Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 02/07

20070043481 - New approach to enroute aircraft management: P

20070043482 - Emergency descent system: An emergency descent system is provided for automatically performing an emergency descent in a vehicle. The system monitors cabin pressure altitude and if the cabin pressure altitude exceeds a preset value, the emergency descent system, may direct the autopilot to descend the aircraft to the minimum safe altitude (MSA). The... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070043483 - Runway incursion detection system and method for displaying a runway incursion: A method for displaying a runway incursion for an aircraft includes electronically gathering traffic information data from a traffic information system, employing a runway incursion algorithm to the traffic information data to detect a collision hazard, automatically calculating incursion data, and displaying the incursion data. A runway incursion detection system... Agent: Rockwell Collins, Inc. Attn: Kyle Eppele

20070043484 - Method for mounting pattern in actual machine: When dot-sequential data indicating a temporal variation in position, speed, or acceleration is stored in a memory in an automated guided vehicle as it is, the capacity of the memory is insufficient and thus needs to be increased. A pattern is mounted in a stacker crane 1; the pattern is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070043485 - Method for monitoring the performance reliability of a control unit and diagnostic device: The present arrangement provides a method for monitoring the performance reliability of a control unit and/or at least one sensor of a safety device for the protection of vehicle occupants, comprising the steps that a negative acceleration or velocity caused by an impact, in particular, be recorded; a value for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070043486 - Rail wheel measurement: A method of determining a remaining service life for a rail wheel (18) of a railway vehicle using an electronic rail wheel (18) wear gauge (10) mountable on the rail wheel for measuring at least one rail wheel dimension. The method includes measuring a rail wheel dimension and processing the... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20070043487 - Method and system for providing vehicle-service alerts to a vehicle technician: A method and system for providing vehicle-service alerts to a vehicle technician is disclosed. A technician alert system receives from a vehicle technician information identifying a given type of vehicle scheduled for service. Based on the received information, the technician alarm system determines one or more vehicle-service alerts, if any,... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070043488 - System and method for testing the integrity of a vehicle testing/diagnostic system: A system and method for testing the integrity of a vehicle testing/diagnostic system is provided. Examples of vehicle testing/diagnostic systems may include any equipment (portable or stationary) found in an automotive maintenance and/or testing environment (or other environment) that is capable of communicating with vehicle on-board diagnostic (OBD) systems. Prior... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070043489 - System and method for controlling access to mobile devices: A system and method for controlling access to, and especially protecting against unauthorized attempts to provide input to, e.g., program, or elicit output from, a vehicular or other mobile device, such as an electronic control unit (ECU), wherein a determined location of the device or an inputted user acknowledgment provides... Agent: Kathryn A Marra General Motors Corporation

20070043491 - Driver assistance system: A driver assistance system with an architecture of general use for applications related to driver assistance, passenger safety and comfort and communication with external systems, e.g. for diagnosis and maintenance purposes, comprises (in one embodiment): a first interface for sensing external signals coming from the environment of a vehicle, a... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070043490 - Power steering device: In a power steering device employing a hydraulic power cylinder, a motor-driven pump, and a driving power source for the motor, a power steering control system is configured to electrically connected to at least the motor and the power source for controlling a driving state of the motor and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070043492 - Method for controlling an active restraint system: A method for controlling an active restraint system in a motor vehicle includes the following steps: providing of several status signals, transferring of the status signals to a control algorithm as input values, and controlling the active restraint system according to the result of the control algorithm. The method is... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070043493 - Regulating method for a motor vehicle seat: A regulating method is provided for a motor vehicle seat. According to the method, the ideal seat position data associated with a vehicle user is recorded in a seat data memory. The respective vehicle user is identified by use of an identification device, and the ideal seat position data of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070043494 - Vehicular passenger protection system against lateral collision: A vehicle has two acceleration sensors, which are provided forward and rearward respectively from the rear end of a driver seat in the vehicle. The acceleration sensors output signals, which are the basis for sensing a signal related to rotation of the vehicle. The sensed signal is the basis for... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070043495 - Automated transmission systems: An automated transmission system includes a transmission brake which is used to apply a braking torque to the transmission, while the engine torque is negative and a transmission clutch is disengaged to effect a gear downshift, in order to avoid acceleration of the vehicle when the clutch is released and... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070043496 - Driving force control apparatus and method for vehicle: A driving force control apparatus includes a driver model that is a functional block adjusting characteristics relevant to human senses, and a powertrain manager that is a functional block adjusting hardware characteristics of a vehicle. The driver model includes a target base driving force calculation unit (static characteristics) using a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070043497 - Systems and methods for monitoring thermal growth and controlling clearances, and maintaining health of turbo machinery applications: A system and method for determining thermal growth of motor or engine parts to thereupon control the clearance of motor or engine fan blades is disclosed herein. In addition, a system and method for monitoring the health of a turbine engine, its components and sub-components is also described herein. The... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070043498 - Learned egr valve position control: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve positioning system according to the present invention includes an actuate valve module, an EGR valve position module, and an adjust control variables module. The actuate valve module selectively uses learned and default variables as control variables to position an EGR valve. The EGR valve... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070043499 - Control unit: Upon initiation of a initiation processing by a task management, reference is made to a initiation table for processing of initiation, and processing of measurement is performed by an input measurement processing in response to the preset timing. Then the input value is stored in a input value storage buffer.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070043500 - Road transport information monitoring and personalized reporting system: A road transport information monitoring and personalized reporting system is carried in a car or built at a terminal display unit on a road, and data communication and transmission are conducted by a wireless transmission or a local area network to select a current traveling data at a specific road... Agent: Hdsl

20070043501 - Systems, methods, and programs for determining a travel-related time: Systems, methods, and programs obtain a start position and obtain map information including link information and mesh information, the mesh information dividing an area covered by the map information in a mesh grid having a plurality of adjacent meshes. The systems, methods, and programs calculate an estimated travel related time... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070043502 - System for and method of detecting a collision and predicting a vehicle path: A collision detection and path prediction system (10) adapted for use with a traveling host vehicle (12) having an operator, includes a locator device (20) configured to determine the current position coordinates, and pluralities of trail and immediate dynamic path coordinates of the vehicle (12) and a communicatively coupled traveling... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070043503 - Navigation system for hearing-impaired operators: A method for producing navigation instructions is disclosed. The method includes generating a navigation route. The generated navigation route is translated from textual instructions and/or audio prompts to sign language symbols, and the sign language symbols are provided to a vehicle.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070043504 - System and method for automatically collecting images of objects at geographic locations and displaying same in online directories: A method and system are provided for collecting images of objects at geographic locations for publication in an online directory, such as online Yellow Pages. A camera and a GPS receiver, both receiving time information from a synchronized clock, are mounted on a vehicle. Time-stamped images captured by the camera... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070043505 - Lane assist system for a motor vehicle and operating method: In order to provide a lane assist system for a motor vehicle including a surround sensor device, which is mounted on the vehicle, for detecting the lane of the vehicle and a warning device to alert the driver in the event of the vehicle threatening to depart the lane which,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070043506 - System for and method of determining a host vehicle lane change: A tracking system adapted for use with communicatively coupled traveling host and remote vehicles, includes a locator device configured to determine sets of current position, and trail coordinates for each of the vehicles. The preferred system further includes sensors operable to determine a condition value for each vehicle at each... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070043507 - Vehicle collision detection device: A vehicle collision detection device includes a plurality of sensors for detecting at least one parameter selected from an acceleration that acts upon the vehicle body and a deformation induced in the vehicle body by the acceleration, and then wirelessly generating an output signal, and a controller for assessing collisions... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070038336 - Driver assisting system: A method and a system for assisting a driver operating a driver controlled input device within a vehicle, acquires data including information on environment in a field around the vehicle and information on vehicle setting regarding how devices are set within the vehicle. A risk perceived from the environment is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070038337 - Method for operating a network: In a method for operation of a network comprising a plurality of networked controllers in a vehicle, controller groups are each formed from a plurality of controllers, and are designed to carry out various vehicle functions. One of the controllers in each controller group is configured as a function master... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070038338 - Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038339 - Method and apparatus for displaying tcas information with enhanced vertical situational awareness: Systems and methods are provided for using a display system for a first vehicle. The system includes a processor adapted to receive data representative of a position of the first vehicle and operable, in response thereto, to supply one or more image rendering display commands and a display device coupled... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070038340 - Running controller and electric running control system for electric vehicle: A running controller and an electric running control system for an electric vehicle, in which when a tire slip occurs during running of the vehicle, such as under driving, braking and turning, a motor output is controlled to always maximize the coefficient μ of road friction, thereby obtaining a maximum... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070038341 - Hmi system: The HMI system is provided with a mobile control and monitoring device for automation components of a technical system. It comprises means for contactless data transmission between the mobile control and monitoring device and the automation components, a manual device for triggering or blocking security relevant operations of the technical... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070038342 - Apparatus, system, and method for improving engine development: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for improving engine development. Engine development is improved by equipping a vehicle with a data logger to collect engine performance data, automatically retrieving the data via a secure local wireless network, uploading the data to an enterprise communication server via a secure wide... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070038343 - Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038344 - In-vehicle communication system, on-board terminal, portable device and in-vehicle communication method: Current position of a vehicle and current time are acquired. A user recognizing unit recognizes a user. A pattern recognizing unit detects location of a portable device and movement thereof. Operation state of an engine is acquired from an engine control mechanism. Based on the information, processes are performed such... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070038345 - Transfer of at least one personal setting of a vehicle: A method is provided for transferring at least a first personal setting of a first vehicle to a second vehicle, especially for a driver, who changes the vehicle. To transfer the vehicle settings that are known to the driver as true to the original as possible from a first vehicle... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070038346 - System and method of wireless communication between a trailer and a tractor: A wireless tractor-trailer point-to-point communication system which includes a coordinator and at least one node. The system may include a plurality of clusters, each of which comprises a plurality of devices such as sensors. One of the devices of each cluster is configured to receive information from the other devices... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070038347 - Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038348 - Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038349 - Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038350 - Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038351 - Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038352 - Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038353 - Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting: A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070038354 - Apparatus for monitoring operator vibration for earth moving machinery with operation cab: An apparatus for monitoring an operator vibration for an earth moving machinery with an operation cab is disclosed. In an earth moving machinery having an operation seat in an interior of an operation cab installed at an upper frame of a lower running body, there is provided an apparatus for... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070038355 - Features of main control for a power machine: The present invention is directed to a computer based control system for controlling hydraulic and electromechanical actuators on a power machine, such as a skid steer loader. The computer based control system is configured to implement a number of features to enhance certain operational aspects of the power machine.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070038356 - Absolute acceleration sensor for use within moving vehicles: A communication system for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed sensor configured to emit a periodic function with a parameter correlated to the speed of the vehicle, an acceleration monitoring system, a braking system engagement detector to detect a braking status of the vehicle, an alerting device capable of signaling... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070038357 - Method and device for estimating the total mass of a motor vehicle: A method for estimating the total mass of a motor vehicle by a recursive least squares algorithm. The method involves a vehicle longitudinal acceleration computing according to a fundamental dynamic equation by analysing errors by an acceleration variation caused by errors including a variation error of the vehicle mass with... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038358 - Cruise idle speed control to enhance low speed and light throttle drivability: An engine control system that regulates operating of an engine of a motor vehicle includes a first module that determines whether a throttle of the motor vehicle is closed and a second module that determines whether the engine is idling while a cruise control is active. A third module selectively... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation

20070038359 - Method of controlling a homogenous-charge compression-ignition engine: The invention relates to a method of controlling a homogenous-charge compression-ignition engine. According to the invention, a homogenous-charge compression-ignition piston engine comprises an ionisation detector (5) supplying an ionisation signal I(t) which is associated with the combustion in a cylinder (12), and at least one actuator (7, 21, 10, 10′)... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070038363 - Method and system for developing traffic messages: A method of facilitating delivery of traffic messages is disclosed. Data indicating a plurality of traffic conditions on a road network are obtained. For each of the traffic conditions, the data provides a location description. For each of the traffic conditions, the method determines at least one broadcast service area... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20070038361 - System and method for improving traffic flow: A technique facilitates the flow of traffic along highways by placing sensor devices within vehicles traveling along a highway. A sensor device within a first vehicle is able to detect whether the vehicle immediately ahead is increasing or decreasing the distance back to the first vehicle. The driver of the... Agent: Van Someren, PC

20070038360 - Traffic alert system and method: A system is provided that includes a network server and a plurality of mobile devices that communicate with the network server. Each mobile device is associated with a vehicle and is configured to provide Global Positioning System (GPS) parameters to the network server. The network server uses the GPS parameters... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070038362 - Traffic routing based on segment travel time: A system for identifying a fastest possible travel route is disclosed. A traveler data processor collects traffic speed data and associates the traffic speed data with road segments. The road segments collectively represent one or more possible travel routes from a start point to an end point. A forecast engine... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070038365 - Apparatus and method for registering non-registration road in car navigation system: An apparatus and method for registering a non-registration road in a car navigation system is provided. The apparatus includes a display unit for displaying a road based on map information and new road information; a controller for controlling to, if a current driving road is out of matching with the... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070038364 - Apparatus and method for switching navigation mode between vehicle navigation mode and personal navigation mode in navigation device: Provided is an apparatus and method for switching a navigation mode between a vehicle navigation mode and a personal navigation mode in a navigation device supporting vehicle navigation and personal navigation. Switching between the vehicle navigation mode and the personal navigation mode is performed according to whether the navigation device... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070038366 - Path planning for mine countermeasures: A means for mine avoidance that enables a battle group commander to rapidly detect, classify, and identify mines, and form a tactical picture of mined areas. The system is enabled by a graphical user interface which generates a display of the minefield and an avoidance path which is calculated by... Agent: The Johns Hopkins Universityapplied Physics Labora Office Of Patent Counsel

20070038367 - Route evaluation system: A route evaluation system includes a processor, a computer readable memory and a database that stores roadway data pertaining to a route. A first routine is arranged to obtain selected roadway data from the database. A second routine is arranged to determine a route from an origin to a destination... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070038368 - Center apparatus, terminal apparatus, and driving support system using the same: A transmitting/receiving unit receives vehicle information including type and speed of a vehicle and position information about present position of the vehicle sent from a terminal device carried on the vehicle. A vehicle control information generating unit generates vehicle control information for controlling vehicles statistically formed for each type of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070038369 - Method of operating a navigation system: A method for operating a navigation system is disclosed. An ordered plurality of interconnected segments providing a route from an origin to a destination is obtained. A guidance message for each of the segments is formed. The step of forming the guidance message comprises determining whether to reference a previous... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20070038370 - Global navigation system and method thereof: A global navigation system that displays an electronic map for guiding a user to a destination contains: an input module to receive commands from the user; a plurality of navigation modules to initiate navigation functions in different countries and regions; a position detection module to detect the current position of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070038372 - Method for providing information and system for providing information: In a car navigation system (1), a position information detection means (11) detects position information on a vehicle using, for example, a GPS. A travel information history of the vehicle obtained based on the detected position information is accumulated in a travel information history means (15). When detecting an event... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070038371 - Methods and systems for routing travel between origin and destination service locations using global satellite positioning: Methods and systems are provided for obtaining information related to a customer service location and directions for routing a service technician from one customer service location to another. One embodiment includes requesting at least one set of coordinates associated with the customer service location; accessing a technician server to direct... Agent: Attention Of D. Kent Stier Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070038373 - Navigating apparatus with gps and tmc and method thereof: A navigating apparatus with a GPS receiver module and a TMC receiver module, and method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus includes a traffic message channel (TMC) receiver module and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver module connected by an I2C (Inter-IC) interface or any other serial/parallel transmission interfaces. Furthermore, the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070038374 - Daytime stellar imager: An automatic celestial navigation system for navigating both night and day by observation of K-band or H-band infrared light from multiple stars. In a first set of preferred embodiments three relatively large aperture telescopes are rigidly mounted on a movable platform such as a ship or airplane with each telescope... Agent: Trex Enterprises Corp.

20070032916 - Device and method for controlling control appliances in an on-board supply system of a motor vehicle: An arrangement and method for controlling control devices in an on-board wiring system of a motor vehicle are provided, in which the on-board wiring system has a bus system divided into sub-networks of buses with groups of control devices for controlling operating sequences, and in which the control devices are... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070032915 - Engine control apparatus, control method and control system: A first buttery supplies power to an electrical load of a vehicle when an engine is in a normal operation. A second buttery supplies power to the electrical load of the vehicle when the engine is in an economical operation. A voltage regulator regulates voltages of the first buttery and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070032913 - Method and system for dynamic automotive vehicle moding: Methods and systems are provided for controlling vehicle moding in response to a variety of driving conditions. The system comprises an input device configured to receive first and second inputs, a vehicle subsystem, and a controller coupled to each of the vehicle subsystem and the input device. The vehicle subsystem... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070032917 - Method for identifying incompatibilities in a bus system comprising several control devices: Control device identification information or an identifier identifying the type of the corresponding control device is stored in a first and in a second control device. Version information identifying the sequence control of the corresponding control device, such as a version number, is stored in the first and in the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070032914 - Vehicle driving assist system: A vehicle driving assist system is configured to provide a driver with advanced notification regarding changes in the operating states of the controls when several controls are being executed. The vehicle driving assist system has a controller configured to execute an accelerator pedal actuation reaction force control based on a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070032912 - Vehicle system: A vehicle system for operation in a motor vehicle has an operator control for operating the vehicle system and a controller for influencing operation of the vehicle system via the operator control. The vehicle system also includes a device which is designed for determining whether the operator control is being... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070032918 - Automobile safety device and method of using the same: An automobile safety device and a method of using the same are disclosed. The automobile safety device can offer essential urgent treatment automatically (such as utilizing a wireless communication unit in an automobile to notify an automobile owner to come to the location of the automobile, utilizing a burglarproof system... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070032922 - Automatic generation of telemetry flight software accompanying specifications, and decode files: A computer readable media, includes instructions capable of being interpreted for execution by a computer processor. The instructions provide information sufficient for: reading a master telemetry definition data file; producing a source code for implementing a data stream telemetry method, and generating documentation files for the source code. The source... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20070032921 - Fuel consumption data tracking/collection and aircraft/route optimization: An automated system tracks and records factors that affect fuel consumption. Configuration factors such as the actual engine(s) used in the airplane, weight, weight distribution, engine pressure, engine rotation speeds, etc.; environmental factors such as wind speed and direction, temperature, altitude and air pressure, etc.; and flight path factors such... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070032919 - Measuring load on an aircraft component by microwave distance links: The load on an aircraft component, such as the load on a landing gear leg during braking, is measured with a contactless, all-weather displacement measuring system. The system includes a processing unit, a plurality of controllable microwave emitters of electromagnetic radiation including a pulsed time-coded signal (PTCS) and a microwave... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070032920 - System for controlling unmanned vehicles: A system ensures safety and security of teams of collaborative autonomous unmanned vehicles in executing a mission plan. The system includes a plurality of components, a first device, a second device, and a third device. The plurality of components perform situation analysis, mission planning, mission replanning, mission plan execution, and... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070032923 - Heading reference command and control algorithm systems and methods for aircraft turn-to-target maneuvers: Systems and methods are provided for determining a final heading of a turning vehicle, such as a rotorcraft. The system may include an algorithm that calculates an advance prediction of a final heading that will be achieved after control input is terminated.... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070032924 - Method and device for assisting the lateral control of an aircraft running on a runway: The system (1) comprises a detector (3) for measuring a lateral deviation of the aircraft relative to a lateral alignment beam transmitted by a radio transmitter installed on the ground, the lateral deviation representing an angular deviation between a straight line passing through the radio transmitter and the detector (3)... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070032925 - Railway system and a method for forwarding data in a railway system: A railway system and a method for forwarding data in a railway system are described. Railway signaling devices are arranged near the rails. Other devices associated with the railway signaling devices each have a unique identifier, with two adjacent devices exchanging signals with one another via the rails. To transmit... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20070032926 - Optimal engine operating power management strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain: A method is disclosed for managing power in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain having multiple components, including an engine, a motor, a generator and a high voltage battery. Power losses in the individual components are computed. An engine speed corresponding to a minimum value for the power losses is selected... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070032927 - Automotive scan tool printer emulation: A computerized method and product for generating a print out of vehicle data collected by and displayed in an automotive diagnostic tool. The method comprises communicating with the diagnostic tool to receive a first print instruction containing the vehicle data and generating a second print instruction in response. The second... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070032929 - System and method for recording physical response: A physical response record system includes a main unit and various sensors for recording driver's conditions and vehicle operations by a driver. The driver's conditions in combination with the vehicle operations are used to determine a risky situation of the vehicle based on an averaged driver's condition and the like.... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070032930 - Vehicle data recording device: Provided is a vehicle data recording device in which detection values of an acceleration sensor 210 and an driving status detecting sensor 220 are periodically and continuously recorded in a ring buffer 120, a detection value which has already been recorded in the ring buffer 120 is recorded in a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070032928 - Vehicle recorder to capture continuous images in the vicinity of an accident scene before and after the accident happens: A vehicle recorder includes a first accident symptom detector for detecting an accident symptom and generating a first direction signal corresponding to a position relation between the first accident symptom detector and the accident symptom, a steering device coupled to the first accident symptom detector for performing a steering operation... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070032931 - Active suspension method and apparatus for a rotary wing aircraft: In a method of controlling the hardness of a damper in an aircraft landing gear, the aircraft having a structure that is deformable at a natural frequency, the hardness of the damper is adjusted during a contraction of the damper as a function of the natural frequency.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070032932 - Method and apparatus for providing a visual indication of a position of a steerable wheel, and components thereof: In one embodiment, apparatus for providing a visual indication of a position of a steerable wheel includes an encoder and a display system. The encoder has a mechanism for mounting part of the encoder to a movable component of a steering system coupled to the steerable wheel. The encoder produces... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070032933 - Method and devices for transmitting data between a central control device of a passenger protection system and at least one local sensor unit: The invention relates to a method and corresponding devices for transmitting data between a central control device of a passenger protection system in a vehicle and at least one local sensor unit. Said sensor unit comprises a sensor and is operated in a normal operation mode or in a test... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070032934 - Compaction vehicle: The compaction vehicle having a speed adjustment member, a displacement detector, and a drive source controller further includes a calculation device between the displacement detector and the drive source controller, receiving the displacement S, and outputting a signal I calculated to the controller; a running speed setting switch for the... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070032935 - System and method to detect a failed shear bolt supporting a concave of an agricultural combine: A system and method for detecting existence of a failed or broken shear bolt supporting all or a portion of a concave of a threshing system of an agricultural combine and utilizing information relating to rates of movement and absence of movement of a concave to determining the existence and... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070032936 - System and method to detect a failed shear bolt supporting a concave of an agricultural combine: A system and method for detecting existence of a failed or broken shear bolt supporting all or a portion of a concave of a threshing system of an agricultural combine and utilizing information relating to rates of movement and absence of movement of a concave to determine the existence and... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070032937 - Vehicular driving control apparatus and method: In vehicular driving control apparatus and method, a steering assistance force provided for steerable road wheels of the vehicle in a direction at which a sideslip angle is decreased when a vehicular sideslip angle which is a difference between a forwarding direction of the vehicle and a steering direction of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070032938 - Temperature dependent trigger control for a traction control system: A method a operating a traction control system using a traction controller (30) for an automotive vehicle (10) is provided. A slip target is first determined. Then, an operating temperature turning characteristic or slope of the slip curve may, in combination or alone, be used to adjust the slip trigger... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070032939 - Determining engine cylinder contribution from indexed engine data: 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

20070032940 - Device and method for providing automatic assistance to air traffic controllers: A device for an automated and evolutionary assistance to air traffic control, and able to evolve toward a fully automated system, in that the device equipping an air traffic control system includes a computer programmed for receiving the aircraft flight plans and Radars and for elaborating and displaying them to... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070032941 - Automated fueling information tracking and fuel hedging: An automated system collects information related to various factors that affect fuel costs, and determines an optimal amount of fuel to be loaded on an aircraft. Information related to an aircraft's fuel efficiency is collected from the aircraft; price information is collected for the stops made by the aircraft; and... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070032944 - Display device for car navigation system: A display device including a touch panel integrally formed with a display panel such as a liquid crystal display panel is advantageously used in a car navigation system. A ball is displayed together with other information on the display panel. The ball is adapted to be rotated by touching it... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070032943 - Navigation system: A navigation system includes data storage that contains map data, a current position detection portion that detects a current position of a host vehicle, an acceleration lane remaining distance determination portion that determines a distance from the current position to the end of an acceleration lane where it merges with... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070032942 - Ranking landmarks in a geographical area: A mechanism of rating, ranking and/or filtering landmarks located in a predefined geographic area is provided. More particularly, the subject mechanisms can facilitate rating landmarks and related criteria (e.g., points of interest (POI)) associated therewith. Thus, the mechanisms can facilitate intelligent rendering of landmark choices to users. The subject innovation... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070032947 - Method and system for generating map data and information delivery apparatus: A system for generating map data acquires, from a map database, map data to include a route from a departure place to a destination specified by a user. The system acquires, from a POI database, information to suit a purpose or taste of the user. The system generates specified map... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070032946 - Road map management system: A road map management system is provided as follows: drawing a past-direction distribution map (Image A) and a future-direction distribution map (Image B) using multiple vehicles' traveling position data collected via a wide area network during a past-direction data collection period and a future-direction data collection period, respectively; comparing the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070032945 - System and method for providing location related information to a network user: In a system and method for providing location related information to a network user, a processor may generate for display at the user's device an interactive map having embedded therein selectable objects, including objects for representing a location of other logged in network users.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070032948 - Automobile navigation system: In an automobile navigation system, one of search conditions including a category search, an address search, or the like is selected by a user to specify a destination for computing a guided route from a present position. Next, an additional search condition to search for spots existing within a predetermined... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070032949 - Navigation device, navigation method, navigation program, server device, and navigation information distribution system: A navigation device includes a navigation information storage unit in which navigation information, including the user-provided data, is stored; and a human machine interface unit that outputs the user-provided data and navigation information other than the user-provided data separately on an output device, that displays a warning message, read from... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070032950 - Modular high-precision navigation system: A modular device, system and associated method, used to enhance the quality and output speed of any generic GPS engine is provided. The modular device comprises an inertial subsystem based on a solid state gyroscope having a plurality of accelerometers and a plurality of angular rate sensors designed to measure... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20070032951 - Miniaturized inertial measurement unit and associated methods: A self-contained, integrated micro-cube-sized inertial measurement unit is provided wherein accuracy is achieved through the use of specifically oriented sensors, the orientation serving to substantially cancel noise and other first-order effects, and the use of a noise-reducing algorithm such as wavelet cascade denoising and an error correcting algorithm such as... Agent: Jacqueline E. Hartt, Ph.d Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20070032952 - Automatic collision management system: There is provided an automatic collision management system for a vehicle (10), the vehicle (10) including one or more brakes operable when applied to decelerate the vehicle (10). The automatic collision management system includes a sensor arrangement (100) operable to detect closing velocities of one or more oncoming objects substantially... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC.

20070032953 - Inter-vehicle control apparatus and distance measurement apparatus: In an object recognition apparatus for a vehicle which uses intensities of reflected waves from reflecting objects to make a recognition on whether a reflecting object is a vehicle or a non-vehicle, a plurality of transmission waves are emitted to receive a plurality of reflected waves from the reflecting objects,... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070027581 - Control system for a tractor trailer: A particularly reliable system is obtained if a first input device (10) is provided, by means of which an actual position and an actual orientation of the frame can be input into the path computer (8), and if a second input device (11) is provided by means of which an... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070027582 - Device and method for measuring quantities of motion of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a device and a method for measuring motion quantities for the purpose of recognizing the driving status of a motor vehicle with the aid of a first sensor for measuring a motion quantity along a first direction in space and a second sensor for measuring the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070027584 - Method and apparatus for detecting a pedestrian impact: The collision of a vehicle with a pedestrian is detected based on the response of bend sensor segments affixed to a vehicle body panel such as a bumper fascia. The sensor data is processed to identify the location of an object impacting the body panel, and is correlated with calibration... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070027586 - Online estimation of vehicle side-slip under linear operating region: A system for estimating vehicle side-slip in the linear vehicle operating region that includes updating front and rear cornering stiffness signals. The system includes a first state observer processor that employs a bicycle model with state feedback for generating yaw acceleration and lateral acceleration signals. The system further includes a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070027585 - System and method for monitoring a mobile computing product/arrangement: Described is a mobile computing arrangement having a sensor detecting first motion data of the arrangement and a memory to store second motion data, the second motion data including a threshold value. A comparison module compares the first motion data to the second motion data and an actuation module initiates... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070027583 - Traffic information system: A method of evaluating the driving behavior in a vehicle. The method includes determining values of a plurality of parameters of the operation of a first vehicle in a first road segment, determining values of the plurality of parameters for one or more second vehicles in a second road segment... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070027587 - Method and apparatus for closing a powered closure of a vehicle: The apparatus for closing a closure of a vehicle comprises a closure driver for moving the closure and an electronic control unit electrically coupled to the closure driver. The electronic control unit is configured to determine if predetermined speed criteria is satisfied and to operate the closure driver so as... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070027588 - Aircraft flight safety device and method which are intended for an aircraft flying in instrument meteorological conditions and which are used independently of instrument flight infrastructure: The apparatus comprises an interference calculator (2), elements (3) for acquiring parameters relating to the aircraft and to the outside environment, a memory (4) for storing a constructed route, a memory (5) containing a model of the terrain to be overflown, display elements (6), an interactive graphics route-construction tool (7),... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070027589 - Methods and apparatus for wirelss upload and download of aircraft data: A method for wirelessly communicating data between a plurality of avionics units on an aircraft and a data communication apparatus. The method includes wirelessly communicating download data for one avionics unit from the data communication apparatus to an aircraft data services link in the aircraft; automatically switching a communication path... Agent: Ernest Caravalho

20070027590 - Gimbal disturbance calibration and compenstion: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to precision control system for spacecraft gimbaled payloads. Embodiments of the invention provide an innovative technique of calibrating gimbals disturbances to directly canceling gimbal control disturbances. Such a calibration system includes a receiver for receiving telemetry data for pointing a payload, a... Agent: Canady & Lortz - Boeing

20070027591 - Real-time geographic information system and method: An information system for dynamic distribution of location-related information between users with different perspective views includes a number of user units each including a viewing arrangement defining a viewing direction and a registration subsystem for deriving a mapping between the current perspective view and a shared location reference. The user... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070027592 - Remote diagnostic system for detecting tampering of vehicle calibrations: A tampering diagnostic system for a vehicle comprises a control system that stores calibration data. A transmitter selectively wirelessly transmits the calibration data. A service assistance system that is remote from the vehicle receives the calibration data wirelessly from the transmitter. A manufacturer information system receives the calibration data from... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070027593 - Predictive monitoring for vehicle efficiency and maintenance: A system and method for monitoring fuel efficiency of a vehicle is provided. Fuel efficiency of a vehicle may be monitored in real-time using telemetry transmitted from the vehicle. The telemetry may be analyzed in combination with a fuel efficiency model in order to determine whether the real-time fuel efficiency... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070027594 - Dual inlet fuel tank and method of using the same: A dual inlet fuel tank assembly for a vehicle and a method of using the same. The assembly includes at least one fuel tank, a first fuel inlet in fluid communication with the at least one fuel tank, and a second fuel inlet in fluid communication with the at least... Agent: Dean E. Mcnevich

20070027595 - Telematics system using home network system and control method thereof: A telematics system using a home network system and a control method thereof are provided. The telematics system includes: a home server for receiving a vehicle information signal, and transmitting a vehicle control signal; a home network center for receiving and transmitting the vehicle control signal, and receiving and transmitting... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070027596 - Rollover warning and detection method for transport vehicles: A rollover warning and detection method for a transport vehicle is adaptively adjustable to take into account the CG height of the vehicle. Measures of the vehicle speed, lateral acceleration and yaw rate are sampled during normal driving conditions and used to estimate the CG height of the vehicle. The... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070027597 - Method and device for recognising lane changing operations for a motor vehicle: A method and a device detect lane changing operations for a vehicle. This involves determining at least one observation variable which describes the lane changing behavior of an observed other vehicle. A lane changing variable which characterizes a lane changing intention of the other vehicle on the basis of a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070027598 - Vehicle running control device for running extremely low speed to stop: A distance from a stopped position of a vehicle to a target parking position is determined as a set distance. The vehicle is then moved by gradually lowering a requisite braking force that includes an oscillating braking force. It is thus possible to run the engine-powered vehicle at an extremely... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070027599 - Headrest apparatus for vehicle: A headrest apparatus for a vehicle includes a headrest rear portion, a headrest front portion being movable between a fully closed position and a fully open position, a driving means for moving the headrest front portion, a capacitance sensor provided at the headrest front portion for detecting a change in... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070027601 - Apparatus and method providing a propulsion safeing sub-system in an agricultural windrower: Apparatus and a method for monitoring the performance of control algorithms, providing a safeing subsystem for a vehicle, particularly an agricultural windrower, for determining when a controlled system such as the propulsion system is no longer tracking a reference input signal sufficiently well. An appropriate action can then be executed,... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070027600 - Apparatus and method to vary the sensitivity slope of the fnr control lever of an agricultural windrower: The apparatus and method of the invention vary the sensitivity slope of the FNR control lever of an agricultural windrower, such that speed commands outputted through a first range of movements of the FNR lever are slower and increase less rapidly than commands outputted through a second range of movements... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070027602 - Controller of continuously variable transmission and vehicle provided with the same: A controller of a continuously variable transmission makes sufficient use of the essential engine performance of a motorcycle or the like. A speed change ratio controller, which controls a speed change ratio of the continuously variable transmission, normally exercises map control according to a predetermined speed change ratio map so... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070027604 - Condition-based soft-stop function for motor vehicle braking systems: A braking system in particular for motor vehicles, having a soft-stop function, including at least one wheel brake and a control unit which, during deceleration, executes the soft-stop function and which, for this purpose, actuates a braking force reducer which partially reduces the braking force acting on the wheel brake... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070027603 - Inertial sensor software architecture security method: A method and apparatus is provided for validating a plurality of data, comprising transmitting one or more first values for a variable from a first source of values to a first processor, transmitting one or more second values for the variable from a second source of values to the first... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070027605 - Load transfer adaptive traction control system: A method of controlling a vehicle that includes determining a dynamic normal load for the vehicle wheel, modifying the requested torque signal from a traction control system in response to the dynamic normal load to form a modified requested torque and controlling the engine in response to the modified requested... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070027606 - Method for suppressing driveline shudder in a vehicle with a traction control system: A method and system of controlling a vehicle 10 having a control system and a driveline comprises detecting driveline shudder and modifying the traction control system output in response to detecting driveline shudder to reduce the driveline shudder. The driveline shudder may be detected in various ways including determining the... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070027607 - Apparatus and methods for acoustically determining internal characteristics of an engine and the like: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for determining internal engine characteristics using acoustic-vibration data. Exemplary such data are passive acoustic pyrometer data. Acoustic-vibrational frequencies emanating from a running engine are detected and compared to frequencies having known relationships to particular operating characteristics of the engine. In an example, the dominant frequency... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070027608 - Control strategy for an internal combustion engine: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of controlling an internal combustion engine system having an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The internal combustion engine includes an engine block defining a plurality of combustion chambers, an intake air system in fluid communication with the combustion chambers... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070027609 - Sensor abnormality detecting method and electronic throttle control apparatus: An electronic throttle control apparatus includes first and second throttle position sensors that detect an opening of a throttle valve for adjusting an amount of supply air to an internal combustion engine, a throttle control unit that controls to drive the throttle valve, first and second accelerator position sensors that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070027611 - Navigation installation and method for extracting information transmitted in encrypted form: A navigation installation (1) having a broadcast radio receiver (6) for extracting information transmitted in encrypted form from broadcast radio signals, having a navigation unit (7) and having a data storage medium reading unit (8) is described. The navigation unit (7) is set up to read decryption data (ED) stored... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070027610 - System and method for clustering probe vehicles for real-time traffic application: A system and method for forming a cluster of probe vehicles, aggregating and processing (e.g., averaging) data generated by the members of the cluster, and reporting only the processed data to a receiving center, such as a Traffic Management Center, thereby reducing the number of simultaneous communication channels required to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070027612 - Traffic management system for a passageway environment: The present invention provides a system for coordinating multiple vehicles in a passageway environment (e.g., in underground mines). The system includes methods and apparatus for determining the global position and orientation of a vehicle in said passageway environment, and methods for planning routes and monitoring the travels of multiple vehicles... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070027613 - Method for determining the load capacity of cranes: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the admissible load capacity of a crane, in which the load capacity is determined in dependence on at least one first and one second parameter and which comprises a first step, in which the load capacity for the value of the... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070027616 - Electronic kit bag: The Electronic Kit Bag (EKB) is a computerized, portable pilot “kit bag” that accepts input data, manipulates said data, and outputs solutions. The EKB consists of standard and state-of-the-art computer parts and peripherals, interfaced for maximum utility. The central operating program of the device assesses the relationships of input data... Agent: Angela Masson

20070027615 - Guided vehicle system and teaching method in the guided vehicle system: Each of guided vehicles has an operating condition memory unit for storing the total travel distance, the travel time, the number of travels, the number of errors at a stop position, and the number of article transfers. These values are evaluated by an evaluation unit 53, and the machine difference... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070027614 - Method and system for linked vehicle navigation: A method of navigating a plurality of vehicles includes receiving vehicle identifications from the plurality of vehicles at a central location. A travel group is formed based on the received vehicle identifications. Global positioning information is received from at least one vehicle associated with the travel group at the central... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070027618 - Information navigation interface: The information navigation interface facilitates receiving an indication of a discrete physical contact event with a user input device. The contact event is associated with a user request for navigating an assembly of displayable information. A navigation action based on the received indication is then determined. The navigation action may... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070027617 - Radio navigation system: A radio navigation system for use with an automobile audio device is provided. The radio navigation system includes a positioning receiver having a modulation transmitter and receiving a positioning signal, wherein the modulation transmitter converts the positioning signal into a modulated signal and then transmits the modulated signal; a demodulation... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070027619 - Navigation system: In a navigation system, a current position is designated as a center of a start-point area. A category of a spot, e.g., a point of interest, is designated. Feature information of a spot within the start-point area then appears on a display device as initially provided information to a user... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070027620 - Apparatus and method for deciding traveling direction of navigation system: An apparatus and method for deciding a traveling direction of a navigation system is provided. The apparatus includes: an input unit for receiving longitude and latitude coordinates, a kind of a road, and number of lanes; a traveling direction processor for, when it is determined using the point information received... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070027621 - Method and system for providing directions for driving: A system and method of providing information (such as directions) to a driver of a vehicle while driving the vehicle without requiring that the driver remove his eyes from looking out the windshield at the road ahead. A positioning device is associated with the vehicle and determines the present location... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070027622 - State-sensitive navigation aid: Navigation logic and related methods are described for assisting a user in using a remote control (RC) device. The navigation logic determines a current state of a user's interaction with an application, and then determines the keys of the RC device that are relevant to the determined state. The navigation... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070027623 - System for displaying on a first moving object a position indication dependent on a position of a second moving object: The system (1) comprises measurement means (2) for carrying out position measurements relating to at least one position dependent on the second moving object, processing means (3) mounted on the first moving object, and connected to the measurement means (2), and intended for the processing of said position measurements so... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070027628 - A personal gps navigation device: A personal GPS navigation device capable of simultaneously displaying a map, an indication of the current position of the device on the map and a GPS signal strength indicator. The device differs from the prior art in displaying a GPS signal strength indicator at the same time as the navigation... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070027626 - Bluetooth gps receiver with electronic compass: A Bluetooth GPS receiver with an electronic compass is provided. The GPS receiver contains a main electronic member, a front frame member, a back frame member, a battery module, a front cover, and a battery cover. The main electronic member has a satellite antenna in the front. Around the circumference... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070027624 - Correction of troposhere induced errors in global positioning systems: A method of obtaining data for use by a receiver of a satellite positioning system or a GNSS comprises deriving the data remotely from the receiver by a server (200), using meteorological information and a regional or global three dimensional map of grid points from which it computes tropospherical delays... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070027625 - Method and system for provisioning turn-by-turn navigation demonstrations: A method of demonstrating navigation in a vehicle includes receiving a navigation demonstration mode request and global positioning information at a call center. A destination prompt is transmitted from the call center to the vehicle. A point-of-interest category is received at a call center. A point-of-interest destination is determined based... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070027627 - Navigation receiver with functional extensibility: A global navigation satellite system receiver manufacturer provides functional extensibility to a global navigation satellite system receiver. An application programming interface to the receiver is provided. The interface is public, such as using pubically available software or pubically distributed instructions, for loading on applications or other extensions to the core... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione