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

20070173984 - Stop determination apparatus, inclination determination apparatus, and electric parking brake controller: A vehicle stop determination apparatus includes a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a speed of a vehicle, a G sensor for detecting a longitudinal acceleration of a vehicle, an inclination acceleration estimate section for calculating an estimated inclination acceleration resulting from an inclination of a road surface based on a... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070173994 - Vehicle behavior analysis system: A vehicle behavior analysis system performs an analysis of vehicle operation by displaying behavior data in an organized and analyzed form. A vehicle behavior data collecting unit records information on the vehicle's driving as behavior data and an analysis unit analyzes a recorded content of the vehicle behavior data collecting... Agent: Joseph W. Price Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

20070173996 - Method for establishing a rate limit on the damper command signal of a vehicle damper: A first method of the invention is for establishing a limit on the time rate of change of a damper command signal applied to a damper associated with a wheel of a vehicle, wherein the damper has damping characteristics, wherein a change in the damper command signal changes the damping... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070173997 - Sideslip angle estimation apparatus and method and automotive vehicle incorporating the same: In order to enhance the accuracy of estimation of sideslip angle β, a sideslip angle estimation apparatus calculates a first sideslip angle β2 between the direction of centrifugal force acting on the vehicle body during cornering and the lateral direction of the vehicle body based on accelerations exerted on the... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070174002 - Apparatus and method for predicting a breaking distance of a vehicle: An apparatus and method acquires acceleration data in a time series of a predetermined site of the tire during traveling of the vehicle, and removes an acceleration component due to a deformation of the tire from the acquired acceleration data to obtain a modified acceleration data, and performs frequency analysis... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070173985 - Longitudinal dynamic control device for motor vehicles: A longitudinal dynamics management device for vehicles is provided, the device having at least one first function unit which performs predetermined driving functions by output of a longitudinal dynamics management setpoint value, and a second function unit which is independent of the first function unit. The safety functions of the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070173983 - Surroundings exhibiting system and surroundings exhibiting method: There is provided a system for showing a multi-directional image of surroundings of transportation device requiring a manual maneuver, when starting the transportation device in a parked state (stop state). The surroundings exhibiting system is constituted by an omnidirectional camera, an ignition instruction detection sensor, a control section including a... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070173987 - Control system and method for an equipment service vehicle: A vehicle comprises a chassis, a mechanical system, and a control system configured to control the mechanical assembly. The mechanical system is mounted on the chassis and configured to be moved through a range of positions responsive to operator inputs from a human operator. The control system processing logic configured... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070173986 - Pre-delivery inspection auditing system and method: A vehicle email notification system in which pre-delivery inspections by dealers can be automatically audited to help insure that vehicles are being delivered to customers with the proper initial values of such things as tire pressure and fluid levels. The notification system uses triggers to initiate the generation and transmission... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070173988 - System for and method of monitoring free play of aircraft control surfaces: A system for monitoring the free play in aircraft control surfaces includes one or more accelerometers secured in or on the aircraft control surfaces and a computer system connected to the one or more accelerometers and to one or more control surface actuators to selectively activated to selectively activate a... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070173989 - Method and system for data collection and analysis: A computer-implemented system and method of contemporaneously testing a respective system on-board each of a plurality of locomotives with a common user interface where the locomotives are in electrical communication with one another for transmitting electronic signals among the locomotives. An electronic signal may be transmitted to the plurality of... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20070173990 - Traction control for remotely controlled locomotive: A method for automatically controlling a traction condition of a locomotive (16) configurable for operation by remote control includes establishing a communication link (18) between an operator control unit (12) offboard the locomotive and a remote control unit (14) onboard the locomotive to assert control of the locomotive. The method... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20070173991 - System and method for identifying undesired vehicle events: A method for assessing the undesired use of vehicles within a fleet is described. At least one exception is defined relating to the use of vehicles within the fleet, wherein the exception is selected from the group of safety exceptions, maintenance exceptions, legal compliance exceptions, and unauthorized use exceptions. Data... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070173992 - Vehicle email notification system and method: A vehicle email notification system and method in which triggers are used to initiate the generation and transmission of email messages that provide diverse types of dynamic vehicle information to the owner or other authorized subscriber. The email notifications are triggered by different events, some of which are independent of... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070173993 - Method and system for monitoring fleet metrics: Monitoring an actionable metric associated with a fleet is disclosed. A first data set is received that includes fleet management data for the fleet. A second data set is received that includes field service data associated with the fleet. A third data set is received that includes vehicle diagnostic data... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070173995 - Front and rear wheel drive vehicle: A front and rear wheel drive vehicle having a front wheel pair and a rear wheel pair, one of which is driven with an engine and the other one of which is driven with a motor. The vehicle includes an engine driving force setting section which sets a target driving... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070173998 - Occupant protection activation device: A collision determination is made by using at least one of the output signals of a front G sensor disposed on a vehicle's fore-end and an analog G sensor disposed within the vehicle interior; a safety determination is made by using at least one of the output signals of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070173999 - Controllers for heavy duty industrial vehicle: Hardware of each of controllers (11, 12, 13) for controlling a plurality of instruments to be controlled, which are provided in a reach stacker as a heavy duty industrial vehicle, for example, a vehicle body (3), a spreader (9), and a cabin (10), is rendered common. The configuration of driver... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070174000 - Clutch fill volume learning strategy for transmission control: A transmission control system for a transmission including a first gear engagement element that receives a fluid and engages a first gear. The system includes an electromagnetic actuator that receives a control signal and that selectively interrupts flow of the fluid to the first gear engagement element based on a... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070174001 - Gear shifting system: A method for determining a vehicle speed, e.g. for an automatic gear shifting system. The method comprises the steps of: determining if at least one driven wheel is spinning or shows a tendency to spin and/or if the vehicle is braked under influence of an antilock braking system, and determining... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070174003 - Control system for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine having at least one fuel injection valve for injecting fuel to an intake pipe or a combustion chamber of the engine. Intake gas state parameters indicative of a state of the intake gases supplied to the engine are detected. Demand values of... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070174004 - System and method for identifying fuel savings opportunity in vehicles: A system and method of identify fuel savings opportunity in a fleet of vehicles based on a determination of fuel consumption due to modifiable use conditions is described. Modifiable use conditions, such as unauthorized usage, speeding and excessive idling, which represent opportunities for fuel savings are identified and fuel consumption... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070174006 - Navigation device, navigation method, navigation program, and computer-readable recording medium: A 3D surround system including a plurality of speakers is provided, a guidance-information acquiring unit acquires information on route guidance, and a control unit controls output of a guide sound so that a direction from which the guide sound is heard moves based on the information, using at least two... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070174005 - Topographic map display device for aircraft: This display device displays a 2D topographic map corresponding to terrain sections with mainly horizontal profile referenced with respect to an absolute altitude that is greater than that of the highest surrounding relief, which is termed the safety altitude MSAEDGE and which is deduced from the minimum safety altitudes of... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070168093 - Electric power steering apparatus: The electric power steering apparatus includes an operation amount detecting unit arranged to detect an operation amount of an operation member for steering a motor vehicle; a reference assist characteristics setting unit arranged to set reference assist characteristics which are reference characteristics of a motor driving target value corresponding to... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070168099 - Control apparatus of irradiating direction of vehicle lamp and initializing method thereof: An irradiating direction control apparatus includes a storing portion for storing a design reference value of a vehicle and storing output voltages of vehicle height sensors when the vehicle is in a reference attitude as measured reference values, an operating portion for operating a reference vehicle height based on the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070168089 - Operator control system for an automobile: An operator control system for a vehicle includes a visual display unit for displaying at least one operator control function; and at least one central manual operating device is associated with the visual display unit, for operator control of the at least one displayed operator control function. In addition, at... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070168090 - System for maintaining communication between teams of vehicles: A system maintains communication between a plurality of unmanned vehicles within an environment. The system includes a sensor component and an evaluator. The sensor component senses objects within the environment. The sensor component is located on a first unmanned vehicle. The evaluator evaluates data from the sensor component. The evaluator... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070168091 - Multimedia adapter for a vehicle: A multimedia adapter for a vehicle has a chassis, an audio and video input port, an integrated audio and video output port and an electronic control unit (ECU). The chassis has an outer surface. The audio and video input port is mounted on the outer surface of the chassis and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070168092 - Surface vehicle vertical trajectory planning: An active suspension system for a vehicle including elements for developing and executing a trajectory plan responsive to the path on which the vehicle is traveling. The system may include a location system for locating the vehicle, and a system for retrieving a road profile corresponding to the vehicle location.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070168094 - Electric power steering apparatus: An electric power steering apparatus includes a driving target value setting unit for setting a driving target value of an electric motor; a steering acceleration detecting unit for detecting or estimating a steering acceleration; a correction amount computing unit for computing a control correction amount in accordance with the steering... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070168095 - Steering system for crane: A steering system (10) for a vehicle, such as a gantry crane (12). The gantry crane (12) generally includes a support structure (14) having a first front wheel (32) and a second opposing front wheel (36) connected proximate a front portion of the crane (12), and a first rear wheel... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070168096 - Design of safety critical systems: A method is disclosed of producing a system architecture comprising a plurality of electrical devices connected to each other, said system preferably comprising a fault tolerant system, the method including: a) identifying a set of undesirable events and ascribing to each of said undesirable events an indicator of their severity;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070168097 - Discrete hardware safing circuit: A discrete hardware safing circuit includes a sensor the provides a signal indicating a vehicle acceleration in a direction and at least one comparator that determines if the vehicle acceleration exceeds a predetermined threshold. A capacitive switch is activated based on a determination from the at least one comparator that... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070168098 - Method for reaching a deployment decision: A deployment decision for a vehicle restraint system is reached as a function of vehicle dynamics data, at least one vehicle transverse acceleration and one yaw rate about the longitudinal axis of the vehicle being linked to one another as the vehicle dynamics data to reach the deployment decision. The... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070168100 - Coordinated joint motion control system with position error correction: Disclosed are an articulated hydraulic machine supporting, control system and control method for same. The articulated hydraulic machine has an end effector for performing useful work. The control system is capable of controlling the end effector for automated movement along a preselected trajectory. The control system has a position error... Agent: Roger Pitt Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070168101 - Monitor display for construction machine: A display device for a construction machine has a display switching means, output control means, operation detecting means, and display prohibiting means. The display switching means switches information displayed on a monitor placed in an operation cabin, where the switching is made to prevent display of unnecessary information on the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070168102 - Abnormality detecting apparatus for automatic speed changer: In a conventional abnormality detecting apparatus, it is impossible to judge a breakdown before the breakdown actually takes place. An abnormality detecting apparatus for an automatic speed changer includes a speed change controlling unit for controlling the automatic speed changer; a learn controlling device for optimizing an rpm change at... Agent: Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas

20070168103 - Neutral idle hill detection: A neutral idle hill detection system for a vehicle with an automatic transmission comprises a range selection input device that receives an operating range of a transmission. A throttle position input device receives a throttle position signal. A transmission output speed input device receives a transmission output speed signal. A... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070168104 - Method and system for remote immobilization of vehicles: Methods and systems are provided for preventing vehicle theft and carjackings. There is provided a method comprising generating an immobilization profile based on the received current vehicle data, and sending the immobilization profile to the vehicle over a wireless communication network. There is also provided a method generally comprising determining... Agent: Brian M Berliner, Esq O'melveny & Myers, LLP

20070168106 - Estimated torque calculation device of internal combustion engine and method thereof: An ECU executes the step S100 of detecting an intake air amount QA and an ignition timing IT, the step S200 of calculating an estimated engine torque TE from QA and IT, the step S300 of detecting the engine rotation speed NE and the turbine rotation speed NT, the step... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070168105 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: In operation of an internal combustion engine, an air filling (rl) in a combustion chamber is ascertained, taking into account a pressure (ps) in an intake conduit. It is proposed that the air filling (rl) be ascertained on the basis of a model (A), which as its input variables receives... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070168107 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine having torque monitoring: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, including the following steps: forming a value for a maximum admissible torque, forming a dimension figure for the actual torque and comparing the dimension figure to the value and triggering an error response if the actual torque exceeds the maximum admissible torque.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070168108 - Method for controlling the operation of a cylinder for an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of a cylinder for a multi-cylinder four-stroke internal combustion engine, wherein said cylinder interacts with at least one fuel injector, an intake valve, an exhaust valve, operation members for controlling the opening of the valves according to a cycle running... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070168109 - Marine vessel running controlling apparatus, and marine vessel including the same: A marine vessel running controlling apparatus is applicable to a marine vessel which includes a propulsive force generating unit having an engine with an electric throttle. The apparatus includes a target characteristic storage unit which stores a target characteristic curve defining a target characteristic for an operation amount-engine speed characteristic,... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070168110 - Integrated access of road-based traffic control information with geographic location data: An exemplary method provides-base traffic control (rbtc) information. A network node receives a request generated by a user's electronic device for the rbtc information, where the request includes location data. The network node determines a roadway associated with the location data. A database is queried for rbtc information relevent to... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070168111 - Optoelectronic taxi-assistance safety device for aircraft: The field of the invention is that of optoelectronic taxi-assistance devices for aircraft, including a head-up display providing for the presentation of information in the pilot's field of vision. The invention applies in particular to large civil aircraft of the Boeing 747 or Airbus A380 type. The object of the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070168115 - Information output control method for car-mounted terminal device, its program and the car-mounted terminal device: In a car-mounted terminal device 1 including a virtual machine 101 requesting output of first information and a navigation portion 115 requesting output of second information, a first index representing an information quantity of first information is created and a timing for outputting the first information is planned on the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070168113 - Map-aided vision-based lane sensing: A method for map-aided vision-based lane sensing. The method includes receiving map information corresponding to a current geographic position of a vehicle on a roadway. The map information includes the number of lanes on the roadway. Information about the number of lanes crossed by the vehicle on the roadway is... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070168112 - Method and system for providing travel direction annotations over a network: A method and system is provided for providing and storing annotations that pertain to travel directions to a particular destination, the annotations generally including ratings of the accuracy of the directions and errors observed in the directions by prior users. Annotations submitted by users are stored in a central repository,... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070168114 - Synthetically generated sound cues: Communication systems and apparatus to allow a user to perceive the relative spatial location or present position of other elements of interest in a control space, such as the location of a speaker participating in a telephone conference or that of an aircraft carrier to a remotely piloted vehicle on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070168116 - Method for creating reference driving tracks for agricultural working machines: A route planning system for agricultural working machines with a defined working width assigned to the agricultural working machine to generate driving routes in a territory includes a navigation module configured to generate the driving routes and having at least one automatic driving mode and at least one recording mode,... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070168119 - Navigation device and current-position-calculation method: A current-position-calculation unit calculates a current position on the basis of an azimuth angle of a first point that is on an actual road and that corresponds to each of second points on a link, where the azimuth angle is calculated on the basis of a curvature of the first... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070168117 - System and method for distributed engagement: The disclosed system for cooperative engagement generally includes a control system in communication with an actuation system, an effector system, a sensor system and a comunications interface. Disclosed features and specifications may be variously controlled, adapted or otherwise optionally modified to realize improved distributed designation and/or engagement function. Exemplary embodiments... Agent: Noblitt & Gilmore, LLC.

20070168118 - System for coordinating the routes of navigation devices: Navigational systems direct and coordinate routes through an information exchange. Through processes that monitor position and communicate with mobile ground-based systems, the navigational systems provide users with accurate information about their position and velocity. Locations may be confirmed or derived by computing differences between the time that a signal is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070168120 - Methods and systems for displaying procedure information: A navigation procedure display is described. The navigational procedure display includes a dynamic information area, positioned within the flight procedure display, for displaying a current procedure instruction and at least one successive procedure instruction. The navigational procedure display also includes a moving map area, positioned within the procedure display, for... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070168121 - Map depiction device, navigation apparatus, file renewing method, file renewing program, and information recording medium for file renewing program: A navigation apparatus 100 reads out data for update from DVD in use of a DVD drive 106 to update data recorded in an HD for is playing map. In such the update, the navigation apparatus 100 precedently updates data corresponding to a map in the vicinity of a present... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070168122 - Methods and systems for controlling display of en-route maps: Methods and systems for a displaying a moving map display for an aircraft is provided. The method includes determining a route of intended travel of the aircraft on the moving map display, determining a rank of relative importance of a plurality of aeronautical symbols displayed on the moving map display... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070168123 - Directional location system for a portable electronic device: A method for a first portable electronic device to locate a second portable electronic device includes: determining location coordinates of the first portable electronic device, receiving location coordinates from the second portable electronic device, determining a relative direction from the first portable electronic device to the second portable electronic device,... Agent: Lelsey M. Morrison Perry + Partners

20070168125 - Gps monitoring biometric smartcard, intelligent speed managment: A method and system which, provides real time GPS based vehicle monitoring, management and cruise control by a small, single, sealed, the in-vehicle monitoring unit, incorporating intelligent speed adaptation, recording driver and vehicle operating parameters in memory and on a smart card a SATELITE/GPRS/GSM/BLUETOOTH mobile communication facility under the control... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20070168124 - Ubiquitous personal information device: A handheld personal unit that can estimate a user's position in 3-dimensional space by determining a horizontal position and an altitude. GPS or assisted GPS can be used to determine the horizontal position, while barometric pressure assisted altimetry can be used to determine altitude accurately enough to localize the user... Agent: Clifford Kraft

20070168126 - Inertial waypoint finder: Using a combination of inertial sensors (accelerometers 70, 80, 90, 170, 180, 190) and, perhaps, a digital compass, a device can record movement in all directions relative to an origin (300), or initial position. Once the device has captured the information, it can calculate heading and distance from the current... Agent: Kathleen Scott

20070168127 - Location and tracking system, method and device using wireless technology: A system, method, and device for locating one or more objects, in which the system includes one or more objects having an unknown location, each object comprising at least one mobility sensor for providing sensory data about the object, a wireless communications package for providing received signal strength indication and... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20070168128 - Running support system for vehicle: There is provided a running support system for a vehicle, which supports running of a vehicle by using a radar and image recognition means as obstacle detecting means, and in which appropriate support control based on a result of detection performed by each control means is set. A result of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070168129 - Speed-monitoring radar-activated brake light: The operator of a third vehicle trailing a second, host vehicle is alerted of a potentially hazardous deceleration of a first vehicle forward of the host vehicle. The road-speed of the first vehicle is ascertained by the host vehicle. Any significant deceleration of the road-speed of the first vehicle is... Agent: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070162192 - Trainer for radio-controlled vehicles: A trainer system for radio-controlled vehicles in general, aircraft in particular, and more specifically for helicopters. A buddy-box slave unit utilizes a signal transmitted by a master unit to mimic the movements of the control inputs of the master unit.... Agent: Intellectual Property Department Dewitt Ross & Stevens S.c.

20070162197 - Airplane system for an atmospheric turbulence analysis system: An airplane system on an airplane is for use in a turbulence analysis system. The airplane system comprises a communication interface, a processing system, and a user interface. The communication interface receives satellite signals from a plurality of satellites. The processing system processes the satellite signals to determine time variance... Agent: Setter Roche LLP

20070162203 - Motion control system for vehicle: In a motion control system for a vehicle having four wheels including at least two driving wheels which is driven by a driving power source, first rolling liability judging means (step 112) judges whether or not the rolling liability detected by rolling liability detecting means (step 102, a lateral acceleration... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070162206 - Electric power steering apparatus: An electric power steering apparatus according to the present invention comprises steering torque detecting section for detecting a steering torque applied to an operation member for steering a vehicle, steering state judging section for judging whether or not forward stroke steering for operation the operating member in a direction away... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070162191 - Vehicle control system and vehicle control apparatus: A main control portion of a vehicle has an LF transmission antenna for transmitting a search signal. The LF transmission antenna has five antennas respectively provided on door knobs of the vehicle. A smart key receives the search signals transmitted from respective antennas constituting the LF transmission antenna, and then... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070162193 - Accuracy enhancing system for geospatial collection value of an image sensor aboard an airborne platform and associated methods: An accuracy enhancing system may include an image processor cooperating with a database for generating a reference geospatial image corresponding to the collected geospatial image, a change detector cooperating with the image processor for detecting a change between the collected geospatial image and the reference geospatial image, and an accuracy... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070162196 - Autonomous control system apparatus and program for a small, unmanned helicopter: An objective of the invention, focusing on these issues involved in the use of a small, hobby-type, unmanned helicopter, is to develop an autonomous control system comprising autonomous control systems for a small unmanned helicopter, to be mounted on said small unmanned helicopter; a servo pulse mixing/switching unit; a radio-controlled... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070162195 - Environmental condition detecting system using geospatial images and associated methods: An environmental condition detecting system may include an image processor cooperating with a database for generating a reference geospatial image corresponding to the collected geospatial image, a change detector cooperating with the image processor for detecting a change between the collected geospatial image and the reference geospatial image, and an... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070162194 - Geospatial image change detecting system with environmental enhancement and associated methods: An image change detecting system may include an image processor cooperating with the database for generating a reference geospatial image corresponding to the collected geospatial image, an image enhancer for enhancing at least one of the reference geospatial image and the collected geospatial image based upon at least one environmental... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070162199 - Signaling system: A message that contains train on-track information and reservation information of a train detection section and direction information and reservation information of a switch is circulated among a train detector, switch machine, signal device controller and a route indicating device. The train detector updates train on-track information of a train... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070162198 - Signalling device and method for railway vehicles: The present invention is related to a signalling device to obtain signalling related data in a vehicle, whereby the signalling device is arranged to be stored in the vehicle and comprising a database, comprising at least information on the position of virtual beacons on a reference grid, and localisation means... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070162200 - Method and device for controlling the torque of a hybrid vehicle: In a method for controlling the torque of a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive unit (10), with the electric engine (14) providing a positive and/or negative torque (M_EM), when a requested torque (M_W) is given, that is stronger than an actually provided total driving torque (M_Fzg), (a) in an... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070162201 - Rain sensor for detecting rain or other material on window of a vehicle or on other surface: A system and/or method for sensing the presence of moisture (e.g., rain) and/or other material(s) on a window such as a vehicle window (e.g., vehicle windshield or backlite). In certain example embodiments, a capacitor-based system and/or method is provided for auto-correlating sensor data to determine the existence of a material... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070162204 - Enhanced roll stability indicator for vehicle rollover control: A system and method for providing a vehicle roll stability indicator that dynamically estimates the probability for vehicle rollover. The system determines vehicle kinematics from various vehicle sensors. From these kinematic values, the system estimates a roll angle of the vehicle and a bank angle of the vehicle. The estimated... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070162202 - Roll stability indicator for vehicle rollover control: A system and method for providing a vehicle roll stability indicator that estimates the propensity for vehicle rollover. The system determines vehicle kinematics from vehicle sensors, such as roll rate, yaw rate, lateral acceleration, vehicle speed, etc. From these kinematic values, the system estimates a roll angle of the vehicle... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070162205 - Method for steering a vehicle by means of a superimposed steering system: A process for steering a motor vehicle with a superimposition steering system, in which a steering angle input by the driver and an additional angle (supplemental angle) are detected, and in which the steering angle input can be superimposed with the supplemental steering angle in accordance with additional values, particularly... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070162207 - Automatic steering control apparatus and autopilot: An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic steering control apparatus, including an autopilot, which enables a ship to turn around a desired fixed point as a turning center with a desired turning radius without being affected by an extraneous factor, such as a tidal current or... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070162208 - Apparatus for triggering personal protection means: An apparatus for triggering personal protection means, having a surroundings sensor suite and a contact sensor suite, influences a pedestrian protection algorithm as a function of a first signal of the surroundings sensor suite, and influences a pre-crash algorithm as a function of a second signal of the pedestrian protection... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070162209 - Control mechanism for a sprinkling system: It is characterized by the fact that the spray irrigation system has a central control unit (2) that communicates with control units (7) associated with the mobile towers (3, 4, 5, 6), which transmit signals, in particular data regarding the relative positions of the mobile towers (3, 4, 5, 6),... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070162210 - Controller of driver for vehicle: Delay control means (131) is provided for delaying initiation of an uphill-drive-force control by the uphill-drive-force control means (130), until first period determining means (130) has determined that a time period Tα1 during which acceleration difference G′ between reference acceleration Gb and actual acceleration Gs of the vehicle is larger... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070162211 - Steering compensated speed override for vehicle drive system: A method of controlling a vehicle drive system is provided for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, free-wheeling steerable front wheels, driven rear wheels, an infinitely variable transmission (IVT) transmitting torque from the engine to the rear wheels, and a control unit for controlling the IVT as a function... Agent: Deere & Company

20070162212 - Method for estimating in real time a front effort and a rear effort applied by the ground to a vehicle: equipping this vehicle with a measuring device supplying a signal representative of a measured transverse acceleration (γT) and a signal representative of a measured yaw rate (γT), and with a processing unit; applying to these signals a processing operation to determine a front force and a rear force based on... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20070162213 - Method for storing plant process signals: Disclosed is a method for storing process signals of a plant or technical installation. A compression method is adapted for a current operating state of the plant is applied to the set of process signals in accordance with the current operating state of the plant and a compressed process signal... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070162214 - Lead-lag input filter arrangement for electro-pneumatic control loops: A lead-lag input filter is connected ahead of a positioner feedback loop having one or more valve accessories, such as a volume booster or a QEV, to overcome slow dynamics experienced by the accessories when receiving low amplitude change control or set point signals. A user interface is connected to... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070162215 - Method for balancing out the differences in the injection quantities between the cylinders in an internal combustion engine: In a method for equalizing the differences in injection quantities between the cylinders of a combustion engine, an adaptation of the differences in injection quantities, of the injection curves and of the hydraulic start of injection is carried out for different operating points of the combustion engine for at least... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070162216 - Simulation-based control for hcci power systems: A method of controlling an HCCI engine-based power system may include receiving performance information relating to a desired operating state for the HCCI engine-based power system, evaluating operational information associated with a current operating state of the HCCI engine-based power system, and determining one or more control parameter values based... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070162217 - Counter-rotating regenerative flywheels for damping undesired oscillating motion of watercraft: Pairs of counter-rotating regenerative flywheels (20, 30 and 60, 70) create reinforcing torques when electrical energy is transferred between the members of a pair. The transfer of electricity can be controlled to counter undesired oscillations of a watercraft (10). Motion of the watercraft (10) is sensed by a sensor system... Agent: Cades Schutte A Limited Liability Law Partnership

20070162218 - Magnetic traffic control system: i

20070162219 - Mobile-machine navigation system: A method of navigating a mobile machine dependent upon the relationship of the mobile machine to a target path includes operating a steering system to change the heading of the mobile machine in response to the mobile machine deviating from a first navigational dead band. Additionally, the method may include... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070162220 - Navigation system and method for supporting destination input in a navigation system: A possibility for simplifying the inputting of the destination in a motor vehicle navigation system by providing the user with useful additional items of information for the specification of ambiguous destination indications. Such a navigation system includes means for destination input, a navigation module for route planning, and means for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070162221 - Method and apparatus for an integrated gps receiver and electronic compassing sensor device: At least one magnetic field sensing device and GPS receiver integrated in a discrete, single-chip package, and a method of manufacture for the same. Rather than requiring at least two separate chips to be used to realize GPS positioning and compassing capabilities in a single device, an integrated, single chip... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070162222 - Route search method for navigation device: A navigation device that calculates an expected travel time or an expected arrival time for each retrieved route, using link costs predetermined for calculation of expected travel times regardless of search conditions. As the link costs for the calculation of expected travel times, are used link travel times obtained by... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070162223 - Smart detour: A method of and apparatus for generating an alternate route for a system to travel to a predetermined destination are described. The method comprises determining a velocity of a system traveling along a primary route; and generating an alternate route to the primary route if the system velocity is below... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070162224 - Systems and method for providing a navigation route on a geographical map based on a road portion selected by a pointer placed thereon: A navigation system includes a display that displays a geographic map, the geographical map including a plurality of road portions; a display detector that detects, when a pointer is placed on one of the plurality of road portions to select a specific road portion on the geographical map, a geographical... Agent: Gang Luo

20070162225 - Method and system of organizing information based on human thought processes: In embodiments of the present invention, a method and system for recording and mapping information and data is described. The system (or intellect map) comprises paths of steps of thought organized into structures comprising two or more paths. The structures each comprise a relatively small number of predefined points of... Agent: Leyendecker Lemire & Daley, LLC

20070162228 - Location aware content using presence information data formation with location object (pidf-lo): The format of the Presence Information Data Format-Location Object (PIDF-LO) as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is extended or modified to accommodate, within the standard PIDF-LO format, an association of geospacial location to XML content on the Internet. A geospacial location is associated with Extensible Markup Language... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20070162226 - Addressable gps device: The present invention provides an addressable GPS device, comprising a cover body, an electrical circuit, a GPS module and a Wi-Fi module. The electrical circuit is located inside the cover body, wherein an antenna is located on the electrical circuit to receive and transmit signals. A satellite antenna is formed... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070162230 - Auxiliary satellite positioning system and method thereof: An auxiliary satellite positioning system is applied to a first satellite positioning apparatus. The auxiliary positioning system includes a detection module, a transmission interface and a positioning module. A second satellite positioning module having a satellite data can be detected by the detection module via a wireless transmission protocol. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070162229 - Navigation system for a vehicle: An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element. An information display is at the interior rearview mirror assembly and displays information for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The information display may be located behind the reflective element and... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070162227 - Power management method: A power management method is applicable to an electronic device having GPS navigation software and a GPS module for executing the navigation software. First, the data storage power (i.e. the RTC power) is enabled when the electronic device is powered on, and whether the electronic device receive an external power... Agent: Ishimaru & Zahrt LLP

20070162231 - Sensor system for detecting a pedestrian collision: The invention relates to a sensor system for detecting a pedestrian collision in the front region of a motor vehicle, having at least one fiber optic sensor that extends in the front region of the motor vehicle largely over the entire vehicle width and can be deformed by the collision... Agent: Martin A Farber

20070156314 - Damping force control apparatus for vehicle: A damping force control apparatus for a vehicle includes adjustable-damping-force shock absorbers. When the vehicle turns, an electronic controller calculates an actual roll angle of the vehicle body in accordance with sprung accelerations detected by sprung acceleration sensors. The electronic controller also calculates a target roll angle of the vehicle... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070156293 - Interface system: An interface system for interfacing between a vehicle security system and one or more USB peripheral devices.... Agent: Law Offices Of Larry K. Roberts, Inc.

20070156294 - Learning controller for vehicle control: A learning controller overcomes tuning problems in vehicle simulation programs by estimating requisite vehicle-specific parameters, effectively learning from its mistakes, as the vehicle is automatically driven around a track. After a sufficient period of calibration, the learned parameters are automatically saved to a car-specific file. The file parameters may be... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070156295 - Process and system of modeling of an interface between a user and his environment aboard a vehicle: l

20070156296 - Wireless, ground link-based aircraft data communication system with roaming feature: 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.

20070156297 - Method for aircraft position prediction based on aircraft characteristics: Method for predicting a future position of an aircraft based on the physical characteristics of the aircraft, and by monitoring aircraft manoeuvres, the system analyzes pilot controls movements to predict future pilot control movements. The set of such future commands are fed to a 6-Degree Of Freedom (DOF) simulation to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070156305 - Method and system for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard based on expected switching time: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156302 - System and method for computing car switching solutions in a switchyard using car eta as a factor: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156298 - System and method for computing rail car switching solutions by assessing space availability in a classification track on the basis of arrival profile: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156299 - System and method for computing rail car switching solutions by assessing space availability in a classification track on the basis of block pull time: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156303 - System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard including logic to re-switch cars for arrival rate: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156300 - System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard including logic to re-switch cars for block pull time: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156307 - System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard including logic to re-switch cars for block size: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156301 - System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard using an iterative method: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156308 - System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard with partially occupied classification track selection logic: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156304 - System and method for computing rail car switching solutions using dynamic classification track allocation: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156309 - System and method for computing railcar switching solutions in a switchyard using empty car substitution logic: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156306 - System and method for computing railcar switching solutions using an available space search logic assigning different orders of preference to classification tracks: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070156311 - Communication of automotive diagnostic data: Wireless communication is established between a vehicle having one or more on-board diagnostic systems and a mobile phone. Automotive diagnostic data is received by the mobile phone to indicate, for example, that maintenance is required for the vehicle or the occurrence of an event such as an airbag deployment or... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070156310 - Failure sensing device of vehicle control system: A vehicle control system is configured by basic control units of a power train control unit, a steering control unit and a brake control unit that are arranged in a lower control hierarchy level, a vehicle motion control manager unit that is arranged in a middle control hierarchy level, and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070156312 - Tire monitoring techniques: Method for obtaining information about tires on a vehicle includes arranging a tire monitor on each tire, arranging an interrogator on the vehicle, arranging antennas on the vehicle, each antenna being spaced apart from one another and associated with some tires and further being spaced different distances from the tire... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070156313 - Wireless communication for diagnostic instrument: A wireless interface for a diagnostic instrument is provided. The diagnostic instrument includes a communications interface having an external data port. A wireless adapter coupled to the external data port communicates diagnostic data with one or more computing devices. In a single user mode, a computing device can control several... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070156315 - Method and device for determining a vehicle state: The present invention relates to a method for determining a vehicle state having the method steps: estimation of a first state in a vehicle (F) by means of a first vehicle model using predetermined parameters ({dot over (Ψ)}, {umlaut over (Ψ)}, ay, ax); estimation of a second state of the... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070156316 - Vehicle physical quantity estimation apparatus and storage medium having stored thereon computer program relating to the apparatus: A vehicle physical quantity estimating device including: a longitudinal vehicle body velocity estimating unit, estimating a longitudinal vehicle body velocity based on vehicle wheel velocities of each wheel; a longitudinal/lateral acceleration state value deviation computing unit, computing deviations in longitudinal and lateral acceleration state values based on output sensor signals... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070156317 - System for obtaining information about vehicular components: System and method for obtaining information about components in a vehicle in which reflective devices are arranged in association with each component, a detector detects waves reflected by the reflective device(s), and a processor obtains information about the components from the detected waves. Reflection of waves from each reflective device... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070156319 - Construction machine: To provide a construction machine capable of encouraging an operator to perform the driving and the operation for enhancing fuel efficiency. The construction machine includes information providing means 30 to notify the operator of the information such as the operation and/or an operational method or the like to enhance the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070156318 - Method and system for estimating an agricultural management parameter: A system and method for estimating agricultural parameters for growing crops is well suited for promoting efficient utilization of agricultural inputs (e.g., water consumption). Sensors collect data via one or more vehicles equipped with location-determining receivers. A transmitter transmits the collected environmental data to a data processing system. The data... Agent: Deere & Company

20070156320 - Vehicular tire monitoring based on sensed acceleration: Vehicle with tire monitoring capabilities includes at least one wheel, each including a rim, a tire mounted on the rim, a sensor system for sensing angular, radial, tangential and/or lateral acceleration of the tire and providing acceleration signals based thereon, and an antenna arranged on the rim or tire and... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070156321 - Speed regulation system for vehicles: This invention provides for a Speed Regulation System, at the disposal of the a vehicle operator, wherein an in-steering wheel apparatus and/or a ten-key pad remote control, and an electronic interface is deployed, that can be used for utilizing the vehicle's existing speed limit control system for additional control, an... Agent: Jahan Schad

20070156322 - Engine control system and engine control method: An engine control system and an engine control method are disclosed wherein a combustible component quantity of intake air, reflecting combustible components in a crankcase of an engine, is calculated on the basis of a deviation between basic injection quantity for a target rotational speed to be attained and an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070156323 - Method and system for adaptation of transient engine performance: A method and a system for adaptation of transient engine performance capable of reducing a time for the transient test of an engine and also reducing a man-hour for preparing control software for the engine, wherein the test is performed by using the actual engine in a transient state in... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070156324 - Satellite positioning system enabled media measurement system and method: The present invention is directed to utilizing monitoring devices (200) for determining the effectiveness of various locations, such as media display locations (150) for an intended purpose (media display exposure). The monitoring devices (200) are distributed to a number of study respondents. The monitoring devices (200) track the movements of... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070156325 - Fuel efficiency determination for an engine: A module that calculates power loss for an internal combustion engine includes an air intake calculation module that determines a final air per cylinder (APC) value. A fuel mass rate calculation module that determines a fuel mass rate value based on the final APC value. A power loss calculation module... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070156328 - Car navigation apparatus, pc card for information updating, and information updating method of car navigation apparatus: A car navigation apparatus includes: a mass storage device; an internal controller that reads out and processes information stored in the mass storage device; a PC card slot into which a PC card that communicates with an external device through the internal controller is inserted; a PC card controller that... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070156327 - Racing line optimization: An automatic agorithm for finding racing lines via computerized minimization of a measure of the curvature of a racing line is derived. Maximum sustainable speed of a car on a track is shown to be inversely proportional to the curvature of the line it is attempting to follow. Low curvature... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070156326 - User-controlled alternative routing: A user may indicate a preference of a route when alternative routes are available between an origin and a destination. The mapping system may enable a user to identify a region, a point or a set of points to help control, guide or otherwise influence the determination of a route... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070156329 - Mileage service system using location information of mobile communication terminal and method thereof: A mileage service system using location information of a mobile communication terminal and a method thereof, capable of providing a user with a mileage service according to a travel distance are provided, in order for an information provider of the service industry or the like to differentiate a service to... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070156330 - Point-to-point shortest path algorithm: A graph is selected for preprocessing. Partial shortest path trees are constructed for the vertices of the graph and shortcuts are added to the graph to reduce the reach of certain vertices. The partial trees can be used to divide the arcs into two groups, a high reach group and... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070156332 - Method and system for navigating a map: Method and computer program product for navigating a map in a browser window of a user device via the Internet are disclosed. The method includes providing a first map for showing geographic context of a general area, providing a second map for showing geographic context of a portion of the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070156331 - Navigation device: A navigation device, in order to allow a user to depart for his/her destination immediately, and to provide the user with guidance information in accordance with an appropriate route to the destination, comprises an area input section (1) for the user to input a name of an area neighboring his/her... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070156335 - Computer-aided route selection: In some aspects, a processor may receive a starting point and an ending point from a runner. The processor may receive calorie information from the runner. The processor may receive pace information from the runner. The processor may receive a mile marker input from the runner. The processor may display... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070156333 - Computer-aided route selection: In one aspect, the invention features a system for assisting a user in selecting a route. The system may include a request receiving module. The request receiving module may be configured to receive a route request including map information and route information entered by a user. The map information may... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070156334 - Off-route recalculation method and apparatus for navigation system: An off-route recalculation method and apparatus for a navigation system calculates a new route when a vehicle is deviated from an originally calculated route to a destination. The method is comprised of the steps of: detecting whether a user vehicle has deviated from an originally calculated route; predicting a path... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20070156336 - Method for automatically prompting detour: A method for automatically prompting a detour is disclosed. When a user drives slowly because of heavy traffic, a navigation device automatically prompts the user to tale a detour. The method includes the following steps. First, the navigation device calculates its moving speed according to its navigation signal. Then, the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070156337 - Systems, methods and apparatuses for continuous in-vehicle and pedestrian navigation: Accelerometers are used to provide acceleration data in 3 dimensions, from which vehicle distance traveled may be calculated during GPS outage using a one step integration of a 3-D pseudo acceleration vector. Magnetometers may also be used in combination with the accelerometers to calculate direction of travel. The system may... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070156338 - Device for monitoring the integrity of information delivered by a hybrid ins/gnss system: The device is for monitoring the integrity of the position and speed information supplied by a hybrid system comprising an inertial unit INS readjusted using a GNSS satellite positioning receiver by means of a Kalman hybridization filter using a readjustment gain K and an evolution matrix F. It includes a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP