Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 12/06

20060293799 - Method for real-time assessment of driver workload by a navigation or telematics device: An apparatus and method are disclosed for real-time assessment of driver workload by a vehicle device. To determine driver workload, the system monitors the driver interaction with the vehicle device. The driver interaction is then used to determine an estimated driver workload based on the driver interaction. In one embodiment,... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060293800 - Process for coupling a trailer with the use of a vehicle level regulation system: A driver assistance system is provided for coupling a trailer coupling mounted on a vehicle to a counterpiece mounted on a trailer. A control unit is provided in the vehicle, where, when a predefined first condition holds, the control unit controls at least one actuator of a vehicle level regulation... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060293801 - Method for measuring the length variation of a spring, and spring with corresponding sensor: A method for measuring a length variation of a spring, comprising the steps of: associating a sensor element with a spring; determining an impedance measurement of the sensor element; on the basis of the impedance measurement, determining the length variation of the spring.... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20060293802 - Remote monitoring method: A smart key carried with a user is provided with switches for monitoring a vehicle in remote places, such as a departure-time monitor switch, a return-time monitor switch and an all item monitor switch. The switches are associated with monitor information indicating various vehicle states. When the departure-time monitor switch... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20060293803 - Maintenance process and device for a radionavigation installation of an aircraft: The maintenance device (1) comprises a first means of recording (7) for recording on a first recording medium (8) first events relating to data external to the aircraft, received by said radionavigation installation (2), a second means of recording (10) for recording on a second recording medium (11) second events... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20060293804 - Aircraft vertical speed instrument device with multi-functional design aspects: The present invention provides a unique and novel device for indicating flight information to a pilot or co-pilot of an aircraft. The present invention is adapted to fit into an existing aircraft instrument panel at the location of, for example, a VSI instrument, and provides a digital display capable of... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060293805 - Distributed architecture for a system for managing aircraft landing gear: The invention relates to a system architecture for managing aircraft landing gear and suitable for extending/retracting retractable undercarriages, steering steerable wheels, and braking braked wheels. According to the invention, the architecture comprises a communications network having connected thereto extension/retraction actuators, steering actuators, and braking actuators, together with one or more... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060293806 - Navigational aid for diver: A diver unit computes the direction and distance to a specified target. When the target is obstructed, the diver unit receives navigation assistance data from another diver unit. The navigation assistance data includes direction information that is referenced to a common reference line extending between the two diver units.... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20060293807 - Watercraft network: A network for a vehicle correlates network addresses with functions. The network can be used to connect control devices and an outboard motor mounted to a watercraft. Each physical node on the network can include one or plurality of functional nodes. The network can be configured to assign network addresses... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060293808 - Device for self-determination position of a robot: The present invention relates to a device of self-determination position of a robot, and said device includes: a robot body; at least two driving wheels locating in two opposed sides of the robot body; a decelerator, connecting with a wheel shaft of said driving wheels through a power inputting portion;... Agent: Venable LLP

20060293809 - Methods to prevent wheel slip in an autonomous floor cleaner: Tread structures, wave motion navigational controls, and ramp up recovery controls are provided to an autonomous floor cleaner to reduce wheel slippage. The floor cleaner delivers liquid to the floor as part of the cleaning process. Wheels on the device are provided with relatively deep peripheral grooves to minimize the... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20060293810 - Mobile robot and a method for calculating position and posture thereof: A map data memory stores map data of a movement region, position data of a marker at a predetermined place in the movement region, identification data of the marker, and position data of a boundary line near the marker in the movement region. A marker detection unit detects the marker... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060293811 - Automotive data logger: A self-contained, hand held automotive diagnostic tool and method for logging automotive diagnostic data is disclosed. An automotive diagnostic tool is connected to a programming device, at which time the tool is programmed to log specified diagnostic data in response to detection of a selected vehicle diagnostic indicator. The tool... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20060293812 - In-vehicle emergency communicator: An in-vehicle emergency communicator for a vehicle with an external device is disclosed. The communicator includes a travel state information receiver for receiving travel state information from the external device. The communicator also includes a transmitter for transmitting an emergency message signal, which includes the travel state information, to a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060293813 - System and method for controlling remote vehicle using telematics system: A system and method for controlling a remote vehicle using a telematics system is provided. In the system and method, a communication terminal, such as a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a cell phone, and a line telephone set, is connected to a service providing center of the... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20060293815 - Method of estimating vehicle weight by determining vertical oscillation frequency: A method of estimating at least a portion of the weight of a vehicle and its load by use of an on-board accelerometer is disclosed.... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn

20060293814 - Regulatable spring-and-damper system in a vehicle: A regulatable spring-and-damper system in a vehicle comprises a passive spring element and a damping element which is mounted in parallel and is configured with a damping characteristic that can be regulated in a variable manner and is determined by comparison with a reference system that can be actively regulated.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060293816 - Series arranged air compressors system: A series arranged air compressors system includes a first air compressor and a second air compressor pneumatically connected in series in an open, closed or partially closed state of operation. The output of the second air compressor is used as a source of compressed air for an air suspension system... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060293817 - Intelligent electronically-controlled suspension system based on soft computing optimizer: A Soft Computing (SC) optimizer for designing a Knowledge Base (KB) to be used in a control system for controlling a suspension system is described. The SC optimizer includes a fuzzy inference engine based on a Fuzzy Neural Network (FNN). The SC Optimizer provides Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) structure selection,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060293819 - Driving support apparatus and driving support method: A driving support apparatus supports a driver in driving a vehicle. The driving support apparatus determines a state of the vehicle by collecting information concerning an operating condition of the vehicle, determines a plurality of optimum operations of the vehicle to achieve a corresponding objective based on the determined state,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060293818 - Recovery of calibrated center steering position after loss of battery power: The steering angle of a vehicle is monitored using position sensors of an electric motor of an electric power assisted steering (EPAS) system. A position of the electric motor corresponding to the straight-ahead, center position of the steering system is stored in non-volatile memory during a steering calibration procedure, such... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20060293820 - Air bag safety demonstration vehicle and method: An apparatus and method for an air bag safety demonstration vehicle is claimed. The vehicle provides a simulation of the front seat of an automobile, complete with steering wheel, dashboard simulator, one or more car seats, and one or more seat belts. The vehicle provides for demonstration of a driver's... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne

20060293821 - Window opening and closing controller: A window opening and closing controller includes a driver for operating a window of a door; an operating state detector for detecting an operating state of this driver; jamming judgment for judging the existence of foreign substance jamming of the window with a threshold value as a reference in accordance... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20060293822 - Predictive control method and apparatus for vehicle automatic transmission: In a method and apparatus for controlling an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle, a vehicle simulation device uses information regarding current vehicle operating parameters, together with map information regarding a route being traveled by the vehicle to project the dynamic longitudinal behavior of the vehicle, including vehicle velocity for... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060293823 - Transmission for motorcycle, motorcycle and motorcycle simulation system: To realize versatility for corresponding to various speed change systems, and to provide a transmission having a simple configuration. A transmission for a motorcycle has a shift pedal elastically inclined up and down from a reference position with a potentio-sensor for detecting the inclination. A control unit determines a shift... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060293824 - Method and system for automatic freewheeling of vehicle: A method and a system for automatic freewheeling of a vehicle, where in the vehicle are is arranged a speed-lowering arrangement, include an engine, a wheel driven by the engine via an automated stage-geared gearbox, a gas pedal for regulating the driving torque of the engine, and a control unit.... Agent: White, Redway & Brown LLP

20060293825 - Method and device for assisting a speed-control function on a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a method and device for operating a motor vehicle with a speed and/or distance control device (141) the same as with an automatic transmission (131) in which, departing from an actual driving speed (C), a preset nominal driving speed (D) is autonomously regulated and in which... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20060293826 - Apparatus and method for measuring speed of a moving object: An apparatus and method for measuring the speed of a moving object is provided. A first acceleration along the moving direction of the moving object and a second acceleration along the lateral direction of the moving object are measured. A first angular speed along the lateral direction of the moving... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20060293827 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine provide that a value for a first performance quantity of the internal combustion engine is modeled as a function of at least one second performance quantity different from the first performance quantity, e.g., a charge of the internal combustion... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060293828 - Fuel injection controlling apparatus for internal combustion engine: A sensor signal from a speed sensor is inputted into an ECU. The ECU calculates a rotation speed of a crankshaft in a predetermined period based on the sensor signal. The rotation speed is filtered by a frequency which is defined based on a combustion frequency of the engine to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060293829 - engine management: An in-cylinder pressure sensor obtains a high resolution pressure curve for each cylinder cycle allowing the various data to be derived for improved monitoring and control of operation of the engine. A more accurate measure of work done by the engine is obtained allowing more accurate estimation of the vehicle... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20060293830 - Apparatus and method for judging a piston position in an engine: Detection of which of a plurality of reference angle positions a crankshaft of an engine arrives at is executed to subsequently determine a crank angle region in which an output pattern of a cam angle signal is determined, based on which of the plurality of reference angle positions the crankshaft... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060293833 - Electronic control apparatus: The electronic control apparatus includes a microcomputer having a control function of controlling an actuator mounted on a vehicle in accordance with an input signal indicative of a running state of the vehicle, and a self-monitoring function of monitoring whether or not the control function is functioning properly on the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060293831 - Electronic control system with malfunction monitor: An electronic control apparatus for a vehicle consists of a microcomputer and a monitor module. The microcomputer includes a vehicle-mounted actuator controller and a controller monitor. The controller monitor works to monitor the validity of a monitor subject associated with an operation of the actuator controller based on a value... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060293832 - Method and control device for diagnosing a charge cycle valve stroke adjusting system of an internal-combustion engine: In a method for diagnosing a charge cycle valve stroke adjusting system of an internal-combustion engine having at least one exhaust gas sensor which supplies an output signal continuously varying with an exhaust gas constituent, the spread width of the output signal is determined, and compared with a reference value.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060293834 - Airline traffic modeling and allocation systems: Devices for redesigning a travel network having a plurality of origin-destination pairs are described. In particular, a surplus determining device is configured to determine the consumer surplus generated by an additional path added to a first origin-destination pair within the travel network using observable utility components of a consumer utility... Agent: Baker & Hostetler, LLP For Boeing Company

20060293835 - Fully automated vehicle dispatching, monitoring and billing: A system for controlling vehicles (20) to provide transportation services without need for human intervention. A database (10) stores records each documenting needed transportation services. Processing circuitry (which may be one or several networked computers) performs a dispatching process (26) which reviews these records, locates records indicating a need for... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20060293836 - Method and system for mapping traffic predictions with respect to telematics and route guidance applications: A method is provided for predicting load of traffic of vehicles that are travelling according to non reference route plan, provided with Dynamic Route Guidance capability of their PMMS, in a Forward Time Interval related Route Segment and according to a predetermined protocol between mobile systems and a non mobile... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20060293838 - Guidance apparatus: A guidance apparatus includes: a goal setting unit which sets a guidance goal of a user; a recognition unit which recognizes a situation of the user; a guidance tool obtainment unit which obtains a guidance tool for the user; a guidance plan making unit which makes a guidance plan by... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20060293837 - Photograph with map: A feature for producing photographs is disclosed. A location is associated with an image. When a photograph of the image is printed, a map showing the location is printed on the back side of the photograph.... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20060293839 - System, method and apparatus for providing navigational assistance: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus to assist a user navigate from a current location to a second location within an environment by determining a distance traveled by the user or from the user to one or more objects. The current location is then identified using the... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20060293840 - Airspace partitioning: Disclosed is a mechanism for partitioning an area such as airspace. An area of interest may be overlaid with a grid such as a hexagonal grid. Data related to a metric may be collected in the area of interest. A cell location is then determined for each piece of data.... Agent: George Mason University Office Of Technology Transfer, Msn 5g5

20060293841 - Traction control system and method: In one example, a first vehicle traveling on a road is provided. The vehicle comprises a communication device coupled in the first vehicle configured to receive information transmitted by a second vehicle traveling on the road, said information identifying road surface conditions experience by said second vehicle; and a controller... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20060293843 - Systems, methods, and programs for determining whether a vehicle is on-road or off-road: Systems, methods, and programs for determining whether a vehicle is off-road or on-road, store map data, determine the vehicle's current position; and obtain information about an area around the current position of the vehicle from the stored map data. The systems, methods, and programs obtain information related to a road-side... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060293844 - Vehicle controller: A vehicle position detector in a vehicle on a road leading to a junction predictably evaluates road attributes for determining false map matching possibility before the vehicle actually reaches the junction. The evaluation is based on, for example, an attribute such as a direction of the road, an incline of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20060293842 - Vehicle recovery system and method: A method and system are disclosed for recovering a vehicle that is being operated without authorization. The current position of the vehicle is determined relative to a road network. Then, a recovery action is taken that takes into account the current position of the vehicle. The recovery action may include... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20060293845 - Vehicle navigation system and method of generating updated map data for vehicle navigation system: There is provided a vehicle navigation system for searching predetermined information after map data is updated and navigating a user more effectively even when the user only knows information before the update. The vehicle navigation system includes a control section; a map data read section for reading first map data... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060293846 - Device and method for displaying information: In the case of a device for displaying information concerning points-of-interest (POIs) which are marked on a map, an individual identification for the POIs is also contained in the map. By transmitting the individual identification, the information may be extracted from a central databank, can be transmitted to a mobile... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060293847 - Interactive scaling feature having scalability in three dimensional space: A system and method for controlling the scale of an image is disclosed, which comprises an image object in a graphical user interface. A ruler object provides a ruler display for distance measurement in the image. A button object comprising the ruler detects a cursor event that is sent to... Agent: Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner, LLP

20060293849 - Fuel refill system: A fuel refill system is disclosed. The fuel refill system includes a satellite that provides location information from communication channels to a microprocessor. The location information includes a location of a vehicle and the location of one or more fuel service providers. A fuel refill communication method is also disclosed.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060293850 - Method for providing navigation service by using mobile station based global positioning system and mobile communication terminal and system using the same: Disclosed is a method for providing a navigation service by using a MS-Based GPS scheme in a mobile communication system including a mobile communication terminal, a PDE, a LBS platform and a road guidance service server, which comprising: (a) the road guidance service server selecting a road guidance service mode,... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20060293851 - Sky sur virtual travel guide: An interactive travel guide and personal assistant having GPS/GPRS functionality such that a traveler can access event, location, restaurant, travel advisories and other information through the implementation of a wireless handheld unit.... Agent: Burns & Levinson LLP

20060293852 - Position detecting system and method: In a position detecting system by use of GPS signals, a navigation information retrieving part retrieves reception strength information outputted from a navigation device when a current position of a mobile body is in a region in which a multipath is liable to occur. A reception sensitivity change part changes,... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20060293853 - Aided ins/gps/sar navigation with other platforms: The need for geo-registered features is avoided by a system for estimating a motion of a first sensor during a time interval. The system has a second sensor where the first sensor and the second sensor sense the same geo-location during the time interval. The first sensor computes a first... Agent: Patent Docket Administration Raytheon Systems Company

20060293855 - A system and a method for automatic air collision avoidance: A method and a system for avoiding collisions between aircrafts. The method comprises: computing a default fly out maneuver regarding how the aircraft shall be maneuvered during a fly out action, predicting a fly away path comprising a prediction of the position of the aircraft during the fly out maneuver,... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20060293854 - System and method for geo-registration with global positioning and inertial navigation: A position estimation system including a first arrangement for providing an image with a known target in a known reference frame. A second arrangement correlates the image with a stored image. The correlation is used to compute an error with respect to a position estimate. In a specific embodiment, the... Agent: Patent Docket Administration Raytheon Systems Company

20060293856 - System and method for providing a safety zone associated with a vehicle: A sensing system collects position data associated with one or more obstacles within a certain range of a vehicle. A former establishes an occupancy grid based on the collected position data. A motion monitoring module determines a reaction distance and a deceleration distance associated with a vehicle at a regular... Agent: Deere & Company

20060287775 - Method for controlling a power flow: A method for controlling power sources or energy sinks on an energy accumulator, in particular for a motor vehicle, is disclosed. Conventional systems for power supply to the motor vehicle modules are often excessively used, in particular in utility vehicles when an optimal availability is required. The present method includes... Agent: Clariant Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060287779 - Method of mitigating driver distraction: A driver alert for mitigating driver distraction is issued based on a proportion of off-road gaze time and the duration of a current off-road gaze. The driver alert is ordinarily issued when the proportion of off-road gaze exceeds a threshold, but is not issued if the driver's gaze has been... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060287778 - Power situation indicator: A power situation indicator configured to provide power information in a rotorcraft is presented. The power situation indicator includes a detection unit configured to detect a current value of each of a plurality of control parameters, each of the plurality of control parameters including a pre-determined operating limit; a calculation... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060287776 - System and method for retrieving and displaying vehicle control unit data: A system and method for retrieving and displaying data from an onboard memory of an electronic control unit in a vehicle is disclosed. The electronic control unit includes at least one parameter identifier that defines an address for a first data structure. The first data structure includes information on the... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20060287777 - Vehicle state determination integrity: A vehicle includes a semi-active suspension including suspension dampers controllably adjustable in accordance with electronic stability control commands and ride and handling commands. Vehicle steering response states, turning direction states and vehicle dynamics states are binary coded in respective state variables and suspension control calibrations are binary coded in calibration... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060287780 - Automated passenger boarding bridge alignment system and method with aircraft-based emergency stop control: A system for aligning an aircraft-engaging end of a passenger boarding bridge to a doorway along a lateral surface of an aircraft includes a bridge controller for performing automated alignment of the aircraft-engaging end of the passenger boarding bridge to the doorway. A user interface is located aboard the aircraft... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20060287781 - Method for determining a flight management system rendezvous intercept position: One popular military aircraft mission is to meet or rendezvous with another aircraft. Presently used systems have limitations in rendezvous distance, low accuracy of computed rendezvous intercept position, and wrong results in special rendezvous scenarios such in polar regions or on a collision path. The present invention makes use of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060287782 - System & method of filtering low order oscillation from non-rigid suspension systems: A system and method of guiding an aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft includes at least one non-rigidly attached sensor for providing a signal indicative of the angular rate of turn of the aircraft. The signal includes an oscillation component and an angular rate of turn component. A filter receives the... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20060287783 - Automated accounting system that values, controls, records and bills the uses of equipment/vehicles for society: This invention addresses environmental social and commercial uses and includes a monitoring system which is a network of on, in, out and off-board devices working together with people through software and interfaces to provide services and make accountable humanity's machines and their actions through safe secure communication. Control devices are... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20060287785 - Decoding an alternator output signal: An engine diagnostic system is provided that enables a service technician to evaluate engine cylinder contribution to output power. The service technician couples one or more signal leads to the vehicle's battery, alternator, or accessory receptacle (e.g., cigarette lighter receptacle) to provide an alternator output signal to a signal analyzer.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060287784 - Vehicle onboard communication system and method: ECUs are connected as nodes of communication networks and store a diagnostic result record of their own reception diagnostic results; the diagnostic result record is read from these ECUs and is analyzed overall by a vehicle onboard gateway device to recognize which ECUs are actually connected as nodes of communication... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20060287786 - Recorded communication system for aircraft: An aviation communication system which includes (a) a recording device in operative connection with (i) a communication signal transceiver so as to enable the recording of communication signals sent and received by the transceiver and so as to enable the generation of an audio signal output, and (ii) an audio... Agent: Sieberth & Patty, LLC

20060287788 - Active vibration insulator: An active vibration insulator includes an electromagnetic actuator, a controller, and a bad-roads processor. The electromagnetic actuator generates vibrating forces depending on electric-current supplies. The controller carries out vibrating-forces generation control. In the vibrating-forces generation control, the electric-current supplies are made variable so as to actively inhibit vibrations generated by... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060287787 - Method and system for interaction between a vehicle driver and a plurality of applications: A method and system for at least one of communication and interaction between a vehicle driver and a plurality of at least one of integrated and non-integrated applications like, e.g., native vehicle applications and/or aftermarket applications and/or nomad applications is disclosed. Especially, such a method and system for managing the... Agent: White, Redway & Brown LLP

20060287789 - Multimedia device for cars: A multimedia device for cars is provided, including a player data bus, a player I/O interface, a microprocessor, a memory unit, a USB controller, a buffer, and an MHE. The player data bus and player I/O interface are connected to a multimedia player for cars. The multimedia player for cars... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060287790 - Suspension control calibration integrity: A vehicle includes a semi-active suspension including suspension dampers controllably adjustable in accordance with electronic stability control commands and ride and handling commands. Vehicle steering response states, turning direction states and vehicle dynamics states are binary coded in respective state variables and suspension control calibrations are binary coded in calibration... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060287791 - Semi-active anti-roll system: A suspension system includes four electronically controlled actuators, one at each of the four wheels. The actuators are each controlled by an electronic control unit. The left front and right front actuators are mechanically connected with each other. The left rear and the right rear actuators are also mechanically connected... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060287792 - Agricultural vehicle performance maps: An agricultural vehicle having a plurality of controlled implements, 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 of the vehicle... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20060287793 - System and method for controlling the coupling between the driveshaft and the primary gear shaft in a motor vehicle with a servo-controlled gearbox: What is described is a control system for controlling the coupling between a driveshaft of a motor vehicle propulsion system and a primary input shaft of a gearbox by means of a servo-assisted friction clutch. A control unit receives at its input signals indicating a command imparted by the driver... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20060287794 - Control system and method for controlling the driving-away manoeuvre in a motor vehicle with a servo-controlled gearbox: What is described is a control system for controlling the driving-away manoeuvre in a motor vehicle provided with a gearbox comprising a primary input shaft which can be coupled to a drive shaft of a propulsion system of the vehicle by means of a servo-assisted friction clutch. A control unit... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20060287795 - Distributed control architecture for powertrains: Systems and methods for controlling automotive powertrains using a distributed control architecture are disclosed. A distributed control system may include a supervisory control unit for controlling one or more powertrain subsystems, and one or more subsystem control units in communication with the supervisory control unit. The supervisory control unit can... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060287796 - Engine control device and engine control method for straddle type vehicle: An engine control device capable of decreasing engine output while giving less uncomfortable feeling to the rider in the event of a failure, with a simple configuration. Engine output is decreased when a failure has been detected in a throttle valve. When engine speed after the occurrence of the failure... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20060287798 - Deceleration control apparatus for a vehicle: A deceleration control apparatus to achieve the intended level of deceleration performance regardless of whether braking performance is changed by towing an object such as a trailer, and to reduce the possibility that a driver feels uncomfortable due to a change in the level of deceleration performance while the vehicle... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060287797 - Pressure boost for vehicle rear brake circuits: Under certain operating conditions, the pressure applied to a vehicle rear brake circuit is increased above the pressure applied to the vehicle front brake circuit to enhance stopping of the vehicle.... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20060287799 - Active vibration insulator: An active vibration insulator includes an electromagnetic actuator, a control-signals generator, a control-signals compensator, and a driver. The electromagnetic actuator generates vibrating forces depending on electric-current supplies. The control-signals generator generates control signals, which actively inhibit vibrations generated by a vibration generating source of a vehicle from transmitting to a... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060287800 - Driving support apparatus: A driving support apparatus, which supports a driving operation of a vehicle by an operator by capturing a view around the vehicle and by displaying the captured view on at least a displaying means provided inside a cabin of the vehicle, includes: a target spot setting means for setting a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060287801 - Apparatus and method for notifying state of self-moving robot: An apparatus and method for notifying the state of a self-moving robot using voice or a variety of melodies is provided. The self-moving state notification apparatus includes a voice notification unit for outputting an audio signal notifying the operating state of the self-moving robot. The apparatus outputs voice or various... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060287802 - Method and apparatus for determining local emissions loading of emissions trap: An apparatus comprises an emissions trap and a loading determination device. The emissions trap is configured to trap emissions present in exhaust gas and comprises a first local region and a second local region. The loading determination device is configured to determine emissions loading of the first local region and... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20060287803 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular a motor vehicle having a plurality of cylinder banks are described, making it possible to eliminate fluctuations in a time trend in an output quantity of the internal combustion engine that may result due to differences in... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060287804 - Control apparatus for vehicle and method of switching mode of control unit of control apparatus: In an engine of a vehicle provided with a normally-closed solenoid valve in a fresh air induction port of a canister, in the case where a refueling cap is open when the engine is stopped, a control module operates in a usual-power consumption mode, and forces closing of the solenoid... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060287805 - Electronic control apparatus which responds to shut-down command by executing specific processing prior to ceasing operation: An electronic control apparatus includes a control circuit and has a power supply holding function whereby when a power switch-off command is received by the apparatus, the supplying of power to the control circuit is continued until it has completed specific processing, during a power supply holding interval. The duration... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060287806 - Fault diagnosis apparatus for sensors used in a system: A fault diagnosis apparatus for sensors in an apparatus system has at least three sensors which detect different physical quantities for one physical phenomenon which vary in correlation with one another, the sensors outputting signals indicating the detected physical quantities, wherein outputs from the at least three sensors are converted... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060287807 - Method for incorporating individual vehicle data collection, detection and recording of traffic violations in a traffic signal controller: The present disclosure teaches a software and hardware system capable of operating on a signal controller platform which detects and records individual vehicle data including but not limited to dangerous driving behavior such as red light running and speeding. The disclosure teaches sharing of the computing platform and infrastructure of... Agent: Heinz Grether PC G2 Technology Law

20060287808 - Traffic status detection with a threshold method: A method for providing traffic status information as part of a traffic status detection system using a traffic status detection device provided in the vehicle, in particular traffic status information for ascertaining the traffic situation, including traffic status information for detecting congested traffic is provided. To provide high-quality traffic status... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060287809 - Method and device for processing information output by redundant primary flight equipment: The present invention relates to the redundant architectures of processing lines interposed between primary flight equipment doubled or tripled as a safety measure and one or more flight conduct systems. It relates more particularly to the addition, at the head of the processing lines, of anti-noise filters intended to avoid... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20060287810 - Systems and methods for determining a relevance rank for a point of interest: The present invention provides systems and methods for computing a relevance rank or score of a point of interest based on its proximity to clusters of other points of interest (POI). The methods of the present invention are based upon novel approaches that use location information and weighting functions in... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20060287812 - Traveling condition determination device: A traveling condition determination device for use in a vehicle includes an imaging unit for periodically capturing an image of a road on which the vehicle is traveling, a recognition unit for recognizing a marker on a side of the road relative to the vehicle, a detection unit for detecting... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20060287811 - Vehicle navigation system: A vehicle navigation system has a navigation component including a memory for geographic data and a processor for generating navigation information from the geographic data, and a mobile phone for inputting requests to said navigation component, the mobile phone being the only component for inputting the requests to the navigation... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20060287813 - Proximate location detection system and method: A proximate location detection system and method is provided. A user carries a mobile location indicating device which initially determines the general geographic area in which the device is located. The device is able to download map data in relation to the general geographic area, the map data comprises details... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20060287815 - Navigation system and method: A novel mapping paradigm is provided for the visual display of information in the form of an improved navigational aid. Unlike today's road maps which use a point-arc-polygon paradigm, the new mapping paradigm uses a compressed linear-pictographic-topological design that typically depicts roads as vertical linear pictograms. Further, the display has... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20060287814 - Navigation system for displaying direction information to destination, and method thereof: A navigation system for displaying information on a straight-lined direction from a current position to a destination, and a method thereof are provided. The system includes a GPS module for measuring current position and running direction of a vehicle, and generating information on the current position and running direction; a... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20060287818 - Car navigation system, traffic information providing apparatus, car navigation device, and traffic information providing method and program: In the present invention a traffic information providing apparatus makes a vehicle location and a running date a starting point, and predicts arrival time to each link included in a designated area, based on current traffic information provided by a traffic information center; meteorological forecast information provided by a meteorological... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060287816 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for indicating a return route in a mobile device: Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for indicating a return route in a mobile device. A location identifier representing an intermediate point along a route is received and is independent of global positioning system information. A direction of travel is associated with the location identifier. Directional instructions indicating... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20060287817 - Vehicle navigation with integrated curve warning: A navigation system evaluates vehicle and environmental parameters to determine if a vehicle can pass through a curved path. The system determines a vehicle position and a vehicle velocity. The system processes position and velocity information to determine if the vehicle can pass through the curved path. If a curved... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060287819 - Navigation system with intersection and three-dimensional landmark view: A vehicle navigation system helps guide a driver to a destination by enhancing visualization of landmarks and upcoming intersections. The navigation system stores resolution independent representations of the landmarks and intersections. The representations allow the navigation system to quickly and efficiently resize and render the landmarks and intersections without distortion... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060287821 - Computer rearview mirror: A computer rearview mirror includes a casing, a transparent member, a video display, an electronic unit and an information processing unit. The electronic control unit has at least one CPU (central processing unit) and memory means. The information processing unit has at least one function module, each providing a specific... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060287823 - Global positioning system receiver and gorrelating circuit thereof: A global positioning System receiver and a correlating circuit thereof are disclosed. They sequentially and in parallel generate the portion of bits of the C/A code representing the satellite, sequentially and in parallel generate the portion of bits of the corrected frequency code of Doppler effect, and sequentially outputs the... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20060287822 - Gps denial device detection and location system: A system for detecting a GPS denial device includes a plurality of GPS receivers, a plurality of remote sensor interfaces, a gateway, and a computer management system. Each of the plurality of GPS receivers determines positional parameters based on the signals received from the GPS satellites. Each remote sensor interface... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20060287820 - Host based satellite positioning systems: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a host based positioning system. The host based positioning system includes a tracker hardware interface that connects to a dedicated hardware space vehicle tracker. The tracker hardware interface receives positioning information from the space vehicle tracker. The host based positioning system... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20060287824 - Interruption free navigator: An interruption free navigator includes an inertial measurement unit, a north finder, a velocity producer, a positioning assistant, a navigation processor, an altitude measurement, an object detection system, a wireless communication device, and a display device and map database. Output signals of the inertial measurement unit, the velocity producer, the... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20060287825 - Vehicle drive assist system: A vehicle drive assist system comprises a camera for picking up an image of an area existing in an advancing direction of a vehicle; display means for displaying the image picked up by the camera; steering angle detecting means for detecting a steering angle for steering the vehicle; traveling path... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060287826 - Vehicle drive assist system: A vehicle drive assist system comprises a camera for picking up an image of an area existing in an advancing direction of a vehicle; display means for displaying the image picked up by the camera; steering angle detecting means for detecting a steering angle for steering the vehicle; traveling path... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060287828 - Device for detecting objects in the blind spot of a vehicle: A device for detecting objects in the blind spot on a side of vehicle includes a ranging main sensor, an auxiliary sensor, a comparison unit, and an output unit for outputting a warning signal which indicates objects in the blind spot. The detection range of the main sensor extends in... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060287827 - Hybrid air collision avoidance system: A hybrid air collision avoidance system (HACAS) is an air collision avoidance system with extended existing air avoidance capabilities and incorporated with new hybrid capabilities to perform hybrid air collision prediction and hybrid air collision avoidance. This system works in collaboration with two other systems, hybrid ground collision avoidance system,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060287829 - Object proximity warning system: A system and method are provided to detect an impending contact or collision between a subject vehicle, which may be an aircraft, a watercraft or a load-handling vehicle, and stationary objects or other vehicles in the vicinity of the subject vehicle, comprising distance or motion-detecting sensors mounted at positions on... Agent: Laurence C. Bonar

20060282198 - Intelligent chassis mechanism capable of detecting strain: An intelligent chassis mechanism incorporated into a vehicle includes a plurality of stress-strain sensors installed in the chassis of the vehicle at different locations for detecting the direction and amount of any strain occurred thereon to enable the chassis mechanism to be a large strain-detecting unit. The intelligent chassis mechanism... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060282197 - Method for optimizing vehicles and engines used for driving such vehicles: The invention relates to methods for optimizing vehicles and engines that are used for driving such vehicles, comprising the following steps: measurements are taken during real operation of the vehicle (10) on the road or on a roller-type test stand or the engine (21) on an engine test stand (19);... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20060282199 - System and method for improved train handling and fuel consumption: A method of controlling the operation of a railroad train having a locomotive consist comprising one or more railroad locomotives to improve locomotive consist fuel efficiency, the method including calculating on-board the locomotive consist a load of the train being moved by the locomotive consist based on measuring the movement... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20060282200 - Method for error diagnosis of an ambient-pressure sensor and an intake-manifold pressure sensor: In a method for error diagnosis of an ambient-pressure sensor and an intake-manifold pressure sensor of an internal combustion engine, a defective intake-manifold pressure sensor or a defective ambient-pressure sensor is unambiguously detected by measuring the signals of the ambient-pressure sensor and the intake-manifold pressure sensor with the internal combustion... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060282203 - Airbag, method of manufacturing the same, airbag apparatus and vehicle: An airbag is provided in which connecting belts extending from opposed surfaces of a left airbag section and a right airbag section can be connected easily to each other and which can be manufactured easily. In one form, the airbag is composed of four panels; an inside panel, a right... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20060282201 - Confidence boost for automotive occupant classifications: The present invention relates to systems for determining the position and the type of an occupant in a vehicle. More specifically, the present invention provides an occupant position and type classification system including an occupant detection module, a processor in communication with the occupant detection module, and memory accessible by... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060282202 - Supplemental restraint deployment method with anticipatory crash classification: A supplemental restraint deployment method utilizes measured vehicle speed and acceleration and the output of a closing velocity sensor that detects the presence and closing rate of an approaching object prior to contact with the vehicle. The closing velocity and vehicle speed are utilized for classification of an impending crash... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060282204 - Vehicular heads-up display system with adjustable viewing: Heads-up display arrangements for vehicles including a seat in which an occupant sits, a system for forming an image of text and/or graphics in a field of view of the occupant, a determination arrangement for determining a position of the occupant (or a part thereof) and an adjustment system for... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20060282205 - System for guiding a farm implement between swaths: An apparatus, method and tangible medium using GPS for guiding a farm implement along a turn path between swaths. The apparatus includes a GPS receiver and a turn computer. The turn computer calculates or stores a turn path between swaths, calibrates GPS positions to a swath end position and uses... Agent: David R. Gildea Menlo Patent Agency LLC

20060282206 - Method for effecting kickdown shift: A method for effecting a kickdown shift in a transmission of an automotive vehicle controls turbine speed change based on a continuous desired acceleration calculation. The method determines an initial speed of a turbine that transmits torque between an engine and a plurality of gears through a plurality of releasing... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20060282207 - Adaptive traction control system: A method of controlling a traction control system (30) includes continuously adapting a steady state driven wheel speed to reference wheel speed ratio, so that said traction control system can avoid unnecessary actuations (e.g., demanding torque reduction). The continuous adaptation methodology provides traction control robustness to vehicles equipped with a... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20060282208 - Method and apparatus for monitoring tire performance: A method and apparatus for assessing tire performance by generating accurate, timely tire-to-surface slippage information under any operational/environmental conditions and on any road and/or off-road surface without requiring instrumentation of the roadway. The approach is capable of storing generated tire-to-surface slippage information for later retrieval and analysis and/or capable of... Agent: John M. Vasuta, Esq. Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20060282211 - Control device, control method, control unit, and engine control unit: There are provided a control device, a control method, a control unit, and an engine control unit, which are capable of controlling a controlled object with relatively large phase delay and dead time, while attaining elimination of lag in control timing between the input and output of the controlled object... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20060282209 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine, particularly of a vehicle, having several cylinder banks are provided, which allow for a simplified control. For this purpose, a resulting requirement is formed by coordinating several output variable requirements of the internal combustion engine. The coordination of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060282210 - Method for a torque-based control of an internal combustion engine: In a method for a torque-based control of an internal combustion engine wherein from an input value representing a desired engine power output a desired torque value is calculated, then the desired torque value is converted using a performance graph while taking another value into consideration to a first power... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20060282212 - Continuous cylinder misfire detection method: A method and system for detection of continuous single cylinder misfire, by more completely analyzing an estimated periodic sequence of reference period signals, and comparing the periodic sequence with a sample corresponding to an immediately prior revolution, is offered. Data occurring periodically, with a period of one revolution, are eliminated,... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060282213 - Integrated regeneration and engine controls: A method to integrate engine and exhaust aftertreatment control may include connecting an engine controller to an aftertreatment controller using a common data link protocol to provide a bidirectional data flow between the engine controller and the aftertreatment controller. The method may also include connecting the engine controller to one... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20060282214 - Intelligent navigation system: A system and method of intelligent navigation of a vehicle using a navigation system with artificial intelligence is provided. The system includes a global positioning means, a navigation means, a controller, and an information database containing a map of a location of a traffic control device. The method includes the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20060282215 - Global positioning system with real-time updating: A Global Positioning System (GPS) updates an internal map database in real-time. The system has a module for collecting environmental data, a module for processing environmental data, and a module for conducting environmental data. The collecting module receives position data real-time and judges its usability. The processing module can transform... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060282216 - Differential gps corrections using virtual stations: Method and apparatus for providing GPS pseudorange correction and carrier phase correction information for navigation or surveying activities over a selected geographic region S of arbitrary size. In a navigation mode, a virtual reference station (VRS), positioned near a selected location L, receives differential GPS (DGPS) correction signals, translates these... Agent: Bruce D. Riter

20060282217 - Network aided terrestrial triangulation using stars (natts): A method for determining a terrestrial location of an apparatus that is deployed in a generally known geographical region includes capturing, by the apparatus, an earthbound image of the sky from a terrestrial location at an identified time; communicating, by the apparatus, data representative of the captured earthbound image of... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20060282218 - Vehicle travel safety apparatus: A vehicle travel safety apparatus which includes: an object detecting device that detects objects around the vehicle; a first travel path estimating device that estimates the travel path of a moving object among the objects; a velocity calculating device that calculates the velocity of the moving object; a travel state... Agent: Brian M Berliner, Esq O'melveny & Myers, LLP

20060276941 - Electronic four-wheel drive control: A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine that drives a first set of wheels, a generator, wherein the generator is powered by the internal combustion engine, a inverter connected to an output of the generator, an AC motor connected to an output of the inverter, and a controller, wherein the...

20060276939 - Real-time determination of grade and superelevation angles of roads: A novel method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for estimating a grade angle and superelevation angle of a road upon which a vehicle is traveling. In one embodiment, the present teachings comprise a method for measuring a quantity of specified vehicle associated parameters, including a grade angle composite acceleration parameter,...

20060276940 - Vehicle information system with remote communicators in a network environment: An information system for a vehicle includes a computer for handling informational data. This information data includes vehicle data corresponding to operation of the vehicle and external data such as internet web pages and email. A primary display is connected to the computer and in a position to be viewed...

20060276943 - Systems and methods for data processing and control in a transportation system: The present invention provides a network data recording system particularly adapted for use in transportation systems. Cameras, microphones and a variety of sensors and existing vehicle systems are networked to a central controller, which receives and processes audiovisual and other data from the cameras and sensors. Raw and processed information...

20060276942 - Transportation data recording system: The present invention provides a network data recording system particularly adapted for use in transportation systems. Cameras, microphones and a variety of sensors and existing vehicle systems are networked to a central controller, which receives and processes audiovisual and other data from the cameras and sensors. Raw and processed information...

20060276944 - Vehicle motion stability control apparatus: An angular velocity detection device is provided for detecting an angular velocity about a single axis tilted in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle to a normal axis thereof. An actual motion state variable of the vehicle is calculated on the basis of the detected angular velocity. At least one...

20060276946 - Discrimination apparatus: Provided is a discrimination apparatus including: an impact application unit for applying an impact to an object to be discriminated; a signal output unit for outputting a signal corresponding to an impact applied by the impact application unit; a discrimination unit for discriminating the object to be discriminated on basis...

20060276945 - Method of operation for a vision-based occupant classification system: A vision-based occupant classification method utilizes a static classification routine for achieving highly accurate occupant classification, a dynamic detection routine for quickly responding to changes in occupant position, and a category state change routine for detecting potential changes in occupant category. The static classification routine determines an initial classification of...

20060276947 - Electronic control apparatus for vehicle: A plurality of electronic control units (ECU) are classified under a plurality of ECU groups. A relay is provided for each ECU group, and connected between each ECU in a corresponding group and a power supply. Connection is established between respective ECUs by a communication network. When power is turned...

20060276948 - Method and device for controlling power output of engine for working machine: An engine control device detects the state of work of a working vehicle such as a construction machine or the like, and controls the power output capacity of an engine automatically. A determination is made as to whether excavation or uphill traveling is being performed, based upon the detection signals...

20060276949 - Vibration control with operating state measurement: The invention relates to a monitoring device and to a method for monitoring the function of the components of an agricultural implement, with a vibration sensor for providing signal values containing information on mechanical vibrations generated by moving components of the implement, an operating state detecting device for providing a...

20060276950 - Motor vehicle: Disclosed is a motor vehicle with an automatic gearbox, a gearbox control unit comprising several driving programs which control the gear switching operation and a selection lever for manual selection between a normal D driving program with automatic gearbox adjustment and a sporty S driving program. The motor vehicle also...

20060276951 - Method and system for improved automatic control of one or several functions in a vehicle: Method for improved automatic control of a function in a terrestrial vehicle that includes an automatic control of the function, determination of the position of the vehicle on the ground (x, y) and comparison of the position of the vehicle with one or several previously stored positions. The previously stored...

20060276952 - Method for controlling engine starts for a vehicle powertrain: A method is disclosed for controlling an internal combustion engine in a vehicle powertrain. A filtered driver demand for torque at vehicle traction wheels is used to determine an engine torque command. The engine torque command is initialized to a percentage of a target engine torque as a function of...

20060276953 - Model-based inlet air dynamics state characterization: An inlet air dynamics (IAD) characterization control system for an internal combustion engine includes a first module that estimates a future firing event manifold absolute pressure (MAP) and a second module that determines a MAP cycle difference based on the future firing event MAP and a previous cycle MAP. A...

20060276954 - Device and method for controlling suction air amount in internal combustion engine: An apparatus and method for controlling the intake air amount in an internal combustion engine provided with a throttle valve and an intake air amount changing means linked with the same, the intake air amount control apparatus and method of an internal combustion engine finding a target intake air amount...

20060276955 - Method for determining the temperature downstream the entry of a catalytic converter for a turbocharged engine: This method for determining, in a turbocharged engine, the temperature of the exhaust gases downstream of the turbine of the turbocharger, comprises the following steps: determining the temperature upstream of the turbine of the turbocharger, calculating a corrective term from engine operating parameters, and determining the temperature downstream of the...

20060276956 - Method and apparatus for controlling a component by feed-forward closed-loop controller state modification: An apparatus comprises a feed-forward arrangement and a closed-loop controller. The feed-forward arrangement is configured to determine a change of a system, the system change being independent of an output of a component of the system. The feed-forward arrangement is further configured to generate a feed-forward signal representative of the...

20060276957 - Visual aircraft spacing tool: An air traffic display aid and method that uses parameters for defining a heading for an alpha approach and a beta approach. These can be intersecting or converging runways, dependent or independent parallel runways or airways in en-route configurations. A target reference point is determined in dependence upon the alpha...

20060276958 - Inertial navigational guidance system for a driverless vehicle utilizing laser obstacle sensors: A navigational control system for, and method of controlling the operation of, a driverless vehicle. The system includes a vehicle travel path and a visual object detection system for generating data relating to the position of the vehicle relative to objects in readable proximity to the travel path. The system...

20060276959 - Navigation system: According to the 1st aspect of the invention, a navigation system comprises: a storage unit that stores map data managed with links representing smallest road units; a road map display unit that displays a road map based upon the map data; a depressed position detection unit that detects a depressed...

20060276960 - Methods, systems and computer program products for ride matching based on selection criteria and driver characteristic information: Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for matching a passenger with a driver for a trip to a destination. Characteristic information about a plurality of drivers is received and a plurality of selection criteria are received from the passenger. A request for the trip is received from the...

20060276962 - Moving history conversion apparatus and moving history conversion method: To provide a moving history conversion apparatus which makes moving history accumulated in an apparatus to be available in other different-type apparatuses. The moving history conversion apparatus includes: the first map information accumulation unit which accumulates first map information which represents a map using a series of first-type IDs for...

20060276961 - Navigation system with function of one-touch map matching correction and method thereof: A navigation system with a function of one-touch map matching correction, and a method thereof. The navigation system includes a GPS module for receiving each position signal, and measuring self position and driving direction; a map database for storing map data; a storage unit for storing a candidate designation index,...

20060276963 - Network aided terrestrial triangulation using stars (natts): A first apparatus includes an imaging component configured to capture an earthbound image of the sky from a terrestrial location, a chronometric component, a communication component configured to transmit data representative of a captured earthbound image of the sky, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause an earthbound...

20060276964 - Behavior detector and behavior detection method for a vehicle: A behavior detector and a behavior detection method for a vehicle. A controller extracts multiple characteristic points out of an image captured using a camera and computes the velocities and the directions that the respective extracted characteristic points move in the image. Then, the controller computes the times (TTC) until...

20060276965 - Device and method for detecting collision of vehicle: A method for detecting a collision of a vehicle based on an output value of a pressure sensor for detecting change of a pressure in an interior space of the vehicle, includes: a process for calculating an environmental pressure around the vehicle; a process for correcting a pressure value determined...