Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 05/07

20070124029 - Automatic control system: An automatic control system provides control of an automotive system in a vehicle based on at least one piece of control provision determination information. The automatic control system includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring the control provision determination information, and determines provision of the control for the automotive system... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070124027 - Information system for motor vehicles: A system for providing information as a function of factors which place a workload on the driver when he is driving a motor vehicle. Information is output as a function of the load factors which act objectively on the driver, driver activities and driver-specific driver characteristics which influence the driving... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070124031 - Method and apparatus for reprogramming a programmed controller of a power driven wheelchair: Apparatus for reprogramming a programmed controller of a power driven wheelchair comprises:a reprogrammable, non-volatile memory programmed with a plurality of programs executable by the controller to operate the wheelchair, the non-volatile memory disposed at the wheelchair and coupled to the wheelchair controller; a general-purpose computer programmed to reprogram the non-volatile... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070124030 - Systems for determining movement amount: Systems for determining a movement amount detect a steering angle of a moving body on which a camera is mounted and extract matching inspection areas of a prescribed shape and size from frames captured by a camera. The systems rotate the inspection area of a second frame relative to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070124028 - Vehicle appliance control system: A vehicle appliance control system includes a main communication device having a main modulator superimposing, on electromagnetic waves, information including an operation command for operating an electrically-driven appliance and outputting the electromagnetic waves as surface waves of components of a vehicle and a plurality of secondary communication devices having respective... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070124032 - Method and system for controlling sets of collinear control moment gyroscopes: A control system of a spacecraft for controlling two or more sets of collinear control moment gyroscopes (CMGs) comprises an attitude control system. The attitude control system is configured to receive a command to adjust an orientation of the spacecraft, determine an offset for a momentum disk for each of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070124033 - System and method for multi-stage tail number acquisition: A system and method for receiving data on an aircraft, the data including a tail number of the aircraft, storing the data in a database, receiving a request including further data, the further data being related to the aircraft, querying the data in the database using the further data and... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070124034 - Method for checking takeoff or landing parameters, and associated device: s

20070124035 - Fully automatic traffic system: A fully automatic traffic system includes insertable individual system vehicles that are used for transporting persons and goods, are provided with their own drive system, their own steering mechanism, and at least one power take-off and guiding apparatus, and move along a route which encompasses a solid ground forming the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070124036 - Rail vehicle or other path-constrained vehicle equipped for providing solar electric power for off-vehicle use, and systems in support thereof: A path-constrained vehicle (or train of such vehicles), constrained to travel along a rail or guideway of a magnetic levitation system or to follow a catenary, is equipped to provide electric power derived for off-vehicle use derived from solar collectors formed or provided on the surface of the vehicle. The... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070124037 - Method of controlling engine stop-start operation for heavy-duty hybrid-electric and hybrid-hydraulic vehicles: A start-stop or idle-stop method for a heavy-duty hybrid vehicle that turns off the fuel supply while maintaining the crankshaft rotation of the internal combustion engine when the vehicle stops or, optionally, when the vehicle travels downhill, travels in a noise sensitive location, travels in an exhaust emissions sensitive location,... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070124038 - Method and device for detecting oscillatory failures in a position servocontrol subsystem of an aircraft control surface: The detection device (1) comprises means (19) for estimating, using a control surface control instruction, a theoretical position corresponding to a reference position of the control surface, means (21) for computing the difference between this theoretical position and an actual position measured by a sensor so as to form a... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070124039 - Vehicle diagnostic system: The present invention provides a vehicle diagnostic system comprising an electronic control unit for controlling and monitoring vehicle equipment, a radio communication means for transmitting a vehicle diagnostic information to a telecommunication equipment located outside the vehicle or for communicating between the vehicle and the telecommunication equipment located outside the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070124040 - Use of automotive diagnostics console to diagnose vehicle: A customer driven process of diagnosing and repairing a vehicle. The process involves temporarily providing a customer with a diagnostic tool that can receive vehicle diagnostic signals from a vehicle on-board computer. The customer then uses the tool to upload diagnostic signals from the car, and returns the tool to... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070124041 - Apparatus and method for providing audio and video content service in vehicle: An apparatus and a method for providing a video content service in a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a speed detection unit detecting a speed of the vehicle using a global positioning system, a status detection unit detecting a status of a parking brake, and a video control unit... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070124042 - Record and playback system for aircraft: Multiple data and images are multiplexed and sequenced in order to minimize the recording and monitoring hardware required to process the images, providing a detailed record of an event, greatly enhancing event reconstruction efforts. The multi-media safety and surveillance system for aircraft incorporates a plurality of strategically spaced sensors including... Agent: Moore Landrey

20070124044 - System and method for controlling the processing of content based on vehicle conditions: A system and method for controlling the processing of content in a vehicle involves restricting content with a requirement of at least one vehicle condition. A request is received to process the restricted content with a content processing device. A vehicle system or controller obtains vehicle information of the vehicle.... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070124045 - System and method for controlling the processing of content based on zones in vehicles: A system and method for controlling the processing of content in a vehicle involves restricting content to at least one predefined zone within a vehicle. A request is received to process the restricted content with a content processing device. A vehicle system or controller of the vehicle obtains zone information... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070124043 - System and method for modifying the processing of content in vehicles based on vehicle conditions: A system and method for controlling the processing of content for a vehicle involves configuring the processing of content with at least two modes of operation, where each mode is based on at least one vehicle condition. A vehicle system or controller monitors vehicle information from the vehicle. To process... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070124046 - System and method for providing content to vehicles in exchange for vehicle information: A system and method for providing content from a source to a vehicle is disclosed. The content is restricted by associating the content with at least one requirement for vehicle information from a vehicle to which the content is provided. When restricted content is requested, a vehicle system obtains vehicle... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070124047 - Device for activating personal protection means: A device for activating personal protection devices activates the personal protection devices as a function of a delay between a first signal from an impact sensor system situated in the vehicle front and a second signal from a centrally located acceleration sensor system, the first and second signals each identifying... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070124048 - Method and apparatus for reconstructing an accident using side satellite lateral acceleration sensors: An automotive vehicle (10) includes a restraint control module (12) coupled to a memory (50). During an impact, data from various sensors including lateral acceleration sensors (30,32) are stored in the memory (50). A computing device (56) with a memory (58) is used to download the data from the lateral... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070124049 - System for triggering restraining means: A system for triggering restraining means which has at least one impact sensor and at least one pedestrian-impact sensor, signals being transmitted from these sensors to a processor which is configured such that the processor triggers the restraining means as a function of a linkage of the signals.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070124050 - Machine operational data collection and reporting system: A data system for work machines is disclosed. The data system has a first communication device associated with a first work machine, and a second communication device associated with a second work machine. The data system also has an offboard system in communication with the first and second communication devices.... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070124052 - Method and apparatus for braking and stopping vehicles having an electric drive: A method and apparatus are provided for braking and stopping a vehicle whose powertrain includes an electric drive. The electric drive is used to generate braking torque which is used to decelerate the vehicle down to a full stop. The braking torque is achieved using any of several closed loop... Agent: Randy W. Tung Tung & Associates

20070124051 - Vehicle drive control system and method: A drive control system for a vehicle includes a braking force control mechanism that controls braking forces on the wheels of the vehicle according to a braking operation, a steering characteristic control mechanism that varies the steering characteristic of the vehicle, a determination portion that determines whether an emergency steering... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070124053 - Estimation of the road condition under a vehicle: A system for estimating the ground condition under a driving vehicle, comprising: a wheel speed sensor (4) for sensing a wheel speed signal (t(n), ω(n)) which is indicative of the wheel speed of a vehicle's wheel driving over the ground (2,3) and a first analyser unit (8) coupled to said... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070124054 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine includes a charge motion flap which influences the combustion in at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The function of the charge motion flap is monitored. At least one actual value of a variable characterizing the combustion in the combustion chamber is evaluated... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070124055 - Fuel reforming estimation in hcci engines: An internal combustion engine employs exhaust gas recompression and fuel injection during the recompression as part of an overall homogeneous charge compression ignition control. In-cylinder fuel reformation is estimated using exhaust gas burned gas fractions determined from sensed exhaust gases and models. Models include air actually consumed in in-cylinder fuel... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070124056 - Method for efficient use of roadways with advantages for reducing traffic congestion: A method for efficient commuting employs a commuting system having a network of roadways, a plurality of garaging hubs in traffic communication with the network of roadways, a plurality of mass transit vehicles, and a plurality of personal vehicles. Commuters are granted use of the commuting system as registered users.... Agent: Patent Law & Venture Group

20070124057 - Method for voice recognition: A voice recognition method that is used for finding a street uses a database including information about a plurality of streets. The streets are characterized by respective street names and street types. A user provides a voice input for the street that the user tries to find. The voice input... Agent: Manfred Beck, P.A.

20070124058 - Navigation device: A navigation device includes a data transmission-reception portion for performing data transmission and reception with a portable terminal, an address list cooperation portion for receiving address list data, a schedule cooperation portion for receiving and managing schedule data, a candidate location specifying information recording portion for searching and extracting information... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070124059 - System and method for predicting aircraft gate arrival times: A method for receiving passive data corresponding to an aircraft in a vicinity of an airport, receiving additional information corresponding to the aircraft and predicting a time of arrival at a gate based on the passive data and the additional information. In addition, a system having a data receiving arrangement... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070124061 - Device for the absolute measurement of the linear or rotational position of an object: In the absolute measurement of the position of an object (10) over a plurality of cyclical scannings performed on a material measure, a coding unit (18) is employed to record the cycles. The coding unit (18) is coupled to the measured object (10) by an effective mechanical link (22, 24).... Agent: Nath & Associates PLLC

20070124060 - Method and device for detecting position of mobile object, and computer product: The position detecting device includes a travel speed detecting unit, an optical flow calculating unit, a distance calculating unit, and a position detecting unit. The travel speed detecting unit detects a travel speed of a mobile object moving on an arbitrary route. The optical flow calculating unit calculates an optical... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070124062 - Method and system for controlling an electronic device: The present invention is a method and system for controlling an electronic device. In one embodiment, a controller is coupled with a position determining component, and a motion detecting component. In one embodiment, the motion detecting component detects motion of the electronic device and generates a signal to the controller... Agent: Wagner Murabito & Hao LLP

20070124064 - Map information updating system, central apparatus, map information updating method and recording medium: Obtaining a map update information related to a change caused by a new establishment or razing of a road or facility or the like, only in a case that a re-confirm is possible from a different information source, update a map information. Each of terminal apparatuses obtains a position information,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070124065 - Map transmission system and method thereof: A map transmission system and a method thereof are disclosed. The system includes a database, a sender, and a receiver. The database stores at least one map data. The sender generates a map frame data based on the map to be transmitted and converts the map frame data into a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070124063 - Vehicle-mounted information processing apparatus: The present invention solves problems to provide an in-vehicle information processing device that is equipped in a vehicle to perform communications wirelessly and has a function as a communication terminal for transmitting and receiving information without an access point to form an ad-hoc wireless communication network, the device comprising: a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070124066 - Navigation device, navigation method, and program: A display unit displays a route search result. A memory unit stores route search criteria including a destination. A route-search-result obtaining unit obtains, when a route search instruction including a designated location is received while the route search result is displayed on the display unit, the route search result with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070124067 - Navigation system having path search function based on number of intersections and method thereof: Provided is a navigation system having a path search function based on number of intersections and a method thereof. The system includes a Global Positioning System (GPS) module for receiving each position signal, and calculating a self position; a map DataBase (DB) for storing map data including information on a... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070124068 - Route guidance system and route guidance method: A route guidance system includes a current-location detecting unit for detecting the current location of the vehicle; a route-searching unit for searching to determine a route to a destination from the detected vehicle current location; a guidance-intersection setting processing unit for setting a guidance intersection based on the determined route;... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070124069 - Route guidance systems, methods, and programs: Route guidance systems, methods, and programs detect a current position of a vehicle and search for a route to a destination on the basis of the vehicle position. The systems, methods, and programs set a guidance point at a predetermined distance before a target point on the searched route. If... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070124070 - Device and method for executing vehicle-mounted man-machine interface: A vehicle-mounted man-machine interface device comprises display means for displaying a screen, press position detecting means for detecting the press position on the screen, and control means for displaying an operating screen on which operating figures are arranged on the display means and acquiring the operation content specified by the... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070124072 - Route guidance systems, methods, and programs: Systems, methods, and programs search for a route to a destination and set a recommended travel lane, based on the searched for route. The systems, methods, and programs provide lane guidance to lead the vehicle into the recommended lane. The systems, methods, and programs receive a current position of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070124071 - System for providing 3-dimensional vehicle information with predetermined viewpoint, and method thereof: Provided is a system for providing 3-dimensional (3D) vehicle information with a predetermined viewpoint by grasping circumstances such as other vehicles and road facilities in an outside of a user's vehicle, and a method thereof. The system includes: an internal sensing unit for acquiring raw material data used to determine... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070124073 - Operation method for navigator: An operation method for a navigator is provided, the operation method comprising: determining whether a voice signal for playing in the navigator is received by the navigator, if yes, and the navigator is operated in a voice navigation mode, switching the navigator from the voice navigation mode to a reminder... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070124074 - Portable electronic apparatus, program, and communication system: A portable electronic apparatus is enabled to notify its position depending on whether user authentication by its authenticating function is unsuccessful or not, when an instruction for controlling the power of the apparatus is given. A controlling unit determines by a condition determining function whether or not the user authentication... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070124075 - Geomagnetic sensor and azimuth calculation method thereof: A geomagnetic sensor with 3-axis acceleration sensors is provided. The geomagnetic sensor a geomagnetic measurement module including flux gates of X, Y and Z axes mutually crossing at right angles, a tilt measurement module including acceleration sensors of X, Y and Z axes mutually crossing at right angles, a tilt... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070124076 - Electronic compass system: An electronic compass system includes a magnetic sensor circuit having at least two sensing elements for sensing perpendicular components of the Earth's magnetic field vector. A processing circuit is coupled to the sensor circuit to filter, process, and compute a heading. The processing circuit may determine whether too much noise... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt, & Litton, LLP/gentex Corporation

20070124077 - An inventory stocking and locating system utilizing tags and gps providing summarization by hierarchical code: Objects (SKUs) are tagged with standard data, including an identifier. The tag is readable by a device such as a scanner or radio receiver. As these objects are inventoried, the tags are read by fixed or hand-held readers that are equipped to append GPS coordinates (4D data) to the tag... Agent: Robert G. Hedlund

20070124078 - Vehicle impact avoidance system: A system whereby vehicles travelling on unmapped roadways, such as logging or industrial roadways, may initially record a linear distance electronic image of the roadway being travelled, based upon position data received and stored from a remote satellite global positioning system, and, using the position data, to continuously broadcast a... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20070118253 - Distributed and adaptive data acquisition system and method: A method for establishing communications between a distributed data acquisition system and a plurality of sensors and a controller, wherein the data acquisition system comprises at least one micro-computer, the method includes: searching for sensors assigned to a micro-computer in the data acquisition system; requesting the assigned sensors to send... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070118254 - Automatic dual rotor speed control for helicopters: A flight control system for a helicopter having a main rotor and a tail rotor is provided. The flight control system includes an automatic rotor speed control being configured to transition the main rotor and the tail rotor between a high speed and a low speed based upon a plurality... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20070118255 - Control device for motor-driven vehicle: A control device for a motor-driven vehicle, the control device includes: a zone determining unit that determines at least a normal use zone, a discharge zone, an over-discharge zone, a charge zone, and an over-charge zone; and a control unit controlling the motor by stipulating the charge and discharge power... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070118257 - In-vehicle device for detecting driving condition and computer program product for use in the same: An in-vehicle device for detecting a driving condition includes: first and second sensors for detecting one of acceleration and angular speed; first and second determination units for determining whether a detection signal from each sensor is varied with a frequency equal to or larger than a predetermined determination frequency and... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070118258 - System and method for testing a vehicle suspension: According to one embodiment of the present invention a method for testing a vehicle suspension using a kinematics rig is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input corresponding to a pre-programmed test procedure for testing the vehicle suspension; transmitting a control signal to the kinematics rig corresponding to the test... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070118256 - System and method of intelligent agent identification for vehicle diagnostics: A system and method of intelligent agent identification for a vehicle is provided. The method including the steps of a host computer system selecting an intelligent agent and determining a slave system to receive the intelligent agent. The host system encrypts a work activity to be performed by the agent,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20070118259 - Vehicle seat: A seat adjustment system for a vehicle includes a seat, a controller, and an occupant sensing system. The controller adjusts a pressure distribution of the seat in response to signals from the occupant sensing system to facilitate entry and/or egress from the vehicle.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070118260 - Frequency-weighted vehicle suspension control: A procedure for synthesizing a state-feedback gain matrix for a vehicle suspension system including active suspension components such as continuously variable semi-active dampers is disclosed. Sensors and/or estimation schemes provide feedback to the controller concerning the vehicle states. A set of frequency-weighted metrics are first quantified and used as part... Agent: Michael D. Smith, Attorney, Legal Staff Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070118261 - Vehicle for simulating impaired driving: The present invention provides a motorized vehicle of the type having a chassis supported by a set of wheels, at least one of which being driven by a motor. The vehicle is operable to simulate impaired driving. In particular, a vehicle control system is provided that controls at least one... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070118263 - Direction determination utilizing vehicle yaw rate and change in steering position: A direction determination system particularly useful with a retrofit automatic steering system compares the rate of change of vehicle yaw rate and the rate of change of the steering wheel position. A determination of the direction is made by comparing the sign of the steering wheel angle change and the... Agent: Deere & Company

20070118262 - Eletric power steering system: An electric power steering system causing an electric motor 6 to generate a steering assist force according to a steering torque, includes: a torque sensor 3 for detecting the steering torque; phase compensation means 15a, 15b acting when a target control value of the electric motor 6 is generated based... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070118264 - Method for triggering restraint devices: A method for triggering restraint devices is provided, in which the restraint devices are triggered as a function of a collision signal. The method is launched, however, when the collision signal exceeds a noise threshold. Now a time required for the collision signal to exceed the noise threshold is taken... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070118265 - Occupant classifying system and method of vehicle: An occupant classifying system and method includes a weight sensing unit provided in a seat, a central processing unit classifying the occupant into any one of various classes pre-set using the information acquired by the weight sensing unit, and regulators applying power to the weight sensing unit and central processing... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070118266 - Controlling apparatus for continuously variable transmission: A continuously variable transmission 18 changes a speed-change ratio γ so that an actual rotation speed NIN of an input shaft 36 coincides with a target rotation speed NIN* set based on a target output P*. A target output calculating portion 156 calculates a first target drive force related value... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070118267 - Shift control method of automatic transmission: A shift control method of an automatic transmission includes the steps of: determining whether a road has a gradient; calculating road gradient in real time; filtering the gradient; controlling shifting according to the greater of calculated and filtered gradients if the calculated gradient is negative; and controlling shifting according to... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070118268 - Vehicle driving force control device: In a throttle valve control device, an engine required output setting section sets an engine required output corresponding to an accelerator opening degree by means of selecting a characteristic which is varied depending on a road surface friction coefficient or by means of interpolation calculation based on a road surface... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070118269 - Engine control unit to valve control unit interface: A method for controlling engine torque during disruption of a primary communication link between an engine control unit and a valve control unit in an engine is provided. The method includes determining disruption of the primary communication link between the engine control unit and the valve control unit, operating a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20070118271 - Model-based iterative estimation of gas turbine engine component qualities: A method of estimating quality parameters for a plurality of engine components of a gas turbine engine is provided. The engine components have at least one sensor responsive to the engine component operation. The method includes providing an engine model having virtual sensor values and quality parameters corresponding to the... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070118270 - Sensor diagnostics using embedded model quality parameters: A method and system is provided for identifying in-range sensor faults in a gas turbine engine, by observing the tracked component qualities in an embedded model and recognizing anomalous patterns of quality changes corresponding to sensor errors. An embedded model of the engine is employed to estimate sensed parameters such... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070118272 - Engine control apparatus: It is an object of the present invention to provide an engine control apparatus for detecting a voltage abnormality caused in a power supply thereof at low cost. An engine control apparatus for controlling an engine, includes: power supply voltage detecting unit for detecting a power supply voltage of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070118273 - Method and system for obtaining traffic information using transponders: A method and system for obtaining traffic information regarding the travel time between two points using vehicle-mounted transponders. The system includes an upstream reader and a downstream reader. The upstream reader inserts a time stamp into a passing transponder. The downstream reader reads the time stamp and determines the travel... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070118274 - Telematics application protocol along with devices, systems and methods employing the same: Provided is a telematics application protocol (TAP) which extends the automotive telematics arena by providing a communications framework for applications which allow a user to communicate with a vehicle's onboard processor. Using the TAP, communication is accomplished via a suitable computational device, such as a PDA or a laptop computer,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070118275 - Traffic information gathering and query system and method thereof: The invention provides a traffic information gathering device, a traffic information gathering method, a traffic information gathering and searching system and a traffic information gathering and searching method. The traffic information gathering and searching system for receiving traffic information from a user terminal and providing traffic information query service, comprises... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070118276 - Navigation system: A user selects as a guide route a route from among multiple routes retrieved under respective predetermined retrieval conditions. A retrieval condition under which the route selected by the user was retrieved is stored in an external memory. When a zone affecting driving is recognized along the guide route based... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070118277 - Method and apparatus for providing and processing location information: A method and apparatus for providing location information and a method and apparatus for processing the location information are provided. The method of providing location information, includes: obtaining a node identifier or a link identifier relating to a target location; and providing location information on the target location using at... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070118278 - Geographic database with detailed local data: A method is disclosed for representing locations in a geographic database in a manner that facilitates navigation and routing. A core map database includes data that represents public roads in a geographic region. Each of a plurality of location map databases includes data that represent facilities, such as businesses, stores,... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20070118280 - Navigation system for a vehicle: A navigation system includes a communication port in a vehicle, a hand held portable unit, and a wireless communication between the portable unit and the communication port when the portable unit is in the vehicle. The portable unit has a position locator and is capable of establishing a geographical position... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070118279 - System and method for facility search: A navigation system for use in a vehicle precludes a certain search area from a scope of a facility search based on a vehicle condition, sensor data, a vehicle travel history or the like for better serving a user by reducing a turnaround time.... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070118281 - navigation device displaying traffic information: A navigation device displays a route superimposed on a road map, together with one or more symbols each indicating a location for which audio or visual traffic information exists, each symbol being selectable to play back the audio or visual information. Visual traffic information can be from a fixed traffic... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070118282 - Driving assist method and driving assist apparatus for vehicle: Responsive to braking, a CPU of a driving assist apparatus calculates an average deceleration of the vehicle and then calculates a braking distance. The CPU further calculates a final position at which the vehicle will come to a stop, on the basis of the braking distance. The CPU next activates... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070118284 - Customized gps provisioning: A global positioning satellite device is dynamically provisioned. Global positioning satellite device provisioning information is received for at least one specified location from an information source over a communications network. The received global positioning satellite device provisioning information is transferred to the global positioning satellite device.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070118285 - Locating sensor nodes through correlations: A method is provided for estimating distances between sensor nodes. The method includes receiving a temporal sequence of measurements of a selected local environmental condition from each of the sensor nodes. The method includes determining an amount of correlation between the measurements of the selected local environmental condition that were... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator

20070118283 - Mobile terminals, methods and computer program products for map scanning and calibration: Mobile terminals, methods and computer program products are provided for scanning and calibrating a map using a mobile terminal. A map is scanned into the mobile terminal using the mobile terminal as a scanner. Multiple reference coordinates associated with locations on the scanned map are received at the mobile terminal... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070118287 - Navigational mirror system for a vehicle: A navigational mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror having a reflective element. A display, optionally a video display, is disposed to the rear of the reflective element and emits light when actuated that passes through the reflective element to be visible to a driver of the... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070118286 - Ultra-tightly coupled gps and inertial navigation system for agile platforms: An Ultra-Tightly Coupled GPS-inertial navigation system for use in a moving agile platform includes a range residual extractor that uses best curve fitting of a third order polynomial for estimating range residual. The curve-fitted residual is used to update an error Kalman filter. The error Kalman filter includes correction for... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20070118288 - Travel device: In a self-propelled cleaner 10, after distance data from an ultrasonic ranging-sensor 31 is obtained, a judgment is made as to whether the distance data is below an approaching limit value. If the distance data is below the approaching limit value, travel of a body is stopped. If the distance... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070112476 - Centralized control and management system for automobiles: In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is employed in the system to help a user control and manage the... Agent: Christie Parker & Hale, LLP

20070112473 - Operation input device: An operation input device of a vehicle capable of operating the vehicle by allowing an operation input into the vehicle even when an active reaction part (3) is not operated. In one embodiment of this invention, the device comprises an operation input part (1) receiving an operational force, the active... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070112475 - Power management systems and devices: Described herein are devices, systems, and methods for managing the power consumption of an automotive vehicle, and thereby for optimizing the power consumption of the vehicle. The devices and systems for managing the power consumption of the vehicle typically include power management logic that can calculate an applied power for... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070112474 - Vehicle stability control with lateral dynamics feedback: A system and method for estimating vehicle side-slip velocity that includes measuring the lateral acceleration of the vehicle, measuring the yaw rate of the vehicle, measuring the longitudinal speed of the vehicle and measuring the steering angle of the vehicle. The measured longitudinal speed is corrected to provide a true... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070112477 - Optimization of a vehicle dynamics control using tire information: The present arrangement relates to a method and a device for optimizing the regulation behavior of a vehicle dynamics control in motor vehicles. An improved regulation behavior may be achieved by making available information on a tire property, such as the tire type, the kind of tire, the tire pressure,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

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20070112479 - Wireless, frequency-agile spread spectrum ground link-based aircraft data communication system: A flight information communication system has a plurality of RF direct sequence spread spectrum ground data links that link respective aircraft-resident subsystems, in each of which a copy of its flight performance data is stored, with airport-located subsystems. The airport-located subsystems are coupled by way communication paths, such as land... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070112480 - Modular aircraft control system and method: An aircraft system for control of the application of power to a plurality of devices in the aircraft comprises a plurality of local control modules. Each local control module controls the application of the power to the group of at least one device. A central control system communicates with and... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070112482 - Method and system for compensating for wheel wear on a train: A method and system for compensating for wheel wear uses position and/or speed information from an independent positioning system to measure some distance over which the train has traveled. Wheel rotation information is also collected over the distance. The wheel rotation information and distance and/or speed information are then used... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070112481 - Wireless rail detection system: A wireless rail detection system is disclosed. A wireless detecting device is disposed on a trolley. When the trolley moves along the rail, the system acquires image and temperature data of the rail through a camera or a temperature measuring device of the wireless detecting device. The data is then... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070112484 - Method of determination of driving mode of hybrid vehicle: The present invention provides a method of determination of the driving mode of a hybrid vehicle. The method is executed by a hybrid control unit (HCU) and includes the step of modeling a PNGV (Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles) systems analysis toolkit (PSAT) to calculate power reserved to... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070112483 - System for failure safety control between controllers of hybrid vehicle: The present invention provides a system for failure safety control between controllers connected to an HCU via CAN communication. The system includes an ECU, an MCU, a TCU, a BMS and an HCU. The ECU is connected to the HCU via CAN communication, and configured to output a ready signal... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070112485 - Vehicle service device and system powered by capacitive power source: A vehicle service device configured to be powered by a capacitive power source positioned in the service device.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070112488 - Centralized management of maintenance and materials for commercial aircraft fleets: Turnkey maintenance of a customer's aircraft fleet is managed by a single management service provider (MSP) controlling integrated maintenance and materials services from a central operations site. The MSP converts data received directly from on-board aircraft systems into information it uses to manage maintenance service providers and parts suppliers. The... Agent: Tung & Associates Suite 120

20070112486 - Centralized management of maintenance and materials for commercial aircraft fleets with information feedback to customer: Turnkey maintenance of a customer's aircraft fleet is managed by a single management service provider (MSP) controlling integrated maintenance and materials services from a central operations site. The MSP converts data received directly from on-board aircraft systems into information it uses to manage maintenance service providers and parts suppliers. The... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070112487 - Integrated maintenance and materials service for fleet aircraft and system for determining pricing thereof: Turnkey maintenance of a customer's aircraft fleet is managed by a single management service provider (MSP) controlling integrated maintenance and materials services from a central operations site. The MSP converts data received directly from on-board aircraft systems into information it uses to manage maintenance service providers and parts suppliers. The... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070112489 - Integrated maintenance and materials services for fleet aircraft using aircraft data to improve maintenance quality: Turnkey maintenance of a customer's aircraft fleet is managed by a single management service provider (MSP) controlling integrated maintenance and materials services from a central operations site. The MSP converts data received directly from on-board aircraft systems into information it uses to manage maintenance service providers and parts suppliers. The... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20070112490 - Parking assisting apparatus: The parking assisting apparatus comprises an image pickup unit for picking up the image of the area behind a vehicle (80), display means for displaying the image picked up by the image pickup means; and image processing means for having the display means display a parking assisting guide for assisting... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070112491 - Crash detection system: A crash sensor arrangement for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The crash sensor arrangement includes a first set of sensors (3,4) comprising a respective sensor on each side of the vehicle. Each sensor (3,4) is an accelerometer and has a predetermined sensing axis (5,7). Each sensor (3,4) is mounted on... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070112492 - Vehicle entry system and entry controlling method: A vehicle entry system includes a portable device including a transmitter executing a communication between the portable device and a vehicle, approach detecting device detecting an approach to the vehicle of a specific passenger possessing the portable device, by way of receiving an identification code of the specific passenger from... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070112493 - Articulated equipment position control system and method: An articulated equipment position control system and method are provided for equipment consisting of motive and working components. The components are connected by an articulated connector, such as a pivotal hitch. GPS-derived positional data is utilized for power-articulating the hitch to maintain the working component, such as an implement, on... Agent: Mark Brown

20070112494 - Method and apparatus for vehicle and engine operation: There is provided a method and executable code for controlling operation of a vehicle. The vehicle control occurs during ongoing operation subsequent to deactivating an internal combustion engine which is effective to generate vehicle tractive torque. The method comprises: monitoring conditions external to the vehicle, and, restarting the internal combustion... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070112496 - Apparatus and method for controlling driving of hybrid electric vehicle on slope: An apparatus and a method for controlling driving of a hybrid electric vehicle on a slope are disclosed. With the apparatus and the method, the hybrid electric vehicle travels on the slope in one mode selected from an engine-motor combined driving mode, an engine driving mode, and a motor driving... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070112495 - Method and device for determining motor vehicle acceleration: A method is disclosed for obtaining a signal representing motor vehicle acceleration. The method involves obtaining a high pass filtered vehicle acceleration signal and a low pass filtered vehicle acceleration signal. One of these signals (preferably the high pass filtered signal) is obtained based upon the net driving force applied... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070112497 - Turning control apparatus for vehicle: The present invention provides a turning control apparatus for a vehicle to improve turning ability and to avoid degradation of acceleration ability. The turning control apparatus comprises a first yaw controller for adjusting at least one of driving torque of a left wheel and a right wheel; a second yaw... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070112498 - Motion control apparatus for vehicle: In rollover prevention control, an inner front wheel braking force is generated only in a front wheel located on the radially inner side of a turning locus in a relatively early stage where the absolute value of actual lateral acceleration is between a first value and a second value. When... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070112499 - Vehicle behavior control device: An adjustment unit identifies a front-rear driving force distribution control unit and a braking force control unit, and calculates based on the current vehicle state, a target yaw moment required for each of the front-rear driving force distribution control unit and braking force control unit. Then, based on the current... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070112500 - Control device for vehicle: ECU executes a program including the steps of: detecting a mode input by a driver, detecting an accelerator opening degree TA to calculate an operation potential Pta based on the accelerator opening degree TA and an accelerator operation speed dTA, counting the number of times Pta exceeds a threshold value... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070112501 - Method for controlling an operating condition of a vehicle engine: A residual ratio factor characterizing the amount of residual exhaust gas left in a selected cylinder at the end of a piston intake stroke is determined from tabular and surface models based on previously gathered dynamometer data from a test vehicle at various engine speeds. The residual ratio factor is... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070112502 - Fuel injection control device: A fuel injection control device is disclosed that includes a fuel injection valve for performing a fuel injection event at an assumed fuel quantity. The device also includes a rotation detecting device for detecting a change in rotation amount of the output shaft. The device further includes a slip rate... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070112503 - System for and method of monitoring real time traffic conditions using probe vehicles: A system and method for updating and communicating traffic information to at least one receiving vehicle includes a traffic information center and at least one probe vehicle. In a preferred embodiment, major road sections are represented as links, the center stores and updates a parent map database of links that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070112505 - Equidistant area locator website: A website that is easily usable and functional. It allows for two or more zip codes or towns to be entered and finds for the user towns, which lie equidistant between the entered areas of departure, and not too far out of the way. It then allows the user to... Agent: Dean Rossi

20070112504 - Method and system for providing wireless connection conditions along a navigation route: A method for providing wireless connection conditions to a mobile vehicle, including receiving navigation route information at a call center; determining wireless connection conditions associated with the received route; and transmitting a message including wireless connection conditions associated with the navigation route to the mobile vehicle. Another example provides a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070112506 - Navigation positional information providing system in internet website: The present invention relates to a website service for a navigation user, and more particularly to a navigation positional information providing system in an Internet website wherein it informs a navigation user of the operation of a website, off-line positional information, and so on within websites, such as home pages... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070112508 - Personal communication system to send and receive voice data positioning information: A location tagged data provision and display system. A personal communication device (PCD) with electromagnetic communication capability has a GPS receiver and a display. The PCD requests maps and location tagged data from data providers and other for display on the PCD. The data providers respond to requests by using... Agent: Christie Parker & Hale, LLP

20070112507 - Schematic destination maps: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates automatically producing an enhanced schematic destination map to provide directions to a destination related to geography. An interface component can receive at least one geographic destination. A map generator can automatically create an enhanced schematic destination map utilizing... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070112510 - Navigation method and system having improved arrival detection function for large scale destination: A navigation system guides a user to a destination with an improved arrival detection capability when the selected destination is a large facility or a natural place that occupies a relatively large area. When a particular destination is specified by the user, the navigation system calculates a route to the... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20070112509 - Route guide data creation device, route guide data creation method, and route guide distribution device: There is provided a route guide data creation device for acquiring travel data transmitted from a vehicle traveling on a road according to a predetermined travel route and travel time and creating route guide data according to the data. The route guide data creation device (10) includes: travel data acquisition... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070112512 - Methods and systems for locating source of computer-originated attack based on gps equipped computing device: Preferred systems and methods for mapping computer-originated attacks (or vulnerabilities to such attacks) based on GPS devices. In one aspect, methods and systems include receiving threat data or vulnerability data, retrieving GPS data, correlating the threat data or the vulnerability data with the GPS data to create map data, and... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20070112511 - Mobile geo-temporal information manager: A geo-temporal information display system includes a wireless telecommunications device connected to a geo-temporal information server. The wireless telecommunications device includes a display. The geo-temporal information server contains geo-temporal information and at least one map. The map includes at least one particular location which, for example, may be the location... Agent: Digital Cyclone, Inc. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070112516 - Apparatus for reducing impact of vehicle crash: An apparatus includes: an obstacle detecting unit for detecting a relative distance and a relative speed of an obstacle; a crash judgment unit for determining whether or not the driver's own vehicle will crash against the obstacle; and an obstacle handling device for reducing an impact caused at a time... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070112515 - Light-speed hitpoint sensor: The present invention is directed to a hitpoint sensor for a surface of interest, the hitpoint sensor having an optical fiber which is wound around or otherwise covering the surface, and a data processor connected to the ends of the optical fiber. When a collision with the surface occurs, light... Agent: Associate General Counsel (patents) The Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Laboratory

20070112514 - Method and system for forward collision avoidance in an automotive vehicle: The present patent application relates to a method and system for autonomous action in multiple obstacle scenarios in an automotive vehicle forward collision avoidance system. Initially the presence of obstacles in front of a vehicle hosting the system is established. Thereafter the position, velocity and acceleration of the obstacles are... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070112513 - Pedestrian detecting system: The invention relates to a pedestrian detection system provided on a motor vehicle, in order to detect a pedestrian so that an appropriate safety device can be activated in order to provide protection to the pedestrian in the event of an impact with the pedestrian. The detection system comprises a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070112517 - System and method for coordinate mapping onto airport diagrams: A bounded diagram having latitude and longitude points is identified. Two lines of latitude and two lines of longitude contained within the bounded diagram are identified. The points of where the lines of latitude and the lines of longitude intersect with the boundary of the bounded diagram are determined. Two... Agent: Hilton Goldstein

20070106429 - Foreign object insertion detection system for vehicle seat: An object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a vehicle seat that has a function enabling the accurate detection and immediate countermeasures even when a foreign object is sandwiched between the soft portions of the seats. According to a method of the present invention for... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070106430 - Vehicle control system having a computer integrated with a rewritable and nonvolatile memory: A vehicle control system is installed in a vehicle. The vehicle control system includes a computer integrated with a first nonvolatile memory that is rewritable. The vehicle control system includes a second nonvolatile memory. The second nonvolatile memory stores therein software. The software allows the computer to execute an at... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070106431 - Vehicle-to-vehicle communication system: A vehicle-to-vehicle communication device mounted in a subject vehicle includes (i) a transmitter-receiver for communication with other vehicle-to-vehicle communication devices mounted in other vehicles, (ii) a memory that stores communication wavelengths assigned to the other vehicles, and (iii) a communication control unit. When a certain vehicle is determined to be... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070106432 - Method and computer program product for controlling an aerodynamic vehicle having at least one structural mode: Methods and computer program products are provided for controlling a plurality of control effectors of an aerodynamic vehicle based upon the mode shape direction of one or more structural modes excited by actuation of the control effectors. For example, control of the actuation of the control effectors may be provided... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070106433 - Methods and systems to accurately display lateral deviation symbology in offset approaches to runways: Systems and methods to accurately display lateral deviation symbology in offset approaches to runways is provided. A system for on-aircraft display of lateral deviation symbology for use in offset approaches comprises means for generating a conformal video display representation of an aircraft's current position, means for notifying a flight crew... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070106435 - Model train control system: A system which operates a digitally controlled model railroad transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport. A second command is transmitted from a second client program to the resident external controlling interface through a second communications transport.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070106434 - User interface for railroad dispatch monitoring of a geographic region and display system employing a common data format for displaying information from different and diverse railroad cad systems: A display system for displaying information from plural different and diverse railroad Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems includes a web server, a number of display clients served by the web server, and plural data interfaces communicating to the web server employing a common data format. Each of the data interfaces receives... Agent: Kirk D. Houser Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070106436 - Error control in a traffic management system: System for monitoring a traffic management system, such as an Air Traffic Management (ATM) system, which comprises a position retrieval station, operable to retrieve position information for a traffic object, e.g. a radar station (1) devised to collect radar echoes and generate radar image signals, a computer system (9) connected... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070106437 - Apparatus and method of managing telematics application based on vehicle status: Provided is an apparatus and method of managing a telematics application based on a vehicle's status. The apparatus includes an application install manager which sets execution condition information including information related to a vehicle's status at which the application is activated, a vehicle's status detector which detects the vehicle status,... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070106438 - Vehicle, fuel supplier, fuel supply system and related method for controlling fuel supply: A fuel supply system, includes: a vehicle having a fuel tank, including: an allowable fuel supply quantity sensor for sensing an allowable fuel supply quantity to the fuel tank in an operation supplying fuel to the fuel tank, and a vehicular transmitter for transmitting the following information to an outer... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070106439 - Information system for an apparatus: An on-board information system is provided, including a help facility, which is operable to provide information to a requester. The information comprises audio or audio-visual descriptions for operating various systems and control devices, using on-board or off-board devices. An information system is provided, comprising a requestor-initiated information inquiry device, an... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070106441 - Starting control apparatus: A starting control apparatus that automatically discriminates configuration of a vehicle on which the starting control apparatus is mounted, executes an appropriate starting control, and be widely used is provided. The starting control apparatus prestores therein computer program codes for performing a starting control for normal vehicle and a starting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070106440 - Vehicle parking assisting system and method: A vehicle parking assisting system detects an obstacle by sonar devices, and displays it as a present detection position and a past detection point on a display device in an overlapping manner with a combined birds-eye view image. The present detection point is displayed as a series of dots extending... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070106442 - System for dynamically determining axle loadings of a moving vehicle using integrated sensing system and its application in vehicle dynamics controls: A vehicle (10) includes a control system (18) that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines a wheel normal loading in response to heave motion wheel loading, attitude-based wheel loading, and vertical motion induced wheel loading. The various wheel loadings may be indirectly determined from the... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070106444 - Apparatus for acquiring lateral acceleration at the center of gravity of vehicle, and motion control apparatus for vehicle: A center-of-gravity-position lateral acceleration acquisition apparatus of the invention is applied to a vehicle equipped with a lateral acceleration sensor which is installed at a position remote from the center of gravity of the vehicle and which detects lateral acceleration of the vehicle at that position. The apparatus acquires lateral... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070106445 - Deceleration controller for vehicle: A deceleration control apparatus and method for controlling deceleration of a vehicle where a controller is operable to set a target vehicular speed calculated based on a turning condition of the vehicle and a lateral acceleration limitation value. The controller is also operable to apply deceleration to the vehicle based... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070106443 - System for determining torque and tire forces using integrated sensing system: A vehicle (10) includes a control system (18) that is used to control a vehicle system. The control system determines an axle torque, and longitudinal forces at each tire in response to the axle torque. Lateral forces at each tire are determined in response to the longitudinal forces. The control... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070106446 - Method and system using tire stretch data to control braking: A method of controlling a braking force applied to at least one wheel supporting a tire that includes steps of issuing a braking command (100), commanding an amount of tire stretch based on the braking command (102), estimating an amount of tire stretch for the tire based at least in... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070106448 - Automotive control apparatus and method: An apparatus and a method for controlling an automotive vehicle are disclosed, in which a control amount for securing safety of the vehicle and the control amount for achieving a state intended for by the driver of the vehicle are switched in such a manner as to reduce the shock... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070106447 - Control device of vehicle: An ECU executes a program including a step of detecting a driver's preference potential Hdr, a step of calculating a target engine output Ptgt using Hdr when a deceleration request is detected, a step of calculating a target slippage tsl using Hdr, a step of calculating a target engine speed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070106451 - Controller and controlling method for internal combustion engine: A base engine torque generated with an estimated intake air amount is estimated. An engine torque is corrected by correcting an ignition timing based on a difference between a required engine torque and the base engine torque. A torque correction amount is calculated based on a correction amount of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070106450 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: A method and a device for controlling an internal combustion engine, in which a noise variable is compared to a setpoint value, and an actuating variable is specified based on the comparison. The noise variable is computed using a weighted summation of at least two characteristics.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070106449 - Method and device for controlling and/or regulating an internal combustion engine: A device and a method for controlling and/or regulating an internal combustion engine, in particular an internal combustion engine having direct injection. A regulation adjusts a combustion state variable, that characterizes the combustion state, to a setpoint value. A control and/or a regulation influences a torque variable that characterizes the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070106453 - Internal-combustion engine design support system: Disclosed is an internal-combustion engine design support system for presenting a combination of functional specification types or the like of a design-target engine in connection with a target performance parameter value set out in a new vehicle. The system comprises a database (1) storing data about a design parameter value... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070106452 - Method, computer program and controller for operating an internal combustion engine: A method for triggering an internal combustion engine of a certain type according to a state machine is provided, in which a possible operating state of the engine, which is assigned to a layer n of the state machine, is first set. In an additional layer (n+1), sub-states to the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070106454 - Data broadcast method for traffic information: Systems and methods are provided for prioritizing traffic information and broadcasting the traffic information in a prioritized order. The method generally comprises receiving data regarding traffic conditions on various roads, wherein each road can be characterized as being a major, medium, or minor road. In one approach, traffic data regarding... Agent: Brian M Berliner, Esq O'melveny & Myers, LLP

20070106455 - Method and system for creating universal location referencing objects: A method and system for creating and/or using a universal location referencing object (ULRO) with electronic files including electronic maps. ULROs establish traversable links between a file-of-reference and third-party-files. In accordance with an embodiment, the ULRO comprises a universal location referencing code uniquely corresponding to the location, together with several... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070106457 - Portable computing with geospatial haptic compass: A portable navigation device and associated methods are provided for enabling users to find geospatial orientations within the real physical world using their tactile senses. In one embodiment the portable navigation device acts as a geospatial compass, enabling users to find cardinal directions such as North in response to processor... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20070106456 - Roadway travel data exchange network: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for exchange of travel data in a roadway information system associated with a first roadway vehicle and a second roadway vehicle. In one embodiment, the roadway information system may comprise, for example, a first mobile client system associated with the first roadway vehicle, a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070106461 - Methods and systems for reporting automotive traffic conditions in response to user-specific requests: The method and system described herein provides an interface for accessing a database containing information pertaining to traffic conditions. Using the interface, a driver can receive traffic conditions potentially affecting the driver's particular commute, just prior to the time at which the driver chooses between one or more routes for... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070106458 - Navigation device: By using map data stored in a data storage section, a navigation device comprises: a route receiving section for receiving route data indicating a route from a current position derived by a position deriving section to a destination designated by a destination designating section; a data selecting section for selecting... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070106460 - Route guidance system, methods and programs: Route guidance systems, methods and programs detect a current position of a host vehicle and search for a specified route to a destination based on the current position of the vehicle. The systems, methods and programs set a guidance intersection based on a specified route, and compute a recommended lane... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070106459 - Route navigation systems, methods and programs: Route guidance systems, methods, and programs detect the current location of a vehicle and search for a route to a destination. The systems, methods, and programs set a guidance intersection based on the searched route and determine whether an assistant guidance intersection exists on the searched route, the assistant guidance... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070106462 - Method and apparatus for determining the position of an underwater object in real-time: A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing a determined position in real-time of an underwater object using a plurality of sensors operating at various sampling rates and for using the determined position in real-time in order to perform inspection tasks inter alia.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070106464 - Map display controller and map display control program: A balloon icon, which indicates information of a facility, is attached to a facility icon indicating a position of the facility via a rope icon connecting the facility icon with the balloon icon. A vehicle navigation system accepts a scroll instruction through an operation unit. Based on the instruction, the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070106463 - Navigation apparatus, update data providing apparatus and update data providing method: A type of data among road data, route search data and route guidance data or a type of background data is specified to be updated. When updating either one of the road data, the route search data and the route guidance data, the entire data of the corresponding type stored... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070106465 - Method of planning a route to a destination: The present invention combines the geographical coverage possible with fixed, pre-defined route segment costs (e.g. the legal speed limit) with, wherever possible, richer time dependent costs. A user of, for example, a portable navigation device, can therefore continue route planning as before to virtually any destination in a country covered... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070106466 - Navigation system and route setting method: A navigation system comprises an image display unit at which various images including a map are displayed, a touch panel operation detection unit that detects a touch panel operation performed by a user based upon a contact position at which the user has touched the image display unit, a specified... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070106467 - Navigation system, and information acquisition method: A technique which enables a navigation system mounted on a vehicle or the like to be connected with an information providing device by utilizing a short range base station. In cases where a recommended route passes through a communication spot, which is an area enabled for communication by the short... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070106469 - Navigation system: When a user turns on an ignition switch at a parking lot so as to restart travel to a destination, a navigation system computes a distance from the parking lot to an intermediate position included in a guide route currently designated. When the computed distance is within a predetermined distance,... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070106468 - Product, service and activity based interactive trip mapping system, method, and computer program product: A system, method, and computer program product for generating a travel itinerary, including specifying a criteria for a query including a start point and an end point of the travel itinerary, and at least one route point, the route point being a service, a product, a place, an activity, or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070106470 - Route navigation systems, methods, and programs: Navigation systems, methods and programs detect the current location of a vehicle and search a route to a destination based on the current location. The systems, methods, and programs set a guidance intersection based on the searched route, set a route guidance point at a predetermined point before the guidance... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070106471 - White-line display apparatus for a vehicle: It is an object of the invention to provide a vehicular display apparatus in which a driver can easily grasp a recognizing state of a white line and can prevent from misjudging the recognizing state. For this purpose, in a vehicular display apparatus having white-line recognizing means for recognizing a... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070106472 - Method for standard positioning service and precise positioning service cooperative operation: A method for standard positioning service (SPS) and precise positioning service (PPS) cooperative operation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a positioning signal is received. A PPS data portion of the positioning signal is acquired with PPS receiver. An SPS data portion of the positioning signal is acquired with an SPS... Agent: John Wagner Third Floor

20070106474 - Collision determination system for vehicle: A collision determination system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a vehicle behavior recognition unit that recognizes specific vehicle behavior indicative of a probable vehicle collision. The system also includes a collision detection sensor that detects a predetermined state change resulting from a vehicle collision. Furthermore, the system... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070106473 - Navigating a uav with obstacle avoidance algorithms: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for navigating a UAV that include piloting the UAV, under control of a navigation computer, in accordance with a navigation algorithm. While piloting the UAV, embodiments include reading from the GPS receiver a sequence of GPS data, anticipating a future position of... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070106475 - Vehicle driving assist system: A vehicle driving assist system is configured to convey a risk potential relating to a preceding obstacle to a driver using both visual information and haptic information. For example, the vehicle driving assist system executes accelerator pedal actuation reaction force control such that an actuation reaction force is generated in... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070100508 - Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle by teeth-clenching: An apparatus and method for controlling vehicle by teeth clenching are provided. The apparatus includes: an electromyogram signal obtaining unit including electromyogram sensors disposed at both sides for generating an electromyogram signal according to a predetermined muscle moved when a disabled person clenches teeth, and a ground electrode connected to... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070100507 - Computer peripheral device method and apparatus: A vehicle peripheral device system comprising: a first peripheral state manager that manages a persistent connection between a computer and a vehicle; and a second peripheral state manager that manages on-demand connections between the computer and the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is presented to a user of the computer as... Agent: Anthony Luke Simon General Motors Corporation

20070100510 - Method and system for application control: An application control system for use in a vehicle includes a current region det