Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 06/07

20070150124 - Methods and systems for displaying enroute moving maps: Methods and systems for a position indicating display system for an aircraft are provided. The system includes a moving map display representative of an area being traversed by the aircraft such that a current relative position of the aircraft is maintained proximate a center of the display, a first overlay... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070150125 - Methods and systems for generating en-route visible terrain displays: Methods and systems for displaying an en-route visible terrain display for an aircraft are provided. The method includes representing each pixel of a terrain display using a geographical location and an elevation above the location, each pixel further represented using at least one of a color value and a grayscale... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070150131 - Method for transmitting data for controlling railway signal installations of a railway system: A method for controlling railway signal installations of a railway system by exchanging data between directly adjacent transceivers over electrically conducting rails of a track is disclosed. More particularly, the method allows bidirectional data exchange between the transceivers without employing track sections with insulating joints. Data are exchanged during alternating... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20070150141 - Vehicle travelling data recording device: A vehicle travelling data recording device includes a digital video recorder, a vehicle travelling speed recorder, a vehicle travelling condition recorder and a removable hard disk drive. Synchronously recording the vehicle travelling condition, the vehicle travelling speed and the signal structure and operation condition can achieve the object of reducing... Agent: Rober Lo

20070150119 - Checklist system: A system is provided which provides an indication of checklist items, for example, in an aircraft. The system monitors aircraft systems and automatically prioritizes information gathered from those systems and selects and arms the appropriate checklist. The pilot may select and/or arm a checklist via a pilot-VCS (voice checklist system)... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20070150116 - Driving dynamics control system for vehicles: The present device relates to a driving dynamics control system for vehicles, including at least one signal distribution to which vehicle data, environment data and data regarding the driver's request are sent in the form of input data, and including several controllable or regulatable subsystems which modify the dynamics of... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070150117 - Lateral maneuverability map for a moving object and method for generation thereof: This lateral maneuverability map shows the area of movement of a vehicle with the contours of the regions of complete freedom of lateral movement. It is generated from a distance map listing the distances of the points of its regions that can be negotiated by the vehicle to the regions... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070150120 - Method and device for controlling specific functions within a load-carrying vehicle under dumping and/or loading the load-carrying platform of the vehicle: Method and arrangement for controlling a load-carrying vehicle when dumping or loading a load carrying platform of the vehicle. The method includes detecting maneuvering of a control input arranged in a cabin of a load-carrying vehicle having a load-carrying platform using a computer control unit operatively coupled between the control... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (volvo Prosecution)

20070150118 - Vehicle integrated control system: An integrated control system includes a main control system controlling a driving system, a main control system controlling a brake system, and a main control system controlling a steering system, an adviser unit generating and providing information to be used at each control system based on environmental information around the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070150122 - Fault isolation method and apparatus in artificial intelligence based air data systems: A method providing fault isolation, in an air data system which uses artificial intelligence to generate an air data parameter, includes generating the air data parameter as a function of a plurality of measured values such as static pressures. Then, estimates of each of the plurality of measured values is... Agent: Goodrich C/o Westman, Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070150121 - Method for locating difficult access points on a map: The locating of difficult access points, on a topological map of the zone overflown by an aircraft, plotted on the basis of a map of curvilinear distances taking account of the vertical flight profile of the aircraft, is effected by analyzing the map of curvilinear distances, by means of a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070150123 - System and method for controlling the airspeed of an aircraft: A system and method are provided for controlling the airspeed of an aircraft. A plurality of recommended airspeeds are initially determined based upon different objectives. The recommended airspeeds may be based upon various objectives including: (1) delivery of the aircraft to its destination within a predefined arrival window; (2) maximization... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070150126 - Method and apparatus for tracking aircraft and securing against unauthorized access: A system for monitoring an aircraft receives navigation signals and deriving a position vector therefrom and also asserts an alert signal in the event that the altitude of the aircraft above ground level is less than a predetermined value. The system samples the position vector at a selected sample rate... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070150127 - Systems and methods for representation of a flight vehicle in a controlled environment: Systems and methods for representing a flight vehicle in a controlled environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system comprises a communications link that extends between a ground-based facility and at least one flight vehicle operating within the controlled environment that is operable to communicate trajectory data between the ground-based... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070150128 - Pixel-frequency slews and filters for star data measurements: A method and apparatus for reducing centroiding error of a star sensor having a plurality of pixels is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of computing a star sensor angular slew rate of ω pixels per star sensor integration period τ, collecting star sensor data while slewing the star sensor... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20070150130 - Apparatus and method for locating assets within a rail yard: A method for tracking assets within a rail yard, the method comprising: creating a track layout database for the rail yard, the track layout database providing a map of rail tracks and switches within the rail yard, wherein the track layout database includes machine readable data identifying discrete locations of... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070150129 - System and method for monitoring train arrival and departure latencies: Methods and systems for monitoring trains in a railyard. These methods and systems detect an incoming train entering a geographic area defined by a railyard, store an entry time indicative of a time at which the incoming train entering the railyard was detected, detect the incoming train coming to a... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070150132 - Integrated electric motor control/transmission control system for use with variable transmissions in electric vehicles: The invention is an integrated motor-control/transmission control system for use with variable transmissions (IVT and CVT) in electric vehicles. The system allows an electric motor to operate a higher percentage of its total operating time at or close to peak efficiency than is allowed under PWM-style systems by allowing the... Agent: Leonard A. Ducharme

20070150133 - Control device and method for guided travel of unmanned vehicle: Leveling operation can be effectively performed at a discharge site without increasing a cost of vehicles, and a running course can be easily generated in a short time and at a low-cost. Based on each of measured position data of a survey line 20 of a discharge site 21, a... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070150134 - Driving support systems, methods, and programs: Driving support systems, methods, and programs for a host vehicle receive braking information from another vehicle traveling in front of the host vehicle. The systems, methods, and programs obtain current speed information of the host vehicle and obtain inter-vehicle distance information indicating a distance between the other vehicle and the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070150135 - Device and method for central on-board diagnosis for motor vehicles: The aim of the invention is to improve the diagnosis of motor vehicle systems comprising a plurality of functional components in a network. To this end, the individual status data of the control units (11, 12, 13, 14) is monitored in a central diagnostic control unit (15), optionally using a... Agent: Peter N Lalos

20070150136 - Periodic rate sensor self test: A periodic test signal is injected into a motion sensor and the sensor output is compared to a threshold to determine whether the sensor is functioning properly.... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070150139 - Apparatus and method for tracking vehicle travel and expenditures: A system and method is provided to track and log the distance traveled by a vehicle during a trip and other expenditures related to the trip. The system is capable of categorizing the trip as business or pleasure. In one embodiment, a tracking device receives global positioning data and/or distance... Agent: C. Bart Sullivan

20070150140 - Incident alert and information gathering method and system: An apparatus, a system and a method of collecting vehicle data for use in incident investigations, including: a vehicle data recorder for recording vehicle parameters such as geographic location, speed, azimuth of motion, acceleration, brake pedal pressure and similar parameters: a means for detecting incidents such as an accident, and... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070150138 - Memory management in event recording systems: In vehicle event recorders which capture video as discrete image frames, a managed loop memory and management system is provided to realize a virtual ‘timeline dilation’ effect. For a buffer memory of limited size, the maximum extent of a video series in time is extended by trading a reduction in... Agent: Joseph Page

20070150137 - Mobile mileage manager for expense reimbursement: Described is a means for automatically tracking automobile mileage data on a computerized mileage manager module and wirelessly transmitting it to a mobile basestation or other external receiving device. The mileage manager module is coupled with an odometer and uses an operator interface/display to present data to and receive data... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Semc

20070150142 - Vehicle information system: A vehicle information system having a mode of operation for vehicle navigation and a mode of operation for telecommunication is presented. The system includes a database and a control and regulation unit that includes a processor configured for storing and executing control commands. The system further includes a display device... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070150143 - Method for controlling the damper force in vehicles having a ride level control system: The damper force in vehicles having a ride level control system is controlled by means of a method, according to which, when the leveling system is activated, a signal is generated and transmitted to a damper force control device (5). When the level control system is activated, the damper force... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070150144 - Stabilizer control apparatus: A stabilizer is actively controlled even for an input from a road surface, ride comfort is ensured against a variation resulted from irregularity of road surface, while a vehicle is traveling straight, and a roll angle of a vehicle body is restrained surely, when the vehicle is turning. In a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070150145 - Method for controlling vehicle: Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle are provided which can include advantages of controlling corresponding to lateral wind frequency. Because the vehicle is controlled on the basis of frequency areas and a force of a lateral wind, driving stability of the vehicle and driver comfort can be enhanced.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070150147 - Compactor using compaction value targets: A compaction monitoring system for a compactor has one or more sensors, a positioning system and a controller. The sensors are configured to transmit signals representative of one or more characteristics of a material related to a compaction value of the material. The positioning system may be configured to transmit... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070150146 - Method and system for keyless work machine operation: The keyless power system has an ignition system including an ignition switch having an “OFF” position and one or more electrical components associated with a work machine. The keyless power system also has one or more alternate power sources configured to provide electrical power to the one or more electrical... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070150149 - Method and system for tracking the positioning and limiting the movement of mobile machinery and its appendages: A method and system for tracking and limiting the movement of key identified points on a movable machine, through the use of location devices positioned on the body or appendages of the machine, by comparing the sensed locations against a database of site information, and to restrict movement of the... Agent: Morriss O''bryant Compagni, P.C.

20070150148 - Work machine with transition region control system: A transition region control system has one or more sensors configured to transmit a signal representative of a speed of a work machine moving over a first surface. The transition region control system also has one or more surfacing components configured to form a second surface generally coplanar to the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070150150 - Drive device comprising a gearbox: A drive device for a transmission (4), a main engine and a shifting clutch (3). In order to reduce the phase of tractive force interruption during switching operations, the drive device has a shifting brake clutch (9), located between the engine and the shifting clutch, such that during switching operations,... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070150152 - Electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift and related method: An electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift and method for electronically shifting the gears of a bicycle involves the steps of: receiving a signal requesting a displacement of a chain of a bicycle gearshift from a first sprocket to a second adjacent sprocket of a gearshift group comprising at least two sprockets;... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070150153 - Electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift and related method: An electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift and method for electronically shifting the gears of a bicycle involves the steps of: receiving a signal requesting a displacement of a chain of a bicycle gearshift from a first sprocket to a second adjacent sprocket of a gearshift group comprising at least two sprockets;... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070150151 - Method and a device for controlling movements of a work vehicle: Method and arrangement for controlling movements of a work vehicle in which a state of an equipment assembly for handling objects or material is determined and that at least one operating parameter of a driveline of the vehicle is controlled depending on the determined equipment assembly state.... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP

20070150154 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust gas purification system: A method for operating an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas purification system. Intake air throttling is carried out in order to raise an exhaust gas temperature in a low-load mode and in a traction mode. The amount of intake air throttling is determined as function of an expected... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070150155 - Electrically-operated curving control device: At startup, a main CPU renders and copies various types of unique parameters stored in an SRAM card corresponding to an ID unique to endoscopes to DPRAM and SDRAM and enables the endoscopes to be used with these parameters. Also in the event of desiring to change the set parameters,... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070150156 - Method and system for road surface friction coefficient estimation: The present invention relates to active chassis systems and a method, a system and a computer program product for road to wheel friction estimation (RFE). More specifically, the present invention relates to a method, a system and computer program product for estimating, with especially high accuracy, the road surface friction... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070150157 - Speed control method for vehicle approaching and traveling on a curve: A vehicle curve speed control system (10) adapted for use with a vehicle (12) having an operator (14), includes a map database (16) representing a current vehicle path, and a locator device (20) communicatively coupled to the database (16) and configured to determine the location of the vehicle (12) on... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070150158 - Vehicle control apparatus: A vehicle control apparatus is used to control a driving force to be given to a vehicle. A driving force calculating device calculates the driving force to be given to the vehicle, on the basis of a deviation between a vehicle speed of the vehicle and a target speed. A... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070150159 - Distance regulation method and device: A method and a device for performing inter-vehicle distance control on a vehicle is provided, an actual value (dact) of a distance variable which describes a distance between the vehicle and a vehicle traveling in front being determined and in which a plurality of weighting values (gi) for the distance... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070150160 - Dual-architecture microserver card: An integrated system for monitoring a deployed product on a movable platform, gathering data about the deployed product, and disseminating the data about the deployed product is disclosed. The system includes a server located on the movable platform capable of communication with the server from a remote location. The server... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070150161 - Method and device for monitoring the dilution of the lubricating oil by the fuel in an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a method of determining the rate of dilution of the lubricating oil by the fuel in an internal combustion engine. The invention is characterised in that it comprises the following steps consisting in: marking either the lubricating oil or the fuel with a radioactive tracer measuring... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070150162 - Method for real time determination of the mass of particles in a particle filter of a motor vehicle: A method for real-time determination of the mass of particles in a particle filter fitted to the exhaust line of an internal combustion engine. The following data—temperature T(t) of the exhaust gas at the filter input, oxygen [O2 (t)] and nitrogen oxide [NOx(t)] concentration of the exhaust gases entering the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070150163 - Web-based method of rendering indecipherable selected parts of a document and creating a searchable database from the text: A method and apparatus for uploading and storing a document created in a word processing program (such as MS Word, Claris Works, WordPad, WordPerfect, etc.) onto a networked server in a way that preserves the “look and feel” of the uploaded document and allows users to select, classify, and conceal... Agent: Donald C. Simpson, Esq.

20070150164 - Variable compression ratio internal combustion engine: A variable compression ratio internal combustion engine is programmably configured to operate in a plurality of compression ratios. Internal combustion engines with electronically controlled engine components that include electronic valve operation are programmed to operate individual engine cylinders with component states and stoke sequences that provide variable compression ratios by... Agent: Walt Froloff

20070150165 - Adaptive load balancing system: The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine, which has a plurality of cylinders for providing the necessary energy used for the work performed by the engine. According to the invention, cylinder specific knock monitoring is used in order to distribute the load automatically among the cylinders of the... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20070150166 - Engine control device for construction machinery: There is provided construction machinery for switchably controlling rotational speed between a normal and an energy saving mode. Change in workload is detected by means except for change in pressure of a main circuit. It is more convenient to use the machinery in the energy saving mode, increasing opportunities for... Agent: Paul A. Fattibene Fattibene & Fattibene

20070150167 - Method for actuating a traffic-adaptive assistance system which is located in a vehicle: The invention relates to a method for actuating a traffic-adaptive assistance system in a host vehicle, using speed-related and/or distance-related variables of the vehicle and of a preceding vehicle, to control acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle. If the actual time interval or the actual distance between the vehicle and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070150169 - Navigation systems, methods, and programs: Vehicle navigation systems, methods, and programs, receive traffic information. The systems, methods, and programs determine whether there is a controlled road link within a predetermined distance of the vehicle and determine whether there is congestion information that begins with the controlled road link based on the received traffic information. The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070150168 - Traffic channel: A method and system for implementing a traffic channel is described herein. A traffic route with a start location and an end location is selected by a user. A plurality of intermediate traffic locations along the traffic route is displayed. The user selects one or more of the displayed intermediate... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070150170 - Method for assisting low altitude navigation of an aircraft: extracting summits S from among the points Psafe, determining the aircraft's weight at these points S as a function of the distance between the aircraft and S and of its consumption over this distance, where the consumption is one aspect of its performance, for each point S, determining the maximum... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070150171 - Vehicle fuel informational system: A vehicle fuel informational system is provided with a fuel level determination component, an onboard vehicle positioning component, an onboard vehicle navigation component and a low fuel notification component. The fuel level determination component determines a fuel level of a host vehicle equipped with the vehicle fuel informational system. The... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070150172 - Method and device for the computer-assisted calculation of the axle loads of a vehicle: A method and a device for the computer-assisted calculation of the axle load of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, in which the axle loads are calculated on the basis of a function f(λ), which describes the dependence of the ratio of the longitudinal force Fx to the vertical... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070150175 - Augmented navigation system: A method and system for providing augmented directions that include actual media collected from locations along the route and annotations is provided. An augmented navigation system includes a collection component, a direction component, and a playback component. The collection component may be used to collect actual media from various locations... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070150173 - Navigation device and method for exchanging data between resident applications: Navigation software is integrated with other kinds of software running on the same device so that capabilities of the navigation software can be made available from within the other applications. Those applications can export street, city or postcode format address data to the navigation software. The address data can then... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070150174 - Predictive navigation: The present disclosure provides an on-board navigation system for a commuter vehicle that automatically saves in a database addresses corresponding to destinations to which the vehicle has traveled, along with one or more parameters relating to the addresses. The navigation system uses these parameters to predict a destination by comparing... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070150176 - System and method for performing distributed sequential node localization in active sensor deployment: A system and method for performing distributed sequential node localization in active sensor deployment is presented. An equilateral orthogonal reference frame is defined. The reference frame includes s+1 anchor nodes that is placed in s-dimensional physical space. New nodes are sequentially placed in a natural sequential ordering within the s-dimensional... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20070150177 - Automated method to ensure network route diversity: Routing diversity is evaluated. Utility line route mapping coordinates are obtained for a first utility line route and a second utility line route. At least one utility line route mapping coordinate of the first utility line route is compared with at least one utility line route mapping coordinate of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070150178 - Flight management system for an aircraft: A flight management system for an aircraft, for executing a flight plan comprising referenced waypoints comprising a start point, an end point and intermediate waypoints, the said aircraft having a specified fuel quantity at the start of the said flight plan, executes a function of monitoring the fuel consumption with... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070150181 - Digital map position information transfer method: It is an object of the invention to provide a method of transmitting position information of a digital map which can enhance matching precision on a receiving side. The invention provides a method of transmitting position information of a digital map in which a transmitting side transmits a vector shape... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070150180 - Navigation apparatus, image display method, and program for the image display method: A navigation apparatus which includes a front image display displaying an image of a front side and a back image display displaying an image of a back side, the each image being one of images stereoscopically overlapped along the line of sight; a front image signal; a measuring unit for... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070150179 - Navigation device and method for displaying simulated navigation data: An in-car navigation device has a route preview or simulation function. The name of the actual road along which the vehicle is simulated as moving is also displayed, just as it would be if the vehicle were actually travelling along the route. The status bar, or actually on the road... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070150183 - Means, methods, and apparatus to reduce the possibility of a motor vehicle entering a freeway ramp in the wrong direction of travel-towards oncoming traffic: A system used to reduce the possibly of a vehicle entering a freeway ramp in the wrong direction of travel, towards oncoming traffic, is disclosed. The preferred system is comprised of equipment used in conjunction with orbiting satellite transceivers with receivers, such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) or OnStar™ by... Agent: Ron Tolmei

20070150182 - Navigation system: A navigation system allows an automotive vehicle to travel along an optimum traffic lane of a roundabout in an efficient manner, and informs about an optimum outlet of the roundabout on the basis of an optimum travel route to the destination. When the judgment is made that there is a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070150184 - Providing guiding service by means of a wireless terminal: The invention relates to a guiding system for wireless terminals. In the system, position-specific information of route points of the route on which a first wireless terminal travels is determined and it is sent to a guiding server. Supplementary data used for guiding the route are stored in the first... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20070150185 - Traveled link identifying systems, methods, and programs: Traveled link identifying system systems, methods, and programs receive information representing current positions of probe vehicles, the information acquired from each probe vehicle at predetermined distance intervals or at predetermined time intervals. The systems, methods, and programs store connection relationships between links, the links representing portions of roads within map... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070150188 - First-person video-based travel planning system: A system provides a first person video depiction of a planned travel route from a designated start location to a designated destination location in response to a user's travel planning request. A user interface receives a start location and a destination location for the travel route from a user. A... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20070150186 - Techniques to improve location accuracy for a map: Techniques to improve location accuracy for a map are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may include a map management module to move a location identifier representing a location from a first position to a second position on an electronic map in accordance... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070150187 - 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, a navigation data producing device for producing first data that is to be displayed on the display, and a transmitting device for transmitting intermediate data to the vehicular meter... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070150189 - Method for automatically zooming in/out on map in navigation system: Provided is a method for automatically zooming in/out on a map in a navigation system. The method includes measuring a running speed; searching a lookup table for a running speed zoom factor based on the measured running speed; and automatically zooming in/out on the map depending on the searched running... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070150190 - Gps navigation system: A dock for a portable navigation device comprises a RF connector designed to automatically interface with a RF connector in the device in order to feed GPS RF signals from an external aerial to the device when the device is correctly mounted on the dock. RF signals from an external... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070150191 - Portable telematics device: An automobile navigation system with portable telematics device is disclosed, which comprises: a first telematics device, being arranged fixedly inside an automobile; a detachable second telematics device, capable of being coupled to the first telematics device by a specific control data bus; wherein, the resources of software/hardware of the second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070150192 - Vehicle position estimating apparatus and vehicle position estimating method: A vehicle position estimating apparatus for estimating a vehicle position on the basis of a vehicle position (GPS position) calculated from a signal received from a GPS satellite includes a travel direction history storage unit for storing a plurality of pieces of vehicle travel direction history information and a position... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070150193 - Vehicle position tracking system via satellite and method thereof: A vehicle position information transmitter via satellite, a method thereof, a vehicle position tracking system using the same and a method thereof are provided. The transmitter transmits vehicle position information and vehicle ID to the vehicle position information management center through the vehicle position information relay satellite if a satellite... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070150194 - Method for navigation with optical sensors, and a device utilizing the method: A method for navigation and positioning with optical sensors moving over a surface. The sensors light up the surface and capture consecutive images. A reference image of a small area of the time is stored and the sensor follows said are in the sensor's filed of view by predicting where... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070150195 - Method and apparatus of obtaining improved location accuracy using magnetic field mapping: Method and apparatus of increasing location accuracy of an inertial navigational device is described. The inertial navigation device generates real-time data and transmits the real-time data to a second device so that the second device may obtain a location of the inertial navigational device. The inertial navigational device receives an... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070150196 - Method for detecting or predicting vehicle cut-ins: A system for determining the potential for a possible cut-in situation by a cut-in vehicle on a subject vehicle. The subject vehicle may employ various devices, such as cameras, sensors, wireless communications systems, map data bases, navigational systems, etc., for detecting the cut-in vehicle, the possible movement of the cut-in... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070150197 - Method to control delay between lanes: Method and apparatus to control delay between lanes in an I/O interface is disclosed. To control the delay between the lanes in the I/O system a programmed delay may be determined and introduced between the lanes. For this purpose the effective time “T” of the lanes is determined. The number... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070142996 - Adaptive cruise control system and method for vehicle: The present invention provides a vehicular adaptive cruise control system and method that can adapt in real-time to tire and road conditions, vehicular weight, dynamics of the host vehicle, as well as other factors, to offer improved collision avoidance and warning.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070142978 - Driver assisting system: A method and a system for assisting a driver operating a driver controlled input device within a vehicle, acquires data including information on environment in a field around the vehicle and information on vehicle setting regarding how devices are set within the vehicle. A risk perceived from the environment is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070142977 - Mutli-function control and display apparatus and device for automobiles: Various embodiments of this invention are directed towards an aftermarket automobile accessory that interfaces with vehicle Electronic Control Units (ECU's) and local networks such as Controller Area Network busses (CAN-busses) in order that a user may add performance, convenience, and safety systems to the vehicle using factory controls and displays.... Agent: Marc E. Hankin, Esq.

20070142980 - Avionics method and apparatus: The present invention comprises methods and apparatuses for sensing attributes of an aircraft and efficiently communicating relevant attributes to a pilot. The invention allows a state of the aircraft to be determined, and then used to control systems, configure displays, select checklists relevant to the determined state, and automatically respond... Agent: V. Gerald Grafe, Esq.

20070142981 - Functional monitor for flight management system: The invention relates to a flight management system for aircraft which makes it possible to carry out tests of the results of the calculations of the main functions for formulating the flight plans and trajectories of the aircraft making it possible to anticipate errors in this formulation, to present them... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070142979 - Method for the selection of a participant in a medical project with selection criteria for patients: A method is disclosed for selecting a participant in a medical project with selection criteria for patients. The method includes verifying patient data, that is contained in a data processing system and is associated with patients, regarding the selection criteria. The patient associated with the patient data is selected as... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070142982 - Process to avoid confusion between landing runways: The process according to the invention is one of identifying the landing runway for which an aircraft is heading, wherein on the basis of on-board information and at least one database relative to the configuration of the landing airport zone, it is possible to dynamically evaluate the aircraft touchdown point... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070142983 - 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

20070142984 - Protection against exceeding the braking capability of remote controlled locomotives: A method for controlling a remote controlled locomotive that is part of a train to insure effective braking, the method including calculating an estimated total energy of a train, calculating a threshold representing a predetermined braking capability limit of the locomotive, determining whether the estimated total energy is at least... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20070142985 - Hybrid energy power management system and method: An energy management system is provided for use with a hybrid energy off-highway vehicle traveling on a predetermined course. The energy management system includes an energy management processor to determine a power storage parameter, a power transfer parameter, and an engine transfer parameter for each location along the predetermined course... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20070142986 - System and method for recording information relating to a vehicle: A system for recording information relating to a vehicle is described. The system includes a processor for controlling recording of the information; a sensor connected to the processor for obtaining sensed information relating to the vehicle; a motion detector connected to the processor for obtaining acceleration information relating to motion... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070142987 - Vehicle integrated control system: An integrated control system includes a main control system (accelerator) controlling a driving system, a main control system (brake) controlling a brake system, and a main control system (steering) controlling a steering system, based on manipulation by a driver, as well as an adviser unit generating and providing information to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070142988 - Method for controlling a vehicle's lighting functionality: A method for controlling a vehicle's lighting functionality is disclosed herein. The method may include realizing a preferred vehicle lighting configuration and transmitting a signal to the vehicle via a radio frequency communication system. In response to the signal, the vehicle lighting system may alter a current vehicle lighting configuration... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070142990 - Qos-based communications on a work machine: A system to provide reliable and secure communication between a work machine and one or more remote entities using a communication network may include a work machine controller configured to control at least one operation of a work machine. The system may also include a gateway device operably connected to... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070142989 - System and method for sharing terrain data among multiple machines: Systems and methods for sharing terrain data among one or more machines include a communications system associated with the one or more machines in electronic communication with each other and to a communications system associated with a remote location. The terrain data may be determined from information received from satellite... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070142991 - Failure determining apparatus and method for hydraulic pressure control circuit: An ECU executes a program that includes the steps of setting an abnormality flag when a hydraulic pressure switch is on even though a lock-up clutch is in a lock-up OFF state, forcing an SLU off when the lock-up clutch is on and the abnormality flag is on, determining that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070142992 - Method for improving a cruise control system: Disclosed is a method for improving a cruise control system in a motor vehicle having a navigation system. The cruise control system determines the possibility or necessity for the driver to take over control of the vehicle in the immediate future and the driver is alerted to the fact that... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070142993 - System for reducing powertrain reaction torque: A system is provided for controlling the inertia of a vehicle's powertrain during sudden braking events. Torque generated by rapid deceleration of the vehicle's drive wheels during braking is prevented from being transmitted through the vehicle's driveline by a clutch which disengages the drive wheels from high effective inertia components... Agent: Randy W. Tung Tung & Associates

20070142994 - Cruise controller having a stop-and-go function, for motor vehicles: A cruise controller having a stop-and-go function for motor vehicles, including a control element for activating the cruise controller, and an activation lock which prevents activation when the brake pedal is operated. The activation lock is ineffective when predefined conditions—including the condition that the speed is not greater than a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070142995 - Adaptation of an automatic distance control to traffic users potentially merging into the lane thereof: According to the invention, the security and driving comfort on driving road vehicles is increased by the fitting thereof with automatic systems for distance control and traffic separation. The operating properties of vehicles filled with such systems may be better adapted to traffic users merging into the lane thereof and... Agent: Stephan A. Pendorf, P.A.

20070142997 - Method for the torque-oriented control of an internal combustion engine: A method for the torque-oriented control of an internal combustion engine, in which a sum torque (MSUM) is calculated from a set torque value (MSW) and a friction torque (MF). A set injection quantity (mSL) for driving the internal combustion engine is calculated from the sum torque (MSUM) and an... Agent: Klaus P. Stoffel Wolff & Samson PC

20070142998 - Method and apparatus for initializing injectors: In an apparatus for initializing injectors based on pieces of correction data each corresponding to one of the injectors, an obtaining unit obtains injection characteristics of the injectors using temporally-input pieces of data as the pieces of correction data. The temporarily-input pieces of data correspond to the individual injectors. The... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070142999 - Cylinder to cylinder variation control: Method and system for controlling cylinder to cylinder variations of undesirable emissions in exhaust gas of engines with exhaust gas recirculation. An engine model is used to predict the intake composition of the next cylinder firing based on the composition of the exhaust, as a function of time and applicable... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070143000 - Wireless spark energy indicator: A process which wirelessly detects spark activity and by using software and a microcontroller to process the data share the information with other devices or information networks... Agent: Ron Lusterio

20070143001 - Method and system for collecting traffic information in real time using wireless communication: The present invention is related to a method and a system for collecting traffic information in real time using wireless communication wherein a traffic information of a shadow region outside a communicable range is transmitted to a RSE (Road Side Equipment) using a communication between OBEs (On-board Equipments). In accordance... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070143002 - System for evaluating and improving driving performance and fuel efficiency: A method for monitoring driving performance is provided. The method may include determining an engine fuel efficiency based on an engine speed and power output and determining a transmission fuel efficiency based on a drive ratio. A drive-train fuel efficiency may be determined based on the engine fuel efficiency and... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070143004 - Road configuration recognizing system for vehicle: A radar device transmits an outbound radar wave and receives a reflected radar wave, which is reflected from a reflective object, such as an guardrail, upon impingement of the outbound radar wave on the reflective object. A computer extracts an aggregation of adjacent points from a plurality of points, each... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070143003 - Single-handed operating navigation apparatus: A single-handed operating navigation apparatus allows aims to provide rapid scanning and confirmation of selection items single-handed. It mainly includes a base, a screen, a rotary disk and at least one pushbutton. The base contains a navigation host and a GPS satellite receiver. The screen aims to display navigation information.... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070143005 - Partitioning method for cellular network: A method for partitioning a cellular network is provided. The cellular network includes a first cell and a neighboring second cell. The method comprises the steps of: collecting a time series of positional data of each of a plurality of users within the cellular network, wherein the users are located... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070143007 - Exhaust control system implementing fuel quality detection: An exhaust control system for a power source is disclosed. The exhaust control system includes a navigation tool and a processor. The navigation tool is configured to detect a geographical location of a power source. The processor is configured to compare the geographical location of the power source with fuel-location... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070143008 - Method and apparatus for autoperforming multimodal interaction: An apparatus for automatically performing a multimodal interaction between a telematics terminal and a server is provided. The apparatus includes a sequence storage unit sequentially storing a user interactive response requested at each of a plurality of stages in an application provided by the server in correspondence with each of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070143006 - Transponder-assisted positioning system: System for the vehicle-assisted storing and removal of goods in a warehouse with automatic position determination of at least the stored goods, comprising a plurality of transponder devices that are placed in the floor of the warehouse in a distributed manner. Each transponder device stores information that represents, at least... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070143011 - Route setting device and route setting method: A route setting device includes a current location detecting section, a transit point setting section, a recommended route calculating section and a transit point determining section. The transit point determining section is configured to determine whether the user selected transit point is a disposable type of transit point and whether... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070143009 - Navigation device: Present location data positioned by a present location positioner and an image of the scene of the present location taken by a camera are transmitted to the outside via a radio wave receiver/transmitter. On the other hand, a route from the present location to a destination is set by entry... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070143010 - Physical navigation button surrounded by a display: An electronic equipment is provided that joins or merges display and navigation features of an interactive device.... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070143012 - System and method of optimizing a fixed-route transit network: According to an aspect of the invention there is provided a method of optimizing a fixed route on a transit network, comprising the steps of: a) permitting a vehicle providing service on the fixed route to make deviations from the fixed route based on passenger requests; b) tracking the deviations... Agent: Lang Michener

20070143014 - Map data update method and map data update system: A map data update method for updating nationwide updated version map data using route-specific update data is disclosed. This method has a step of creating route-specific update data, comprising update data for all routes which have been newly opened since the time of release of the nationwide updated version map... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070143013 - System and method for updating geo-fencing information on mobile devices: A system and method of automatically replacing the geographic location of geo-fences stored in memory of a telematics system is described. The location of an asset is determined using an on-board telematics device with a location device. The location of the asset is compared with the location of predefined geo-fences... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070143017 - Gps equipped devices that utilize geographical navigation bundles: A method for providing and utilizing navigation data can include identifying a grid that includes a plurality of geographical regions. Each geographical region can have an associated navigation data set which includes street level mapping data. Linking references for each geographical region can be defined. Geographical navigation bundles can be... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20070143015 - Method for operating an active gps receiver using a bts position remote input: The present invention relates to a method of operating an active GPS receiver using a base station position remote input. So that the GPS receiver can operate normally and at a high speed even in a base station's initial power authorization which may be under a poor receiving circumstances by... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070143016 - Portable device and method for providing navigation data: A portable device capable for providing navigation data and the method thereof. The portable device includes a mask ROM (Read Only Memory), an input unit, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and an output unit. First, an updated navigation map... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070143018 - Method for arbitrating between multiple vehicle navigation systems: A method for arbitrating between vehicle navigation systems in the event that multiple systems are concurrently activated so that information is provided to a user by only one navigation system at a time. This method of arbitration reduces the possibility of user confusion that could otherwise occur if multiple vehicle... Agent: Anthony Luke Simon General Motors Corporation

20070135975 - Distributed and recoverable digital control system: A real-time multi-tasking digital control system with rapid recovery capability is disclosed. The control system includes a plurality of computing units comprising a plurality of redundant processing units, with each of the processing units configured to generate one or more redundant control commands. One or more internal monitors are employed... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070135976 - Method for determining optimal drive point in series and parallel type hybrid car: A method for determination of an optimal drive point in a series/parallel hybrid car is provided, which comprises the steps of: (a) determining a target engine speed and a target engine torque based on a torque, a car speed and a battery power required for the series/parallel hybrid car; (b)... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070135977 - Diagnostic system for a power machine: A diagnostic application or system for a power machine is disclosed. The diagnostic application or system generates a diagnostic menu to select one or more diagnostic items for diagnostic monitoring. Sensor data for the selected items is retrieved from one or more sensors and displayed on an electronic display device.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070135978 - Vehicle status monitoring apparatus and method: There is provided a vehicle status monitoring apparatus and method including a vehicle status sensing unit sensing an external or internal status of a vehicle by using a sensor or an RFID (radio frequency identification) device and determining whether or not the sensed status of the vehicle deviates from a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070135979 - Vehicle event recorder systems: Vehicle recorder systems are arranged in configured with a video camera, light-weight memory systems, and radio communications facility suitable for use in conjunction with an automobile. An automobile equipped with these video recorder systems used normally throughout the service today, provides a video record of unusual events which may occur... Agent: Smartdrive Systems, Inc.

20070135980 - Vehicle event recorder systems: Vehicle recorder systems are arranged in configured with a video camera, light-weight memory systems, and radio communications facility suitable for use in conjunction with an automobile. An automobile equipped with these video recorder systems used normally throughout the service today, provides a video record of unusual events which may occur... Agent: Smartdrive Systems, Inc.

20070135981 - Diagnostic connector power for tablet/laptop pcs: An adapter for coupling a vehicle communication interface device and a computer processing device to a signal source comprises a first port configured for communication with the communication interface device and a second port configured for communication with the computer processing device. The adapter can include a receptacle configured to... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070135982 - Methods for sensing weight of an occupying item in a vehicular seat: Method for determining weight of an occupant of an automotive seat involves arranging a bladder having at least one chamber in a seat portion of the seat, measuring the pressure in each chamber and deriving the weight of the occupant based on the measured pressure. The pressure in each chamber... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070135984 - Arrangement and method for obtaining information using phase difference of modulated illumination: Land-based vehicle including an arrangement for monitoring objects in or about a vehicle includes a source from which modulated illumination is emitted into an area in or about the vehicle, a receiver arranged to receive illumination reflected from an object in the path of the modulated illumination, and circuitry coupled... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070135983 - Initialization process for an occupant classification initialization: A system for initializing a module is provided wherein the system includes components associated with the module that are assembled separately. The system includes a sensor, a datum, a data reader, and a memory. The sensor and the datum are mounted on an item. The datum is associated with the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070135985 - Machine payload measurement dial-a-load system: A method of loading a truck with material using a loader includes a step of determining a target load for a final pass. Material is loaded into a bucket of the loader in excess of the target load. Excess material is dumped from the bucket back to the pile in... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20070135986 - Abnormality determining apparatus and method for automatic transmission: An ECU executes a program that includes a step of determining whether an output shaft rotation speed NOUT is equal to or greater than a reference rotation speed at which determining regions with all of the gear speeds in a stepped automatic transmission do not overlap, a step of determining... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070135987 - System and method for turbine engine igniter lifing: An igniter lifing system and method is provided that facilitates improved igniter plug wear and remaining life prediction. The igniter lifing system and method uses operating conditions measured during ignition to estimate how much wear has occurred on an igniter. Specifically, the igniter lifing system and method uses ignition time... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070135988 - Apparatus and method for comparing the fuel consumption of an alternative fuel vehicle with that of a traditionally fueled comparison vehicle: A fuel savings informational system is provided for implementation on an alternative fuel vehicle the operation of which may be characterized by a first plurality of fixed parameters and a second plurality of variable parameters. The system compares the fuel consumption of the alternative fuel vehicle to that of a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070135990 - Navigation route information for traffic management: The present disclosure provides a traffic management system that utilizes route information provided by on board navigation systems installed in commuter vehicles to predict traffic congestion and determine appropriate traffic management procedures. Traffic management procedures include adjusting the timing of traffic signals, providing traffic updates/instructions to roadside Dynamic Message Signs... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070135989 - System and method for controlling vehicular traffic flow: A system and method for controlling vehicular traffic flow is disclosed, which creates a communication system between vehicles that allows the vehicles to share their respective velocities and acceleration or deceleration rates. Thus, each vehicle within the system can respond immediately to any acceleration or deceleration rate changes of the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070135994 - Navigation system for moving object and method for path guidance for moving object: A navigation system for guiding a moving object from a current position to a destination includes a setting device that sets the current position and the destination, a sensor that detects movement of the moving object, a computing device that calculates move distance that the moving object has moved from... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070135992 - System and method for populating a geo-coding database: A method is disclosed of populating a geo-coded database. A polygon is received for defining a first geographic region. At least one group of at least two points is determined corresponding to the geographic region, the at least one group of at least two points defining a plane enclosing the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20070135991 - System and method for providing geo-relevant information based on a location: A method is disclosed of providing geo-relevant information based on a location. A data item is received, the data item originating from a geographic location and comprising at least one component characterized by the geographic location. The data item is geo-coded, wherein the geo-coding includes identifying the at least one... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20070135993 - System and method for providing geo-relevant information based on a mobile device: A method is disclosed of providing geo-relevant information based on a mobile device. A data item is received from the mobile device, the data item characterized by a geographic relevance and comprising at least one component. The data item is geo-coded, wherein the geo-coding includes identifying the at least one... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20070135995 - Mobile navigation device, control method and control program therefore: A navigation device having a function of dealing with a case where a navigation function cannot be executed at the same time as another function, such as a telephone function, because of constraints of the processing capability of a CPU or the memory capacity in a mobile telephone. A navigation... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070135996 - Method and system for controlling an automatic transmission using a gps assist having a learn mode: A method and system for controlling an automatic transmission is disclosed. The method and system include obtaining positioning data using a global positioning satellite (GPS) and monitoring the automatic transmission to obtain transmission data. The method and system also include learning whether performance of the automatic transmission can be improved... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070129852 - On-line voice help system and method for automobile: An on-line voice help method used in an on-line voice help system includes the steps of: (a) driving an on-vehicle wireless communication module to send a current operation mode code to a wireless communication device, (b) driving a remote server to fetch the current operation mode code and then to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070129853 - Airborne reconnaissance system: A airborne reconnaissance system comprising: (1) Gimbals having at least two degrees of freedom; (2) At least one array of light sensors positioned on the gimbals, for being directed by the same within at least two degrees of freedom; (3) Map storage means for storing at least one Digital Elevation... Agent: Marsteller & Associates

20070129855 - Device and method of automated construction of emergency flight path for aircraft: The invention relates to a flight management system for manned or unmanned aircraft having to face an emergency situation such as hijacking of the aircraft, medical emergencies, situations of failures affecting the propulsion, pressurization or communication functions for example. It provides for a device and process for automatically or semi-automatically... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070129854 - Single air traffic control (atc) operator interface: Systems and methods for communication using a plurality of data link standards through a common operator interface are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes components configured to select and establish communication with an air traffic control center using one of a plurality of data link standards. The system further... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070129856 - Control apparatus and control method for aircraft: When both engines operate properly, a control apparatus for an aircraft performs control of thrust and attitude of an aircraft using an output that is produced evenly by the two engines. When a failure occurs in one of the two engines, the control apparatus performs the control of thrust and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070129857 - System and a method for updating the approach path in the flight plan of an aircraft during the approach phase to a landing runway comprising an alignment point: This invention relates to a system and a method for updating the approach path in the flight plan of an aircraft during the approach phase to a landing runway comprising an alignment point. The method includes a preselection phase for preselecting landing runways of the destination airport including their approach... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070129858 - Method and apparatus for applying railway ballast: A method and apparatus for spreading ballast along railways makes use of an inertial measurement system to determine where to apply ballast from a hopper car. A variety of techniques can be used to determine the location and speed of the ballast spreading train, including manual or automated visual techniques,... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070129859 - Control apparatus for fuel cell vehicle: A control apparatus 20 is provided in order to improve the energy efficiency of a vehicle during regeneration by a propulsion motor. At the time of regenerative operation of a propulsion motor 15, calculates the regenerative electric power which can be generated based on the speed of the vehicle or... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070129861 - Abnormality determining apparatus for vehicle motion control apparatus: An abnormality determining apparatus is applied to a vehicle motion control apparatus in which a vehicle behavior sensor (yaw rate sensor, etc.) is integrally mounted to an integrated unit that is integrally composed of an HU (hydraulic unit) and ECU. In this abnormality determining apparatus, the pattern of the vibration... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070129860 - Vehicle service equipment interface drivers: A vehicle service system including a processing system configured with at least one customized software driver and a supporting binary to facilitate interaction with, and control of, the various software applications and hardware devices associated with the vehicle service system.... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070129864 - In-vehicle display apparatus and display control method therefor: An in-vehicle display apparatus includes a display portion that respectively displays images on a first screen for a driver and on a second screen for a front passenger on a common display to be visible from a viewing angle of the driver and another viewing angle from the front passenger,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070129862 - Method for charging battery of a hybrid vehicle and a hybrid vehicle using the same: The present invention relates to a method for charging battery of a hybrid vehicle at neutral shift range and a hybrid vehicle using the same which enable generating and charging battery at a neutral shift range by restricting a rotation of an output element of the automatic transmission. A preferred... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070129863 - Parking guidance apparatus and method: A parking guidance apparatus and method are provided. The parking guidance apparatus includes a position unit and a vehicle guidance unit. A position signal is provided by the position unit which is disposed at a position point outside of the vehicle. By sensing the power strength of the position signal... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070129865 - Vehicle height controlling suspension apparatus having signal-freeze determining function and vehicle height control method thereof: A vehicle height controlling suspension apparatus having a signal-freeze determining function includes a plurality of vehicle height sensors to measure the height of a vehicle. Vehicle height adjusting actuators are driven to adjust the height of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) is configured to perform adjustment of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070129866 - Automobile and control method of automobile: In an automobile of the invention, a cornering drag estimator 61 estimates a cornering drag from measurements of steering angle θ and vehicle speed V. A gain multiplier 62 multiplies the estimated cornering drag by a preset gain K to reduce the estimated cornering drag. A phase adjuster 63 adjusts... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070129867 - In-vehicle determination of the relative center of gravity height: Relative center of gravity height in a motor vehicle changes from a nominal value to an actual value depending upon vehicle loading. Method and apparatus for determining actual relative center of gravity height are disclosed.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070129868 - Vehicle air bag electrical system: A vehicle air bag electrical system including an air bag control module; electrical conductors connected to the control module; an electrical connector connected to the electrical conductors; and a filter circuit coupled to the electrical conductors. The filter circuit includes a plurality of capacitors provided as a module. The electrical... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070129870 - Method and system for controlling a mobile machine: Embodiments of the present invention recite system for controlling an agricultural vehicle. In one embodiment the system comprises a vehicle guidance system for determining a course correction for the agricultural vehicle based upon position data received from a position determining component. The system further comprises a steering controller coupled with... Agent: Wagner Murabito & Hao LLP

20070129869 - System for autonomous cooperative control of multiple machines: A control system for a host work machine operating at a worksite with one or more other work machines is disclosed. The control system has a communication device operatively connected to the host work machine, and a controller. The controller has stored in a memory thereof one or more parameters... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070129871 - Detection of hill grade and feed-forward distribution of 4wd torque bias to improve traction on a low mu surfaces during climbing of such hill grade: A feed forward method for controlling the distribution of torque between the front and rear axle in a four wheel drive vehicle where the slope of a hill upon which the vehicle is traveling is calculated based on measured vehicle longitudinal acceleration and estimated longitudinal acceleration. The hill slope estimation... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070129872 - Scaling of side-to-side torque bias to improve cornering in a programmable four wheel drive system: The present invention provides a method for improving cornering performance. From a given vehicle speed and lateral acceleration, in instances of a decrease in drive torque, individual wheel torque is shifted from inside wheels to outside wheels to increase vehicle yaw forces and counteract the understeer phenomenon. Similarly, in instances... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070129873 - Method and apparatus for influencing a motor torque: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for influencing an actual engine torque delivered by an engine (6) that forms part of the drive means (7) of a vehicle. The invention relates to an auxiliary function for executing a creeping motion of a vehicle, even in the event... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070129874 - System and method for providing cooling protection for an engine: A method and system for controlling the temperature of an engine system is disclosed. The method and system comprise measuring a coolant temperature of the engine system; measuring noise factors of the engine system; and controlling components of the engine system to provide for an optimal operation of the engine... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070129875 - Control system: A control system which is capable of compensating for and suppressing the influence of a periodic disturbance on a controlled object more quickly, even when the controlled object is subjected to the periodic disturbance the amplitude of which periodically changes, thereby enhancing the stability and the accuracy of control. The... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070129876 - Attenuation of engine harshness during lean-to-rich transitions: Engine systems and methods for accomplishing regeneration of a NOx adsorber (28) using in-cylinder post-injection in a way that creates a lean-rich transition (FIG. 3) for regenerating the NOx adsorber while attenuating engine torque output fluctuations during the transition without the necessity of using torque sensing to attenuate the fluctuations.... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20070129877 - Egr fuzzy logic pintle positioning system: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve positioning system that positions an EGR valve pintle includes a predicted temperature fuzzy logic module, an under heat fuzzy logic module, an over heat fuzzy logic module, and a multiplication module. The predicted temperature fuzzy logic module determines a predicted temperature of the pintle... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070129878 - Methods and system for determining consumption and fuel efficiency in vehicles: A method of determining fuel consumption in a vehicle through the OBDII bus is described. The fuel consumption is determined by using mass air flow (MAF) sensor data or manifold air pressure (MAP) sensor data, and obtaining and applying long term and short term fuel trim values for the vehicle,... Agent: Victoria Donnelly

20070129879 - Precision approach guidance using global navigation satellite system (gnss) and ultra-wideband (uwb) technology: Improved precision navigation systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a navigation system is provided. The system comprises a global navigation satellite system receiver adapted to output information representing the location of a vehicle based on one or more signals from one or more satellites; an ultra-wideband ranging system... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070129880 - Maps, routes and schedule generation based on historical and real-time data: Mapping information can be generated and provided to a user to identify preferred routes and estimated travel times to traverse the preferred routes. The mapping information is initially generated based on mapping data obtained in a historical database. The mapping data can be retrieved based on the routes, the time... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20070129881 - Vehicle positioning apparatus and method: A vehicle positioning apparatus and method are provided, which includes a magnetic source, a sensing unit, a signal process unit, and a display unit. The magnetic source is installed at a parking space and generates a magnetic field. The sensing unit, the signal process unit, and the display unit are... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070129884 - Car navigation system: A remote control device in a vehicle is provided in proximity of a driver's seat such that an operation unit of the remote control device is manually rotated and pressed by a hand of a driver in a driver's seat. A case of the remote control device contains vibrators to... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070129883 - Method and apparatus for walk guidance: A method and an apparatus for walk guidance are disclosed. First, a mobile device receives a start point and an end point so as to create a plurality of voice suggestion points. Next, the mobile device is in a walk guidance mode. When the present location is closer to one... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070129885 - Optimum route determination with tiling: An optimum route search may be conducted through the use of a tiling overlay on the network of road segments. Overlaying the tiling (grid) over the road segments allows for a reduction of the number of road segments considered for an optimum path as road segments can be evaluated on... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20070129882 - Route searching method for navigation system, and navigation system: The navigation system to be mounted on a vehicle is provided with a storage device 3 stored with link information and a processor 1. This processor 1 is caused to execute: the process to detect stop of the vehicle; the process to detect a current position of the vehicle in... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070129886 - Method for traffic-only access using integrated satellite radio data and navigation system: A method and system for presenting traffic-only information to a vehicle user. One embodiment of the method and system includes offering a traffic-only mode of operation to the user and receiving at least one of a starting point, a destination point, or a route between a starting point and a... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070129887 - Map information system and map information processing method and program: A map information system is provided which includes an electronic pen which reads a dot pattern in a form where map images are shown, to output handwriting information, and a processing unit including an association module which associates the output handwriting information with one of the map images where the... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070129888 - Spatially associated personal reminder system and method: Spatially associated reminder systems and methods enable users to create reminders and associate those reminders with entering/exiting particular trigger areas. A user's portable computing device triggers an alert/displays a reminder based upon a user entering and/or exiting a trigger area. A user interface supported by the portable computing device allows... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20070129889 -