Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 08/07

20070203623 - Autonomous water-borne vehicle: The technical disclosure herein describes an autonomous water-borne vehicle having a segmented non-planing hull with free flood fore and aft sections and a sealed center section. The disclosure also described such a vehicle having a fixed longitudinal thruster and a fixed lateral thruster for changing the heading of the vehicle.... Agent: J3s, Inc. C/o Jimmy Saunders

20070203624 - Electronic control unit: An electronic control unit includes an input interface having multiplexer circuits, each of which circuits is supplied with input signals supplied from an outside of the electronic control unit, and a failsafe processing part that determines whether an abnormality occurs in the input interface by referring to a state of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070203628 - Seat apparatus for vehicle: A seat apparatus for vehicle includes a vehicle state detecting means detecting a vehicle state, at least one position changing means changing a position of a seat, a controlling means controlling the position changing means on the basis of the vehicle state detected by the vehicle state detecting means, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070203632 - Oscillation control apparatus for vehicle and method for controlling oscillation: An oscillation control apparatus is applied to a vehicle having a drive train for traveling on a road surface. The drive train includes a power source for generating torque transmitted to wheels via a shaft. The oscillation control apparatus includes a perfect reference model of the drive train. The perfect... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070203631 - Torque control device for continuously variable transmission: A torque control device is provided to prevent slipping of a belt of a belt type continuously variable transmission. The torque control device calculates a positive input torque inputted from an engine to a primary pulley, and calculates a negative input torque inputted from a drive wheel to the primary... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070203614 - Device comprising a unit for actuating a variable drive unit of a motor vehicle: A vehicle control device activates an adjustable drive unit of a motor vehicle dependent upon at least one control signal. In a constant driving mode, a virtual control signal is created and used instead of the real control signal for activating the drive unit.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070203617 - Driver assistance system and method for its control: A driver assistance system 1 includes at least driver assistance functions such as LDW (lane departure warning) and LKS (lane keeping support). The activation and deactivation of the driver assistance functions (LDW, LKS) are a function of a confidence level V.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070203615 - Fuel cutoff algorithm: An algorithm for use with a restraint control module that controls a signal output to a vehicle fuel pump. The algorithm deploys a fuel cutoff signal when crash sensors sense a vehicle crash condition that meets or exceeds a fuel cutoff threshold employed by the algorithm. The fuel cutoff threshold... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070203616 - Motor vehicle control device provided with a neuronal network: A vehicle control device with a neural network is provided. The vehicle control device contains at least one backpropagation network and at least one radial basis function. The at least one backpropagation network is coupled to the at least one radial basis function for the purpose of determining a vehicle-specific... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070203618 - Smart unlock control by vehicle location: A remote vehicle access system for a vehicle comprises a navigation module that determines a location of the vehicle. A vehicle control module receives an unlock request and one of unlocks a first door and unlocks at least the first door and a second door according to the unlock request... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070203619 - Method and apparatus for calculating engine power and best power: A method, computer program, or apparatus for determining with various degrees of precision the power delivered by an engine and also the best possible power of the engine for the given operating conditions. Typically, this invention is for an aircraft engine. The disclosed invention uses a variety of parameters, such... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070203620 - Predicted path selection system and method for hazard coding in selectively constrained aircraft control systems: A surveillance system detects potential hazards and alerts the pilot to them. The alerts can be modified to indicate proximity to the predicted path of the aircraft. An autopilot receives instructions from a flight management system (FMS) regarding a planned path and is subject to constraints preempting the planned path.... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070203621 - Rail track evaluation system: A method and apparatus to continuously detect, measure, and evaluate dynamic forces imposed upon moving rail cars due to variations in rail track condition. Acceleration sensing devices send dynamic load data to an on-board computer which determines whether such loads exceed pre-established allowable standards. Sensed dynamic loads are continuously loaded... Agent: Lloyd Haugen

20070203622 - Mobile vehicle: Please amend the Abstract of the Disclosure currently of record as follows: A mobile vehicle which is provided with a moving means and a moving control device therefor, can automatically travel while detecting an advance distance and a turning angle by means of one optical displacement sensor, and can save... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070203625 - Systems and methods for guiding operators to optimized engine operation: System and methods provide information to an operator of an engine such that the engine operates with optimal performance, such as maximal fuel efficiency. Such a system may include a plurality of sensors adapted to measure operating parameters of the engine; an engine management system adapted to receive measured operating... Agent: Potomac Patent Group, PLLC

20070203626 - Suspension system for tracked vehicles: A suspension system for a tracked vehicle that includes at least four suspension cylinders for suspending at least two track module frames to a chassis of the tracked vehicle to allow torsional flexing to accommodate terrain unevenness with significantly less terrain damage to provide a smoother, safer ride, with bump... Agent: Law Offices Of Brian S Steinberger

20070203627 - Method for determining the steering ratio of a vehicle: A method for determining the steering ratio of a vehicle from sensed measured values (e.g., yaw rate, steering wheel angle, vehicle speed) in a manner that takes vehicle parameters (e.g., self-steering gradient, wheelbase and other vehicle dimensions) into consideration during stable travel of the vehicle.... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070203629 - Vehicle axle system, torque tube, vehicle axle, and vehicle: The invention relates to a vehicle axle system for agricultural or industrial utility vehicles, comprising a movably, preferably oscillatingly, mounted vehicle axle (30) to which at least two wheels (28) can be rotatably fixed. A torque tube (38) is provided, one end of which can be connected to a vehicle... Agent: Deere & Company

20070203630 - Work machine with operator presence detection strategy: A work machine uses an operator presence detection strategy to enable or disable the work machine. A plurality of sensors provide independent indications of operator presence. These sensors may include a seat sensor, an inching pedal sensor, a transmission output speed sensor and a conveyance gear sensor. The work machine... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell & Mcneil Attorneys PC

20070203633 - Brake function based on controlling according to acceleration: A brake controller function to optimally brake a wheel of a vehicle in motion, such as an aircraft. The brake pressure control self regulates by means of applying brake pressure in accordance with vehicle acceleration information and the change in acceleration over time in the horizontal plane. Vehicle acceleration and... Agent: Lundeen & Dickinson, LLP

20070203634 - Externally-activated non-negative acceleration system: The present invention is designed to complement the existing transportation infrastructure in order to alleviate ever-worsening traffic congestion in problematic areas by minimizing the impact of driver “bunching” habits and/or external events that lead to congestion problems. Events alleviated by the present invention may happen at naturally occurring roadway infrastructures... Agent: Vrbia, Inc. David Dort

20070203636 - Internal combustion engine for vehicles, in particular a diesel engine: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine for vehicles on which a device (1) is mounted comprising a semiconductor-based read-only memory (1a), which contains data which are destined to be used for a given purpose of the device (1), and comprising an interface (6) enabling an access to the... Agent: Keith H. Orum

20070203635 - Procedure and control device to diagnose a catalytic converter system of an internal combustion engine: A procedure is introduced to diagnose a catalytic converter system with at least two catalytic converters, through which separate exhaust gas flows flow, with the steps: test if oxygen storage capacities of the catalytic converters, which are at least two in number, exceed a predetermined threshold value. The procedure characterizes... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070203637 - System and method for identifying operational usage of fleet vehicles related to accident prevention: A system and method of identifying the occurrence of modifiable use conditions related to the safe use of fleet vehicles is described. Modifiable use conditions, such as the speed at which the vehicle is drive, tailgating and an excessive number of lane changes, represent opportunities to reduce unsafe uses of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070203638 - Navigation system: When a display area for map information is reduced to a specified scale for a wide area display, items of congestion information are extracted which have a congestion level of “congested or busy”, and an overlap determination area is created for a congestion link of each item of the extracted... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070203639 - Method for determining a track of a geographical trajectory: A method for determining a track of a geographical trajectory which has a predetermined start location and a predetermined end location. The method comprises the steps of: moving a data collecting device from the start location to the end location, the device comprising a set of onboard synchronized sensors providing... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070203640 - Method and system for determining the position of an object moving along a course: A method is provided for determining the location and/or the positioning of an object, in particular a vehicle such as a train, moving along a known course, including the following steps: determining an absolute position of the object with a first confidence interval, determining a relative position of the object... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20070203641 - In-vehicle navigation system with removable navigation unit: A navigation system includes an in-vehicle portion and a removable navigational unit, where the removable navigation unit is a portable device with navigation capability on its own. The removable navigation unit is capable of being connected to the in-vehicle portion through an navigation interface to perform the navigation function in... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20070203644 - Maps for social networking and geo blogs: A unique system, method, and user interface are provided that involve an integration of map technology with social networks so that individuals can select members of these communities with which to communicate based at least in part on their location, thus enhancing the communication experience. This can be referred to... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070203642 - Point of interest display system: A point-of-interest display system includes an updateable database which interfaces with a microprocessor which receives data from a GPS receiver providing the system with current vehicle location and direction of travel information. A display provides the operator textural and elemental graphic display information, and easily accessible control switches allow the... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070203643 - Vehicle navigation system and method for displaying waypoint information: A method for displaying waypoint information on the screen of a vehicle navigation system. The method includes the steps of displaying a route on the screen and inputting criteria which identify desired waypoints along the route as well as the desired time to reach the waypoint. The location of the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070203645 - Attaching measurement data to an area map: A method of attaching measurement data to an area map on the display of a test instrument includes importing a map for display covering a desired spatial region. Appropriate points of interest are overlaid on the map. A user selects measurement data to be attached to the map and, upon... Agent: Matthew D. Rabdau Tektronix, Inc.

20070203647 - Positioning device, method of controlling positioning device, program for controlling positioning device, and computer-readable recording medium having program for controlling positioning device recorded thereon: A positioning device includes a position calculation section which calculates a determined position of the positioning device based on a satellite signal S1 and the like, a velocity calculation section which calculates moving velocity of the positioning device, a stationary state determination section which determines whether or not a stationary... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070203646 - Image correction method and apparatus for navigation system with portable navigation unit: The image correction method and system for navigation device with portable navigation unit converts an image based on projection to a first display into a suitable image on a second display such that the area of the second display is used economically and efficiently while maintaining some elements of the... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20070203649 - Device for determining a maximum lateral separation of a follower craft with respect to a lead craft: The device (1) comprises means (12) for deducing automatically from minimum turning radii of a lead craft and from a maximum turning radius of a follower craft, the maximum possible lateral separation of the follower craft with respect to the lead craft, on each side of the trajectory of the... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070203648 - Method of mitigating risk of well collision in a field: A method and system for mitigating risk of well collision in a field includes receiving an anti-collision standard exemption request containing a description of risk of collision between a subject well and one or more offset wells, generating an assessment of the anti-collision standard exemption request using a stored multidimensional... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070198149 - Vehicle state value detecting device: The vehicle state value detecting device includes a first low pass filter (32, 36) and a second low pass filter (33, 37) having a lower cutoff frequency than the first low pass filter. The device processes a detection signal of a sensor (10, 11) for a motion control of a... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070198156 - Vehicle control system: A storage device stores map data, which indicates a road map, and a reliability of the map data. A navigation controller determines an absolute position of a vehicle based on signals of a GPS sensor, a gyrosensor and a vehicle speed sensor. The controller sets a sensing accuracy of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070198139 - Auto-address multi-sensor network: A sensor network and method of initializing the sensor network is shown. The network includes a receiver and sensor assemblies each having a first and second pin. The receiver and the sensor assemblies are connected in a daisy chain type configuration. Based on the amount of current passing from the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070198138 - Camera function actuator: An actuator for use with a camera may include a wire and a first member coupled to the wire. The actuator may also include a second member coupled to the first member and a power source to supply power to the wire. When power is supplied to the wire, the... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070198140 - Inter vehicular ad hoc routing protocol and communication system: A routing protocol and inter-vehicle communication system adapted for use with a traveling host vehicle, and at least one traveling remote vehicle, includes a locator sub-system configured to determine a plurality of current position coordinates for the host and remote vehicles. The preferred system is configured to store trail coordinates,... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070198136 - Method and system for assisting a driver of a vehicle operating a vehicle traveling on a road: A system and method for assisting a driver operating a vehicle traveling on a road includes a scene recognition device detecting an obstacle in the path of the vehicle. Based on a distance (X) to the detected obstacle and a vehicle speed (Vh) of the vehicle, a first target discrimination... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070198137 - Motor vehicle control system: A control system for a motor vehicle comprises an output control unit for outputting data related to the operation of the motor vehicle and an operation control unit spatially separated from the output control unit for generating or providing data related to the operation of the motor vehicle. The output... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070198142 - Aircraft traffic warning system using an ad-hoc radio network: Methods and apparatus are provided for a traffic warning system (TWS) for light aircraft. The TWS comprises a processor coupled to a transceiver, adapted to measure signal strength and send/receive messages containing station ID and preferably altitude and position data. Memory, display and various flight data instruments, such as GPS,... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070198141 - Cockpit display system: A cockpit display system has a display, such as a multi-function display (MFD) for displaying a graphical representation of an input device when a sensor senses that an aviator's finger is proximate to the input device. The display graphically depicts in real-time the position of the aviator's finger relative to... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070198143 - Threat avoidance system and methods using adjustments to built-in values: A system for enhancing flight safety of a host aircraft receives an adjustment value from a portable memory device; determines a working value of a parameter in accordance with the adjustment value; and provides an advice for threat avoidance in accordance with the working value of the parameter, a terrain... Agent: Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP

20070198144 - Networked multi-role robotic vehicle: An autonomous vehicle and systems having an interface for payloads that allows integration of various payloads with relative ease. There is a vehicle control system for controlling an autonomous vehicle, receiving data, and transmitting a control signal on at least one network. A payload is adapted to detachably connect to... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070198145 - Systems and methods for switching between autonomous and manual operation of a vehicle: Systems and methods for switching between autonomous and manual operation of a vehicle are described. In one embodiment, there is a mechanical control system that receives manual inputs from a mechanical operation member to operate the vehicle in manual mode. There is further an actuator that receives autonomous control signals... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070198146 - Traffic lane marking line recognition system for vehicle: A traffic lane marking line recognition system for vehicle including a traffic lane marking line recognizing device configured to recognize at least a traffic lane marking line in broken (e.g., white) line on a road surface in a camera photographed image, and an image compositing device which composites images photographed... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070198148 - Cellular phone configured with off-board device capabilities and starter/charger and battery testing capabilities: The present invention is directed toward a cellular phone that connects to an existing vehicle data link to perform the functions of an off-board device, such as a scan tool, for displaying diagnostic information relating to vehicles. In addition, the cellular phone connects to a starter/charger system and/or a battery... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP Suite 1100

20070198147 - On-board diagnostic system including automatic communications bus disconnect: An on-board diagnostic (OBD) scan tool device is provided with a current sense disconnect to enable vehicular installation of the device whereby the device automatically senses the connection of another device to an OBD communications bus and prevents communication errors by disconnecting from the bus. The device prevents communication conflicts... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070198151 - Method and chassis arrangement for controlling the driving stability of a motor vehicle: A method for controlling the driving stability of a vehicle, by which a rear camber angle of the wheels of the rear axle is actively adjusted depending on a driving situation, and a front anti-rolling torque is exerted on the front axle and a rear anti-rolling torque is exerted on... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070198150 - System for monitoring condition of wheel: To provide a system for monitoring the condition of a wheel that has a high mountability and can adequately transmit and receive measurement information about a wheel using radio wave transmission. A system for monitoring the condition of a wheel 7 includes: a measurement section 5 that obtains measurement information... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070198153 - Electric power steering system: An electric power steering system includes: a band-stop filter 15a having a transfer function G1(s) for suppressing resonance, and a phase compensator 15b having a transfer function G2(s). The above function G1(s) is represented by an expression G1(s)=(s2+2ζ11ω1+ω12)/(s2+2ζ12ω1+ω12), where s: a Laplace operator, ζ11: a damping coefficient, ζ12: a damping... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070198152 - Guiding device for guiding vehicle to target place controlling the steering angle: A guiding device is disclosed for guiding a vehicle to a target position by controlling the steering angle while estimating the vehicle position at least based on a steering angle value, characterized in that, in estimating the vehicle position, a slowing operation with respect to a change dp in a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070198155 - Method and apparatus for sensing impact between a vehicle and an object: The invention relates to the apparatus for and a method of sensing impact between a vehicle and an object and particularly between a pedestrian and the front bumper (12) of a vehicle. An optical fiber array (14) extends along the bumper (12) and the array (14) has sensors spaced along... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070198154 - Vehicle seat belt controller: A tensioner and a method of controlling tension for a three-point seat belt installed in a vehicle include an adjuster that varies tension of the three-point seat belt, a detector that signals a direction of a turn made by the vehicle, and a controller that is coupled to the adjuster... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070198159 - Robotic vehicle controller: A control system is provided for automatically moving a machine along a desired path.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070198157 - Safety device for a fork lift truck: A safety device (1) for a fork lift truck (2) comprising a chassis (3), a front axle (4) and a rear axle (5) fitted with respective wheels (6, 7) and supporting the chassis (3), a lifting apparatus (8) attached to the chassis (3) at the front axle (4). The device... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070198158 - Traveling control device and traveling control program for work vehicle or control device and control program for work vehicle: Even when an operation device with a short operation stroke range is adopted, so that a change in a control quantity (speed ratio) due to an effect of vehicle body vibrations or similar is small and it is possible to fix the desired control quantity (speed ratio), and moreover the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070198160 - Apparatus and methods for speed management and control: Apparatus, methods and computer readable media for speed management and control, including logic executable to determine a present geographic position of a wireless device, logic executable to determine a speed limit corresponding to the present geographic position, and logic executable to selectively generate an alert based upon the speed limit.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070198161 - Longitudinal dynamics control system in motor vehicles: A system for controlling longitudinal dynamics in motor vehicles by which, starting from an actual vehicle velocity, a new desired vehicle velocity is to be adjusted. A functional module is provided by which a desired wheel torque course is determined for reaching the desired vehicle velocity, the course at least... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070198162 - Preceding-vehicle following control system: A preceding-vehicle following control system for a host vehicle is comprised of a road information device (2, 3) for obtaining road information of a road ahead of the host vehicle, a preceding-vehicle detector (1) for obtaining preceding-vehicle information of a preceding vehicle ahead of the host vehicle and a controller... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070198163 - Control system: A control system which is capable of enhancing both the stability and the accuracy of control when the output of a controlled object is feedback-controlled by a plurality of control inputs. An ECU 2 of a control system 1 controls engine speed NE during idling by an ignition control input... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070198164 - Method and device for controlling the air flow quantity of internal combustion engines: The invention relates to a method for controlling the air flow quantity supplied to an internal combustion engine per operating cycle, without reducing the throttle. Said method is characterized in that: an accelerator pedal signal (y) is detected, the value thereof depending on the position of the accelerator pedal; a... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20070198165 - Method of enhancing accelerator pedal safety interlock feature: A method for an accelerator pedal safety in a vehicle with an internal combustion engine having an Electronic Control Unit, (ECU), said method comprising: starting the engine; determining whether the engine is running; determining whether there is a request for additional torque; determining whether an inhibit is enabled; determining whether... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070198166 - Control device for internatal combustion engine: An intake pressure is successively detected by a pressure sensor, and an intake pressure derivative is calculated. Next, a peak pressure detecting range for each cylinder is set based on the intake pressure derivative. Next, an upward peak pressure and a downward peak pressure of the intake pressure, included in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070198167 - Remote starting system for a vehicle: A slave controller for a remote vehicle starting system. The slave controller is mounted in a vehicle having an internal combustion engine started by a starter motor. The slave controller has an antenna circuit input for connection to an antenna circuit suitable for picking up an RF signal and an... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070198168 - Method and system of directing vehicles traveling over roadway during emergency: A method of directing and/or alert vehicles during an emergency or other event. The method may include providing messages and other information to the vehicles through wireless communications. The message may detail the emergency and/or an evacuation strategy for avoiding the emergency. Different vehicles may receive different messages and instructions... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070198169 - Roadside signage control: Method and system to alert drivers to driving related information thought controlling information displayed on one or more roadside displays. The displayed information may related to traffic flow, road conditions, emergencies, and any other type of information. Optionally, the displayed information may be determined at least in part of data... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070198170 - Reducing airport delays using passive radar information and analytics: A system and method for reducing airport delays using passive radar information and analytics. The system includes (a) a data receiving arrangement receiving, from a data source, at least one type of information for a plurality of aircraft; (b) a data processing arrangement calculating efficiency data based on the received... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070198171 - Method for the input of input data into a vehicle navigation device: In the case of a method for the input of input data into a vehicle navigation device, by which input data are supplied to the vehicle navigation device by way of a receive interface and the input data are subjected to a plausibility check, in the event of a negative... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070198173 - Return route search device, circuit design apparatus and circuit design program storage medium: A return route search device includes a starting point/destination point setting section which accepts the setting of a starting point on a circuit from which a return current starts accompanied by a signal transmission on the circuit, and a setting of a destination point on the circuit to which the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070198172 - On-vehicle information terminal route characteristics extraction apparatus and route characteristics display method: An on-vehicle information terminal comprises a route search unit that searches for a plurality of routes connecting a current position to a destination and a characteristics extraction unit that extracts characteristics of each route searched by the route search unit based upon geographic names. The on-vehicle information terminal displays the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070198174 - Systems and methods for creating on-demand routes for powered industrial vehicles: Systems and methods for creating in a facility on-demand routes for powered industrial vehicles to transport cargo efficiently. In one embodiment, an on-demand route generation module receives receiving a request to move cargo. The module analyzes data about the current location, the current tasking, and the driver availability of PIVs... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070198175 - Systems and methods for creating routes for powered industrial vehicles: Systems and methods for creating route for powered industrial vehicles are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a route generation module configured to determine route data based on facility layout data and historical usage data. The system also includes a PIV equipped with various sensors and a user interface... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070198177 - Map evaluation system and map evaluation method: An absolute position detector of a navigation device detects an absolute position of a vehicle. An on-map position of the vehicle is acquired based on the detected absolute position to be on a road map indicated by map data stored in the navigation device. Absolute positions detected by the absolute... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070198176 - Traffic information collecting system for navigation device: An information center (5000) for collecting traffic information stores in its memory device the latest map data. Then, it is determined through a terminal device (5030) whether or not history information has been recorded in a data recording medium (800) mounted in a navigation device (1000), and when it is... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070198179 - Route search method, route guidance system, navigation system, and statistical processing server: Systems, methods, and programs store predicted distance range data, in which distance ranges where a vehicle will be within a specified time are predicted for individual zones and individual time periods, and store traffic data that is created based on traffic circumstances in individual links and individual time periods. The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070198178 - Pathfinding system: A computer system is arranged to automatically calculate a path along nodes in a virtual world. After the co-ordinates for the virtual world environment have been initially defined (40), including nodes along which a path may travel, the system automatically increases the density of nodes in the environment up to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070198181 - Map information display controlling device, system, method, and program, and recording medium where the program is recorded: Provided is a navigation device which appropriately notifies a user of information. When traffic information and feature information are acquired, the traffic information and the feature information are associated with an ID number in accordance with time information and a type contained in the traffic information and the feature information... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070198184 - Map information updating apparatus and map information updating method: Provided is a map information updating apparatus which can automatically select map information optimal for the user from among plural map information, and update an original map using the selected map information. The map information updating apparatus includes: a map information storage unit which stores map information; a position information... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070198182 - Method for incorporating images with a user perspective in navigation: An image-based navigation method and system are provided. In response to a user request submitted to a navigation system, the image-based navigation system provides directions to the user, wherein the directions include one or more route segments, and at least one digital image of a view along at least one... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070198180 - Mobile terminal having map display function, map display system, information distribution server and program: When displaying map information including a place where a 2-dimensional code is set according to the information containing the 2-dimensional code, the map can be displayed in a direction facilitating a user to view the map. A mobile terminal includes 2-dimensional code read means for reading a 2-dimensional code set... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070198183 - On-vehicle image display apparatus: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image display apparatus which can reduce a burden to be imposed on vehicle occupants by informing the vehicle occupants about current and next travel states of a vehicle while allowing the vehicle occupants to watch TV or the like... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070198186 - Method and apparatus for controlling transportation, storage and sale of fluids such as petrochemicals: Methods and apparatuses are provided, for use singlely, or as part of a comprehensive security solution, for ensuring the integrity of a supply chain involving transportation, storage and/or sale of fluids such as petrochemicals. Passage of a fluid through an opening in an otherwise closed fluid tank is controlled by... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070198185 - Gnss control system and method: A GNSS control system and method are provided for guiding, navigating and controlling a motive component, such as a tractor, and a working component, such as an implement. A vector position/heading sensor is mounted on the motive component and includes multiple antennas connected to a GNSS receiver. The sensor also... Agent: Mark Brown

20070198187 - Inertial device with pedometer function and portable electric appliance incorporating said inertial device: An inertial device that is integratable in a portable electronic device includes: an inertial sensor for generating at least one raw acceleration signal in response to accelerations caused by movements of walking and running of a user of the pedometer; and a processing unit, associated to the inertial sensor for... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070198188 - Method and apparatus for lane recognition for a vehicle: A method and an apparatus for lane recognition for a vehicle that is equipped with an adaptive distance and speed control system are provided, the adaptive distance and speed controller having conveyed to it, using an object detection system, the relative speed of detected objects, a variable for determining the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070198189 - Method for evaluation, by motor vehicle, of the characteristics of a front element: A method that utilizes at least a first camera and a second camera, which have optical axes that are parallel to a first axis of an orthogonal reference frame, the first and the second camera being positioned so as to have a first offset along a second axis and a... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20070198191 - Driver adaptive collision warning system: The present invention involves methods and systems for issuing a collision warning to a driver at timing based on the driver's attitude level. The methods involve the steps of determining the driver attitude level based on the driver's actions in a plurality of driving conditions, determining timing for issuing warning... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070198190 - Motor vehicle: A utility vehicle has an electronically controlled drive train which has at least one drive unit, one steering system and one braking system. In addition, the motor vehicle has a maneuvering assistance system with a display device, an input device and a control system. The display device displays an actual... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070191997 - Vehicle control system: When a vehicle travels along a curve of a road, a target vehicle acceleration/deceleration that is used for accelerating/decelerating the vehicle to a target vehicle speed, which is set for the curve, is calculated. Based on a comparison between a present vehicle speed of the vehicle and the target vehicle... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070191998 - Remote control device and remote control method for vehicle: A counter increases a counted value at regular time intervals during a transmission time of a request signal Sr transmitted based on trigger signals input from a door unlocking sensor or the like. On the other hand, the counter decreases the counted value at regular time intervals during a non-transmission... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070192003 - Motion control apparatus for vehicle: In this vehicle motion control apparatus, vehicle behavior sensors are arranged integrally with an integrated unit composed integrally of a control unit and a brake controller. An acceleration sensor is mounted in a section adjacent to the integrated unit. If an output value from the acceleration sensor for an airbag... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070192002 - Vehicle control system: A vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle having a body, a pair of front wheels, and a pair of rear wheels, including a body-height adjusting device which adjusts four body heights each of which is defined as a relative-position relationship between corresponding one wheel of the pair of front... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070192011 - Stability-enhanced traction control with electrically controlled center coupler: A control system for a vehicle having first and second axles is provided that includes a coupling apparatus adapted to distribute torque between the first and second axles and a traction controller for controlling operation of the differential apparatus from vehicle launch up to a predetermined vehicle speed. The traction... Agent: Eaton Corporation Eaton Center

20070191995 - Enrollment method for a vehicle email notification system: A vehicle email notification system and method in which subscribers can enroll via a call to a wireless assistance center or via a website, or automatically at delivery using a customer delivery record supplied by the dealer to a wireless assistance center. Once enrolled, the subscriber receives periodic email messages... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070191996 - Method of processing data in a vehicle tire monitoring system: Method of processing data in a vehicle tire monitoring system. For a first given period of time, referred to as the reference period, a device calculates, for each class of temperature supplied, the corresponding mean pressure in a given tire. Then, for at least a second given period of time,... Agent: Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20070191999 - System and method for calibrating on-board aviation equipment: A method and system are provided for calibrating on-board aviation equipment. An actual bearing from an aircraft to an automatic direction finder (ADF) station is determined. The aircraft is moved to a plurality of headings. An ADF bearing is determined from the aircraft to the ADF station at each of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070192000 - Device for the generation of reliable status of a vehicle that is movable along a given oath of travel: A device for generating safe status signals of a vehicle (9) that is movable along a given guideway is described. The device comprises data transmitters disposed along said guideway and provided with data (28a, 28b), data acquisition units (21) mounted on the vehicle and used for scanning the data transmitters... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070192001 - Electronic control apparatus for vehicle and diagnosing method thereof: An electronic control apparatus for a vehicle having an engine control unit 114 controlling an electronically-controlled throttle of an engine and a valve control unit 141 controlling a variable lift mechanism 112 that varies a lift amount of an intake valve are provided. Information of a target lift amount and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070192005 - Control device for electrical power steering system: In a steering system having a variable gear transmission system and an electrical power steering system, respective compensation amounts for first and second electric motors are produced by a first mathematical model. The compensation amounts are added to command values (v1, v2) to generate final command signals (igref, ipref) to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070192004 - Controller for electronic power steering apparatus: A controller of an electrically driven power steering apparatus that can be realized by using a low-cost structure to perform a fault diagnosis of A/D converters and that can determine a fault part, for example, which one of the A/D converters is in a fault state to determine whether the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070192006 - Method and vehicle reacting to the detection of an in-path obstacle: A method and system for assisting a driver operating a vehicle traveling on a road includes determining an obstacle as a target obstacle in the path of the vehicle and providing information on the target obstacle, regulating at least one of a reaction force input (F) to the driver, a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070192007 - Occupant classification system: An occupant classification system classifies occupants on a vehicle seat and is capable of separating child seats from adults during wet seat cases. In the system, the seat structure is grounded. The classification system includes a measurement circuit, an identifying circuit, and a controller. The measurement circuit is configured to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070192008 - Method and device for damping control of oscillating modes of a continuously variable transmission provided with an electric variator: A method for damping control of oscillating modes of a continuously variable transmission which is provided with an electric variator by using a heat engine and at least two electric machines. In the method a torque controller of the electric machines is embodied in a form of a sum of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070192010 - Adaptive deceleration control for commercial truck: A position sensor (20) associated with a brake pedal (22) discloses deceleration request data corresponding to a vehicle deceleration request by the driver. A processor (12) executes an algorithm that compares sensor deceleration request data with data representing deceleration that is potentially obtainable by operating one or more mechanisms in... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070192009 - Device for longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle by intervention in the brake system: A device for longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle, including a driver assistance system which outputs a brake request signal to a brake control unit. The driver assistance system is designed to output a brake request signal in the form of a distance signal which specifies the distance to be... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070192012 - Method and system of enhanced vehicle road speed limiting: A method and system for controlling a compression ignition electronic control module equipped compression ignition internal combustion engine installed in a vehicle to provide enhanced vehicle road speed limiting to conform to requirements of a geographical location.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070192013 - Vehicle speed control device, method of determining target speed by using the device, and program executing the method: The present invention relates to a vehicle speed control device for controlling a speed of a vehicle. The vehicle speed control device includes a current location error estimation section for extracting area attribute information from the map information, for producing a location error probability distribution, a target speed calculation section... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070192014 - Anti-slip control method for a drive system in a motor vehicle: A method for controlling a drive system in a motor vehicle having at least one electronic control device, which detects the accelerator pedal position as an input signal and therefrom, corresponding to a basic characteristic curve, determines a wheel torque desired by the driver, the control device receives information concerning... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070192015 - Engine torque estimating device: A torque estimation error, which is an error between an estimated value and an actual value of the engine torque, is detected at first. Then, an error of a characteristic for engine frictional loss is learned based on the torque estimation error which is detected when ignition timing is around... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070192016 - Method and engine controll unit: A method for approximating a stored pilot control map of a pressure control valve of a common-rail pump to the effective of pilot control map of the pressure control valve is presented. The stored pilot control map forms a desired pressure in the rail on a control current of the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070192017 - Simple engine fuel controller: An electronic engine fuel controller that is simple, low cost, easily installed, and configurable for any internal combustion engine. The system is intended for upgrading older carbureted vehicles or vehicles that have been modified beyond the limits of the OEM controller. It takes advantage of modern microcontroller technology with integrated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070192018 - Closed pedal deceleration control: A system and method for controlling an internal combustion engine in a vehicle include controlling the engine to achieve a desired vehicle speed/deceleration when the accelerator pedal is released. A desired vehicle deceleration may be determined based on current transmission gear, vehicle speed, and road grade. Vehicle speed/deceleration is measured... Agent: Bir Law, PLC/fgtl

20070192019 - Method for estimating quantity of fuel injected: The invention discloses a method for estimating an injected quantity of fuel of an isolated injection. The segment time of the cylinder in which the isolated injection takes place is evaluated numerically by forming the second temporal derivation. With the aid of the second temporal derivation of the segment time... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070192022 - Method for selecting a location: A method for selecting a location. At least two lists of locations are depicted in a display, the beginning of the names of the locations in both lists being in agreement with the same previously entered character string and the basic set from which the entries of the lists are... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070192021 - Motor vehicle navigation system: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus to display a geographical picture on a screen (36) of a monitor (30), which is connected over a data bus (3) to a first computer (1). The invention specifies that the first computer (1) furnishes abstract data (a, c, f), determined... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C.

20070192020 - Navigation system with animated intersection view: A vehicle navigation system helps guide a driver to a destination by enhancing visualization of upcoming intersections. The navigation system stores animation data that depicts the intersection as it will appear to the driver. The animation data may be a sequence of images (e.g., digital camera images) taken at intervals... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070192023 - System for determining a route: A system for determining a route is provided. The system comprises a map of a geographic area, a sensing device and a computer system. The map includes coded data indicative of the map and a plurality of reference points on the map. The sensing device is operable to sense the... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070192024 - Path planner and method for planning a contour path of a vehicle: In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a path planer and method for planning a path of a vehicle defines a reference row having a reference contour in a work area. A representation of the defined reference row is established. The defined reference row comprises a curved component, a... Agent: Deere & Company

20070192025 - Navigation apparatus and navigation program: A navigation apparatus includes map data, a map change information receiving unit and a map display change unit. The map data includes predetermined map information having two modes: an unavailable mode in which the map information is unusable, and an available mode in which the map information is usable. The... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070192026 - Navigation tool with audible feedback on a handheld communication device: System and method that provides audible feedback through a speaker of a handheld electronic device upon actuation of a navigation tool. The audible feedback produced by the speaker is capable of being modified based upon the location, speed, and other characteristics of the movement of a cursor on the display... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192028 - Navigation tool with audible feedback on a handheld communication device having a full alphabetic keyboard: System and method that provides audible feedback through a speaker of a handheld electronic device having a full alphabetic keyboard upon actuation of a navigation tool. The audible feedback produced by the speaker is capable of being modified based upon the location, speed, and other characteristics of the movement of... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192027 - Navigation tool with audible feedback on a wireless handheld communication device: System and method that provides audible feedback through a speaker of a wireless handheld electronic device upon actuation of a navigation tool. The audible feedback produced by the speaker is capable of being modified based upon the location, speed, and other characteristics of the movement of a cursor on the... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192029 - Method and apparatus for generating and securely distributing long-term satellite tracking information: A method and apparatus for generating and distributing satellite tracking data to a remote receiver is disclosed. The method for includes extracting from memory at least a portion of long-term-satellite-tracking data, generating formatted data from the at least a portion of long-term-satellite-tracking data, the formatting data being in a format... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070192030 - Vehicle safety control apparatus for avoiding collision: A collision between a vehicle and an obstacle is estimated, and based on the estimation result, vehicle deceleration control is performed by a brake actuator to reduce the collision and vehicle wheel load is controlled by a suspension actuator.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070185631 - Multi-functional touchpad controller for automobile: A touchpad has a smart man-machine interface. Through a computer system in an automobile, the smart man-machine interface controls systems and multimedia equipments in the automobile, such as an air conditioner and an audio/video player. The interface provides several control modes, such as to control with a keypad, with a... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070185622 - Method for controlling a process: Disclosed is a method for controlling a process according to which an actuation parameter is produced depending on a control deviation that is determined by comparing a nominal value with an actual value of a control variable. The method is characterized in that the actual value of the control variable... Agent: Craig Hallacher Continental Teves

20070185624 - Method for remote reprogramming of vehicle flash memory: A system and method for managing remote reprogramming of flash memory in a vehicle electronic control unit. A vehicle state manager process is used to first determine if the vehicle conditions are suitable for reprogramming of a particular ECU and, if so, the vehicle state manager then maintains the proper... Agent: James D. Stevens Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070185625 - Turret envelope control system and method for a fire fighting vehicle: A turret control system and method is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store module. The preferred turret control system also provides improved turret control flexibility... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070185623 - Vehicle wheel lift detection: A system and method for detecting vehicle wheel lift. The system includes wheel speed sensors for measuring the speed of each wheel of the vehicle, and suspension sensors for measuring the position of the vehicle suspension at each wheel of the vehicle. A controller determines whether any of the wheels... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070185626 - Information processing system, information processing terminal, and file management method: There is provided an information processing system having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a wireless communication device which wirelessly connects the first terminal and the second terminal with each other for communication, where the first terminal and the second terminal respectively have a file system, the information processing... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070185627 - Remote monitoring and control of a motorized vehicle: A communications and control hub for remote monitoring and control of a motorized vehicle, comprising an onboard diagnostics port connector for connection to an onboard diagnostic port of the motorized vehicle, the onboard diagnostic port of the motorized vehicle presenting an external interface of a configuration suitable for connection to... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20070185628 - System for automatically controlling lift-enhancing devices of an aircraft, in particular wing leading edge slats: A control system for an aircraft includes an actuation section that moves lift-enhancing devices as a function of received control orders, a control member operable by a pilot of the aircraft, and a control unit that includes a control section that produces control orders, as a function of actuation of... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070185629 - Hybrid vehicle, control method of hybrid vehicle, and power output apparatus: When a drive power demand Pv* is greater than 0, the control procedure of the invention sets the greater between an engine speed demand Nereq and a lower engine speed limit Nemin to a target rotation speed Ne* of an engine (step S160). The engine speed demand Nereq represents a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070185630 - Method for assisting in error detection for a motor vehicle: An a method for assisting in error detection for a motor vehicle, characteristic data for an accessory device connected to a device in the motor vehicle are stored in a memory unit provided in the motor vehicle.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070185633 - Control module: A control system for a vehicle includes a safety device controller (restraint control module) to control initiation of at least one safety device in the vehicle and a brake controller to control braking in the vehicle for roll stability control. The control system includes at least one sensor operably connected... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070185632 - Method and device for detecting a rollover situation of a motor vehicle: A rate of rotation around the longitudinal axis of a motor vehicle and the lateral inclination thereof are determined as state variables. A rollover situation is detected when the state variables are greater than the characteristic curve of a minimum triggering threshold in a surface plane defined by the state... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070185634 - Method and system for controlling a driver-assistance device: In a method and a system for controlling a driver-assistance device, in which measured quantities to be recorded by sensors are evaluated for triggering a reaction, and measuring instants are determined through essentially repeating cycles for acquiring and evaluating the measured quantities, the measuring instants are controlled in such a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070185635 - Occupant-protection system for vehicles and method for activating an occupant-protection system for vehicles: An occupant-protection system for vehicles, including: at least one sensor, which detects the surrounding area of the vehicle and generates sensor signals therefrom; an evaluation device, which analyzes the sensor signals, detects an approaching hazardous situation in advance according to an algorithm for the early detection of a hazardous situation... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070185636 - Method and system for calculating and reporting slump in delivery vehicles: A system for calculating and reporting slump in a delivery vehicle having a mixing drum (14) and hydraulic drive (16) for rotating the mixing drum, including a rotational sensor (20) configured to sense a rotational speed of the mixing drum, a hydraulic sensor (22) coupled to the hydraulic drive and... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070185637 - Traveling system for a driving vehicle: An assistance vehicle is connected to a dump truck on or at bases of ascending paths and power is supplied as auxiliary power from the assistant vehicle A to a driving motor in the dump truck. Because of this features a driving unit of the dump truck (a generator for... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070185638 - Method for increasing the driving stability of a vehicle: A method for increasing the directional stability of a motor vehicle is provided, as well as a corresponding device, and a corresponding computer program product. A model-supported pilot control is used to determine a stabilizing yaw torque, which is applied to the motor vehicle to influence the yaw torque of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070185639 - Adaptive abs control: A method is provided for adaptively determining an anti-block braking strategy that includes monitoring a distance differential of at least one target in proximity to a driven vehicle. An anti-lock braking strategy is determined as a function of the distance differential. The anti-locking braking strategy is applied as a function... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070185640 - Adaptive control of a cam phase adjustment mechanism: A closed-loop control for a cam phase adjustment mechanism includes gain terms that are adaptively adjusted to optimize the rate of response of the control to changes in the desired cam phase. The rate of response of the cam phase adjustment mechanism is sampled under specified operating conditions or during... Agent: Jimmy L. Funke Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070185641 - Method and apparatus for air fuel ratio adjustment: The air fuel ratio of an engine adapted to run on a mixture of alcohol and gasoline can be adapted according to the invention, by a method, wherein said air fuel ratio is controlled by means of an ethanol adaptation value, comprising the following steps: reducing the enrichment factor from... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070185642 - Detection systems and methods: One embodiment of the invention provides a detection system. The detection system includes an analog to digital converter that converts one or more analog vibration signals into one or more digital samples, a filter that analyzes at least a portion of the one or more digital samples and identifies energy... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20070185643 - Traffic information processing apparatus: A traffic information processing apparatus for alleviating the problem of discrepancy between a plurality of traffic information which may be acquired from different sources is disclosed. In the case where a plurality of traffic information are acquired, the information are corrected into reference traffic information selected from the plurality of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070185644 - Navigation apparatus, computer program, screen displaying control method, and measurement interval control method: The present invention provides a navigation apparatus, a computer program and a screen control method that can reduce the amount of power to be consumed by screen display operations while information is properly displayed on the screen for a user. When the information to be provided to the user is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070185645 - Intelligent real-time distributed traffic sampling and navigation system: An intelligent real-time distributed traffic sampling and navigation system comprising intelligent clients having location based service capability servers, the system provides sampling navigation information by the one or more clients and transmitting the navigation information from the one or more clients to the one or more servers and generating an... Agent: Irene Y. Hu

20070185646 - Transmission of sensor data based on geographical navigation data: A method and apparatus for sensor data transmission in a mobile device includes receiving sensor data and generating a sensor data packet therefrom. The method and apparatus further includes receiving navigation data relating to the movements of the mobile device from a navigation device and receiving network data including transmission... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070185647 - Automated in-vehicle paging system: The present disclosure provides a description of an automated notification system based upon location apparatus and networks like the Global Positioning System (GPS) or land-based radio signal triangulation. Notifications are broadcasted to various devices based upon the position of the moving broadcasting unit. Signals from the broadcasting unit could be... Agent: Gino Nguegang

20070185649 - Map database having address points for determining destinations: A user is given location information of a desired place, by providing a map database having an index of street segments, each having one or more street names, zero or more shape points and zero or more address points, the points representing specific positions along a street segment, the address... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070185648 - Navigation device displaying travel information: A navigation device, programmable with map data and a navigation application that enables a route to be planned between two user-defined places; the device is operable to read a removable memory card storing the device operating system, the navigation application, and the map data. It does not need to store... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070185651 - Navigation system utilizing xml/svg map data converted from geographic map data and layered structure of xml/svg map data based on administrative regions: A navigation system uses XML/SVG format map data for achieving flexibility in modifying the map data. A method of converting geographic data into the XML/SVG format map data includes the steps of retrieving the geographic data, analyzing the retrieved geographic data for its data elements structure, data type and semantics,... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20070185650 - Method and apparatus for searching point of interest by name or phone number: A method and apparatus for searching a point of interest allows a user to input either a name or a phone number in the same field of a monitor screen. The method includes the steps of displaying a screen for searching a POI where the screen includes an input field... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates Suite 310

20070185652 - Advance warning terrain anti-collision device: The field of the invention is that of onboard terrain anticollision systems for aircraft. Collisions with the terrain while the aircraft is fully controlled have been and still remain one of the main causes of air disasters. Several generations of devices for warning of risk of collision with the terrain... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070179689 - Method to provide wireless broadband communication to a high-speed movable vehicle: P

20070179690 - Variable path automated guided vehicle: An automated guided vehicle and a method of controlling an automated guided vehicle which are capable of varying the travel path of the automatic guided vehicle in order to reduce wear patterns created in the floor of the material handling facility. The travel path of the AGV is varied by... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070179691 - Distributed diagnostics architecture: A distributed on-board diagnostic (OBD) architecture for a control system of a vehicle includes a plurality of control modules that are in communication with one another and a designated master OBD control module that is one of the plurality of control modules. The master OBD control module performs functions that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070179683 - Emissions management system: An emissions management system comprising a network with a plurality of software modules interconnected such that each software module is able to communicate with at least one other software module, and memory means, wherein at least one software module is configured to: communicate with at least one sensor system collecting... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070179679 - Method for determining effort transmitted between the wheel of a vehicle and a wheel support: A method for determining effort transmitted between the wheel of a vehicle and a wheel support, comprising the following steps: the wheel (36) is pivotably mounted in a wheel support (27), said wheel being provided with a tyre; the tyre is pressed against means of excitation (29); a fixed support... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070179682 - Sensitive locking control device for vehicle: A sensitive locking control device for a vehicle has a server mounted in the vehicle and a portable proximity controller. The server continuously emits a detecting signal trying to detect whether the proximity controller is within an effective range of the server. When the proximity controller responds to the server... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070179681 - System and method for operating a vehicle: A system and method for identifying and communicating a road condition includes a first vehicle having at least one sensor integrated therewith. The sensor is configured to sense the road condition and wirelessly transmit signals pertaining to the road condition and a geographic location of the road condition. A receiver... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070179680 - Vehicular information providing device: An information providing apparatus for a vehicle includes a control unit 202 that inputs information of the vehicle through at least one of a vehicle information terminal 212 and a multiplex communication input/output unit 213, creates, from at least warning content of the information, warning aural information including at least... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070179684 - Heading awareness symbology for track centered primary flight displays: A method of providing heading awareness on a flight display is provided. The method comprises displaying a heading awareness symbology to indicate heading relative to track, and varying the prominence of the heading awareness symbology on a display element based on at least one sensed condition.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070179685 - Trajectory generation using non-uniform rational b-splines: A trajectory is generated using non-uniform rational B-splines. A feasible corridor is approximated with at least one convex polytope. The at least one convex polytope is defined by a plurality of vertices. The feasible corridor comprises a region in a trajectory space that satisfies a plurality of trajectory constraints for... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070179686 - System for reducing carbon brake wear: A brake monitoring system is described for use on aircraft having carbon brakes. The system displays the number of times the brakes have been applied in a preselected counting interval such as during each takeoff and landing cycle. By raising the pilot's awareness of the number of times the brakes... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070179687 - Method and system for providing a covert warning notification of a hazard to an aircraft: A system and method for providing a covert warning notification of a hazard to an aircraft is provided. Generally, the system contains a detection system capable of detecting the hazard, and a transceiver capable of allowing the system to provide the covert warning to a location external from the aircraft.... Agent: Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

20070179688 - System and method for computing rail car switching solutions in a switchyard: 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

20070179692 - Method, system and device for monitoring vehicle usage: A vehicle tracking device (101), method and/or system are provided. The device (101) includes a location interface (117), for receiving a location signal indicating a current location when operably connected to a GPS antenna; a sensor interface (109), for receiving sensor signals from sensors in the vehicle indicating a sensed... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070179693 - Device for impact sensing: A device for impact sensing having an acceleration sensor mechanism on the bumper. The acceleration sensor mechanism is situated between the bumper and a bumper fascia.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070179694 - Gear shift indication method and apparatus: A method and apparatus for communicating an optimal gear shift time is disclosed. The apparatus includes an input circuit that obtains a plurality RPM readings over a selected interval of time, a processing module that determines an RPM acceleration based upon the plurality of RPM readings, the processing module also... Agent: Utah Valley Patent Services, LLC

20070179695 - Driveline clunk detection and control: A driveline clunk control system for a vehicle having an engine that drives a driveline through a transmission includes a transmission output shaft speed (TOSS) sensor that generates a TOSS signal and a first module that receives the TOSS signal and that determines a secondary parameter (ΔTOSS) based on the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070179696 - Method for simulating the driving behavior of vehicles: The invention relates to a method for simulating the driving behavior of vehicles on a test stand in which the engine of the vehicle is coupled on the test stand to an electronically controllable braking apparatus and a simulation model calculates simulation values of variables which are representative of the... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070179697 - Lane departure warning system and method: A vehicle lane departure warning system and method uses the vehicle braking system to provide tactile feedback to the driver. In one embodiment, one of the steerable road wheels of the vehicle is braked, to cause force to be transmitted back to the vehicle steering wheel, resulting in the driver... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070179699 - Method of controlling electronic differential: The present invention is directed to a method of controlling an electronic differential to prevent wheel slip. A predetermined amount of lateral acceleration is determined for a given driving condition and/or particular vehicle; an amount indicative of imminent wheel slip. Lateral acceleration is detected and the electronic differential is selectively... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish

20070179698 - Traction control method for a tracked vehicle: The present invention provides a traction control method for a tracked vehicle such as a military tank. The method includes calculating a track proportionality factor and a vehicle proportionality factor based on predefined attributes of the tracked vehicle. A minimum turn radius of the tracked vehicle is calculated based on... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070179700 - Engine control system using valve opening parameter: In a system, a calculating unit calculates a control parameter required for control of an engine based on a valve opening parameter each time a calculating timing repeatedly appears, and stores the control parameter in a predetermined area of the system. A reflecting unit reflects the control parameter in the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070179703 - Process taking into consideration a local and favorable meteorological situation not conforming to a general meteorological forecast: This invention concerns a process taken into consideration when a nominal route is being followed between a departure airport and an arrival airport, of a flight plan established on the basis of a general meteorological forecast covering an area of the airspace containing the nominal route and in a time... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070179705 - Terminal device, server, system and program for retrieving landmark name: With a registration function, a terminal device sends shooting-location information and a landmark name to a server. The shooting-location information is obtained from an image file, and the landmark name is inputted by a user. The server registers the received location information and the received landmark name in a database... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070179702 - Combined receiver and power adapter: Embodiments of the present invention provide a combined receiver and power adapter. The adapter generally includes a coupling element operable to couple with a power source, a receiver operable to wirelessly receive information, a housing operable to house the coupling element and the receiver, and a connection element operable to... Agent: David L. Terrell Garmin International, Inc.

20070179704 - Method and device for controlling an agricultural working machine: A method for controlling an agricultural working machine includes the step of assigning a route planning system (7) to the agricultural working machine (2) for generating driving routes (8) in a territory (1). The route planning system (7) subdivides the territory (1) into a worked territory (13) and a remaining... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070179701 - Vehicle presence indication: A method, system, and computer program product for vehicle presence indication. The method includes receiving a request including an announcement type at a first vehicle. The receiving is from a second vehicle via a mobile ad-hoc network that includes the first vehicle and the second vehicle. The announcement type is... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070179706 - Vehicle email notification using templates: A vehicle email notification system and method in which templates are used to automatically generate email messages that provide the recipient with diverse types of dynamic vehicle information. The email notifications are triggered by different events, some of which are independent of the vehicle (e.g., a monthly trigger), and others... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070179707 - Navigation system including a drive for reading out navigation data and a method for operating a navigation system: A navigation system including a drive for reading out navigation data which is stored on a data medium. In addition to the navigation data, a pregap is present on the data medium in which identification data is stored. The drive is designed in such a way that it is able... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070179708 - Method and apparatus for creating map data and method and apparatus for route search: A method for creating map data for navigation includes setting a plurality of levels corresponding to levels of detail, stratifying meshes at the individual levels, and creating map data that includes road information of the individual meshes at the individual levels. The map data includes, for individual combinations of two... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070179709 - Navigation data quality feedback: A computer assisted navigation system determines a recommended route for a vehicle to travel between a source and destination location, and provides exception notifications in some events where the vehicle travels a route different that the recommended route. The vehicle includes a navigation system that has a location monitoring component.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070179710 - Deviation-correction system for positioning of moving objects and motion tracking method thereof: The present invention relates to the deviation-correction system for positioning of moving objects, and discloses a deviation-correction system for positioning of moving objects and the motion-tracking method thereof. The system includes a control system for receiving motion parameters required for deviation-correction, and sending commands to an actuator to control a... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070179711 - Navigation device, method and program: In the present embodiment a display mode such as a map not only includes a general road display mode which displays facilities such as general roads, family restaurants, and convenience stores, but also includes a highway mode. The highway mode is a predetermined expressway display mode which displays expressways and... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20070179712 - Blind spot sensor system: A blind spot sensor system detects and/or classifies objects in a defined monitoring region of a motor vehicle. The blind spot sensor system contains a first device for emitting a first radar beam, and a second device for emitting a second radar beam. The radial visual range of the first... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP