Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 03/07

20070073449 - Method and device for bidirectional single-wire data transmission: A device and a method are described for bidirectional single-wire data transmission of information between a control unit and at least one peripheral unit, having the following steps: generating a first current flow from the control unit to the peripheral unit during first time slots via a single-wire line to... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070073450 - Telematics method and system: A telematics method comprising the steps of: using a device in a vehicle, obtaining data including at least location and at least one device parameter during a time period between vehicle assembly and delivery to a retail customer; transmitting the data to a remote station for processing; conditionally communicating an... Agent: Anthony Luke Simon General Motors Corporation

20070073451 - Utilization-dependent data representation in a motor vehicle: A method is provided for the use-dependent information presentation in a motor vehicle. In order to provide use-dependent information presentation in a motor vehicle acceptable to the vehicle user, the following actions occur. Information intended for the presentation for a plurality of different types of use of the motor vehicle... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070073453 - System architecture for controlling and monitoring components of a railroad safety installation: The invention relates to a system architecture for controlling and monitoring components, in particular light signals, switches, rail circuits, rail junctions, passenger information systems, of a railroad safety installation. In order to improve the availability and the adaptability to changing environmental conditions, the invention provides that an automation platform which... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070073454 - Docking supporting apparatus, and marine vessel including the apparatus: An apparatus for supporting docking of a marine vessel includes a distance measuring unit which measures a distance between the marine vessel and a candidate docking site, a distance measurement controlling unit which controls the distance measuring unit to measure distances between the marine vessel and at least three measurement... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070073455 - Vehicle preferential treatment system, electrically powered vehicle, server used for vehicle preferential treatment system, and vehicle preferential treatment method: A vehicle preferential treatment system includes a controller mounted in a hybrid vehicle, and a server performing wireless communications with the controller. The controller estimates an SOC of an electric storage (not shown) and transmits the SOC to the server. When the SOC of the electric storage exceeds a reference... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070073458 - Obd ii readiness monitor tool apparatus and method: An OBDII device method and system includes an inexpensive, user friendly way to determine a vehicle's readiness for emissions testing and if repairs were successful. An audible and/or visual indicator is provided to alert the repair shop technician or driver that the vehicle has completed its drive cycle and may... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070073459 - Obd ii readiness monitor tool apparatus and method: An OBDII device and method and system which includes an inexpensive, user friendly way to determine a vehicle's readiness status for emissions testing. An audible or visual indication that may or may not be wirelessly connected to the tool is provided to alert the repair shop technician or driver that... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070073457 - System of wireless electronic devices for construction equipment and maintenance system thereof: A system of wireless electronic devices for construction equipment and a maintenance system thereof are disclosed, in which various information used in an input and output unit, like modules of a construction work vehicle such as a hydraulic excavator, etc., are transmitted and received based on a wireless method, so... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070073456 - Tire designing method and program: In a tire designing method, at least one of a tire profile shape, a shape of a tire component member and physical property data of the tire component member is tentatively selected as a parameter to prepare an initial tire model (30) representing the pneumatic tire by using a finite... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070073460 - Vehicle diagnostic device with adaptive data retrieval and method: A diagnostic tool with an adaptive method is provided that will adaptively change the time interval at which the tool interrogates the vehicle if the tool determines if a diagnostic test is not progressing. The tool can interrogate at that interval until it reaches the iteration limit. The tool can... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070073461 - Vehicle suspension control: A vehicle suspension control for a vehicle having each wheel (11) supported from the chassis of the vehicle trough a fluid operated extension element (13, 19), the control comprising a controller (27), a plurality of sensors (21, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32), a fluid flow controller (29), a first sensor... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070073462 - Electric power steering control apparatus: An electric power steering control includes a torque sensor for detecting steering torque as torque information, a motor for generating assist torque, a calculation section for calculating a motor current command value based on the torque information at each predetermined sampling period, and a motor current control section for driving... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070073463 - Crash prediction network with graded warning for vehicle: A method for facilitating the avoidance of a vehicle collision with an object includes the following steps: a) providing a neural network, b) evolving a good driver, c) evolving a crash predictor, and d) outputting a graded warning signal.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070073464 - Safety seat assembly: A safety seat assembly includes a seat body and an armrest device. The seat body includes a seat portion and an armrest support disposed on a lateral side of the seat portion. The armrest device includes an armrest component connected pivotally to the armrest support, and a locking component disposed... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070073465 - Crowd force control in electrically propelled work machine: A method of operating an electrically propelled work machine includes the steps of, operating an electrical power source for the work machine, and limiting an output torque of an electrical propulsion motor system of the work machine based upon the occurrence of a crowd force condition of the work machine.... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20070073466 - Anti-rollback control for hybrid and conventional powertrain vehicles: An anti-rollback vehicle control system reduces vehicle rollback by restarting an engine based on a grade, a brake signal, and a calculated brake release rate. In a hybrid vehicle, the control system restarts the vehicle engine and electric motor. In a conventional powertrain vehicle that utilizes a transmission with a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070073467 - Method for controlling combustion in an internal combustion engine and predicting performance and emissions: This disclosure teaches a method of controlling a direct injection internal combustion engine and predicting the behaviour of a direct injection internal combustion engine. An estimation of initial cylinder pressure, air flow and EGR flow (if applicable) is used to establish a system that provides engine behaviour by integrating an... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070073468 - Ecological driving system: There is a need for making a user fully conscious about environmentally friendly driving. In an ecological driving system, a CPU allows a display apparatus to distinctively display fuel consumption according to the following idling states. One idling state results from engine warm-up. Another is useless idling state. Still another... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070073470 - Apparatus for and method of controlling a vehicle: Predicting of starting of an engine is performed in advance before starting of the engine. When the starting of the engine is predicted, a failure diagnosis of a device such as a heater, a pump and so forth, which are attached to the engine and to be operated before starting... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070073469 - Apparatus for and method of performing start preparation for vehicular engine: Person authentication for determining if there is a specified driver is performed by biometrics or the like. Then when authenticated that there is a previously registered driver, it is predicted that the engine will be started, and prior to the driver operating the ignition key, operation of a fuel pump,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070073471 - Data structure of proceeding control information, data structure of map information, storage medium storing the map information, information generating device, information generating method and navigating device: A traffic-controlled route where a mobile body is prohibited from proceeding to a control end point via a control start point and an intersecting passing point is shown by a traffic control information (510) that has a single data structure in which, for instance, a first node information (512A) defining... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070073472 - Vehicle navigation system and method: A vehicle navigation system and method. The system includes a unit located in a vehicle and coupled to a first network, a traffic information center coupled to a second network, and a server coupled to the first and second networks. A trip plan is generated according to navigation information, vehicle... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070073474 - Electronic device, display processing method and program: An electronic device, a display processing method and a program for displaying a direction and distance of a moving body outside of a displayed range of a map, seen from a certain position on the map and a moving direction of the moving body at a time, are provided. A... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070073475 - Navigation apparatus and map display device: A navigation apparatus for simultaneously displaying a first map and a second map which differs from the first map in representation form includes a map display means for displaying the first map and the second map at different display areas of the display, and a position specification accepting means adapted... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070073473 - System and method of target tracking using sensor fusion: A target tracking and sensory fusion system is adapted for use with a vehicle, and configured to observe a condition of at least one object during a cycle. The system includes a plurality of sensors, and a novel controller communicatively coupled to the sensors and configured to more accurately estimate... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070073476 - Apparatus and method for searching for place name according to individual moving pattern: An apparatus and method for searching for a place name according to an individual moving pattern is disclosed, whereby a user can search for a place name corresponding to a place where the user has visited. The apparatus for searching for a place name according to an individual moving pattern... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070073477 - Methods for predicting destinations from partial trajectories employing open- and closed-world modeling methods: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate inferring probability distributions over the destinations and/or routes of a user, from observations about context and partial trajectories of a trip. Destinations of a trip are based on at least one of a prior and a likelihood based at least... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070073478 - Point search apparatus and in-vehicle navigation apparatus: There are provided a point search apparatus and an in-vehicle navigation apparatus capable of searching destination candidates from which a user can view a visual target that he/she desires. A search means is formed so as to search destination candidates from which the user can see a visual target specified... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070073479 - Lateral guidance transportation system: Lateral guidance transportation systems include at least one route made up of carrier elements and lateral guidance elements, on which at least one transportation vehicle is guided as the main vehicle, which has device(s) for automatically moving along the route, and to which energy is transmitted by a primary circuit... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070073480 - System and method for selecting and presenting a route to a user: A method and system are provided for selecting and presenting a route to a user. An exemplary embodiment includes storing at least a portion of routes taken by a plurality of users; receiving from a particular user a request for at least one recommended route from an origination point to... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070073481 - Methods and apparatus for real time position surveying using inertial navigation: A method for determining the relative position of two points using an inertial navigation system is described. The method comprises estimating position error states and a position solution with an INS at a first position, estimating position error states and a position solution with the INS at a second position,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070073482 - Miniaturized wireless inertial sensing system: A system includes a moveable body and a first device for mounting on the movable body. The first device includes an orientation sensor, an inertial position sensor, a first processor, a frequency agile RF transceiver, and a memory device.... Agent: James Marc Leas

20070073484 - Front image taking device: A front image taking device uses a laser scan device to scan an area in front of an automobile to detect an obstacle and a vector representing its displacement over a period of one frame of the scan is obtained by a signal processor. A camera controller predicts from this... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070073483 - Grid-based trasnmission system: A grid-based transmission system for determining relative positions of vehicles in a grid quadrangle of a reference grid, each vehicle having a transmitter and a receiver, comprising determining an absolute position of a vehicle. A reference grid is obtained. A reference point for the reference grid is assigned; and a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070067072 - Method and apparatus for programming parameters of a power driven wheelchair for a plurality of drive settings: A method of programming parameters of a power driven wheelchair for a plurality of drive modes comprises: displaying a menu image on an interactive display screen, the menu image including settings of a plurality of wheelchair parameters for a plurality of drive modes of the wheelchair; selecting a wheelchair parameter... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070067071 - Method for controlling a prime mover for a vehicle: The invention relates to a method for controlling a prime mover for a vehicle, particularly a combustion engine, comprising at least one engine control unit and at least one additional controller in the drive train. According to the invention, command variable demands are sent from the controller to the engine... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070067073 - Method and apparatus for wide area augmentation system having l1/l5 bias estimation: A wide area augmentation system (WAAS) includes L1/L5 bias estimation.... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070067074 - Reconfigurable algorithmic networks implemented via a flight data recorder: A flight data recorder system containing an aircraft condition monitoring function which includes a reconfigurable algorithmic network which defines operations on a set of flight data along with interpreters to analyze the flight data. The reconfigurable algorithmic network accepts flight data from a variety of sources. The reconfigurable network defines... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070067075 - Quick automotive cosmetic repair: This invention is directed to a method for quick repairing multiple cosmetic defects of a vehicle wherein the method comprises the steps of: (a) identifying said cosmetic defect of the vehicle; (b) regulating environmental elements within a controlled perimeter used for positioning the vehicle or an area around the cosmetic... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070067076 - Vehicle safety system having methods and apparatus configurable for various vehicle geometries: Methods and apparatus for automatically adjusting the angle of a rotatable side view mirror of an articulated tractor and trailer includes transducers attached to the tractor for transmitting signals toward the trailer and for receiving signals reflected by the trailer. The transducers have a substantially symmetrical arrangement about a centerline... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070067077 - Vehicle safety system having methods and apparatus configurable for various vehicle geometries: Methods and apparatus for automatically adjusting the angle of a rotatable side view mirror of an articulated tractor and trailer includes transducers attached to the tractor for transmitting signals toward the trailer and for receiving signals reflected by the trailer. The transducers have a substantially symmetrical arrangement about a centerline... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070067078 - State-of-health monitoring and fault diagnosis with adaptive thresholds for integrated vehicle stability system: A system and related method for monitoring the state of health of sensors in an integrated vehicle stability control system. In one embodiment, the system determines whether a yaw rate sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor or a hand-wheel angle sensor has failed. The system uses a plurality of models to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070067079 - Automobile drive recorder: In an automobile drive recorder, if a detection signal indicating an occurrence of an abnormal driving state is output by an abnormal state detection sensor, image data of a scene taken by a monitoring camera is recorded for a period with a particular length together with additional information associated with... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070067080 - Suspension irregularity detecting system: A vehicle suspension system (19) includes a suspension (47). A lateral acceleration sensor (32) generates a lateral acceleration signal. A roll rate sensor (34) generates a roll rate signal. A controller (26) detects an irregularity in the suspension in response to the lateral acceleration signal and the roll rate signal.... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070067081 - Device for avoiding traffic accidents where at least one motor vehicle is involved: A device avoids traffic accidents where at least one four-wheeled road user and another type of road user are involved, where the road user comes into contact with a side of the vehicle. The vehicle includes presence detection devices for detecting the presence of another road user in the vicinity... Agent: Anthony J. Natoli Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070067082 - Integrated vehicle system: An electronic control unit for a vehicle configured to control a first and at least a second vehicle function. The electronic control unit includes a first microcontroller that is configured to control the first vehicle function. The electronic control unit also includes at least a second microcontroller that is configured... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070067083 - Power seat control apparatus: A power seat control apparatus is described. The power seat control apparatus includes a measuring module, a control module and a memory module. The measuring module serially connects to a power cord of a power seat to detect current variation data of the power cord and transforms the current variation... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070067084 - Power seat control apparatus: A power seat control apparatus is described. The power seat control apparatus includes a measuring module, a control module and a memory module. The measuring module serially connects to a power cord of a power seat to detect current variation data of the power cord and transforms the current variation... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070067085 - Integrated vehicle control system using dynamically determined vehicle conditions: A vehicle includes a control system that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines a roll condition in response to a yaw rate sensor and a pitch rate sensor without having to use a roll rate sensor. A relative roll angle, relative pitch angle, global roll... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070067087 - Cruise control device and method for vehicles: The output torque of an in-vehicle engine is controlled based on the larger one of a pedal torque set by a pedal torque setting section in accordance with an operation amount of an accelerator pedal and a cruise torque for cruise control set by a cruise torque setting section. At... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070067086 - Device, system and method for controlling speed of a vehicle using a positional information device: A device, system and method for controlling speed of a vehicle are provided. The device includes a locational information module for determining location information and speed; a storage module for storing at least one geographic map including at least one route and a speed limit for the at least one... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070067089 - Image display system: An image display system for use of a driver in a subject vehicle includes a look area detector for detecting a look area of the driver who watches a real leading vehicle on a transparent glass in a front of the driver and a control unit for controlling display of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070067088 - In-vehicle multifunctional information device: An in-vehicle multifunctional information device provides not only an audio function but also a variety of multimedia content and vehicle state information to the driver. The device includes a main body, a monitor, and an input panel. The main body includes a main controller for controlling the overall operation of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070067090 - Analog input signal processing circuit: A signal voltage, which a variable analog signal source generates, is inputted to a microprocessor via a gain adjustment circuit, a switched capacitor filter circuit, and an analog comparison circuit. The microprocessor that cooperates with a program memory generates a control signal pulse train of a variable period and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070067091 - Knock determination apparatus and method for engines: In determining a knock of an engine, a vibration intensity is calculated by logarithm-transforming a peak value or an integral value of an output signal of a knock sensor. Further, a central value VMED of a vibration intensity distribution is calculated, and also a standard deviation σ in a region... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070067092 - Configurable electronic control system and diagnostic method: A configurable electronic controller system used for signal acquisition of input sensors and control of output loads, connected respectively to the configurable controller, can be re-configured to perform diagnostics on same input sensors and output loads. The diagnostic results provide information on the viability of the tested input sensors and... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20070067093 - Ground incursion avoidance system and display: An airborne processor is linked to a ground-based, vehicle based, or satellite-based supplier of approaching aircraft data and/or terrain data, including airfield structures. The processor also has access to the aircraft's state, e.g. position, speed, intended route, aircraft dimensional data, or the like. Algorithms within the processor calculate a zone... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070067094 - Apparatus and method for detecting step in a personal navigator: A step detecting apparatus and method in a personal navigator where acceleration signals in at least two directions are acquired from an accelerometer sensor, as a pedestrian moves. Variances of the acceleration signals are calculated and summed. The variance sum is compared with a threshold. If the variance sum is... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm

20070067095 - Method and apparatus for resolving ambiguous waypoints: A system is used to determine which entry in the NDB should be chosen for similarly named identifiers. It first tries to use waypoints before the ambiguous name to determine which entry to use. If those are not available, the present system will use the aircraft's current position, or, if... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070067096 - Offset detection of acceleration sensor and navigation system: To accurately detect a zero gravity offset in an acceleration sensor. As an embodiment of the present invention, in the case where position information can be obtained from a GPS processing section, a velocity detecting unit performs an operation according to Expression (15), using real detected acceleration αGr that was... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070067100 - Merge support system: A merge support system includes a first detection unit and a second detection unit for detecting a position and a speed of an approaching vehicle in a traffic on a main lane and a position and a speed of a subject vehicle, an information provision unit for providing information for... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070067098 - Method and system for identification of geographic location: A device and method for creating user-specific geographic profiles which are stored on a database and are retrievable based on the communication of a user-specific designator relating to each respective geographic profile. Third parties to whom the user communicates his individual designator may access the geographic profile from the database... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20070067099 - Navigation system: A navigation system stores setting record information related to places designated as destination or reached place. The setting record information includes setting frequencies with which corresponding places were designated. A control unit searches a map database for places meeting a keyword inputted by a user and causes a display unit... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070067097 - Power saving system for navigation device: A navigation system using a mobile terminal, GPS receiver and navigation software, wherein the navigation software is arranged to switch the mobile terminal into a power saving mode if there are no further instructions needed for a determined period of time or distance. The power saving functionality comprises turning the... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070067101 - Navigation system, method and device with detour algorithm: Systems, devices and methods are provided for an improved navigational route planning device which provides more understandable, accurate and timely route calculation capabilities. The navigational aid device with route calculation capabilities includes a processor connected to a memory. The memory includes cartographic data and a desired destination, the cartographic data... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070067102 - Route guidance providing system, image forming apparatus, and image forming method: In offering a route guidance service at a plurality of sites, passage through the same route as before is excluded from the route guidance as much as possible. In order to achieve this object, a route guidance providing system according to this invention includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070067104 - Devices, methods, and systems for managing route-related information: A method can include, for a predetermined route, automatically processing a first set of machine instructions to create a visual travel guide for the predetermined route, the visual travel guide comprising a second set of machine instructions adapted to cause an information device to render: an identification of a destination... Agent: Michael N. Haynes

20070067103 - Map display device and map display method: In a map display device, a viewing angle for a three-dimensional road map can be changed horizontally on a screen so that the three-dimensional road map is generated at a standard viewing angle (45°) up to a wide viewing angle (90°). At this time, the viewing angle is changed based... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070067105 - Apparatus and method for detecting steps in personal navigation system: An apparatus and a method for step detection in a personal navigation system is disclosed. In the apparatus acceleration signals are obtained from an acceleration sensor in a movement direction and a gravity direction relative to a user. Sliding window summing data for the acceleration signals output from the acceleration... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm

20070061053 - Method and system for modular data processing for a vehicle control system: The present invention is for a modular, extensible software system for use with multi-modal, autonomous, or semi-autonomous vehicles. The design of the present invention involves the coherent integration of modules with responsibilities for human-interaction, training, path planning, mission execution, navigation, and safety to develop and complete missions. The present invention... Agent: Deere & Company

20070061052 - Noise profiling for ignition sense: A vehicle security and convenience system configured to sense and profile the electrical noise at the vehicle's electrical network. The system controller determining based on the noise characteristics whether or not the ignition is on and controlling the operational parameters of the system based on such determination.... Agent: James Alan Franklin

20070061054 - Turret positioning system and method for a vehicle: A turret is configured to be rotationally coupled to a vehicle which includes a first apparatus that is immovably coupled to the vehicle. The turret comprises a second apparatus coupled to the turret. The second apparatus is configured to be rotationally coupled to the first apparatus. The turret further comprises... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070061055 - Sequencing, merging and approach-spacing systems and methods: An aircraft control system is delineated for a host aircraft, the system comprising a processor for executing one or more instructions that implement one or more functions of the aircraft control system, a transceiver for transmitting information from and receiving information for the host aircraft, and memory for storing the... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070061056 - Bypass switch for an ethernet-type network: A bypass switch for an Ethernet-type network, the Ethernet-type network including a plurality of Ethernet devices connected to a common communication channel. The bypass switch is associated with a respective one of the plurality of Ethernet devices, and is capable to disconnect the respective Ethernet device from the communication channel... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20070061058 - Control arrangement for a propulsion unit for a self-propelled floor care appliance: A self propelled upright vacuum cleaner is provided with a Hall effect sensor to provide a Hall voltage that varies according to the position of a handgrip maintained by the vacuum cleaner. A microprocessor generates a PWM control signal to control the movement of the vacuum based on the magnitude... Agent: Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070061057 - Vehicle network advertising system: An architecture for context-aware advertisement and delivery among mobile communication devices over a communication network, in which the architecture is stored and executed as an application for use by network devices. The architecture includes a navigation module, which provides map data vehicles on the network and a context recognition module,... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070061059 - Vehicle controller: A vehicle controller includes an obstacle-determining portion and a driving torque reducing portion. The obstacle-determining portion determines whether the vehicle is climbing up an obstacle,more specifically, whether the vehicle starts climbing up the obstacle. Them, the driving torque reducing portion performs a driving torque reduction control when it is determined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070061060 - Method and system for determining the point of engagement of a clutch operable via an actuating device: A method and a system for determining the point of engagement of a clutch of a motor vehicle operable via an actuating device, in particular of a clutch situated in a transfer case of a motor vehicle having all-wheel drive, the actuating device having a positioning motor which is electrically... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070061061 - Acceleration/deceleration induced real-time identification of maximum tire-road friction coefficient: A method for classifying a road surface condition by estimating the maximum tire/road surface coefficient of friction and actively inducing acceleration or deceleration. In one embodiment, the induced acceleration/deceleration is provided by applying torque to the driven wheels of the vehicle. The speeds of the driven and non-driven wheels are... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070061062 - Adaptive throttle model for air intake system diagnostic: A method and system to optimize values of a plurality of calibration discharge coefficients useable in a computer program operable to estimate mass air flow into an internal combustion engine having an air intake system comprising a throttle body and a plurality of sensors is presented. This includes collecting engine... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070061063 - Method for regulating deceleration of a motor vehicle: The present invention relates to a method for regulating deceleration of a motor vehicle. In the context of this method, braking torques generated by charging processes in the motor vehicle are compensated for by targeted actuation of gas exchange elements. By setting the deceleration of the vehicle achieved by charging... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070061064 - Apparatus, system, and method for providing combined sensor and estimated feedback: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for providing system feedback from combined input values in a sensor-based control system wherein the reliability of a sensor response is questionable under defined conditions. The apparatus, in one embodiment, is configured to determine an output value. The apparatus may include an input... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070061065 - Internet based highway traffic advisory system: A real time traffic control system that includes a plurality of roadside sensors and variable message displays arrayed along the highway connected to the Internet, and communicating with a central computer using the Internet. Each roadside device includes a modem and has a unique internet address. The central computer is... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070061066 - Method for assisting navigation and navigation system: The invention is directed to an method for assisting navigation, comprising automatically determining information on an upcoming maneuver, automatically determining a current position, automatically determining information on an object in the vicinity of the current position, wherein the object is detected by at least one sensor, and processing the maneuver... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070061067 - System and method for using speech recognition with a vehicle control system: A method for accessing data files with an in-vehicle control system from a remote source over a communication link. The communication link is established between an in-vehicle control system and the remote source. The method includes: establishing the communication link between the in-vehicle control system and the remote source to... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070061068 - Information indication device for vehicle: There are provided a first monitor with a first display indicating visual information, a second monitor with a second display indicating operation information for operating the visual information of the first display, an operation detecting device to detect a passenger's operation to the operation information of the second display, an... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070061069 - Method and system for tracking vehicle services: A method of tracking vehicle services includes receiving a telematics unit unique identifier and associating a vehicle unique identifier with the telematics unit unique identifier. The method further includes associating a user with at least one unique identifier of a telematics unit and a unique identifier of a vehicle, associating... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070061070 - Navigation apparatus and navigation method: There are provided a navigation apparatus and a navigation method capable of performing a character display reflecting the operation result of a user. The navigation apparatus includes a facility search section that searches for a facility fulfilling a set search condition; a display flag changing section that sets a character... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070061071 - Routing assistance system: When a directed route is set by specifying a departure point and destination point, a navigation system acquires unwanted-area information that represents an area for which route guidance is unwanted. The navigation system then sets a guidance starting point and a guidance terminating point, based on the acquired unwanted-area information.... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070061072 - System and method for the selection of a unique geographic feature: The present invention includes a system and method for selecting a unique geographic feature, including a mobile device that uses position and orientation sensors to determine a user position and a user orientation. The mobile device is adapted for wireless communication with a database that houses or has access to... Agent: Kevin M. Farrell Pierce Atwood

20070061074 - Method and apparatus for geometric search and display for a digital map: A geometric search and display method for a digital map includes a preferably animated graphic element projected on a map display, association of a search criterion with the graphic element, application of the search criterion to depicted or undepicted mapped or mappable items that geometrically intersect with the graphic element,... Agent: Michael J. Safoutin

20070061073 - Method for reminding of entering target route: A method for reminding of entering a target route is disclosed. First, the method provides a Point of Interest (POI) at a conjunction of the present route and the target route and sets the POI as a basic voice reminding point. Next, the method determines whether the actual distance between... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070061075 - Navigation system using radio frequency identification system and method for displaying construction area road: Provided is a navigation system using a RFID system and a method for displaying a construction area road. The navigation system includes a RFID tag for storing construction information, and upon receipt of a predetermined command, transmitting the construction information; and a RFID reader for transmitting an information read command... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070061076 - Navigation and inspection system: A method of detecting a changed condition within a geographical space from a moving vehicle. Images of that geographic space are memorialized in conjunction with GPS coordinates together with its GPS coordinates. The same geographic space is traversed from the moving vehicle while accessing the route's GPS coordinates. The memorialized... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20070061077 - Discrete inertial display navigation: A system and method for calculating velocity vectors from accelerations by establishing a predetermined acceleration threshold, and attributing a predetermined velocity vector to accelerations that cross the predetermined threshold. Preferably, the system and method are used in conjunction with hand-held displays.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070055412 - Lane device, selector device and method for detecting the lane of a vehicle: The invention relates to a lane device (30) and a method for detecting the lane of a vehicle (10), as well as to a selector device which interacts with the lane device (30). The lane device (30) contains evaluation means (32, 35, 37) for evaluating distance data (60, 61, 66)... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070055413 - Method for accessing vehicle status data and performing feature customization: A method for customizing a selected one of a plurality of customizable vehicle features on a vehicle equipped with an onboard processor and a user interface including a display and a first plurality of user input controls. The method comprises displaying on the display a vehicle feature menu and scrolling... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070055411 - Wheel information-acquiring system and wheel installation position information-setting device: In the wheel information-acquiring system, a setting device (60) transmits by wireless an ID, which the setting device is causing a transmitter (16a) to set, to the transmitter (16a) and causes the transmitter (16a) to set the ID. The setting device then transmits by wireless this ID and wheel installation... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070055414 - Method and system for configuring telematics control unit: The present invention provides a method and a system for configuring a telematics control unit (102) embedded in a vehicle (100). To configure the telematics control unit, a message containing a new set of configuration parameters is received by a device interface (202). The new set of configuration parameters is... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070055415 - Remote control system and remote control method: In a remote control system, the remote control of a vehicle function is executed. The remote control system includes a control terminal and a cancellation device. The control terminal transmits a request for the remote control of the vehicle function to a vehicle. The cancellation device cancels the remote control... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070055416 - Integrating portable electronic devices with electronic flight bag systems installed in aircraft: An electronic flight bag apparatus includes an electronic flight bag (EFB) system installed in an aircraft and which interfaces with a ground network, and a portable EFB device connectible with the EFB system via a trusted secure connection. This apparatus makes it possible for a flight crew member to remove... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, Plc

20070055417 - Apparatus and method for providing flight operations integrated planning and analysis tools: An apparatus and method provide flight operations integrated planning and analysis tools (FOIPAT) to perform integrated planning and analysis tasks for autonomous (unmanned) systems operations. The FOIPAT may be used for space launch and satellite early orbit analysis. The FOIPAT improves the efficiency and accuracy of space launch and satellite... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP

20070055418 - Method and apparatus for assisting the piloting of an aircraft at low altitude: In a method of the invention for assisting the piloting of an aircraft, a guard curve (CGS) is determined as a function of the resources of the aircraft, the position of an obstacle (O) or a terrain point situated in front of the aircraft is measured by telemetry, the distance... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070055419 - Systems and methods for control of multiple engine marine vessels: A control system for a marine vessel having three or more engines is disclosed. The three or more engines may be operated via one or two control levers from each of one or more control stations. The control system may include a first control lever and a second control lever,... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070055421 - Diagnostic fault clearing system: A vehicle diagnostics clearing system that detects a clear diagnostic faults flag and clears diagnostic faults from a control module includes a clear diagnostic faults flag monitoring module and a clear diagnostic faults module. The clear diagnostic faults flag monitoring module periodically monitors the clear diagnostic faults flag in the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070055420 - Method and system for adaptively modifying diagnostic vehicle information: A method and system for adaptively modifying diagnostic vehicle information is provided. A system can automatically optimize default OEM diagnostic vehicle information by recognizing when to make text and non-text modifications within the information. Manual changes that are made once can be learned and used over and over again. Modifications... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070055422 - Vehicular data recording device: A vehicular data recording device enabling a driver to get to know more about his driving technique to improve it. Not only images from a monitoring camera when a shock is detected are simply recorded in a memory card, but also images from the monitoring camera when no shock is... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070055423 - Manual operation system: A manual operation system for use in a vehicle under control of a user includes an operation unit, an actuator, a detector, a memory unit, a first control unit an interaction unit, and a second control unit. The second control unit of the manual operation system changes force data and... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20070055424 - Method and apparatus for setting or modifying programmable parameter in power driven wheelchair: A method and apparatus for setting or modifying a programmable operating parameter associated with a power driven wheelchair is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) operating a user interface device associated with a power driven wheelchair in a programming mode, b) selecting a programmable operating parameter associated with... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070055425 - Electric power steering system: An electric power steering system includes: an electric motor 6 for generating a steering assist force; a torque sensor 3 for detecting a steering torque; means 10 for generating a control target value for the electric motor 6 according to the detected steering torque; and means 28 for providing a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070055426 - Steering angle sensor: A steering angle sensor detects a rotational angle of a steering system whose steering is assisted by driving of an electric motor via a reduction mechanism so as to calculate a steering angle of a steering wheel. The steering angle sensor has: a sensor wheel operating simultaneously with rotation of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070055429 - Air bag system: To achieve an air bag system in which a safing determination processing circuit can be implemented on one integrated circuit, the air bag system, which is equipped with first and second sensors (101, 103) for detecting a vehicle crash, and which outputs a signal for expanding an air bag when... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070055428 - Method of classifying vehicle occupants: A method of classifying vehicle occupants utilizes a neural network engine having a state machine for determining if an occupant has changed preferably between an adult and adult, an adult and child, and a child and child from a pair of images. If no change has occurred, the method utilizes... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070055427 - Vision-based occupant classification method and system for controlling airbag deployment in a vehicle restraint system: A vehicle restraint system has a vision-based occupant classification system for control of airbag deployment during a crash scenario. The classification system utilizes two imaging sensors which together create a stream of paired images received and stored by an occupant classification controller. A computer program product of the controller utilizes... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070055430 - Control apparatus for automatic transmission: An ECU executes a program including the steps of when an upshift is requested, determining whether engine torque ET changing rate ΔET>threshold value ΔET (1) is established or not: incrementing a recovery timer TE when engine torque ET changing rate ΔET<ΔET (2) is established during establishment of engine torque ET... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070055431 - Method and apparatus for preview-based vehicle lateral control: A vehicle lateral control system that integrates both vehicle dynamics and kinematics control. The system includes a driver interpreter that provides desired vehicle dynamics and predicted vehicle path based on driver input. Error signals between the desired vehicle dynamics and measured vehicle dynamics, and between the predicted vehicle path and... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070055432 - Vehicle body motion realization method and apparatus: Various state amounts of a vehicle body detected by various types of sensors are captured (step 102). A maximum frictional force Fimax is calculated for each of wheels (steps 104 to 110). By use of the maximum frictional force Fimax and other physical quantities, a performance function not dependent on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070055433 - Slip control device and method for a vehicle: A method and apparatus for rapidly causing a slip of a driving wheel to converge regardless of the change in vehicle conditions when the driving wheel is in a slip state. When a slip occurs on a driving wheel, a second driving force command value is calculated from a driving... Agent: Young & Basile, P.c.

20070055434 - Automatic control system for controllin a vehicle on demand: In an aircraft or other mobile transport, a communication system, exists to control the flight of the aircraft in the event of a hijacking or other emergency. The system is based on a central computer system, such as the autopilot system interfaces with either a broad band or narrow band... Agent: Henry G Kohlmann

20070055435 - Control system for gas turbine aeroengine: In a gas turbine aeroengine control system, in Ch-A (first control channel), a first CPU monitors the operation of a second CPU and the second CPU monitors the operation of the first CPU; in Ch-B (second control channel), third and fourth CPUs similarly monitor each other, and when the operation... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20070055436 - Method and device for controlling the transition in a direct injection internal combustion engine: During the changeover from a first operating mode of a spark-ignition engine with direct fuel injection to a second operating mode, in particular between a homogeneous stoichiometric and homogeneous lean, stratified or HCCI operation with changeovers of the valve stroke or the valve phase, there is the risk of an... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070055437 - Control system for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine wherein fuel injection timing is determined according to a detected engine operating condition. An actual ignition timing of the fuel is detected and an ignition delay correction amount is calculated wherein the actual ignition timing coincides with a target ignition timing set... Agent: Arent Fox Pllc

20070055438 - Method and apparatus for analysing particulates: A method of analysing a gas comprising solid particulates, hydrocarbons and acidic species comprises contacting a sample of the gas with a basic material (52) for absorbing the acidic species, analysing the inlet gas for particulates and analysing the gas leaving the basic material for particulates.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070055440 - Methods and systems for determining user location: Methods and systems of determining the approximate location of a terminal are described herein. In one embodiment, a computer system receives from a first mobile computer terminal and/or from a communication system in communication with the first mobile computer terminal, global positioning satellite and/or cellular network location data, wherein the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070055439 - Methods and systems for selectively providing a networked service: Methods and systems of determining the approximate location of a terminal are described herein. In one embodiment, a computer system receives from a first mobile computer terminal and/or from a communication system in communication with the first mobile computer terminal, global positioning satellite and/or cellular network location data, wherein the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070055441 - System for associating pre-recorded images with routing information in a navigation system: A vehicle navigation system uses prerecorded intersection images to more quickly and efficiently acquaint the driver with approaching intersections and other points of interest as part of a navigation system. The pre-recorded images are recorded, selected and processed with header information that associates the selected landmark images of approaching intersections... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20070055442 - Vehicular display system and method: A vehicular display system includes an in-vehicle navigation device and a vehicular meter device. The in-vehicle navigation device includes a display device, a character string storing device, and a character string converting device. The character string storing device stores a navigation display character string that is to be displayed in... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20070055443 - Navigation device: Route search is performed considering the fact that traffic conditions differ according to lane even for the same road. A navigation device performs route search, using link costs (link travel times) classified by lane. For example, the navigation device searches for a route having the lowest total cost to the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070055444 - Routing assistance system: When a rotary intersection is of large scale, “rotary intersection guidance based on exit number” is provided. That is, it is informed from what number exit road of the multiple exit roads of a rotary intersection, relative to an entrance road, the driver should get off. For example, the guidance... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20070055445 - Remote subscription unit for gnss information: A GPS information service system for providing supplemental GPS correction and signal acquisition information to subscribers. A GPS information server broadcasts GPS aiding information encrypted with subscription keys. A remote GPS subscription unit receives the key enablers for the subscription keys in service activation (SAM) messages for the services for... Agent: David R. Gildea Menlo Patent Agency Llc

20070055446 - Method for estimating unknown parameters for a vehicle object detection system: A method for estimating unknown parameters (pan angle (ψ), instantaneous tilt angle (τ) and road geometry of an upcoming road segment) for a vehicle object detection system. The vehicle object detection system is preferably a forward looking, radar-cued vision system having a camera, a radar sensor and an processing unit.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070050095 - Controller area network based self-configuring vehicle management system and method: A vehicle management system includes a first module having a plurality of functions. The vehicle management system also includes a second module and a system bus. At least the first module and the second module communicate on the system bus. The vehicle management system further includes an identifier based on... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070050096 - Programmable actuator controller for power positioning seat or leg support of a wheelchair: An actuator controller for operating a selected one of a plurality of known seat and leg support position actuators of a wheelchair comprises: a digital controller; and an actuator driver circuit coupled to the digital controller and capable of driving any one of the plurality of known seat and leg... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070050097 - Method and device for calling a remote electric car: An electric car includes a remote control calling system includes a transmitter and a car, and both of which have an electronic compass for detecting the terrestrial magnetism to obtain an azimuth and calculating the azimuth difference of the two by simple computations. The system automatically controls the direction of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070050100 - Auto-control override system for aircraft: A method, article of manufacture, and a computer program product, are disclosed to control the operation of an aircraft in flight, where the aircraft comprises a database comprising the location of one or more airports, an automated flight control system, a cockpit crew interface, and a first data bus interconnecting... Agent: Dale F. Regelman

20070050099 - Method and apparatus for improving main rotor yoke fatigue life: A method and system for optimizing rotor flapping utilizes the collective stick position and true airspeed to determine a commanded longitudinal stick position.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070050098 - System for flight management: This flight management system comprises a flight management computer plotting, during the preparation of a flight by the crew, a flight plan with branchoffs from where diversion airport joining trajectories start and which is able, automatically or otherwise, as a function of the situation encountered during the progress of the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070050101 - Automatic flight protection system for an aircraft: This system ensures autonomous protection of an aircraft against deliberate crashes resulting from a malicious act of a person on board or a trajectory error. It comprises a prohibited zone anti-penetration (cons. anti-collision) rig OAPS (54) operating in the manner of a terrain anti-collision rig TAWS (51) but intervening at... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070050102 - Space based navigation system: The invention is a spaced based navigation system for guiding a spacecraft. In detail, the navigation system includes at least two Doppler range/range rate satellites positioned at LaGrangian stability points between first and second planetary bodies wherein the first planetary body rotates about the second planetary body. A processing system... Agent: Louis L. Dachs

20070050106 - Dynamic file system creation for scan tools: An automotive diagnostic tool and method for accessing user configuration data and retrieving vehicle diagnostic data for read/write mode and storage. The diagnostic tool comprises a processor and a non-volatile memory coupled with the processor for storing data as continuously arranged data. The tool further comprises a main memory coupled... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070050103 - Method for driving head light of vehicles: A method for detecting errors in driving device of head light of vehicles utilizes a microprocessor control unit of a main circuit to detect the position of the driving shaft by checking the change of magnetic field or resistance of the driving member and the change of magnetic field or... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070050104 - Methods and systems for logistics health status reasoner: This application is directed to methods, computer program products, and systems for processing equipment status messages and similar information. In one embodiment, status messages originating from a plurality of pieces of equipment are input and compared to user determined thresholds, and indicators are output reflecting the comparison. The indicators may... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070050105 - Remote diagnostic data collections for automotive scan tools: A computerized method and apparatus for diagnosing an automotive diagnostic computer readable program operable on an automotive diagnostic tool in which the program includes a database of vehicle data. The method comprises providing a first computer system for collecting and storing vehicle data to populate the database. The method also... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070050107 - Apparatus for detecting anomaly of wheel speed sensors: A wheel-speed-sensor-anomaly detection apparatus detects anomaly of wheel speed sensors of a vehicle. When a difference between the minimum wheel speed among detected wheel speeds and the smallest value among the remaining wheel speeds is greater than a predetermined threshold value, in principle, a wheel speed sensor of the wheel... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070050109 - Data recording apparatus for vehicle: A data recording apparatus for a vehicle includes a vehicle state detecting sensor configured to detect a state of the vehicle at the time of traveling and to provide an output value, a recorder configured to record the output value of the vehicle state detecting sensor, and a controller configured... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070050108 - 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.

20070050111 - Method and apparatus for automated positioning of user support surfaces in power driven wheelchair: By programming position parameters corresponding to user support surfaces of a power driven wheelchair, movement of the user support surfaces is automated. The user support surfaces can be positioned individually, as part of a sequence or as part of a series of sequences. Accordingly, with little effort, a user can... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070050110 - Vehicle driving assist system: A vehicle driving assist system has a controller configured to urge a driver to slow down (decelerate) in locations where visibility is poor. The controller detects a traveling condition of a host vehicle, e.g., when the host vehicle is approaching a designated area, such as a school zone, and then... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070050113 - Adaptive dead-zone compensation for steering systems: A method for compensating a steering system exhibiting dead-zone characteristics estimates the dead-zone parameters of the steering system and establishes a dead-zone inverse function utilizing the estimated parameters. The dead-zone inverse is utilized to transform steering orders in the dead-zone. Parameters of the dead-zone inverse are continuously up-dated with the... Agent: Northrop Grumman Corporation

20070050112 - Vehicle stability control system: A vehicle stability system for a vehicle. In an embodiment the vehicle stability system includes a yaw rate sensor, an acceleration sensor, a steering sensor, a torque request sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an output of the yaw rate sensor, the lateral acceleration sensor, the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070050114 - Travel safety apparatus for vehicle: A travel safety apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus includes: a first detector detecting an object in a first detection area; a second detector detecting the object in a second detection area; a braking device decelerating the vehicle; an alarm device which outputs an alarm to an occupant of the... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070050115 - Model-based control for crane control and underway replenishment: Crane control and anti-sway are facilitated utilizing a diagnostic component that includes a model component and a control component. The diagnostic component interfaces with an extrinsic data analysis component and a controller component. The diagnostic component receives operating condition information from the extrinsic data analysis component and performs predictive modeling,... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070050117 - Steering system for a vehicle: A steering system for a vehicle has at least one data processing device, a track following system for determining a driving route and enabling the vehicle to be steered automatically via the at least one data processing device, the track following system including at least one first driving route detection... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070050116 - Yield monitor: A yield monitor includes a harvesting device and yield data collection equipment including a GPS unit which collects sufficient data for determining the yield and global position of an agricultural commodity harvested by the harvesting device. A data recording device records the data in response to activation by a switch.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070050118 - Control method and controller for a motor vehicle drive train: There is described a controller for motor vehicle drive train comprising an engine and a continuously variable ratio transmission providing geared neutral, the controller serving to set demands for wheel torque and engine speed in dependence upon a driver input, characterised in that the controller is adapted to respond to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070050119 - Fuel delivery control system: A fuel delivery control system includes a vehicle speed sensor that generates a vehicle speed signal and an engine rotational speed sensor that generates an engine rotational speed signal. A control module calculates at least one of an accelerator release delay period and a brake depression delay period based on... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070050121 - Method for determining a coefficient of friction: In a method for determining a coefficient of friction in which vibrations of a tire are measured and a frequency spectrum of the vibration of the tire is evaluated, the following steps are carried out: frequency signals are recorded in at least two frequency bands, amplitudes of the frequency signals... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates

20070050120 - Vehicle and control method of vehicle: When a driver returns a brake pedal on a climbing road, brakes of front wheels to which power is output from an engine with brakes of rear wheels being held are released (S140), and a throttle opening TH is gradually increased so that a rotation speed of the engine reaches... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070050122 - Engine control apparatus for motorcycle and motorcycle: An engine control apparatus for a motorcycle capable of detecting an abnormality such that there is no change in vehicle behavior even when the abnormality is brought about. A control CPU controls injection and ignition of an engine and a throttle valve. A monitor CPU detects an abnormality of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070050123 - Signal output unit and electronic control unit: A timer module in an ECU has an angle counter and a timer counter. A value counted by the angle counter indicates a crank angle of a crankshaft. Under the control of the termination to output an ignition pulse signal to an igniter, the ECU inverts the level of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070050124 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine, a first data quantity is derived based on a signal of a first sensor which detects the pressure in a first combustion chamber of a plurality of combustion chambers, and a second data quantity is derived based on a signal of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070050125 - Drive force control apparatus of riding vehicle, its control method and riding type vehicle: An engine (drive force) control apparatus for a motorcycle that prevents a change in vehicle behavior by noise or the like. A control CPU electronically controls injection and ignition of fuel and a throttle valve. An abnormality detecting portion detects an abnormality of the engine control apparatus by a predetermined... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070050126 - Vehicle management system and method in telematics system: A vehicle management system and method in a telematics system. The vehicle management system includes: a telematics terminal for measuring a vehicle state at each first period, accumulating and storing the measured vehicle state during a second period, and transmitting accumulated and stored accumulation vehicle state information; and a telematics... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070050128 - Method and system for off-board navigation with a portable device: An off-board navigation application is provided that is configured to be stored in memory on a wireless portable device. The application comprises a menu hierarchy including a series of pages to be presented on a screen of the device. The pages include a category page having a list of categories.... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070050127 - Method of assisting driver to negotiate a roadway: A method of assisting a driver to negotiate a roadway by identifying a curve from a map database (12); calculating an estimated negotiable speed for the curve (14); advising the driver of the upcoming curve (16); warning the driver if he attempts to negotiate the curve at a speed that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070050129 - Location signposting and orientation: A signposting and orientation technology is presented. This technology employs signposts superimposed on map images in order to convey otherwise undisplayable information on a map image. With signposting, zoomed-in maps can convey relationships between items on the map image, even though some of those item are not directly displayed on... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070050130 - Speed limit advisor: A navigation system (10) adapted for use with a vehicle (12) having an operator (14) includes a map database (16) presenting a current vehicle path, a locator device (20) communicatively coupled to the database (16) and configured to determine the location of the vehicle (12) and to associate the location... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070050135 - Navigation apparatus and navigation processing method: A navigation apparatus includes: a map data obtaining unit that obtains map data; a navigation processing unit that executes navigation processing by using the obtained map data; a search data obtaining unit that obtains search data; a specific data detection unit that detects specific data for a specified search target... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070050134 - Navigation apparatus, method and program for vehicle: An onboard navigation apparatus provides travel guidance on a road including a plurality of roadways heading in the same direction. The road specifically includes a special roadway such as a carpool lane having no exits to other roads, an ordinary roadway having exits to the other roads and a predetermined... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070050131 - Navigation device: To provide a technology enabling proper navigation based on positional information of a visitor and a congested state. Readers provided in a plurality of locations within an object area read a piece of identifying information from a tag of a visitor, receive the identifying information from the reading device, an... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070050133 - Navigation systems, methods, and programs: Navigation systems, methods and programs for a vehicle detect a number of travel lanes available for traveling in a direction that the vehicle is traveling. The systems, methods, and programs detect a lane in which the vehicle is currently located and determine a congestion degree for each of the available... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070050132 - Route-inquiry method which generates a plurality of feasible routes according to a source and a destination: After a user inputs a source, a destination and preferences, many different routes will be generated accordingly. Some of the routes may have shorter estimated traveling times, some of the routes may have shorter traveling distances, but other routes may make use of freeways. Different kinds of routes can be... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070050136 - Navigation device with control feature limiting access to non-navigation application: A portable navigation device is provided that includes a receiver configured to receive signals from GPS satellites. The device includes memory that stores a non-navigation application and non-navigation information related to the non-navigation application. A user interface is configured to enable an operator to enter non-navigation instructions related to the... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070050137 - Method and apparatus for managing information exchanges between apparatus on a worksite: Operations in a worksite (20) are managed by networking at least some items of apparatus (4, 16, 24, 26, 30, 28, 34) which perform tasks in connection with said worksite and which receive and/or send data. The items of apparatus are organized in hierarchical levels according to a determined dependency... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070050138 - Enhanced inertial system performance: An inertial system is provided. The system includes at least one inertial sensor, a processing unit and a plurality of Kalman filters implemented in the processing unit. The Kalman filters receive information from the at least one inertial sensor, and at most one of the plurality of Kalman filters has... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070050139 - Handheld platform stabilization system employing distributed rotation sensors: A stabilization system including a platform supported by two or more rotatably-coupled gimbal frames each having a pivot assembly disposed at its rotation axis to couple an actuator to a rotation sensor having a rotation-sensitive sensor axis that is fixedly disposed with respect to the rotation axis, and a controller... Agent: James Albert Ward

20070050140 - Rotary wing aircraft flight control system with a proximity cueing and avoidance system: An obstacle avoidance system according to the present invention may include an input control device, a sensor suite, and a communication feedback loop. The input control device is preferably operable to create a first force, while the sensor suite is configured to detect nearby obstacles, and the communication feedback loop... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.