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

20080183341 - Method and apparatus for torque control for machinery using counter-rotating drives: An active feedback roll stabilization and torque control for a vehicle or equipment, having a propulsion unit with counter-rotating rotary members, detects a vehicle roll or torque, detects an error between the detected roll or torque and a reference roll or torque and, based on the detected error, dynamically and... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080183342 - Systems, methods and computer program products for lane change detection and handling of lane keeping torque: Systems, methods and computer program products for lane change detection and handling of lane keeping torque during an un-signaled lane change. Disclosed herein is an exemplary embodiment for a method including calculating a distance between a center of a vehicle and a center of a lane, determining a discontinuity in... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080183343 - Systems and methods for constructing variable offset paths: A method is provided for constructing an offset, and includes constructing the capture path, which includes selecting a capture path start point on a first leg of the flight path and selecting a first capture path angle; determining whether a first capture path segment extending from the capture path start... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080183344 - Systems and methods for communicating restricted area alerts: A method and system are provided for generating a restricted area alert. As a vehicle nears geographic location(s) through which traffic is restricted, sensor(s) detect the geographic position of the vehicle, and compare that geographic position with information regarding known restricted areas. Upon actual or anticipated entry of the vehicle... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080183345 - Method and computer software code for determining a mission plan for a powered system when a desired mission parameter appears unobtainable: A method for determining a mission plan for a powered system having at least one primary power generating unit when a desired parameter of the mission plan unobtainable and/or exceeds a predefined limit, the method includes identifying a desired parameter prior to creating a mission plan which may be unobtainable... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080183346 - System and method for simulation of conditions along route: A system for simulating conditions along a route traveled by a mobile platform (such as a train, marine vessel, aircraft or automobile) is provided. The system includes a source of user input. The system also includes a navigation control module that generates navigation data. The navigation data includes a route... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080183347 - Electric golf cart: An electric golf cart that repeatedly travels around a given course of golf links is powered by a driving motor supplied with electric power from a driving battery. The electric golf cart is provided with a travel distance integrating unit, a memory, a battery charge and discharge integrating unit, and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080183348 - Hybrid cruising control system: In a conventional hybrid scheme used to mount a rechargeable battery in a motor vehicle, store into the battery the electric power that has been obtained via a regenerative brake, and utilize the power during acceleration of the vehicle, when a temperature rise of the battery due to charging or... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080183349 - Autonomous robot: A method for communication between a charging station and a robot, via a pair of power lines coupled between a power supply in the charging station and a battery in the robot. In operation, the power supply is sequentially switched between a first voltage level and a second voltage level... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080183351 - Method and system for optimizing vehicle diagnostic trees using similar templates: A method and system for optimizing vehicle diagnostic trees using similar templates is provided. Diagnostic trees may be modified to include diagnostic code tips or further suggestions or instructions indicating what tool to use or how to use the tool. The diagnostic tree cab be modified or customized by comparing... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080183350 - Vehicle and controller for vehicle and method for detecting vehicle abnormality thereof: Early detection of an abnormality in a vehicle speed detection system. A continuously variable transmission (CVT) has an input shaft connected to an engine and an output shaft connected to a rear wheel. A change-gear ratio between the input and output shafts is electronically controlled. The vehicle speed detection system... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080183352 - Automatic transmission abnormality diagnosis apparatus and method: Provided are an automatic transmission abnormality diagnosis apparatus and method for an automatic transmission having: a lock-up mechanism; a shift mechanism; and a control mechanism. The automatic transmission is adapted to operate in a slip state, a full lock-up state or a lock-up release state of the lock-up mechanism. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080183353 - Vehicle systems control for improving stability: Improved methods of controlling the stability of a vehicle are provided via the cooperative operation of vehicle stability control systems such as an Active Yaw Control system, Antilock Braking System, and Traction Control System. These methods use recognition of road surface information including the road friction coefficient (mu), wheel slippage,... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080183354 - Steering apparatus for vehicle: There is provided a steering apparatus to ease an uncomfortable feeling given to an operator when a steering wheel is connected to a steering mechanism, on a fail. The apparatus includes a unit that varies an angular ratio of a steering angle of front wheels with respect to an operational... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080183355 - Mirror system for a vehicle: A navigation system for a vehicle includes a control and a global positioning system. The control may receive a user input and may download directional information from an external service provider to the control in response to the user input and an initial geographic position of the vehicle. The directional... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080183356 - System for automated excavation control based on productivity: A control system for a mobile excavation machine is disclosed. The control system may have a ground engaging work tool, a sensor, and a controller. The sensor may be configured to sense a parameter indicative of a current travel speed of the mobile excavation machine and generate a speed signal... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080183357 - Transmission, vehicle having the transmission, and control device and control method for the transmission: A transmission includes a gear ratio change mechanism, a driving circuit and an electronic control unit (ECU). The gear ratio change mechanism has a motor for continuously varying the gear ratio. The driving circuit applies a pulse voltage to the motor. The ECU outputs a control signal to the driving... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080183358 - Cvt system having discrete selectable speed ranges: A continuously variable transmission control system is disclosed. The control system has a first operator input device to receive operator input and produce a corresponding first signal indicative of a selected one of a plurality of available predetermined discrete machine travel speed ranges. The control system also has a second... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080183359 - Vehicle and control device and control method thereof: A vehicle with a transmission having a crankshaft and an output shaft. A clutch located between the output shaft and a drive wheel is engaged and disengaged according to a rotational speed of the output shaft. An idle speed control device performs idle speed control to adjust an idle rotational... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080183360 - Vehicle collision avoidance and warning: A vehicle warning system to provide a time-based measure, termed the time-to-last-second-braking time, which is a time buffer that is left for the driver, or control system, to react in order to achieve a desired minimum distance buffer during a collision avoidance process. This measure is based upon a velocity... Agent: Seth Z. Kalson C/o Intollevate

20080183361 - Controller for inverter: A high-reliability controller for inverter is provided with a simple configuration. The controller for inverter includes a CPU 14 controlling energy of a vehicle, a CPU 15 controlling a power generation amount or an assist amount of a first motor 26, a CPU 16 controlling a power generation amount or... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080183362 - Gas turbine engine fuel control system: A fuel control system having a combustive energy value evaluator determining a combustive energy value of the fuel, and a controller calculating a desired flow rate based at least on the combustive energy value and controlling a fuel metering device such that the fuel flow rate corresponds to the desired... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP (pwc)

20080183363 - Abnormality determination apparatus and abnormality determination method for valve: An engine ECU executes a program including the step of controlling a driver motor which operates a TCV (tumble control valve) such that the TCV in the full-open state closes to a predetermined opening position (S106), the step of detecting the electric current value of the driver motor (S108), and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080183371 - Device and method for a vehicle: A device for a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine which drives a transmission, via an automated clutch. The transmission has one or more continuous or stepped variable ratios and the vehicle has a coasting cutoff signal. While coasting, the coasting cutoff signal can interrupt the supply of fuel... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080183369 - Fuel injection and ignition control method and fuel injection and ignition control device of engine: A fuel injection and ignition control method including the steps of: calculating a total injection amount correction value at the restart of fuel injection by adding an injection amount correction value determined with respect to a fuel cut period and an engine operating state to an injection amount increase correction... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080183368 - Fuel injection controller: A fuel injection controller of an internal combustion engine decreases a target intake quantity stepwise and increases an opening degree command value of an EGR valve stepwise when the controller switches control to rich combustion control. Accordingly, an intake quantity gradually decreases and an EGR quantity gradually increases, so an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080183370 - Intake air control system for internal combustion engine: An intake air control system for an internal combustion engine having at least one intake valve and a valve operating characteristic varying mechanism which continuously varies a lift amount of the at least one intake valve of the engine. A target intake air flow rate of the engine is calculated... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080183366 - Method and apparatus for monitoring an intake air filter: There is provided a method and system for monitoring an intake air filter for an internal combustion engine of a hybrid powertrain operative to transmit an output torque to a driveline. The engine has a controllable throttle valve. The method comprises determining a first pressure state comprising an ambient barometric... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20080183364 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: The invention is directed toward a device for controlling an internal combustion engine. An aspect of the invention is determining a polytropic exponent according to at least two measured values of the pressure in a combustion chamber of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine during the working stroke of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080183367 - Method to recognize and avoid premature combustion events: e

20080183365 - System for controlling evaporative emissions: A control system for controlling a valve in a fuel system of engine including an engine airflow sensor that senses a mass engine airflow (Mengair), a barometric pressure sensor that senses a barometric pressure (Pbaro), and an ambient temperature sensor that senses an ambient temperature (Tamb). An actuator determination module... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080183372 - Method and apparatus to determine pressure in an unfired cylinder: An article of manufacture and method are provided to determine pressure in an unfired cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The cylinder comprises a variable volume combustion chamber defined by a piston reciprocating within a cylinder between top-dead center and bottom-dead center points and an intake valve and an exhaust... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080183373 - Diagnostic methods and systems for active fuel management systems: A diagnostic system for an active fuel management (AFM) solenoid of an internal combustion engine is provided. The system includes: a command module that selectively commands a solenoid signal to energize and de-energize the AFM solenoid, a timer module that activates a timer based on a status of the solenoid... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080183374 - Adaptive mbt spark advance for conventional powertrains: An engine control system to adaptively adjust the spark timing values in spark timing tables to achieve a mean best torque. The engine control system utilizes a spark timing module that contains spark timing values as a function of one or more operating conditions of an engine. An ignition module... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080183375 - Traffic information distribution method, traffic information distribution apparatus and in-vehicle terminal: Disclosed is a traffic information distribution apparatus 1 including date-time information in traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquire unit 12 or generated by the traffic information prediction unit, and accumulates the traffic information in the traffic information DB 13. When the traffic information distribution apparatus 1 receives distribution... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080183376 - Vehicle information system: A vehicle information system which includes an in-vehicle system 105 and a centralized server system 120. The in-vehicle system communicates with the server system using a wireless communication link 110, such as over a cellular telephone system. A position system, such as a set of GPS satellites 140, provides positioning... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080183377 - Using boundaries associated with a map view for business location searching: A system aggregates entity location information from multiple documents distributed among multiple locations in a network. The system searches the entity location information to identify a first set of entities located within the entirety of a first geographic region selected by a user. The system provides a first digital map... Agent: Harrity Snyder, LLP

20080183378 - Multi-level path mapping for street grid and non-street grid entities: A method and system for path mapping through a multilevel path is disclosed. One embodiment is a process that compares a level of a start node with a level of a destination node; in response to the level of the start node being different from the level of the destination... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080183379 - Registration information display processing method and device and program therefor: In a registration information display processing system, when a map obtaining request containing a display range is received from a user terminal, a registration information data base storing registration information registered in association with a specific position on a map is referred to, and registration information whose registration position is... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080183380 - Navigation device and method for determining network coverage: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining a route of travel of a vehicle in which the navigation device is located, based upon at least a desired destination and a current location of the vehicle; storing map information including attribute... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080183381 - Navigation system: A navigation system includes current position calculating sections 10, 13, 14, and 15 calculating the current position; an input section 3 inputting the destination and transit points; a route searching section 130 searching a route from the current position calculated by the current position calculating section to the destination or... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080183382 - System and apparatus for processing information, image display apparatus, control method and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane, a location information storage unit for storing location information including a type of geographical objects at points spaced at predetermined intervals... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080183383 - System and apparatus for processing information, image display apparatus, control method and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes a three-dimensional map data storage unit for storing three-dimensional map data for use in projecting a three-dimensional space on a map onto a plane, a location information storage unit for storing location information including a type of geographical objects at points spaced at predetermined intervals... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080183386 - Autonomous in-vehicle navigation system and diagnostic system: A method and system for a wireless interface to the electronics of an automotive vehicle for a remote application in the vehicle or within communication range of the vehicle. The remote application may be a navigation system using vehicle motion sensor data to provide or improve a navigation solution for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080183384 - Global navigation satellite system: Each of a first and a second navigation satellite system (NSS) are adapted to operate according to a first and a second specification, respectively, and each includes a first and a second plurality of satellite vehicles (SV), respectively. Each of the first and the second plurality of SVs are adapted... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080183385 - System for the delivery of location-specific audio tours: A system for providing location specific audio tours. The system includes a central processing unit that contains a web portal on the internet that has a plurality of downloadable location specific audio tours. The system includes an electronic device that is able to download the audio tours wherein an accessory... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20080183387 - Marker system for determining the diameter and axial location of a hole in an instrument: A marker system and method are provided that can determine a shape and an axial location of a rotationally symmetrical hole in an instrument having a plurality of instrument markers.... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP Nineteenth Floor

20080183388 - Unobtrusive system and method for monitoring the physiological condition of a target user of a vehicle: An unobtrusive system for monitoring the physiological condition of a target user of a vehicle including a wearable device affixed to the target user. A measurement subsystem is releasably coupled to the wearable device configured to measure a concentration of at least one analyte in the blood of the target... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Attorneys

20080177427 - Device and method for measuring dynamic parameters of an aircraft progressing over an airport zone: The invention relates to a device for measuring dynamic parameters of an aircraft progressing over an airport zone. The aircraft is in the phase of rolling along a traffic lane. The traffic lane comprises ground markings and notably a center line. The device includes at least one means for acquiring... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080177428 - Avionic aviation system with a ground station for automatic elimination of resultant failures in aircraft, and corresponding method: An avionic aviation system (80) and corresponding method with ground station (81) for automatic elimination of resulting failures in aircraft (40/41/42) are proposed. The avionic aviation system (80) is linked to a multiplicity of aircraft (40/41/42) via a wireless interface (402) of the avionics (403). If a failure is detected... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080177429 - Altitude monitoring system for aircraft: An altitude monitoring system for an aircraft, comprising an input unit that makes it possible to receive or enter cleared flight level and cleared maximum and minimum altitudes into the system, and interfaces or other means to gain access to present altitude and speed, said system being provided with a... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20080177430 - Satellite navigation using long-term navigation information and autonomous orbit control: An improved approach to satellite-based navigation (e.g., GPS) is provided. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a nominal orbital path of a navigation satellite. The method also includes transmitting ephemeris data corresponding to the nominal orbital path from the navigation satellite to a plurality of navigation devices. The method... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20080177431 - Method for replacing legs in an air navigation procedure: The present invention relates to a method for replacing legs in an air navigation procedure described as a series of legs, the legs forming part of an initial family of legs. The method includes: a step of determining a restricted family of legs included in the initial family of legs,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080177432 - Method of forming a 3d safe emergency descent trajectory for aircraft and implementation device: The method in accordance with the invention is a method of providing a 3D emergency descent trajectory for aircraft comprising the steps of searching for at least one possible better trajectory allowing a secure continuation in relation to the relief and/or the surrounding conditions towards a homing point as soon... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080177434 - Method of controlling engine stop-start operation for heavy-duty hybrid-electric and hybrid- hydraulic vehicles: A start-stop or idle-stop method for a heavy-duty hybrid vehicle that turns off the fuel supply while maintaining the crankshaft rotation of the internal combustion engine when the vehicle stops or, optionally, when the vehicle travels downhill, travels in a noise sensitive location, travels in an exhaust emissions sensitive location,... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080177433 - Motor driver controller for electric bicycle: A motor driver controller for controlling a motor equipped in an electric bicycle includes a power supply block for supplying power to the motor, a mode select block for selecting a mode between pedal assist mode and throttle/cruise mode. The pedal assist mode is controlled by a pedal assist block... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080177435 - Intelligent tow bar: A tow bar for connecting and controlling two autonomous vehicles with respect to one another. The tow bar including a plurality of sections with at least one sensors mounted or coupled onto each, for measuring and determining the orientation of one autonomous vehicle in relation to the other autonomous vehicle.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080177436 - Diagnostic and telematic system: A communication system for use within a vehicle, between vehicles and other remotely located devices is disclosed. The communication system includes a control hub for managing and analyzing multiple incoming wireless and wired data streams. The system also includes at least one sensor module wirelessly in communication with the control... Agent: Michael T. Raggio Raggio & Dinnin, P.c.

20080177437 - Rough road detection system used in an on-board diagnostic system: An on-board diagnostic system of a vehicle comprises a diagnostic component configured to detect a vehicle operating condition and to produce an error output when the vehicle operating condition is determined to be abnormal; and a rough road detector configured to determine an average level of roughness of a road... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080177438 - Vehicle diagnostic system: There is provided a method of providing vehicle support. The method includes receiving diagnostic data from the onboard vehicle computer. The diagnostic data is received by an automotive diagnostic tool and is then communicated to a prior experience database having information related to diagnostic solutions associated with combinations of diagnostic... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080177439 - System and method of analyzing aircraft removal data for preventative maintenance: A system includes a computer server for receiving an aircraft dataset; a database operably coupled to the computer server for storing the aircraft dataset into data fields; a web portal operably coupled to the computer server and the database for providing real-time access to consumers; and a maintenance analysis engine... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20080177441 - Multiple protocol reception and differentiation: A receiver receives transmission containing information from different vehicle systems and determines an origin of that transmission according to the length of the transmission.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080177440 - Switch control device and switch control method: A control system controls a hardware switch which receives a usage command for utilizing an auxiliary function of a vehicle and a software switch displayed with an information portion indicating the auxiliary function and a command portion for input of the usage command through a screen. When either of the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080177442 - Vehicle-body behavior control apparatus: When a vehicle is turning, it is determined whether an inside turning wheel has sufficient grip force. If the inside wheel has sufficient grip force, left and right forces orthogonally input to the vehicle body are calculated based on longitudinal and lateral tire forces, and are checked if there is... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080177443 - Method and system for vehicle parking assistance: A method to assist steering of a vehicle equipped with an active steering system when operating in a reverse direction is provided. The method comprises monitoring vehicle operating characteristics and an operator steering input. Boundaries of a target region and a reference point are determined. A target steering angle range... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080177444 - Power source control device for power steering: According to the present invention, a power supply control device for an electric power steering device used for a power supply system comprises a main battery 40 connected to the electric power steering device via a first power supply line and a sub-battery 50 connected to the electric power steering... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080177445 - Vehicle steering control without mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the steered wheels: Steering control system with variable ratio, comprising a control member (2) available to a driver to act on the vehicle steering, the said control member being able to be manoeuvred within a maximum range (θmax) between a stop to the left and a stop to the right and delivering a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080177447 - Automobile protection system with road information indication: An automobile protection system with road information indication mainly comprises a road information indicator installed in a car and a road information integration system linked to the road information indicator by a wireless communication means. The road information integration system is managed by a system manager, whereby the car driver... Agent: Ming-hui Hsiang

20080177448 - Seat apparatus for vehicle: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a vehicle information acquisition portion for acquiring information on a lateral acceleration applied to the vehicle and a steering angular velocity, a calculation portion for calculating a lateral acceleration for control used to calculate a control quantity for operating a side supporting portion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080177446 - Seatbelt usage indicator system: A seatbelt usage indicator system for indicating the frequency of usage of a seatbelt of a vehicle includes a plurality of buckles being secured to a vehicle. A latch plate of each of a plurality of seatbelts is inserted into one of the buckles to secure each of the seatbelts... Agent: Sean Kaufhold

20080177449 - Controlling the position of an agricultural implement coupled to an agricultural vehicle based upon three-dimensional topography data: A system for controlling the position of an agricultural implement coupled to an agricultural vehicle comprises a control unit connected to a field topography database containing three-dimensional data of the topography of a field, a location signal generation arrangement providing location data of the position of the vehicle and/or the... Agent: Deere & Company

20080177450 - Ground engineering apparatus and method: A method is disclosed of controlling a ground engineering apparatus including an elongate member for creating a bore at a predetermined position and orientation. The method includes receiving a plurality of positional information signals relating to the apparatus, processing the positional information signals to generate positional data including a representation... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080177451 - Control apparatus for automatic transmission for vehicle: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission for a vehicle including an operational condition detecting unit for detecting a vehicle operational condition including at least a vehicle speed and an engine load, a slope detecting unit for detecting a road surface slope, and a shift characteristic selecting unit for selecting... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080177452 - Method for producing a control instruction adaptable to a brake situation for a transmission device of a motor vehicle power train and corresponding device: A control device for an automated transmission of a motor vehicle power train, able to deliver a torque setpoint signal applicable to the vehicle wheels and having two static and dynamic components that are set according to input data supplied by an input unit, and including a recorded list of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080177453 - Commanded clutch diagnostic for hybrid vehicles: A method of regulating operation of a hybrid transmission in a vehicle includes determining a desired transmission state using a first module, generating transmission control signals based on the desired transmission state using a second module and receiving at least one transmission parameter signal at the second module. An actual... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080177454 - Integrated trailer brake control system: A control system for actuating a trailer braking system on a trailer is disclosed. The control system includes a trailer brake controller in communication with an antilock braking controller and an electronic stability controller of a towing vehicle to receive a wheel speed, a brake pressure, a yaw rate, a... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080177455 - Method for controlling the speed of a vehicle: In a method for controlling a speed of a vehicle, when an actual speed of the vehicle exceeds a predefined setpoint speed by more than a first predefined speed difference, a service brake of the vehicle is activated. In the method, the first predefined speed difference has a value greater... Agent: Richard L. Mayer, Esq. Kenyon & Kenyon

20080177456 - Engine control system: Engine control systems utilize a number of potential control loop regimes optimized for particular engine conditions. These loops may relate to transient conditions or engine steady state. The choice of engine control loop is made by a selector by the error divergence between measured signals and reference signals. These reference... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080177457 - Diesel engine: A diesel engine having: a reentrant type cavity 11 depressed in the top of a piston 4; fuel injection means 9 that injects fuel towards the cavity 11; exhaust gas recirculation means 19 that recirculates a part of the exhaust gas into a combustion chamber; and a control device 26... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080177458 - Engine protection system: An engine protection system and protocol is implemented within an electronic control module. Various engine parameters, such as engine coolant level, coolant temperature, transmission fluid temperature, and engine oil pressure are monitored and compared to limit values to determine if a fault condition exists as to one or more of... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080177459 - Gps-based traffic monitoring system: A traffic monitoring system comprises memory for storing map data, a traffic report generating module that receives vector and location data from at least one of cellular phones and vehicles and that generates and transmits traffic reports based on the vector and location data. A map monitoring module includes a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080177460 - Navigation device and method for enhancing traffic data: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes connecting a navigation device, located in a vehicle, to a server; transmitting information relating to changes in position and speed of the vehicle to the server; and receiving information, relating to potential delays along... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080177461 - Navigation device and method for providing alternative network connections: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes connecting a navigation device to a server via a modem connection; receiving information from the server; determining whether or not criteria will be met for disconnecting the modem connection; and connecting the navigation device... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080177462 - Route information display device and route information display method: A route information display device according to the present invention includes: a departure point input unit (1012) that detects a current location of the user; a multiple destination input unit (1004) that accepts input of a plurality of destinations; a route search unit (1005) that searches for respective routes from... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080177463 - Automobile navigation system: With respect to a destination set by a user, a control circuit of an automobile navigation system records the number of visits to the destination and information about the situation in which the user visited there. With respect to those of the recorded destinations conforming to the situation in which... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080177464 - System and method for distributing updated location-related information to multiple data sources: A system and method for providing a virtual map database, referred to herein as the “Virtual Database System” (VDB). The VDB allows integration of map data, often from various sources, in a consistent manner for supply to an end user, while simultaneously ensuring that the entity best able to support... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080177465 - Computer method and apparatus for filling in an entry field using geographical proximity and character criteria: Entering an identifier to select a navigational waypoint requires “head-down” time, resulting in less time for operating a vehicle. Accordingly, a technique for selecting a navigational waypoint for use is provided. The present invention includes receiving a partially entered identifier identifying, in part, a navigational waypoint for use, searching for... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20080177466 - Navigation device and method for improving a time to identify a location of the navigation device: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes establishing a time in which to identify a location of a navigation device upon powering on the navigation device; determining an elapsed time, from powering on the navigation device, to identify the location of... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080177467 - Gps-based traffic monitoring system: A traffic monitoring system comprises a cellular phone system that communicates with a plurality of cellular phones and that generates vector and location data for the plurality of cellular phones. A traffic monitoring module generates traffic reports based on the vector and location data and selectively enables use of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080177468 - Search function for portable navigation device: A portable navigation device or navigation system along with a method of operating it and a computer program for controlling it are described. The device or system includes a display, memory, processor, wireless signal receptors, and a user interface. The memory includes one or more map data files having digitized... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080177469 - Method of generating improved map data for use in navigation devices: An end-user can input a correction to a map error, directly on the device. The device is then able to use the correction without external processing of the correction. Hence, it is no longer necessary for an end-user to simply report errors to the map vendor over a web link... Agent: Jacob Eisenberg C/o Tomtom International

20080177470 - Gps-based traffic monitoring system: A vehicle comprises memory for storing map data and a global positioning system (GPS) module that transmits vector and location data and that receives traffic reports from a remote traffic monitoring system. An adaptive map building module includes a path determining module that determines a travel path of the vehicle... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080177471 - Navigation device and method for displaying traffic information: v

20080177472 - Image-augmented inertial navigation system (iains) and method: An image-augmented inertial navigation system (LAWS) mounted on a vehicle (10) includes an inertial navigation system (INS) configured to estimate a navigation state vector and an imager (12) configured to output pixel signals associated with terrain features passing through a field of view (x, y, z) of the imager. The... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080172147 - Remote operation system, remote operation apparatus and service center: In a remote operation system in which an in-vehicle unit is controlled by an operation command transmitted from a portable unit carried by a driver via a service center, when the vehicle receives an operation command B for controlling the in-vehicle unit from a second state to a first state,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080172148 - Method and device for making secure low altitude automatic flight of an aircraft: The invention concerns a device (1) comprising first means (3) for determining a threshold value depending at least on one low altitude flight path, which is followed by an aircraft, as well as on navigation errors, for guiding and calculating the flight path, second means (4) for measuring the current... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080172149 - Device for assisting a vertical guidance approach for aircraft: The invention concerns an approach assisting device (1) comprising a flight management system (2) which determines an approach paths, an inertial reference system (3) which prepares inertial position data, which receives position data of the aircraft, and which determines a hybrid position of said aircraft, a landing assisting multimode receiver... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080172150 - Moving apparatus and method of self-direction testing and self-direction correction thereof: A moving apparatus has a body, and has at least a pair of wheels, a control unit, a direction measuring unit and at least a pair of encoders installed on the body. The direction measuring unit coupled to the control unit measures the direction of the body, and the control... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080172151 - Tire condition notification apparatus: A tire steer condition detection and notification apparatus calculates a tire steer angle based on a steering wheel operation when a parked condition of a vehicle is detected, and provides a notification (i.e., warning) regarding a tire steer condition when the tire steer angle is equal to or greater than... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080172152 - Engine failure diagnosis system and watercraft having the same: An engine failure diagnosis system simply performs failure diagnosis of engine components, which are driven while an engine is operating, even at the time when the engine is stopped, and identifies a component that has failed and a location where a failure has occurred. The engine failure diagnosis system includes... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080172153 - Lane departure prevention apparatus: A lane departure prevention apparatus is configured for improving safety of a vehicle while preventing lane departure. The lane departure prevention apparatus basically comprises a lane departure tendency determining section, a running condition determining section and a braking force control section. The lane departure tendency determining section determines a lane... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080172154 - Operation guiding device for on-vehicle accessory: An operation guiding device for a vehicle equipped with a plurality of accessories and operation members for operating the accessories is configured by a control unit that carries out detecting a vehicle condition, determining at least one of the operation members to operate an appropriate one of the accessories based... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080172155 - Vehicle control apparatus and method of suppressing vibration of vehicle: A powertrain control ECU sets a target driving force, and controls an internal combustion engine and a transmission of a vehicle. A first processor of the powertrain control ECU includes a driving force adjustment portion, a filter, a mode-switch, an environmental information-obtaining device, and a steering sensor. The driving force... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080172158 - Air-bag deployment system: An air-bag deployment system includes a first acceleration sensor provided in a front side portion of a vehicle body, a second acceleration sensor provided in a passenger compartment, an air-bag deployment judging device and an air-bag deployment device for deploying an air bag. The air-bag deployment judging device executes a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080172156 - Method and system for impact time and velocity prediction: A collision detection system includes at least one sensor. The data from the sensor is input to a recursive filter which selectively uses the input to predict the motion of a target object relative to a host vehicle. The recursive filter continues to use the data from the sensor until... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20080172157 - Variable output inflator: A method of inflating an airbag with a fluid includes sending a signal to open a first valve and opening the first valve. The method also includes directing a control pressure through the first valve and toward a second valve. The method further includes throttling the second valve in response... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20080172159 - Method and system for shaping furrows in soil: A method of shaping furrows in soil includes the steps of: determining existing elevation profiles for a plurality of existing furrows in a geographic unit; establishing a target elevation profile for each of the existing furrows; and moving soil laterally either toward or away from one or both side walls... Agent: Deere & Company

20080172160 - Method to measure vct phase by tracking the absolute angular positions of the camshaft and the crankshaft: A method is provided for measuring the phase relationship between the two shafts. The method includes: providing a first index means on the first pulse wheel; providing a second index means on the second pulse wheel; generating a first sequence of pulses based upon the characteristics of the first pulse... Agent: Borgwarner Inc. C/o Brown & Michaels, PC

20080172161 - Automatic gear control device: An ECU executes a program including determining whether a mode is a neutral control execution mode, determining whether the mode is a neutral control return mode, detecting a proceeding state of the neutral control return mode when an accelerator is activated during the neutral control return mode, and inhibiting slip... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080172162 - Adaptive retarder control method and apparatus: A vehicle transmission retarder control apparatus is provided including an engine, a throttle, a brake, a transmission having an output member with an actual transmission output speed, a speed sensor operable for measuring the actual transmission output speed, a plurality of user-commandable input devices for selecting a desired transmission output... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080172163 - Trailer sway control with trailer brake intervention: A control system for a vehicle includes a speed sensor that generates a vehicle speed signal. A sway detection sensor generates an oscillation signal. A brake control is coupled to a vehicle brake and is associated with a trailer brake. A controller is coupled to a stability control system and... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080172164 - Electronic engine control apparatus having improved configuration for ensuring excellent engine startability: An electronic engine control apparatus includes a first storage means, a second storage means, a third storage means, and a processor. The processor performs, when the control apparatus is activated, an initialization control process which includes processes of: extracting from the first storage means specific information on engine control software... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080172165 - Control system for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of ensuring excellent fuel economy of the engine and enhancing the responsiveness of the output of the engine when acceleration is demanded. The control system calculates a lift control input for controlling a variable valve lift mechanism, based on... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080172166 - Air-fuel ratio control apparatus: An air-fuel ratio control apparatus is basically provided with an exhaust system, a pair of sensors and a controller. The exhaust system includes an exhaust channel having a main catalytic converter, a bypass channel having a bypass catalytic converter, and a valve mechanism disposed in the exhaust channel to switch... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080172167 - Air-fuel ratio control apparatus: An air-fuel ratio control apparatus is basically provided with an exhaust system, a first sensor and a controller. The exhaust system includes an exhaust channel with a main catalytic converter disposed therein, a bypass channel with a bypass catalytic converter disposed therein, and a valve mechanism disposed in the exhaust... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080172169 - Apparatus for controlling injection of fuel into engine and apparatus for controlling combustion in engine: An apparatus is provided to control injection of fuel into an engine with a combustion engine The fuel is injected into the combustion chamber as a preliminary sub injection and a main injection following the preliminary sub injection. The preliminary sub injection repeats one or more times and is less... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080172168 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine:

20080172170 - Method of controlling a rotating electrical machine: A method of controlling a rotating electrical machine for a motor vehicle, whereby the machine is intended to operate in starter mode in order to start a heat engine of the vehicle. The inventive method is characterized in that it comprises the following steps consisting in: testing conditions known as... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080172171 - Methods and systems for controlling traffic flow: Methods and systems for controlling vehicular traffic flow in a transport system are provided. The method includes defining a plurality of queues through the transport system, assigning each of a plurality of vehicles into one of the plurality of queues, determining a number of vehicles in each queue and a... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080172172 - Route planning process: In a process for determining a route from a predetermined starting point to a predetermined destination, firstly, weights are assigned to route segments interconnected at route nodes. At least a first weight relating to a first route segment is varied by querying at least a data source based on at... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080172173 - Location mapping for key-point based services: A “Proxi-Mapper” combines location based services (LBS), local searching capabilities, and relative mapping in a way that minimizes bandwidth requirements and maximizes user experience. The Proxi-Mapper automatically determines approximate locations of one or more local user devices (cell phones, PDA's, media players, portable computing devices, etc.) and returns a lightweight... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20080172174 - Mobile bearing calculator and bearing correction method: A mobile bearing calculator having a geomagnetic sensor for detecting earth-magnetism and a control unit for calculating a geographical bearing based on detection values of the geomagnetic sensor. The control unit monitors for an event such as a change of operation of electronic parts mounted on the mobile bearing calculator... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080172175 - Funny/humorous/abusive gps system or navigation system: m

20080172176 - Method and system for wireless power transfers through multiple ports: A system and method for wireless power transfer to an electronic device in motion, such as an inertial sensor assembly, is disclosed. In the method, a power level of a battery in the electronic device is monitored to determine whether the power level is at or below a prescribed threshold.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080172177 - Crash prediction network with visual input for vehicle: A method for facilitating the avoidance of a vehicle collision with an object includes the following steps: a) providing an environment for generating training examples, b) evolving a good driver using a visual input, c) evolving a crash predictor using a visual input, and d) outputting a warning signal.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080172178 - Radar based ground vehicle collision prevention: The present invention comprises systems and methods for preventing collisions between aircraft and ground vehicles. In one embodiment, a system includes a proximity detection unit and a transducer proximate to a selected structural portion of an aircraft, proximity detection unit being operable to emit ranging signals through the transducer and... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080167757 - Biometric vehicular emergency management system: Techniques for managing vehicular emergencies are disclosed. For example, a method of managing a vehicular emergency includes the steps of collecting biometric data regarding at least one occupant of a vehicle, collecting data regarding at least one operational characteristic of the vehicle, and detecting vehicular emergencies through analysis of at... Agent: William E. Lewis Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080167759 - Device and method for operating in-automobile device through existing automobile security system: Disclosed are a method and a device for operating an in-automobile device through an existing security system of an automobile. The device includes a controller that includes a CPU based control circuit connected to a radio frequency receiver circuit, a power supply and voltage regulation circuit, and a relay switching... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080167758 - Wireless gateway apparatus and method of bridging data between vehicle based and external data networks: A vehicle network gateway providing off board diagnostic and computer based devices with access to vehicle network data such as signal values and diagnostic error information. The gateway eliminating the deleterious effects of electrical loading on the vehicle network and the introduction of noise onto the vehicle network by off... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080167760 - Method, device and computer program product for monitoring loading and unloading procedures in the cargo holds of an aircraft: A method for monitoring loading and unloading procedures in the cargo holds of an aircraft, in which method the actual states that are present in each cargo hold are acquired. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device as well as to a computer program product for implementing the method according... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080167761 - Method and device for flying an aircraft according to at least one flying line: The inventive device (1) comprises means (2) for determining a control value corresponding to an instruction value representing the actuation of a control member (3) by a pilot, means (5) for controlling an effective control value corresponding to said instruction value which is actually applied to the aircraft, means (6)... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080167763 - Emergency flight plan: An emergency flight plan useable for an aircraft provided with a navigation system wherein the flight plan includes a pointer matrix including a number of cells. Each cell of the matrix has a unique identification and each cell corresponds to a geographical area, and wherein each cell of the matrix... Agent: Venable LLP

20080167762 - Termination map for an aircraft: A method of creating a termination map for an aircraft over an area of interest indicating the lowest allowable flight altitude to achieve a glide path of a vehicle to a termination point of the area of interest and a map of vectors of the area of interest indicating direction... Agent: Venable LLP

20080167764 - Ice rate meter with virtual aspiration: A system and method of determining an actual liquid water content (Actual LWC) with an ice rate meter probe without aspiration.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080167766 - Method and computer software code for optimizing a range when an operating mode of a powered system is encountered during a mission: A method for minimizing a range of at least one operating mode of a powered system provided in a mission plan, the method including determining an amount of time a powered system enters a range of at least one operating mode at least one of prior to beginning a mission... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080167765 - System, method and computer readable media for controlling automatic starts and automatic stops of a locomotive engine: A convertible system is provided for controlling automatic starts and automatic stops of a locomotive engine. The convertible system is switchable between a yard mode and a road mode based upon respectively using the locomotive in one of a yard region and road region. The convertible system includes a respective... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080167767 - Method and computer software code for determining when to permit a speed control system to control a powered system: A method for determining an operating threshold boundary within which a controller is permitted to control a powered system, the method including calculating a threshold boundary with at least one of information about at least one of a route and a load encountered by the powered system as a function... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080167768 - Control system for a vessel with a gyrostabilization system: A control system architecture and algorithm to manage a gyrostabilization system for a marine craft. The control system may manage other effectors in addition to the gyrostabilization system. The objective of the control system software is to utilize any and all available control authority so as to bring about the... Agent: Chris A. Caseiro

20080167769 - Method for controlling the operation and continuous current mode of a drive assembly for a motor vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine: A method for controlling a drive assembly of a vehicle including applying a conduction angle set value greater than 180° to a variable reluctance machine such that the machine operates in a continuous current mode adjustable according to the controlled measurement of operation stability of the machine in the continuous... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080167770 - Vehicle control system: A vehicle control system having a controller and a spatial database adapted to provide spatial data to the controller at control speed. The spatial data provided from the spatial database to the controller can be any kind of data or information that has some relationship or association with “real world”... Agent: Mark Brown

20080167771 - Methods, devices, and systems for high-speed autonomous vehicle and high-speed autonomous vehicle: The invention comprises an autonomous off-road vehicle capable of traveling at high speeds. Preferred embodiments of the invention comprise a system for sensory instrument stabilization comprises three axis assemblies movable about three orthogonal axes. The invention also comprises novel methods for generating a high accuracy route for a robotically controlled... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080167772 - Method and system for processing and transmitting automotive emission data: An emission performance processing system for transmitting emission data of a vehicle to a remote server and inspecting emission performance of the vehicle is provided. The system includes a control unit, an OBD connector, a first storage unit and a transceiver. The system receives OBD data from an OBD system... Agent: Wang Law Firm, Inc.

20080167773 - Method and system of communication between a motor vehicle and a diagnostic unit: In the case of a method of communicating between a motor vehicle and a diagnostic unit, a wireless communication connection is established between the motor vehicle and the diagnostic unit after an authorization of the diagnostic unit has been checked. The diagnostic unit is connected with a vehicle key assigned... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080167774 - Ad-hoc mobile ip network for intelligent transportation system: A method for intelligently managing a transportation network is provided. The method may include providing a roadside apparatus 18 to communicate with nodes 14A to 14D associated with vehicles 12A to 12D in a transportation network, the vehicle nodes being in a neighborhood range of the roadside apparatus. The roadside... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080167775 - Method and device for evaluating driving situations: A method and a device for evaluating driving situations, where driving-state data are ascertained and evaluated. The driving-state data are evaluated and numerically represented with regard to their risk potential for vehicle occupants, an overall risk potential (total risk) being determined by ascertaining and/or estimating currently acting forces and/or forces... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080167778 - Left-right independent steering device for steering left and right wheels independently: A small-size, highly-reliable left-right independent steering device is provided without having to make significant modifications to existing vehicles or to develop dedicated vehicles. The device includes tie rods linked to left and right front wheels and axially expandable and contractible by means of small-size telescopic mechanism portions defined by ball-screw-type... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080167777 - Method for controlling the steering orientation of a vehicle: A method for controlling steering orientation of a monitored vehicle including at least two steering wheels each of which is steerable independently of the other at an angle of natural orientation, the wheels belonging to a train of the vehicle. The method collects a lateral acceleration setpoint, and computes orientation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080167776 - Methods and motor computer program products for motor control by the implementation of damping for over-speed conditions: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the response of an electric steering system by implementing damping for over-speed conditions, the method comprising the steps of determining the velocity of an electric motor comprised within the electric steering system, and determining a voltage limit value, wherein the voltage... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080167780 - Electric power steering apparatus: A steering wheel return compensation component is calculated based on an integrated value obtained by integrating a basic control amount in such a manner that the basic control amount has a property to rotate a steering wheel with a specific steering angle by a greater amount to its neutral position... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080167779 - Motor controller and electric power steering system: In a case where a computing period of a torque ripple compensation section which computes current compensation values Δid and Δiq to be caused to flow into a motor in order to prevent occurrence of a torque ripple in the motor differs from a control period of a current control... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080167781 - Threat assessment state processing for collision warning, mitigation and/or avoidance in ground-based vehicles: A method and apparatus is provided for detecting and avoiding an obstacle using a system of a vehicle. The method includes the steps of detecting a distance between the obstacle and the vehicle, generating an action when the distance between the obstacle and the vehicle is less than a threshold,... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080167782 - Method for blocking wheels of a hybrid vehicle when stopped and associated transmission device: The invention essentially relates to a method for blocking wheels of a vehicle when stopped in which a transmission device (1) is placed between an output (2) of a heat engine (3) and a wheel (5) axle shaft (4). This device (1) comprises an input shaft (13) connected to the... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20080167783 - Motor vehicle transmission and method for monitoring frictional engagement in same in a preset neutral or parking position: A method for monitoring frictional engagement in an automatic or automated motor vehicle transmission having a hydrodynamic starter element when the transmission is in a preset neutral or parking position and the automatic or automated motor vehicle transmission controlled by this method. When the motor vehicle is at or close... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080167784 - Motorcycle, device and method for controlling the same and device and method for detecting slip quantity of motorcycle: Traction control for a motorcycle including a driving wheel speed sensor and a driven wheel speed sensor. An ECU controls an engine on the basis of a corrected slip signal obtained by subtracting a low frequency component of a pre-correction slip signal from the pre-correction slip signal. The pre-correction slip... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080167785 - Control apparatus and control method for variable valve apparatus: In an engine provided with a valve lift amount variable mechanism and a center phase variable mechanism for an intake valve, a region between a region where a flow rate of an intake air passing through the intake valve reaches a sonic speed and a region where an intake air... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080167786 - Engine control apparatus: An engine control apparatus comprised of an engine control ECU has a program preloaded therein for determining a combustion rate (actual combustion rate) corresponding to the ratio of an ideal heat generation quantity (target heat generation quantity) estimated to be generated from a fuel supply quantity, and an actual heat... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080167787 - Airflow estimation method and apparatus for internal combustion engine: A model-based estimation of mass airflow is provided which provides an accurate estimation of mass airflow without introducing undesirable time delays characteristic of filtered mass airflow signals.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080167788 - Fuel life monitor and engine management for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: An engine management system for a hybrid vehicle may include a hybrid vehicle controller that selects a power source to be one of an electric propulsion system and a combustion engine. The hybrid vehicle controller may include an engine operation module configured to determine when operation of the combustion engine... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080167789 - Apparatus and method for learning reference position of variable valve unit: In a variable valve unit provided with a variable valve mechanism that varies opening characteristics of an engine valve by rotary motion of a control shaft, an actuator that generates a rotary motion of the control shaft, a stopper restricting the rotary motion of the control shaft, and an angle... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080167790 - Egr control device for internal combustion engine: An EGR control device includes an EGR control means (44) which, when a large-amount EGR is requested, continuously controls an EGR valve (26) toward a fully open condition, and then continuously controls an intake throttle valve (12) toward a fully closed condition, and in a dead region where a change... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080167791 - System and method of stoichiometric combustion for hydrogen fueled internal combustion engines: A method includes the steps of providing a flow of gaseous hydrogen fuel, a flow of ambient air, and a flow of recirculated exhaust gas to the engine. The method also includes the steps of mixing the flow of recirculated exhaust gas and the flow of ambient air, determining a... Agent: Stephen A. Gratton

20080167792 - Method for monitoring a knock control, and device for knock control of an internal combustion engine: A method for monitoring a knock control and a device for knock control of an internal combustion engine are provided, in which digital knock data are obtained for the knock control in that the acquisition of data of a knock sensor, converted from analog to digital, is started at a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080167793 - Apparatus for filtering measured analog signal used to control vehicle engine: In a filtering apparatus, an analog filter filters a measured analog signal based on a predetermined filtering characteristic. An A/D converter converts, at constant time intervals, the filtered analog signal into a train of digital samples. A storage unit has a memory and stores, in the memory, the converted digital... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080167794 - System and method for integrating vehicle traffic and other information from multiple sources: A system and method for providing a virtual map database, referred to herein as the “Virtual Database System” (VDB). The VDB allows integration of map data, often from various sources, in a consistent manner for supply to an end user, while simultaneously ensuring that the entity best able to support... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080167795 - Proactive mechanism for supporting the global managment of vehicle traffic flow: The invention addresses the disadvantage of automated vehicle traffic management systems by providing a solution for predicting and avoiding traffic congestion before the congestion is experienced. The invention includes a decentralized mechanism for predicting congestion. An exemplary embodiment of the invention uses a system of sensors to determine current traffic... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080167797 - Navigation device and method for conserving power: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining, in a navigation device, at least one of, when an instruction for travel along a route of travel is not due to be output for a distance exceeding a distance threshold, and when... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080167798 - Navigation device and method for displaying navigation information: m

20080167799 - Navigation device and method for quick option access: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes prompting selection of at least one of a plurality of options on an integrated input and display device of a navigation device; storing, upon receipt of an indication of selection of at least one... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080167796 - Navigational reference location determination using reverse lookup location identifier: This embodiment of the invention relates to a navigational system having at least navigational software capable of determining and or displaying maps, directions, and or for providing other location specific information. The navigational system is capable of accepting location identifier data. Such location identifier data can include a phone number,... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080167800 - Navigation device and method for driving break warning: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining a route of travel, in a navigation device, based upon at least a received destination location; determining whether or not travel along the determined route will at least one of meet and exceed... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080167801 - Navigation device and method for establishing and using profiles: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes providing a plurality of profiles, each including a plurality of operational settings, to a user of a navigation device for selection; and configuring the navigation device, upon receipt of an indication of a selection... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080167802 - Route information display device and route information display method: A route information display device according to the present invention includes: a departure point input unit (1012) that detects a current location of the user; a multiple destination input unit (1004) that accepts input of a plurality of destinations; a route search unit (1005) that searches for respective routes from... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080167803 - Navigation device and method for travel warnings: A method and device are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining a route of travel, in a navigation device, based upon at least a received destination location; determining whether or not the determined route of travel includes travel on a limited access road; and prompting a... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080167805 - Calibration of tracking device: A tracking device may be used to detect a position or movement of an object. The tracking device may include a housing that supports an emitter. The emitter may transmit a first signal. A measurement device within the housing may measure rotational movement of an object. Circuitry may receive a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080167804 - Traffic delay indication: A method of indicating traffic delays in a navigation system for planning a route of a vehicle is set out. The method includes the steps of receiving traffic information comprising position information of each one of a number of delay incidents, determining a position of the vehicle on a planned... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080167808 - Method for displaying leakage location and leakage magnitude: A method for displaying leakage location and leakage magnitude comprising displaying at least one of an aerial map and a hybrid street/aerial map on a display, displaying on the map icons to indicate where leakage above a certain, user-selectable threshold has been detected, and indicating by a characteristic of the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080167807 - Navigation system with immediate language transform and method thereof: An immediate language transferring navigating system and the method thereof are provided. The electronic map database includes map information having geographic information, language information and relational information. The language information is expressed in a native language, and the language database includes word databases. The system uses a positioning module to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080167806 - System and method for providing local maps using wireless handheld devices: A system and method of automatically providing a local map on a wireless handheld device based on a vehicle location in response to a triggering signal enables a user to immediately access the local map by generating an activating signal, such as one generated from the press of a button... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080167809 - Search function for portable navigation device: A personal navigation device is set out including a display, memory, a processor, a wireless signal receptor and a user input receiver. The memory includes several destination identifiers indicative of a number of recently visited destinations. A database is also included, the database itself including digitized map data and descriptive... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080167810 - Navigation device and method for early instruction output: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining, during a route of travel of a navigation device, entry of the navigation device into a tunnel; and outputting a navigation instruction to a user of the navigation device within the tunnel, for... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080167811 - Navigation device and method for displaying navigation information: m

20080167813 - Navigation device and method for display of position in text readible form: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request for display of a location of a navigation device; determining at least one of a last known and a current GPS location of the navigation device; comparing the determined GPS location... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080167812 - Navigation device and method for fuel pricing display: A method and device are disclosed for navigation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining a designated fuel type; and displaying selectable fuel pricing information on a display of a navigation device, based upon the designated fuel type and in consideration of a location of the navigation device.... Agent: Tomtom International B.v.

20080167814 - Unified framework for precise vision-aided navigation: A system and method for efficiently locating in 3D an object of interest in a target scene using video information captured by a plurality of cameras. The system and method provide for multi-camera visual odometry wherein pose estimates are generated for each camera by all of the cameras in the... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20080167815 - Navigating system with rfid function and related method thereof: A navigating system with RFID function includes a GPS module for receiving a plurality of satellite signals for location, and an RFID reader for receiving an RFID signal. The navigating system performs navigation according to a first position information and the location function of the GPS module if the RFID... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080167816 - Portable position determining device: A position determining device is disclosed comprising a satellite navigation receiver for automatically providing computed position information, when the device has changed its position relative to a predetermined location, to a paging transmitter for transmission to a paging receiver for readout of the computed position information. The readout may be... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080167817 - Automated cargo loading systems and methods: A cargo loading system comprising a control module for coordinating the transportation of cargo from one area to a trailer according to a stacking pattern and delivery route, an AGV control module for controlling the operation and navigation of at least one AGV, and a user interface for inputting commands... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080167818 - Featured wands for camera calibration and as a gesture based 3d interface device: Passive wands, tracked by one or more cameras, are used as user interface devices. The wands are inexpensive, and are a natural way for users to interact with devices such as large displays. Each wand may be used to specify a full 6 degrees of freedom, which can be helpful... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080167819 - Vehicular environment scanning techniques: Method for creating and managing a digital map for use by vehicles and including information relating to travel lanes on which the vehicles travel includes illuminating the environment outside of and around the vehicle with infrared illumination in an eye-safe part of the infrared spectrum as the vehicle is traveling... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080167820 - System for predicting driver behavior: A system and method for predicting driver behavior and generating control and/or warning signals comprises: one or more sensors; a database; a driver predictor for generating warning and control signals; a notification unit; and a vehicle control unit. More specifically, the driver predictor includes a transfer module, a hierarchical temporal... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080167821 - Vehicular intersection management techniques: System for preventing vehicle accidents at intersections includes a positioning system arranged in a vehicle for determining the absolute position thereof, a memory unit within the vehicle for storing data relating to edges of at least one lane of the roadway on which the vehicle may travel and the edges... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080161980 - Method for operating a fuel supply system of a motor vehicle: In a method for operating an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, a driver type is ascertained. A criterion for performing a diagnosis or a regeneration of a component of the fuel supply system is a function of the ascertained driver type.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080161981 - Interface emulating the starting of a vehicle having an electronic starting system: An interface for remotely starting a vehicle equipped with an electronic starting system employing an advanced key system, such as an electronic barrel and key combination or a pushbutton. In order to recreate the vehicle's starting sequence, upon actuation of a remote control device, the interface emulates electronic signals typically... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20080161982 - Method for improving route and 4d prediction calculations by fms for atc tactical instructions: The subject of the present invention is a method for improving route and 4D prediction calculations by FMS in the framework of ATC tactical flight instructions, which method enables the FMS of an aircraft to carry out its usual predictions as precisely as possible when it has left or anticipates... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080161983 - Method and a device for providing assistance in piloting a rotorcraft at takeoff: The invention relates to a method of piloting a rotorcraft having a plurality of engines for driving at least one lift and propulsion rotor, in which method, so long as the rotorcraft has not reached an optimum climb speed (OCS), a pitch attitude control signal (Upitch) is determined that is... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080161984 - System and method for determining a mismatch between a model for a powered system and the actual behavior of the powered system: A system is provided for determining a mismatch between a model for a powered system and the actual behavior of the powered system. The system includes a coupler positioned between adjacent cars of the powered system. The coupler is positioned in a stretched slack state or a bunched slack state... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.a.

20080161985 - Adjusting of the fuel consumption of a water vessel: Fast boats create a water resistance that has a great effect on the consumption of fuel. The object of the present invention is to reduce the water resistance to a minimum by means of an arrangement that semi-automatically adjusts the direction of the propulsion force and the trimming planes so... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080161986 - Autonomous vehicle travel control systems and methods: Method and system for enabling semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicle travel includes providing a vehicle travel management system which monitors the location of vehicles in a travel lane and the location of the travel lane, creating dedicated travel lanes for vehicles equipped with the vehicle travel management system, and managing travel... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080161987 - Autonomous vehicle travel control systems and methods: Method and system for enabling semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicle travel includes creating dedicated travel lanes for vehicle travel, determining the location of vehicles in the dedicated travel lanes, and providing instructions to the vehicles in the dedicated travel lanes to enable them to travel in a manner which maximizes speed.... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080161990 - Apparatus and method for pitch state estimation for a vehicle: An apparatus and method for a pitch state estimator is provided. The pitch state estimator generates a pitch state signal for establishing the orientation used in the control of a ground-traversing vehicle. The vehicle has a support for supporting a load which is preferably a human passenger. In one embodiment,... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080161988 - Vehicle diagnostic interface mechanism: In examples of the invention, a vehicle diagnostics update mechanism provides a frequent connection to a vehicle telematics unit. In this way, large amounts of vehicle data that are available when the vehicle is on or cached, i.e., when the vehicle is off, can be pulled and used to provide... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080161989 - Vehicle diagnostic or prognostic message transmission systems and methods: System on a moving object for monitoring components or subsystems includes sensors for obtaining a value of a measurable characteristic of the component or subsystem and generating a signal indicative or representative of the value, and a processor operatively connected to the sensors for receiving the signal from each sensor... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080161991 - Vehicular electronic control apparatus and control specification setting method for same: In a vehicular electronic control apparatus of which the manufacturing process is finished under a condition such that at least a portion of control data is not specified, while permitting control data that corresponds to a specific specification to be set afterwards, and which includes self-diagnosing means and an associated... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080161993 - Distributed automotive diagnostic system with a single diagnostic protocol server and multiple data source modules for internal combustion engines: A diagnostic system with a single diagnostic protocol server and multiple data source modules for an electronically controlled internal combustion engine.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080161994 - Method and system for autogenerating static fault code data based on a unified summary table for heavy duty diesel engines: A method to autogenerate static fault code data in humanly readable form based upon a Unified Summary Table for Heavy Duty Diesel Engines is disclosed.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080161992 - Vehicle quality analyzing system and data management method: The file name (75) of a second data file is included in a first data file (32a). A position information data (76) is likewise included in the first data file (32a) for specifying the position of specific data in the second data file. A processing unit obtains the specific data... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080161996 - Method for dealing with traffic accident and apparatus thereof: A method for dealing with a traffic accident includes the following steps: the driving data of a car is detected, and then the driving data of the car is recorded. When the traffic accident occurs, the driving data of the car recorded for a period of time until the traffic... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080161995 - Vehicle information recording apparatus, program, and recording medium: There is provided a vehicle information recording apparatus capable of making a user easily recognize vehicle information which is recorded in the presence of electric power supply from a backup power source. When a vehicle is involved in an accident and the impact caused by the accident has triggered the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080161998 - Heat dissipation control apparatus for data recording unit: A heat dissipation control apparatus includes a vehicle condition detection device for detecting an operating condition of a vehicle, an occupant detection device for detecting whether an occupant is in the vehicle, a temperature detection device for detecting a temperature of a data recoding unit mounted on the vehicle, a... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080161997 - Method for representing items of information in a means of transportation and instrument cluster for a motor vehicle: In a method for displaying items of information in a transportation device, the items of information are displayed in the form of hierarchical menu structures. A device for displaying items of information includes a control unit and a display unit for the stereoscopic and/or autostereoscopic display of items of information.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080161999 - Closed-loop motion-control system using error to modify gain: A method of operating a motion-control system is provided. The motion-control system may include an actuator and a moveable component driven by the actuator. The method may include providing input that indicates a target value of a parameter of the motion of at least one of the actuator and the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080162000 - Motion-control system: A motion-control system includes an operator interface with an operator-input member and a controllable force feedback device drivingly connected to the operator-input member. The motion-control system may also include controls that regulate the motion of one or more moveable components, including adjusting a first operating parameter in a manner that... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080162001 - Vehicle steering controller: A vehicle steering controller produces a steering system friction value and a tire lateral force value. A steering reactive force having a magnitude based on the tire lateral force value and the steering system friction value is generated for application to a steering wheel of the vehicle. By reflecting both... Agent: Young & Basile, P.c.

20080162002 - Safety device for a motor vehicle: A safety device is provided for a motor vehicle having a vehicle seat whose seat setting can be adjusted by a seat adjustment drive. A seat control unit evaluates data that is relevant to the safety of a driving mode and actuates the seat adjustment drive with timing. Thereby, movement... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080162003 - Vehicle decklid position sensor and control: A control system controls the movement of a convertible top, decklid, and tonneau cover to minimize the overall cycle time of the system. The top is pivotally coupled to a vehicle body for movement between an extended position covering a passenger compartment and a retracted position disposed in a storage... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080162005 - Intelligent boom control device: The present invention discloses an intelligent boom control device including: a control unit and an angle measurement unit, the control unit calculating the boom position information based on measured value of angles, whereby adjusting the control of various actuators; the device further including: a remote controller which transmits control commands... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080162004 - Machine control system and method: A machine control system may include a machine mounted stereo imaging apparatus configured to provide a 3-D model indicative of a terrain feature. The machine control system may also include a control module configured to process the 3-D model, and automatically perform an operation with a work tool based on... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080162006 - Power system: A power system includes an engine that has engine controls, a power load, and a torque converter connected between the engine and the power load. The engine controls may operate the engine according to a first control strategy in at least some circumstances. The first control strategy may provide higher... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080162007 - Starter: The present invention provides as tarter capable of keeping a state where a pinion and a ring gear maintain meshing with each other when an engine stops without providing a plunger stopper using a solenoid or the like. The state where the pinion and the ring gear maintain meshing with... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080162008 - Shift map switching control unit: A shift map switching control unit includes a fuel level sensor 72, plural shift maps for deriving the shift timing of an automatic transmission 1b, and a controller 101 that selects one shift map out of the plural shift maps and controls the shift of the automatic transmission 1b according... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080162009 - Wheel control device and control device: The present invention provides a novel method for generating braking force in a wheel. In a vehicle having wheels, a wheel control device for controlling the wheels is provided with an actuator for performing an operation to vary a slip angle of the wheels, and a controller for controlling the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080162010 - Driver assistance system with travel route envelope prediction: e

20080162011 - Distance-related cruise control system and method: A distance-related cruise control system and method for a motor vehicle performs a speed control to a predefined desired speed during free travel of the motor vehicle and performs a distance regulation to a predefined distance to the vehicle traveling ahead during following travel. After deactivation of the distance regulation... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080162012 - Driving force control unit for vehicle: The present invention provides a driving force control unit for a vehicle having an accelerator opening degree detecting unit for detecting accelerator opening degree, a driving condition detecting unit for detecting engine driving condition, a driving force setting unit for setting a driving force indication value according to a plurality... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080162013 - Resynchronization of temporally acquired engine signals: An method of synchronizing a signal coming from at least one sensor positioned on an engine with a periodic event of the engine such as the crankshaft rotation is disclosed having application for engine control. A crankshaft rotation signal indicative of a reference time (TR), with which the engine signal(s)... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080162014 - Fuel injection control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine: A fuel injection control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine are provided for appropriately calculating fuel injection times for an in-cylinder fuel injection valve and a port fuel injection valve, thereby accurately controlling the amounts of fuel supplied to the internal combustion engine from the in-cylinder fuel injection... Agent: Arent Fox Pllc Suite 400

20080162015 - Fuel injection control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine: A fuel injection control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine are provided for appropriately controlling the amounts of fuel supplied from an in-cylinder fuel injection valve and a port fuel injection valve to a cylinder in a simple control approach while satisfactorily reflecting a fuel transport behavior as... Agent: Arent Fox Pllc

20080162017 - Engine control, fuel property detection and determination apparatus, and method for the same: An engine control apparatus for controlling output torque of an engine includes a target determining unit for determining a target value of an injection quantity of fuel on the basis of pressure in a cylinder of the engine. The engine control apparatus further includes an injection control unit for controlling... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080162016 - Methods for optimizing the operation parameters of a combustion engine: A method for optimizing operation of an engine driven by an electronic or digital system incorporating at least one parameter or one law or one mapping for engine injection, combustion or post-treatment comprising analyzing fuel composition from at least one sensor located in a fuel circuit of an engine comprising... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper Us LLP

20080162021 - Control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine: A control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine are provided for ensuring a stable combustion state and improving the fuel efficiency when an air-fuel mixture is burnt with self ignition while auxiliarily using a spark ignition. The control apparatus for an internal combustion engine which is operated in... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080162020 - Egr control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine: An EGR control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine which burns an air-fuel mixture with self ignition in addition to a flame propagation combustion, are provided for improving the combustion efficiency, engine output, drivability, and exhaust gas characteristics in an internal combustion engine which involves a self ignition... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080162018 - Exhaust gas recirculation system: A power system including an exhaust producing engine, an exhaust system and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system is provided. The EGR system may include an EGR flowpath and an air intake system. The EGR system may also include an EGR valve configured to regulate the flow of exhaust gases... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080162019 - Method and apparatus for controlling emissions from internal combustion engines: An internal combustion engine is provided with a control arrangement for influencing exhaust gas pressures and the level of In-Cylinder-Charge-Dilution (ICCD) so as to provide cycles with different emission characteristics. The exhaust gas pressure may be influenced by adjusting a combustion parameter between various cycles. The adjustment of the combustion... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080162022 - Calibratable fault reactions in heavy-duty diesel engines: A method to operate an internal combustion engine by derating the engine in response to sensed emissions levels as compared to engine speed and engine torque and logging a fault.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080162024 - Fault code memory administrator with a driving cycle state machine concept: A method to operate an electronic controlled diesel engine to provide enhanced fault code administration responsive to the variable driving cycle.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080162023 - Fault code memory manager architecture concept consisting of a dedicated monitoring unit module and a fault memory manager administrator module for heavy duty diesel engine: A fault code memory manager architecture for heavy duty diesel engines consisting of a dedicated monitoring unit module and at least one fault code memory manager administrator module.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080162026 - Method of operation of internal combustion engine with permanent fault code implementation: The present invention is directed to a method to operate an internal combustion engine with electronic control wherein fault codes indicative of emissions levels may be stored in permanent memory.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080162025 - Monitoring unit state chart and a debounce logic: A method of logging faults in an electronic controlled internal combustion engine that passes any fault readings through a debounce logic to determine whether the fault indication is real.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080162027 - Robotic driving system: A system that enables a vehicle to follow a traffic rule when traveling in a road network includes a database that stores data relating to at least one feature of the road network, a location detector that detects a location of the vehicle relative to the road network, a sensor... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080162028 - Traffic congestion degree determination device, traffic congestion degree notification device, and program: When an average vehicle speed corresponding to a congested road section exists and at the same time, speed limit data corresponding to the congested road section is contained in map data, a degree of traffic congestion is determined based on the difference between the average vehicle speed and the speed... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080162029 - Electronic apparatus and electronic system: An electronic apparatus detachably holding a portable apparatus, includes: a housing portion housing the portable apparatus; a guide mechanism guiding the portable apparatus to set one side of the portable apparatus as an axis and cause another side opposing the one side to revolve, when the portable apparatus is attached... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080162030 - Electronic apparatus and electronic system: An electronic apparatus is provided with a holding portion detachably holding a portable apparatus, the electronic apparatus including: a main operating portion for operating the portable apparatus attached to the housing portion and/or the electronic apparatus; and a removal operating portion for removing the portable apparatus attached, and the housing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080162031 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and information processing program: An information processing apparatus that is connected to a map recording part, a display and an input apparatus includes: a display controlling part that allows the display to display a map and a point mark; an information detailing part that generates a displaying form data of a plurality of point... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080162032 - Mobile geographic information system and method: The present invention includes a mobile geographic information system and method. The method includes the steps of inputting data representing a user position, defining a first circularly spatially extended point (CSEP) about the user in response to the user position data, defining a first waypoint associated with a geographic feature,... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080162033 - Travel time information system: A system is provided for providing travel time information for a plurality of positions on an electronic map. The system provides map data including information on road segments, determines a plurality of road segment travel times based on the map data, selects a plurality of positions for which travel time... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20080162034 - System and method for automatically generating sets of geo-fences: A system and method for automatically generating a set of geo-fences to be used by a telematics device mounted on a mobile asset in tracking the mobile asset traveling from a starting location to and ending location, wherein the set of geo-fences is selected from a library of geo-fences based... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080162035 - Determining elevation values in a geocoding system: A system and method of determining elevation values includes inputting a location into a geocoding system having a segment data set and determining the closest segment in the data set to the location. A data set of elevation data the closest segment is accessed and a determination is made of... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080162036 - Vehicular map database management techniques: Method and arrangement for providing map information to an operator of a vehicle includes forming a map database to reside on the vehicle, e.g., after installation on the vehicle, and which includes for example, data about lanes that the vehicle can travel on locations of a boundary or edges of... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080162037 - Location-based interactive display and communication system: The location-based interactive display and communication device and method of using the same provides a mobile device having a housing, a processor, a display, a storage medium adapted for storing a database, a user interface, a communication device and a positioning device. The positioning device determines the geographic location of... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080162038 - Polygon trimming using a modified azimuthal map projection: In one embodiment, a system, method and computer readable media are disclosed for trimming geographic data that defines polygons to boundaries of a quadrangle. The geographic data is converted to map coordinates in a novel azimuthal map projection. Each map projected point in the azimuthal map projection has an azimuthal... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080162039 - Road map data structure, road map data structure creating method, road map data storage medium, and navigation device: Systems, methods, and programs create a road map data structure, the data structure including road network data in which a road is represented by a plurality of links connected in a link string. The systems, methods, and programs assign a link ID to each of the links of the road... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080162041 - Map information generating systems, methods, and programs: Systems, methods, and programs store map information including a road network. The systems, methods, and programs gather traveling information including a plurality of loci, each locus representing a vehicle traveling along a road that is not included in the stored road network. The systems, methods, and programs separate the loci... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080162040 - Methods and systems for routing travel between origin and destination service locations using global satellite positioning: Methods and systems are provided for obtaining information related to a customer service location and directions for routing a service technician from one customer service location to another. One embodiment includes requesting at least one set of coordinates associated with the customer service location; accessing a technician server to direct... Agent: Merchant & Gould Bellsouth Corporation

20080162043 - Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs: Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs set a reference point at an intersection and set a region extending ahead of the vehicle in a direction in which the vehicle enters the intersection, the region including the reference point. Then, the apparatuses, methods, and programs obtain 3D map data of the region,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080162042 - Packaged tours with turn-by-turn navigation: An improved guidance system and method provide a packaged tour object having tour directions and media related to points of interest of a tour for playing via a telematics unit. A user is provided, via their telematics unit, with specific directions to access points of interest of the tour in... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080162044 - In-vehicle electronic apparatus and in-vehicle electronic system: There is provided an in-vehicle electronic apparatus that can attach a portable electronic apparatus having a first GPS antenna receiving a GPS signal and a GPS receiver connectable to the first GPS antenna. The in-vehicle electronic apparatus includes a second GPS antenna receiving the GPS signal. When the portable electronic... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080162045 - Traffic flow and vehicle position detection system: The present invention provides a traffic flow and vehicle safety and position detection system, which includes a vehicle detection host within a vehicle, a remote server system and a mobile telephone number. When being used to monitor traffic flow, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is used to link up the... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080162046 - Method and system for tracking an arrangement of medical apparatuses: A system for tracking an arrangement of at least one mobile apparatus in relation to an imaging device is provided. The system includes at least one position monitoring sensor in communication with a controller. The position monitoring sensor is operable to generate a signal indicative of a position of the... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare