Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions

20100023180 - Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition based on lane-change maneuvers: An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on lane-change maneuvers. A maneuver identification classification process reads sensor signals for vehicle speed, vehicle yaw rate and vehicle heading angle. The process determines if the vehicle is turning based on whether the yaw rate signal is greater... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20100023182 - Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition based on maneuvers at highway on/off ramps: An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on highway on/off ramp maneuvers. Once the maneuver has been determined to be an on-ramp maneuver or an off-ramp maneuver, a style characterization processor can classify the maneuver using selected discriminant features obtain or derived from the maneuver.... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20100023181 - Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition based on vehicle passing maneuvers: An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on vehicle passing maneuvers. A process determines whether the vehicle has started a lane change from a first lane to a second lane as a first phase of the passing maneuver. If so, the process determines whether the... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20100023183 - Adaptive vehicle control system with integrated maneuver-based driving style recognition: A vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on characteristic maneuvers. The system includes a plurality of vehicle sensors that detect various vehicle parameters. A maneuver identification processor receives the sensor signals to identify a characteristic maneuver of the vehicle and provides a maneuver identifier signal of... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20100023184 - Right-left driving force control system: A right-left driving force control system includes: a selecting unit which: selects an adjusting unit adjusting distribution of a driving force between right and left wheels, when a shifting direction in which the driving force is shifted between the wheels and which is related to a control amount is the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100023185 - Devices and methods for waypoint target generation and mission spooling for mobile ground robots: Embodiments of the present invention improve mobile robot guidance and control by providing a position designation system for an unmanned vehicle, such as a mobile ground robot. This system allows an operator to select locations of interest on earth for the robot by pointing at the locations through an optical... Agent: Thomas, Raring, & Teague, P.C.

20100023186 - Fly-by-wire flight control system with electronic lead/lag damper algorithm: An electronic lead/lag damper algorithm implemented as part of the fly-by-wire flight control system to minimize or eliminate mechanical lead/lag dampers of a rotary wing aircraft. The electronic lead/lag damper algorithm uses a cross-feed control methodology that band-pass filters pitch and roll rates and feeds back a signal to the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100023187 - System and method for displaying constraint information on a graphical aircraft instrument tape element: A flight deck display system for an aircraft includes a processor architecture configured to receive aircraft instrument data (e.g., altimeter or airspeed) and position data for the aircraft and, based upon the instrument data and the position data, generate image rendering display commands. The system also includes a display element... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20100023188 - Singularity escape and avoidance using a virtual array rotation: Techniques for providing singularity escape and avoidance are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing control moment gyroscope (CMG) attitude control singularity escape includes calculating a Jacobian A of a set of control equations, calculating a measure of closeness to a singularity, and comparing the calculated closeness to a... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC

20100023189 - Aircraft display systems and methods for enhanced display of landing information: A display system is provided for a vehicle. The system includes a processor configured to receive data representative of landing information and navigation and control information and to supply display commands associated with the landing information and navigation and control information; and a display device coupled the processor for receiving... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20100023190 - Trip optimizer method, system and computer software code for operating a railroad train to minimize wheel and track wear: A system for controlling a railroad train over a segment of track. The system comprises a first element for determining a location of the train on the segment of track; a second element for providing track characterization information for the segment of track; the track characterization information related to physical... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20100023191 - Method and apparatus for wireless runway incursion detection: A wireless runway incursion system is disclosed. The wireless runway incursion system method may include a runway traffic management unit that manages aircraft traffic on and around an airport's runways, a plurality of wireless relay devices located between the runway access points and the runway traffic management unit that relay... Agent: Prass LLP

20100023192 - Relating to control of marine vessels: A dynamic control system for a marine vessel having two or more waterjet units as the primary propulsion system of the vessel, for maintaining vessel position or velocity when in a dynamic control mode, comprises a position or velocity indicator to indicate vessel position or velocity or deviations in vessel... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20100023193 - Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle: In a hybrid vehicle provided with a power dividing mechanism comprising a clutch mechanism, an ECU performs speed-change control. In the control, the ECU performs an engage preparing process if it is necessary to engage clutch plates of the clutch mechanism with each other. In the process, the ECU switches... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100023194 - Method for reducing gear rattle in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain: A method for controlling a powertrain for a hybrid electric vehicle having an engine and a motor and gearing for establishing power flow paths from the engine and the motor with common gear elements to vehicle traction wheels. An engine power bias is applied to an engine power command and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20100023195 - System and method for autonomous vehicle localization: An autonomous vehicle capable of determining its position in a space through improved communications with beacons is disclosed. The autonomous vehicle utilizes time of flight as well and angular information to determine position, and is capable of intelligent interaction with the beacons.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20100023197 - Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition based on behavioral diagnosis: An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on characteristic maneuvers and road and traffic conditions. The system includes a plurality of vehicle sensors that detect various vehicle parameters. A maneuver identification processor receives the sensor signals to identify a characteristic maneuver of the vehicle and... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20100023196 - Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition based on vehicle launching: An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a drivers driving style based on vehicle launching maneuvers. A process determines whether the vehicle speed signal during a predetermined time window is greater than a speed threshold, whether the vehicle speed signal before the time window is less than the speed threshold... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20100023199 - Control device and method for the control of functions: The invention relates to a controller having an integration of different functions with which a respective microcontroller is associated. In accordance with the invention, at least one monitoring unit is provided which is implemented for a plurality of functions, with only the defective function being able to be switched off... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20100023200 - Method for detecting an error in a component assembly: The invention relates to a method for detecting an error in a component assembly of a motor vehicle, the component assembly having a functional control unit and at least one function module to be controlled by the functional control unit as components. According to the method, a check is made... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100023198 - System and method for emulating vehicle ignition-switched power: A power supply configured to emulate the functionality of ignition-switched power in a vehicle is configured to plug into an on-board diagnostics port (OBD-II) in the vehicle. The power supply includes a controller that is configured to determine the operating protocol to use and then communicates queries based on the... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20100023203 - Diagnosis system and method for assisting a user: A system and method for facilitating a user in diagnosing a vehicle is provided. The method comprises receiving a signal from the vehicle utilizing a diagnostic manager module, the signal having diagnostic data configured to identify one or more faults in the vehicle; processing the signal to select a set... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100023201 - Method and apparatus for obtaining vehicle data: A computer implemented apparatus, and computer usable program code for automatically obtaining vehicle data. In one advantageous embodiment a computer implemented method monitors a vehicle for events over a wireless interface. In response to receiving an event sent over the wireless interface by the vehicle, a determination is made whether... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20100023202 - Method for judging the drivability of vehicles: An increase of the precision may be achieved in that upon repeated occurrence of identical driving states, a correction variable is calculated for the evaluations, which is a function of the differences in the behavior of the vehicle upon identical driving states, and a corrected evaluation is calculated in which... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20100023204 - Power management system: A vehicle communication system facilitates hands-free interaction with a mobile device in a vehicle or elsewhere. Users interact with the system by speaking to it. The system processes text and processes commands. The system supports Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free use. The system handles telephone calls, email, and SMS text... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100023205 - Method and device for checking the plausibility of measured values in a motor vehicle environment: A method, a device and a computer program product, by means of which sensor values of redundant sensors in vehicles can be compared with each other to carry out a plausibility check, the measured values of said sensors not being synchronised with each other, are described. On the basis of... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20100023206 - Method and apparatus for geospatial data sharing: Methods and apparatus for processing non-authoritative observational data during a coordinated operation, such as a military mission. Actuation of a trigger control initiates a retrieval procedure for collecting observational data from at least one system incorporated in a vehicle. Categories associated with an observational event may be selected to classify... Agent: Lockheed Martin Corporation C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20100023208 - Method and apparatus for recording the rotation angle of a vehicle: An apparatus for recording the rotation angle of a vehicle comprises an angular velocity sensor adapted to measure an angular velocity ω of the vehicle, an integrator adapted to integrate the measured angular velocity ω across a predetermined unit of time Δt to calculate a differential rotation angle Δα in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20100023209 - Method of organizing aircraft maintenance: A method of managing maintenance of an aircraft. The method includes defining a recommended maintenance program for the aircraft. Maintenance deadlines for the recommended maintenance program are determined by using primary data from a testing of at least one of pieces of equipment and elements of the aircraft. Utilization data... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20100023207 - Vehicle information recording system: A vehicle information recording system has an ECU and the like to detect an abnormal event that occurs on the vehicle, a vehicle state determination unit to determine a vehicle state including at least one of a running state and a running environment of the vehicle based on an output... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100023210 - Remote climate control device including electrical heater for a hybrid vehicle and associated methods: A remote climate control system is for a hybrid vehicle having a rechargeable electrical power source and an electrical heater selectively powered thereby, a sensor associated with the rechargeable electrical power source, and a data communications bus extending throughout the hybrid vehicle. At least one of the electrical heater and... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20100023211 - Influencing device comprising a diagnosis unit for influencing an active suspension system of a vehicle: An influencing device for influencing an active chassis system is provided. A roadway sensor produces sensor data relating to a roadway which is located in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel, the sensor data is used to acquire a roadway profile. A pilot control unit determines, as... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100023212 - Steering angle sensor and vehicle system having the steering angle sensor: A steering angle sensor and a vehicle system having the sensor are disclosed. The steering angle sensor for mounting on a vehicle comprises a main gear coupled to and rotated with a steering column; a first auxiliary gear and a second auxiliary gear meshed with the main gear, respectively; angular... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100023213 - Vehicle control device: A vehicle control device which can at least provide compatibility between a high grip performance and fuel efficiency or compatibility between quietness and fuel efficiency is provided. When a camber angle of a wheel 2 is adjusted to a negative camber, ground contact in a first tread 21 is increased... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100023214 - Vehicle control device: A vehicle control device which can provide compatibility between a high grip performance and fuel efficiency is provided. When a camber angle of a wheel 2 is adjusted to a negative camber, ground contact pressure in a first tread 21 is increased and ground contact pressure in a second tread... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100023215 - Vehicle steering control unit: A vehicle steering control unit which can implement various type of self-tuning in accordance with various properties of an objective vehicle is realized. ECU includes a control information acquiring part 501 which acquires control information which is information relating to the controlling of steering of the vehicle, a parameter value... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100023216 - Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition based on vehicle left/right turns: An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on left/right-turn maneuvers. A process determines if the vehicle has started a turn if the yaw rate is greater than a first yaw rate threshold, and determines a vehicle heading angle based on the yaw rate and a... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20100023221 - Method for controlling a vehicle steering system: Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle steering system are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes receiving a desired front road wheel angle signal at a controller. The desired front road wheel angle signal is indicative of a desired front road wheel angle of vehicle wheels. The method... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100023219 - Optical steering angle sensor for determining the absolute value of the steering angle: An optical steering angle sensor for determining the absolute value of the steering angle even when a steering wheel has been revolved several times is provided, having a stator, a rotor with a barcode and evaluation electronics. In one form, the invention provides for the rotor to have a track... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100023217 - Rear wheel steering angle controlling device for vehicles: The present invention provides a rear wheel steering angle controlling device for vehicles comprising: a rear wheel steering mechanism (5R, 5L) for changing a rear wheel steering angle; a front wheel steering angle detector (9) for detecting a front wheel steering angle (δf); a vehicle velocity detector (10R, 10L) for... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20100023220 - Vehicle and control method of the same: To enable execution of processing for eliminating a slip by detecting the occurrence of a slip between rotary bodies and a road surface. An inverted pendulum type vehicle (1) includes encoders (17L, 17R) that detect a physical quantity representing a rotational state of each of wheels (10L, 10R) and outputs... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100023218 - Vehicle driving control apparatus and vehicle driving control method: A vehicle driving control apparatus is provided with an obstacle detecting device, a future position estimating device, an obstacle avoidance control device, and a lane change intent detecting device. The obstacle detecting device detects an existence of an obstacle positioned laterally of a host vehicle. The future position estimating device... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20100023223 - Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition: An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on characteristic curve-handling maneuvers and road and traffic conditions. The system includes a plurality of vehicle sensors that detect various vehicle parameters. A maneuver identification processor receives the sensor signals to identify a characteristic maneuver of the vehicle... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20100023222 - System and method for location based guidance controller configuration: System and method for location based configuration of guidance controllers for machines. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting an implement, by a guidance controller, coupled to a machine. The method may further include detecting location data for the machine by the guidance controller, determining a characteristic of the location... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100023224 - Method and device for actuating an active and/or passive safety system in a motor vehicle: A method and device for actuating an active and/or passive motor vehicle safety system in a driving situation in which the vehicle executes a rotary movement about the vertical axis of the vehicle. A variable describing the rotary motion is measured, and this variable is processed by a mathematical model,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100023225 - Starting device of occupant protective system: A starting device of an occupant protective system includes an angular velocity or acceleration sensor 11 for detecting the behavior of a vehicle, processing sections 131 and 132 for performing two or more computations using different subtrahends on a physical quantity based on the output from the sensor 11, a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100023226 - Vehicle-mounted safety control apparatus: The vehicle-mounted safety control apparatus includes a first function of detecting an object ahead of the vehicle, a second function of acquiring, as a time to collision, a ratio of a relative speed to a relative distance between the vehicle and the object, a third function of performing an automatic... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20100023227 - Rear wheel drive assist with articulation based speed modulation: A rear wheel drive assist for an articulated machine such as a wheel tractor scraper, the machine including a first frame section having a first longitudinal axis, a second frame section with a second longitudinal axis, the first and second frame sections being pivotally connected to an articulation hitch, and... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20100023228 - Apparatus and method for the positioning of a tool of a ground engaging vehicle: A ground engaging vehicle including a ground engaging tool, an actuator, a global positioning system (GPS) and a control system. The ground engaging tool extends from the vehicle, and has a reference feature. The actuator is connected to the ground engaging tool, and the actuator is configured to move the... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20100023229 - System and method for configuring a guidance controller: System and method for configuring guidance controllers. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting an implement, by a guidance controller, coupled to a machine. The method may further include determining a characteristic of the implement which affects a calibration parameter of the guidance controller and configuring the calibration parameter of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100023231 - Transmission control device: A transmission control device (7) of a transmission (3) for a drivetrain which includes, in addition to the transmission (3), a hybrid drive with an internal combustion engine (1) and an electric motor (2). The transmission control device (7) stores parameters which form the basis of the manner with which... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20100023230 - Transmission with substantially identical gear sets for torque load sharing: A transmission has an input member and an output member, first and second intermediate shafts having substantially identical gear sets with gears concentric with and selectively connectable for rotation with the first and second intermediate shafts, respectively. Output gears are concentric with and rotatable with the output member and mesh... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20100023235 - Method and device for stabilizing a single-track motor vehicle: A method for stabilizing an unstable driving state in a single-track vehicle, in particular a motorcycle, wherein a prespecified driving situation, in particular braking, particularly while driving in a straight trajectory or a nearly straight trajectory, is detected; at least one yaw rate ({dot over (ψ)}) and/or one side slip... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100023234 - Vehicle control system: An initial movement state of a vehicle is specified in which a starting-off or acceleration is enabled by stepping on an accelerator pedal. In the specified initial movement state, a starting-off direction of the vehicle and an obstacle existing in the starting-off direction are specified. In the initial movement state,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100023233 - Vehicle having speed control unit: A tractor is disclosed as a four-wheel drive vehicle with a movable seat back, with a seat height adjustment and with a varying load capability.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20100023232 - Vehicle travel speed control method: wherein VrGy_offset, VrGy, a, Ds indicate a curve-time target speed, a difference between the curve-time target speed and a speed of a subject vehicle, a constant and a curve entrance arrival distance, respectively.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100023236 - Vehicle speed control in a cruise mode using vehicle brakes: A cruise control system includes a speed difference module that compares a current vehicle speed and a target cruise speed, and a brake module that selectively actuates a brake when the current vehicle speed is greater than the target cruise speed by a predetermined speed difference. A related method is... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100023237 - Brake control device for two-wheeled motor vehicle: The brake control device of the invention includes a brake lever 101, a master cylinder 103 connected to the brake lever, a wheel cylinder 115 to which the pressure of the master cylinder 103 is transmitted, a wheel speed sensor that detects the speed of the wheel, a pressure sensor... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20100023238 - Method and systems for controlling gas turbine engine temperature: A method and systems for controlling an engine are provided. The system includes an engine model programmed to receive engine operating condition values from a plurality of sensors on an engine. The engine model is programmed to determine a plurality of engine operating parameter values. The system also includes a... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20100023239 - Power demand management: A method is disclosed of determining the power demand on a power subsystem (2) of a system (1) by optimising a respective demand-dependent operating characteristic based on one or more operating conditions affecting the power subsystem, the method comprising: using a system-authority (3, 14) to determine system-level power demand limits... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20100023241 - Emissions reductions through multiple fuel injection events: A method is disclosed including operations to interpret an engine load level for a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. In response to determining the engine load level is less than 40% of a maximum engine load level, the method further includes operations to performing a first fuel injection event including... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20100023240 - Method for controlling combustion noise in a compression-ignition engine: Combustion noise in a compression-ignition engine is controlled by measuring in-cylinder pressure of a cylinder of the compression-ignition engine, determining a combustion noise level based on the in-cylinder pressure measurement, and modifying a combustion control parameter based on the combustion noise level.... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20100023243 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in which at least one first influence variable influences a state variable of the air in the intake manifold. The state variable of the air in the intake manifold is ascertained while taking into account a plurality of influence variables, which influence... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100023242 - Valve timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine: A valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a variable valve timing mechanism. The valve timing control apparatus sets target valve timing based on an operational state of the engine. The valve timing control apparatus detects actual valve timing. The valve timing control apparatus computes a control... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100023244 - Regulating method for a volume control: In a regulating method for controlling an electrical actuator, especially a valve for regulating a volume flow in an injection system for an internal combustion engine, a nominal value is set for an actuating variable of the actuator; the actuator is controlled by a pulse width-modulated electrical control signal with... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20100023245 - Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition based on headway distance: An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a drivers driving style based on vehicle headway control. The system reads sensor signals to identify the range and range rate between a subject vehicle and a preceding vehicle, where the range rate is close to zero if the distance between the subject... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20100023246 - Automated location-intelligent traffic notification service systems and methods: Traffic notification systems include a location determination system that is configured to determine a geographic location of a subscriber and an automated traffic notification system that is configured to automatically transmit a traffic notification message that is based on the geographic location of the subscriber to a wireless terminal that... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Mb Attn: Patent Docketing

20100023247 - Seamless air traffic control (atc) datalink transfers: Embodiments for seamless air traffic control (ATC) data link transfers are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a method includes receiving a new air traffic control center designation from an original air traffic control center through an active connection. The active connection is based on a first data link standard.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100023248 - Two-wheeled vehicle control apparatus and two-wheeled vehicle control method: The present invention aims to provide a parallel two-wheeled vehicle in which a rider can ride in safety without executing a predetermined procedure in boarding. A parallel two-wheeled vehicle control apparatus according to the present invention includes a drive unit that drives two wheels arranged on the same axis line... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100023249 - Open area maps with restriction content: Open area maps and related systems and methods are disclosed. For example, one method includes receiving an image of a layout corresponding to a real-world area in which a person walks about. A restriction associated to a passageway within the image is generated. The image is used to generate a... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20100023251 - Cost based open area maps: Open area maps as well as related systems and methods are disclosed. For example, an open area map includes an image of a layout corresponding to a real-world area in which pedestrians walk about. An array is associated with the image. The array includes a plurality of spaced objects. A... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20100023257 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus includes: a map data storage means 11, 12, and 5 for storing map data; a display means 2 for displaying intersection information including information about a plurality of destination areas at an intersection located forwardly in a traveling direction on the basis of map data read from... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100023253 - Navigation apparatus and method: A method and a navigation apparatus and method of using the same, to guide a user along a route from a current position to a destination. The method includes: determining whether a turn occurs within a first distance from the current position; determining whether a predetermined situation occurs after the... Agent: Stein Mcewen, LLP

20100023255 - Navigation apparatus, map display method and map display program: A navigation apparatus, which is mounted on a movable body such as a vehicle, displays a map around a present position in plural display modes which a user can designate. The map data is prepared in each display mode to be stored in a storage unit. For example, the present... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100023254 - Navigation system: A navigation system includes map data storing means storing map data; current position calculating means calculating a current position of a vehicle; and a guiding section detecting a moving direction of the vehicle based on the map data acquired from the map data storing means and the current position of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100023250 - Open area maps: Systems and methods associated with an open area map are disclosed. For example, one method comprises obtaining an image of a layout. The layout represents a real-world area in which a person moves about. A grid is applied on the image. The grid includes tiles that fill in a ground... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20100023252 - Positioning open area maps: Open area maps as well as related features, systems, and methods are disclosed. For example, one method comprises translating coordinates associated with an open area map into real-world coordinates. The open area map is positioned within a geographic map as a function of the real-world coordinates. The geographic map represents... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20100023256 - Process for automatically determining a bypass route: A navigation system automatically determines one or more bypass routes for a vehicle, based on a continuously determined vehicle position, according to a process having the following steps: receiving data concerning a hindrance in a region in the proximity of a current position; automatically determining one or more destinations which... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100023258 - Displaying method and device for an aircraft following a flight plan: A device comprises means for computing the air-craft (A) current position means for determining at least one maximum permitted deviation (E1) around a set position of the flight path of the flight plan according to accuracy and integrity performances of said current position computation and to the restriction of a... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20100023259 - Discovering points of interest from users map annotations: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates generating a point of interest related to a map. An interface component can collect a portion of annotation data from two or more users, wherein the portion of annotation data is associated with a digital map and includes... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100023260 - Personalized map display generator: Using non-personalized data sets provided by remote sources and representing specific geographic areas and locally-acquired current location data for a selected personal object, a personalized video display is generated in a client-side system. The non-personalized data sets include boundary data. The client-side system determines whether the current location is within... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20100023261 - Personalized map display generator: Using non-personalized data sets provided by remote sources and representing specific geographic areas and locally-acquired current location data for a selected personal object, a personalized video display is generated in a client-side system. The non-personalized data sets include boundary data. The client-side system determines whether the current location is within... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20100023262 - Driftline navigation system: A method for determining the drift vector in a watercraft and then graphically projecting an anticipated drift line for a specified target point. The inventive method is preferably carried out by modifying existing GPS plotters. The user initiates a drift vector determination. A memory device receiving positional data then records... Agent: Wiley Horton

20100023263 - Position detection method and position detection apparatus for a preceding vehicle and data filtering method: A method for detecting the position of a preceding vehicle (2) in relation to an same-vehicle (1), comprising a step of acquiring a primary data set having vehicle range information ri and lateral position information Li, Ri; a step of linear regression processing for acquiring a secondary data set having... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20100023264 - Aircraft display systems and methods with obstacle warning envelopes: A visual display system for an aircraft is provided. The system includes a database for storing obstacle information and a processor coupled to the database and configured to construct an obstacle warning envelope for the aircraft and receive obstacle information from the database based on the obstacle warning envelope. The... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20100017046 - Collaborative engagement for target identification and tracking: A collaborative engagement system comprises: at least two unmanned vehicles comprising an unmanned air vehicle including sensors configured to locate a target and an unmanned ground vehicle including sensors configured to locate and track a target; and a controller facilitating control of, and communication and exchange of data to and... Agent: O'brien Jones, PLLC (w/irobot Corp.)

20100017048 - Model based sensor system for loads aware control laws: A flight control system includes a model-based sensor system which estimates angular accelerations to control rotor system moment such that loads on the aircraft structure are reduced to thereby allow an aircraft structural envelope to more closely follow an aircraft service flight envelope.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100017047 - Systems and methods for remote display of an enhanced image: A system for providing remote display of an enhanced image comprises at least one image source and a processing element. The processing element is capable of receiving data from the image source, creating an enhanced image with the received data, and transmitting the enhanced image via a wireless link to... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20100017049 - Vehicle health management systems and methods: Systems and methods for managing the exchange of vehicle information between software modules with different safety importance. In one embodiment, a vehicle health management system includes a mission critical software module, a flight critical software module and a gatekeeper. The mission critical software module receives vehicle state information and provides... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100017052 - Aircraft shock strut having a fluid level monitor: A system for monitoring a liquid level in an aircraft shock strut includes a cylinder having an internal chamber sealed by a piston telescopically movable within the cylinder. The chamber contains a gas and a liquid, and a sensor assembly is provided for monitoring a condition of a level of... Agent: Black, Lowe, Graham

20100017050 - Apparatus and method for determining and indicating distance between flaring airplane & landing surface: An apparatus and method for determining and indicating a distance between a landing small airplane and a landing surface, wherein the distance is no more than approximately twenty-five feet. The apparatus emits signals from opposite sides of the airplane toward the landing surface, receives the signals reflected by the landing... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20100017051 - Method of automatically determining a landing runway: A method of automatically determining a landing runway for an aircraft includes the steps of i) determining control points assigned to a landing runway along a landing approach of an airplane; ii) determining the spatial deviation of the airplane from the determined control points; and iii) determining an appropriate landing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100017053 - Consistent localizer captures: Systems and methods for performing localizer capture maneuvers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes determining at least one instrument landing system (ILS) threshold of an aircraft, and establishing at least one final approach course (FAC) deviation threshold for the aircraft. The method further includes receiving at least one... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100017054 - Engine power demand load-leveling for a hybrid electric vehicle: A method for controlling a demand for engine power in a control for an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle with power-split characteristics. Following transitions from acceleration or deceleration operating modes to a steady-state operating mode, power demand excursions from road-load power are attenuated or avoided by filtering the power... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20100017055 - Sequence diagram system: A method of generating a test sequence diagram includes: linking a first action of the plurality of actions with a second action of the plurality of actions and generating a test sequence diagram which maintains the linking.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100017056 - Vehicle control device: A vehicle control device has a portable-unit restraining control unit which, when the portable unit is inserted in the slot in the drive-permitted state, irremovably fixed the portable unit, which is inserted in the slot, by the portable-unit restraining unit and, when the portable unit is inserted in the slot... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20100017057 - Control system for adjustable damping force: Upon searching control parameter used to adjust damping force of a damper from a map in accordance with damper speed and target damping force decided based on moving condition of the vehicle, the map sets the control parameter, which are relatively higher than the actual damping force characteristics, as map... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20100017058 - Integrated vehicle control system using dynamically determined vehicle conditions: A vehicle includes a control system that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines a roll condition in response to a yaw rate sensor and a pitch rate sensor without having to use a roll rate sensor. A relative roll angle, relative pitch angle, global roll... Agent: Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC

20100017059 - Integrated vehicle control system using dynamically determined vehicle conditions: A vehicle includes a control system that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines a roll condition in response to a yaw rate sensor and a pitch rate sensor without having to use a roll rate sensor. A relative roll angle, relative pitch angle, global roll... Agent: Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC

20100017061 - Integrated vehicle control system using dynamically determined vehicle conditions: A vehicle includes a control system that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines a roll condition in response to a yaw rate sensor and a pitch rate sensor without having to use a roll rate sensor. A relative roll angle, relative pitch angle, global roll... Agent: Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC

20100017060 - Road-edge detection: A method is provided for detecting road-side edges in a road segment using a light-based sensing system. Input range data is captured using the light-based sensing system. An elevation-based road segment is generated based on the captured input range data. The elevation-based road segment is processed by filtering techniques to... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC One Maritime Plaza

20100017062 - Angle measuring apparatus for measuring an absolute angular position: An angle measuring device for measuring an absolute angular position is described herein. The angle measuring device comprises a flexible pulling element guided directly or indirectly via a shaft whose angle of rotation (φ) is to be detected, with different circumferential speeds (v1, v2) developing at the inner circumference of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100017063 - Electric power steering apparatus: An electric power steering apparatus in which the intensity and directions of drive currents flowing in remaining phases continues motor rotation driving. An abnormality detect unit (27) detects a conduction abnormality in drive systems for the respective phase coils of the 3-phase brushless motor (12). A steering assisting current command... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100017064 - Method for tuning electric power steering apparatus: An electric power steering apparatus is tuned by a step-1 that sets a predetermined parameter value to a tuning device; a step-2 that inputs a target steering torque to the tuning device; a step-3 that calculates a rack thrust force based on a steering torque measured by a sensor system;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100017065 - Control unit for passenger protection and method for triggering passenger protection means: In a control unit for passenger protection and a method for triggering passenger protection devices, a Manchester-coded signal is supplied by an interface and the Manchester-coded signal is decoded by a coding unit, so that an analyzer unit performs the triggering of passenger protection devices as a function of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100017066 - Integrated vehicle control system using dynamically determined vehicle conditions: A vehicle includes a control system that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines a roll condition in response to a yaw rate sensor and a pitch rate sensor without having to use a roll rate sensor. A relative roll angle, relative pitch angle, global roll... Agent: Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC

20100017067 - Method and control unit for triggering passenger protection means: In a method and a control unit for triggering passenger protection devices, at least one characteristic is extracted from at least one variable. A crash is classified on the basis of this at least one characteristic, and the crash classification results in the making of a triggering decision. The passenger... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100017068 - Device and method for activating passenger protection means: In a method and a device for activating passenger protection device(s), the passenger protection device(s) are activated as a function of a first signal of an acceleration sensor system and a second signal of a structure-borne noise sensor system. The activation is decided as a function of a position of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100017069 - Motor vehicle: A motor vehicle (1) having a body (2), a wheel (5) rotatably supported and coaxially disposed on the body (2), and an occupant riding portion (3) supported by the body (2) and mounted with an occupant, the motor vehicle including: body attitude detection means (121, 122) for detecting an attitude... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100017070 - Stability control and inclined surface control using a common signal source: A method and system are disclosed for controlling a vehicle. The method includes adjusting a first actuator to increase vehicle stability during vehicle traveling conditions, the actuator adjusted in response to a vehicle acceleration sensor. The method also includes adjusting a second actuator to maintain vehicle position during stopped vehicle... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20100017071 - Automatic rearview mirror adjustment system for vehicle: Mirrors on a motor vehicle are adjusted by monitoring the position of a first, preferably manually adjusted, mirror and adjusting the position of additional mirrors based on the monitored position of the first one of the mirrors.... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20100017072 - Control system for a wheelchair having movable parts: The invention relates to a control system for controlling a wheelchair having movable parts. The control system comprises a controller and a number of actuators for effectuating movements of the movable parts. The controller comprises a mathematical model of the kinematics of the movable parts and their respective at least... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20100017073 - Air seeder with gps based on/off control of individual row units: An air seeder includes a product tank having an interior, an air lock in communication with the product tank interior, a plurality of product boots, a pneumatic distribution system, and a plurality of diverter assemblies. The pneumatic distribution system includes an air source and a plurality of distribution lines. The... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20100017075 - Guiding agricultural implements: A system and method of guiding a vehicle moving an implement along crop rows in a field includes using an external guidance apparatus to receive external vehicle location signals and guide the vehicle along a desired vehicle path in response to the vehicle location signals. The position of a guide... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100017074 - Machine with customized implement control: A method is provided for operating a machine. The method includes receiving data relating to a current state of multiple parameters. The method also includes determining a parameter signature for each parameter of the multiple parameters based on the received data. In addition, the method includes comparing each parameter signature... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20100017076 - Automatic transmission device for wheel loader and wheel loader: An automatic transmission device for a wheel loader includes: a shift mechanism; a work detection device that detects that the wheel loader is performing an excavation work; and a shift control device that executes control so as to downshift a speed stage at the shift mechanism if the work detection... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100017077 - Slip suppression control system for vehicle: A slip suppression control system for a vehicle includes a monitored value detecting device for detecting a monitored value corresponding to a difference between a rotational speed of a front wheel and a rotational speed of a rear wheel of the vehicle, a threshold determiner unit configured to determine a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20100017078 - Method for controlling an automated vehicle change-speed gearbox: A method for controlling an automated vehicle transmission during the process of starting such that a gear is selected, depending on predetermined criteria, and engaged by a transmission control device. For maintaining the availability of the vehicle, so far as possible, even if there is a failure in the gearshift... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20100017079 - Method and device for operating a drive unit: A method and a device are provided for operating a drive unite having an engine and a transmission, which make possible an improved shifting strategy. In a first operating state, the engine is operated using a first number of active cylinders. In a second operating state, the engine is operated... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100017080 - Control apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium for continuously variable transmission: A control apparatus for a continuously variable transmission includes a clamping force increase portion. The continuously variable transmission includes a pair of a primary pulley and a secondary pulley on which a transmission belt is wound. A shift of the continuously variable transmission is performed by changing effective diameters of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100017081 - Method for controlling a continuously variable automatic transmission for a motor vehicle: A method for controlling a continuously variable automatic transmission for a motor vehicle, equipped with a forced downshift device known as a kick down implemented by the driver fully depressing the accelerator pedal to obtain the vehicle's maximum acceleration, and with an electronic engine management system. The method determines the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100017082 - Method for control and/or regulation of a motor vehicle automatic transmission according to driving route slope: A method for controlling and/or regulating an automatic transmission of a vehicle, depending on the driving route slope in which a winding mountain pass road detection is carried out, depending upon a topography of the driving route, in such a way that a time for either setting or resetting winding... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20100017083 - Traction control system for 4wd/awd vehicles: A method controls a powertrain that directs power from an engine and a transmission to all four wheels or to just front wheels or to just rear wheels. The method includes monitoring information transmitted over a communications network. The method determines whether one or more components of the powertrain are... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20100017086 - Commercial vehicle trailer with an electronically controlled braking system: A commercial vehicle trailer includes an electronically controlled braking system having an electronic control unit that has a parameter memory having one or more memory areas that can store vehicle-specific data. The electronic control unit controls the electronically controlled braking system based on the vehicle-specific data, and has an interface... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20100017084 - Method and system for assisting the driver of a motor vehicle in identifying suitable parking spaces for the vehicle: A method for assisting the driver of a vehicle in detecting suitable parking spaces for the vehicle, a measuring unit detecting potential parking spaces as the vehicle passes by and the length and/or depth or width of a detected parking space being ascertained. A detected parking space is evaluated as... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100017085 - Method for regulating the pressure in an electronically controlled brake system, and electronic brake system: An electronic brake system and a method for regulating the brake pressure in an electronically-controlled brake system of a motorcycle are provided. The method includes the step of actively building a brake pressure in a wheel brake circuit to prevent a motorcycle from moving. The method further includes the step... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100017087 - Temperature and wear and tear sensor for brake or clutch devices: A temperature and/or wear sensor for brake or clutch devices is designed as a thermocouple in which the conductors (20, 22) that are electrically insulated from each other are arranged inside a friction lining (14) and can be connected to each other so as to be electrically conductive by means... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20100017088 - Pressure, tire force and friction estimation during antilock control: A method for estimating a brake pressure, a longitudinal tire force and a tire-road μ during periods of antilock control that measures deceleration of a wheel during a period of constant brake pressure, reduces a brake pressure to cause slip on the wheel to begin reducing, measures reacceleration of the... Agent: Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC

20100017089 - Method for preventing drive wheels from spinning: A method for preventing spinning of at least one drive wheel in a motor vehicle that has a dual clutch transmission, including the process steps of: a vehicle placed in a first gear unit of the dual clutch transmission; placement of a higher gear for the vehicle in a second... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20100017090 - Vehicle: During vehicle operation, drive wheels are constantly monitored to see whether or not slip of drive wheels occurs and when slip is detected, posture control for slip conditions is performed by uncoupling normal posture control for the drive wheels. A balancer (weight body) which is movable in a longitudinal direction... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100017091 - Integrally combined operative control unit having multiple operative devices of different types: The present invention discloses a simple and reliable operative control unit being constituted by at least two mechanism linked operative control devices of different types aiming to meet the demand for operating driving units of different types; wherein the multiple operative control devices of different types constituting the operative control... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100017093 - Control system: A control system provides an aggregate driven quantity demand signal for controlling an actuatable component. The system has a summing junction which generates the aggregate driven quantity demand signal by summing a first output signal, which converges on a steady state driven quantity requirement value, and a change in driven... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100017092 - Hybrid fault isolation system utilizing both model-based and empirical components: A method of operating and a fault diagnosis system compares readings to predicted faults using a model-based component, and a database of previous actual fault examples. A predicted fault is provided to an output based upon a combination of both the model-based component and the actual fault examples.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20100017094 - Configurable automotive controller: An engine control unit having a one-time integration of a model predictive control template via a potentially long software process. Changes to the control structure may subsequently be made via a calibration dataset connected to the engine control unit without incurring the potentially long and laborious software process of implementing... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20100017095 - Internal combustion engine control device: The present invention provides an internal combustion engine control device which is capable of implementing a plurality of functions desired to the internal combustion engine. An adder unit determines a total energy E_total that should be generated by the engine by adding a target work, a target exhaust energy and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100017098 - Diagnostic control apparatus for internal combustion engines: Disclosed is a diagnostic control apparatus for internal combustion engines capable of accurately diagnosing the presence and extent of air/fuel ratio variations in engine cylinders, even when the system has no part for detecting the air/fuel ratio in each cylinder. The diagnostic control apparatus measures the time required for the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100017097 - Fuel based engine operation control: Methods are provided for operating an engine with a variable fuel blend in a cylinder, where the variable fuel blend varies a peak achievable engine torque for a given operating condition. One example method comprises selectively operating an engine actuator that affects engine torque and engine fuel economy at the... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20100017099 - System and method for pump control: The present invention is a method and system for controlling a motor attached to a variable displacement pump for providing a supercritical fuel and fuel pressure to a plurality of fuel injectors of a vehicle engine. The system includes: a pump having a motor; a tachometer sensor for measuring a... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20100017096 - Vehicle stability and surge control: In one example, a method is described for operating an engine of a vehicle, the engine having a combustion chamber. The method may include controlling a stability of the vehicle in response to a vehicle acceleration; and adjusting dilution in the combustion chamber of the engine to reduce surge in... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20100017100 - Fuel injection controller: In a fuel injection controller for a fuel injection system that executes an injection quantity learning operation for a fuel injection valve, a drive signal is outputted when the diagnosis condition is satisfied. An actual injection quantity of fuel that is actually injected by the fuel injection valve is computed.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100017101 - Vehicle surge and spark timing control: A method is described for operating an engine of a vehicle, the engine having a combustion chamber. The method may include controlling a stability of the vehicle in response to a vehicle acceleration; and adjusting spark timing in the combustion chamber of the engine in response to a knock indication,... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20100017102 - Method and apparatus generating and/or using estimates of arterial vehicular movement: A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes. These components in turn are part of and/or communicate with means and/or processors for generating an/or using Vehicle Movement Estimates based upon the vehicle signatures. The... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20100017103 - Method and apparatus generating estimates vehicular movement involving multiple input-output roadway nodes: A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes in a multiple input-output roadway node. Means and/or processors for matching incoming and outgoing vehicle signatures are disclosed creating an in-out vehicle match table used to... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20100017104 - Method and apparatus matching incoming to outgoing vehicle signatures to estimate arterial vehicular movement: A roadway information system is disclosed with components generating and using vehicle signatures for vehicles passing near sensor pods located on or near lanes. Means and/or processors for matching incoming and outgoing vehicle signatures are disclosed creating an in-out vehicle match table used to generate a vehicle movement estimate or... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20100017105 - Methods and systems for alerting an aircraft crew member of a potential conflict between aircraft on a taxiway: Methods and system are provided for alerting an aircraft crew member of a potential conflict between a first aircraft and a second aircraft on a first taxiway. Real-time positioning data related to the first aircraft on the first taxiway is monitored. Data related to real-time positioning of the second aircraft... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20100017107 - Traveling vehicle: A traveling vehicle (1) includes a vehicle body (2) that has an occupant mounting portion that mounts an occupant, and a wheel (8) that is provided on a shaft and rotatably supported on the vehicle body (2). The traveling vehicle (1) is characterized by including: occupant dismount detection means (152)... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100017106 - Vehicle: Enabled is to lighten the load on a rider and to make the rider senses a turning state at the turning time of a transverse two-wheeled vehicle. A transverse acceleration (a) at a turn controlling time is detected to make a next inclination control in accordance with the magnitude of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100017109 - Adding destinations to navigation device: In one embodiment of the present invention, a navigation system is disclosed including a navigation device for planning a route to a destination, a web server for providing an electronic document and a computing device including an Internet browser application for receiving the electronic document from a web server and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100017108 - Map information distribution center and map information distribution method: Map information distribution systems and methods store map information and version information for each road category of the map information stored in a navigation device, the version information correlated with identification information identifying the navigation device. The systems and methods receive the identification information from the navigation device and obtain,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100017110 - Navigation server, navigation apparatus, and navigation system: Provided is a navigation system which can contribute to guidance of a moving device such as a vehicle to a destination along a route appropriate from a viewpoint of energy economy. According to second information (VIN, Lj, OPj) on a second probe car Q2, an eco-index ECOj is evaluated for... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20100017112 - Path guidance apparatus and method of inputting execution command thereof: A method of controlling a navigation apparatus, and which includes displaying map information on a touch screen display unit of the navigation apparatus, receiving at least a first touch input signal corresponding to a touching of a first position on the display unit and a second touch input signal corresponding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100017111 - Road vehicle motoring aid method and system: An embodiment of a motoring aid method and system for a road vehicle, whereby a motoring aid information item is generated as the road vehicle travels along a road having a road surface; the information is converted into a graphic display image; and the image is projected onto a portion... Agent: Graybeal Jackson LLP

20100017114 - Flight path planning to reduce detection of an unmanned aerial vehicle: Methods and systems for planning, managing, and executing the flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. In particular, the methods and systems are designed to reduce the likelihood that the UAV will be detected by determining a flight path based on the proximity of the UAV to a... Agent: Honeywell/s&s Patent Services

20100017113 - Method and device for constructing a low altitude flight trajectory intended to be followed by an aircraft: The device (1) comprises, in particular, a means (6) for constructing a lateral trajectory of the flight trajectory and a means (7) for constructing a vertical trajectory of the flight trajectory, over a profile section defined between two height maxima of a terrain profile, by displacing over the terrain profile... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20100017115 - System and method for position determination: The present invention relates to generating position determination information. A corresponding system comprises an image receiving means (102) for obtaining at least one image of the environment, and a control point information obtaining means (104) for obtaining control point position information about a position of at least one control point... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100017117 - Navigation system and lane information display method: A navigation system includes a lane information acquiring unit 27 for acquiring both the number of lanes of a road which forms an intersection, and lane information which defines a road branching off from each of the lanes, a lane direction determining unit 28 for determining the direction of each... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100017116 - Positioning method, positioning apparatus, and recording medium: A positioning method, a positioning apparatus, and a recording medium are provided. First, m cell towers and n hotspots around an electronic communication device are detected, and an identification code and a signal strength value of each cell tower and hotspot are obtained, wherein m and n are integers greater... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20100017120 - Method for coding traffic messages on the basis of travel direction and for taking them into account in the route calculation: In a method for coding traffic messages on the basis of travel direction and for taking them into account in the route calculation using a navigation system, to further provide detection of the location of traffic disruptions while taking into account the direction of travel, a stretch of road made... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100017119 - Navigation system for a motor vehicle: In a method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle having an offboard data memory, spatially separated from the motor vehicle, having data packets of visual map information, divided by region, as well as a display arranged in the motor vehicle, a selection of data packets provided for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100017121 - Navigation system for a motor vehicle: In a method for operating a navigation system for a motor vehicle having an offboard data memory, spatially separated from the motor vehicle, having data packets of visual map information, divided by region, as well as a display arranged in the motor vehicle, a selection of data packets provided for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100017118 - Parking & location management processes & alerts: Aspects include using present location information for a mobile device and real-time access to sources of data about future constraints pertaining to the present location to establish the occurrence of a future event. Examples include using a present location of the mobile device to infer a vehicle location, accessing a... Agent: Apple Inc. C/o Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

20100017122 - Route plan configuring device configured to a navigation device and related method and navigation device: A route plan configuring device for a navigation device includes a sensor installed on a vehicle for carrying an identification data corresponding to the vehicle, a sensing circuit installed in the navigation device for sensing the sensor to generating a sensing result, and a control module installed in the navigation... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20100017123 - Azimuthal equidistant projection navigation display and method: Methods and apparatus are provided for an azimuthal equidistant projection (AEP) aircraft navigational display. The apparatus comprises a generator providing the aircraft's current latitude and longitude (φ1,λ0), a user input for providing the desired map radius R, a display for presenting the navigational information, a map data source providing topographical... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20100017124 - Location and path-map generation data acquisition and analysis systems: A device, system, and method for generating location and path-map data for displaying a location and path-map is disclosed. The device includes a first set of sensors for generating a plurality of first data signals with respect to an attitude of an object; a second set of sensors for generating... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20100017125 - Enhanced information security system: An improved security system for monitoring passengers aboard vehicles in real time uses existing off-the-shelf computer technology and an associated GPS system and wireless Internet to enable peripheral devices capable of obtaining a variety of data aboard a vehicle and transmitting that data to a remote location, including a stationary... Agent: Lauson & Tarver LLP

20100017126 - Method for dynamic creation of a geofence in a wireless system: A method and apparatus for creating a dynamic GeoFence area by determining an instant reference point using a first set of pseudorange measurements received by a GeoFence device, defining the dynamic GeoFence area referenced to the instant reference point, determining a position fix using a second set of pseudorange measurements,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20100017127 - Methods and systems for detecting a potential conflict between aircraft on an airport surface: Methods and systems are provided for determining a potential conflict between a first aircraft and a second aircraft on an airport surface. In an embodiment, the methods include defining a first aircraft boundary around the first aircraft, based on data related to dimensions of the first aircraft, defining a second... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20100017128 - Radar, lidar and camera enhanced methods for vehicle dynamics estimation: A system for estimation vehicle dynamics, including vehicle position and velocity, using a stationary object. The system includes an object sensor that provides object signals of the stationary object. The system also includes in-vehicle sensors that provide signals representative of vehicle motion. The system also includes an association processor that... Agent: General Motors LLC Legal Staff

20100010689 - Drunken driving prevention device, drunken driving prevention method, and drunken driving prevention program: A drunken driving prevention device having an alcohol sensor and being mounted on a vehicle including an automobile includes a judging element for judging whether inspection for detecting alcohol via the alcohol sensor should be performed or not based on predetermined conditions when the vehicle is started. The drunken driving... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100010690 - Radio communication system for controlling a vehicle: A radio control system for controlling a vehicle includes a transmission node for transmitting vehicle control data, the vehicle control data including at least one of a measured value of a vehicle state or a driver's manipulated variable and a control target value of a control actuator in the vehicle,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100010691 - Far end remote control method and system: A far end remote control method and system relates to a remote control operating way, which includes a coordinate area, a central portion and an index. The coordinate area is partitioned into a number of quadrants. The central portion is located at the center of the coordinate area. The index... Agent: Hdls Ipr Services

20100010692 - Integrating avionics system with single event upset autonomous recovery: A novel system and method for detecting and recovering from single event upsets in integrating processing systems are presented. Two delta value processing lanes may be utilized to process raw data from inertial sensors. The output of the two processing lanes may be compared to detect the presence of an... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20100010693 - Method and a calculating unit for calculation of a recovery flight path: The invention relates to a method for calculating a flight path avoiding a collision with the ground when an aircraft dives towards the ground. The method includes receiving signals including information of a dive angle of the aircraft in relation to the imaginary ground plane, and a present roll angle... Agent: Venable LLP

20100010694 - System for monitoring rnp for safe terrain clearance: Systems and methods for monitoring Required Navigational Performance (RNP) Procedures and reducing nuisance Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System warnings including a processor, a memory with RNP instructions and data, and a communication device. The processor accesses the RNP data and instructions from the memory, and uses the communication device to... Agent: Honeywell/blg Patent Services

20100010696 - Enhancing mobile multiple-access communication networks: A method for estimating engine thrust values of an aircraft is disclosed, the method comprising calculating estimated thrust value of an engine based on an equation of longitudinal motion, aircraft data measured during flight and calibrated drag/lift models, and a method for determining the thrust of an aircraft engine, based... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20100010695 - Heading reference system with remote-mounted sensor: A navigation system for an aircraft includes one or more wing-mounted sensors whose outputs are effected by the flexing of the wing during flight. The navigation system corrects for these errors using measurements of actual wing flex taken during an initial flight and thereafter assumed to be valid for all... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20100010698 - Charging system: A charging system that facilitates tracking of a stolen charging subject. The charging subject includes a battery and has a unique identification code. A charging device is connected to the battery of the charging subject by an electric cable, and the battery is chargeable. A server is connected to either... Agent: Saul Ewing LLP (philadelphia)

20100010697 - Vehicular display device, method of controlling the same, program, and storage medium having program stored therein: A vehicle has a plurality of traveling modes. A display device for the vehicle comprises: a display unit displaying map information; and a control unit causing the display unit to display recognizably, at a portion of roads in the map information, traveling modes that correspond to the roads. Preferably, the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100010699 - Cruise control plan evaluation device and method: A cruise control plan evaluation device (10) that evaluates safety of a cruise control plan for an automatically-operated vehicle includes: a behavior prediction unit (16a) that predicts a behavior that may be exhibited by a nearby vehicle, which is present near the automatically-operated vehicle, at a given time point; a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100010700 - Mapping in mobile data collection systems, such as for utility meter reading and related applications: A mobile data collection system may perform or facilitate monitoring and management of mobile automatic meter reading (MAMR) activities via out of route meter read identification and graphical route playback. In identifying out of route endpoints, the mobile data collection system receives an indication of each of the endpoints included... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20100010702 - Dynamic decision sequencing method and apparatus for optimiing a diagnostic test plan: A diagnostic tool and a computer-implemented method for generating testing and diagnosis procedures for vehicle diagnosis include determining if a first procedure remains to be performed, if a first procedure remains to be performed, then determining whether: there is a second procedure dependent on the first procedure, or the first... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20100010701 - Method for determining unstable driving states: A method for identifying unstable driving states is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: (a) detecting whether the magnitude of a difference between a first value of a driving state variable that is detected by means of a first sensor, and a second value of the driving states variable... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100010704 - Degradation determining apparatus for power storage device and degradation determining method for power storage device: A vehicle identifying unit obtains an identification number of a vehicle from the vehicle. A first evaluation unit evaluates a degradation state of a power storage device based on the use history of the power storage device obtained from the vehicle, using data analyzed beforehand concerning the relation between the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100010703 - Machine guidance system: A guidance system for a mobile machine is disclosed. The guidance system may have a scanning device configured to generate a signal indicative of a lateral distance from the machine to a roadway marker, a locating device configured to determine a geographical location of the machine, and a controller in... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20100010705 - Methods and apparatus for monitoring vehicle data: A method of installing a vehicle data-monitoring device and a substitute vehicle data connector into a vehicle having a vehicle data-monitoring system with an existing vehicle data connector. The method comprises the steps of: removing the existing vehicle data connector from a socket in the vehicle; inserting the substitute vehicle... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100010706 - Vehicle control and interconnection system: An integrated system to control peripherals in a vehicle includes a control and interconnection system having a supervisory processor and/or supervisory control. The control and interconnection system is responsive to feedback from peripherals associated with the vehicle. Moreover, the supervisory processor supervises a plurality of peripherals in communication with the... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20100010707 - Control device for power storage device and vehicle: An SOC calculating unit calculates a first value based on an open voltage of a battery upon startup of a vehicle (when the operation of the battery starts), and has a calculated second value stored in a storage unit upon stop of the vehicle (when the operation of the battery... Agent: Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, LLP Attn:IPPractice Group

20100010708 - Methods of identifying flight profiles in aircraft maintenance operations:

20100010709 - Bicycle distributed computing arrangement and method of operation: A bicycle is disclosed having a control system with a user interface and an active suspension system. The control system includes a one or more sensors arranged to measure and transmit a signal indicative of the terrain over which the bicycle is being ridden. The active suspension system includes a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100010710 - System for influencing the driving behavior of a vehicle: A system and a device are provided for influencing the driving behavior of a vehicle by way of first and second closed-loop controls.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100010711 - Vehicle control device: In the conventional vehicle control device, since a detection timing of turn is late, at the time of making the change of gear ratio based the detection timing, a sense of discomfort is brought to a driver. Moreover, steering wheel angle sensor, yaw rate sensor or lateral acceleration sensor is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100010712 - Method and device for improving driving comfort in a steering assistance system: A method for supporting a driver when steering a vehicle, in which a servo torque, as well as an additional actuating torque that may additionally be exerted on the steering system of the vehicle, are produced in order to cause the driver to make a change in the position of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100010714 - Device for measuring a load at the end of a rope wrapped over a rod: A machine for raising and lowering a load, the machine including a platform, a boom attached at one end to the platform, a rod mounted transverse to the longitudinal axis of the boom on the other end of a boom, the rod having a central bore there through, with at... Agent: James Earl Lowe, Jr.

20100010713 - Threshing rotor power monitor: A harvesting machine including an engine and a grain threshing system driven by the engine. The grain threshing system includes at least one rotating member, at least one concave, a torque measuring device and an adjustment mechanism. The at least one rotating member receives a torque from the engine. The... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.c/deere & Company

20100010715 - Improper start preventing apparatus for vehicle: If a control portion determines that the direction of travel of the vehicle with a range selected by the driver is different from the direction intended by the driver to move the vehicle, a vehicle inhibiting mechanism is activated to inhibit the movement of the vehicle. The activation of the... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20100010716 - Control device for vehicular automatic transmission: A control device for an automatic transmission 10 having shift control means 88 operative to select a manual shift mode is provided for preventing acceleration response from deteriorating in the automatic transmission 10. The control device includes automatic up-range control means 90 for switching a range to a “D” range... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100010717 - Control device and control method for automatic transmission: A control device executes a gear change control based on a first gear change map, in which the accelerator operation amount and the vehicle speed are used as parameters to define gear change timings, if a brake device is not actuated while the vehicle is running, and executes the gear... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100010718 - Method of controlling the closing phase of a clutch of an automated automobile transmission system: A method of controlling an automobile clutch in an automated transmission system with a CMPC control is disclosed with an application of vehicle clutch control in an AMT system. The driver's request is translated in terms of sliding velocity ωsl. Constraints on the engine and clutch actuators are defined to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20100010719 - Method for the operation of an electromechanically operable parking brake: An electromechanically actuable parking brake for motor vehicles is disclosed. The brake includes at least one electromechanical actuator whose rotational movement is converted into a translational movement by an actuating unit, and which moves at least one brake element in such a way that at least one brake lining which... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100010720 - Methods and systems to facilitate over-speed protection: A method for assembling a gas turbine engine to prevent rotor over-speeding is described. The method includes serially coupling a first fuel system interface to a second fuel system interface, such that at least one of the first fuel system interface and the second fuel system interface is coupled to... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20100010721 - Methods and systems to facilitate over-speed protection: A method for assembling a gas turbine engine is described. The method includes coupling a first fuel system interface (FSI-1) to a second fuel system interface (FSI-2), and coupling one of the FSI-1 and the FSI-2 to the engine. The method includes coupling a first control system and a second... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20100010722 - Intake air temperature sensor diagnostic systems with adaptive learning modules: A diagnostic system for an internal combustion engine includes an intake air temperature (IAT) determination module, a reference temperature determination module, and an adaptive learning module. The IAT determination modules determines a first IAT using an IAT sensor at a first time and determines a second IAT using the IAT... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100010723 - Vehicle control device and control method therefor: A vehicle control device including an eco-run control system for automatically stopping the engine under a predetermined condition when the vehicle is stopped and starting the engine under a predetermined restart condition further includes a vehicle surroundings monitoring device that detects a possibility of the vehicle being collided with by... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100010726 - Controller for internal combustion engine: At least one of a petroleum fuel and an alcohol fuel stored in a fuel tank is supplied to an internal combustion engine. Specifically, the fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to an injector by a fuel pump module. The injector injects the fuel into an intake pipe. An... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100010724 - Internal combustion engine control for improved fuel efficiency: A variety of methods and arrangements for improving the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines are described. Generally, selected combustion events are skipped during operation of the internal combustion engine so that other working cycles can operate at a better thermodynamic efficiency. In one aspect of the invention, an engine... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20100010725 - Multifuel internal combustion engine and combustion controlling method thereof: A multifuel internal combustion engine includes: fuel characteristics determining unit that determines ignitability and anti-knocking performance of the fuel introduced into the combustion chamber CC; combustion mode setting unit that sets a compression hypergolic diffusion combustion mode when ignitability of the fuel is excellent, sets a premixed spark-ignition flame propagation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100010727 - System for supply of lpg, methane, ammonia, and gas in general for petrol or diesel engines with electronic pressure regulator for continuous variation of the pressure of the fuel supplied to the injectors: A system for supply of LPG/methane, ammonia, or gas for supply of petrol or diesel engines, which can be connectable to the electronic control unit (8) provided on board the vehicle, the system being equipped with a gas tank (1); a valve (2), a line (3) for delivery of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100010728 - System and method for improving exhaust gas recirculation for a turbocharged engine: A system and method for delivering EGR to an internal combustion engine is presented. The system can reduce system cost and lower system complexity.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20100010729 - Changing an operation of an engine associated with a transportation device based on a state of a traffic light: Systems and methods to change an operation of an engine associated with a transportation device based on a state of a traffic light are disclosed. A first message is received at a receiver associated with a transportation device from a transmitter associated with a traffic light. A second message is... Agent: Gregory George Hutchinson Apt. 6

20100010730 - System and method for providing real-time traffic information: A device and method for providing traffic information. In one embodiment, the device comprises a traffic component, a computing device coupled with the traffic component, and a display coupled with the computing device. The traffic component is operable to identify an upcoming traffic event expected to be first encountered by... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20100010731 - Estimation method of traffic information: The present invention provides a method of estimating traffic information of a road section at a particular time point on the basis of the traffic information of the road at the time point or points before the particular time point and the traffic information of the adjacent roads.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100010732 - Method for vehicle route planning: A method of planning a vehicle route includes estimating fuel requirements of identified alternative routes or route segments using navigation, vehicle, and powertrain information. The method also includes displaying for a vehicle operator a list of alternate routes that features either absolute or relative values representative of such estimated fuel... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20100010734 - Navigation device and method for calculating an estimated total time requirement of the navigation-planned route: A navigation device and a method for calculating estimated total time requirement of navigation-planned routes with enhanced prediction accuracy includes: a map database for pre-defining calculation parameter and properties of feasible road information and traffic signs along the routes; a configuration module for entering coordinates of indication points determined as... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100010733 - Route prediction: Driving history of a user with regard to a particular road intersection can be collected and retained in storage. A Markov model can be used to predict likelihood of the user making a particular decision regarding the intersection. A highest likelihood decision can be identified and used to create a... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100010735 - Navigation device: A navigation device divides a pathfinding range into plural areas and performs pathfinding in consideration of congestion information. The navigation device includes a forecast congestion information generating unit configured to generate forecast congestion information corresponding to a predetermined time based on traffic information; and a forecast congestion information applying unit... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100010736 - Methods, systems, and computer products for adding map component to address book: Methods, systems, and computer products for adding a map component to an address book which include initiating an address book, adding a map component to the address book that corresponds to an entry of the address book, and providing the map component.... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20100010738 - Navigation service system and method using mobile device: A navigation service system and a navigation service method are provided. The navigation service system includes a mobile device, and a web server for communicating with the mobile device, the mobile device includes a display unit for displaying at least one navigation widget icon, a wireless communication unit for executing... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20100010737 - Position guiding method and apparatus for mobile communication terminal: A system and method and for guiding a mobile communication terminal. A position guiding system and method for a mobile communication terminal includes a position guiding apparatus configured to load map information of an area corresponding to a service cell that is selected from a plurality of cells divided to... Agent: Docket Clerk

20100010739 - Route search system, mobile terminal, and route supply server: A route search system includes mobile terminals provided with wireless communications function, and a route supply server. The route supply server includes a route map database that stores a route map; a positional information obtaining section that obtains respective pieces of positional information of the mobile terminals; a point and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100010740 - Permission module on mobile computing device: A system, apparatus, and method for techniques to retrieve and process information from communication networks on a mobile computing device are described. The apparatus may include a first interface module to receive a query and to display results of said query. The results include location information of at least one... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20100010741 - Inertial measurement with an imaging sensor and a digitized map: The present invention relates to a system and method for determining vehicle attitude and position from image data detected by sensors in a vehicle. The invention uses calculated differences between the locations of selected features in an image plane and the location of corresponding features in a terrain map to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100010742 - Collision avoidance system for vehicles: A collision avoidance system uses map information to manage power. The collision avoidance system operates at a first communications range when a vehicle is determined, based upon the map information, to be in a relatively low collision risk scenario. When the collision avoidance system determines that the vehicle is approaching... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20100004798 - Navigating a uav to a next waypoint: Methods, systems, and products for navigating a UAV are provided. Embodiments include determining a current position of the UAV, determining a current flying pattern of the UAV, determining a next waypoint, and calculating a new heading to navigate to the next waypoint in dependence upon the current position, the current... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20100004800 - Method and system for resolving traffic conflicts in take-off and landing: A method and system for resolving existing and potential traffic conflicts that may occur during take-off and landing in aviation that includes means of monitoring movements on the runway, its approaches and environs to determine whether a conflict or potential conflict exists, means to resolve a conflict and to generate... Agent: Department Of Electronic Systems Engineering University Of Malta

20100004799 - Systems and methods for alleviating aircraft loads with plasma actuators: Systems and methods for alleviating aircraft loads with plasma actuators are disclosed. A method for operating an aircraft in accordance with a particular embodiment includes receiving an input corresponding to an aircraft component structural response to an aerodynamic load. The method can further include, based at least in part on... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP (boeing)

20100004801 - Air navigation aid method and system making it possible to maintain vertical margins: The invention relates to a calculation method for an aircraft navigation aid system making it possible to maintain a vertical safety margin with an obstruction profile, the aircraft comprising a navigation system, an automatic piloting system, a database system and a display device, characterized in that the method comprises the... Agent: Lariviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP

20100004802 - Navigating uavs with an on-board digital camera: Methods, systems, and products are provided for navigating a UAV having an on-board digital camera. Embodiments include determining a desired digital resolution of an image of an object and piloting the UAV, under control of a navigation computer, in dependence upon the desired digital resolution of the image of the... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20100004803 - Smart recovery system: This invention relates to an intelligence system on board an aircraft that detects an emergency, assesses the situation, and then acts on the situation in a pre-determined manner.... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20100004804 - Apparatus and method for monitoring of infrastructure condition: A system and method for vehicle-centric infrastructure monitoring system includes an inspection system mountable on a vehicle configured to travel over an expanse of rail track having a plurality of track blocks. The inspection system acquires track data for at least some track blocks along the expanse of rail track.... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20100004805 - Computerized on-board system for controlling a train: A computerized on-board system for controlling a train or rail vehicle is provided. The computerized on-board system includes a train control and monitoring system (TCMS) having a main processor unit (MPU) for controlling the train and electronic control, command and monitoring equipment for providing control data for the train. The... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20100004809 - Control device and control method of hybrid vehicle: An ECU calculates a drive torque request value Td0 (S102) when a creep torque generation condition is satisfied (YES in S100), calculates a creep torque reflection rate Kcrp using a gear rattle prevention map instead of an ordinary map (S110) when a vehicle speed V is substantially zero and an... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100004807 - Control system for electric hybrid vehicle conversion: A control system is disclosed which permits operation of a Plug-in Hybrid IC-Electric Hybrid Vehicle (PHEV) in either parallel electric hybrid or IC modes with a single accelerator pedal. The operation of the electrical equipment is optimized to provide maximum electric power as long as the battery has useable capacity... Agent: Paul H. Kydd

20100004808 - Method and apparatus for controlling output torque of a motor for an electric vehicle in downhill mode: A method and an apparatus for controlling output torque of a motor for an electric vehicle in downhill mode comprises following steps: detecting a tilt angle value θ, a current vehicle speed value V and an accelerator-pedal travel value Gain of the vehicle, determining whether the vehicle is in downhill... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20100004806 - Vehicle, controller for the vehicle, and method of controlling the vehicle: An ECU includes: a feedforward torque calculation unit for calculating a feedforward term of torque which reduces vibrations of a vehicle, by inputting a sum of a first requested driving force, which is identified as torque requested by a driver, and brake force into a vehicle model; a feedback torque... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100004810 - Vehicle driving support apparatus: A vehicle driving support apparatus includes: a tire type determination element determining a tire type of a vehicle; a memory storing a curvature threshold data showing a relationship between the tire type and a curvature threshold such that the curvature threshold is inversely related to a grip performance of the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20100004811 - On-vehicle electronic control device: Provided is an on-vehicle electronic control device with low cost and low power consumption for performing monitoring control in both a driving mode and a parking mode of a vehicle. A main CPU is supplied with electric power from an on-vehicle battery via a power switching element and a main... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100004814 - Electronic control device: An electronic control unit performs a process that stores into a buffer selected diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) currently in a volatile trouble code storage by selecting, from among multiple codes, a code that is to be saved in an EEPROM, when an ignition switch of a vehicle is turned off.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100004813 - Method and apparatus for transmitting data between a tachograph and a data processing device: A system and method for transmitting data via a transmission path between a tachograph arranged in a vehicle, and a data processing device which is remote from the vehicle. To improve data protection, the transmission takes place via a first path section of the transmission path, which path section is... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20100004812 - Method for on-board data backup for configurable programmable parameters: A method provides for transferring back-up data between on-board electronic modules of a vehicle. The presence of default parameters is sensed at a first electronic module during a running of the vehicle engine for an engine cycle. The current engine cycle accumulation register data is stored for the engine cycle... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20100004818 - Driver authentication system and method for monitoring and controlling vehicle usage: A driver authentication and safety system and method for monitoring and controlling vehicle usage by high-risk drivers. A centralized database comprising a software application can be accessed by an authorized user via a data communications network utilizing a remote computer in order to configure a desired operating profile that matches... Agent: Ortiz And Lopez, PLLC

20100004817 - Electric power steering system: In an electric power steering system, an electric motor generates output power for power-assisting steering operation of a steering wheel, a torque sensor generates a plurality of electric output signals corresponding to a torque applied to the steering wheel, and a control unit controls the steering operation of the electric... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100004815 - Method and device for stabilizing a vehicle after a colision: A device for stabilizing a vehicle after a collision, including a control device having a regulation algorithm, a sensor system for recording various quantities that describe the vehicle state, and an actuator for carrying out a stabilization intervention. The driving state of the vehicle is monitored for the occurrence of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100004816 - System and method for gathering and submitting data to a third party in response to a vehicle being involved in an accident: A system and associated method for gathering and submitting data to a third party in response to a vehicle being involved in an accident. First an information manager stores data regardless of the vehicle being involved in an accident. Next the event detection manager stores data in response to detecting... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20100004819 - Conserved energy metrics for frontal impact sensing algorithm enhancement in motor vehicles: A motor vehicle is provided that has a deployable occupant protection device, a controller that manages deployment activity, and a sensor located in a forward portion of the vehicle that produces a forward crash signal in response to crash stimulus. The forward crash signal varies between positive and negative values... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20100004820 - Wheelchair with suspension: Embodiments of a suspension for a vehicle is provided. The suspension includes, for example, a frame and a locking assembly. The locking assembly inhibits tipping of a frame of the vehicle when tipping of the frame is detected.... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20100004821 - Ks lateral guidance system having a modified control characteristics when cornering: A device for keeping a vehicle in its lane, including a reference model, which obtains geometric data regarding the position of the vehicle in the lane as well as data relating to the course of the lane from a lane detection system, and from these calculates a setpoint variable for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100004822 - Steering support device: The present invention aims at providing a steering assistance apparatus which can accurately detect a curve exit of a running path and perform steering assistance control with an excellent running path following capability. The steering assistance apparatus of the present invention is a steering assistance apparatus 1 for providing a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100004823 - Vehicle steering control system: A vehicle steering control system includes a variable transmission ratio device that rotates an output shaft relative to an input shaft so as to change the transmission ratio, and a locking device that is switched between a lock-on state in which the transmission ratio between the input shaft and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100004824 - Electric power-steering control apparatus: A steering-torque detecting unit detects a steering torque applied by a driver as a steering torque signal. A phase-lag compensation unit performs an operation having a frequency response characteristic of multiplying a phase-lag compensation by a constant for the steering torque signal based on a signal obtained by applying an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100004825 - Steering device for vehicle: A motor vehicle steering apparatus is provided with: a steering-angle feedforward-control-value setting unit arranged to set a steering angle value that corresponds to a steering state; a vehicle-behavior-stabilization controlling unit including a steering-angle feedback-control-value setting unit arranged to set a steering-angle correction value that corresponds to vehicle behavior; and a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100004826 - Connecting device arranged in a motor vehicle and a method for controlling the same: The present invention relates to a connecting device (8) arranged in a motor vehicle (1) for releasably connecting a structural member (2) of the vehicle (1) to the vehicle chassis (3), said connecting device (8) comprising a bolt joint system (9). The connecting device (8) further comprises a pyrotechnical charge... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100004827 - Vehicle airbag device and control method thereof: A vehicle airbag device provided in a steering apparatus, wherein the steering apparatus is configured with grips positioned on the right and left sides but are not positioned on an upper side. An airbag, installed at the center of the steering apparatus, is configured to deploy toward the driver when... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100004828 - Data communication system and method: A data communication system includes one or more data processing units and includes a central control unit. The decentralized data processing units are connected to the central control unit by data connection. The central control unit (10) includes a synchronisation unit for outputting via the data connection an synchronisation signal... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20100004829 - Torque control device for power system: A torque control device for a power system and facilitates the addition of a new torque control actuator. A target torque signal according to a target torque for the power system is distributed to each actuator in a predetermined distribution priority order. A signal processing filter is mounted on a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100004830 - Control for managing actuator output pressure applied to a torque transmitting mechanism of a multi-speed transmission: A method for managing torque transmitting mechanism actuator output pressure under low supply pressure conditions is provided. The method is executable to control engagement of a torque transmitting mechanism during such conditions.... Agent: Allison Transmission, Inc.

20100004831 - Method for controlling engine torque in hybrid vehicle: The present invention provides a method for controlling engine torque in a hybrid vehicle, in which a point of time when an intake cam is activated is determined such that an engine demand torque is controlled to a level at which system efficiency is maximized within a limited engine output... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100004832 - Driving force controller for vehicle: An object of the present invention is to effectively reduce driving force of a vehicle, when the driving force of the vehicle must be reduced, while avoiding an increase in the temperature of exhaust gas and resultant deterioration of an exhaust gas purification catalyst, the object being achieved by effectively... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100004833 - Vehicle and control method thereof: When the detected value of a rotation speed sensor is normal, it is determined whether or not a vehicle is stopping by using a predetermined rotation speed N1 as a stop determination upper limit rotation speed Nojmax (S130, S160, S180 to S200), and when the detected value of the rotation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100004834 - Gear shifting control device for work machine: A work machine gear shifting control device is capable of readily identifying the cause of failure in learning the clutch hydraulic pressure for operating a transmission clutch. A transmission gear shifting control section 46 is provided for each of clutches 61-65, and performs a learning process in which each of... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20100004835 - Output torque calculating apparatus and calculating method: First target torque of an engine is set based on a driver's operation, a vehicle behavior, and a request for shifting gears of an automatic transmission. The engine is controlled such that the difference between the first target torque and the actual output torque of the engine is reduced. Detection... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100004836 - Method and a device for controlling a disc clutch: In a method and a control unit for controlling the position of an automatic disc clutch in a vehicle, which disc clutch is arranged to transmit motive force from an internal combustion engine to an input shaft of a stagegeared gearbox in the vehicle, the control unit is arranged to... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20100004837 - Automatic calibration of the torque transfer touch point in an electrically actuated clutch in a hybrid vehicle: A method of determining a torque transfer touch point of a clutch within a drive train includes applying a predetermined amount of current to an electric motor such that the electric motor will apply a torque to at least a portion of a clutch. The predetermined amount of current will... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100004838 - Automatic speed limit adjust for road conditions: A mobile computer that can be borne in a vehicle and that can receive position information may adjust a maximum speed limit to account for unfavorable weather or road conditions and cause the vehicle to automatically reduce speed below the adjusted maximum limit.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20100004839 - Driving assisting apparatus and driving assisting method: The present invention aims at providing a driving assisting apparatus and driving assisting method which can predict with a high accuracy a state of a traffic light when a vehicle enters an intersection. The driving assisting apparatus for predicting the state of the traffic light when the vehicle enters the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100004840 - Device for longitudinally guiding a motor vehicle having a navigation system: A device for longitudinally guiding a motor vehicle includes a sensor system for locating preceding vehicles, a regulator that regulates the speed of the vehicle to a setpoint speed, either in a free driving mode or in a following driving mode, the setpoint speed depending on the distance from a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100004841 - Method and device for monitoring a functional capacity of an engine controller of an internal combustion engine: In a method for monitoring the functional capacity of an engine controller having a plurality of execution units, a comparison operating mode is provided, in which a torque monitoring program is executed on a plurality of execution units of the system, and signals outputted during the execution of the monitoring... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100004844 - Control system of internal combustion engine and control method of the control system: When a catalyst warm-up request for promoting warm-up of a catalyst is issued and no negative-pressure increase request for increasing a negative pressure downstream of a throttle valve is issued, a control system of an internal combustion engine controls the ignition timing to the timing (ϑ0 + Δ ϑ1) obtained... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100004842 - Diagnostic method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: A device and a method for controlling an internal combustion engine, in which an actual value is determined based on a lambda value and compared with a setpoint value. Based on the comparison, a correction value for a controlled variable is determined and stored. An error is detected if the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100004843 - Fuel conservation systems and methods: Methods and systems are described for conserving fuel used by an engine. In some embodiments a control module processes a user-provided input, as a first function, into a second function. The second function can be used to direct the engine with a directive output power. The directive output power may... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100004845 - Self tuning cylinder pressure based heat release computation: A method for automatic, heat release computation in a piston engine, comprises the steps of: measuring a cylinder pressure as a function of crank angle (see FIGURE), based on said measurement; calculating a first polytropic exponent for a compression stroke (in M), based on said measurement, calculating a second polytropic... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20100004846 - Ignition coil module fuse diagnostic: A control system comprising an ignition fuse diagnostic module that determines a state of an ignition fuse associated with an ignition coil of an engine cylinder, and a fuel control module that selectively operates a fuel injector associated with the engine cylinder based on the state of the ignition fuse.... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100004847 - Internal combustion engine control apparatus and method: An internal combustion engine control apparatus controls an internal combustion engine including: an exhaust passage including branch portions provided for the left and right banks and a common portion in which an exhaust gas purification device is provided; and a fuel supply system that supplies fuel to the respective engine... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100004848 - Fuel saver speed control: Embodiments of the invention are used to provide a Fuel Saver Speed Control (FSSC) system that facilitates vehicle speed control while maximizing fuel economy. For instance, when the vehicle traverses an uphill section of the road, the Fuel Saver Speed Control reduces the vehicle's fuel consumption by controllably reducing engine... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20100004849 - Mobile vehicle navigation method and apparatus thereof: A method and device for updating map data of a navigation device. The method includes receiving information relating to an area update of the map data from a data server via a wireless broadcast to the navigation device; and displaying the information in graphical form on a map displayed on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100004852 - Navigation apparatus, navigation method and navigation program: A navigation device searches for a facility that matches a category input by a user and displays an icon for indicating the searched facility. The navigation device includes a usage determination unit and a display control unit. The usage determination unit determines whether a host vehicle has used the searched... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20100004851 - Navigation devices, methods, and programs: Navigation devices, methods, and programs accept an input of a character, acquire a stored keyword that corresponds to the input character from a storage unit that stores keywords, and display at least one acquired keyword on a display. The devices, methods, and programs accept a selection of one of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100004850 - Navigation system and operation guidance display method for use in this navigation system: A navigation system according to the present invention includes a control device 1 equipped with an automatic operation management means 10 for, when acquiring an operation guidance display request which is generated by a user's manipulation of an input device 2, making a direct transition to a final operation screen... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100004854 - Method and apparatus for providing location information-based scheduling service of portable terminal: A method and apparatus for providing a location information-based scheduling service is disclosed. The method includes determining a meeting point or appointed place based on location information associated with a plurality of portable terminals. The method includes suggesting various routes and means to travel to the appointed place; and providing... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20100004853 - Portable navigation device: A portable navigation device (PND) is disclosed comprising processing means, a graphical display, memory, map data stored in said memory, user-input means, and signal reception means for receiving one or more wireless signals by means of which the processor can determine a present location of the device and in conjunction... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100004855 - Geographic information updating device for a navigation system and related navigation system: A geographic information updating device for enhancing precision of geographic information in a navigation system, the navigation system including a geographic information database for storing at least one geographic data, the geographic information updating device includes an image database, an image capturing unit, an image comparing unit and a processing... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20100004856 - Positioning device: A positioning device 9 includes a map data storing unit 5 configured to store map data; autonomous sensors 2, 3 configured to detect behavior information of a moving object; an inertial positioning unit 82 configured to detect an estimated position of the moving object by applying the behavior information detected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100004858 - Apparatus, and associated method, for planning and displaying a route path: An electronic map device apparatus, and an associated method, creates a route between a route source and a route destination for display at the electronic map device. Locations, area, and features that a user does not desire to encounter during travel along the route are identified and form exclusion information.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100004859 - Method for display route information for a navigation system: In a method for depicting route information for a navigation system, a graphical depiction of a digitized map is displayed on a display, and the already-traveled segment of a travel route is highlighted in said depiction. In order to improve the depiction of the route information, driving speeds are sensed... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100004857 - User defined names for displaying monitored location: A user's location may be tracked by tracking a device associated with the user. The user's location may be published (e.g. on a website) using a user defined name or some other name that is not related to the coordinates of the location based on the tracked location of the... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20100004860 - Pedestrian navigation system and method: An on-foot pedestrian navigation module useful for pedestrian navigation when operated with at least a control unit and another on-foot pedestrian navigation module, comprising (a) at least a first sensor unit and a second sensor unit, wherein each sensor unit including an up/down sensor adapted for sensing an ‘up’ condition... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100004861 - Obstacle detecting apparatus and method: An obstacle detecting apparatus and a method thereof, which are usable in an autonomous moving robot, are provided. The obstacle detecting apparatus extracts at least one plane from measured range data, extracts at least one intersection point and at least one intersection line using at least one plane, and extracts... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP