Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 03/06

20060069467 - Method and device for slope and/or pitch recognition of a vehicle: In a method and a device for slope and/or pitch recognition in a vehicle (1, 1′, 1″) at least one speed and a transverse and/or longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle are determined and a slope or pitch situation is assumed, when the speed is smaller than the limit value vGlmax...

20060069468 - On-board system for constructing an aircraft track: A system (20) on board or suitable for use on board an aircraft to define an aircraft track having a plurality of segments, the system includes a display unit (10) arranged to display an image (11) containing a representation of the footprint of a segment (S, S1, S2) in a...

20060069469 - Integrated capacitive bridge and integrated flexure functions inertial measurement unit: An inertia control system includes an integrated inertial measurement unit coupled to an inertial platform. The integrated inertial measurement unit includes three accelerometer gimbals/axes (first, second, and third) respectively, each including a pair of flexure plate accelerometers. First and second accelerometers are coupled to the first gimbal, third and fourth...

20060069470 - Bi-directional absolute automated tracking system for material handling: Communication between a controller and a set of automated vehicles in a manufacturing facility is improved by use of a closed-loop control system that operates on a real-time interrupt basis in which autonomous carriers report their location, sensed from reference markers along a track, the reference markers being referenced to...

20060069471 - Method for automatically guiding a mining machine: A method for automatically guiding a mining machine (14) provided with a mute determined as successive route points in the mine. In the method, data relating to the successive points are used for determining additional route between the successive route points for guiding the mining machine (14)....

20060069472 - Method for automatically guiding a mining machine: A method for automatically controlling a mining machine. In the method a route is determined for a mining machine (14) in the form of successive, interconnected segments in a coordinate system fixed in a relation to the mine, the segments in turn being determined as successive points located at a...

20060069474 - Application launcher: A computer, connected to a communications bus, includes a display that selectively displays a user interface. A plurality of diagnostic applications installed on the computer are capable of receiving data from the communications bus via the connection. Instructions executable on the computer provide a list of the diagnostic applications in...

20060069476 - Device and method for evaluating a sensor signal indicating a position of an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle: A device and a method for evaluating a sensor signal indicating the position of an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle. For this purpose, the device compares the sensor signal to a first comparison level, and an idle state is ascertained if the first comparison level is undershot. When a...

20060069473 - System and method for data correlation within a telematics communication system: The present invention provides a method of operating a telematics enabled mobile vehicle communication system. The method includes receiving vehicle diagnostic information at a relational database and analyzing the received vehicle diagnostic information. The method further includes identifying data correlations of interest identifying common elements associated with one or more...

20060069475 - User adaptive automated pre-trip inspection system: A plurality of automated vehicle inspection routines are provided keyed by user identification. Implementation relies on presence of a programmable computer installed on the vehicle with user input/output interfaces through which a user may enter user identification. Once entered the computer matches the user to an inspection routine, which may...

20060069477 - Cost reduction system and method for flight data recording: A method and system for acquiring aircraft parameters that includes sampling an aircraft parameter during a first sampling period, recording the full value of the aircraft parameter sampled during the first sampling period, then sampling the aircraft parameter during a fixed number of subsequent consecutive sampling periods, and recording the...

20060069479 - Control apparatus for a vehicle equipment device: There is disclosed an apparatus for controlling a vehicle equipment device. The apparatus permits a reduction in the cost of manufacturing a vehicle in which the apparatus is installed. The apparatus also enables easy and precise switching between normal mode and delivery mode. The apparatus has a delivery decision unit...

20060069478 - Parking-assist system using image information from an imaging camera and distance information from an infrared laser camera: A parking-assist system for providing parking-assist information, including: a front imaging camera (2-6); a left imaging camera (4-6); a right imaging camera (5-6); a rear imaging camera (3-6); a left infrared laser camera (4-7) configured to obtain information on a distance as to the left side on a pixel to...

20060069480 - Apparatus and method for controlling vehicular motion: Based on the detected lengthwise forces Fx, a moment M around a vertical line passing through the center of gravity of the vehicle is calculated, the moment being produced around the vehicle by a difference between the driving forces acting on the left and right wheels. A steering angle δf...

20060069481 - Vehicular steering control apparatus: A vehicular steering control apparatus is comprised of a steering system of receiving a steering torque inputted by a driver, a torque control actuator connected to the steering system to produce an actuator torque relative to the steering torque and a steering controlling section connected to the torque actuator. The...

20060069483 - Collision determining apparatus for a vehicle: A collision determining apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first acceleration measuring device; a second acceleration measuring device; a movement amount calculating device; a change in movement speed calculating device; a first collision determining threshold value setting device which sets a collision determining threshold value for a correlation between the...

20060069482 - Deployment immunity method for a supplemental restraint: Deployment immunity for a supplemental restraint is provided by allowing deployment only when a detected crash is sufficiently severe and immunity conditions involving both velocity and the absolute value of filtered acceleration are satisfied. Utilizing the absolute value of filtered acceleration as an immunity condition minimizes deployment delays while verifying...

20060069484 - Brake-actuating transmission control system: A transmission control system is provided for a work machine that has a transmission and a traction device with a brake mechanism. The transmission control system has a speed sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a travel speed of the work machine. The transmission control system also has...

20060069485 - Scalable functionality windows in a display unit: An agricultural working machine has at least one working unit, a driver's cab; at least one display unit provided in the driver's cab and having a basic electronic viewing screen for showing a plurality of machine and/or crop parameters stored in different functionality windows, the at least one display unit...

20060069486 - Belt type continuously variable transmission: A belt type continuously variable transmission includes a primary pulley (11), a secondary pulley (12), a belt (13) wound around the primary pulley and secondary pulley; a sensor (27, 21) for detecting a vehicle running state; and a controller (1). The controller (1) is programmed to: set a final pulley...

20060069487 - Slope-limited retarding control for a propelled machine: A method is provided for dissipating power in a propelled machine having an electric drive system and a mechanical brake system. An inclination of the machine is determined. A speed of the machine is determined. A retarding requirement is determined based on the determined inclination and speed. A first portion...

20060069488 - Slope-limited retarding control for a propelled machine: A method is provided for dissipating power in a propelled machine having an electric drive system and a mechanical brake system. An inclination of the machine is determined. A speed of the machine is determined. A retarding requirement is determined based on the determined inclination and speed. A first portion...

20060069489 - Motor vehicle control using a dynamic feedforward approach: A control system manages yaw-plane motion, while simultaneously comprehending and managing roll motion. The system reduces excessive maneuver-induced roll motion by properly shaping yaw-plane motion, which may include increasing yaw damping and/or decreasing a yaw gain, under various conditions, to avoid excessive excitation of roll dynamics....

20060069490 - Mass air flow estimation based on manifold absolute pressure: A control system that determines a mass air flow through a throttle of an internal combustion engine (ICE) having an intake manifold includes a calculator that calculates an estimated mass air flow based on a throttle position and an adjustment module that determines an adjustment value. The adjustment value is...

20060069491 - Control device for internal combustion engine: A control device for an internal combustion engine comprises an air flow meter arranged in the intake passage. The air flow meter includes a main passage and a bypass passage and detects a flow rate of air flowing through the bypass passage to detect a flow rate of air flowing...

20060069492 - Control device of internal combustion engine: A control device able to find the intake air flow rate in an internal combustion engine having a plurality of intake passages upstream of a throttle valve is provided. The control device finds the intake air flow rate of the internal combustion engine by converting an output voltage of each...

20060069493 - Method of operating an internal combustion engine: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine, a control operation is provided for the combustion process, wherein an actual value of the crank angle of a 50% mass conversion point of the fuel to be converted during the combustion is determined taking into account a measurement signal of...

20060069494 - Method for obtaining exhaust gas flow quantity, exhaust gas flow measurement apparatus, and exhaust gas recirculation control system: An exhaust recirculation control system of the internal combustion engine computes an oxygen concentration in total intake air containing recirculation exhaust gas in a cylinder and the ratio between an oxygen quantity in the total intake air and a fuel injection quantity (oxygen quantity/fuel injection quantity ratio). The computed values...

20060069495 - Engine kill-switch control circuit and method of operating the same: A kill-switch control circuit for use with a light-duty combustion engine determines whether to execute a controlled shut down method or an immediate shut down method in response to kill-switch activation. The selection of a shut down method is made, at least in part, by using engine speed readings and...

20060069496 - Method and system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information and applying thereof: A method and system for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data and information, comprising: (a) transforming a spatial representation of a road network into a network of spatially interdependent and interrelated oriented road sections, for forming an oriented road section network; (b) acquiring a variety of the vehicular traffic data...

20060069497 - Tracking, relay, and control information flow analysis process for information-based systems: Methods and apparatus for controlling movement of aircraft through a defined air space are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a model of the defined air space. The model is configured to indicate a safe subset of the defined air space for movement. Receiving a trajectory datum from...

20060069498 - Driver load measuring method, device, and program for a vehicle accompanied by attitude changes, and storage medium for storing the program: A driver load measuring method, device, and program, and a storage medium for storing the program for accurately measuring a load on a driver driving a vehicle accompanied by attitude changes. The driver load measuring device includes a yaw rate detecting section for detecting a yaw rate y as an...

20060069499 - Motorcycle navigation device: A navigation device for a motorcycle operable in a comfortable position during driving by solving a problem that it is hard to operate the navigation device during driving and easily mounted on a vehicle by solving the problem that it is hard to mount the navigation device on the vehicle....

20060069500 - Car navigation system: A car navigation system changes from a normal guidance mode to a simplifying guidance mode when determining that part or all of sections in a guidance route is familiar or specific to an occupant. The simplifying guidance mode provides no audio guidance or simplified audio guidance with respect to route-related...

20060069502 - Car navigation system: The present invention provides a car navigation system and a car navigation device that can easily set a destination without complicated operation. The navigation device can load a memory card that records multiple image files taken by an image taking device with GPS function. All thumbnail image data in the...

20060069501 - Travel route searching method of mobile object: A travel route searching method of a mobile object whereby a travel route preferred by a user of a mobile object is searched using a road preferred by the user of the mobile object, a travel pattern at a crossroad and a road recommended by other user, and wherein the...

20060069503 - Displaying a map having a close known location: A system and method is provided for displaying a map having a close known location and a destination and for providing navigation recommendations for traveling from the close known location to the destination. A user may use a mobile device to submit a request for navigation instructions for navigating from...

20060069504 - System, method and computer program product for searching and retrieving ranked points of interest within a polygonal area of interest: A method of searching and retrieving ranked points of interest (POIs) within a polygonal area of interest (AOI) includes defining an AOI. The AOI has a polygon shape and includes a plurality of points. The method also includes identifying at least one POI within the defined AOI, and organizing the...

20060069505 - System and method for detecting interference in global positioning satellite signals: A system and method are provided for detecting local interference in GPS signals. A GPS receiver is capable of determining its GPS coordinates. A memory is capable of storing an initial location of the GPS receiver and a user-defined range of error. A processor is programmed to determine whether GPS...

20060069506 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus mounted on a vehicle is equipped with a first gyro sensor and a second gyro sensor arranged in symmetry with respect to a first axis in a travel direction of the vehicle and to a second axis that passes through the center of gravity of the vehicle,...

20060069508 - Collision determining apparatus for a vehicle: A collision determining apparatus for a vehicle includes: a first acceleration measuring device; a second acceleration measuring device; a first change in movement speed calculating device which calculates a first change in movement speed; an interval integral value calculating device; a second change in movement speed calculating device; a first...

20060069509 - Collision determining apparatus for a vehicle: A collision determining apparatus for a vehicle includes a first acceleration measuring device which measures an acceleration acting on the vehicle, a movement amount calculating device which calculates an amount of movement of an occupant, a change in movement speed calculating device which calculates a change in movement speed of...

20060069507 - Mobile device and method for controlling the same: A mobile device includes a mobile section having left and right independently and concurrently driven wheels. The mobile device can rotate about the axis thereof by spinning the wheels in directions opposite to each other. The mobile device further includes a sensor to detect an obstacle in front. The mobile...

20060058926 - Wireless synchronous time system with solar powered transceiver: A primary device for a synchronous event system. In one construction, the primary device includes a solar panel operable to convert light into electricity; a receiver operable to receive a global positioning system time signal; a processor coupled to the receiver and operable to process the global positioning system time...

20060058927 - Method of adjusting at least one defective rotor of a rotorcraft: p

20060058928 - Programmable autopilot system for autonomous flight of unmanned aerial vehicles: A system and method for providing autonomous control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is disclosed. The system includes a ground station in communication with an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method for providing autonomous control of a UAV includes methods for processing communications between the ground station and UAV. The method...

20060058930 - Electronic control systems for marine vessels: A control system for a marine vessel having one or more engines and a transmission associated with each engine is disclosed. The control system includes one or more control stations, each having a control arm and arm position means coupled to the control arm for providing an electrical signal that...

20060058929 - Method and system for testing a control system of a marine vessel: said method having the purpose of, at a later time (t1, t2, t3, . . . ), to use the test sequence (T0) input to the control system (2), and record a later response (S1, S2, S3, . . . ) and determining whether said later response similar to the...

20060058931 - Collision avoidance involving radar feedback: Collision avoidance systems and methods are implemented on unmanned mobile vehicles to supplement map-based trajectories generated by the vehicles' navigation systems. These systems include radar, which detect obstacles in the path of the unmanned mobile vehicles, and collision avoidance modules, which enable the vehicles to avoid unexpected obstacles by adjusting...

20060058932 - Prognostic method and system for hybrid and eletric vehicle components: A prognostic method and system for testing and controlling various hybrid, fuel cell, and electric vehicle components. The tests generate test data for determining a state of the tested components. An operating strategy of the vehicle is controlled based on the state of its tested components....

20060058934 - Methods and systems for detecting automobile rollover: An automobile rollover detection system comprising a control module to receive a first set and a second set of signals, to determine a first threshold in response to the first set of signals, to determine a second threshold in response to the second set of signals, to provide a first...

20060058933 - Soil trip vehicle rollover detection method: Impending rollover events are detected by recognizing a plow phase increase in lateral acceleration, coupled with a significant trip phase roll rate. The plow phase increase is recognized by modeling a typical soil trip lateral acceleration characteristic and computing a cross-correlation between the measured lateral acceleration and the modeled acceleration....

20060058935 - Method and apparatus for controlling active front steering: An active front wheel steering control system for a vehicle that includes a first control sub-system that provides AFS oversteer control to control the angle of the front wheels during an oversteer condition, and a second control sub-system that provides AFS understeer control to control the angle of the front...

20060058936 - \" mind of it's own\" automobile security system: To Narrate and summarize my invention: I was riding in a car with my friend. After we reached our destination, he proceeded to show off the fact that he could roll his power windows up and down without the keys being in the ignition. I was unimpressed, as I had...

20060058937 - Gear-shift control apparatus for automatic transmission and gear-shift control method: If oil temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature and if accelerator opening change rate is equal to or higher than a predetermined change rate upon detection of a downshift instruction, an ECT-ECU sets modes corresponding to conditions for determination period calculation processings, hydraulic-pressure temporal change rate...

20060058938 - Device and method for preventing speeding: A device for preventing a vehicle from speeding, which device comprises a switching device, a speedometer present in the vehicle, which is connected to said switching device and which measures the speed of the vehicle, as well as a transmitter connected thereto, wherein the switching device is so arranged that...

20060058939 - Method for improving fuel economy and performance when deactivating cylinders with vehicle cruise control: A method for controlling the speed in a vehicle includes adjusting at least one gain parameter based on a vehicle speed error and the displacement on demand mode of the engine. A new cruise throttle area is calculated from the adjusted gain parameter....

20060058941 - System for providing traffic information: A system for providing traffic information to a plurality of mobile users connected to a network. The system comprises a plurality of traffic monitors, each comprising at least a traffic detector and a transmitter, the traffic detector generating a signal in response to vehicular traffic and the transmitter transmitting the...

20060058940 - Traffic information prediction system: A traffic information prediction system has a traffic information database for recording time sequential data of traffic information and a traffic condition change factor database for recording the location, time period and type of an event which may change traffic conditions. The time period and location of the change are...

20060058943 - Data correction method and apparatus using key filtering function for entering data in navigation system: An input data correction method and apparatus for a navigation system that has a key filtering function to assist the user to determine possible entries for inputting data. The input data correction method includes the steps of displaying a keyboard screen, inputting data through alphanumeric keys on the keyboard screen,...

20060058942 - Location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using location id: Disclosed is a location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using location ID. The location information sharing method is characterized by: inputting the location information including a location coordinate and a location ID corresponding to the location coordinate through one or more wired and wireless Internet terminals...

20060058945 - Navigation apparatus, driving direction guidance method, and navigation system: A navigation apparatus and a driving direction guiding method are capable of clearly indicating a correct direction in which a vehicle should be driven at an exit when the vehicle exits a parking area through the exit. When a position measurement unit detects that the vehicle has entered a parking...

20060058944 - Trail analysis method and apparatus: A trail analysis method of movable object includes acquiring first stay event data indicating a first location, a first arrival time of a first movable object to the first location and a first staying time, and second stay event data indicating a second location, a second arrival time of a...

20060058948 - Recordable location-based reminder system organizer: An organization system using location information, possibly in conjunction with time based information for tasks, with the purpose of optimizing user travel distance and/or time to complete specified tasks. Task organization may include alternate criteria such as importance, or sharing and assigning of tasks over groups to optimize in terms...

20060058946 - Spherical position monitoring system: A contact free optical position sensor for an inertial reference system. The surface of an inertial sensor assembly is adapted with a coordinate encoded pattern. One or more optical sensors are adapted to generate image signals of the coordinate encoded pattern of the spherical inertial sensor assembly. A controller is...

20060058947 - Systems and methods for off-board voice-automated vehicle navigation: A method of providing navigational information to a vehicle operator includes processing destination information spoken by a vehicle operator with an on-board processing system on a vehicle. The processed voice information is transmitted via a wireless link to a remote data center and analyzed with a voice recognition system at...

20060058950 - Apparatus and method for processing and displaying traffic information in an automotive navigation system: A vehicle navigation system for use with a traffic information broadcast system which transmits traffic data relating to primary road segments and a communication system which transmits traffic data relating to road segments in a local geographic area. A broadcast receiver receives the broadcast traffic data from the broadcast system...

20060058949 - Placement of map labels: Methods and systems are presented for the automatic optimal placement text or symbol labels corresponding to graphical objects on maps. Using a map server and a thin, typically mobile client, maps are dynamically drawn and displayed at the client. Optimized labeling of map objects is achieved by dividing the task...

20060058951 - System and method of wireless downloads of map and geographic based data to portable computing devices: A system and method of managing map data on electronic devices such as portable electronic devices which includes a system and method of preloading map data, managing map data storage, sharing point of interest or pushpin data with other electronic devices, and displaying map data is disclosed....

20060058952 - System and method of wireless downloads of map and geographic based data to portable computing devices: A system and method of managing map data on electronic devices such as portable electronic devices which includes a system and method of preloading map data, managing map data storage, sharing point of interest or pushpin data with other electronic devices, and displaying map data is disclosed....

20060058953 - System and method of wireless downloads of map and geographic based data to portable computing devices: A system and method of managing map data on electronic devices such as portable electronic devices which includes a system and method of preloading map data, managing map data storage, sharing point of interest or pushpin data with other electronic devices, and displaying map data is disclosed....

20060058954 - Constrained tracking of ground objects using regional measurements: A method for constrained tracking of objects using regional measurement. In one embodiment the system includes a plurality of sensors deployed in a region, wherein the sensors detect a mobile target. A first processing section receives target data from the sensors and processes target localization information. A second processing section...

20060058955 - Device for a motor vehicle, for the avoidance of an unintentional depletion of fuel reserves of the motor vehicle: The invention concerns a device (1) for a motor vehicle, for avoiding an unintended complete depletion of the fuel reserves of the motor vehicle. The device is provided with a sensor (2) for determining the amount of fuel remaining in the vehicle. Further, it includes a navigation device (4), which...

20060058956 - Tourist information guiding apparatus: A tourist information guiding apparatus is provided with a tourist spot information storage storing image data relating to tourist spots in correspondence with character string data for sightseeing guide written in a plurality of languages, a monitor for displaying operation screens used to input various instructions such as the display...

20060058957 - System and method for determining relative differential positioning system measurement solutions: A method and system in which a vehicle carries an on-board positioning system and has access to a database of information pertaining to a plurality of fixed paths. A vector between the position of the fixed path and a position of the vehicle as reported by the positioning system is...

20060058958 - Proximity search methods using tiles to represent geographical zones: A proximity search engine for carrying out a proximity search with respect to a reference location uses as a reference frame the earth divided into tiles, which are predefined geographic regions of substantially equal areas. Records that are searched based on proximity to a reference location include location pointers, each...

20060058959 - Communication control device for passenger protection device: A communication control device for passenger protection device includes a satellite sensor unit and an ECU being connected to the satellite sensor unit via a communication line. The satellite sensor unit includes a satellite sensor main body, which detects an impact against a vehicle, and a controller, which obtains a...

20060058961 - Gas supported inertial sensor system and method: An inertial navigation system is provided. The system includes a sensor block, an outer shell that substantially surrounds the sensor block and a plurality of gas pads connected to the outer shell that float the sensor block in gas creating a near frictionless environment to allow the sensor block to...

20060058960 - Rf wireless communication for deeply embedded aerospace systems: A wireless communication interface for inertial measurement unit is disclosed. One or more instrumentation sensors, a processor, a wireless radio frequency transceiver with an antenna, and a power source are sealed within an inertial sensor assembly. The processor is adapted to receive output signals from the instrumentation sensors and to...

20060058962 - Three dimensional balance assembly: A three-dimensional balance assembly is provided. The assembly includes a center shaft, two or more eccentric weighted shafts encompassing the center shaft and a first and a second locking mechanism that lock each weighted shaft into any rotational location. Each eccentric weighted shaft includes at least one eccentric weight. The...

20060058964 - Method and device for triggering emergency braking: A method and a device for triggering emergency braking of a vehicle for avoiding a collision or for reducing the severity of a collision, the vehicle having at least one object detection sensor, an ascertainment being made as a function of the detected objects as to whether a collision with...

20060058963 - Method for determining driving task demand based on speed variability: A system and method of assessing the driving task demand on the driver of a vehicle, and further controlling one or more devices on the vehicle as a function of the assessed driver demand is provided. The method includes sensing a coverage zone in relation to a vehicle, determining a...

20060052909 - Electronic programmable speed limiter: An improved electronic programmable speed limiter for drivers of vehicles which can be preprogrammed and controlled from a remote location via a radio link to update the driver performance and adjust the controls on the speed limiter....

20060052908 - Vehicle stability control system: A vehicle stability control system includes a base required driving force calculation unit, an estimated driving force estimation unit, and a required driving force correction unit. The base required driving force calculation unit calculates a physical quantity to generate the base required driving force at a driving wheel. The estimated...

20060052907 - Vehicular touch switches with adaptive tactile and audible feedback: A manual control system for a vehicle includes a touch sensitive input element actuatable in response to proximity of a user's appendage. A tactile feedback generator produces a perceptible tactile stimulus. An audible feedback generator produces a perceptible audible stimulus. A sound level characterizer generates a sound characterization signal indicative...

20060052911 - Manual transmission engine remote start system and method: A remote start method and apparatus for an engine coupled to a manual transmission, the method and apparatus including means for determining whether the manual transmission gears are disengaged and an alarm system coupled to the engine ignition system is armed prior to enabling ignition of the engine....

20060052910 - Start switch system for remote starting manual transmission automobiles: A start switch system for autostarting by remote control a manual transmission vehicle having a gear shift lever is provided. The start switch system includes a start switch operatively connected to the gear shift lever and an autostart unit for autostarting the vehicle. In preferred embodiments, the start switch is...

20060052912 - Anticollision equipment on board an aeroplane with normal flight reversion aid: Conventional terrain anticollision equipment formulates, around the short term forecast trajectory of the aircraft which is equipped therewith, virtual volumes of protection of maneuver charted by feelers and signals a risk of terrain collision as soon as it detects an intrusion of the terrain into these virtual volumes of protection...

20060052913 - 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...

20060052914 - Power drive unit: In a power drive unit having power modules (three-phase inverter circuits) connected to a control circuit board, bus bars extending from the power modules and a current sensor each installed near the bus bars and including a sensing element that detects currents outputted from the bus bars, there are provided...

20060052916 - Gasoline fuel cell power system transient control: A reformer fuel feed stream in fuel cell power system is catalytically reacted into a reformate stream for a fuel cell stack by adjusting fuel supply throughput according to a predefined throughput ramp when a time derivative and the current demand for the fuel cell deviates from zero by more...

20060052915 - Motor drive apparatus, hybrid vehicle drive apparatus using the same, and computer readable recording medium recorded with program for causing computer to perform control of motor drive apparatus: Upon detection of a fault in a DC power supply based on a voltage from a voltage sensor or a temperature from a temperature sensor, a control device controls inverters to cause AC motors to output zero output torque, and generates and outputs signals STP1, STP2 to a voltage step-up...

20060052918 - Control and diagnostics system and method for vehicles: An apparatus and method for a remote diagnostic system for motorized vehicles. Apparatus according to this aspect of the invention includes a base station having a processor associated with a transceiver and a remote unit installed in a vehicle. The remote unit includes a controller associated with a transceiver, where...

20060052917 - Device for evaluating and or influencing a motion variable and or motion behavior of a vehicle: The device according to the invention relates to a device for evaluating and/or influencing a vehicle movement variable and/or the vehicle movement behavior. For this purpose, the device has the following means: operator control means (10) with which the driver can generate predefined values (VG) for influencing at least one...

20060052919 - System for collecting vehicle data and diagnosticating the vehicle using usb hard drive: The present invention provides a system and method for collecting vehicle data and diagnosing the vehicle using USB hard drive so as to settle the problem of the existing arbitrary vehicle care and maintenance. The system of the present invention comprises a USB hard drive which includes vehicle-related data comprising...

20060052920 - Tire condition detecting system and method: A tire condition detecting system with a batteryless transmitter determines intervals among transmission timings of an electrical wave for electrical charging to the transmitter, according to a change between tire condition stored at the last transmission timing and the present transmission timing. Specifically, the system sets an interval between the...

20060052921 - On-demand system for supplemental diagnostic and service resource planning for mobile systems: In an on-demand computing environment, diagnostic codes from a vehicle or other system in transit are transmitted to an opportunity server, which forwards the codes to a supplemental diagnostic service provider. The diagnostic service provider determines if supplemental diagnostics software functions are available, and if so, downloads them to the...

20060052922 - Mobile energy management system: A recreational vehicle includes a chassis having a living space, an electrical system for providing electrical power to the living space, an air conditioner for cooling the living space, a heater for heating the living space, and a plurality of appliances within the living space attached to the electrical system....

20060052924 - Active adaptation of vehicle restraints for enhanced performance robustness: A vehicle crash safety system includes a pre-crash sensing system generating an object threat assessment and vehicle dynamics data, an occupant sensing system generating occupant characteristic data, and an Occupant Safety Reference Model (OSRM) controller for generating a reference safety restraint deployment profile as a function of the object threat...

20060052923 - Classification system and method using relative orientations of a vehicle occupant: The present invention relates in general to systems and methods for classifying target information acquired with a sensor. In particular, the systems and methods relate to integrating relative orientations of the target information into evidential reasoning heuristics that are used to classify the target information. An exemplary system for classifying...

20060052925 - Clipped sensor data estimator: A method of estimating values beyond sensor limits accurately and simply includes the initial step of determining an actual slope utilizing measured data. An estimated slope is then determined as a percentage of the actual slope to provide an estimation of data values outside of the sensor limits until measured...

20060052926 - Drive control apparatus for vehicle: A drive control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a follow-up control device; a stop hold device that is capable of holding the vehicle in a stopped state by controlling a brake pressure; and a driving operation detection device that detects at least one of a brake operation and a shift...

20060052927 - Vehicle slip state determination system and traveling state control system: A vehicle slip state determination system serves to calculate an estimated vehicle speed VB, an estimated vehicle deceleration in the vehicle speed DVB, and each of wheel speed differences between right front and rear wheels and between left front and rear wheels ΔVR, ΔVL, respectively. The wheel speed difference ΔVR,...

20060052929 - Method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk and system for carrying out the method: A method controls the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk. Each risk element of a road segment is evaluated for the specific risk potential thereof by taking into consideration the perils and the actual speed of the driver of the motor vehicle. An integral risk potential is...

20060052928 - Wheel speed detection system: In a wheel speed detection system wherein an eddy current displacement sensor is used, even when a distance between the eddy current displacement sensor and a convex portion of a rotator changes due to a change in load on a wheel, an error in a wheel assembly during a maintenance...

20060052930 - Air-hybrid and utility engine: A dynamically re-configurable multi-stroke internal combustion engine, comprised of programmable computer processor controlled engine components for decoupling the four classic strokes of an internal combustion engine and electronically managing engine cylinder components including such cylinder components as electronically controllable valves, fuel injection and air fuel mixture ignition, allowing additional engine...

20060052931 - Failure diagnosis apparatus for evaporative fuel processing system: A failure diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing a failure of an evaporative fuel processing system wherein a pressure in the evaporative fuel processing system is detected, and a purge control valve and a vent shut valve are closed when stoppage of the engine is detected. A determination is made as to...

20060052932 - Method and system for determining cylinder position with an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine having a crankshaft rotatable within an engine block of the engine and at least one camshaft driven by the crankshaft. The crankshaft is fixed to a crankshaft wheel having a plurality of crankshaft wheel marks and at least one crankshaft position indicia. The camshaft is fixed...

20060052933 - Navigation device and approach information display method: A present position calculating unit calculates a present position, an orientation and a velocity. In the case where a travel road determining unit determines that a road on which a subject vehicle is currently traveling is the mountain road or the narrow road on which visibility is low, the travel...

20060052934 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus outputs facility information needed by a user in a simple and easy-to-understand manner and includes a change processing unit. The change processing unit searches, responsive to a signal from a facility display change icon on a facility information display screen, facility information limited to those facilities that...

20060052935 - Navigation device, information input/output device, navigation system, navigation display method, and navigation display program: Navigation display devices, systems, methods, and/or programs acquire map data; generate output data for displaying a map based upon the map data; and send to an information input/output device an amount of the output data that is greater than one output section, one output section being an amount of the...

20060047372 - Input circuit for bicycle component: A bicycle component is provided with a manual input device, and an input circuit having a signal line, a power line and a comparison section. The input circuit is especially useful in electronic shifting. The manual input device has a first ON position, a second ON position and an OFF...

20060047371 - Method and system for recording a traffic violation committed by a vehicle: The invention relates to a method for recording a traffic violation in which a vehicle is involved, by detecting the violation, making a record of the violation, and searching for and reading from the record a license plate of the vehicle involved in the violation. During making of the record...

20060047374 - On-vehicle electronic control unit: A microprocessor of an on-vehicle electronic control unit controls an on-vehicle current consumer group responsive to input signals of on-vehicle sensor groups based on control program, fixed control constant and semi-fixed control constant respectively stored in first block of a no-volatile memory, and variable control constant having been transferred from...

20060047373 - Providing services within a telematics communication system: The present invention provides a method of operating a telematics enabled mobile vehicle communication system. The method includes receiving a vehicle power down signal that includes vehicle identification information and time information of vehicle power down from a telematics device to a service provider. The method further includes initiating a...

20060047375 - Vehicle compartment monitor: The present invention includes devices, systems, and methods for providing a vehicle compartment monitoring system. The embodiments of the invention generally include a display, a camera, and a mechanism for relaying data signals from the camera to the display....

20060047376 - Interface apparatus for a vehicle audio/video application and method for the same: An interface apparatus for a vehicle has a display, a man-machine controller connected to the display and an interface graphic generator. The man-machine controller generates a first control signal, a second control signal and an image signal, and sends the first control signal and the image signal to the display....

20060047377 - Systems and methods for controlling machine operations: Systems and methods are disclosed that enable one or more work machines to control operations of one or more remote work machines. In one embodiment, the systems and methods perform a process including determining a first type of first work machine performing first operations in a work environment and determining...

20060047378 - System and method of analyzing aircraft removal data for preventative maintenance: A system includes a computer server for receiving an aircraft dataset; a database operably coupled to the computer server for storing the aircraft dataset into data fields; a web portal operably coupled to the computer server and the database for providing real-time access to consumers; and a maintenance analysis engine...

20060047379 - Railcar transport telematics system: A railcar asset management system proactively issues an alert or task when a pre-determined event occurs. The system may receive information regarding the location and status of a railcar from sensors on the railcar that may include a telematics sensing unit. A database in the railway telematics system stores the...

20060047381 - Automated vehicle calibration and testing system via telematics: Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically updating the calibration parameters of a vehicle from a remote location. The apparatus typically comprises an onboard computing platform connected to electronic control units in the vehicle. The computing platform is typically pre-programmed with initial vehicle calibration parameters for downloading to the electronic...

20060047380 - Vehicle data recorder using digital and analog diagnostic data: A vehicle diagnostic system monitors user-selected analog diagnostic data that is received from a vehicle to determine whether it meets a user-specified trigger characteristic and records user-selected digital diagnostic data that is received from the vehicle in response to a determination that the trigger characteristic has been met. The user-selected...

20060047382 - Vehicle failure diagnosis apparatus and in-vehicle terminal for vehicle failure diagnosis: In order to estimate failure times of vehicles, the invention provides a vehicle failure diagnosis apparatus which receives records of learned values actually used in the past in vehicle control systems of vehicles as diagnosis targets from in-vehicle terminals via a communication part, estimates failure time of the vehicle control...

20060047383 - Apparatus and method of managing vehicle maintenance information in a mobile terminal: A mobile apparatus having car care book function in a mobile terminal, includes a database for managing vehicle information, repair record and repair items required according to the distance covered; a controller for reading out the repair items required according to the distance covered and the recent repair record for...

20060047384 - Data recorder module: A maintenance system for a vehicle including a component or system having a measurable characteristic is provided. The maintenance system monitors, stores and/or transmits data representative of the operation of the component or system, whereby the transmitted data may be analyzed and vehicle performance improved through the analysis thereof....

20060047385 - Method and apparatus for remote vehicle communication: A method for remote vehicle communication is provided. The method monitors, stores and/or transmits data representative of the operation of a component or system, whereby the transmitted data may be analyzed and vehicle performance improved through the analysis thereof. Additionally, the vehicle systems are remotely accessible such that a technician...

20060047386 - Touch gesture based interface for motor vehicle: An improved apparatus and method is provided for operating devices and systems in a motor vehicle, while at the same time reducing vehicle operator distractions. One or more touch sensitive pads are mounted on the steering wheel of the motor vehicle, and the vehicle operator touches the pads in a...

20060047387 - Suspension control system: In a suspension control system, accelerations detected by acceleration sensors are differentiated by a differentiator to calculate acceleration derivative values. Based on these values, a target electrical current calculating section calculates a target electrical current that is supplied to an actuator which controls a damping force of a damper. Before...

20060047388 - Lane deviation warning device of vehicle: When it is determined by the lane deviation determining portion that the vehicle deviates from the lane and then it is determined by the critical condition determining portion that the vehicle will have the critical condition, the warning control portion operates the belt winder so as to wind up the...

20060047390 - Method for adapting to the lane width in a lane keeping support system: A method for adapting a steering-wheel torque, driver-independently exerted on the steering wheel, in a lane-keeping support system of a motor vehicle includes determining a deviation variable that characterizes the lateral vehicle deviation from an ideal line, and exerting a driver-independent steering wheel torque on the steering wheel as a...

20060047389 - Steering device: A steering device with a constitution in which an operation unit and steerable wheels are not mechanically connected, has a target turning angle setting device which sets a target turning angle of the steerable wheels according to an operation amount of the operation unit, a turning angle measuring device which...

20060047391 - Steering system and method for automotive vehicle: In steering system and method for an automotive vehicle, a reaction force actuator is configured to provide a steering reaction force for the operation inputting section on the basis of a reaction force command value which accords with a state of steerable wheels, a steering actuator is configured to drive...

20060047392 - Control arrangement and method for testing the operation of a control arrangement of this type for occupant protection means in a motor vehicle: The invention relates to the idea of not initially multiplying the output signal (a) of an acceleration sensor (19) with regard to a weighted sum (Σg) with a correction factor (kw) but to alter a test signal (t) by using a weighting means (16) in such a manner that an...

20060047394 - System for customizing responsiveness of a work machine: A control system for customizing a relationship between an operator input at an input controller and a corresponding response of a work machine is disclosed. The control system includes an input controller operable to receive an operator input and generate a corresponding control signal. The control system also includes a...

20060047393 - Work machine attachment control system: A control system is provided for a work machine having a plurality of removably attachable work tools. The control system has at least one operator input device that is configured to control a movement speed of the work machine. The control system also has a tool recognition device configured to...

20060047395 - Method and device for controlling gear shift of mechanical transmission: Provided are a transmission control method for a mechanical transmission, capable of shortening a gear shift time without undergoing a shock attributed to gear disengagement, and an apparatus therefor. The transmission control apparatus comprises engine torque control means (S10) for controlling an engine torque generated by an internal combustion engine...

20060047397 - Method of calibration data transfer: Calibration data transfer systems are described for use in conjunction with, for example, automotive components such as but not limited to transmission systems. The systems employ devices, such as but not limited to barcode systems such as 2D barcodes, radio frequency identification devices (RFID), digital data storage systems such as...

20060047396 - Transmission shift indicator apparatus and method: A transmission system for a vehicle includes an automatic transmission configured to automatically change speed ratios between an input member and an output member. An indicator is configured to provide an indication of predetermined speed ratio changes to a driver inside a passenger compartment. A corresponding method is also provided....

20060047398 - Power train system for vehicle: A power train system for a vehicle is disclosed, in which the vehicle is provided with front wheels and rear wheels, one of which are main drive wheels and the other of which are subsidiary drive wheels. The system comprises a first power source arranged to power the main drive...

20060047400 - Method and apparatus for braking and stopping vehicles having an electric drive: A method and apparatus are provided for braking and stopping a vehicle whose powertrain includes an electric drive. The electric drive is used to generate braking torque which is used to decelerate the vehicle down to a full stop. The braking torque is achieved using any of several closed loop...

20060047399 - Method and device for setting a desired longitudinal deceleration or longitudinal acceleration: A method for setting a desired longitudinal deceleration or longitudinal acceleration in a vehicle, in which—at vehicle longitudinal speeds above a limiting value, a first mode is used and—at vehicle longitudinal speeds below the limiting value, a second mode is used....

20060047402 - Device and method for controlling a motor vehicle travel speed: A device and a method for cruise control in a motor vehicle are described, the cruise control being performable as a constant-distance regulation if at least one preceding vehicle has been detected by a radar sensor, or cruise control being performable as a constant-speed regulation if no preceding vehicle has...

20060047401 - Method and device for regulating of the speed of a vehicle: In a method and a device for regulating the speed of a vehicle including an object detection system in the sense of an adaptive distance and speed control system, the adaptive distance and speed control system includes at least two operating modes. In the first operating mode, a vehicle speed...

20060047403 - System for gas turbine health monitoring data fusion: An apparatus for assessing health of a device comprising a data alignment module for receiving a plurality of sensory outputs and outputting a synchronized data stream, an analysis module for receiving the synchronized data stream and outputting at least one device health feature, and a high level diagnostic feature information...

20060047404 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for controlling an internal combustion engine. The air quantity supplied to the internal combustion engine is controllable by a first actuator, and/or the fuel quantity supplied to the internal combustion engine is controllable by a second actuator in at least two operating modes. The operating...

20060047405 - Method for adapting the characteristic of an injection valve: The invention relates to a method for adapting an injection valve characteristic curve of a controlled fuel injection valve for an internal combustion engine, said curve reflecting the reference injection behaviour, to alterations in the actual injection behaviour caused by ageing. According to said method: during an operating mode of...

20060047406 - Predictive engine combustion management: A system, apparatus, and method for predicting an engine operating condition and providing a component in accordance with the prediction....

20060047408 - Engine diagnostic apparatus and method that analyzes the output of a driven electric power generator: In the present art, the closest detectable points in time that are available for electronic engine analyzers to ascertain of the functionality of most engines are the times when spark pulses occur. The present invention utilizes the output of driven electric power generators to both ascertain when those sparks (or...

20060047407 - Method for diagnosing catalytic converter performance: A method of generating a metric data set for determining a performance of a catalytic converter includes sampling data from a post catalytic converter oxygen sensor to provide a raw data set and generating a revised data set based on the raw data set. Data within the revised data set...

20060047411 - Method and apparatus for unattended data collection: A method for unattended data collection is provided. The method monitors, stores and/or transmits data representative of the operation of a component or system, whereby the transmitted data may be analyzed and vehicle performance improved through the analysis thereof....

20060047409 - Traveling control device of vehicle: At first, it is determined whether or not the own vehicle travels in the auto-cruising mode. When the answer is YES, it is determined whether or not the traffic congestion occurs on the next lane. When the answer is YES, the set speed is reduced and the actuators to adjust...

20060047410 - Traveling control device of vehicle: At first, it is determined whether or not the own vehicle travels in the auto-cruising mode. When the answer is YES, it is determined whether or not the traffic congestion occurs on the next lane. When the answer is YES, the steering device is controlled so as to shift the...

20060047413 - Gnss navigation solution integrity in non-controlled environments: The present invention consists of a method to ensure the integrity of the navigation solution even when the user is in a non controlled environment as it is the case of urban and road applications. The method requires the existence of a Signal In Space with guaranteed integrity as the...

20060047412 - Service system and method for addressing problems via a distant third party translation: A service system supplies a 24-hour service to assist a traveler such as a traveler to effectively address everyday problems occurring in places where the local language is incomprehensible to the traveler. The system provides the traveler a mobile communication device rented from a local telecommunications company. When a problem...

20060047414 - Probe-car system using beacon and apparatus therefore: The present invention provides a probe-car system in which beacons are used to efficiently collect measurement data from an FCD on-vehicle apparatus. There are provided an on-board unit of a probe-car 121 which selects one of second information (1) of measurement information measured during running and road section reference data...

20060047415 - Vehicle notification method and system: A vehicle notification method comprising: receiving a remotely transmitted message at a mobile vehicle; after receiving the transmitted message and in response thereto, setting, within a module in the mobile vehicle, a code retrievable by a vehicle diagnostic check, and alerting a user of the vehicle....

20060047416 - Efficiently finding shortest paths using landmarks for computing lower-bound distance estimates: Methods and systems are described for computing shortest paths among a set of locations. A small set of landmarks is chosen and the distance between each location and each landmark is computed and stored. Given source and destination locations, the landmark distances are used to compute lower-bound estimates of distances...

20060047417 - Apparatus and method for transmitting information: At the start of traveling of a mobile object, a central processing unit calculates a route to a target place and an estimated time of arrival at the target place. After the start of traveling, when the mobile object has come to within a predetermined distance of the target place,...

20060047418 - System for determining the relative position of a second farm vehicle in relation to a first farm vehicle: The entire right, title and interest in and to this application and all subject matter disclosed and/or claimed therein, including any and all divisions, continuations, reissues, etc., thereof are, effective as of the date of execution of this application, assigned, transferred, sold and set over by the applicant(s) named herein...

20060047420 - Map display device: A map display device includes a display for displaying map data, a position detection means for detecting a position of a subject vehicle, a map data storage means for storing the map data and a map data process means for processing the map data. The map data process means determines...

20060047419 - Telematic method and apparatus for managing shipping logistics: Shipping logistics are managed by monitoring the location and at least one operational characteristic of the mobile shipping unit, the operational characteristic selected from the group consisting of internal temperature, external temperature, acceleration, weight, hatch status and combinations thereof; communicating at scheduled intervals data comprising the location and monitored characteristic...

20060047421 - Computing point-to-point shortest paths from external memory: Methods and systems are provided for computing shortest paths among a set of locations. A set of landmarks is dynamically selected by starting with two original landmarks and then improving the landmark selection based on distance to other landmarks. The landmarks are then used with A* search to find the...

20060047422 - Item search device: An item search device comprises the following: a downtown information acquiring unit that acquires downtown information about downtowns; a search condition setting unit for setting search conditions for search for the downtowns; and a downtown search unit that searches desired downtowns from the downtown information based on the search conditions....

20060047425 - Item search device: An item search device of the present invention includes, for an improvement of the usability of the item search device by facilitating an item search for a user, an electronic map data storage function for storing map data including a facility name and an area name as an object of...

20060047424 - Navigation device, data structure, and route search and display method: A navigation device and route search and display method acquire a route search date and route search time and specify a search determination factor based on the route search date. The device and method acquire traffic information corresponding to the specified search determination factor and the route search time and...

20060047423 - Navigation system and method for detecting deviation of mobile objects from route using same: Disclosed is a navigation system that converts route guidance information into network data and determines the deviation of a mobile object from a route using a map-matching probability that shows a degree of match between a current location and network data....

20060047426 - Vehicle entertainment system: A dash mounted vehicle entertainment system includes a video system having a video monitor and a docking station secured to the dash of a vehicle. The video system is mounted upon the docking station. The docking station includes a lateral pivotal coupling permitting rotation of the video system between a...

20060047427 - System and method for employing an aided-alignment mode to align an inertial reference system: A system and method for aligning an inertial reference system, which is coupled to a moveable body, is provided. The method includes obtaining unaided navigation state information from an unaided source, and obtaining aiding state information from an aiding source. The unaided navigation state information is generated by the unaided...

20060047428 - Relative positioning system: A relative positioning system enabling a user to return to a starting position or some other point on the user's path. The system may include an array of accelerometers. The output from the accelerometers may be integrated to quantify movement of the array. The various movements of the array may...