Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 05/06

20060111817 - Motor vehicle operating data collection and analysis: A method of evaluating an individual comprising evaluating a database of time marked data recorded at regular intervals of vehicle operation and at least one other data point. An evaluation of at least one individual also comprising evaluating a database of time marked data recorded at regular intervals of vehicle...

20060111818 - Low-noise flight support system: It is an object of the present invention to provide a system that is used to provide support so that a pilot can perform flight operations that reduce noise pollution, by devising this system so that noise conditions on the ground are calculated and displayed on the basis of map...

20060111819 - System and method for monitoring the external environment of a motor vehicle: The system comprises a capturing device for capturing information regarding presence from the exterior, representative of an object included within a supervisory area, which operates in combination with means for detecting trajectories and means for detecting inclinations of said vehicle, associated and in cooperation with an electronic system. The method...

20060111821 - Child restraint system comprising event data recorder, and method for providing data relating to installation or adjustment: A child restraint system includes an electronic control unit having an event data recorder for storing data relating to proper adjustment or installation of the child restraint system. The control unit receives an electrical signal from one or more sensors mounted on the child seat and determines conditions of the...

20060111822 - Method and system for monitoring a vehicle: A method for monitoring a vehicle includes detecting movement or activation of the vehicle, transmitting a signal indicating movement or activation of the vehicle, to a control center, transmitting any received operator identification information to the control center, and determining whether an operator identification was received within a time interval...

20060111820 - Vehicle control system: In a control system for a vehicle equipped with an electronically actuable drive train, an operator control device generates a movement vector (from a driver request, and a control device generates control signals for actuating the drive train. A path computer calculates a movement path based on actual position/orientation values,...

20060111823 - Anti-rollback control via grade information for hybrid and conventional vehicles: A vehicle control system reduces vehicle rollback upon brake release. The control system includes a brake system, a vehicle grade measurement device and a controller that modulates applied brake pressure of the brake system based on a grade measurement of the grade measurement device. The controller actuates brake-hold device communicating...

20060111824 - Arrangement for controlling retaining means: A system for triggering restraint devices is proposed, which is distinguished by the fact that it combines signals from a central control unit and from upfront sensors with each other. The signals of the upfront sensor are used for adjusting time-dependent thresholds that are used to trigger the restraint devices....

20060111826 - Method for providing control system of vehicle: A method of preparing a vehicle control system having an intended function by using at least two ECUs is provided. One of the at least two ECUs is used for adaptively incorporating a modified portion of the intended function of the vehicle control system through re-design in a short period,...

20060111825 - Vehicle network system and component of network: An electronic control unit (ECU) having multiple layers of distributed network control functionality is used to facilitate development of complicated vehicle control network system. That is, for example, three layers of distributed network control functionality are devised in the ECU. The three layers of functionality include a so-called application layer...

20060111827 - Accurate velocity dependent audio system: A vehicle system includes a navigation module, a memory, and a processor. The navigation module provides a vehicle velocity signal. An audio control program resides in the memory. The processor is programmed to execute the audio control program to adjust an audio parameter in the vehicle system....

20060111828 - Driving assistance function on following a queue of vehicles: A process for assisting the driving of a vehicle in a situation of following a queue. The vehicle is provided with a braking system and a plurality of sensors measuring values of variables defining an instantaneous state of the vehicle. The process includes the steps of: comparing the state of...

20060111829 - Vehicle control system and method of operating the same: A tire blowout control system for a vehicle that has multiple wheels. Each of the wheels has a tire. The system includes a wheel speed sensor and a pressure sensor. The system also includes a first processor to receive the wheel speed, and a second processor to receive the pressure...

20060111830 - Engine output control apparatus: An apparatus comprises a cruise control section to control an engine output according to an acceleration/deceleration demand set according to an acceleration/deceleration demand from a driver or a cruise control demand set to match an actual vehicle speed to a preset vehicle speed or to match a vehicle distance relative...

20060111831 - Vehicle driving support apparatus: In an automatic follow-up control, a traveling control unit calculates and sets target intervehicular time on the basis of own vehicle velocity and calculates target acceleration on the basis of an intervehicular distance between an own vehicle and a preceding vehicle, preceding vehicle velocity, the own vehicle velocity, and the...

20060111832 - Electronic control module having an internal electric ground: An electronic control module for electrical components of a vehicle. The electronic control module has an internal electrical ground. The module comprises a housing having an open end and a side wall extending from the open end. The side wall has a slot formed along the side wall. The module...

20060111833 - 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...

20060111834 - Process for selecting outstanding points in an itinerary: m

20060111835 - Location system for locating a parked vehicle, a method for providing a location of a parked vehicle and a personal wireless device incorporating the system or method: A location system for locating a parked vehicle, a method for providing a location of a parked vehicle and a personal wireless device including the location system or method. In one embodiment, the personal wireless device includes (1) a positioning system, (2) a user interface and (3) a parked vehicle...

20060111837 - Automobile navigation system and road map delivery system: A navigation system in a vehicle stores position history information including position information related to a detection position detected by a position detector and position information related to a map matching position. The map matching position is obtained by matching the detection position with a point of a road in...

20060111836 - Navigation guidance cancellation apparatus and methods of canceling navigation guidance: Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling navigation guidance in a vehicle. The method includes: a) determining a re-route instruction based on a non-executed guidance instruction; b) presenting the re-route instruction; c) determining a non-execution of a re-route instruction; d) repeating steps a) through c) for a pre-determined number of...

20060111838 - System and method for displaying vehicle location information: A system for displaying vehicle location information in a vehicle includes a current location detection device configured to provide location data for a first location of the vehicle representing the vehicle's current location, a vehicle speed sensor configured to provide vehicle speed data and a database of road network information...

20060111839 - Global positioning system and method: A Global Positioning System (GPS) and method allows users to inquire graphic image data of significant scenic spots and landmarks, thereby enabling the users to accurately and instantly judge locations thereof. The method includes the steps of: using a GPS receiver to receive a signal from a GPS communication satellite;...

20060111840 - Method and apparatus for computing position using instantaneous doppler measurements from satellites: Method and apparatus for computing position using instantaneous Doppler measurements from satellites is described. In one example, instantaneous Doppler measurements are measured for a plurality of satellite signals relative to a satellite signal receiver. The instantaneous Doppler measurements are transmitted to a server. Position of the satellite signal receiver is...

20060111841 - Method and apparatus for obstacle avoidance with camera vision: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus of operating an obstacle avoidance system with camera vision. The invention is used during both day and night, and provides a strategy of obstacle avoidance without complicated fuzzy inference for safe driving. The method includes the following steps: analyzing plural...

20060111842 - Vehicle departure determination apparatus: A vehicle departure determination apparatus includes: an object detection device which detects objects present in a direction of travel of a subject vehicle, and detects a relative position and relative speed of the objects and the subject vehicle; a running state detection device which detects a running state of the...

20060106504 - Apparatus and a system for determining compliance with parking rules by vehicle: In order to provide an apparatus and a system for determining compliance with parking rules by a vehicle, the apparatus (1101) comprises means for receiving a signal representing a location selected from a plurality of locations, rule storage means (1102, 1103) for storing parking rules relating to the plurality of...

20060106505 - Driving assisting system for a vehicle and a vehicle installed with the system: Driving assisting systems and methods that regulate a reaction force applied to an accelerator pedal based on risk potential, estimated driver's intention and necessity for acceleration, in response to an estimated driver's intention being a predetermined type of intention....

20060106506 - Automatic contingency generator: An autonomous air vehicle comprises a flight control system and an automatic contingency generator for automatically determining a contingent air vehicle route for use by the flight control system in response to contingencies experienced by the air vehicle. A method of automatically determining the contingent air vehicle route is also...

20060106507 - Optical laser guidance system apparatus and method: An optical laser guidance system includes a laser sensor, a controller and a plurality of actuators. The laser sensor detects a projected laser beam and sends an electrical signal representative of the position of the laser beam to the controller. The controller interprets the representative signal and uses the position...

20060106510 - Programmable automotive computer system: A device and corresponding method for enabling a user to accurately control, monitor, and evaluate performance of a vehicle. The system includes a portable programmable computer device that a user can readily install by plugging it into a diagnostic connector port of the vehicle for providing the controlling, monitoring, and...

20060106508 - Remote display of diagnostic data apparatus and method: A vehicle diagnostic system couples a vehicle diagnostic tool, a remote processor, and a remote display device and provides the necessary functionality for compression, transmission, decompression and display of vehicle diagnostic data. Vehicle diagnostic data is received from a vehicle onboard computer and converted into display data, which is compressed...

20060106509 - Superimposing current or previous graphing data for anamoly detection: A system and a machine-implemented method for rendering, on a display device, a first data graph concerning data received from a first data source. A second data graph concerning data received from a second data source is rendered on the display device, and superimposed onto the first data graph to...

20060106511 - System for navigation redundancy: An exemplary system that provides for navigation redundancy includes first and second navigation components adapted to determine first and second navigation parameters, respectively. A network component determines a relationship between the first and second navigation components, wherein the relationship describes a navigation solution for the second navigation component in terms...

20060106513 - Abnormality detecting apparatus for wheel speed sensors and automobile incorporating the same: Wheel speed sensors arranged at each of driving wheels and idler wheels detect rotational speeds of corresponding wheels. ECU includes a wheel speed calculating portion calculating wheel speeds of the driving wheels and the idler wheels based on the detected rotational speeds, and an abnormality detecting portion detecting abnormality of...

20060106512 - Method and device for monitoring an accelerator sensor: A partially redundant, contactless pedal-travel sensor is used for controlling a vehicle. This pedal travel sensor generates at least two redundant signals using a contactless sensor and an electronic circuit. These signals are fed to a control and/or regulating unit, where they are subjected to a plausibility check to detect...

20060106515 - Motor vehicle operating data collection and analysis: A method of monitoring behavior comprising collecting, uploading and evaluating motor vehicle operation data utilizing on-board diagnostic components (OBDII) and ground positioning satellite (GPS) systems whereby operator identifiable behavior can be rated for driving safety and other characteristics....

20060106514 - Open-ended pc host interface for vehicle data recorder: An apparatus and method is provided that allows a host workstation to communicate with all types of VDR available to a user to record events in a vehicle type selected by the user. The host workstation can also alert the user when the incorrect VDR is connected based upon the...

20060106516 - Rack force disturbance rejection: A road vehicle steering system which is adapted to use measurements and estimates characterising the motion of and forces acting on the vehicle and the steering system such as to derive an estimate of steering system disturbance force and to then use the latter estimate to establish a torque demand...

20060106517 - Method and system for detecting occupant seat weight sensor measurement error: A vehicle system includes a vehicle occupant seat includes at least two weight sensors coupled to the seat and generating weight signals. The system further includes an electronic control unit including an occupant classification algorithm generating an occupant classification signal as a function of the weight signals. The electronic control...

20060106518 - Image acquisition and processing systems for vehicle equipment control: The present invention provides improvements in vehicle vision system components, vehicle vision systems and vehicle equipment control systems employing the vision system components and vision systems....

20060106519 - Method and device for regulating the speed and engine rpm of a motor vehicle with a manual gearbox: In a method for regulating the vehicle speed and the engine speed in a motor vehicle having a manually shifted transmission, if the driver actuates the clutch during ongoing speed regulation, an upshift probability is calculated for the possibility that the driver will select the next higher gear step as...

20060106520 - Uphill start-up assistance device for motor vehicle: A device for uphill start-up assistance for a motor vehicle including a control for controlling release of the vehicle mechanical brakes that act on the vehicle wheels, so that the vehicle is maintained on the slope when maneuvering uphill without any intervention from the driver on this maintaining condition. The...

20060106521 - System and method for reducing wheel slip and wheel locking in an electric vehicle: A method of reducing wheel slip and wheel locking in an electric traction vehicle includes receiving in a first controller a first signal value representative of a first amount of torque to be applied to at least one wheel of the electric traction vehicle by a motor coupled to the...

20060106522 - Centralized control and management system for automobiles: In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is employed in the system to help a user control and manage the...

20060106523 - System and method for processing an accelerometer signal to assist in combustion quality control in an internal combustion engine: A method for processing an accelerometer signal associated with the combustion process in an operating internal combustion engine, the method comprising the steps of measuring an accelerometer signal across a window of selected crank angle degrees during a cycle of the engine, the measured accelerometer signal including a combustion acceleration...

20060106524 - Hybrid electric vehicle and method of selectively operating the hybrid electric vehicle: A series type hybrid electric vehicle that controls an internal combustion engine, generator, and electric motor for reducing the load applied to the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is restarted, lowers the thermal stresses to the internal combustion engine when the engine is turned off and is...

20060106525 - Engine starting system: To dispense with a key cylinder and permit or stop operation of an engine with ease, an engine starting system of the present invention comprises a power source activation unit, an engine control unit, a propelled-object-side equipment, a steering wheel locking unit, a switch, and a portable equipment. The portable...

20060106526 - Engine measuring equipment: Engine measuring equipment for obtaining engine torque regarded as necessary for engine performance assessments for a short time period during a period when engine revolution is under a transient state is disclosed. The engine measuring equipment includes a central control unit for controlling throttle opening degrees due to revolution of...

20060106528 - Evaluation method of diagnostic function for a variable valve mechanism and evaluation apparatus for a variable valve mechanism: Evaluation of a diagnosis function for diagnosing a transient response of a variable valve mechanism for an engine valve is executed in a manner such that a desired value on the variable valve mechanism is calculated based on testing signals of a rotating speed and a water temperature, that a...

20060106527 - Evaluation method of diagnostic function for variable valve mechanism and evaluation apparatus for variable valve machanism: Evaluation method of evaluating a diagnosing function for a variable valve mechanism of an engine valve in which a desired value used for feedback-control of the variable valve mechanism is subjected to a low-pass filter processing so as to produce a state such that a response delay of the variable...

20060106529 - Device for recognition of a pole crash: A device for recognizing a pole crash, situated in a vehicle. The pole crash is determined on the basis of an impact velocity, which is recognized by an environment sensor, and an acceleration, which occurs in upon impact and is recognized by an impact sensor. In particular, the time between...

20060106530 - Traffic forecasting employing modeling and analysis of probabilistic interdependencies and contextual data: Systems and methods are described for constructing predictive models, based on statistical machine learning, that can make forecasts about traffic flows and congestions, based on an abstraction of a traffic system into a set of random variables, including variables that represent the amount of time until there will be congestion...

20060106531 - Information gathering systems, methods, and programs: Information gathering systems, methods, and programs transmit a request for other-vehicle drive information to an information center; and as a result of the transmitted request, only receive other-vehicle drive information of vehicles that are within a predetermined area, the predetermined area set based on the present location. Information gathering systems,...

20060106532 - Navigation system, display changeover method and program, and display device: Navigation systems, display changeover methods and programs, and display devices display an image, detect a turn amount and a turn direction, and scroll the displayed image based on the detected turn amount and the detected turn direction. The navigation systems, display changeover methods and programs, and display devices determine whether...

20060106533 - System for autonomous vehicle navigation with carrier phase dgps and laser-scanner augmentation: A horizontal navigation system aided by a carrier phase differential Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver and a Laser-Scanner (LS) for an Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV). The high accuracy vehicle navigation system is highly demanded for advanced AGVs. Although high positioning accuracy is achievable by a high performance RTK-GPS receiver, the...

20060106534 - Map data delivering method for communication-type navigation system: In a communication type navigation system that downloads maps, the present invention provides a map data transmission method that can reduce time before guiding is started. A map provision server searches for a traveling route connecting a starting place corresponding to current position information received from an on-vehicle terminal and...

20060106535 - Mapping system with improved flagging function: A mapping system is movable over a terrain and operates to generate a map. The mapping system includes a geographical location unit generating location data, a timer generating time data, a pair of different interfaces for inputting flag data, such as a speech interface and a manual interface. The system...

20060106536 - Method and apparatus for updating map data, and computer-readable medium storing program for executing the method: A method and an apparatus for easily updating map data in real time, using a device employing map data or a navigation system, through a transport protocol expert group (TPEG) service, and a computer-readable medium storing a computer program for executing the method, as provided. The method includes determining if...

20060106537 - G.p.s. management system: A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to be sent from the remote units...

20060106538 - Cooperative collision mitigation: A method of predicting severity of a potential collision of a vehicle and an object. The method includes determining a probability of the potential collision. An elicitation signal is directed and transmitted to the object from the vehicle when the probability of the potential collision is greater than a threshold...

20060100749 - Motor vehicle control device: The invention relates to a method for protecting at least one motor vehicle component against manipulations in a control device, comprising at least one micro-computer (μC) and at least one memory component (2, 3). The invention is characterized in that the micro-computer (μC) reads and memorizes a specific, original identification...

20060100750 - Dual/triplex flight control architecture: A flight control computer for controlling an actuator responsive to a flight control command is described. The system includes a first, second, and third pair of processors. Three different processor types make up the three pairs of processors and the pairs of processors differ between all processor pairs. A method...

20060100751 - Autopilot system for a helicopter: The present invention relates to an autopilot system for a rotary wing aircraft operating relative to at least two pilot axes, which system comprises, for each of the two axes, at least one servo-control relationship providing a respective initial control instruction, with the two relationships having a common target; the...

20060100752 - Automatic operation system and method for automating satellite control operation and satellite ground control system using the same: Provided are an automatic operation system for automating satellite control operation, a method thereof, and an automatic satellite ground control system using the same. The object of the present research is to provide an automatic operation system that can reduce operation manpower and cost by automatically operating an entire satellite...

20060100753 - Model train control: A wireless DCC model railroad throttle comprises a throttle program operable on a portable data processing device to display a graphical user interface and communicate a user's control inputs to a layout controlling interface managing communication with a digitally controlled model railroad layout....

20060100755 - Method and device for limiting the driving speed of a motor vehicle: A method and a device are provided for limiting the driving speed of a motor vehicle that allow a selectable, fixed fuel consumption per distance traveled to be maintained without limiting short-term acceleration. In this context, the driving speed is limited to a maximum value (vmaxbe), at which a predefined...

20060100754 - Method for supplementing and calculating energy consumed by a vehicle: The disclosure relates to a method for supplementing and calculating energy consumed by a vehicle. A system enables electrically operated vehicles to be provided with electrical energy within a limited time slot, and payment of said energy. A vehicle comprising a receiving area for a first energy accumulator, and is...

20060100756 - Inverter maintenance system and inverter: In an inverter maintenance system, while an inverter of a user, a user support server of maker, and also, a portable telephone capable of accessing to a Web server are employed, such information required to maintain/manage the inverter is transferred/received by way of the portable telephone. Thus, various sorts of...

20060100759 - Control unit for controlling and/or regulating at least one vehicle function: A control unit for controlling and/or regulating at least one vehicle function, including at least one computing element and one transceiver for connecting the control unit to at least one data line of a data bus of a client-server network. Using at least one transmitted signal and at least one...

20060100757 - Method for protecting a motor vehicle component against manipulations in a control device, and control device: The invention relates to a method for protecting at least one motor vehicle component against manipulation in a control device, which comprises at least one microcomputer (μC) and at least one memory module (2, 3), characterized in that the code which is necessary for operation of the control device (1)...

20060100758 - Methods and systems for multi-state switching using at least one ternary input and at least one discrete input: Systems, methods and devices are described for placing a controlled device into a desired operating state in response to the position of a multi-position actuator. Two or more switch contacts provide input signals representative of the position of the actuator. Control logic then determines the desired state for the controlled...

20060100760 - Device for determining the actual vehicle speed: An apparatus for determining inherent vehicle velocity determines the inherent vehicle velocity using the pre-crash sensor suite. The determination is performed on the basis of signals reflected from road surfaces. The determination is performed only when a predefined operating state exists, such as a locked, slipping or suspended wheel....

20060100762 - Vehicle accident analyzing apparatus: To provide a vehicle accident analyzing apparatus in which reconstruction quality of low speed crashes is improved. An impact parameter determination apparatus 10 is provided with a triggering unit 20 which uses input signals from in-vehicle sensors, and an area determination unit 30, and a parameter calculation unit 50. The...

20060100761 - Vehicle occupant characterization method based on the power spectrum of a seat sensor output signal: The occupant of a vehicle seat is characterized by computing a power spectrum function of data obtained from a seat sensor such as a pressure sensor in a fluid-filled seat bladder or a frame-mounted vertical accelerometer. The spectrum function is integrated over a specified frequency range, and compared to a...

20060100763 - Vehicular collision object determining system: A planar pressure-sensitive switch unit has multiple pressure-sensitive switches that are disposed in a longitudinal direction of a bumper cover of a vehicle with given intervals for detecting the number of collision objects. Collision load sensors are disposed between a bumper reinforcement and side members for detecting a total collision...

20060100764 - Adjustable automotive center console: An automotive center console is adjustable in fore and aft directions. In one embodiment, the console includes a console housing slidably mounted within the vehicle interior and a controllable damper having high and low damping states. In the high damping state, the controllable damper maintains the console housing in a...

20060100765 - Control apparatus and method for vehicle: A control apparatus for a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission having an apply element that is applied when the vehicle takes off from a standstill, which executes a neutral control which releases the apply element when the automatic transmission is in a forward-drive range and the vehicle is stopped...

20060100766 - Method for increasing the stability of a motor vehicle: In a method for increasing the driving stability of a vehicle during braking, compensation steering angles for a regulated and/or controlled steering system are calculated from several input parameters, so that the driving stability of the vehicle is increased by steering interventions. During the steering interventions at least two interference...

20060100767 - Vehicle accident analyzing apparatus: A system 10 for determining high accuracy gradient information includes linearization means 20, a sum unit 45, and state space model and observer means 50 for calculating a road gradient χRoad. The linearization means 20 includes an air resistance calculation unit 30 and a rolling resistance calculation unit 40. The...

20060100768 - Method for controlling the speed of a vehicle: A method for controlling the speed of a vehicle, the method making it possible to maintain a predefined setpoint speed even on downhill grades. In the event that the actual speed of the vehicle exceeds the predefined setpoint speed by more than a first predefined speed difference, a service brake...

20060100769 - Cruise control apparatus for vehicle: In an adaptive cruise control (ACC) region where vehicle speed V is greater than a predetermined third vehicle speed #V3, a decrease amount of a target inter-vehicle distance per predetermined unit vehicle speed decrease amount in a state where the vehicle speed V is less than a predetermined fourth vehicle...

20060100770 - Device for estimating an amount of intake air of an internal combustion engine: In a device for estimating an amount of intake air of an internal combustion engine, wherein an amount of intake air passing through the throttle valve is calculated by using of an upstream side intake air pressure upstream of the throttle valve and a downstream side intake air pressure downstream...

20060100771 - Vehicle speed detection apparatus: A vehicle speed detection apparatus includes a vehicle power supply noise detection unit to detect the power supply noise frequency of a vehicle and an accelerometer to detect the acceleration value. And through an integral calculation an estimated instant vehicle speed may be derived to continuously perform navigation while GPS...

20060100772 - Method for the detection of faults in the engine control in internal combustion engines having at least two control units: A system and method for monitoring the control of an engine having at least two control units, which is constructed of at least two cylinder rows or of two partial engines is provided. A control unit is assigned to each cylinder row or each partial engine, which control unit, on...

20060100773 - Variable valve control apparatus for internal combustion engine and method thereof: A requested volume flow ratio calculated based on a requested torque, an amount of two times a spit-back gas amount at the valve overlap time calculated based on a requested residual gas rate, and a spit-back gas amount of the time when an intake valve is closed are added together,...

20060100777 - Method and system to configure and utilize geographical zones: A method to define a geographical zone is disclosed. The geographical zone can be utilized to regulate a movable entity and the actions within the geographical zone. The geographical zone can be defined by allowing a user to define and load to a transponder a plurality of waypoints, each waypoint...

20060100774 - Navigational device: A navigational device for guiding a vehicle within a network of traffic routes provides, for guidance purposes, a guide object that is shown in relation to the traffic route in such a manner that the guide object's movement represents driving maneuvers to be performed by the driver. The driver emulates...

20060100776 - System and method for large route data handling 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 navigation request at a service provider from a telematics unit. The navigation request includes current location information of the telematics unit, destination information, and telematics unit memory capacity information. The...

20060100775 - Vehicle guidance system: A method is provided for generating control variables for guiding a motor vehicle as a function of input quantities representing the traffic situation, and as a function of dynamically changeable parameters. The method provides that a single evaluation quantity is formed from a set of a plurality of input quantities,...

20060100778 - Navigation device and method using multi-route: A navigation device is provided. The device includes a driving state tracker for tracking a mobile driving state using a current mobile position and RGI (Route Guidance Information) data including driving information on multi-routes from the current mobile position to a destination, and outputting deviation information and the current mobile...

20060100779 - Off-board navigational system: A vehicle navigation system and method that enables a user to request and receive route instruction information based on traffic between frequent destination locations. The user may select frequent destination locations between which the user frequently travels, such as home and office. The user may select one of the frequent...

20060100780 - Sensor device for a motor vehicle system: The invention involves a sensor device for a vehicle control system, comprisig -a buffer for geographic information, whereby the geographic information is suitable to describe at least one possible route of the vehicle, -an input interface to select subsets of the geographic information stored in the buffer, whereby the selection...

20060100781 - Self-contained/interruption-free positioning method and system thereof: A self-contained/interruption-free earth's surface positioning method and system, carried by a user on the earth's surface, includes an inertial measurement unit, a north finder, a velocity producer, an altitude measurement device, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, a data link, a navigation processor, a wireless communication device, and a display...

20060100782 - Barometric floor level indicator: The invention relates to a device, system, and method for providing a multi-mode navigation device. In a first mode of operation, the navigation device provides position information based on a radio frequency navigation signals. If radio signals become unavailable, the navigation device enters a second mode of operation. In the...

20060100783 - Monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle: A method for monitoring the surroundings of vehicles, especially driverless transport vehicles, and controlling the vehicle. Objects in the surroundings of the vehicle are monitored with a surface sensor. Data generated by the surface sensor is grouped into monitoring strips that run parallel to the driving direction of the vehicle....

20060095165 - Control system for an internal combustion engine and a vehicle having the same: The invention provides a control system for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. The control system includes a sensor controller and an engine controller. The sensor controller includes a first interface configured to be connected to a sensor coupled to the engine, a first one or more components to...

20060095167 - Driving situation detection system: A driving situation detection system capable of detecting driving situations swiftly with high reliability is obtained. The driving situation detection system includes real curve arithmetic means reference vehicle model and observer means, a differentiator unit, a model curve radius arithmetic means, and an assessment unit. The arithmetic means generates real...

20060095166 - Installation kit for after-market autosound head unit with hvac control emulation: An installation kit for adapting a vehicle for installation of an after-market autosound head units includes a panel having a standard-sized receptacle for receiving the aftermarket stereo. A user interface is provided on the front surface of the panel, by which a user can operate a climate control system of...

20060095168 - Optical stabilization system: A method and apparatus are described for controlling the attitude of a vehicle (10) in a space having at least two opposed viewable regions (6, 7), each region being viewed by a respective first sensor (60, 70) for sensing a first frequency band of electromagnetic radiation and a respective second...

20060095169 - System and method for controlling modular robots: Techniques are described for control of a robot system, wherein the robot system includes a plurality of individual wheeled robot modules interconnected by at least one compliant member. The technique includes developing a kinematic control model of the robot system from a combination of the kinematic characteristics of the individual...

20060095170 - System and method for identifying objects in a space: A system and method for identifying objects existing in a space. The system includes a mobile robot obtaining object identification information of each object in the space and transmitting the object identification information, and a remote control unit receiving the object identification information, identifying each object based on the object...

20060095171 - Methods, devices and systems for high-speed autonomous vehicle and high-speed autonomous vehicle: The invention comprises an autonomous off-road vehicle capable of traveling at high speeds. Preferred embodiments of the invention comprise a system for sensory instrument stabilization comprises three axis assemblies movable about three orthogonal axes. The invention also comprises novel methods for generating a high accuracy route for a robotically controlled...

20060095172 - Optical navigation system for vehicles: An optical vehicle motion detection system and a method for detecting motion of a vehicle. The optical vehicle motion detection system has at least one optical detector on a vehicle for detecting an image of a road surface and for generating image data corresponding to the detected image. An image...

20060095173 - Vessel monitoring system: A vessel monitoring system enabling vessel owners to monitor their vessels when they are unable or unavailable to personally do so. The system provides an efficient method for inspecting and repairing a designated vessel at periodic intervals and for reporting the results of such inspections and repairs to the vessel's...

20060095174 - Method and device for a vehicle-related telematics service: A method and a device for a vehicle-related telematics service are provided in which the telematics service is divided into partial functionalities and these partial functionalities are subdivided between server and data terminal....

20060095175 - Method, system, and apparatus for monitoring vehicle operation: A method and an electronic system, for implementing that method, are described that collect data relating to the operation of a vehicle and the condition of its operator, which information is processed and recorded in a crash survivable apparatus such that processed information may be transmitted wirelessly from the vehicle...

20060095176 - Vehicle speed sensor failure detection apparatus and method for an electronic control system: A vehicle speed sensor failure detection apparatus for an electronic control system having a vehicle speed sensor for generating a vehicle speed information signal indicating vehicle speed information includes a vehicle behavior detection portion, a brake sensor and a failure detection portion. If vehicle speed information generated from the vehicle...

20060095178 - Controlling the flow of air through at least one vehicle opening at a front portion of the vehicle: Mechanisms are described for selectively closing grille and/or bumper openings. These mechanisms may be operated in response to one or more vehicle parameters. Closure mechanism control signals may be delivered to such mechanisms along a vehicle databus. In addition, vehicle parameters used in determining the control of such mechanisms may...

20060095177 - Operator control device for individually operating a motor vehicle device: An operator control device for operating at least one electronic device in a motor vehicle contains a display panel for displaying at least one predefined operator control menu of the electronic device compiled of selectable operator control functions, a turn and press switch for selecting and setting one of the...

20060095180 - Active suspending: A method for actively suspending a real plant in a vehicle includes modifying a control signal on the basis of a difference between a property of the real plant, as indicated by the response of the real plant to the control signal, and a property of a nominal plant....

20060095179 - Method and device for monitoring the state of vehicle chassis: The invention relates to a method for monitoring the state of vehicle chassis, particularly of rail vehicles, whereby physical quantities are measured on the chassis by means of sensors. The measured and optionally processed quantities are compared with modeled quantities by means of a processing unit. The modeled quantities are...

20060095181 - Process for assessing a rotational movement of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a process for assessing a rotational movement, in particular a rolling or rollover movement, of a motor vehicle, in which the angular velocity of the vehicle is measured several times about at least one vehicle axis, in particular about the longitudinal axis, the horizontal transverse axis...

20060095185 - Airbag development control apparatus: An anterior part of a vehicle is provided with a bumper armature as a structural member having high rigidity. A bumper is disposed front of the bumper armature, and a radiator and an engine are disposed behind the bumper armature. A collision determining device embedded with an acceleration sensor as...

20060095182 - Apparatus for detecting a rollover event: An apparatus for detecting a rollover event, which includes at least one acceleration sensor in the vertical direction of the vehicle and one acceleration sensor in the horizontal direction of the vehicle. A processor of the apparatus according to the invention will start a rollover algorithm in response to an...

20060095184 - Apparatus for detecting a usage condition of a vehicle seat lap/shoulder belt: The usage condition of a vehicle seat lap/shoulder belt is determined by detecting the proximity of the belt to at least one of the seat bight and back cushion. A passive component is embedded or otherwise attached to at least one of the lap and shoulder portions of the belt,...

20060095183 - Method for activating restraining means: A method for triggering restraint devices in which at least one collision-indicating signal is generated. From the moment that a collision is detected, temporally defined crash phases are specified, and, for every crash phase, a crash type and a crash severity are determined from the signal. The appropriate restraint devices...

20060095186 - Multiple mode operational system for work vehicle braking: A work vehicle includes a multiple mode operational system having a work system such as a linkage and associated hydraulic cylinders of a backhoe, a braking system and a multiple mode control system. The multiple mode control system includes a central controller, a mode toggle switch and a work system...

20060095187 - System and method to detect a failed shear bolt supporting a concave of an agricultural combine: A system and method for detecting existence of a failed or broken shear bolt supporting all or a portion of a concave of a threshing system of an agricultural combine and utilizing information relating to rates of movement and absence of movement of a concave to determine the existence and...

20060095188 - Ackerman angle correction in a steering system for a low speed turn: A method of calculating feed-forward lateral acceleration of a moving vehicle is provided. The method includes the use of a corrected steering angle of the vehicle. The steering angle is corrected by using the Ackerman steer angle of the vehicle. Depending upon the speed at which the vehicle is traveling...

20060095189 - Brake control system and method: A system and method establishes an acceleration of a vehicle which may be used to control a brake system of a towed vehicle towed by a towing vehicle. The system and method establish a gravity vector representing acceleration due to gravity, measure acceleration of the vehicle in a first direction...

20060095190 - Automotive speed control disable switch: A new automotive (speed control system) safety feature is disclosed. A vehicle with an engaged speed control could be dangerous to drive on a road surface that changes from dry, offering little rolling resistance, to a surface that offers increased resistance to tire rotation. Resistance to tire rotation by water...

20060095191 - Non-mechanical module for estimation of pedalling torque and consumed energy of bicycler: The present invention discloses a non-mechanical module for estimation of pedaling torque and consumed energy of bicycler and also for tracking control of an electrical bicycle speed, which utilizes the measured bicycle speed, slope and motor output torque to estimate the pedaling torque applied by the bicycler, the consumed energy...

20060095192 - Device for adaptive distance and speed control with jerk limitation: A device for adaptive distance and speed control in motor vehicles, comprising a sensor device for measuring the distance and relative speed of a target object located in front of the vehicle; a regulating device, which has a distance control function to regulate to a specific distance to the target...

20060095194 - Driving control apparatus: A driving control apparatus comprising: an detecting device that detects objects; a preceding vehicle determining device that determines a preceding vehicle; a driving control device that executes a driving control; a control start intention detection device that detects an intention of a driver to start the control; and a control...

20060095195 - Vehicle operation control device: A vehicle operation control device utilizes a plurality of sensors and receivers to develop an absolute rule set and a relative rule set that take into account the capabilities of the vehicle, the condition of the roadway, the preferences of the operator and the operation of surrounding vehicles. The vehicle...

20060095193 - Vehicle operation support apparatus: A vehicle operation support apparatus includes a vehicle operation plan determination section to determine a vehicle operation plan including a future time series of a selection of a planned target vehicle and a future time series of a selection of a planned target lane position over a prediction horizon of...

20060095196 - Method and systems for determining internal combustion engine cylinder condition: A method of evaluating a contribution of a cylinder to an engine includes measuring a first revolutions per minute of the engine during an enabled state; determining a dwell period of the cylinder; applying a direct current voltage signal into a negative terminal of an ignition coil of the engine...

20060095197 - Engine start control apparatus and engine start control method: An engine start control apparatus enables a user to start an engine of a vehicle irrespective of a user's operation of ignition key. The engine start control apparatus includes a controller that performs engine start control and a storage unit. When the engine abnormally stops during a period in which...

20060095198 - Method for determining a combustion chamber pressure: A method for determining a combustion chamber pressure of an internal combustion engine is described, which is used for a simple and accurate correction of the determined combustion chamber pressure. For this purpose, a first time curve of the combustion chamber pressure is compared with a second time curve of...

20060095199 - Modular intelligent transportation system: A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising an environmentally protected enclosure, a system communications bus, a processor module, communicating with said bus, having a image data input and an audio input, the processor module analyzing the image data and/or audio input for data patterns represented therein, having at least one available...

20060095200 - Operating device: An operating device has multiple operating switches that are displayed in a display device. Each time each operating switch is operated, an operation frequency that is stored is incremented. A control circuit mixes, on the display device, display colors of a background and display colors of the operating switches. When...

20060095202 - Method of delivering difference map data: The present invention provides, in a car navigation system, a unit of notifying a user of the update contents of map data prior to the downloading of the map data. A vehicle-mounted terminal sets a difference update area in accordance with a selection made by a user and sends a...

20060095201 - Muti-function navigation system: A multi-function navigation system provides an electronic map to guide the user to destinations and provides information of scenic spots stored in an electronic book. The navigation system includes: a scenic spot information searching module for searching scenic spots within the selected scope of electronic map and identifying the scenic...

20060095205 - Navigation device: A user of an HDD navigation device inputs a first authentication key to the HDD navigation device. The HDD navigation device verifies the first authentication key with a second authentication key stored in the memory of the main body of the HDD navigation device. If the first and second authentication...

20060095203 - Output control method of voice guidance signal in navigation system: An output control method of voice guidance signal in navigation system, the method comprising: searching for a travel route from a starting location to a destination of a vehicle; guiding the vehicle to travel along the searched travel route, and determining a current vehicle location if the vehicle is traveling,...

20060095204 - Voice guidance method of travel route in navigation system: A voice guidance method of travel route in navigation system, wherein a location for starting to output a voice guidance signal is adjusted in accordance with a current travel speed of a mobile object and a time consumed for outputting the voice guidance signal when travel of the mobile object...

20060095206 - Aiding in a satellite positioning system: The invention relates to an aided Global Positioning System (GPS) subsystem within a wireless device. The wireless device includes a wireless processing section capable of receiving signals from a wireless network and a GPS subsystem having a radio frequency (RF) front-end capable of receiving a GPS satellite signal. The wireless...

20060095207 - Obstacle detection using stereo vision: A system and method for detecting an obstacle comprises determining a vegetation height of a vegetation canopy at corresponding coordinates within a field. An object height is detected, where the object height of a object exceeds the vegetation height. A range of the object is estimated. The range of the...