Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 02/06

20060041336 - Multiple algorithm event discrimination method: An event discrimination methodology executes multiple versions of the same or different event discrimination algorithms and logically or arithmetically combines their outputs to distinguish between specified events and non-events. One given algorithm is repeatedly executed with different sets of calibration data, or alternately, a number of different algorithms are executed....

20060041338 - System and method for controlling or regulating the operational sequences in a vehicle: A system and a method for controlling or regulating the operational sequences in a vehicle using a number of control units, which are each connected to a communications bus. A central data management unit, on its part, is connected to the communications bus and is designed in such a way...

20060041337 - Web-enabled engine reprogramming: Program instructions and/or data used in vehicle computers can be downloaded into the vehicle from a personal computer, which obtains the information from a web server. Different types of programmed modifications can be readily downloaded into a vehicle simply by downloading the appropriate program. Once the program instructions and/or data...

20060041339 - Control device with servocontrol loop, particularly an electro-hydraulic flight control actuator: Control device comprising a main servocontrol loop that comprises a servocontrolled device, and compensation means on the input side of this servocontrolled device, the said device comprising a secondary loop that receives a signal derived from the servocontrol loop as input, and generates an error characteristic of the difference between...

20060041340 - Systems and methods for crew interaction and coordination using portable electronic data storage and display devices: To facilitate crew coordination and interaction using portable electronic data storage and display devices, automated and interactive capabilities allow any of several crew members to forward information regarding a page of data which the crew member has selected using the user interface of his or her portable electronic data storage...

20060041341 - Train control system and method of controlling a train or trains: A train control system includes positioning systems at the end of the train and at the front of the train, allowing the conductor or engineer to unambiguously determine that no cars of the train have become detached. The positioning system at the end of the train is also used to...

20060041342 - Train control system and method of controlling a train or trains: A train control system includes positioning systems at the end of the train and at the front of the train, allowing the conductor or engineer to unambiguously determine that no cars of the train have become detached. The positioning system at the end of the train is also used to...

20060041343 - Vehicle torque monitoring system: A distributed torque monitoring and control system for a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle has a power transfer unit adapted to drive a vehicle wheel and a power source adapted to drive the power transfer unit. The system includes a local torque monitor and a vehicle level torque monitor. The...

20060041344 - Monitoring apparatus and method for handling detected results of a monitored object: A control device according one embodiment of the invention includes a detection section detecting a physical state of an object to be detected, a measurement section measuring a physical quantity of an object to be measured, a first control section controlling the measurement section to measure the physical quantity periodically,...

20060041346 - Fault detecting apparatus for four-wheel drive vehicle: A fault detecting apparatus for a four-wheel drive vehicle is provided for avoiding without fail any erroneous detection due to a response delay associated with an operation for switching a speed increasing system and due to sudden fluctuations in wheel speed, to highly accurately detect a fault in the speed...

20060041345 - System for safely disabling and re-enabling the manual vehicle control input of aircraft and other vehicles: The invention pertains to the field of security for aircraft and other vehicles, and more particularly to systems for preventing the hijacking, commandeering or suicide bombing of aircraft, or other vehicle(s). Aircraft system and vehicle system embodiments of the invention have one or more kinds of automating computers capable of...

20060041347 - Open-ended vehicle diagnostic device interface: An apparatus and method are provided that allow a user to increase the functionality of a vehicle data recorder. An option card can be connected to the option card connector on the vehicle data recorder. The option card includes at least one component thereon, such as a software, a processor,...

20060041348 - Vehicle diagnostic device: An apparatus and method is provided that allows a user to record events in a vehicle via a vehicle data recorder in the latest communication protocols, such as Controller Area Network. The vehicle data recorder can record data from the event when a trigger button is actuated by the user...

20060041349 - Vehicle diagnostic device: An apparatus and method is provided that allows a user to record events in a vehicle via a vehicle data recorder in the latest communication protocols, such as Controller Area Network. The vehicle data recorder can record data from the event when a trigger button is actuated by the user...

20060041351 - In-vehicle equipment system: The present invention includes front-mounted in-vehicle equipment arranged to a front part of a vehicle internal space, rear-mounted in-vehicle equipment arranged to a rear part of the vehicle internal space, and a connection adapted to connect the front-mounted in-vehicle equipment and the rear-mounted in-vehicle equipment. As a result of the...

20060041350 - Informed memory access for vehicle electronic modules: A vehicle electronic module receives vehicle bus messages from a vehicle communication bus interface. The vehicle bus messages may include vehicle status data. The electronic module may determine whether a memory safety condition has been met based on the vehicle status data. The electronic module may delay reading or writing...

20060041352 - Inter-device communication system: An inter-device communication system for a wiper control apparatus that includes a rain detection device and a wiper driving device includes communication circuits having a transmission line for unidirectionally sending a rain detection signal to the wiper driving device, a transmission circuit arranged in the wiper driving device for short-circuiting...

20060041353 - Vehicle stability control system: A vehicle stability control system uses a physical quantity corresponding to a driver accelerator input to control engine power produced by an engine and to controllably drive an engine load device for regulating the engine power to produce a desired drive force. The vehicle stability control system includes a vibration...

20060041357 - Counter steer detecting method: The counter steer detecting method includes the steps of detecting a steering angle by a steering angle sensor, detecting a lateral acceleration by a lateral acceleration sensor, and determining counter steer according to the steering angle detected by the steering angle sensor and the lateral acceleration detected by the lateral...

20060041358 - Electric power steering apparatus: The present invention provides an electric power steering apparatus that can detect straight traveling surely without using a special sensor or the like and can perform highly accurate correction of a neutral steering angle on which a latest steering angle, at the time when it is judged that a vehicle...

20060041355 - Torque steer compensation algorithm: A torque steer compensation algorithm utilizing selected vehicle parameters, such as for example engine torque, accelerator pedal position, throttle position, transmission gear, and vehicle speed. Rates of change of the parameters are determined and compared to predetermined thresholds, whereby a torque steer factor is determined. The resulting torque steer factor...

20060041354 - Variable gain logic for a gps based automatic steering system: A method is provided for controlling steering oscillations in a work vehicle having a closed loop GPS based automatic steering system, wherein the closed loop steering system has a default gain and a user defined gain. The method causes the system to automatically apply the default gain when an implement...

20060041356 - Vehicle motion control device: A vehicle motion control device is configured to determine whether the lane in which the vehicle is traveling is straight or curved. If the road is curved, a target yaw rate is set such that the yaw rate of the vehicle to the target position is averaged. If the road...

20060041359 - Driving position adjusting device for automotive vehicle: The pedal adjusting devises and the floor adjusting device control pedals and the movable floor respectively according to the driver's body size detected, with first adjusting characteristic such that the pedals become closer to the driver and the movable floor goes up further, as the driver's body size detected becomes...

20060041360 - Cooperative vehicle control system: A method of cooperative vehicle control in which a high level controller includes a high level algorithm that manages the overall control strategy of the vehicle and decides which vehicle subsystems to control, with what timing and with what authority. Depending on the given situation at hand, including existing or...

20060041361 - Dynamic stabilization and control of an earthmoving machine: An earthmoving machine including a control system is disclosed. The machine comprises first and second satellite navigation antennas mounted in a longitudinal direction on the earthmoving machine. A third satellite navigation antenna is mounted on a pole attached to an operational element of the earthmoving machine. In one embodiment, the...

20060041362 - Control apparatus of vehicle incorporating automatic transmission: An ECU executes a program including the steps of, when an oil level adjustment mode is attained, executing control of the engine speed if an AT oil temperature is higher than an oil temperature threshold value T(1), turning on a “D” lamp of an indicator if the AT oil temperature...

20060041363 - Continuously variable transmission with cooling structure for speed-change control actuator: A continuously variable transmission for an automotive vehicle, including a power train whose speed ratio is variably changeable in accordance with an oil pressure signal from a control valve assembly. A mechanical feedback mechanism is provided including an actuator for speed-change control operable in accordance with an electric signal. The...

20060041364 - Vehicle behavior control device: The objective of the present invention is to provide a vehicle behavior control device, wherein vehicle behaviors are quickly detected by use of a small number of sensors for achieving stability without sacrificing speed while giving a driver natural, smooth steering. According to the present invention, the vehicle behavior control...

20060041365 - Estimating method for road friction coefficient and vehicle slip angle estimating method: The estimating method for a road friction coefficient μ includes the steps of detecting a steering angle by a steering angle sensor; detecting a lateral acceleration by a lateral acceleration sensor; and calculating an approximate friction coefficient μ by referring to a road friction coefficient μ determination table where a...

20060041366 - Motion control device of vehicle: In the case where the absolute value of steering angle θs is equal to or greater than a prescribed angle, a motion control apparatus 10 for a vehicle sets a control gear ratio n in such a manner that when an estimated vehicle-body speed Vso is equal to or greater...

20060041367 - Vehicle stabilizing control apparatus: A vehicle stabilizing control apparatus is disclosed which includes a vehicle velocity sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a lateral acceleration sensor that detects a lateral acceleration of the vehicle or a steering angle sensor that detects a steering angle. The angular velocity sensor detects an angular velocity about an...

20060041369 - Method of controlling the supercharge in a combustion engine and vehicle having a supercharged combustion engine with electronic control members for controlling the supercharge: A vehicle having a combustion engine supercharged by a turbocharger (6) with variable turbine geometry and having electronic control members (3) controlling the supply of fuel and air to the combustion chamber of the engine. The control members are designed, during forward travel of the vehicle, on the basis of...

20060041368 - Systems, methods and computer program products for remote monitoring of turbine combustion dynamics: Systems, methods and computer program products enable the remote monitoring of the combustion dynamics of turbines. Remote monitoring permits a single user to continuously monitor the operating health of a fleet of turbines simultaneously from a single location. The user is presented with one or more graphical user interfaces that...

20060041371 - Engine control module and method for use in engine system manufacture: An engine control module is associated with a particular engine system, and used to store information concerning manufacturing instructions for manufacturing the engine system and as-built information about the particular engine system. The engine control module also stores engine system operating instructions operable to enable the engine control module to...

20060041370 - Method and system for providing location specific fuel emissions compliance for a mobile vehicle: A method and system for providing location specific fuel emissions compliance for a mobile vehicle including determining a mobile vehicle location, determining a current emissions zone based on the mobile vehicle location, determining at least one location specific emissions parameter based on the current emissions zone, and modifying at least...

20060041372 - Navigation system: A navigation system presents and updates information that allows the driver to determine an appropriate vehicle speed and a steering angle depending on a condition or a feature of a road. The navigation system includes storage means for storing map data, a display for displaying information, a vehicle speed sensor...

20060041373 - System for safe and effective communication between a vehicle and a telecommunication center: A multi-task communications system which is used to transmit, receive, and store information from various sources. This communications system allows vehicles to enhance road safety while communicating using a unique user input and display mechanism. The basic framework of the system comprises a telecommunications center which collects information from various...

20060041374 - Passenger location information system, portable information terminal, and server: The present invention provides a passenger location information system that provides information on the current location of a user during a trip in real time and in a mode suitable for each user. A configuration is provided in which passenger location information, at least including information on the ends (station,...

20060041375 - Automated georeferencing of digitized map images: A system and method for automatically georeferencing digitized images selects and analyzes image landmark points from disparate sources for image co-registration. A composite alignment of raster images and geographic target vectors is automatically generated using metadata sources for use in geographic display and editing environments. Cartographic alignment of raster images...

20060041376 - Automated prioritization of map objects: Automatic map generation is enabled by assigning priorities to each city in a list of cities under consideration for display on a map. A mapping engine determines a reference count for each city, indicating how frequently the city appears in one or more corpora of documents. Based on the reference...

20060041377 - Method of estimating a position of a mobile object in a navigation system: A method of estimating a position of a mobile object in a navigation system is provided that comprises the steps of: loading a mobile object position data backed up during stoppage of the mobile object, at an initial stage of travel as the mobile object restarts traveling; estimating a current...

20060041378 - Method and system for adaptive navigation using a driver's route knowledge: A method and system are described to adapt instructions for performing a task by a user, which includes receiving generalized instructions for the task, selecting a content of the generalized instructions based on user-specific knowledge regarding the task, constructing utterances using the selected content, and conveying the utterances to the...

20060041379 - Navigation system with voice controlled presentation of secondary information: A navigation system for a vehicle is disclosed, where the navigation system operates in a route planning mode and a route guidance mode. The navigation system employs an interface device that provides route guidance information to a user during the route guidance mode. The route guidance information provided through the...

20060041380 - Method and system of remote position reporting device: A remote position monitoring system, method, and computer-program product using a global position satellite receiver and information from at least two global position satellites to determine a position of a mobile object with the global position satellite receiver and report via Internet the position of the mobile object to a...

20060041381 - Method for determing an accident risk between a first object with at least one second object: A method for determining an accident risk of a first object with at least one second object is proposed, a collision probability and a hazard probability of the at least one second object being determined in a predefined region around the first object, the collision probability and the hazard probability...

20060036355 - Connector with back-up power via data link connector: A portable back-up power supply system includes a data link socket on a vehicle. A connector is engageable with the data link socket. A power source is electrically connected to the connector. The power source supplies electrical power to an electronic component on the vehicle via the connector and the...

20060036354 - Server electronic apparatus external apparatus and information processing system using them and electronic apparatus setting and status acquistion method: An information processing system includes an electronic apparatus, a server, and an external apparatus. The electronic apparatus acquires operation information for the electronic apparatus from the server, and directs the electronic apparatus to operate according to the operation information. The server receives an external apparatus identifier, electronic apparatus identifier, and...

20060036356 - System and method of vehicle policy control: A system and method are provided for controlling functional application of electronic devices operating in a vehicle. The system includes first and second electronic devices located in a vehicle and operating at least one application. The system also includes an application programming interface for allowing the first electronic device to...

20060036357 - General drive control system and generat drive control method: In a vehicle including a plurality of actuators and an energy source common to the actuators and accomplishing work by an operation of the plurality of actuators consuming energy supplied from the energy source, drive of the plurality of actuators is optimized from the viewpoint of saving energy consumed by...

20060036358 - Ignition system with driver identification: System and method for positively identifying an operator through biometric means which shall prevent unauthorized or impaired operation of a motor vehicle by requiring the potential operator to sequentially energize several vehicle devices, within a set time period, prior to placing the vehicle ignition into a start position. The system...

20060036359 - Clutch fault detection: A method for detecting a clutch fault of an automatic transmission includes determining a current clutch energy density of a clutch during a range shift and comparing the current clutch energy density to a first energy density threshold. A diagnostic alert is activated if the current clutch energy density exceeds...

20060036360 - Vehicle rollover detection method: Impending rollover events are detected based on vehicle roll rate, roll angle and lateral acceleration, and an assessment of the relative polarities of vehicle roll rate and lateral acceleration. When the vehicle roll rate and lateral acceleration are opposite in polarity, the roll rate vs. roll angle thresholds used to...

20060036361 - Drivetrain protection and management system: A drivetrain protection and management system (DPMS) monitors and determines individual wheel speeds to detect wheel spin and slip conditions on a drive axle. Wheel spin is caused by low surface friction, excessive input torque, lack of inter-axle differential and differential locks, excessive operating temperatures, or poor driving techniques. When...

20060036362 - High-tension connector box: Preventing a controller securely from effects of heat or noise of a relay and a high-tension circuit, a synthetic resin inner cover is arranged between a top cover and a bottom cover. A high-tension circuit is arranged between the top cover and inner cover. A control baseboard is provided at...

20060036363 - Automated vehicle routing based on physical vehicle criteria: A system, method, and user interface are provided for determining a traversable route for a vehicle, which supports the ability to determine traversable routes based on physical vehicle criteria and vehicle criteria limits imposed by the routes. The user enters the vehicle criteria, and in response the system populates a...

20060036364 - Navigation apparatus for receiving delivered information: In a communication-type navigation system for downloading map data according to the present invention, a reduction in the amount of map information to be transferred, correction of a position measured by a GPS, and delivery of advertisements are effected. In this system, a terminal 5 stores rough map data in...

20060036365 - Interface for a gps system: A protocol independent interface for processing, within a mobile device, protocol aiding data received at a call processor with a Global Positioning System (“GPS”) interface, where the protocol aiding data is produced according to a Geolocation Server Station protocol is disclosed. The protocol independent interface may include a means for...

20060030973 - Method and device for managing the consumption of energy of proximity sensor of a device for control of access to a motor vehicle cabin: A method of managing the energy consumption of a proximity sensor mounted on a handle of a door of a vehicle. This sensor detects an actuation of the handle and activates a device for control of access to the vehicle. The method includes supplying the proximity sensor so as to...

20060030974 - Vehicle motion control device and method: The objective of the present invention is to provide a vehicle motion control device capable of controlling the driving force distribution to the wheels with superior stability and response while effectively utilizing the tire grip. Specifically, the present invention provides a vehicle motion control device for a vehicle, the vehicle...

20060030975 - Pilot indicator for predicting changes in the speed of rotation of the main rotor of a rotorcraft: The present invention relates to a pilot indicator for a rotorcraft provided with a main rotor and at least one gas turbine engine. The indicator has first and second sensors delivering information relating respectively to a first speed of rotation Nr corresponding to said main rotor, and a second speed...

20060030976 - Signal distribution device operating in aircraft instrumental landing systems: The array is such as to irradiate an image-less type pattern and the device (22) is such that the outputs have an substantially equal amplitude value for each pair arranged symmetrically around a central point of the array and a phase difference which is identical for the two CSB and...

20060030977 - Obstacle warning system for railborne vehicles: The invention relates to an obstacle warning system for railborne vehicles, particularly for high-speed trains, comprising of at least one sensor (S1, S2) that is mounted on the railborne vehicle. According to the invention, the sensor (S1, S2) is aligned transverse to the direction of travel of the railborne vehicle...

20060030978 - Track identification system: A track identification system for a plurality of locomotives moving on defined plurality of tracks, said tracks having uniquely identifiable switching locations where said locomotives can switch movement from one track to movement on to one or more other tracks, said tracks passing through a railway network consisting of locomotives,...

20060030979 - Method for attenuating vibrations in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain: A method is disclosed for attenuating vibrations of an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain having a subsystem comprising an electric motor, a generator and a battery. Engine torque is coordinated with motor torque during engine start events and engine stopping events using gearing that defines in part separate...

20060030981 - Automated analysis of vehicle diagnostic data stream to identify anomaly: A vehicle diagnostic system comprising a rules storage system configured to store one or more rules, each of which determines whether the vehicle may have an anomaly when applied to vehicle diagnostic information. An operator interface may be configured to alert an operator of the diagnostic system to a suspected...

20060030980 - Obdii readiness status notification device: A device for notifying an operator of the readiness of a vehicle for emissions testing includes a control logic for evaluating the status of each of a plurality of the monitors of an on-board diagnostics (OBDII) system of the vehicle. Once the vehicle is determined to be ready for emissions...

20060030982 - Vehicular multifunction control system: A control system for a vehicle with a plurality of selectively variable characteristics includes a mode selector switch and a characteristic adjustment switch. Rotation of the mode selector switches causes the control system to alternate between first and second modes of operation. In the first mode of operation, rotation of...

20060030983 - Apparatus and methods for facilitating vehicle maintenance: A system for facilitating maintenance of one or more vehicles. On each vehicle, a control subsystem includes one or more controllers that obtain information pertaining to a condition of the vehicle. A base computer communicates wirelessly with the control subsystem. The base computer and controller(s) interpret the information. This system...

20060030984 - Improper-control detection system for driving support: An improper-control detection system for driving support consists of an in-vehicle detection system that is mounted in a vehicle and a center device that is in a center and communicates with the in-vehicle detection system. When the in-vehicle detection system detects an improper-control operation that a driver conducts during an...

20060030986 - Audio-video vehicle trip recording apparatus: The present invention discloses an audio-video vehicle trip recording apparatus that receives the action signals of vehicle and audio-video signals. After processing by the main processor, the diagrammatic symbol, character and number can be integrated into the image signals to store the trip status in the memory. When playing the...

20060030985 - Vehicle recognition using multiple metrics: Vehicle recognition may be achieved by receiving multiple metrics from one or more vehicle sensors, analyzing the metrics to create a multi-metric vehicle identification profile comprising at least two of the multiple metrics, at least one result of the analyzing, or both, and matching the multi-metric vehicle identification profile against...

20060030987 - Lane keeping assist device for vehicle: A lane keeping assist device for a vehicle includes a steering control device, a detection device for lane of travel for assisting travel of the vehicle in a lane of travel in accordance with detection results and steering state and traveling state of the vehicle. Road curvature in a direction...

20060030988 - Vehicle occupant classification method and apparatus for use in a vision-based sensing system: A method and apparatus for selectively deploying or suppressing automated safety equipment in a vehicle is disclosed. Employing methods obtained from the field of Evidential Reasoning, an occupant classification history process computes the most plausible occupant class, and then selects an appropriate piece of safety equipment to deploy or suppress,...

20060030989 - Hitch raise rate calibration method: A method is provided for automatically determining a hitch raise rate calibration value for a hitch control system having a hydraulic actuator for moving the hitch, a valve for controlling flow of hydraulic fluid to the actuator and an electronic hitch control unit. The method includes applying a first control...

20060030990 - Method and system for estimating an agricultural management parameter: A system and method for estimating agricultural parameters for growing crops is well suited for promoting efficient utilization of agricultural inputs (e.g., water consumption). Sensors collect data via one or more vehicles equipped with location-determining receivers. A transmitter transmits the collected environmental data to a data processing system. The data...

20060030991 - Vehicle rollover detection and mitigation using rollover index: A method and apparatus for determining likelihood of rollover of a vehicle and/or mitigating rollover of the vehicle is responsive to measured vehicle lateral acceleration and a measured one of vehicle roll rate and vehicle suspension displacements to derive estimates of roll angle and roll rate. First, preliminary, estimates of...

20060030992 - Deceleration control apparatus and deceleration control method for vehicle: With a deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle, which performs deceleration control of a vehicle based on at least a road inclination when a driver's intention to decelerate the vehicle is detected, at least one of a deceleration applied to the vehicle and a threshold used in performing...

20060030993 - Powertrain control module spark duration diagnostic system: A system and method for diagnosing ignition system performance of an internal combustion engine. The method operates an engine control unit to produce a sequence of spark ignition current pulses through primary windings of a plurality of ignition coils. The current pulses produce voltage pulses across electrodes of the spark...

20060030995 - Information exchange system: An information exchange system comprising at least one network for the transmission of information, at least one system computer accessing said at least one network, at least one peripheral device for exchanging said information with said at least one system computer, said at least one peripheral device being of sensor...

20060030994 - Multisource target correlation: An improved method for correlating between targets in an air traffic control system. A methods or systems according to the invention compare selected components of a first target report to the components of a second target report, produce a confidence level on each component comparison, and determine whether to declare...

20060030996 - Method for controlling an internal combustion engine: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine in which each cylinder of the internal combustion engine is assigned at least one system deviation and at least one controller, each controller predefining a cylinder-specific control signal on the basis of the assigned system deviation, is characterized in that at least...

20060030997 - Automatic engine shutdown apparatus: An automatic engine shutdown apparatus for automatically shutting down an engine under a predetermined running or operating condition. The apparatus includes a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a vehicle speed, a throttle sensor for detecting a throttle opening, a travel history memory for storing a travel history of a vehicle,...

20060030998 - Engine system and method with cylinder deactivation: Various systems and methods are disclosed for carrying out combustion in a fuel-cut operation in some or all of the engine cylinders of a vehicle. Further, various subsystems are considered, such as fuel vapor purging, air-fuel ratio control, engine torque control, catalyst design, and exhaust system design....

20060031000 - Fuel nature measuring device of internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine having the same: A fuel nature measuring device for measuring the nature of fuel stored in a fuel tank includes a measurement passage, a gas flow generator, a pressure detector, an concentration operator, a temperature detector, and a volatility calculator. The measurement passage has an orifice. The gas flow generator generates gas flow...

20060030999 - Method of calculating the amount of work done by an internal combustion engine: A method of calculating the amount of work done by an internal combustion engine, which is capable of calculating a work amount parameter indicative of the amount of work done with accuracy while compensating for a phase delay in in-cylinder pressure data caused e.g. by a filtering process performed thereon....

20060031001 - System and method for transfer of feedback control for a process control device: Disclosed herein is a controller and method useful for transferring control of a process control device between first and second control modes. The controller includes first and second servo control modules that generate first and second drive signals based on feedback information from first and second sensors for control of...

20060031003 - Distributed traffic information system: This invention discloses a method for collecting and propagating traffic information for optimizing traffic content. Single-vehicle-traffic-data is collected and broadcasted to vehicles in the neighborhood; Neighborhood-traffic-data is generated by combining all the Single-vehicle-traffic-data received from neighboring vehicles; Said Neighborhood-traffic-data is then conditionally propagated to remote area by broadcasting and relaying...

20060031002 - School crossing guard, security system: A large size vandal and weather sesistance sign, capable of displaying images from several components, including a video cassette with tapes or video disc and other component parts for broadcasting command directions and to provide information. The sign system, with a front and back side and a left and a...

20060031004 - Method and device for planning a trajectory: The present invention relates to planning of a trajectory for minimum threat exposure in a given geographical region. A trajectory is planned from a start node to a final node in a digital representation of the geographical region. The threat exposure for a vehicle moving along the trajectory is determined....

20060031005 - Navigation apparatus and program: In a vehicle navigation apparatus, displaying an enlarged view of an intersection within a guide route is suppressed when a value N associated with a corresponding passing direction of the intersection exceeds a learning reference value. When the value N is not more than the learning reference value, the enlarged...

20060031006 - Process for generating computer flight plans on the internet: A process for generating computer flight plans on the Internet with the elements of: a raw XY&Z database of chart data, a data base containing aircraft data, a software system to create VFR, IFR and Road charts, an Internet web site accessible by a Client computer, a software system which...

20060031007 - Navigation system: A navigation guidance system is provided which provides direction information from a remote server to a mobile user unit for guiding user to a desired destination. The navigation guidance system maintains time-related models for traffic speeds expected on road segments of a road database. By maintaining such time-related models, the...

20060031008 - On-vehicle navigation apparatus, turnoff road guiding method, driving lane specifying device, and driving lane specifying method: An on-vehicle navigation apparatus 50 includes a current location calculator 21 calculating a current location of an own vehicle, a map information database 2 storing map information including road map data, a driving lane specifying section 23 detecting a lane change in response to an operation signal from a winker...

20060031009 - Navigation system with acoustic route information: A navigation system (100) capable of providing acoustic route information summarizing a route to a predetermined destination. The navigation system (100) includes a route calculation module (110) that is capable of calculating a route to a trip destination. A route overview module (104) may also be included for creating a...

20060031010 - Method for one handed controlling of a digital map by use of a keyboard: The method according to the invention enables the single-handed enlargement, reduction, and navigation on a map which is displayed on a display screen of a mobile terminal. To this end, the display screen is subdivided into n segments, preferably in a contiguous manner, according to the spatial arrangement of n...

20060031011 - Method for contacting stolen vehicles: A method and system for locating a stolen vehicle includes the steps of receiving at least one stolen vehicle input associated with the stolen vehicle at a call center and assigning a first ping rate responsive to the input. An automated request is sent in accordance with the ping rate...

20060031012 - Navigation system: Disclosed are a navigation system and/or a point information display method and a program. The navigation system consists mainly of: a stream receiver that receives broadcast streams; a data decoder that samples a data signal from the received streams and decodes the data signal into character string information; a matching...

20060031013 - Navigation system: Disclosed are a navigation system and/or a point information display method and a program. The navigation system consists mainly of: a stream receiver that receives broadcast streams; a data decoder that samples a data signal from the received streams and decodes the data signal into character string information; a matching...

20060031014 - Azimuth processing device, azimuth processing method, azimuth processing program, direction finding device, tilt offset correcting method, azimuth measuring method, compass sensor unit, and portable electronic device: An azimuth processing device is designed for outputting azimuth data based on measurement data sequentially output from a compass sensor. In the device, an accumulation section selectively accumulates substantially new pieces of the measurement data. An offset data updating section updates offset data of the compass sensor based on plural...

20060031015 - Imminent-collision detection system and process: A process of determining an imminent-collision between a vehicle and an object, said vehicle having a sensing system for obtaining one or more images representing at least one observed object within a field of detection, said process comprising: (a) obtaining one or more images representing an observed object within said...

20060031016 - Obstacle detecting apparatus: An obstacle detecting apparatus includes sensors and a control device. The sensors detect an obstacle and are connected to the control device through a bus. The control device includes communication error determination and detection means. The communication error determination means determines an occurrence of a communication error if communication with...

20060025896 - Coordination of a vehicle dynamics control system with a rear-wheel steering system: A device is described for stabilizing a vehicle in critical driving situations, including a vehicle dynamics control system having a control unit, in which a vehicle dynamics controller is stored, at least one final control element, and a sensor system for measuring different driving condition variables, and including a rear-wheel...

20060025893 - Method for assisting a driver when performing driving maneuvers: The invention relates to a method for assisting the driver of a vehicle (10) when performing a driving maneuver, such as a parking or shunting maneuver. In this case, a reference trajectory (16) is determined, along which the vehicle (10) is to be moved. A steering wheel position to be...

20060025895 - Methods and apparatus for reducing vehicle tire wear: A control system and method for minimizing tire wear on vehicles such as highway trucks and tractors determines a drive wheel torque limit based on an assumed tire/road friction coefficient and at least an estimated vehicle weight. The drive wheel torque limit is used to control engine torque applied to...

20060025897 - Sensor assemblies: Sensor assembly capable of obtaining and providing a measurement of a physical quantity, e.g., measurement of temperature and/or pressure of a vehicular tire, includes an antenna capable of receiving a radio frequency signal, a radio frequency identification (RFID) device coupled to the antenna, a sensor coupled to the RFID device...

20060025894 - Vehicle control system with user-guided calibration: A vehicle control system with user-guided calibration is presented. In one embodiment, a vehicle control system is presented comprising an output device and circuitry operative to provide an output, via the output device, that guides a user through a plurality of calibration steps in a particular order. The circuitry can...

20060025899 - Flight management computer lateral route recapture: An aircraft flight management system having a flight management computer that stores a pre-planned lateral route of flight of the aircraft comprising a plurality of successive waypoints to be overflown, the next proximate waypoint being an active waypoint, a method providing a return-to-path maneuver in the event that the aircraft...

20060025898 - Method of validating a flight plan constraint: The present invention relates to compliance, by the FMS flight management computer equipping an aerodyne, with a constraint, in particular an altitude constraint, of the flight plan (Dpv) at an imposed waypoint close to the position of the aerodyne at the moment of instigation of its automatic flight plan following...

20060025900 - Apparatus, system and method for aircraft security and anti-hijacking intervention: A system and method for operating an aircraft such that any hostile persons taking over the cockpit, for instance, terrorists or a disgruntled pilot, cannot control the flight path of the aircraft to enter restricted airspace, such as ‘no fly’ zones, or any authorized pilots while operating an aircraft cannot...

20060025901 - System for aiding the piloting of an aircraft during the approach to a runway with a view to a landing: The system (1) comprises information sources (3) able to provide information relating to the aircraft and to its environment, a computation unit (4) which determines, with the aid of information provided by the information sources (3), an energy reference profile which preferably comprises a trajectory reference profile and a speed...

20060025903 - Locomotive consist configuration control: A railroad train is provided and includes a first locomotive having a first locomotive electronic processor, a first locomotive communication device in electrical communication with the first locomotive processor, and a first locomotive operator interface in electrical communication with the first locomotive processor. The railroad train also includes a second...

20060025902 - Secondary power for critical loads for railroad: In a locomotive having at least one electrical load connected to at least one power source via a locomotive power carrying bus, a system for ensuring a current connection between the at least one power source and the at least one electrical load is provided. The system includes a first...

20060025905 - Active motor damping to mitigate electric vehicle driveline oscillations: A system and method for actively damping driveline oscillations in a motor vehicle having a traction motor to drive a vehicle's drive wheels and an antilock brake system (ABS). A traction motor controller controls a torque output signal of the motor to effectively to dampen driveline oscillations during an ABS...

20060025906 - Method for reducing driveline vibration in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain: A method is disclosed for managing torque distribution in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain. An engine power estimation is determined for use in obtaining an optimum wheel torque command to attenuate sustained powertrain dynamic oscillations during operation of the vehicle with varying wheel torque and speed....

20060025904 - Vehicle and method for operating an engine in a vehicle: A vehicle and method are provided that determine a misfire torque limit for an engine in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an electric machine operable to provide torque to the engine. The method includes commanding the engine to operate at a predetermined torque and a predetermined speed, thereby putting the...

20060025908 - Impact assessment system and method for determining emergent criticality: An impact assessment system and method for determining emerging criticality in a complex system is provided. The impact assessment system includes a component dependency model and an emergent criticality analyzer. The component dependency model describes the relationships between components in the system and their underlying dependency and criticality relationships. The...

20060025909 - Method of diagnosing an electronic control unit: An electronic control unit and a method of diagnosing an electronic control unit on a vehicle are provided. The method includes the steps of storing in memory information on variables to collect, selecting a trigger, monitoring for a predetermined event, activating the trigger based on the detection of the event,...

20060025907 - Vehicle-interactive system: A vehicle information system including a computing system, a vehicle application, an access-layer application, a vehicle-application database, and a communication adapter is provided. The computing system may run an operating system and a plurality of applications. The vehicle application, which is executable by the computing system, may provide policy processing...

20060025910 - Diagnosis monitoring device for yaw rate sensor: A yaw rate sensor failure diagnosing device judges whether the yaw rate sensor is failure or not. In particular, when the vehicle is in the steady turn state, the failure is judged by comparing a yaw rate value from the yaw rate sensor with a yaw rate value calculated on...

20060025911 - Control of a steering wheel system with passive resistance torque: A control system and method for a steer-by-wire system with the passive resistance torque is provided. The control system includes a controller configured to compensate for a passive resistance torque and to generate the required active torque using a three loop control structure: torque feedback loop, rate feedback loop, and...

20060025913 - Obstacle detecting apparatus: An obstacle detecting apparatus includes sensors and a processing unit. Each of the sensors are rendered operational by predetermined parameters. The processing unit transmits the parameters to the sensors and includes a vehicle state detector, a condition determiner, a communication controller, and a parameter setting processor. The vehicle state detector...

20060025912 - Vehicle restraint device control method and apparatus using dynamically determined threshold: A method of controlling a restraint device in a vehicle, and an apparatus employing the method. The method includes sensing accelerations of the vehicle, determining an energy value, determining a transformed acceleration, retrieving a threshold based on the transformed acceleration, and activating the restraint device when the energy value is...

20060025914 - Construction machine and control panel: A control panel K for the control device of a construction machine, particularly of a road paver or a feeder, comprises in an operation console housing 1, 1′ at least one group consisting of different electronic command signalling devices 5 to 11 which are separated among replaceably provided logic service...

20060025915 - Lift truck: In a lift truck of a type that, using a brake controller 20, a traveling motor 3 can be braked by an electromagnetic brake 17, the brake controller 20, when it detects the brake operation of a brake operation device, not only actuates the electromagnetic brake 17 but also detects...

20060025916 - Vehicle control system having atmospheric pressure estimating function: A vehicle control system has an electronic control unit for controlling an engine based on various operation parameters detected by a throttle sensor, an intake pressure sensor, an accelerator sensor, a vehicle speed sensor and the like. The electronic control unit is programmed to calculate an inclination of a travel...

20060025917 - Systems and methods for controlling slip: A system is provided for controlling slip of a ground-engaging traction device of a work machine. The system includes an actual slip calculator operable to transmit an actual slip signal corresponding to an actual slip experienced by the work machine. The system also includes a ground condition selector operable to...

20060025918 - Inter-vehicle distance control apparatus: A disclosed inter-vehicle distance control apparatus for controlling an inter-vehicle distance between a present vehicle equipped with this apparatus and a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of the present vehicle changes a target deceleration of the present vehicle and/or a deceleration gradient of the present vehicle, with which the deceleration reaches...

20060025919 - Secondary airflow system for engine exhaust emission diagnostics: In one example, a system for an engine having an intake system and an exhaust system is described. The system comprises: an airflow sensor coupled to the intake system; an air pump having at least an inlet side and an outlet side, said inlet side having a first coupling to...

20060025920 - On-vehicle apparatus and content providing method: The present invention is applied to, for example, a multimedia terminal having a function of navigation equipment and a function of playing back video and switches a display from a map display to a source display also with source switching operators 13P, 13R. In addition, menus of upper and lower...

20060025921 - Self-tuning apparatus of vehicle speed pulse coefficient and method thereof: A self-tuning apparatus of vehicle speed pulse coefficient and a method thereof wherein a vehicle speed pulse coefficient is flexibly adjusted by environments in which a mobile object travels and a current status of the mobile object to thereby enable to precisely calculate a travel distance and a travel speed...

20060025923 - Selective download of corridor map data: A method for displaying a map on a mobile client device. The method includes storing map data on a server, the map data including road data with respect to roads of multiple different road types. The server determines a route from a starting point to a destination within an area...

20060025922 - Walker navigation device and program: A pedestrian navigation device (10A) of this invention comprises a position information reception portion (12), which obtains current position information from a GPS (20); a position information analysis portion (13), which analyzes current position information received by the position information reception portion (12) and calculates the current position; a MAPDB...

20060025924 - Information distribution system, method, and program: Information distribution systems, methods, and/or programs register a point which meets predetermined registration conditions as a register point; select a predetermined register point as a predicted arrival display point; calculate a predicted arrival time at the predicted arrival display point; and display the predicted arrival on a map screen. Systems,...

20060025925 - Traffic information prediction device: There is provided a prediction calculation system capable of allowing a numerical traffic information to be predicted in such a manner that day factors and the like are reflected thereon. Even if a day whose combination of the day factors is the same as that of a prediction-target day, i.e.,...

20060025926 - Position locating system, terminal device, control method for terminal device, control program for terminal device, and computer readable record medium storing control program for terminal device therein: A terminal device 50 includes aid-information acquisition device to acquire aid information 154 from an information providing apparatus, an information-providing-apparatus-sort judgment device to judge the type of information providing apparatus on the basis of positioning charge information 154a contained in the aid information 154, a positioning-basis-information generation device to generate...