Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 12/07

20070299565 - Automatic communication of personalized messages to a telematics equipped vehicle: A method of automatically communicating personalized messages to a telematics-equipped vehicle includes the following steps: (a) creating a personalized message; (b) defining playback instructions for playing the personalized message; (c) generating a trigger based on the defined playback instructions; (d) setting the trigger; (e) monitoring for the occurrence of one... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070299564 - Method of operating a vehicle apparatus comprising the same: An engine management system and a method of operating the same within a vehicle. The system uses a plurality of software modules one of which communicates with the vehicle engine to communicate information and additionally communicates with at least one other software module that provides information regarding auxiliary device operations... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070299573 - Accelerometer based system for detection of tire tread separation and loose wheels: Wheel acceleration on a vehicle is measured rotationally and laterally to isolate tire out of round and loose wheel conditions. A wheel accelerometer is mounted outwardly from the axis of rotation to provide both rolling and lateral acceleration measurements. Rotational acceleration should normally be a regular sinusoid under steady state,... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070299576 - Method for operating control devices of a motor vehicle which communicate via a databus: A method operates control devices of a motor vehicle which communicate via at least one databus. A gateway control device which controls the transmission of data on the databus, or on each databus, and a plurality of motor vehicle control devices which control the functions of an assembly such as,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070299575 - Remote troubleshooting system: A remote troubleshooting system comprises a vehicle that transmits vehicle data regarding a stress factor of a specific onboard component at a specified timing, and a troubleshooting server that is connected to the vehicle via a network, receives the vehicle data from the vehicle, and performs the troubleshooting of the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070299580 - Steering haptic feedback system for vehicle active safety: A system and method that warn a vehicle driver by shaking or dithering the steering wheel that one or more active control systems on the vehicle is providing active control. The system includes an AFS actuator for providing a steering assist signal for stability control purposes, and a VES actuator... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20070299586 - Method for setting, calibrating, and verifying an occupation classification system threshold: The invention is directed to a method for setting an occupant classification system threshold for a vehicle occupant detection system, the method comprising collecting occupant classification system data for a seat, the data being indicative of occupant weight, analyzing the data to determine where a separation exists between an occupant... Agent: Ford Global Technologies C/o Mofo Nova

20070299588 - System and method for establishing a reference angle for controlling a vehicle rotational closure system: A control module for controlling a rotational closure system of a vehicle. The control module may include a printed circuit board having an electronic circuit disposed thereon. The electronic circuit may be used to control a rotational closure system of the vehicle. A header may be connected to the printed... Agent: Joseph V. Colaianni

20070299590 - System for automated excavation entry point selection: A control system for a machine operating at a worksite is disclosed. The control system has a controller configured to recognize a feature of the worksite from a topographic map of the worksite. The controller is further configured to determine at least one characteristic of the recognized feature, and determine... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070299593 - Method and system for determining braking torque in an electronic braking system: A braking system includes a brake travel sensor configured to generate travel data indicative of the distance a brake pedal has been displaced and a brake pressure sensor configured to generate force data indicative of the amount of force applied to the brake pedal. The braking system also comprises a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070299567 - Loan repay enforcement system: A system to encourage on time repayment of loans includes electronic apparatus coupled to a critical system of certain equipment; for example, the ignition system of an automobile. Apparatus includes mechanism whereby a user-operator is able to enter a code. Entry of a correct code serves as indication that a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070299566 - Method for controlling an electronic parking brake: In a method for controlling an electronic parking brake system and an electronic parking brake system, a travel-optimized method is used to achieve the released state of the parking brake system. When the parking brake is applied, travel-force values are detected and a plausibility check is run, the values being... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070299568 - Device for monitoring aircraft control information: The device (1) comprises a computer (9) for computing the difference between at least two items of control information that are generated by at least two different flight management systems of the aircraft, and a system (12) for generating a warning signal if this difference is greater than a threshold... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070299569 - Method and apparatus for selecting and providing a set of instrumentation signals for locomotive testing and diagnostic purposes: A technique for downloading data from a processor unit, such as an inverter control computer associated with a locomotive control system. When the software for the inverter control computer is originally built, a programmer assigns an ID number to all of the possible instrumentation signals that can be downloaded from... Agent: Eugene M. Cummings, P.C.

20070299570 - System and method for forecasting the composition of an outbound train in a switchyard: A system for forecasting the outbound workload in a switchyard. The system has a processing entity for which receives information on railcar traffic for handling by the switchyard, wherein the railcar traffic includes railcars that are yet to be switched into classification tracks of the switchyard. For every departure train... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070299571 - System and method of vehicular wireless communication: A system and method of vehicular wireless communication over a Dedicated Short Range Communication service band is provided. The system includes a vehicle having a navigation means, a processor, and a communication means for transmitting a message via a wireless communications link. The system includes a control channel for communication... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20070299572 - Driving-operation assist and recording medium: A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations;... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070299574 - Fault diagnosis: Status of an entity having a plurality of components is determined from a listing of enhanced diagnostic expressions. For each combination of diagnostic expressions, a current joint diagnostic expression is generated representing a conjunction of first and second diagnostic expressions from respective first and second received listings. This expression is... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20070299577 - User assistance system for vehicle: A portable information terminal stores first function list information indicating the contents of functions installed on a first vehicle. When a user carrying the terminal gets in a second vehicle before driving, the second vehicle acquires the first function list information from the terminal. The second vehicle compares the acquired... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070299578 - Tire information detecting device: A tire information detection device including a housing fixed to a support member made of a conductive material and arranged on a vehicle is provided. A wheel velocity sensor for detecting the rotation velocity of a wheel and a receiver for wirelessly receiving air pressure information of a tire are... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070299579 - Universal automobile operating system: This invention describes a device to replace automobile audio and visual systems with a standard computer capable of running an automobile optimized operating system. This invention describes a computer software and hardware system that integrates a computer operating system to replace the automobile audio and visual system. The audio system... Agent: Frederick Njuki Md

20070299584 - Driving-operation assist and recording medium: A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations;... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070299582 - Front wheel steering control device: The front wheel steering control device for improving the steering stability of a vehicle (100) comprises, input means for obtaining the steering wheel angle and the vehicle velocity, first computing means for computing a yaw-rate for the vehicle which maintains the vehicle gravity center point sideslip angle at zero based... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070299581 - Limiting motor-vehicle rollback: A method for limiting motor-vehicle rollback includes steps in which: the drive direction of the vehicle belonging to the engaged gear step, i.e., transmission step, is determined; the direction of movement of the vehicle is determined; and in the case when the direction of movement is opposite the drive direction,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070299583 - Steering control device for vehicles restricting target steering angle: In a vehicle equipped with a power steering device for assisting the steering of the steered wheels by the steering wheel, when the steering angle of the steered wheels reaches the maximum steering angle, a steering control device restricts a target steering angle for operating the power steering device so... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070299585 - Method and system for assisting the steering of steered wheels of a vehicle thus equipped: A method and system for assisting the steering of steered wheels of a vehicle, in which a phase lead is applied between a steering wheel and a steering rack element to reduce response time of the vehicle to an action performed by the driver on the steering wheel.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070299587 - Vehicular electrical system with crash sensors and occupant protection systems: Electrical system in a vehicle includes crash sensor systems each arranged to sense a crash involving the vehicle and occupant protection systems each including an occupant protection device arranged to protect an occupant in the event of a crash involving the vehicle. The crash sensor system(s) and the occupant protection... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070299591 - Conveying duct monitor system for controlling harvester speed: Sensing structure including a microwave sensor monitors the velocity, mass flow and moisture of cotton in a harvester air duct. As the flow of cotton in the air duct nears maximum capacity, the cotton velocity will decrease and the sensor provides a signal to the controller so that harvester speed... Agent: Deere & Company

20070299589 - Method and device for damping the displacement of construction machines: The invention relates to a method and a device for damping the displacement of construction machines, in particular wheel loaders, comprising working equipment that is driven by means of a hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic source, a controlled valve for supplying the hydraulic cylinder with hydraulic fluid, a regulator unit comprising... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070299592 - Drivetrain protection and management system: A drivetrain protection and management system (DPMS) monitors and determines individual wheel speeds to detect wheel spin and slip conditions on a drive axle. Wheel spin is caused by low surface friction, excessive input torque, lack of inter-axle differential and differential locks, excessive operating temperatures, or poor driving techniques. When... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070299594 - Driving force controller for a vehicle: The driving force control unit for vehicle comprises a driving condition detecting unit for detecting the vehicle driving condition, a selector for selecting one of driving modes by manipulation, the driving modes including a first mode having a driving force characteristic suitable for normal driving and a second mode having... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070299595 - Traffic control system and method: The system and method disclosed utilize a smart metering system that combines real-time traffic data and statistical traffic models to control vehicle flow. Also disclosed are a system and method for using dual-use traffic lanes that function as regular traffic lanes under regular traffic conditions and as emergency traffic lanes... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20070299596 - Method for detecting an optical structure: A method for detecting an optical structure from image sequences of an image recording system. An optical flow field is derived from the image sequences of the image recording system. The vectors of the optical flow field are broken down into components by projection onto a coordinate system of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070299597 - Method and device for assisting in the navigation of an airplane on the ground at an airport: The device (1) comprises means (12) for automatically presenting data relating to the path to be followed by the airplane at the airport in textual form on a display screen (14), and means (2) for automatically presenting this data in graphic form on a display screen (3), using a plot... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070299598 - Method and device for assisting in the navigation of an airplane on the ground at an airport: e

20070299599 - Collaborative route planning for generating personalized and context-sensitive routing recommendations: A route-planning system is described that leverages a database of observations about routes taken by drivers in a region to generate context and/or preference sensitive routes. Contextual information such as time of day and day of week, along with such findings as the observed velocities on different roads and the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070299601 - Automated location-intelligent traffic notification service systems and methods: Traffic notification systems include a location determination system that is configured to determine a geographic location of a subscriber and an automated traffic notification system that is configured to automatically transmit a traffic notification message that is based on the geographic location of the subscriber to a wireless terminal that... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070299600 - Off-board navigation system for vehicles: Described herein is an off-board navigation system for vehicles, comprising at least one operating center and at least one on-board navigation unit installed on board a vehicle, in which the operating center is provided with monitoring means configured for detecting events that modify the road conditions of stretches of road... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070299602 - Rating that represents the status along a specified driving route: A Jam Factor rating is provided that represents the status along a specified route. A free flow travel time is calculated for the specified route. An estimated travel time is calculated for the specified route by considering traffic conditions along the specified route. A delay assessment is determined by comparing... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20070299603 - Apparatus and method of extending information in position history data set for vehicle: Position points of a vehicle are stored in a database as a vehicle travels. New position points are obtained and assigned confidence levels based on how they are obtained. A new position point can replace the oldest, unprotected position point if the confidence level of the new position point is... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070299604 - System and method for creating, storing and utilizing images of a geographic location: A system and method synthesizing images of a locale to generate a composite image that provide a panoramic view of the locale. A video camera moves along a street recording images of objects along the street. A GPS receiver and inertial navigation system provide the position of the camera as... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070299606 - Driving assistance system: A control circuit detects a current position of a subject vehicle on a map. Before executing a driving assistance application, the control circuit computes a map reliability degree by using a positioning accuracy coefficient, a time-based change coefficient, and an information accuracy coefficient. The positioning accuracy coefficient indicates a positioning... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070299605 - Map providing device, mobile terminal, map providing method, map display method, map providing program, and map display program: The present invention provides a map providing apparatus (10) that receives, from a portable terminal (30) including at least a display unit (32), a piece of position information that indicates a location point of the portable terminal (30) and transmits, to the portable terminal (30), a map image that corresponds... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070299607 - Driving directions with landmark data: In one of many possible embodiments, an exemplary system includes a landmark data subsystem providing landmark data and a driving directions subsystem communicatively coupled to the landmark data subsystem. The driving directions subsystem is configured to generate driving directions in response to a request received from an access device. The... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20070299608 - Method of detecting erroneous gps ground speed on ground: Methods and systems for determining reliability of Global Positioning System (GPS) ground speed. An example system receives GPS track information and GPS ground speed, determines a change in GPS track information and determines reliability of the GPS ground speed based on the determined change in GPS track information relative to... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20070299609 - Method and system for ephemeris extension for gnss applications: Methods and devices for calculating long-validity satellite prediction data, compacting such data and providing the data GNSS receivers are presented. The data are compacted using a multistage compaction approach which takes physical models into account and produces an extremely low-memory satellite prediction data file size for transmission to remote receivers.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070299612 - Driving assistance method and system: A driving assistance system for regulating an operation of a vehicle in a discrete manner according to different ranges of risk potentials associated with the vehicle, such that different risk potentials in different ranges are conveyed to the driver in a different and discrete manner. The system includes a device... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070299611 - Method and device for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft: d

20070299610 - Safety system for a means of transportation and a method relating to the same: In order to enhance a safety system, in particular an accident avoidance system for a means of transportation, in particular a motor vehicle, having at least one steering system and at least one brake system in such a way that an avoidance maneuver initiated by the operator of the means... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070293991 - Method, system and apparatus for controlling power to a computing device on a vehicle: According to embodiments of the present invention, a method, system and apparatus for controlling power to a computing device on a vehicle is disclosed, the computing device powered from a local power supply. An operational state of the vehicle is detected. The power level of the computing device is controlled... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20070293994 - Hybrid road grade determination system: A method of regulating operation of a hybrid vehicle traveling on a surface having a grade includes determining a drive force of the hybrid vehicle, calculating a brake pressure value and determining whether a grade freeze condition exists based on the brake pressure value. The method further includes calculating a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070293995 - Obstacle detection device of autonomous mobile system: The present invention relates to an obstacle detection device, adapted for an autonomous mobile system, which comprises: a conducting wire, a first unit and a second unit. The first unit further comprises a first conducting part, electrically connected to an end of the conducting wire; and the second unit further... Agent: Wpat, PC

20070293997 - Computer-assisted and/or enabled systems, methods, techniques, services and user interfaces for conducting motor vehicle and other inspections: A computer-assisted inspection system including an integrated software suite provides vehicle inspection services for various clients. The system provides customized workflow based on different inspection clients, different types of inspections and other factors. Different clients may have different inspection needs. Some clients may not care about certain defects that other... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070294000 - Diagnostic test sequence optimization method and apparatus: A diagnostic test sequence optimizer includes a diagnostic test selector that determines a group of diagnostic test procedures related to a specific symptom and vehicle type from a pool of diagnostic procedures. A failure mode analyzer then selects one or more factors that can affect resolution of a vehicle operational... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070294001 - Dynamic decision sequencing method and apparatus for optimizing a diagnostic test plan: A dynamic diagnostic plan generator arranges diagnostic test procedures related to a vehicle symptom or operational problem in a sequence based on a probabilistic Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). The diagnostic plan generator also tracks a vehicle state, and provides instructions for test preparation steps and instructions for performing... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070293998 - Information object creation based on an optimized test procedure method and apparatus: An information object generator gathers and organizes information corresponding to an optimized static diagnostic test procedure from a diverse set of information sources and dynamically produces a static information object organized in a sequence or data structure that corresponds to the optimized diagnostic test procedure. The information object generator defines... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070294002 - Interactive schematic generating method and apparatus for a vehicle diagnostic procedure: An interactive diagnostic schematic generator illustrates diagnostic test procedures for diagnosing failure modes of a vehicle. The schematic generator reads a schematic data file such as a wiring diagram from a computer memory, indicates a test subject in the schematic or illustrates a location where test equipment is to be... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070294003 - Reverse failure analysis method and apparatus for diagnostic testing: A reverse failure analyzer determines a group of diagnostic test procedures related to a particular vehicle component from a pool of diagnostic procedures, and then identifies the specific failure modes of each of the diagnostic test procedures. The reverse failure analyzer further associates the specific failure modes with the respective... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070293999 - Vehicle state tracking method and apparatus for diagnostic testing: A vehicle state tracker tracks the state of a vehicle during a diagnostic test sequence to eliminate redundant steps between diagnostic procedures. The vehicle state tracker maintains a list of preconditions required for each diagnostic procedure, reads a current vehicle state from a memory register and verifies the current setting... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070294007 - Active front steer angle sensor failure detection system and method: A sensor failure detection system as described herein can be deployed in an automotive active front steering control system. The sensor failure detection system identifies a failed sensor and its associated failure mode based upon an analysis of sensor state patterns, where a sensor state pattern represents the output for... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070294008 - Steering control apparatus for a vehicle: A steering control apparatus is provided for a vehicle having a steering wheel for steering steered wheels of the vehicle, a power source for generating power, and drive shafts for transferring the power to the steered wheels, to be served as driving wheels of the vehicle. The apparatus comprises an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070294009 - Steering control apparatus for a vehicle: A steering device is provided for controlling steering torque applied to a steering wheel of a vehicle. A braking device is provided for controlling longitudinal force applied to each wheel, and a control device is provided for performing at least one of an anti-skid control and a traction control. It... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070294012 - Vehicle safety system: A vehicle safety system (10) includes a camera device (100) configured for capturing video information of eyes of a driver, and a processing system (200). The processing system includes a monitor unit (210) configured for monitoring eye-closure duration of the driver based on the video information of the eyes of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070294017 - Method for estimating clutch engagement parameters in a strategy for clutch management in a vehicle powertrain: A method is disclosed for estimating clutch engagement characteristics of a friction clutch system in a vehicle powertrain. A dynamic model of the system is used under conditions that cause clutch slipping. Algebraic equations defining a functional relationship between clutch torque and an engagement angle have characteristic parameters that are... Agent: Donald J. Harrington Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070294018 - Vehicle drive torque estimation device and drive torque estimation method, and four-wheel drive vehicle: The estimated drive torque calculation unit, which is the drive torque estimation device according to the present invention, is configured such that if the running condition determination unit determines that the transmission mechanism is in gear, and if the speed of rotation of the output shaft of the torque converter... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070294019 - Vehicle brake control system and method: A vehicle brake control system is provided with a preceding object detecting section, a running condition detection section, a steering actuation state detecting section, a braking force detecting section, a preceding object avoidability determining section and a braking force control section. The preceding object avoidability determining section determines a possibility... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070293992 - Vehicle integrated-control apparatus and vehicle integrated-control method: A control target value calculation portion (42) calculates a control target value for an engine (32) based on a control instruction amount requested by a driver, which is calculated by a driver's instruction amount calculation portion (14), and control instruction amounts requested by control units such as a driver support... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070293993 - Electronic control systems for marine vessels: A control system for a marine vessel having one or more engines and a transmission associated with each engine is disclosed. The control system includes one or more control stations, each having a control arm and arm position means coupled to the control arm for providing an electrical signal that... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070293996 - Travel control device and method for vehicles: A restricted area (60) is created based on positional information of a manned vehicle (20) traveling one of outward/return lanes (51, 52), and a detour course (72) is created based on information of the restricted area (60). Information on the detour course (72) is provided to the unmanned vehicles (10,... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070294004 - Apparatus for determining the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle: An apparatus for determining the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle, which comprises sensing means adapted to detect the coordinates, with respect to a same reference system, of at least three base points which belong to the supporting surface that supports the motor vehicle for which wheel alignment... Agent: Modiano & Associati Via Meravigli 16

20070294006 - Control system of open/close part for a vehicle: A control system of an open/close part for a vehicle includes an open/close part which can open or close, installed at an opening of a vehicle, a driving device supplying power for operating the open/close part, a load detection unit detecting a load of operation applied to the driving device,... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070294005 - Device and method for monitoring the filling level of a coolant circuit of a vehicle air conditioning system: In a method and a device for monitoring a filling level of a coolant circuit of a vehicle air conditioning system, an external temperature and/or an engine temperature of the vehicle and a coolant pressure are measured and a resting state analysis of the coolant quantity is carried out. Control,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070294010 - Lane detection system and method: The disclosure relates to a lane detection system for a vehicle, having a camera for sensing the carriageway markings in front of the vehicle, and an evaluation unit for evaluating the data collected by the camera. Geometric data of known types of carriageway markings are stored in the evaluation unit,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070294011 - Motor-driven steering controller and automobile anti-skid controller: A motor-driven steering controller for controlling a steering wheel of a vehicle. The controller includes a steering torque controlling unit, a braking force estimating unit, a right and left braking force difference estimating unit and an assist steering torque providing unit. The steering torque controlling unit controls a steering torque... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070294013 - Device for a child seat: Disclosed is a device for a child seat in a vehicle including a switch-over between comfort and safety mode of the child seat, depending on information suitable to predict an accident.... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070294014 - Outrigger obstruction detection system for aerial fire trucks: An Outrigger Obstruction Detection System for an Aerial Fire Truck that will warn the driver of an impending obstruction to an outrigger prior to full extension of the outrigger. The system comprises ultrasonic sensors located at or near each outrigger assembly on the aerial fire truck, which can be programmed... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20070294015 - Power train control method and system: A method and system for controlling an internal combustion power train, whereby the values of various operating parameters of the power train are measured by means of a number of sensors, and operation of the engine is monitored by means of at least one control unit, which is physically separate... Agent: Mitchell P. Brook C/o Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20070294016 - Motor vehicle and associated electronic control device: Motor vehicle (2) and associated electronic control device (4) for controlling an internal combustion engine (6) and at least one electrical machine (8). Torque losses of the electrical machine (8) are taken into account with the aid of families of characteristics and algorithms, and torques are predetermined for the electrical... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070294020 - Method and device for the automatic longitudinal control of a motor vehicle: A device and a method are provided for the automatic longitudinal control of a motor vehicle, which have a distance sensor that measures at least the distance of the following host vehicle to a vehicle traveling in front and/or the relative speed between the two vehicles. From the measured values,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070294022 - Controller for internal combustion engine: A controller for an internal combustion engine is disclosed that includes an intake control valve adjusting a flow of intake air in the internal combustion engine and controls a position of the intake control valve in accordance with an engine operating condition. The controller includes an in-cylinder pressure detector for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070294021 - Mechanism for interconnecting independent functionalities of an engine controller: Electronic engine controllers contain a multitude of individual components that, in part, trigger one another. Until now, a change made to these trigger connections required a change, for example, in the source code of the engine controller. According to the invention, all trigger connections are realized by interconnecting wrappers, which... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070294023 - Traffic data collection with probe vehicles: A method is disclosed for collecting traffic information using probe vehicles that are driven along roads in a geographic area. In each of the probe vehicles, the vehicle speed and the location reference code that represents that portion of the road network upon which the vehicle is located are determined.... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20070294025 - Vehicle navigation system: A vehicle navigation system is configured to connect a communication line from a wireless communication unit to a service center when a vehicle is traveling at a speed slower than a predetermined value and the communication line to the service center is not connected. By setting the predetermined value of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070294024 - Communication navigation apparatus: A communication navigation apparatus (102) predicts a planned en route point that may deviate from a guidance route and previously connects a communication line for connection with a communication server (101). For example, when current waypoint information (P) is positioned on a link (L2), the apparatus extracts a node (V2)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070294026 - Route determination system for a hybrid vehicle: Route determination systems and methods are provided for determining a route for a hybrid vehicle having at least two different mechanisms for driving the vehicle. One example of a method includes determining the resource status of at least one of the at least two different driving mechanisms, determining a destination... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20070294027 - System and method for networking a plurality of nodes: A system and method for networking a plurality of nodes is disclosed. A network of data devices having data representations of connectivity, network node position, and/or position topologies is also disclosed, wherein the network may be self-configuring and the network nodes spatially addressable. In another embodiment, a unique form of... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070294031 - Method and apparatus to utilize gps data to replace route planning software: A vehicle with a positional tracking unit traverses a specific route while collecting actual route data that includes position data indicative of the actual route followed. The actual route data (including the position data) is stored as optimal route data for that specific route. Once the optimal route is defined... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20070294029 - System and method for managing mobile drive units: A method for moving a mobile drive unit within a workspace includes receiving a path. The path includes at least an initial segment and one or more additional segments. The initial segment includes a portion of the path adjacent to the first point; and at least one of the additional... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070294030 - Apparatus for and method of predicting a future behaviour of an object: An apparatus is provided for predicting the future behaviour of an object such as a vehicle. A location and time determining system, such as a GPS receiver (6), determines the geographical location of the vehicle and the current time and supplies this to a processor, such as a computer (1)... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070294028 - Route optimization apparatus & method: An apparatus for generating an optimised route between a plurality of locations comprises processing means in communication with the following: input means to enable a user to identify the plurality of locations, storage means for storing geographic data, a data handling engine for converting the locations into data representative of... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070294032 - Navigation using tracking system multi-function devices: A system for selectively acquiring, processing and displaying 3-D waypoints in a manner suitable for the purpose of providing selected hands-free navigation guidance to a user. The system includes a plurality of multi-function devices for defining a frame of reference, at least one of the plurality being adapted to be... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Esq. Patent Services

20070294033 - Vehicular fleet monitoring via public wireless communication access points using compressed diagnostic data sets and reduced latency transmissions: A vehicular monitoring system is configured to acquire GPS position data and vehicular operating data, write the data to a file, and detect and utilize public wireless communication (e.g., 802.11x/WiFi) Internet access points to communicate the file containing the acquired GPS position data and vehicular operating data to a remote... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20070288127 - Methods and systems for remotely controlling a vehicle: Systems and methods for a law enforcement entity to remotely control a vehicle are provided. One embodiment of the invention includes a system adapted to remotely control a vehicle. The system comprises an authorization system adapted to receive a request for remotely controlling the vehicle from a law enforcement entity,... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070288128 - Automatic speech recognition system and method for aircraft: A system and method which implement automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) programs to permit pilots, co-pilots, and other persons to more quickly and easily perform control and monitoring tasks on aircraft. The system may be used to automatically change the frequency of an aircraft radio when a pilot... Agent: Garmin International, Inc. Attn: Legal - Ip

20070288129 - Automatic speech recognition system and method for aircraft: A system and method which implement automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) programs to permit pilots, co-pilots, and other persons to more quickly and easily perform control and monitoring tasks on aircraft. The system may be used to automatically change the frequency of an aircraft radio when a pilot... Agent: Garmin International, Inc. Attn: Legal - Ip

20070288132 - Cooperative swarm of unmanned vehicles: A cooperative swarm of unmanned vehicles includes a plurality of unmanned vehicles, each having a location identification system operable to provide location coordinates; a transceiver operable to send and receive location coordinates via omnipresent signals of opportunity, and a guidance system operable to selectively guide the unmanned vehicle towards an... Agent: Raytheon Company Patent Docket Administration

20070288133 - Obstacle avoidance path computing apparatus, obstacle avoidance path computing method, and obstacle avoidance control system equipped with obstacle avoidance path computing system: An obstacle avoidance path computing apparatus is provided with a preceding object detecting section, a host vehicle information detecting section, a preceding object arrival region estimating section and a preceding object avoidance path setting section. The preceding object detecting section detects a preceding object. The host vehicle information detecting section... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070288135 - Method and apparatus for obtaining photogrammetric data to estimate impact severity: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a computer-implemented method to collect information to determine damage to a vehicle involved in a collision using photogrammetric techniques. When determined, this vehicle damage information, which may be in the form of crush measurement information such as a crush damage profile, can be... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070288134 - System and method for demonstrating functionality of on-board diagnostics for vehicles: A system and method for demonstrating or testing operation of on-board diagnostics in a vehicle include imitating performance degradation of a vehicle hardware component and/or associated vehicle system by dynamically modifying at least one control system parameter value associated with the hardware component in response to a request to demonstrate... Agent: Bir Law, PLC/fgtl

20070288142 - Vehicle steering system: A vehicle steering system includes: a steering actuator that imparts a steering force to a steering mechanism of a vehicle; an automatic steering controller that performs an automatic steering control by controlling the steering actuator; a driving state detector that detects a driving state of the vehicle during the automatic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070288143 - Vehicle steering system: In a steering-without-driving state, a larger current limit value, drive limit time and steering angle deviation threshold value are set than when a low-speed driving state occurs. An automatic parking mode is held until a time period over which a state where a motor current value of an electric motor... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070288144 - Vehicle steering system: An automatic parking control is cancelled when a motor current has not yet reached a maximum current value Imax with a steering angle deviation exceeding a deviation threshold value. In addition, the automatic parking control is cancelled when a steering speed has not yet reached a maximum steering speed with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070288145 - Vehicle steering system: A brake application speed is compared with a speed threshold value so as to judge whether or not a braking operation being performed is an emergency braking operation. If not the emergency braking operation, an automatic parking mode is held. When the emergency braking operation is in effect, control information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070288148 - Adaptive open loop line pressure control of hydraulic fluid in an automatic transmission: A method of carrying out open loop variable line pressure control of hydraulic fluid in a vehicle transmission, wherein an electro-hydraulic valve is used to adjust line pressure. Duty cycle values are updated as a function of transmission hydraulic fluid temperature when the transmission is under closed-loop line pressure control.... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070288151 - Engine output control apparatus of power train: In an engine output control apparatus of a power train employing an engine and an automatic transmission, capable of executing engine output control for excessive torque input prevention engine torque limiting action and for a shift speed control of the transmission, at least two different kinds of engine output control... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070288130 - Method for detecting an error in input of one of the takeoff parameters into a flight management system: A method for detecting an error in input of one of the takeoff parameters into a flight management system includes a step of calculating a limit value based on one or more takeoff parameters input into the flight management system. The method further includes a step of comparing the calculated... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070288131 - Control system and method for electric vehicle: An electric traction vehicle is described herein which may be used to provide power to off-board electric power-consuming systems or devices. The electric traction vehicle may provide 250 kilowatts or more of three phase AC power to an off-board electric power consuming system. The electric traction vehicle may also include... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070288136 - Method for coupling a control unit to a program for modeling an active chain diagnosis: A method for coupling a control unit, in particular an engine control unit, for controlling a system, especially an engine, to a program for modeling an active chain diagnosis or to other programs for error analysis, having the following steps: within the scope of a first run, starting up an... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070288137 - Method for preparing error entries: A method for preparing error entries of the user of a data bus in a motor vehicle is provided. When an error is detected, the detecting user is put into an error state and outputs an error message to a second user, a request to prepare an error entry is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070288138 - Anticipatory mobile system service brokering and resource planning from multiple providers: Diagnostic codes from a vehicle or other system in transit are transmitted to an opportunity server. The opportunity server searches for potential providers according to user preferences, specifications of the system in transit, and location of the provider in relationship to the travel itinerary of the mobile system. Requests for... Agent: Robert H. Frantz

20070288140 - Vehicle control: A vehicle control system includes at least one driver input, a supervisor and at least one sub-system controlled by the supervisor. The supervisor assesses the driver input to establish actual driver demand and controls the sub-systems accordingly. As a result intuitive driver demand is identified and met.... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070288139 - Vehicle sensor for detecting impact sound: Disclosed is a vehicle sensor (4) for detecting impact sound, including a measured-value sensor (4.1) for detecting an impact sound. The measured-value sensor (4.1) includes several individual, separate measured-value sensing elements (4.1.x), each of which is coupled to a vehicle structure (5) in such a way that impact sound waves... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070288141 - Method and apparatus for visual odometry: A method and apparatus for visual odometry (e.g., for navigating a surrounding environment) is disclosed. In one embodiment a sequence of scene imagery is received (e.g., from a video camera or a stereo head) that represents at least a portion of the surrounding environment. The sequence of scene imagery is... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20070288146 - Method & device for controlling the driving dynamics of a vehicle: The invention relates to a method for controlling the driving dynamics of a vehicle, in which a steering movement is carried out on the basis of a set value, which is calculated as a function of a deviation between a desired value and an acquired actual value of a vehicle... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070288147 - System and method for indicating to a remote location operation of an auger or the like: The systems and methods of the present invention employ either a sensor in communication with the auger or a sensor in the form of a switch operated by the user of the auger. When the sensor detects that the auger is operating or the switch is operated by the auger... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20070288149 - Method for determining a transmission ratio in the drivetrain of a motor vehicle: A method for determining a gear transmission ratio in the drivetrain of a motor vehicle having an engine, a clutch and a variable speed gearbox. A gear transmission ratio between the engine and the variable speed gearbox being determined from the rotational speed of the output shaft of the engine... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070288150 - Method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle: In a method of operating a drive train of a motor vehicle including a drive motor with a multi-unit transmission including an unsynchronized main transmission and a synchronized output drive unit, wherein for performing a shift in the unsynchronized main transmission, a speed synchronization is carried out by means of... Agent: Klaus J. Bach & Associates

20070288152 - Integrated sensing system: A vehicle control system includes a housed sensor cluster generating a plurality of signals. An integrated controller includes a sensor signal compensation unit and a kinematics unit, wherein the sensor signal compensation unit receives at least one of the plurality of signals and compensates for an offset within the signal... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070288153 - Control apparatus and control method for internal combustion engine: A control apparatus retards ignition timing of the engine, and increases an amount of a fuel supplied to the engine based on a retard amount of the ignition timing, by calculating a maximum engine intake air amount at which an exhaust system temperature can be maintained at or below a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070288154 - Method and system to control internal combustion engine idle shut down: A method for controlling a compression ignition electronic control module equipped compression ignition internal combustion engine installed in a vehicle to permit engine idling to conform to requirements of a geographical location.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070288155 - Guidance route search device, navigation device, and method of searching guidance route: A guidance route search device essentially having means for specifying a route point and means for selecting a guidance schedule. The route specifying means specifies plural route points guided up to a destination point. The selecting means functions to select a guidance schedule covering plural route points reachable by previously... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070288156 - Route search planner: Route search planner methods and systems are described. In an embodiment, a probability map can be generated from previous sensor scans combined with a projected target location of relocatable targets in a target area. A route can be generated by a route generator, based at least in part on the... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070288157 - Method and apparatus for providing an alert utilizing geographic locations: Embodiments of the present invention provide a navigation device (10) and method that are operable to provide an alert by comparing user geographic locations. The navigation device (10) generally includes a location determining component (14) operable to determine a current geographic location of the device (10), a memory (16) operable... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070288159 - Method and system for automated planning using geographical data: A portable device for collecting data at a geographic location and providing accurate, comprehensive, efficient and timely work prints. The portable device for collecting data at a geographic location, the device including a memory that stores preliminary site information associated with the geographic location; a receiver that receives geographic position... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070288158 - Dual road geometry representation for position and curvature-heading: A way to represent roads as data is disclosed. Vehicle systems that provide driver assistance features relating to road curvature, such as curve warning systems or lane departure systems, use data that indicates road shape and data that indicate road position. To support these vehicle systems, a dual data representation... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20070288160 - Electronic location code: An electronic location code (eLC) is described that provides location information for an object. The eLC is capable of high levels of accuracy, but uses a relatively low data volume for expressing such high levels of accuracy. Moreover, the eLC may easily be adjusted to represent lower levels of accuracy,... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070288161 - Method and device for utilizing selectable location marker for relational display of point of interest entries: A method and device are disclosed for utilizing a selectable location marker for relational display of point of interest entries. In one embodiment, the method includes prompting selection of a point of interest location marker on a navigation device, and displaying selectable point of interest entries on the navigation device... Agent: Jacob Eisenberg C/o Tomtom

20070288162 - System and method for off route processing: A system and method for off route processing is disclosed. The system and method can be used to provide information when an off route condition occurs. The system and method can include provisions to make modifications in the way navigation information is displayed. The system and method can also provide... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20070288163 - Mobile station and method of a navigation system: The present invention relates to a mobile station of a navigation system. In the system, the mobile station includes a transceiver for making a connection to a base station via a radio link. The base mobile is operable to receive an order from the base station. The order includes a... Agent: Jacob Eisenberg C/o Tomtom

20070288164 - Interactive map application: Provided is the ability for multiple users to dynamically interact and exchange real time information though utilization of a real time communication application and a mapping application. The multiple users can discover and share location specific information or exchange real time location information. Relevant information can be shared, such as... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070288165 - Method and system for degimbalization of vehicle navigation data: A method and system for degimbalization of sensor outputs is provided. Data output from an embedded GPS inertial navigation system (EGI), which is mounted within a gimbaled system on a vehicle, is processed to provide degimballed navigation data. Generally, motion of the EGI is due to the vehicle motion and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070288166 - Electronic compass system: An electronic compass system includes a magnetic sensor circuit having at least two sensing elements for sensing perpendicular components of the Earth's magnetic field vector. A processing circuit is coupled to the sensor circuit to filter, process, and compute a heading. The processing circuit may determine whether too much noise... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt, & Litton, LLP/gentex Corporation

20070282488 - Method and device for displaying images in vehicles: A device and method for displaying images in a vehicle selectively moves an image so as to cancel out the detected displacement of a vehicle or the head of an occupant. When the image is displaced, the device moves markers in accordance with a displacement direction and a displacement amount... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070282489 - Cooperative parking: A system, a method, and a service for cooperative parking between vehicles. A parking vehicle has a transmitter to send a parking signal to parked vehicles in proximity to a parking space. A parked vehicle receives the parking signal, activates one or more position sensors mounted on the parked vehicle,... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c

20070282490 - Remote control system for a boat: There is provided a boat in which the units and control lines for effecting the switching processing of remote control units at the time of switching steering stations can be easily configured, and the system for effecting the switching processing can be easily simplified. A boat includes a first remote... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282493 - Surface contact override landing scheme for a fbw rotary-wing aircraft: A method of transitioning from a complex response flight state to a ground operation control state. Pilot intent is determined through collective position information to control the transition. An independent cockpit switch activates an emergency surface contact transition function for use with a fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control system. Once the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070282494 - Controlling communications linking among locomotives having duplicate road numbers: A method for controlling communications linking among locomotives includes determining, during a communications linking procedure between a first locomotive (e.g., 12, 36) and at least one of a second locomotive (e.g., 14, 32) and a third locomotive (e.g., 16, 38), that the second locomotive and the third locomotive have duplicate... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20070282497 - Power regulating circuit assembly for moto vehicles: A power regulating circuit assembly includes a circuit board electrically connected to the car battery, a capacitor set, a power transistor electrically coupled to the capacitor set for controlling the capacitor set to discharge accumulated electric current automatically, a solenoid switch electrically coupled to the capacitor set for controlling the... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070282501 - Driving assist method and driving assist apparatus: In a driving assist system for a vehicle, a camera driver controls an on-board rear camera to take an image of an area around a vehicle only when light-emitting diodes of the tail lights and brake lights are non-luminous, responsive to an image pickup timing signal output from a light... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070282499 - Vehicle steering system: In an automatic parking mode, a target path is obtained, and a vehicle is automatically controlled to follow the target path. When a driver intervenes steering of the vehicle, an anticipated course to be taken by the vehicle to follow after the intervention to the steering is calculated as a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070282500 - Vehicle steering system: A vehicle steering system includes: a control member that is manipulated by a driver for controlling a direction of a vehicle; a steering mechanism that turns steered road wheels in response to manipulation of the control member; an automatic driving mode setting unit that enables an automatic driving control for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070282511 - Method for controlling electromechanical brakes using parameter identification and no additional sensors: A method for controlling a force exerted by an actuator on a load, the actuator being driven by a motor, the method including the steps of modeling the force as a function of at least one parameter, the parameter having an initial value, determining a new value for the parameter,... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070282491 - Aircraft drive: The present invention describes a drive system for an aircraft involving one or more nose wheel motors. Data regarding the nose wheel rotation is used to control the ground travel of the aircraft, to predict potential problems, to provide more precise control over the aircraft, and to improve aircraft safety.... Agent: Borealis Technical Limited

20070282492 - Method and system of managing data transmissions from broadcast-equipped targets: A method of and system for managing data transmissions from a plurality of targets (e.g., aircraft), each of which is equipped with an on-board broadcast system that transmits data within an established time frame. The method includes the steps of defining at least a first geographic region and a second... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070282495 - System and method for assessing vehicle to grid (v2g) integration: A method for calculating power available for sale from an electric vehicle to an electric power market on a grid includes determining maximum DC power available from the electric vehicle; determining an electrical conversion efficiency related to a conversion of DC power from the electric vehicle to AC power; accounting... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070282496 - Service provision system or provision method for providing various services including diagnosis of a mobile body and portable information equipment used for the system: A mobile body obtains information from an in-vehicle sensor related to the operating condition and obtains information from a navigation system as correlated information. Application software is introduced to a portable information equipment at the time of signing up for a contract for receiving a service of the present service... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070282498 - System and method for determining appropriate conditions for leveling a vehicle having an air suspension system: A method of determining appropriate conditions for leveling a vehicle having a height adjustable air suspension system. The method includes the steps of providing an acceleration-determining device adapted to output a signal associated with an acceleration of the vehicle. Another step includes measuring an acceleration value of the vehicle and... Agent: Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20070282502 - Parking aid: In the case of a parking aid for a motor vehicle having a vehicle steering system with a manual steering wheel and a steering torque regulating module by means of which a steering torque can be applied to the steering wheel, the parking aid cooperates with the torque regulating module... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070282503 - Parking assistance: Disclosed is a parking assistance for a vehicle. In autonomous parking on a path for parking the vehicle, the driver of the vehicle is assisted in a parking maneuver on the path for parking the vehicle by a steering torque applied to the steering wheel. The driver is guided on... Agent: Gerlinde Nattler Continental Teves Inc

20070282504 - Parking assistance: With a parking assistance system for a vehicle, in which autonomous driving or steering of the vehicle on a path for maneuvering into a parking space is make possible or a driver of the vehicle is assisted in a parking maneuver on the path for parking in the parking space... Agent: Gerlinde Nattler Continental Teves Inc

20070282506 - Image processing for vehicular applications applying edge detection technique: Arrangement and method for obtaining information about objects in an environment in or around a vehicle includes one or more optical imagers for obtaining images of the environment and a processor coupled to the imager(s) for obtaining information about an object in one or more images obtained by the imager(s).... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070282505 - System and method for seat belt control: A system is provided for utilizing belt movement information in a motorized seat belt (MSB) control system algorithm to achieve better levels of comfort and safety. The MSB control system algorithm controls execution of multiple modes including a no friction mode, a stowage mode, a slack reduction mode, an out... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070282507 - Non-contact neutral sensing with directional feedback: A non-contact neutral sensing apparatus with directional feedback in a vehicle directional control system for an agricultural or construction vehicle.... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070282508 - Method for producing a setpoint adapted to a cornering situation for motor vehicle engine-transmission unit transmission device and corresponding device: The invention concerns a device for controlling an automated transmission of a motor vehicle engine-transmission unit capable of delivering a signal of torque setpoint to be applied to the motor vehicle wheels, comprising two static (Cs) and dynamic (Cd) components, produced based on input data delivered by an input unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070282509 - Engine optimisation method and apparatus: An engine management apparatus for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle includes a microprocessor that is operable on adjustment mechanisms of the vehicle. The vehicle has a torque sensor for sensing torque generated by the engine and the adjustment mechanisms adjust parametric values related to the torque. Memory circuitry... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20070282510 - Regulation of driving dynamics, featuring advanced build-up of pressure at the wheel to be regulated: A method for improving the efficiency of a driving dynamics regulating system which intervenes in the driving operation in critical driving situations by automatic braking intervention at selected wheels. It is possible for the reaction speed of the brake system 3 to be considerably increased if, before the actual regulating... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070282512 - Method for the distribution of drive torque: A method for the distribution of drive torque to the wheels of a driven axle of a motor vehicle. The bend slip between a bend-inside and a bend-outside wheel of an axle of the motor vehicle during cornering is calculated. The inner drive slip between the bend-inside driven wheel and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282513 - Adaptive cruise control system for motor vehicles: Adaptive cruise control (ACC) system for motor vehicles is provided, the ACC system having a sensor system for acquiring data concerning a target object and the own (host) vehicle, an actuator system for controlling the longitudinal movement of the vehicle, and a controller that intervenes in the actuator system within... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070282514 - Method and system for remotely controlling speed limitation for a motor vehicle: A method for remotely controlling speed limitation of a vehicle provided with a telemetric device and a controller automatically controlling the engine speed and distance. The method, after activating, selects a set speed and, in the absence of a vehicle or in the presence of a faster vehicle on the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070282515 - In place migration when changing datatype of column: Techniques are described herein for altering the datatype of a column without having to immediately migrate the data items that currently reside in the column. In one embodiment, the alteration is performed without migration by creating a new column having the desired datatype while retaining the old column. Instead of... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070282516 - 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 micro controller technology with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070282517 - Ignition timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An ignition timing control apparatus can obtain high output torque without generating output torque loss, and avoid the deterioration of audibility due to successive knock occurrences. A cylinder specific ignition timing setting section includes a reference ignition timing control section, and a cylinder specific correction value setting section having correction... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070282518 - Method and device for transmitting an identifier for the type of a generator to a control unit of a motor vehicle: A method for transmitting an identifier for the type of a generator from the regulator of the generator to a control unit of a motor vehicle having the following steps: detection of a starting process of the motor vehicle and automatic transmission of the identifier from the regulator via an... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070282519 - System and method for analyzing traffic disturbances reported by vehicles: A method, system and computer program product for collecting, analyzing and handling abnormal situations or abnormal vehicle behaviors encountered on a road by at least one vehicle. The method includes: receiving at least one report from at least one originator, each report corresponding to at least one abnormal situation or... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070282520 - Systems and methods for affecting a performance characteristic of vehicles using data distribution: The present invention provides methods, apparatus, and systems for improving the fuel economy of an automobile. An automobile may be configured to receive data relating to a path traversed by the automobile from a server or from other automobiles traveling the path. The path data may indicate one or more... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070282521 - Interactive mapping enhancement to a vehicle navigation system: An onboard vehicle navigation system as described herein is enhanced with data obtained from an interactive computer-based mapping application, which may be readily available from one or more websites. The mapping application generates mapping data that indicates a desired destination and/or a proposed route to that destination. The mapping data... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070282522 - Portable navigation device: A navigation device is configured to allocate display setting such as color schemes and screen contents to at least one ambient lighting condition, monitors and evaluates a signal indicative of ambient lighting conditions and determines whether display settings for the current ambient lighting conditions are already in use and to... Agent: Tom Tom InternationalIPCreation Department

20070282523 - Method and device for displaying vehicle movements: In a method and a device for visualizing the movement of a vehicle, the vehicle includes at least one display unit coupled with a control and evaluation unit, and the control and evaluation unit is coupled with at least one track-following system for guiding the vehicle along driving routes, and... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070282524 - Map data delivering device, communication terminal, and map delivering method: An updated part of map data is delivered while suppressing unwanted communication traffic and preventing contradiction in the updated map. A map delivering server (10) comprises a map data storage section (102) storing link data including the update dates and times and update infection range for each link, a network... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070282525 - Navigation system and program product: A CPU of a navigation system in a vehicle executes a determination as to whether there is a passable route to a main road via a passage, which is within a predetermined range from a vehicle's position. This determination is executed based on map data indicating (i) a road network... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070282526 - Method and apparatus for utilizing geographic location information: Embodiments of the present invention provide navigation devices (10) and methods for receiving and/or forming geoblogs. The provided navigation devices (10) are generally operable to retrieve a geoblog utilizing the current geographic location of the device (10) and a user input, form a geoblog utilizing the current geographic location of... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070282527 - System and method for providing guidance towards a far-point position for a vehicle implementing a satellite-based guidance system: The present invention is a method for providing guidance towards a far-point position for a vehicle implementing a satellite-based guidance system. The method includes capturing an image. The method further includes providing the image in a digital format to an algorithm. The method further includes isolating far-point pixelized data of... Agent: Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20070282528 - High speed gyrocompass alignment via multiple kalman filter based hypothesis testing: A method of aligning a gyro-compass comprising operating at least two Kalman filters in a set of Kalman filters to generate an error correction to at least a single navigation solution in a set of navigation solutions in order to provide coarse alignment azimuth convergence. The method further comprises selecting... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070282529 - Rapid self-alignment of a strapdown inertial system through real-time reprocessing: A method of aligning an inertial navigation system or gyrocompass, including executing real-time navigation software on real-time inertial data to generate real-time navigation data, executing real-time Kalman filter software on the real-time navigation data and real-time aiding data, recording the real-time inertial data and the real-time aiding data as real-time... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070282532 - Driving assist system for vehicle: A mapping block locates the own vehicle and another vehicle on a map DB. Another-vehicle intersection detecting block detects intersections located on a traveling path of another vehicle. An own-vehicle intersection detecting block detects intersections located in front of the own vehicle. A collision-intersection identifying block identifies an intersection that... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070282531 - System, apparatus, and method of preventing collision of remote-controlled mobile robot: A system, apparatus, and method of preventing a collision of a remote-controlled mobile robot are disclosed. The system includes a mobile robot transmitting image data taken by a camera mounted on the mobile robot and moving in accordance with received control data, and a control appliance receiving and analyzing the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070282530 - Method and device for warning the driver of a motor vehicle: A method and a device for warning the driver of a motor vehicle about a traffic situation involving an increased collision risk are provided. For this purpose, signals of at least one object detector representing motion quantities of detected objects and signals of at least one motion sensor system of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP