation system is disclosed. Information from one or more sensors is received by a control unit. The control unit compares the current values of a parameter with one or more prohibited ranges in order to determine if cylinder deactivation should be prohibited. The one... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20090292442 - Approach for enhancing emissions control device warmup in a direct injection engine system: A method of controlling fuel supplied to an engine of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a first fuel storage tank to store a first type of fuel, a second fuel storage tank to store a second type of fuel, and an emissions control device. The engine includes at... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090292443 - Approach for reducing overheating of direct injection fuel injectors: A method of controlling fuel supplied to an engine is provided. The engine includes at least one cylinder having a port injection fuel injector being supplied with fuel from at least one of a first fuel storage tank and a second fuel storage tank and a direct injection fuel injector... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090292444 - Boosted engine control responsive to driver selected performance: Various systems and methods are described for operating an engine in a vehicle in response to a driver performance/economy mode. One example method comprises delivering a first fuel to a cylinder of the engine from a first injector, delivering a second, different, fuel to the cylinder of the engine from... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090292446 - Control apparatus and control method of internal combustion engine: A control apparatus of an internal combustion engine performs control to warm up a catalyst. More specifically, the control apparatus keeps a wastegate valve open when the temperature of the catalyst is less than a predetermined temperature and closes the wastegate valve when the temperature of the catalyst becomes equal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090292441 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: A control apparatus (100) controls the operating condition of an engine (200) comprising a valve operating apparatus (10) capable of changing valve operating characteristics of an intake valve (203) and an exhaust valve (204). This is provided with: an intake valve control device (110) for controlling the valve operating apparatus... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090292448 - Engine controller: An engine controller capable of optimizing both the air-fuel ratio and the ignition timing to provide HC-minimized performance under the relevant driving conditions (environmental conditions) in order to minimize the amount of HC emitted from an engine at the time of start-up (before catalyst activation) is provided. The engine controller... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090292447 - Fuel control for internal combustion engine: A fuel injection control for an internal combustion engine is provided. Fuel is injected into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The fuel injection is divided into main injection and pilot injection in advance of the main injection. An actual compression ignition timing is detected based on a combustion... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090292450 - Method and vehicle electric system for a motor vehicle with a pre-emptive temporary torque restriction of the internal combustion engine: A method for reducing energy consumption of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a vehicle electric system, to which at least a first electric consumer is connected. To achieve an efficient vehicle electric system with a reduced energy consumption, the internal combustion engine is operated in a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090292445 - Method for determining the quality of the fuel for an internal combustion engine: A method for determining the quality of the fuel for an internal combustion engine, in particular a direct-injection internal combustion engine in a vehicle, which is characterized by the following be performed: the internal combustion engine is operated in idle mode under predefinable operating conditions, the curve of the injection... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090292449 - Power output apparatus, vehicle equipped with the same, and method of controlling power output apparatus: In a power output apparatus, when the fuel vapor concentration is high and the target purge rate is high, an operating point on a purge priority operating line is selected as a target operating point of an engine. As a result, the intake manifold negative pressure greater than that when... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090292451 - Variable operation angle mechanism and apparatus for and method of controlling engine: The present invention relates to a variable operation angle mechanism that can improve engine performance at transient operation by optimally setting a ratio between change amounts of opening and closing timings accompanying a variation in valve operation angle of intake valve, and relates to an apparatus for and a method... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090292452 - Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine: The control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a throttle opening learning value calculation unit for calculating a throttle opening learning value based on a deviation between a target throttle opening and a learning throttle opening, controls the throttle opening by a learning corrected target throttle opening obtained by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090292453 - Control unit for controlling an automatic shut-off and /or start-up process of a vehicle power plant: A control unit and method are provided for controlling an automatic shut-off process of a vehicle power plant in a motor vehicle, wherein the control unit emits a shut-off signal for initiating corresponding shut-off measures for automatically shutting off the vehicle power plant, when predetermined shut-off request conditions are fulfilled,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090292455 - Method and start control device for controlling an automatic start-up process of a drive unit: A method and a start control device are provided for controlling an automatic start-up process of a drive unit of a motor vehicle. The drive unit is automatically started when all of the predetermined start-up conditions are fulfilled. However, even in the event that an absence of the driver is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090292454 - Vehicle control apparatus: In a case where an engine ECU determines that the engine is started (restarted), the engine ECU notifies an EPSECU that cranking is to be performed to start the engine before performing the cranking. When such a notification is received, the EPSECU gradually reduces a current command limit value I*_lim... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090292456 - Traffic information generating method, traffic information generating apparatus, display, navigation system, and electronic control unit: An embodiment provides a traffic information generating method for generating traffic information about a road on which a vehicle travels. A vehicle speed is detected by a vehicle speed sensor at predetermined distance or time intervals. By referring to a prescribed speed, a prescribed distance, and a link determination distance,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090292459 - Cooperative geolocation based on inter-vehicular communication: A cooperative event location system is provided having a first system in a first vehicle and a second system. The first system includes a first event detection component to detect an occurrence of an event, a first measurement component to determine a distance traveled from the event, a first processing... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090292458 - Map distribution systems, methods and programs: Map information distribution systems, methods, and programs that update map information based and distribute the update information, send update request information for requesting the update information of the map information, receive the update request information, and obtain the update information corresponding to the received update request information. The systems, methods,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090292457 - Method and system for representing pedestrian crosswalks in a geographic database used by a navigation system: A geographic database used by a navigation system includes data regarding which corners of an intersection are connected by a crosswalk and the type of crosswalk. The geographic database also includes data regarding locations of crosswalks at a location other than an intersection. Using this information, the navigation system can... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090292460 - System and method for navigating a facility: Systems and methods are described for enabling the monitoring and navigation of a complex of known rooms or facilities having known objects, attributes and/or people associated therewith, wherein different locations of the objects, attributes and/or people within the facilities are related and accessible over known, well-defined alternate paths. Sensor information... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20090292461 - Dynamic delivery of waypoint data associated with travel reservations: Capabilities are added to a travel reservation system by delivering a traveler's destination information to a car reservation company computer for subsequent downloading as waypoint data into a global positioning system (GPS) device in the car being rented by the traveler. The traveler creates a travel itinerary, including a request... Agent: Law Firm Of Dan Shifrin

20090292463 - System and method for determining routing information: A system and method for determining an optimal set of routes from an origin to one or more destinations. The system comprises a reverse geo-code database of closest intersections for one or more locations of a particular geographical region, a matrix generator, and a vehicle routing problem solver. The matrix... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20090292462 - Systems and methods for collecting and using user-contributed map data: Systems and methods are provided for collecting and using user-contributed map data. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided for collecting maneuver-specific annotations. According to the method, a user is presented with a set of computer-generated driving directions comprising a plurality of maneuvers. In association with presenting to the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090292464 - System and method for providing geographic markers on electronic objects and real-world objects: A system and method for attaching geographical markers to a variety of objects, including real-world objects, electronic documents, people, software applications, and other items of information, including stationary and moving entities. In accordance with an embodiment, the system provides an object location identifier (OLI), and can use additional forms of... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090292465 - System and method for navigating a facility: Systems and methods are described for enabling the monitoring and navigation of a complex of known rooms or facilities having known objects, attributes and/or people associated therewith, wherein different locations of the objects, attributes and/or people within the facilities are related and accessible over known, well-defined alternate paths. Sensor information... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20090292466 - Navigation sytem for a vehicle: A vehicular rearview mirror-based navigation system includes a rearview mirror system, including an interior rearview mirror assembly, having an interior reflective element and interior mirror housing for the interior reflective element. The interior rearview mirror assembly further includes a scrolling display. The scrolling display displays scrolling driver informational messages on... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090292467 - System, method and computer program product for ranging based on pixel shift and velocity input: A system, method and computer program product provides for determining a location of an external object sensed by a mobile object on a display of the mobile object. The method may include determining a first position of the external object on the display, the first position being sensed by the... Agent: Venable LLP

20090292468 - Collision avoidance method and system using stereo vision and radar sensor fusion: A system and method for fusing depth and radar data to estimate at least a position of a threat object relative to a host object is disclosed. At least one contour is fitted to a plurality of contour points corresponding to the plurality of depth values corresponding to a threat... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20090287363 - Weapon integrated controller: The present disclosures are systems, apparatus and methods for communicating with a robot via a weapon. In one embodiment, the weapon comprises a barrel, a receiver assembly, a handgrip, and a first controller. The receiver assembly is coupled to an end of the barrel and to the handgrip. The first... Agent: U S Army Research Laboratory Attn: Rdrl-loc-i

20090287364 - Visual aircraft spacing tool: An air traffic display aid and method that uses parameters for defining a heading for an alpha approach and a beta approach. These can be intersecting or converging runways, dependent or independent parallel runways or airways in en-route configurations. A target reference point is determined in dependence upon the alpha... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090287365 - Converter for converting a load factor command into a longitudinal attitude deviation instruction: The invention relates to flight control systems for aircraft, which have large control loops delivering load factor commands and which are applied to flight controls more suited to the following by the pilot of a longitudinal attitude deviation instruction than to the following of a load factor instructions. It consists... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090287366 - Electric vehicle (ev) driving mode optimization for a parallel hybrid electric vehicle: A method of operating a parallel hybrid electric drive train may include manually selecting a first mode by a user. The first mode include an electric mode that provides for propelling a vehicle using only an electric motor. The method may also include propelling the vehicle in the electric mode,... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090287367 - Method and apparatus for driver control of a limited-ability autonomous vehicle: A vehicle system for providing an interface for driver control of at least a partially autonomous vehicle. The system includes a driver command processor that receives request signals from a driver interface device of the driver's desire for the vehicle system to take certain actions and sends appropriate signals in... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20090287368 - Motor vehicle having a driver assistance system: A motor vehicle has a driver assistance system for outputting a warning message and/or for engaging in a driving operation, an activity of the driver assistance system occurring if a variable triggering threshold is exceeded. To increase the active and passive traffic safety, further external circumstances, in particular influencing variables... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090287370 - Failure diagnosis system, and vehicle-mounted ecu for use in the failure diagnosis system: A failure diagnosis system that erases diagnostic information applied to a vehicle that includes an ECU for that stores a vehicle identification number (VIN) and diagnostic information (hereinafter, referred to as “VIN storage ECU”), and an ECU that does not store the vehicle identification number but stores the diagnostic information... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090287369 - Method and system for providing supplemental services to telematics systems: The embodiments of the present innovation provide a method and system for providing supplemental services to telematics systems. The method and system receives data from a telematics provider in a non-proprietary format, parses the data, stores the data, provides the data to a third party application, obtains an output from... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090287371 - Shock absorber health and condition monitoring device: Apparatus and method for determining shock-absorber wear are presented. The device includes a shock absorber, a temperature sensor, and an electronics assembly. The temperature sensor may generate temperature data for the shock absorber. The electronics assembly may determine a condition of the shock absorber based on the temperature data. The... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090287372 - Pit road display: Instruments or gauges arranged to provide feedback detectable by the peripheral vision of a driver when vehicle operating parameters, such as engine speed, temperature, pressure, and voltage, are in a critical range, include one or more of the following types of instruments or gauges and/or features: (a) a tachometer that... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090287373 - Control system for a work machine and method for controlling a hydraulic cylinder: A control system for a work machine is provided, which system includes an electric machine, a hydraulic machine and at least one hydraulic cylinder. The electric machine is connected in a driving manner to the hydraulic machine. The hydraulic machine is connected to a piston side of the hydraulic cylinder... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090287374 - Method and system for evaluating driving conditions of a vehicle: The method and system evaluate driving conditions of a vehicle whereby drivability of the vehicle can be evaluated accurately and objectively. To evaluate drivability of the vehicle under different driving conditions, a plural pieces of driving load information including biological information on a driver and movement information of the vehicle... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090287375 - Method for determining absolute steering wheel angle from a single-turn steering wheel angle sensor: A method and algorithm for determining a steering wheel angle of a vehicle steering mechanism upon power up of a vehicle using a single-turn steering wheel angle sensor by eliminating plausible steering wheel angles until one and only one steering wheel angle possibility remains.... Agent: Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC

20090287377 - Vehicle body drifting suppresion device: A vehicle body drifting suppression device including a steering torque detection unit which detects a steering torque of a vehicle, wherein a vehicle body drifting suppression is performed according to a vehicle body drifting suppression control-amount, and the vehicle body drifting suppression control-amount is adjusted according to a temporal sustention... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090287376 - Vehicle control device: A vehicle control device calculates an operation amount and a motion state amount for varying an operation amount necessary for a real vehicle's operation based on a dynamic vehicle model modeling the motion state of a vehicle running in accordance with running targets such as a target path and a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090287378 - Drag torque request security diagnostic systems and methods: An engine control system for a vehicle comprises a torque module and a drag request evaluation module. The torque module controls torque output of an engine based on a driver torque request and increases the torque output based on a wheel drag torque request generated based on a driven wheel... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090287379 - System and method for receiving and recording a closure panel release request: A system and a method are provided for receiving and recording a closure panel release request. The system comprises an input device for transmitting the closure panel release request, a closure mechanism for securing the closure panel in the closed position, and a processor that is coupled to the vehicle,... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090287381 - Determining and reconstructing changes in load on lifting gear: The invention relates to a method of determining changes in loads on lifting gear, whereby a change in load is determined within load curve data at a transition point of the load curve gradient, and whereby the load curve is broken down into discrete-time observation intervals at the transition points.... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20090287380 - Work machine, system and method for broadcast spreading of a material in wind conditions: A work machine includes a spreader configured for broadcast spreading of a material from the work machine; an input device configured to provide wind condition data; an orientation control device configured to determine an orientation of the work machine; and a controller coupled to the spreader, the input device and... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.c/deere & Company

20090287383 - Shift-by-wire control system for vehicle automatic transmission: A SBW control system is disclosed which is powered by an electric power source on a vehicle to electrically control mode shifting of an automatic transmission of the vehicle. The SBW control system includes: 1) means for inputting a shift command to shift a current operating mode of the automatic... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090287382 - Vehicle control system and method: A vehicle control system includes a first powertrain, a second powertrain, and a third powertrain. The first powertrain includes a first power source. The second powertrain includes a second power source. The third powertrain includes a third power source. The vehicle control system also includes an operator control interface. The... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090287384 - System and method for controlling thrust force of belt of continuously variable transmission: The present invention relates to a system and a method for controlling the thrust force of a belt of a CVT. The method includes: determining whether a rough road condition is satisfied; continuously calculating, in a case that the condition is satisfied, a thrust force for a first predetermined time... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090287385 - Method for controlling a shift point in an automatic transmission: The method according to the invention for shift point control in automatic transmissions by means of an electronic control device, which receives a performance requirement value and the vehicle speed as input signals and triggers up-shifts and down-shifts, by means of a functional module. The functional module controls the shift... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090287386 - Clutch control system: The clutch control system includes a motor in a liquid pressure modulator for engagement/disengagement of a clutch, a clutch control unit for controlling the operation of the motor, vehicle condition detection means which detects at least that an engine is in working and which detects the running speed of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090287387 - Clutch control system: When a predetermined time has passed without detection of engine stall and without detection of the neutral state and without detection of a vehicle starting operation, in a first control state in which a clutch is in a disengaged state, a clutch control system effects transition to a second control... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090287388 - System for controlling a vehicle driving downhill: A system for a hill descent control in the braking equipment of a motor vehicle comprising an electrically controllable service brake system, which is designed both for an anti-locking control function and for a braking function irrespective of actuation by the driver, a brake actuator which permits an individual adjustment... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090287390 - Control system for internal combustion engine and control method for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine includes: a fuel amount detector; a smoothing calculation unit that calculates a smooth output value, which is obtained by smoothing an output value of the fuel amount detector in a temporal direction; a continuous low speed condition detection unit that detects a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090287389 - Method for increasing the resolution of output signals from at least one measuring sensor on an internal combustion engine and corresponding controller: The resolution of output signals from at least one measuring sensor on an internal combustion engine can be increased by: the working level range of the sensor is divided into at least two range sections, each section is provided with the same given output level range limited with relation to... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090287393 - Direct fuel injection control with variable injector current profile: A direct fuel injection control for an internal combustion engine includes first and second controllers. The first controller has a microprocessor and generates injection timing and duration signals on injector select lines. The second controller is a state machine including injector controls that receive the injection timing and duration signals... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090287391 - Engine fuel control system: A fuel control system is provided. The fuel control system includes an electronic control system coupled to a pair of control valves for blending pipeline fuel with waste fuel at a blend ratio for controlling fuel flow to an internal combustion engine. The fuel control system can estimate energy content... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20090287394 - Idling rotation speed control apparatus: There is provided an idling rotation speed control apparatus that can reduce the development man-hours and the cost and that enables operation during a trolling cruise to be readily performed. The idling rotation speed control apparatus includes an engine rotation speed detection means, an engine temperature detection means, an engine... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090287392 - Method and system for closed loop lambda control of a gaseous fueled internal combustion engine: A method and system in accordance with the present invention provides for improved lambda control utility that includes the following: the introduction of an inner control loop to the lambda control based on the pressure of the gaseous fuel downstream of the fuel control valve and upstream of the carburetor... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20090287395 - Engine control device: An engine control device, which is capable of preventing fuel from being consumed more than necessary when a PTO device is in operation, is provided. An engine control device (5), in which a PTO device (12) is connected to a vehicle engine (1) and which controls a fuel injection quantity... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090287396 - Fuel property determination system, and fuel property determination method for internal combustion engine: The fuel injection amounts into each cylinder are set on the assumption that a heavy fuel will be injected during the engine starting process, and a specific torque is allowed to be generated by combustion in a specific cylinder when a fuel with a specific property between those of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090287397 - Parallel sequential turbocharger architecture using engine cylinder variable valve lift system: An exemplary controller includes one or more processors, memory and control logic to individually control at least one of two exhaust valves of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine to either provide exhaust from the cylinder to a single exhaust turbine or to provide exhaust from the cylinder to... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20090287398 - Internal-combustion-engine control apparatus: Provision is made for an internal-combustion-engine control apparatus whose knocking detectability is high regardless of the type of an engine. Preparation is made for a data group consisting of serial segments each including a predetermined number of values obtained by A/D-converting a signal that appears within a knocking detection window... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090287399 - Method and device for controlling a combustion engine during a temporary stoppage: A method for controlling, during temporary stoppage, a four-stroke combustion engine including a block delimiting cylinders which define combustion chambers equipped with pistons into which opens an intake pipe and an exhaust pipe, both provided with valves that can move between open and closed positions. The method involves detecting conditions... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090287400 - Approach for engine start synchronization: A method of starting an engine is provided. The engine includes a cylinder and a fuel injector configured to directly inject fuel into the cylinder. The method includes: at an engine start condition, receiving a sensed engine position, in response to the sensed engine position correlating with a stored engine... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090287403 - Method and device for fusion of traffic data when information is incomplete: A method for merging imprecisely localized traffic reports with precisely localized traffic data includes obtaining a plurality of possible positions (x) of the localized traffic reports having imprecise position indications. The plurality of possible positions is evaluated using overlap functions. Substantially precise positions for the localized traffic reports are defined... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090287401 - System and method for realtime community information exchange: System and method for traffic mapping service are disclosed for allowing plurality of users having each a navigation device to transmit their locations to a server and optionally to signal to the server their requested destination. The system and method are further capable of calculating traffic parameters such as current... Agent: Eitan Mehulal Law Group

20090287404 - System for providing traffic information: A system for providing traffic information to a plurality of mobile users connected to a network. The system comprises a plurality of traffic monitors, each comprising at least a traffic detector and a transmitter, the traffic detector generating a signal in response to vehicular traffic and the transmitter transmitting the... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel, LLP

20090287402 - Virtual traffic sensors: Techniques are described for virtual traffic sensors (VTS). In an implementation, an electronic device provides a variety of functionality including at least functionality to determine position. The electronic device may be further configured to ascertain locations of one or more virtual traffic sensors. In at least some embodiments, locations of... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20090287405 - Traffic data quality: Techniques are described for traffic data quality. In an implementation, an electronic device provides a variety of functionality including functionality to determine position. The device may use determined position to ascertain geographic locations as collection points where traffic related data may be collected. In at least some embodiments, traffic data... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20090287407 - Method and system for dynamic estimation and predictive route generation: The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for dynamic route estimation and prediction using discrete sampled location updates from various mobile devices for the purpose of providing a graphical representation of a mobile device's route along a known network path of map data. The... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20090287406 - Vehicle-mounted equipment: Vehicle-mounted equipment includes a storage unit 12 for storing data for a plurality of destinations, a vehicle-mounted network connecting unit 11 for receiving destination data indicating a destination via a vehicle-mounted network, a destination determining unit 21 for determining the destination on the basis of destination data received by the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090287408 - Method for offering a user reward based on a chosen navigation route: A method for offering a user reward based on a chosen navigation route includes calculating alternative routes from a starting location to a destination location by taking into consideration route segments including public transportation route segments and road network route segments. The alternative routes are presented to a user. A... Agent: Manfred Beck Pa

20090287409 - Navigational planning and display method for the sailor's dilemma when heading upwind: A method is disclosed that resolves a long-standing seafaring problem of how close to the wind to sail. Sailboats need a convenient way to determine the optimal heading to minimize the Tacking Time to Destination (TTD). Unlike Velocity Made Good (VMG), the method disclosed here allows route planning before the... Agent: Roberts & Roberts, LLP Attorneys At Law

20090287410 - Apparatus and program for finding vehicle position: A navigation apparatus calculates a current position candidate of a vehicle based on absolute position information, and calculates a travelable area based on road width data and the like, and further calculates a center locus of the travelable area and an estimated position of the vehicle. The estimated position of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090287412 - Method and apparatus for transmitting vehicle-related information in and out of a vehicle: A method for transmitting vehicle-related information in and out of a vehicle and an apparatus for carrying out the method are disclosed. The method includes the steps of (i) receiving location information via reception means for position finding, (ii) evaluating vehicle-related information and location information via means for coordinating an... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090287411 - System and method for managing messages in a network data processing system using a check-in policy: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing messages in a network data processing system. In one illustrative embodiment, the process receives input associated with a set of check-in policy settings for a user of a first communication device. The process generates a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090287413 - Systems and methods for improving magnetic heading output from an inertial navigation system: Systems and methods for determining magnetic heading information for a vehicle. In one example, the system identifies at least one polar exclusion area based on predefined rate-of-change of magnetic variation (magvar). Locally stored magvar information is retrieved based on received vehicle position information that is outside the polar exclusion areas.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090287414 - System and process for the precise positioning of subsea units: A system for precise positioning of subsea units has a remotely operated vehicle, an inertial measurement unit positioned on the vehicle so as to produce a signal relative to a position of the subsea unit, a doppler velocity log coupled to the vehicle in producing a signal relative to the... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090287415 - Systems, devices and methods for increasing location based service accuracy: A method of increasing location based service accuracy by correcting location data associated with a fixed source using a mobile communication device. The method includes the step of receiving, on the mobile communication device, a first set of location data. The first set of location data is originated from the... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP