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Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location September class, title,number 09/06

20060212177 - Information service system: An information service system includes a contents service provider for providing contents data of a content together with an application software for providing an informational service intended by the content, a service center for collecting the contents data and the application software provided by the contents service provider, and terminals...

20060212179 - Stand-alone car receiver: A receiver system comprising a receiver module, a server subsystem to handle received data, a local storage device to retain said received data and a connectivity box for connecting external links....

20060212178 - Vehicle control software and vehicle control apparatus: A vehicle control software includes control data serving as information for controlling a vehicle; a public side software component serving as a software component for laying open the control data; a plurality of reference side software components each serving as a software component for referring to the control data; and...

20060212181 - Method and apparatus for extending useful range of air data parameter calculation in flush air data systems: A method of calculating a system level air data parameter for an aircraft using a flush air data system includes measuring local static pressures using the pressure sensing ports. Next, impact pressure effecting conditions are determined. Based on the determined impact pressure effecting conditions, one of multiple different algorithms is...

20060212180 - Method for managing in-flight refuelling of a fleet of aircraft: Many types of vehicle disturb the environment behind them as they proceed. As a result, a delay between two successive vehicles has to be maintained to avoid a situation where following vehicles are adversely affected by the disturbed environment caused by leading vehicles. Previously, sequencing has been carried out on...

20060212182 - Low cost flight instrumentation system: A device for providing flight condition information and a method of displaying such information. In one form, the device functions as a backup system to provide flight condition information in the event of partial or complete inoperability of a primary flight instrument system, or to complement such primary flight instrument...

20060212188 - Method and apparatus for automatic selection of alternative routing through congested areas using congestion prediction metrics: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan...

20060212185 - Method and apparatus for automatic selection of train activity locations: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can...

20060212189 - Method and apparatus for congestion management: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan...

20060212184 - Method and apparatus for coordinating railway line of road and yard planners: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can be...

20060212183 - Method and apparatus for estimating train location: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can...

20060212186 - Method and apparatus for scheduling maintenance of way: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can be...

20060212190 - Method and apparatus for selectively disabling train location reports: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can...

20060212187 - Scheduler and method for managing unpredictable local trains: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a cost reactive resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan...

20060212191 - Rechargeable traveling system: It is an object to provide a rechargeable traveling system that can smoothly carry out the automatic charging. Because the position of a sidewall sensor 36 is set to satisfy the equation a=(1/2)b, when a body BD is parallel to wall W, for distance (a) between the line extending perpendicular...

20060212192 - Dynamic vehicle electrical system test: A system and method for testing operation of that portion of a transportation vehicle's electrical system that has switches accessible for selective actuation by an occupant of an interior of the vehicle to control exterior lamps through an ESC (12). During a learn mode (56) of a test, processor apparatus...

20060212193 - Tire pressure monitoring using hall effect sensors: Wheel assembly with a tire pressure monitoring system includes a wheel rim, a tire mounted thereon, a housing having an interior in flow communication with the tire interior such that the same pressure prevails in the tire and in the housing interior, a magnet arranged in the housing and movable...

20060212194 - Vehicle communications using the internet: Vehicle including a data generating system which obtains or generates information about the vehicle and a communications system coupled to the data generating system for communicating directly with a wireless Internet service provider (ISP) to enable the information obtained or generated by the data generating system to be transmitted via...

20060212195 - Vehicle data recorder and telematic device: This invention is a vehicle data recorder with the capability to continuously record and store selected data on both driver and vehicle performance that will include but not be limited to, miles driven, speed, acceleration/deceleration, brake activation, seatbelt usage, vehicle direction, steering anomalies, global position, impact forces and direction, transmission...

20060212197 - In-vehicle multimedia system: The present invention relates to a rear seat multimedia system within a motor vehicle. A display is movable between a position in which the display extends downwardly from the headliner so as to be viewable by a rear seat passenger, and a retracted position against the headliner. A motor is...

20060212196 - Vehicle identification means detection and evasion system: A system for detecting and evading vehicle identification means (VIM), comprising: locating means, control means having a plurality of I/O channels, each adapted to receive or transmit serial or parallel data, processing means, electronic storage means comprising at least one database of known VIM coordinates and identification prevention device (IPD)...

20060212198 - Vehicle with a vehicle data network: A vehicle has multiple functional units and a central control, whereby the various functional units and the central control can exchange data via a digital vehicle data network. At least one user data interface (03, 05) is incorporated into the vehicle data network so that digital data can be exchanged...

20060212199 - Suspension system: In a target rotational angle determining routine, based on a roll moment and longitudinal acceleration that are calculated, target rotational angles of actuators on a subject side (one of front-wheel and rear-wheel sides) and a counterpart side are obtained using a common map. An actual rotational angle on the counterpart...

20060212200 - Power steering system for all-terrain buggy vehicle: A power steering system of an all-terrain buggy vehicle is provided to protect a power assist motor against obstacles encountered during traveling on the irregular ground, or the like. In a power steering system of a four-wheeled buggy vehicle in which a steering shaft rotated in response to the operation...

20060212201 - Controller for collision object protection device: A controller for controlling a plurality of collided object-protecting apparatuses for absorbing impact at the time when a collided object collides with a hood, the controller including at least a predicting mechanism for predicting a vehicle collision and a detecting mechanism for detecting a vehicle collision, and a control mechanism...

20060212202 - Illuminating apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and monitoring apparatus, for vehicle driver: A driver illuminating apparatus adapted for use in a vehicle includes a light emitting element mounted within a rear field of vision of a driver of the vehicle through a rear-view mirror, for emitting infrared radiation toward the mirror. Alternatively, a driver illuminating apparatus includes a light emitting element mounted...

20060212203 - Operation information control device for construction machine and construction machine operation information control system provided with it: A data recording unit 60 for managing operating situations of a hydraulic excavator 1 comprises a RAM 67 for taking in and storing plural kinds of operational information regarding the hydraulic excavator 1 as operational data, and a CPU 65 for extracting top priority operational data from among the plural...

20060212204 - Clutch control apparatus and method: A clutch control apparatus for a power transmission system including an input rotating member and an output rotating member. The clutch control apparatus includes a friction clutch, and a control unit. The control unit sets a first desired clutch torque setting in accordance with a clutch slip indicator; sets a...

20060212205 - Method for detecting when a vehicle is in a downhill situation: A system providing protection to a power steering assist circuit in the event of a reversal of polarity of the power supply is disclosed. The circuit has a solenoid, a recirculating diode in an electrically parallel connection with the solenoid, and a protection device connected in electrical series with the...

20060212206 - Road surface friction sensor and road surface friction coefficient detector, and vehicle antilock braking device: A method for cyclically controlling the braking of a vehicle includes the following steps: (a) detecting a road surface frictional force of said vehicle, (b) detecting a brake fluid pressure, and (c) controlling the brake fluid pressure in response to detected values including the brake fluid pressure and the road...

20060212207 - Adaptive cruise control system: The vehicle is kept at a standstill even when an operation for ending adaptive cruise control is performed while the adaptive cruise control is on and the vehicle stop-maintenance control is on. When a vehicle comes to a stop while the adaptive cruise control is on, vehicle stop-maintenance control, preferably...

20060212208 - Internal combustion engine: There is provided an internal combustion engine, in which a fuel pressure is changed and a fuel injection quantity is controlled in accordance with an engine operating condition when fuel is injected. The internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder, a direct injection injector arranged so as to supply the fuel...

20060212209 - Method and associated device for sensing the air/fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine: A method of sensing the air/fuel ratio in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine that may be easily implemented by a respective low-cost device includes a pressure sensor and a learning machine that generates a sensing signal representing the air/fuel ratio by processing the waveform of the pressure...

20060212210 - Method of controlling elements used to execute elementary functions of an internal combustion engine: A method of controlling elements used to execute the elementary functions of internal combustion engines. The method controls the elements using measurement signals provided by sensors, determines theoretical signals that have to be provided by reference sensors at a current operating point of the engine, determines deviations between the theoretical...

20060212212 - Control apparatus of direct injection internal combustion engine: The present invention provides a control apparatus of a direct injection internal combustion engine used in an idling stop vehicle or the like, which can reduce residual fuel generated in a combustion chamber in an engine stop time, and prevent deterioration of exhaust performance and deterioration of exhaust gas performance...

20060212211 - Engine control device for construction machine: An engine control device for a construction machine of the present invention is configured so that an engine is automatically stopped by an engine controller under the condition that a remote control valve is not operated, an allowance time has passed and a gate lever for opening and closing a...

20060212213 - Navigation system: A navigation system (1) having a navigation system housing (2), which has an internal position-finding unit (9), a data memory (5) and/or a data memory reader unit (6), a display unit (3), an interface (7) to a separate voltage supply source, and a computation and control unit (4) for route...

20060212214 - System and method for guiding an individual in a predetermined zone: sending a request including said code associated with a destination and said indication of the position of said fixed station to a route determination device (20); and receiving a response including that route; and means for conveying said route to the person....

20060212215 - System to determine distance to a lead vehicle: A system implemented in a vehicle to detect a lead vehicle includes a camera which captures an image of the rear of the lead vehicle and an image processing system that receives image data from the camera. The image processing system is implemented with an algorithm that includes a preprocessing...

20060212216 - In-vehicle navigation apparatus: When a first one-way traffic road becomes partially impassable because of roadworks, a second one-way traffic road temporarily replaces the first road and is used in a direction opposite to an original trafficable direction. This second road is registered as a replacing road based on traffic information from the VICS...

20060212217 - Method and system for enabling an off board navigation solution: The present invention is directed to a method and system for providing off-board navigational information from a network server to a mobile communication device, such as a cellular phone. Specifically, upon receiving from the mobile communication device the real time location of the mobile communication device and a location or...

20060212218 - Using a corridor search to identify locations of interest along a travel route: A corridor search process is used to identify locations of interest along a travel route. The corridor search process identifies locations of interest along a travel route by using a grid search process that first identifies shape points that correspond to the travel route. Each shape point is associated with...

20060212219 - Vehicular navigation device: A vehicular navigation device includes a control circuit to designate a route to a destination from a start point to be defined. When a route designation instruction is inputted, it is determined whether an intersection being a target for route designation is present close to the current position. When the...

20060212221 - Golfing aid device capable of displaying and setting points-of-interest: A golfing aid device capable of displaying and setting points-of-interest includes a processor, a screen, an input mechanism, a memory, a GPS module and a software program stored in the memory. The software program includes a points-of-interest setting interface and a points-of-interest displaying interface. A characteristic of the points-of-interest displaying...

20060212220 - Technique for audibly providing driving directions using a mobile telephone: A method for providing driving directions can include the step of within a mobile telephone device, associating one or more of audio files with enabling GPS coordinates. The audio files can include digitally encoded speech that specify driving instructions. Current GPS coordinates for the mobile telephone device can be ascertained....

20060212222 - Safe movement support device: A safe movement support apparatus includes an environmental three-dimensional information acquisition unit 1 for acquiring environmental three-dimensional information corresponding to a state of an actual object within a virtual space surrounding a moving body or an assumed movement track relating the moving body with a prescribed finite expanse; a moving...

20060206241 - Control unit for vehicle and control system: A vehicle control unit includes interface software memory means storing an interface software program for connecting an application software program with an OS (operating system) in an internal ROM, a CPU (central processing unit) for performing computation for the application software program and the interface software program, a RAM (erasable...

20060206243 - Object detection system for vehicle: An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor and a control. The imaging sensor is operable to capture an image of a scene occurring exteriorly of the vehicle. The control receives the captured image, which comprises an image data set representative of the exterior scene. The control may...

20060206242 - System and method for providing user interface functionality based on location: A system for providing user interface functionality based on a location of a vehicle including a first vehicle electronic system and a second vehicle electronic system includes a user interface having at least one configurable input device, the user interface coupled to the first vehicle electronic system and the second...

20060206244 - Remote control system for a vehicle: Method and arrangement for providing a remote control system for a vehicle (1) including a primary heading sensor (14) fixedly attached to the vehicle (1). The primary heading sensor (14) is adapted to detect a reference heading (N). A remote control unit (15) having a steering input manipulator (16) that...

20060206245 - Creation of use of flight release information: A network architecture and related controls for disseminating and capturing flight release documents permit user directed printing and transmitting functions. At a flight origination location, a user may be authorized based on inputted identification and prompted for a flight specific data item such as a flight number. Upon validating the...

20060206246 - Second national / international management and security system for responsible global resourcing through technical management to brige cultural and economic desparity: This invention is a societal management and security system to aid the United States and world populous in discovering a secure and civil way to move from a finite economy of fossil fuels that is causing today's future shock, cultural encroachment and tension; to a technically and economically expansive co-existence...

20060206248 - System and method for calculating vehicle service policies: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of calculating a service policy for a vehicle. The method comprises determining a number of miles driven by the vehicle and the condition of the vehicle. Furthermore, a mileage range for the vehicle is determined. The cost of the...

20060206247 - Tire parameter sensing system having a tire-based unit that is responsive to a trigger signal and associated method: A tire parameter sensing system (12) for a vehicle (10) includes a vehicle-based unit (54) and a tire-based unit (34). The tire-based unit (34) is associated with a tire (16) and rotates with the tire. The tire-based unit (34) is located in a communication zone (190) for communicating with the...

20060206249 - Vehicle anti-theft device: The immobilizer includes: user identification data storing means 26 having the user identification data stored therein, the user identification data being indicative of a registered user having permission to utilize the vehicle; identifying means 27 for judging whether or not the person is identical to the registered user on the...

20060206250 - Method for the control of a vehicle safety device: The invention relates to a method for the control of a vehicle safety device, wherein signals of at least two motion sensors are measured which are independent of one another in that they are designed or arranged for the measurement of movements of a different direction and/or type, the absolute...

20060206251 - System and method for positioning a vehicle operator: Systems and methods for placing a vehicle operator into an performance driving position for a particular vehicle by adjusting equipment on the vehicle based on various combinations of biometric parameters of the vehicle operator. In one embodiment, the performance driving position for a particular vehicle is first determined and is...

20060206253 - Method and system of controlling a vehicle in the presence of a disturbance: A system and method of controlling a towing vehicle adapted to be connected to a trailer at a hitch. The method includes sensing a plurality of vehicle conditions indicative of at least a movement of the towing vehicle, and an angle of the towing vehicle, determining a disturbance at the...

20060206252 - Vehicle control system for detecting a short-circuit condition between redundant position sensors: A control system includes a device having a position between minimum and maximum positions. First and second sensor modules sense the position of the device and generate first and second position values. A control module receives the position values and computes first and second normalized position values that represent a...

20060206254 - Real-time spectral analysis of internal combustion engine knock: A system for, and a method of, obtaining, for analysis, from a subject internal combustion engine, real-time engine knock data involving assessing, as a positive indication of engine knock behavior, whether the energy-content value represented in at least one selected, knock-relevant frequency-domain spectral bin which is present in a frequency-domain...

20060206255 - Spark-plug ldv, lif, and lii probe for engine flow and combustion analysis: A traversable, fiber-optic probe design for flow-related measurements in a production-car IC engine during normal operating conditions may be fitted into an M8 spark-plug hole and traversed as much as 50 mm in an axial direction of the spark plug, allowing measurements inside the engine cylinder including the spark plug...

20060206256 - Traffic information system: A traffic information system includes: a past information database for storing past information, which is colleted for road links in a predetermined area, of a past mobile object on a road; a current information database for storing running information, which is colleted for the road links in the predetermined area,...

20060206257 - System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle: Generally, the present invention monitors and communicates travel data transmitted from vehicles being monitored by the system to users requesting travel information on a particular vehicle. A travel data storage unit receives and stores the travel data. When a user desires to view some or all of this travel data,...

20060206258 - Route based on distance: Systems, methods, and device are provided for generating a route based on a distance. One method embodiment includes program instructions which execute to receive a distance input and to generate a route based on the distance input....

20060206260 - Positioning apparatus and positioning method: A positioning apparatus having short sensory time for executing the high precision positioning of the user on a map. The positioning apparatus includes: a first positioning unit for obtaining a first position information which represents the position of the positioning apparatus itself measured by carrying out a low precision positioning;...

20060206259 - Wireless address and street name locator: A system (10) for viewing location marker data on a display (14) located in a vehicle (16) has a transponder (20) located on a structure (18) and a transmitter (22) located on the vehicle, which transmits a first signal (24). The transponder receives the first signal and transmits a second...

20060206262 - Prevention of interference from movable radiation networks: A radio interference avoidance system (1) has a processor in a detection system (11) which receives real time inputs from various sensors (12-16). The processor dynamically determines if a craft (for example, ship) movable network (19) is within an interference distance of a fixed network. It uses real time craft...

20060206261 - Systems, methods, and media for route control of a vehicle: Systems, methods and media for programming a vehicle ignition key with route information are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and software are disclosed for obtaining map data from a map data source; deriving route information from the map data; and transferring the route information to a vehicle ignition key. When the...

20060206263 - Gps device and method for reducing light emitted by display: A GPS device and method for converting display information between a first display mode and a second display mode by negativizing pixels or other image elements, wherein negativizing entails converting relatively larger areas of lighter image elements to darker image elements and converting relatively smaller areas of darker image elements...

20060206264 - Combined map scale and measuring tool: A combined map scale and measuring tool can be used in digital mapping systems. In the scale mode, the scale indicates the correct scale, for example, at the center of the map. It can be updated with every pan, zoom or resize operation the user performs, and can further update...

20060206266 - Fixing device of satellite navigator: A fixing device of a satellite navigator has a base connected to a car charger in a car. A public-address device is disposed in the base. Electric power is provided for the public-address device by the car charger. A supporting arm is disposed on the base. This supporting arm is...

20060206265 - Gps device and method for displaying two locations simultaneously: A GPS device and method for quickly and automatically determining and implementing an appropriate scale or area for displaying simultaneously at least a current location and a previously designated or otherwise identified waypoint, trail, track, or other geo-referenced indicator associated with a location. Relative distance, direction, and other useful navigation...

20060206267 - Methods and systems utilizing true airspeed to improve vertical velocity accuracy: An inertial navigation system which includes a first control system and a second control system is described. The first control system is configured to estimate a vertical velocity based in part on received vertical acceleration data. The second control system is configured to receive the estimated vertical velocity from the...

20060200277 - Driving evaluation system and server: Travel information of a target vehicle is stored in time sequence and, on the basis of the travel information and pre-stored travel information of a professional driver's vehicle, a travel position of the target vehicle and a travel position of the professional driver's vehicle are displayed in animation. In such...

20060200276 - Vehicle-mounted electronic control apparatus: A vehicle-mounted electronic control apparatus can perform a variety of abnormality detections while reducing the control load of a microprocessor in the abnormality detection of a volatile backup memory that is backed up by an on-board battery. The apparatus includes a control CPU which is fed with power from a...

20060200278 - Generic software fault mitigation: A flight control computer system includes a plurality of computing channels (11, 21, and 31) where each computing channel further includes a main processor (113) and a monitor processor (114) under control of distinct operating systems. When the main processor and the monitor processor miscompare, cross-channel failure discretes (131) are...

20060200279 - Method of determining a comparison of an aircraft's performance capabilities with performance requirements: A method for providing an indication of the capability of an aircraft to dissipate altitude (20) and speed (12) in comparison with descent and deceleration requirements necessary to establish stabilized flight conditions prior to landing on a runway. By referencing a shortest flyable path to a target point (10) and...

20060200280 - Method and device for steering vehicle having no contact with track: A rail non-contact vehicle includes wheels, a vehicle main body supported by the wheels, and a steering control system. The steering control system includes a control section configured to control a steering of the wheels in a non-mechanical manner, and a drive section configured to mechanically drive the steering of...

20060200281 - Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleaning: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second...

20060200282 - Robot cleaner and a method for controlling the same: A robot cleaner that includes a driving unit for driving a plurality of wheels, a transmitter/receiver for communicating with an external charger, and a controller for controlling the driving unit. The controller controls the transmitter/receiver to communicate with the external charger while traveling an area to be cleaned and stores...

20060200283 - Construction machine diagnosis information presenting device, diagnosis information display system, and diagnosis information presenting method: A diagnostic information presenting apparatus comprises sensors 40, etc. for detecting status variables regarding operating status or ambient environments of a construction machine, and a controller 2 for outputting, to a display unit 50, a basic data display signal to display basic data necessary for an initial screen 100 in...

20060200284 - System and method for providing vehicle check information using navigation system: A system and method for providing vehicle check information using a navigation system is provided. The system includes: a vehicle control system for receiving a predetermined signal, measuring a vehicle state, and outputting information on the measured vehicle state; and a navigation system for, in a navigation mode, generating and...

20060200285 - Multimedia information and control system for automobiles: In a multimedia information and control system for use in an automobile, at least one interface is employed which enables a user to access information concerning the automobile and control vehicle functions in an efficient manner. The user may select one of a plurality of displayed options on a screen...

20060200286 - Mileage logging apparatus: A system and a method for a mileage (or other distance measurement) logging apparatus (or portable mileage logger) is configured as an electronic device, which keeps track of the vehicle's mileage. The mileage logger is independent of the vehicle's electrical and sensor systems, although it may also be configured to...

20060200287 - Acting seating: 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....

20060200288 - Rollover determining apparatus: In a rollover determining apparatus including a roll rate sensor and a rollover determining unit for determining a rollover of the vehicle on the basis of the roll rate signal to generate a rollover determination signal, which are integrally housed within the vehicle, the rollover determining unit is inhibited from...

20060200290 - Steering control apparatus: A steering controller is provided for use in a steering system in which a steering unit having a steering wheel 6 and a reaction motor 5 and a direction varying unit having steered wheels 16,16 and a direction varying motor 14 are mechanically disconnected from each other. Here, the steering...

20060200289 - Steering control system: In a steering control system comprising a steering component having a steering wheel and a steering reaction force actuator, a turning component having vehicle turning wheels and a turning actuator, and a backup mechanism for alternately mechanically separating and linking the steering and turning components, there is provided a steer-by-wire...

20060200291 - Tactile electronic steering system: A steering control system adjusts steering gain and position of the vehicle wheels based on a rate of change of the steering wheel. The steering control system provides a passive feedback control signal to a passive tactile feedback device. The steering control system provides electronic steering control that is consistent...

20060200294 - Electronic machine management system: An electronic machine management system for initiating switching and actuating procedures with positional accuracy in agricultural working machines, has a geographic module for determining a current position, and based on information regarding positions of critical field data, quantities to be applied, field boundaries, work areas and/or areas to be avoided,...

20060200292 - Engine control device for and administration system for contruction machine: A engine control device for a construction machine of the present invention is configured so that the engine control device comprises an engine, a hydraulic pump driven by the engine serving as a power source, a hydraulic actuator actuated by pressure oil discharged from the hydraulic pump, working state determining...

20060200293 - Method and device for controlling a work function of a vehicle and a work vehicle comprising the control device: A method for controlling the gears of a vehicle that has an automatic transmission that is arranged to change gear according to a plurality of gear modes that differ in that changing to a higher gear is carried out at different minimum engine speeds or, if the changing is carried...

20060200295 - Method and arrangement for selecting a starting gear and a vehicle comprising this arrangement: Method and arrangement for selecting a starting gear for a vehicle having an engine (3), an AMT-type transmission (5) and a power take-off (9) for maneuvering at least one body device on the vehicle. The method includes the steps of generating a first signal upon activation of the power take-off...

20060200296 - Portable hand-held reusable vehicle speed limiting device: The Portable Hand-held Reusable Vehicle Speed Limiting Device (the Invention) is a hand-held, single person portable device intended to allow the user to set the maximum speed of a freight delivery or passenger vehicle that is propelled by an engine powered by a fuel source by means of installing a...

20060200297 - Control strategy for expanding diesel hcci combustion range by lowering intake manifold temperature: An engine (10, 100) utilizes “regular EGR cooling” when operating in HCCI mode within a low load range and “enhanced EGR cooling” that allows the engine to continue to operate in HCCI mode when engine load increases beyond the low load range. When engine load increases to a high load...

20060200298 - Engine control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders: An engine control system comprises a first control device which is associated with a first section of the cylinders, and a second control device which is associated with a second section of the cylinders. The first control device is designed in order to determine an intermediate required value (TQI_INT_SP_FAST) for...

20060200299 - Signal processing device and control unit for cooperating with a signal processing device: A signal processing device and a control unit for cooperating with a signal processing device are described, the signal processing device being designed for processing knocking signals of an internal combustion engine which are provided by knocking sensors. A comprehensive check for errors is performed. The filter coefficients provided for...

20060200300 - Intelligent driver module for controlling operation of a fuel pump: A driver module is provided for controlling operation of a fuel pump of a vehicle. The driver module includes switching circuitry for switching transmission of electrical power to the fuel pump, and a processor for executing a series of programmable instructions for controlling the switching circuitry in accordance with at...

20060200301 - Engine control method and device: An engine control method and compensation suitable for the case that both of two manifold pressure sensors in individual groups have failed. When detection outputs from two manifold pressure sensors are different from each other, a first comparing section determines that one of the two sensors is abnormal. A manifold...

20060200305 - Method and system for identifying and defining geofences: The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to an improved mapping and navigational system. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a system for defining and assigning geographical boundaries to points of interests on a graphical map, where the geographical boundaries preferably correlate to spatially defined boundaries of...

20060200306 - Methods, systems and computer program products for ride matching based on current location information: Systems, methods and computer program products match a passenger with a driver for a trip to a destination. Candidate driver(s) for the trip are automatically identified based on a current location for the candidate driver(s) responsive to a request from the passenger. The passenger is provided an identification of the...

20060200304 - Navigation apparatus and method for searching for point of interest using the same: Searching for a Point of Interest (POI) in a navigation apparatus includes accessing a preset driving route that includes a group of route points. A POI is associated with each route point in the group. The associated POIs are stored in a first storing unit. A current position of a...

20060200302 - Navigation system: Techniques for a navigation system realizing a large cost reduction and speedy on-demand functions of a portable terminal device are provided. In an embodiment of the present invention, a navigation system comprises a navigation terminal 3 for downloading and displaying information and a content server 1 for transmitting content generated...

20060200303 - The static or dynamic roadway travel time system to determine the path with least travel time between two places: The static or dynamic roadway travel time system determines the path with least travel time 26, 28 between two places by using user input 8 and traffic data input 14 in the form of volume and occupancy, or speed, or travel time to inform a user of the roadway network...

20060200307 - Vehicle identification and tracking system: The present invention is directed to an automated vehicle identification and tracking system. The system includes at least one area monitoring system that has a plurality of imaging units disposed in an area. Each imaging unit is configured to capture an image of a monitored vehicle disposed in the area....

20060200309 - Data structure of a point of interest and method for use and application of a point of interest with data structure: A data structure for a point of interest (POI) and a method for use and application of POI information with the data structure, and is applied in a handheld device. The POI information for a single POI is sorted based on attributes of the POI and the sorted sets of...

20060200308 - Server-based interactive enhanced map imagery engine: Interactive maps comprising map image data may be provided from a server computer to a client computer by providing the client computer with a first portion of a display description for an interactive map, receiving a request from the client computer, wherein the request is initialized based on at least...

20060200310 - Personal navigation system and route guiding method in the personal navigation system: A Personal Navigation System (PNS) and a route guiding method in the PNS are provided. The PNS includes a mobile terminal for transmitting a route guiding request message including its current position information and destination information in response to a route guiding request from a user and a personal navigation...

20060200311 - Enhanced imagery, such as for lead generation for service providers who provide services associated with real estate: Providing access to a map via a communication network may include providing multiple images including satellite images, aerial photographs, rasterized maps, or any combination of satellite images, aerial photographs, and rasterized maps. The images may be configured to allow the user to zoom in from a large geographical area on...

20060200312 - Road guide system and road guide method: A road guide server (1) stores three-dimensional images of intersections included in road information on which images a reference orientation is defined in a three-dimensional image DB. The road information is stored in a map DB of a map data server (2) as information including information regarding roads and information...

20060200313 - Shock resistant device: A shock resistant device. A printed circuit board comprising electronics and a frequency reference is rigidly mounted to a central support member. The electronics can be mounted to both surfaces of the printed circuit board. The central support member is mounted to an enclosure via wire rope isolators. The central...

20060200314 - Collision determination program and collision determination apparatus: A collision determination area set for a dog as an object in a virtual three-dimensional space is, for example, a sphere having the center at the chest of the dog and having a radius of 30 in the “on all fours” state, a sphere having the center at the hip...

20060200277 - Driving evaluation system and server: Travel information of a target vehicle is stored in time sequence and, on the basis of the travel information and pre-stored travel information of a professional driver's vehicle, a travel position of the target vehicle and a travel position of the professional driver's vehicle are displayed in animation. In such...

20060200276 - Vehicle-mounted electronic control apparatus: A vehicle-mounted electronic control apparatus can perform a variety of abnormality detections while reducing the control load of a microprocessor in the abnormality detection of a volatile backup memory that is backed up by an on-board battery. The apparatus includes a control CPU which is fed with power from a...

20060200278 - Generic software fault mitigation: A flight control computer system includes a plurality of computing channels (11, 21, and 31) where each computing channel further includes a main processor (113) and a monitor processor (114) under control of distinct operating systems. When the main processor and the monitor processor miscompare, cross-channel failure discretes (131) are...

20060200279 - Method of determining a comparison of an aircraft's performance capabilities with performance requirements: A method for providing an indication of the capability of an aircraft to dissipate altitude (20) and speed (12) in comparison with descent and deceleration requirements necessary to establish stabilized flight conditions prior to landing on a runway. By referencing a shortest flyable path to a target point (10) and...

20060200280 - Method and device for steering vehicle having no contact with track: A rail non-contact vehicle includes wheels, a vehicle main body supported by the wheels, and a steering control system. The steering control system includes a control section configured to control a steering of the wheels in a non-mechanical manner, and a drive section configured to mechanically drive the steering of...

20060200281 - Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleaning: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second...

20060200282 - Robot cleaner and a method for controlling the same: A robot cleaner that includes a driving unit for driving a plurality of wheels, a transmitter/receiver for communicating with an external charger, and a controller for controlling the driving unit. The controller controls the transmitter/receiver to communicate with the external charger while traveling an area to be cleaned and stores...

20060200283 - Construction machine diagnosis information presenting device, diagnosis information display system, and diagnosis information presenting method: A diagnostic information presenting apparatus comprises sensors 40, etc. for detecting status variables regarding operating status or ambient environments of a construction machine, and a controller 2 for outputting, to a display unit 50, a basic data display signal to display basic data necessary for an initial screen 100 in...

20060200284 - System and method for providing vehicle check information using navigation system: A system and method for providing vehicle check information using a navigation system is provided. The system includes: a vehicle control system for receiving a predetermined signal, measuring a vehicle state, and outputting information on the measured vehicle state; and a navigation system for, in a navigation mode, generating and...

20060200285 - Multimedia information and control system for automobiles: In a multimedia information and control system for use in an automobile, at least one interface is employed which enables a user to access information concerning the automobile and control vehicle functions in an efficient manner. The user may select one of a plurality of displayed options on a screen...

20060200286 - Mileage logging apparatus: A system and a method for a mileage (or other distance measurement) logging apparatus (or portable mileage logger) is configured as an electronic device, which keeps track of the vehicle's mileage. The mileage logger is independent of the vehicle's electrical and sensor systems, although it may also be configured to...

20060200287 - Acting seating: 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....

20060200288 - Rollover determining apparatus: In a rollover determining apparatus including a roll rate sensor and a rollover determining unit for determining a rollover of the vehicle on the basis of the roll rate signal to generate a rollover determination signal, which are integrally housed within the vehicle, the rollover determining unit is inhibited from...

20060200290 - Steering control apparatus: A steering controller is provided for use in a steering system in which a steering unit having a steering wheel 6 and a reaction motor 5 and a direction varying unit having steered wheels 16,16 and a direction varying motor 14 are mechanically disconnected from each other. Here, the steering...

20060200289 - Steering control system: In a steering control system comprising a steering component having a steering wheel and a steering reaction force actuator, a turning component having vehicle turning wheels and a turning actuator, and a backup mechanism for alternately mechanically separating and linking the steering and turning components, there is provided a steer-by-wire...

20060200291 - Tactile electronic steering system: A steering control system adjusts steering gain and position of the vehicle wheels based on a rate of change of the steering wheel. The steering control system provides a passive feedback control signal to a passive tactile feedback device. The steering control system provides electronic steering control that is consistent...

20060200294 - Electronic machine management system: An electronic machine management system for initiating switching and actuating procedures with positional accuracy in agricultural working machines, has a geographic module for determining a current position, and based on information regarding positions of critical field data, quantities to be applied, field boundaries, work areas and/or areas to be avoided,...

20060200292 - Engine control device for and administration system for contruction machine: A engine control device for a construction machine of the present invention is configured so that the engine control device comprises an engine, a hydraulic pump driven by the engine serving as a power source, a hydraulic actuator actuated by pressure oil discharged from the hydraulic pump, working state determining...

20060200293 - Method and device for controlling a work function of a vehicle and a work vehicle comprising the control device: A method for controlling the gears of a vehicle that has an automatic transmission that is arranged to change gear according to a plurality of gear modes that differ in that changing to a higher gear is carried out at different minimum engine speeds or, if the changing is carried...

20060200295 - Method and arrangement for selecting a starting gear and a vehicle comprising this arrangement: Method and arrangement for selecting a starting gear for a vehicle having an engine (3), an AMT-type transmission (5) and a power take-off (9) for maneuvering at least one body device on the vehicle. The method includes the steps of generating a first signal upon activation of the power take-off...

20060200296 - Portable hand-held reusable vehicle speed limiting device: The Portable Hand-held Reusable Vehicle Speed Limiting Device (the Invention) is a hand-held, single person portable device intended to allow the user to set the maximum speed of a freight delivery or passenger vehicle that is propelled by an engine powered by a fuel source by means of installing a...

20060200297 - Control strategy for expanding diesel hcci combustion range by lowering intake manifold temperature: An engine (10, 100) utilizes “regular EGR cooling” when operating in HCCI mode within a low load range and “enhanced EGR cooling” that allows the engine to continue to operate in HCCI mode when engine load increases beyond the low load range. When engine load increases to a high load...

20060200298 - Engine control system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders: An engine control system comprises a first control device which is associated with a first section of the cylinders, and a second control device which is associated with a second section of the cylinders. The first control device is designed in order to determine an intermediate required value (TQI_INT_SP_FAST) for...

20060200299 - Signal processing device and control unit for cooperating with a signal processing device: A signal processing device and a control unit for cooperating with a signal processing device are described, the signal processing device being designed for processing knocking signals of an internal combustion engine which are provided by knocking sensors. A comprehensive check for errors is performed. The filter coefficients provided for...

20060200300 - Intelligent driver module for controlling operation of a fuel pump: A driver module is provided for controlling operation of a fuel pump of a vehicle. The driver module includes switching circuitry for switching transmission of electrical power to the fuel pump, and a processor for executing a series of programmable instructions for controlling the switching circuitry in accordance with at...

20060200301 - Engine control method and device: An engine control method and compensation suitable for the case that both of two manifold pressure sensors in individual groups have failed. When detection outputs from two manifold pressure sensors are different from each other, a first comparing section determines that one of the two sensors is abnormal. A manifold...

20060200305 - Method and system for identifying and defining geofences: The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to an improved mapping and navigational system. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a system for defining and assigning geographical boundaries to points of interests on a graphical map, where the geographical boundaries preferably correlate to spatially defined boundaries of...

20060200306 - Methods, systems and computer program products for ride matching based on current location information: Systems, methods and computer program products match a passenger with a driver for a trip to a destination. Candidate driver(s) for the trip are automatically identified based on a current location for the candidate driver(s) responsive to a request from the passenger. The passenger is provided an identification of the...

20060200304 - Navigation apparatus and method for searching for point of interest using the same: Searching for a Point of Interest (POI) in a navigation apparatus includes accessing a preset driving route that includes a group of route points. A POI is associated with each route point in the group. The associated POIs are stored in a first storing unit. A current position of a...

20060200302 - Navigation system: Techniques for a navigation system realizing a large cost reduction and speedy on-demand functions of a portable terminal device are provided. In an embodiment of the present invention, a navigation system comprises a navigation terminal 3 for downloading and displaying information and a content server 1 for transmitting content generated...

20060200303 - The static or dynamic roadway travel time system to determine the path with least travel time between two places: The static or dynamic roadway travel time system determines the path with least travel time 26, 28 between two places by using user input 8 and traffic data input 14 in the form of volume and occupancy, or speed, or travel time to inform a user of the roadway network...

20060200307 - Vehicle identification and tracking system: The present invention is directed to an automated vehicle identification and tracking system. The system includes at least one area monitoring system that has a plurality of imaging units disposed in an area. Each imaging unit is configured to capture an image of a monitored vehicle disposed in the area....

20060200309 - Data structure of a point of interest and method for use and application of a point of interest with data structure: A data structure for a point of interest (POI) and a method for use and application of POI information with the data structure, and is applied in a handheld device. The POI information for a single POI is sorted based on attributes of the POI and the sorted sets of...

20060200308 - Server-based interactive enhanced map imagery engine: Interactive maps comprising map image data may be provided from a server computer to a client computer by providing the client computer with a first portion of a display description for an interactive map, receiving a request from the client computer, wherein the request is initialized based on at least...

20060200310 - Personal navigation system and route guiding method in the personal navigation system: A Personal Navigation System (PNS) and a route guiding method in the PNS are provided. The PNS includes a mobile terminal for transmitting a route guiding request message including its current position information and destination information in response to a route guiding request from a user and a personal navigation...

20060200311 - Enhanced imagery, such as for lead generation for service providers who provide services associated with real estate: Providing access to a map via a communication network may include providing multiple images including satellite images, aerial photographs, rasterized maps, or any combination of satellite images, aerial photographs, and rasterized maps. The images may be configured to allow the user to zoom in from a large geographical area on...

20060200312 - Road guide system and road guide method: A road guide server (1) stores three-dimensional images of intersections included in road information on which images a reference orientation is defined in a three-dimensional image DB. The road information is stored in a map DB of a map data server (2) as information including information regarding roads and information...

20060200313 - Shock resistant device: A shock resistant device. A printed circuit board comprising electronics and a frequency reference is rigidly mounted to a central support member. The electronics can be mounted to both surfaces of the printed circuit board. The central support member is mounted to an enclosure via wire rope isolators. The central...

20060200314 - Collision determination program and collision determination apparatus: A collision determination area set for a dog as an object in a virtual three-dimensional space is, for example, a sphere having the center at the chest of the dog and having a radius of 30 in the “on all fours” state, a sphere having the center at the hip...