SEARCH:      Monitor Keywords |  Custom RSS

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location October categorized by USPTO classification 10/06

20060241818 - In-vehicle display device: In an in-vehicle display device which carried on an automotive vehicle and displays an operation guide of a steering switch, a contact detection unit detects contact of an object with the steering switch. A grasping state detection unit detects whether a vehicle operator is grasping a steering wheel in a...

20060241817 - Method and system for modifying a wake up mode of a telematics unit: A method of enabling vehicle communications includes receiving a mode change trigger at a telematics unit; receiving a signal at the telematics unit responsive to a trigger event; modifying a wake up mode of the telematics unit based on the signal; and energizing the telematics unit based on the modified...

20060241819 - Aircraft brake temperature monitoring system and method: An aircraft's brake temperature monitoring system for determining when the brake has cooled sufficiently for a safe take-off includes an aircraft brake and a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the brake. The system also includes a timer and indicator for indicating the brake temperatures at two different times....

20060241821 - Method and hud system for displaying unusual attitude: Methods and systems are provided for displaying an unusual attitude of an aircraft in a head-up display system. The system comprises a projection unit configured to project the unusual attitude of the aircraft and a processor coupled to the LCD projection unit. The processor is configured to control the LCD...

20060241820 - System and method for displaying the protected airspace associated with a circle-to-land maneuver: A display system and method for an aircraft displays, in real-time, the protected airspace associated with a CTL maneuver. The system processes aircraft approach category data and determines the protected airspace based at least in part on the processed aircraft approach category. An image representative of the determined protected airspace...

20060241822 - Optimization of carrier selection for transportation planning system: Example systems, methods, computer-readable media, software, and other embodiments are described herein that relate to optimizing carrier selection for a transportation planning system. In one embodiment, given a set of trips that have been defined to transport a set of configured loads, a carrier selection logic can be provided that...

20060241823 - Airborne windshear detection and warning system: An airborne windshear detection and warning system includes a pitot tube for detecting the airspeed of an aircraft and an angle of attack vane for detecting an aircraft's angle of attack. Signals are generated and fed to a signal processor for determining a relationship between the airspeed and the aircraft's...

20060241824 - Method of injecting plurality of spacecrafts into different orbits individually: Disclosed is a method for injecting a plurality of spacecrafts into different circum-earth or interplanetary orbits individually in a single launch. A plurality of spacecrafts coupled to an assist module are injected into an interplanetary orbit having a periodicity synchronous with the earth's revolution period. Then, in a maneuver for...

20060241825 - Model train control system: A system which operates a digitally controlled model railroad transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport. A second command is transmitted from a second client program to the resident external controlling interface through a second communications transport....

20060241826 - Onboard battery control device and control method: A hybrid ECU sets a charge power limit value W (IN) and a discharge power limit value W (OUT) that are respective limits of electric power to charge a battery and electric power to be discharged therefrom. The charge power limit value W (IN) and the discharge power limit value...

20060241827 - Obstacle avoiding apparatus, obstacle avoiding method, obstacle avoiding program and mobile robot apparatus: The present invention provides an obstacle avoiding apparatus, an obstacle avoiding method, an obstacle avoiding program, and a mobile robot apparatus that can accurately model a robot apparatus and plan a highly precise moving route for the robot apparatus that avoids obstacles. The obstacle avoiding apparatus, to be used for...

20060241828 - Rolling motion stability control apparatus for a vehicle: A rolling motion stability control apparatus restrains a roll increasing tendency of a vehicle, with each wheel of the vehicle being braked by a wheel brake device. A first braking force control device is provided for applying a first braking force to the wheel, when the vehicle is turned to...

20060241829 - Diagnostic display unit including replaceable display protector: A vehicle diagnostic display unit including a case, a display screen disposed within a front portion of the case, and a main support coupled to a side of the case for allowing a user to lift the vehicle diagnostic display unit with one hand. A navigation pad is disposed on...

20060241830 - Hand-held diagnostic display unit including combination folding stand and hanger assembly: A vehicle diagnostic display unit including a case, a display screen disposed within a front portion of the case, and a main support coupled to a side of the case and having a finger compartment for receiving a user's fingers to allow the user to lift the vehicle diagnostic display...

20060241831 - Method for investigating cause of decrease in frequency of abnormality detections, method for improving frequency of abnormality detections and electronic control apparatus: A method for investigating a cause of decrease in frequency of abnormality detections for a certain device mounted on a vehicle, wherein when a plurality of abnormality detection conditions are satisfied, the abnormality detection for the certain device is performed to determine if the certain device is in failure, the...

20060241832 - Vehicular information providing device: Audio information providing means estimated to be mounted at an increasing ratio on a vehicle, and a vehicular information providing device enabled to satisfy the tastes of a user by applying a customize mode. Control means 201 has a customize mode, in which various kinds of setting of specifications relating...

20060241833 - Roll increasing tendency estimation apparatus: According to a roll increasing tendency estimation apparatus, a state variable is calculated in response to magnitude of a rolling moment of the vehicle, to provide a roll input magnitude, and a state variable is calculated in response to variation in time of the rolling moment, to provide a roll...

20060241834 - Crash sensing via piezoelectric sensors: A system and method for characterizing piezoelectric sensor responses for automotive vehicle crash analysis, is disclosed. The method employs Daubechies wavelet analysis (1006) to plot signal response amplitudes (1008) in three-dimensional space of at least one piezoelectric sensor. A cluster, signifying a combination of Daubechies amplitudes of the at least...

20060241835 - Control method and device for the propulsion motor unit of a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine: A control for a vehicle including a controller for a propulsion motor unit, which generates a signal representative of the depression of an accelerator pedal operated by the vehicle driver and detects a degradation of the signal. On detection of such a degradation the speed of the vehicle is regulated...

20060241836 - Passive control of vehicle interior features based upon occupant classification: The present invention includes a method of monitoring and controlling interior functions of a vehicle, for example, a memory seat position, a vehicle pedal position, a steering column position, a vehicle interior temperature, and/or whether the vehicle is occupied or unoccupied at certain times and under certain conditions. The interior...

20060241838 - Input device for agricultural vehicle information display: An agricultural vehicle is disclosed having a screen provided with an array of soft buttons and connected to a computer programmed to display on the screen menu items selectable by operation of the soft buttons. In the invention, an additional input device is provided for selecting a menu item from...

20060241839 - Numerical controller: A numerical controller that enables an operation according to the path table in a plurality of systems individually or synchronously, the controller in which during a path-table operation in one system, it is possible to perform the path-table operation and the operation by NC statements in another system. The systems...

20060241837 - Settings control of an agricultural vehicle: An agricultural vehicle with a plurality of controlled implements, is provided with a programmable computer having input devices for receiving data and instructions from the vehicle operator and connected to send control signals to the implements, and a display screen connected to the computer to display information regarding the operation...

20060241840 - Automatic gearshifting process for a vehicle with engaged coupling-dependent power take off and automatic disengagement process of a coupling-dependent power take off: An automatic gearshifting process and/or disengagement process of a coupling-dependent power take off for a vehicle with the power take off engaged and when the vehicle is in motion. The power tapping at the power take off is minimized before a gearshift and/or disengagement of the claw clutch of the...

20060241841 - Automotive transmission control system and method: The present invention is a control system and method for the determination of a simulated transmission fluid temperature value using multiple linear regression. The present invention also provides a control system and method to diagnose the health of the transmission fluid temperature sensor and provides a default transmission fluid temperature...

20060241842 - Method to prevent chain jump in a drivetrain: A method to prevent chain jump in a drivetrain of a four-wheel drive vehicle including receiving sensed vehicle parameters from sensors in the four-wheel drive vehicle, generating transfer case chain-jump parameters based on the sensed vehicle parameters and sending a command signal to initiate disengagement of a clutch pack in...

20060241843 - Leisure vehicle: A leisure vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine as a power unit to drive the leisure vehicle, including a drive wheel, a slip sensor unit configured to detect a slip of the drive wheel, a throttle device mounted to the internal combustion engine, a throttle valve position changing device...

20060241844 - Vehicle speed control apparatus: This apparatus determines that a driver demands the maintenance of a vehicle body speed from a cancel operation (ON→OFF) of an acceleration requiring operation by an accelerator pedal or a cancel operation (ON→OFF) of a deceleration requiring operation by a brake pedal BP, so that it detects a “body-speed-maintenance requiring...

20060241845 - Dual-architecture microserver card: An integrated system for monitoring a deployed product on a movable platform, gathering data about the deployed product, and disseminating the data about the deployed product is disclosed. The system includes a server located on the movable platform capable of communication with the server from a remote location. The server...

20060241847 - A method of torque control for an engine with valves that may be deactivated: A method to determine and control engine torque in an internal combustion engine. The method may significantly reduce torque strategy calculations and the calibration complexity....

20060241846 - Method for operating a hydraulic actuator, especially a gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine: In an hydraulic actuator, a movement of an actuating element of the actuator is effected in that a working chamber of the actuator, with the aid of a valve device, is able to be selectively connected to, and disconnected from, a fluid reservoir in which pressurized hydraulic fluid is stored....

20060241848 - Method for auto-ignition operation and computer readable storage device for use with an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine that can be operated in compression ignition mode, comprising a fuel injector (2) for each cylinder; a fuel injection control unit (4) for controlling fuel injection quantity and a piston (5) in each cylinder whose compression action causes a mixture of air and fuel to be...

20060241849 - Intake oxygen estimator for internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine system includes an intake manifold, a combustion chamber, an exhaust manifold and exhaust gas recirculation apparatus for recirculating a portion of the exhausted gases from the exhaust manifold to the intake manifold. An estimate intake manifold oxygen concentration is determined from the air fraction within the...

20060241850 - Method and device for estimating a nitrogen oxide mass stored in a catalytic trapping device of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a method of estimating a nitrogen oxide mass stored in a catalytic nitrogen oxide trapping device (1) which comprises a catalytic phase and which is traversed by the exhaust gases (2) from the internal combustion engine (3) of a motor vehicle (4) comprising an electronic control...

20060241851 - Hev internal combustion engine pre-positioning: A method for controlling an engine that operates with negative valve overlap between an intake valve and an exhaust valve during at least some conditions, the method comprising of providing an engine stop position with at least one cylinder near top dead center of piston position and adjusting at least...

20060241852 - Method for calibration of the cylinder sensors suite on an internal combustion engine with individual cylinder operation in particular in a motor vehicle: A method for calibrating at least two sensors for sensing a variable characterizing the combustion process in an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, operated in individual-cylinder fashion and having at least two cylinders, is provided. According to the present invention, at least one operating point of the internal...

20060241853 - Agtm airborne surveillance: Systems, methods and apparatuses for managing ground transportation in a geographical area are disclosed. A system for managing ground transportation in a geographical area in accordance with the present invention comprises at least one airborne surveillance platform, a graphical information systems (GIS) database, receiving information from the airborne surveillance platform,...

20060241855 - Dynamic routing tool: GIS-based methods and apparatuses for determining transportation routes are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises determining a transportation route using a geographical information systems (GIS) database that represents a geographical area, wherein the GIS database includes at least one node representing at least one geographical location...

20060241856 - Geo-infosphere as applied to dynamic routing system: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for managing ground transportation in a geographical area are disclosed. A graphical information system for managing ground transportation in a geographical area in accordance with the present invention comprises a database for storing data representing the geographical area, wherein the database includes at...

20060241857 - Navigation system, route search server, route search method and route search program: The present invention provides for a navigation system which enables searching for an optimum route through a one-time route searching process where several destination or departure locations exist. The navigation system 10 includes a point of interest (POI) attribute information database 40 for accumulating POI attribute information, a network data...

20060241854 - Route determination method and apparatus for navigation system: A navigation system is able to find an optimum route to a destination even when a large non-digitized area exists between a starting point to the destination. The navigation system produces processing points based on a particular shape and size of the large non-digitized area and determines whether such processing...

20060241858 - Digital map position information communication method, program for executing the same, program product therefor, system therefor, and apparatus therefor: A transmission side transmits the road shape data of an object road 101 to be transmitted, and the branch shape data of a branch 20 intersecting with or branching from the object road 101. A reception side specifies the object road 101 on its own digital map with reference to...

20060241861 - Map display device and navigation system therewith: When an area corresponding to area information is determined to use a default font, an ECU displays characters by using the default font stored in a ROM. When an area corresponding to area information is determined to not use a default font, the ECU reads out an exclusive font corresponding...

20060241860 - Virtual earth mapping: Provided is a single repository for capturing, connecting, sharing, and visualizing information based on a geographic location, for example. Provided is a schema, repository, index, and APIs for any information, place, entity, attribute, service or person that can be referenced geographically. A system to provide real time image data includes...

20060241859 - Virtual earth real-time advertising: Provided is a single repository for capturing, connecting, sharing, and visualizing information based on a geographic location, for example. Provided is a schema, repository, index, and APIs for any information, place, entity, attribute, service or person that can be referenced geographically. A system to provide real time image data includes...

20060241862 - Navigation device, navigation method, route data generation program, recording medium containing route data generation program, and server device in navigation system: To provide with a navigation apparatus capable of efficient route guidance in which a date on which route guidance process is performed coincides with an available date and time, and in consideration with a stay length. The navigation apparatus in this implementation is provided with a GPS reception section, a...

20060241863 - Using route narrative symbols: Techniques are provided for displaying a route symbol with narrative driving directions. A route symbol for a particular maneuver may be used to represent the road to which the maneuver relates. For example, one type of a route symbol that may be used to represent a road may be an...

20060241864 - Method and apparatus for point-and-send data transfer within an ubiquitous computing environment: A point-and-send user interface is disclosed wherein a user can point a handheld unit at one of a plurality of electronic devices in a physical environment to select the electronic device and send data to it. Physical feedback can be provided to inform the user of the success and/or other...

20060235578 - Actuator controller and a method for controlling such an actuator controller: An actuator controller includes an actuator body to be driven in a predetermined driven range, an actuator driving unit; and a controller body for controlling the driven position of the actuator body. The controller body includes an instructing signal outputting zone configured to outputting a position instructing signal for instructing...

20060235575 - Attitude sensing system for an automotive vehicle relative to the road: A system (18) for controlling a system (44) of an automotive vehicle (10) includes a roll sensor (34). The controller (26) determines a lateral velocity of the vehicle in response to the roll rate. The controller (26) controls a vehicle system in response to the lateral velocity....

20060235576 - Driving controller for a vehicle: A type of driving controller for a vehicle that makes use of a combination of a generator and an AC motor to perform stable motor torque control. Target output electric power that should be output from the generator is computed on the basis of the motor's necessary electric power, and...

20060235577 - Memory module that is capable of controlling input/output in accordance with type of memory chip: A memory module of the present invention is provided with a memory core chip that is placed between an interface chip and an interposer chip and has a relay wire for electrically connecting these chips, an interposer chip that transmits type-information, that is information showing the type of the memory...

20060235579 - Method and system for remotely inventorying electronic modules installed in a vehicle: The invention provides a method and system for remotely inventorying electronic modules installed in a vehicle. A vehicle telematics unit sends an identification request to at least one electronic module. The telematics unit receives at least one electronic module identifier in response to the request. The identifier includes the serial...

20060235580 - Method and device for a vehicle-related telematics service: A method and a device for a vehicle-related telematics service are provided, the same application protocol being utilized for the telematics service both for the air interface and for the communication in the vehicle and possibly in the service center....

20060235581 - Secure interactive 3d navigation method and device: The invention relates to an aircraft navigation assistance method, whereby a continuous, three-dimensional projected path is calculated on board the aircraft as a function of data relating to the route and characteristics of the aircraft....

20060235582 - Ground effects compensated angle of attack command system and method: A take off ground effects compensated angle of attack system includes a radio altimeter and/or timer, a pitch angle system and a flight control computer. The radio altimeter generates a signal which is indicative of the aircraft's altitude from 0 i.e., weight off wheels to an altitude of ½ the...

20060235583 - Methods and systems for navigating under water: In a method for determining absolute position under water of a submersible vessel (1) having a dead recloning navigation system and receiving acoustic signals from a reference station (19), signals are received from one reference station in several positions (15-18) of the vessel. Estimated absolute positions of the vessel are...

20060235584 - Decentralized maneuver control in heterogeneous autonomous vehicle networks: A method for controlling the maneuvering of an autonomous vehicle in a network having a plurality of autonomous vehicles is provided. The method comprises monitoring the state of the autonomous vehicle. The method also comprises periodically receiving data on the states of a subset of the plurality of autonomous vehicles...

20060235585 - Self-guided cleaning robot: First, a self-guided cleaning robot performs map cleaning in which the self-guided cleaning robot refers to cleaning region information (map) and travels. Then, upon performing the map cleaning, it is determined whether or not a traveling state based on results of detection by rotary encoders and a gyro sensor falls...

20060235586 - Diagnostic device: A diagnostic device includes a housing, a connector, and a diagnostic unit. The connector is integrated with the housing and is electrically connected to a diagnostic port of a vehicle. A diagnostic electronic control unit is integrated with the housing and electrically communicates with the connector. The diagnostic electronic control...

20060235588 - Control unit having a deactivatable interface: A control unit having a microprocessor and at least one electronic memory for storing a program-controlled sequence control for a motor vehicle and a first electronic interface for transmitting the program code of the sequence control from an external data transmission device into the memory and also having a second...

20060235587 - Electronic control system: An electronic system has a controller device, at least one controller responsive device operating in response to the controller device, and at least one status indicating device arranged to provide a control status output. The response mode of operation of the controller responsive device is predetermined dependent upon the control...

20060235589 - Adaptive rear-wheel steer open-loop control for vehicle-trailer system: A rear-wheel steering control system for a vehicle/trailer combination that adaptively changes an open-loop feed-forward command signal for different trailers or the same trailer with different configurations based only on vehicle parameters. The system includes a hand-wheel sensor for providing a hand-wheel angle signal of a hand-wheel position of the...

20060235591 - Electric power steering apparatus: The controller in an electric power steering apparatus stores the relationship between the steering torque and the basic assist torque in which the relationship is stored as assist characteristic, and stores the relationship between the steering angle correspondence value corresponding to the steering angle of the vehicle and the motor...

20060235590 - Parking assist utilizing steering system: The invention may comprise devices and methods for headfirst vehicle parallel parking using front and/or rear wheel steering systems....

20060235593 - Communication apparatus and method: A communication apparatus in an airbag system includes an airbag ECU as a master unit, sets of communication lines and slave sensor devices. The slave sensor devices are respectively connected to the airbag ECU through the set of communication lines. The airbag ECU transmits data transmission request commands to the...

20060235592 - Vibrating device and mobile phone using the same: Proposed is a device for triggering a restraining system in a vehicle, the device triggering the restraining system as a function of a mass estimate of an impact object. In this context, the device is configured such that it performs mass estimates as a function of at least one pre-crash...

20060235594 - Method and computer system for operating at least two interconnencted control device: A method and a computer system for operating at least two interconnected control units. The control units access sensor data and each execute at least one computer program for controlling operational sequences, in particular in a vehicle. The control units exchange synchronization information with one another. In order to design...

20060235595 - Hydraulic driving control device and hydraulic shovel with the control device: A hydraulic operation controlling unit where the engine can be driven stably at a target output torque point and reduction in the work speed can be prevented at the time of light load, includes an engine control unit controlling the output of an engine, so that the output properties of...

20060235596 - Controller for continuously variable transmission: A controller for a continuously variable transmission (CVT) mounted in a vehicle. The controller includes a first setting unit for setting a basic speed ratio of the CVT; a second setting unit for setting an adjustment speed ratio of the CVT; and a control unit for controlling the CVT based...

20060235597 - Driving support method and device: A navigation device provides support for a driver of a vehicle in merging from one road onto another road (main road). The navigation device receives traffic information including at least positions and speeds of other vehicles traveling the main road. The navigation device then detects at least positions of inter-vehicle...

20060235598 - Vehicle drive assist device: Follow-up steering control is executed in a vehicle speed region where vehicle speed V0 is less than V1, and for a vehicle speed region to the higher speed side, a target yaw rate γt for the vehicle is calculated depending on the current positions of a preceding vehicle and the...

20060235599 - Kernel-based fault detection system and method: An improved fault detection system and method is provided. The fault detection system and method combines the use of discrimination and representation based feature extraction to reliably detect symptoms of faults in turbine engines. Specifically, the fault detection system and method uses a kernel-based Maximum Representation Discrimination Features (MRDF) technique...

20060235600 - Application of linear splines to internal combustion engine control: A modeling system for a control parameter of a vehicle comprises a first model that formulates the control parameter in terms of linear spline basis functions, coefficients, and knots. A second model is derived according to the first model, includes coefficients that are derived according to the linear spline basis...

20060235601 - Electronic control device for aviation engine: An electronic control device is provided for an aviation engine. Each cylinder of the engine is equipped with main ignition plugs and back-up ignition plugs. Lane A including a first CPU and lane B including a second CPU are included in an ECU. The ignition control system is multiplexed by...

20060235602 - Electronic throttle control device of internal-combustion engine: An electronic throttle control device of an internal-combustion engine includes an electronic control unit (ECU) having a judgment function portion that judges whether an engine control system and an engine driving condition are normal, and plural kinds of pre-set characteristic conversion coefficient maps used to compute a command value of...

20060235603 - Cylinder inflow exhaust gas amount calculation system of internal combustion engine and intake passage inflow exhaust gas amount calculation system of internal combustion engine: A cylinder inflow exhaust gas amount calculation system of an internal combustion engine provided with an intake passage, an exhaust passage, an exhaust gas recirculation passage connecting the intake passage and exhaust passage, and an exhaust gas flow rate control valve arranged in the exhaust gas recirculation passage for controlling...

20060235604 - Method of feedforward controlling a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and associated feedforward fuel injection control system: The amount of fuel to be injected in each cylinder of a multi-cylinder spark ignition internal combustion engine may be determined with enhanced precision if the fuel injection durations are determined as a function of the sensed mass air flow in all the cylinders of the engine, instead of considering...

20060235608 - Message integration method: A message integration method utilized in a satellite navigation device, which is used to integrate satellite positioning information and traffic condition information, thereby performing a real-time route-programming operation. Firstly, the satellite positioning information and the traffic condition information are received respectively. Next, the data format of the traffic condition information...

20060235607 - Navigation device for a vehicle: A navigation device for a vehicle comprises a current position detection unit for detecting a current position of the vehicle and a control unit. The control unit executes, when the detected current position approaches a point of guidance along a route, route guidance indicating a path to be taken at...

20060235606 - Navigation system for a vehicle: A navigation system for a vehicle includes a man-machine interface to enter at least one key word for characterization of a point of interest and to enter a geometric figure and a search module to search for at least one of the points of interest assigned to the key word...

20060235605 - System and method for providing a location snapshot service and associating a snapshot with location container data: A system and method for providing a location snapshot service and associating a snapshot with location container data. The system includes a snapshot service for detecting the position of the computing device. The position of the computing device is associated with a street address. The street address is an identifier...

20060235609 - Method and control system for positioning a mine vehicle: A method and a control system for positioning a mine vehicle. Measurement of a distance travelled by the mine vehicle (1) is based on monitoring rotation of a wheel (3). In the invention, an error caused in the distance measurement by wear of the wheel (3) is compensated for automatically...

20060235610 - Map-based trajectory generation: A mobile vehicle navigation system includes a polygon rasterization module configured to perform a polygon rasterization process on one or more maps of an obstacle field to identify obstacle-free regions within the obstacle field. The navigation system further includes a shortest path module configured to select an optimal trajectory along...

20060235611 - Systems and methods for recording and reporting data collected from a remote location: Systems and methods for recording and reporting data collected from a remote location are disclosed. A work order, defining infrastructure to be inspected at a remote site and including an inspection plan for collecting inspection information, is generated on a first computer system and transferred to a portable computing system....

20060235612 - Method and system for detecting the presence of a disruptive object and activation module for this system: s

20060235613 - Integral navigation and audio/video system with function of preventing interruption of audio signal, and control method thereof: An integral navigation and A/V system for preventing an audio signal from being interrupted due to a voice guidance of a navigation system, and a control method thereof are provided. The system includes: a navigation module having geographical information, and measuring a self position, mapping the measured self position to...

20060235614 - Method and apparatus for automatic identification of celestial bodies: According to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for automatic identification of celestial bodies comprises an imager and logic encoded in media. The imager is operable to accept incoming light from celestial bodies and produce a digital image. The logic encoded in media is operable to identify centroids...

20060235615 - Driving support system: A driving support system for a vehicle being adaptable to both of a manual driving of which driving operation is under control of a driver and an automated driving of which automated driving operation is under one of a partial control and a full control of automation, the driving support...

20060229769 - Control system and method: A method is provided for a control system. The method may include obtaining data records associated one or more input variables and one or more output parameters, and selecting one or more input parameters from the one or more input variables. The method may also include generating a computational model...

20060229771 - Determining the moment of activation of an automatic hold function: A method for determining the moment of activation of an automatic hold function in vehicles. The optimum moment of activation may be determined precisely if the present vehicle speed is measured by wheel speed sensors, a future vehicle speed is calculated and the hold function is activated when the calculated...

20060229770 - Moveable controls for vehicular applications: A vehicle control system (14) for a frontal ingress and egress vehicle (10) includes one or more vehicle hand control modules (12). Each hand control module (12) includes a housing (20) that is multi-dimensionally position adjustable and has a stowed position and a deployed position. The housing (20) is clear...

20060229772 - Systems and methods for avionics software delivery: Systems and methods delivering avionics software are disclosed. One method comprises equipping one or more aircraft with a computer hardware unit adapted to implement time and memory space partitioning of one or more software applications; assigning a hardware part number to the computer hardware unit; installing one or more software...

20060229774 - Method, medium, and apparatus for self-propelled mobile unit with obstacle avoidance during wall-following algorithm: A method, medium, and apparatus of a self-propelled mobile unit with obstacle avoidance during wall-following. In the self-propelled mobile unit, a carrying unit may move the mobile unit by using a transmitted power, and a sensor unit can detect an obstacle and a wall, which may be respectively placed in...

20060229775 - Mobile navigator: Terminals in a navigator for a mobile phone are easily installed in the present invention. The terminals not only transfer signals but also strengthen the structure of the navigator after assembling the terminals into a supportive frame....

20060229773 - Unmanned tactical platform: An unmanned tactic platform (UTP) mounted on a two-stage locomotive system of which a first locomotive stage is a significantly high-speed travel stage where the UTP reaches an arena, and a second locomotive stage is a tactical maneuver stage in which the UTP maneuvers at the arena for executing a...

20060229776 - Method for on-line fuel-dilution monitoring of engine lubricant: A method for determining a fuel-dilution condition of a lubricant used in transportation and industrial equipment. The method uses apparatus that applies a high frequency and optionally a low frequency oscillating signal to electrodes immersed in the fluid and quantifies fluid response to the signals. Apparatus can further include means...

20060229777 - System and methods of performing real-time on-board automotive telemetry analysis and reporting: Active diagnosis of current operating and potential fault conditions in the operation of the vehicle is implemented using a diagnostic controller interoperating with an on-board vehicle control system as installed within a vehicle. The diagnostic controller supports autonomous execution of diagnostic tests initiated dependent on the operational state of the...

20060229778 - Technique for effective communications with and provision of global positioning system (gps) based advertising information to, automobiles: In an automobile, communications to and from the automobile are in the form of messages. Such messages are referred to as “electronic car-mail” or “C-mail” messages as each message has a destination or origination address which includes an identifier, e.g., a vehicle identification number (VIN), identifying the automobile. The messages...

20060229780 - Fleet tracking system with reporting feature: In a method of tracking usage habits of a vehicle having a standard vehicle data port, in which a user identification, a start date, a start time, and a start odometer reading are recorded a local vehicle data storage medium upon receipt of an authorized user identification. A shutoff date,...

20060229779 - Vehicle and equipment monitoring apparatus: A vehicle has a safe and a utility device operable for performing a task having a result capable of being measured. A local processor is associated with local storage, each of which is housed in a safe preventing access thereto. An operator input console associated with the local storage is...

20060229781 - Power window device: A power window device for use in a vehicle for raising and lowering each window glass. The power window device includes a drive unit for each door operable for raising and lowering the associated window glass. Each drive unit includes an EEPROM for retaining mounting position information of the position...

20060229782 - Vehicle-trailer stability and handling performance improvement using rear-wheel steering control: A vehicle steering control system for a vehicle/trailer combination that provides rear-wheel steering assist to improve the vehicle/trailer combination stability and handling performance. The control system provides an open-loop feed-forward control signal based on hand-wheel angle and vehicle speed. The control system includes a vehicle yaw rate command interpreter that...

20060229783 - Method for generating a firing decision for a restraining system: A method is provided for generating a triggering decision for a restraint system, in which method the triggering decision is generated as a function of a conjunction of the vehicle lateral acceleration and a rate of rotation. The vehicle lateral acceleration is additionally subjected to a threshold value decision, the...

20060229785 - Method for operating a sensor in a safety system: In a safety system and a method of operating a sensor in a safety system, the sensor transmits an electric reaction signal to a central system unit, and is also excited by the central system unit by a diagnostic and/or excitation signal as a reversible electro-mechanical system....

20060229784 - Method for pre-setting a passenger protection system for a vehicle: A vehicle occupant protection system of a vehicle having a plurality of adaptive protection system components assigned to a seat in the vehicle, is preset using data relating to the individual occupant of the seat. The identity of the occupant is determined for at least one seat, and a stored...

20060229787 - Electro-hydraulic control process and work machine using same: A method of controlling an electro-hydraulic system is provided. The method includes receiving an input corresponding to an operator commanded adjustment of the system, and determining an output at a time increment to adjust the electro-hydraulic system based at least in part on the input, at least one output at...

20060229786 - Working machine having prime mover control device: A work machine with an engine control device is provided, which is capable of ensuring fine controllability and providing further improved fine controllability with a simple construction. To this end, the work machine includes: an engine control device for controlling the output of an engine in accordance with each of...

20060229788 - Characteristics correction system for automatic transmission: In a property correcting system of an automatic transmission according to the present invention, a difference of revolutions between input revolutions Nin of a torque converter and turbine revolutions Nt is compared with target rotational difference ΔN, and is increased/reduced by the feedback operation (S6 and S7). It is checked...

20060229789 - System architecture optimization for electronic transmission range selection: A transmission control system for a vehicle includes a first module that generates a first modified signal based on a first position of a driver input device and a second module that receives the first modified signal from the first module. The second module generates a second modified signal based...

20060229790 - System and method for predicting a vehicle rollover: A system and method for predicting a vehicle rollover. A vehicle rollover is predicted when a vehicle impact has not occurred and first and second threshold values indicative of vehicle motion and vehicle kinetic energy are exceeded....

20060229791 - Methods for evaluating dynamic characteristics of vehicle dampers at low velocities: The ability of a damper to attenuate smooth road shake in a vehicle is tested using a test fixture that is controlled by inputting data for periodic low amplitude periodic excitations having a selected frequency range, selected amplitude range and a selected dither representative of vehicle operation on relatively smooth...

20060229792 - System and methods utilizing slope of target speed for cooperative speed for cooperative speed control system: A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor, wherein the processor includes logic to determine a vehicle acceleration rate value, wherein the processor is configured to receive at least a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, a second signal indicative of a second local required...

20060229793 - Vehicular travel control system: In a vehicular travel control system, when tracking control for a preceding vehicle is being carried out, if a driver intention detector detects a driver's intention to decelerate, a travel path width detector of an external conditions detector detects a decrease in the width of a subject vehicle travel path,...

20060229794 - Controller: A controller which is capable of improving the resolution and accuracy of control even when controlling a plant including a control region in which nonlinearities are temporarily very strongly exhibited and a control region in which the nonlinearities are hardly exhibited. A controller 1 which controls fuel pressure Pf of...

20060229798 - Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine can detect a tubing disconnection failure of an intake pressure sensor thereby to make it possible to give a warning to a user and to take appropriate measures to cope with such a failure situation. A control unit controls the engine based...

20060229797 - Engine control apparatus: An engine control apparatus includes a valve operating mechanism for transmitting the rotation of a crankshaft to camshafts through a timing wrapping member. A control unit includes a phase detection section that detects the phase of a camshaft relative to the crankshaft, an abnormality determination section that makes, based on...

20060229796 - Evaporative system leak detection upon refueling: A loose or missing fuel cap detection method for an evaporative emission control system of an automotive vehicle detects a loose or missing fuel cap based in part on whether fuel level changed. The method determines whether the fuel level changed, which is indicative of a refueling event. The method...

20060229795 - Method for the diagnosis of driver outputs and diagnosis pulse manager: The invention relates to a method for the diagnosis of driver outputs (20) and to a diagnosis pulse manager (10) that can supply a pulse to a driver output (20) in order to carry out a diagnosis of said driver output. As a plurality of diagnosis pulses may be required...

20060229799 - Fleet data reporting and benchmarking system and method: A system and method for standardizing fleet data and for enabling users of the system and method to selectively retrieve and report one participating fleet's standardized fleet data values in comparative relation to that of other participating fleets....

20060229801 - Multi-agent autonomous system and method: A method of controlling a plurality of crafts in an operational area includes providing a command system, a first craft in the operational area coupled to the command system, and a second craft in the operational area coupled to the command system. The method further includes determining a first desired...

20060229800 - System and method for reducing traffic congestion and accidents on highways: In a multiple lane highway, the minimum speed and maximum speed (i.e. speed limit) which motorists are permitted to drive is progressively increased from the right lane to the furthest left lane. For instance, in a four-lane highway, the right lane may have a speed limit of 55 mph, the...

20060229803 - Guided vehicle system: A guided vehicle 20 has an RF tag 22 and an RF tag reader 24. The RF 22 tag of a leading guided vehicle is read for collision avoidance based on the read information....

20060229802 - User interface system and method for a vehicle navigation device: A user interface for use in a vehicle navigation and traffic information device. Various adaptable menu commands and intuitive UI elements are provided to ease user navigation of the interface and to minimize driver distraction while providing information in an optimized manner....

20060229804 - Method and system for following a lead vehicle: A transmitter at a lead vehicle transmits a first transmission signal toward a first beacon and a second beacon associated with a following vehicle. A data processor or estimator determines a first propagation time associated with the first transmission and the first beacon and a second propagation time associated with...

20060229806 - Adaptable navigation system: The invention is a new and useful improvement to navigation system software that, when combined with conventional navigation system hardware, provides an operator with a means for modifying a course generated by a navigation system, and for saving the modified course for future trips. More specifically, the invention comprises an...

20060229805 - Method and apparatus for navigation using instantaneous doppler measurements from satellites: A method and apparatus for locating position of a satellite signal receiver is described. In one example, a Doppler offset for each of a plurality of satellite signals relative to the satellite signal receiver is determined at a first time. A position of the satellite signal receiver is then computed...

20060229807 - Point of interest spatial rating search: The present invention is directed to a system and method for searching and retrieving location information associated with one or more points of interests, whereby the search criteria can be dependent upon the location of a point of interest with respect to the real-time position of the user, and any...

20060229808 - Route guidance device for vehicle: A control circuit in a navigation device mounted in a vehicle detects a current position of the vehicle using a position detector when a target point is specified. The control circuit then determines whether information on a parking space corresponding to the specified target point is inputted or not. When...

20060229810 - Gps device and method for displaying weather data: A GPS device and method for associating current and forecasted geo-referenced weather data with location data in a hand-held ruggedized GPS device having an integrated weather data receiver, wherein the weather data can be displayed alone, particularly on larger scales, or in conjunction with the location data....

20060229809 - Portable personal positioner: A portable personal positioner for determining the geographical position of the user without employing the Global Positioning System (GPS) comprising a signal/position display and a traveling speed/distance measuring sensor, wherein the signal/position display is equipped with microprocessor, magneto-resistive sensor and altimeter to measure traveling direction signal along X and Y...

20060229811 - Vehicle navigation system: A vehicle navigation system that includes a vehicle mounted data display and a portable global positioning system (“GPS”) unit that may interface with the vehicle mounted data display....

20060229812 - Device radio-based danger warning: In a radio-based device for issuing hazard warnings to the driver of a vehicle a data receiver situated on board the vehicle receives hazard data from a data transmitter of at least one other vehicle, and evaluates the received data in a computer unit. The received data includes information about...

20060224279 - Economy running system, economy running controller and navigation apparatus: An economy running system having: a function of stopping an internal combustion engine of a vehicle when the vehicle stops and all of stop conditions are satisfied; and a function of restarting the internal combustion engine of the vehicle. The economy running system includes: a control unit that judges whether...

20060224277 - Method and device for identifying the initiation of the starting process carried out by a driver of a vehicle: The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting the initiation of the driving off process by a driver of a vehicle. In this context, at least one variable (M, N) is determined and the initiation of the driving off process is then inferred from said variable (M,...

20060224278 - Power line communication system: A power line communication system includes a master ECU for supplying electric power, a plurality of slave ECUS and a plurality of power-supply lines connecting the slave ECUS to the master ECU respectively. The power-supply lines including at least one first power-supply line on which a control signal is superimposed...

20060224280 - Remote vehicle control systems: A remote control system for remotely controlling a vehicle includes a pair of hand controls to be engaged by hands of a user. The hand controls may be moveable in order to cause movement of the overall vehicle and accessories of the vehicle. Numerous switches on the hand controls may...

20060224281 - Method and a device for assisting the piloting of an aircraft during an approach phase: The piloting aid device comprises a head up display device for displaying, on a display screen (12), a first straight line (13) representing in a true manner the plot on the ground of a first approach path, a first assistance point (25) such that the first straight line (13) passes...

20060224282 - Method for controlling hybrid electric vehicle powertrain: There is described a method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle power-train comprising an internal combustion engine, an electric machine and a transmission, the transmission having a gear set with three rotational elements rotationally coupled to the internal combustion engine, the electric machine and the vehicle driving wheel, a rotational...

20060224283 - On board diagnostics (obd): A method and apparatus for on board diagnostics for a system, comprising carrying out one or more diagnostic steps with respect to one or more functions of the system. An electronic horizon system, which provides information relating to prospective system-influencing factors, is used to determine the optimum conditions in which...

20060224284 - Pedal system and vehicle system with the pedal system: The invention provides a pedal system in which a preferable characteristic of a pedal and a preferable characteristic of a vehicle motion are achieved by changing a stiffness of the pedal and an outputting way of a vehicle output in accordance with a parameter on the basis of an operational...

20060224285 - Control system for adjustable damping force: Upon searching control parameter used to adjust damping force of a damper from a map in accordance with damper speed and target damping force decided based on moving condition of the vehicle, the map sets the control parameter, which are relatively higher than the actual damping force characteristics, as map...

20060224286 - Control system for adjustable damping force damper: A control system for a adjustable damping force damper includes a damper and a spring provided on a suspension apparatus of a vehicle, a sprung speed sensor for detecting speed of an upper member of the spring, the sprung speed is generated when the vehicle gets over steps on a...

20060224287 - Control system for adjustable damping force damper: A control system for an adjustable damping force damper of a suspension apparatus of a vehicle, includes a lateral acceleration detecting unit detecting a lateral acceleration of the vehicle at a gravity point thereof, a yaw rate detecting unit detecting a yaw rate of the vehicle and a control unit...

20060224288 - Method for recognising a collision by means of an upfront sensor system and device for carrying out said method: An apparatus for detecting impact of a moving object, in particular of a vehicle, having a first sensor device for acquiring an acceleration in a direction of motion of the moving object, an evaluation device for evaluating the first acceleration signal, and at least one second sensor device for acquiring...

20060224289 - Pedestrian detection system: A pedestrian detection system for a vehicle includes multiple acceleration sensors provided at different positions in a periphery portion of the vehicle, and a calculation unit for performing, based on a signal outputted by a designation acceleration sensor belonging to the multiple acceleration sensors, a determination whether an object colliding...

20060224290 - Vehicle door control system and method: When a compartment internal transmitter of a vehicle-side unit transmits a request signal with vehicle doors opened, at least one of strength of the request signal and sensitivity of a hand-held device to receive the request signal are set at a level lower than a normal level. Thus, even when...

20060224291 - Automatic transmission calibration method: Automated calibration of an automatic transmission design generates upshift scheduling curves in a throttle level/transmission output speed plane based upon laboratory-generated data and user generated drivability data. Downshift scheduling curves and torque converter lock-up and unlock curves are then generated as offsets from breakpoints on corresponding upshift curves, the offsets...

20060224292 - Control apparatus for vehicle: A control apparatus for a vehicle includes a RAM adapted to require a power to store and retain data. A nonvolatile memory is provided to be adapted not to require a power to store and retain data. Additionally, a CPU is provided to be adapted to make watch and/or control...

20060224293 - Rumble strip responsive system: vehicle control on rumble strip: A device adapted to automatically control the effective output of a vehicle control system/component that, for example, automatically applies braking and/or steering control, in response to tire contact with a rumble strip. The device includes a processor configured to receive a first signal indicative of contact of a vehicle tire...

20060224294 - Cooperative speed control system: A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor adapted to receive at least a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, a second signal indicative of a second local required speed received after the first signal, and a third signal indicative of a value of a...

20060224295 - Vehicle and method for speed control based on position information of other vehicles: An apparatus and method for controlling a speed of a vehicle includes detecting whether a cruise control setting of a first vehicle is active and receiving, at the first vehicle, position information of a second vehicle, the position information of the second vehicle including an elevation of the second vehicle....

20060224296 - Control device of internal combustion engine and method of calculating intake air amount of internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine (1) generates power by burning a mixture of fuel and air in each combustion chamber (3). The internal combustion engine (1) is provided with an in-cylinder pressure sensor (15) disposed in the combustion chamber (3) and an ECU (20). The ECU (20) calculates control parameters each...

20060224297 - Method for evaluating engine idle roughness: A method is provided for evaluating the acceptability of idle roughness levels in a newly manufactured multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. The method involves calculating a plurality of metrics based upon the relative firing energies of individual cylinders in the engine and setting threshold values for each of the metrics, below...

20060224298 - Method for pulsation correction within a measuring device measuring a media mass flow: A method and a device for the pulsation correction of measured values of a flow device, which is used to measure pulsating gas flows in internal combustion engines. A raw signal of the flow sensor is fed to an adder of a compensation circuit. The raw signal is at the...

20060224299 - Process for determining the operating parameters of an injection device: A process for determining the operating parameters of an injection device of a combustion engine includes the steps of: (a) selecting an injector to test; (b) calculating a mean velocity associated with a preceding injector arranged before the injector to test; c) applying to the injector to test an injection...

20060224301 - Communication system between vehicles: A communication system between vehicles of the present invention is equipped in each of the vehicles with an image taking device for taking an image around the vehicle; a moving body detection unit for detecting a moving body from the image taken by the image taking device; a display unit...

20060224302 - Navigation system: A navigation system comprising an apparatus and method for navigating a vehicle along a detour route when appropriate. A destination is set, and the current location, or site, is detected. Guiding is performed along an optimum route from the current location to the destination. When a traffic obstacle that requires...

20060224300 - System and method for providing information of moving objects' states of move, location data collection system, and car navigation system: A mobile phone base station sends to a mobile phone device information requesting location data thereof, receives location data sent back by the mobile phone device according to the information, and outputs the location data to a location data collection system. The location data collection system inputs the location data,...

20060224303 - Navigation system and program for the same: A navigation system for use in a subject vehicle for organizing a navigation instruction of a navigation route toward a destination in map data includes a closeness determination function for determining that a current position of the subject vehicle from the destination is a predetermined range, and a partial route...

20060224304 - Method for routing multiple paths through polygonal obstacles: The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for routing multiple paths through polygonal obstacles. In a preferred embodiment, the method begins by offsetting the initial paths through the obstacles from the obstacles to form adjusted paths. If it is determined that any adjusted path encounters a...

20060224305 - Vehicle unit for controlling communications between a vehicle and a wireless device: A vehicle includes a communication unit for communicating with a wireless device including a selection portion and a command portion. The selection portion provides an interface for a user to select functions of the vehicle for control by the wireless device. The command portion of the communication unit receives user...

20060224306 - Portable motion-activated position reporting device: The present invention is a portable motion-activated position reporting device. In one embodiment, a controller is coupled with an interrogator component, a position determining component, a wireless communications component, and an initiating component. In one embodiment, the initiating component detects motion of the position reporting device and generates a signal...

20060224308 - System and method for determining a position of a vehicle: A time estimator determines a first aggregate elapsed time between the transmission of the first transmission signal to a first beacon and receipt of a return signal, a second aggregate elapsed time between the transmission of the first transmission signal to a second beacon and receipt of a return signal,...

20060224309 - System and method for determining a position of a vehicle: A method and system for determining the position of a vehicle comprises a transmitter or transceiver for transmitting a transmission signal from a vehicle to beacons associated with the work area. Each beacon is associated with a corresponding transceiver or receiver for receiving the transmission signal. A data processor at...

20060224307 - System and method for determining a position of a vehicle with compensation for noise or measurement error: A mobile transmitter transmits a transmission signal from a vehicle to beacons. An estimator determines elapsed times for corresponding propagation paths between the vehicle and the beacons. Each propagation path includes at least one of a first propagation duration of a transmission signal and a second propagation duration of a...

20060224310 - Informative visual image matrix: An informative visual image matrix. The informative visual image matrix visually links various points-of-interest on a visual image with a descriptor containing information about features of the points-of-interest. The concentric design of the informative visual image matrix creates an intuitive and integrated display easily accessible by a beginner....

20060224311 - Navigation system: A map display system having map data of three dimensions for displaying a three-dimensional map together with a representation of a vector map data includes an elevation acquisition means for acquiring an elevation of a route between a start point to an end point in said three-dimensional map, a position...

20060224312 - Address input method and apparatus for navigation system: A method and apparatus for use with a navigation system allows a user to easily and quickly input an address of a destination with use of a specially made database even when spelling of the address is not certain to the user. The navigation system is designed to help the...

20060224313 - Device for searching sub-facility included in facility: A searching device of the present invention searches a sub-facility included in a large compound facility based on information stored in the device. A large compound facility is first searched, and then a sub-facility included in the large compound is searched if a user specifies the sub-facility. The user may...

20060224314 - On-vehicle information terminal, navigation system, on-vehicle information terminal control method and program product: An on-vehicle information terminal includes a menu display control unit that displays at a display monitor a selection menu organized over a plurality of hierarchical levels, a selection unit that selects a specific menu item in each hierarchical level in the selection menu, a processing execution unit that executes processing...

20060224315 - Map display device: A map display device having a corridor function includes a control unit and display unit. In the corridor function, the control unit clips a part of map data corresponding to a region, which includes a reference point at a central part of the region, and stores the part of map...

20060224316 - Navigation system: A navigation system includes: a roadmap display unit that displays a roadmap at a display monitor; a current position detection unit that detects a current position of the navigation system; a setting unit that sets a right turn instruction or a left turn instruction for an intersection displayed in the...

20060224317 - Method of determining a gps position fix and a gps receiver for the same: A method of determining a GPS position fix is disclosed together with a corresponding GPS receiver and server for the same. The method comprising the steps of: (i) providing standard GPS ephemeris corresponding to that transmitted by a GPS satellite; (ii) providing supplemental GPS ephemeris including at least one parameter...

20060224319 - System and method for indicating reminders via a portable computing device: A method of processing location data at a portable computing device is provided and includes receiving information associated with a user defined location at the portable computing device. The information includes a central point and an entry indication perimeter. An entry alert associated with the user defined location is received...

20060224318 - Trajectory prediction: Methods and systems for improved prediction of the movement of vehicles through an airspace are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for predicting movement of a vehicle in an airspace from a first location to a second location, the predicting based upon at least one data signal configured to communicate...

20060224320 - System and method for assigning pseudo random noise codes to pseudo satellites: A pseudolite PRN code assigning system and method are provided. In the system, a management server collects information related to PRN codes of GPS satellites, and a plurality of pseudolites (pseudo satellites) modulate transmission signals with PRN codes assigned from the management server....

20060224321 - Method and apparatus for high accuracy relative motion determination using inertial sensors: A relative navigation system including a first unit responsive to the motion of a first position, a second unit responsive to the motion of a second position and a processing unit that generates a relative navigation solution as a function of first unit information and second unit information. The generated...

20060224322 - Digital integrated motion system: A process that records, transmits and analyzes moment-to-moment data of objects of interest at an event for the production of a digital representation of the event. This representation is the result of a short-range radiolocation system used for tracking objects. Computing systems re-create timed sequences of event and broadcasts the...