Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 12/08

20080319589 - Method for determining a tilt angle of a vehicle: A method for determining a tilt angle of a vehicle includes measuring accelerations of a vehicle in directions along a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, and a vertical axis of the vehicle. A current tilt angle of the vehicle is calculated as a function of the measured accelerations. A magnitude-compensated... Agent: Manfred Beck, P.A.

20080319590 - Systems for announcing the health of ball screw actuators and ball recirculation: A method of determining variations in operating characteristics of a mechanical system having a rotatory mode of operation and bearing balls entrained within a bearing balls recirculation system. There are provided the steps of first monitoring operating impulses generated by the mechanical system during a first interval of operation; first... Agent: Rohm & Monsanto, PLC

20080319591 - System for piloting an aircraft, at least for piloting the aircraft during an autonomous approach for the purpose of landing: System for piloting an aircraft, at least for piloting the aircraft during an autonomous approach for the purpose of landing. The piloting system (1) comprises a flight guidance computer (10) which comprises a means (11) for computing directly with the aid of a position indication and of information characterizing a... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20080319592 - Synthetic instrument landing system: Systems and methods for generating approach information for a first vehicle approaching a second dynamic vehicle. An example method determines motion information of the second vehicle and generates approach information based on the determined motion information and the approach centerline. The method generates at least one of an approach path... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080319593 - Methods and systems for power system management: Methods and systems for energy management system for a vehicle are provided. The system includes a first power source configured for cranking an engine wherein the first power source includes a switch configured to electrically couple the first power source to a starter for the engine and wherein the first... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729 +2000) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080319596 - Charge-discharge management apparatus and computer readable medium comprising instructions for achieving the apparatus: After a final estimated route for a hybrid vehicle is specified, a navigation ECU determines a start point of a scheduled path, which a charging schedule is to be created for. The start point corresponds to a position at a travel distance, which is equivalent to a distance traveled from... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080319597 - Charge-discharge management apparatus and computer readable medium having instructions for achieving the apparatus: In charge-discharge control for a battery in a hybrid vehicle, when a difference between a target SOC (State Of Charge) and a present SOC becomes greater than or equal to a reference range in an estimated route to a destination, a charge schedule is drawn up again as a charge... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080319594 - Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle that includes an engine and an electric motor as driving sources for the vehicle, and an energy storage device that stores an output of the engine or a kinetic energy of the vehicle after being converted into electric energy by the electric motor.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080319595 - Electric power generation control apparatus for vehicle and electric power generation control system equipped with the apparatus: An electric power generation control apparatus mounted to a motor vehicle predicts an operational point of an internal combustion engine in the future based on driving path information supplied from a navigation system mounted to the motor vehicle. The apparatus further predicts an increased amount of fuel consumption which is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080319598 - Direction guiding apparatus and direction guiding method: The present invention discloses a direction guiding apparatus for indicating a guidance direction to a user. The direction guiding apparatus includes an operation device having an operations part movable on an operation plane, and a control part for transmitting control data to the operation device for controlling the movement of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080319601 - Energy-saving driving promotion system and method: An energy-saving driving promotion system includes: a vehicle state detecting device; a current value calculating device that calculates a current value associated with an accelerator operation amount or a vehicle drive power; a recommended value calculating device that calculates a recommended value associated with the accelerator operation amount or the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080319599 - Engine glow plug diagnosis using crankshaft sensor data: A motor vehicle engine (10) has glow plugs (20) for aiding combustion of fuel in combustion chambers of the engine when the engine is cold and an ignition switch (24) is operated to crank the engine. An aberration in engine speed (36) is used to indicate an under- or non-performing... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20080319600 - Intake air temperature rationality diagnostic: A method of determining whether a fault condition of an intake air temperature (IAT) sensor of an engine is present includes estimating a first manifold absolute pressure (MAP) based on a previously estimated first MAP and an estimated first mass air flow (MAF) as a function of the previously estimated... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080319602 - System and method for monitoring and improving driver behavior: System and method for providing feedback to drivers. The system monitors selected vehicle parameters while a vehicle is being driven, and detects one or more vehicle operation violations by comparing the selected vehicle parameters to predetermined thresholds. A mentoring message is provided to the driver if the threshold is exceeded.... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080319603 - Area health managers for aircraft systems: An aircraft system includes an aircraft subsystem generating monitor trips related to the health of the aircraft subsystem; and an area health manager coupled to the aircraft subsystem. The area health manager includes a data receiver for receiving the monitor trips from the aircraft subsystem; a fault detector for processing... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080319605 - Fuel monitoring device, system, and method: A fuel consumption device is suitable for insertion into a diagnostic port of a motor vehicle. The device is operable to receive a fuel gauge signal and one or more powertrain signals. The device estimates fuel consumption based on said one or more powertrain signals and uses the estimated fuel... Agent: Raman N. Dewan Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20080319604 - System and method for naming, filtering, and recall of remotely monitored event data: System and method for capturing video data, comprising buffering video data captured from a video recording device in a vehicle, detecting a triggering event, saving a portion of the video data occurring within a specified period of time near the event, and naming a saved portion of video data with... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080319606 - Vehicle rollover detection and prevention system: An intelligent system and method detects and prevents vehicle rollover conditions. An accelerator determines vehicle speed and lateral G force, a processor computes the center of mass of the vehicle by correlating the lateral G force produced while the vehicle is turning, and an alert that is activated if the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080319607 - Motor vehicle control system: The invention relates to a control system for a motor vehicle, including a first electronic control system for controlling a first load current of a first load and a second electronic control system for controlling a second load current of a second load. The first electronic control system and the... Agent: King & Spalding

20080319608 - Anti-rolling method and system for a vehicle and corresponding vehicle: The invention concerns a method for controlling an anti-rolling system for a vehicle having at least three wheels, whereby based on the turn angle of the front wheel or on the lateral acceleration of the vehicle, on displacement data of the vehicle, and on a prior deflection rule of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080319609 - Suspension control device, vehicle comprising said device, production method thereof and associated program: e

20080319610 - Method and device for avoiding and/or reducing the consequences of collisions upon evasion with respect to obstacles: A method and a device for assisting a driver of a vehicle to avoid collisions with obstacles are provided, in which method at least one obstacle is detected by way of at least one surroundings sensor, and data of the obstacle are ascertained. On the basis of the data of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080319611 - Vehicle anti-skid brake control system and its control method: An anti-skid brake control system and its control method for vehicle has a signal collection unit and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit includes a data receiving module, a data processing module and a data control module. The data receiving module receives the data collected by the signal... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080319613 - Turning behavior control apparatus and turning behavior control process for a motor vehicle: A turning behavior control apparatus and turning behavior control process for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus is configured to set a target vehicle turning behavior (such as the target side slip angle and the target yaw rate) in accordance with a driver's steering operation, to independently set a... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080319612 - Vehicle driving control unit: A control unit 3 estimates a driving target point Pt based on obstacle information which is recognized by a stereoscopic camera 4 and an environment recognition unit 5, and estimates a position of an obstacle based on a current relative position between a vehicle and the obstacle and information of... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080319615 - Motor vehicle having a preventatively acting safety system: The invention relates to a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger car, having a preventatively acting safety system which comprises safety devices which are actuated as a function of information which is recorded by a driving situation detection device by means of a driving state sensor system and is evaluated... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080319614 - Motor vehicle having an occupant protection system: A motor vehicle includes at least one first crash sensor for measuring a motion variable of the motor vehicle, arranged in a safety zone of the motor vehicle, and at least one second crash sensor for measuring a motion variable, arranged in a crash zone of the motor vehicle, the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080319616 - Seat sensor system: A seat sensor system comprises at least one seat sensor associated to a seat for sensing a status related to a seat occupancy and for generating an output signal indicative of said status and a control unit for communicating with said at least one seat sensor. According to the invention... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080319617 - Vehicle seat belt apparatus: Vehicle seat belt apparatus includes: a motor for driving a belt reel having a belt wound thereon; a trigger section for detecting a change in a traveling state of a vehicle to output an activation signal that instructs or triggers activation of the motor; a lateral acceleration detection section for... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080319618 - Method for optimizing operation of a work vehicle: A method is provided for optimizing operation of a work vehicle with an engine for propelling the vehicle. The method includes detecting at least one operating parameter, determining an optimized engine speed parameter value with regard to fuel consumption, reduced emissions and/or increased productivity on the basis of the detected... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080319619 - Vehicle drive control system: A vehicle drive control apparatus is capable of setting characteristics of a target drive torque so as to provide a vehicle operation that is extremely smooth and comfortable for an operator. The control apparatus individually determines individual critical torque values of a plurality of drive sources and determines a total... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080319620 - Device for predictively determining gear ratio changes in automatic transmissions: A system for determining a gear ratio change in an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, includes an electronic control unit, a device for acquiring information about a surroundings of the vehicle, a device for acquiring driver data and/or vehicle data, and a correction module connecting the electronic control unit... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080319621 - Running mechanism for a passenger boarding bridge and control method thereof: A running mechanism of a passenger boarding bridge and a control method thereof are provided. The running mechanism includes a beam, two rotary supporting members, and two running wheel sets. Each of the rotary supporting members is pivotally connected to one end of the beam, and connected to the respective... Agent: Byip, Ltd.

20080319623 - Apparatus and method for power hop detection and mitigation: A method and system of detecting power hop of a vehicle involves generating signals, including a current signal and a previous signal, indicative of the current longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, calculating the period and amplitude of the signals, determining if the combined period and amplitude of the current signal... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080319624 - Automatic braking device for controlling movement of vehicle in direction opposite to intended direction of movement of driver: When a vehicle stops, a brake control unit maintains a braking force applied on a wheel by a braking-force application unit for maintaining a halted state. In this state, if a driver depresses the accelerator pedal to execute starting of the vehicle, the braking force is gradually decreased, and the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080319625 - Cart braking control during mechanized cart retrieval: A vehicle tracking system includes a wheel containing sensor circuitry capable of sensing various types of conditions, such as wheel rotation, wheel vibration caused by skidding, and specific electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals indicative of particular wheel locations. The sensor circuitry is coupled to an RF transceiver, which may but need... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080319622 - Operation of electronic stability control systems using data from a plurality of sources: A method for operating a vehicle electronic stability control (“ESC”) system utilizing values for a variable obtained from a primary source and a redundant source includes the steps of receiving a first value for the variable from the primary source, receiving a second value for the variable from the redundant... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080319626 - Road-surface condition estimating device: A front-wheel speed is calculated as a wheel speed of driving wheels, a rear-wheel speed is calculated as a wheel speed of driven wheels, a rear-wheel acceleration is calculated as a wheel acceleration of the driven wheels, a front-wheel-speed difference value is calculated as a driving-wheel-speed difference value, a rear-wheel-speed... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080319628 - Acceleration control system: An acceleration control system stores a target acceleration calculation equation acquired by transforming an equation that expresses that a product of the differentiation of the square power of the speed and the environmental factor αenv represents a sensed value ε of acceleration. A surrounding environment monitor device detects surrounding bodies... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080319627 - User input for vehicle control: A user input for controlling acceleration of a vehicle. The user input has a movable member capable of deflection by a user such that a degree of deflection corresponds to a specified velocity commanded by the user. The correspondence between the degree of deflection and the specified velocity may include... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080319629 - Method and apparatus for controlling and regulating a rotorcraft turbine engine: The present invention relates to a method and to apparatus (9) for controlling and regulating a rotorcraft turbine engine (1) provided with an electronic control and regulation computer (3) that receives signals relating to monitored parameters of said turbine engine (1). The apparatus is remarkable in that it is provided... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080319630 - Adaptive air intake manifold valve actuator (imva): The rate of motion of a vehicle air intake valve is measured and used to control the algorithm that controls the valve, such that the control algorithm adapts to the actual conditions in the vehicle as reflected in the actual rate of motion of the valve.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080319632 - Combustion control apparatus and method for internal combustion engine: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes cylinder internal pressure sensors provided in each cylinder of an engine, and calculates a heat generation quantity in each cylinder based on the detected cylinder internal pressure and a crank angle. The control apparatus then obtains a combustion barycentric position, which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080319631 - Method and device for operation of the glow plugs of a diesel engine: A method and device for operation of glow plugs of a Diesel engine in which the type of glow plugs used is determined, by a parameter typical of the glow plugs, for example, the electrical glow plug resistance, being detected and evaluated. The detected values of the parameter typical of... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20080319633 - Device and method for controlling internal combustion engine: The internal combustion engine has a valve driving mechanism (VM) capable of changing the valve-opening characteristic of at least one of an intake valve (Vi) and an exhaust valve (Ve), an in-cylinder pressure sensor for detecting the in-cylinder pressure in a combustion chamber and ECU. ECU calculates the variation amount... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080319635 - Internal combustion engine system, and a method in such an engine system: An embodiment of the invention relates to an engine system, and a method in an engine system comprising an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder (2) at which a piston (3), at least one inlet valve (5), at least one exhaust valve (7), and fuel injection means (11),... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080319634 - Method for determining a correction value for the lambda center position in the control of an internal combustion engine: In a method for determining a correction value λk for the lambda center position λm which is specified in the control of the air/fuel ratio which is force-modulated between a first lean lambda value λ1 and a second rich lambda value λ2 and supplied to an internal combustion engine or... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20080319636 - Engine control system: An engine control system for an internal combustion engine with a fuel injector, comprises a combustion fuel quantity computing means for computing a combustion fuel quantity in a combustion cycle; and a residual fuel quantity computing means for computing a residual fuel quantity in the combustion cycle based on a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080319637 - Injection quantity control unit and fuel injection system having the unit: An injection quantity control unit controls an injection quantity of a plurality of fuel injection valves, respectively. The unit includes a rotational speed obtaining device for obtaining a rotational speed of the engine, an integration value calculating device for calculating an integration value of the rotational speed, which is equal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080319638 - Control system: A control system which is capable of compensating for and suppressing the influence of a periodic disturbance on a controlled object more quickly, even when the controlled object is subjected to the periodic disturbance the amplitude of which periodically changes, thereby enhancing the stability and the accuracy of control. The... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080319639 - Predictive traffic information creating method, predictive traffic information creating apparatus, and traffic information display terminal: There is provided a predictive traffic information creating method for a predictive traffic information creating apparatus connected via a communication network to a traffic information center that delivers live traffic information regarding a predetermined road network at a predetermined time interval; includes an information processor and information storage for storing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080319641 - Road map data generation apparatus, road map data generation system, and method for generating road map data: In a road map data generation apparatus, existing primary road map data is subjected to a deletion process according to a deletion rule to delete a portion of the data. Thus, reduced road map data is generated for a storage medium such as a memory card having a data volume... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080319640 - Route guidance system and method: A routing guide system includes route calculating means for calculating the route of a vehicle to a destination, image providing means for reading from storage means scenery images on the route calculated by the route calculating means, and display means for displaying the scenery images on the calculated route generated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080319643 - Method and system for notifying a user of a predetermined traffic condition: A method for notifying a user, including obtaining a route and a predetermined traffic condition associated with the route; identifying an occurrence of the predetermined traffic condition associated with the route; and notifying the user of the occurrence of the predetermined traffic condition associated with the route.... Agent: Varun A. Shah

20080319646 - Method of collecting information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system: A method of operating a navigation system is disclosed. A route between a first location on a road network and a second location in a facility off of the road network is identified. Individual guidance messages for travel along a portion of the route on the road network are composed.... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20080319644 - Metropolitan navigation system: In embodiments herein, a desired destination is received from user input as an end location. The embodiments can determine the current position (the beginning location) based on automated positioning and/or user input. Thus, the embodiments can calculate potential routes from the beginning location to the end location and can select... Agent: Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080319642 - Route calculation: A method of using historical trip data to determine an optimal route.... Agent: Tod Debie

20080319645 - Route searching method and route searching system: A center device detects main branch nodes from probe car data received from an in-vehicle terminal device by means of a main branch node detecting section. A probe car data dividing section divides the probe car data into probe segments by the main branch nodes. A route dividing section divides... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080319648 - Apparatus and method for providing travel information: An apparatus and method for providing travel information, including a database for storing information regarding a travel area, wherein the information includes at least one of road information, street information, intersection information, and traffic control device information, a processor for processing a request for information regarding an optimal travel route... Agent: Anatoly S. Weiser

20080319647 - Determining intersections of multi-segment three-dimensional path with portions of partitioned three-dimensional space: A computationally efficient method and system of finding intersections of a three-dimensional path (e.g., an airpath) through a three-dimensional space (e.g., an airspace) partitioned into multiple volumes. In one embodiment, such a method includes determining whether a current point of a current segment of the path is included within one... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080319649 - System and method for integrating and displaying travel advices gathered from a plurality of reliable sources: A computerized travel system and a method for providing advices and warnings per travel destination to end-users. The system has a client service module for receiving queries from the end-users, and delivering to them merged reports of travel advices and warnings for the queried travel destinations. A download and parsing... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080319650 - Method and system for delivering advertisements to mobile terminals: Method and system for targeted advertising of goods and services to users of mobile terminals, based for example on the users' profile. Goods and services are marketed to particular target groups of users sharing a common profile which may be selected to increase the likelihood of the users responding to... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080319651 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus includes notification means for notifying an advance direction at a branching point in a route guiding, storage means for storing a plurality of moving methods and notification methods corresponding to the respective moving methods, input means for selecting one of the plurality of moving methods stored in... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080319655 - Method for generating an enhanced map: The invention relates to a method for generating 3D objects within a digital map. The method comprises the actions of: —retrieving at least one image sequence, each image having corresponding location coordinates; —retrieving a set of data of an object from an electronic map, the set of data including location... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080319657 - Navigation apparatus capable of correcting position data according to map matching position and method thereof: This invention discloses a navigation apparatus correcting position data according to a map matching position and a method thereof. The navigation apparatus includes a satellite positioning module, an electronic map database, a map matching module and a correction module. The satellite positioning module provides a plurality of position data. The... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20080319652 - Navigation system and methods for map navigation: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for improved navigation using the global positioning system (GPS). A method of improved navigation includes transmitting position information from a first GPS-enabled device to a navigation server through a wireless communication channel automatically at a time interval. The method further includes... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group, PC

20080319653 - Navigation system and methods for route navigation: Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for improved navigation using the global positioning system (GPS). A method of improved navigation includes transmitting a destination to a navigation server through a wireless communication channel. The method further includes transmitting position information from a GPS-enabled device to the navigation... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group, PC

20080319654 - System and method for effectively implementing an electronic navigation device: A system and method for effectively implementing an electronic navigation device includes a display coupled to the navigation device for displaying various appropriate types of map data corresponding to particular geographic locations. A map manager coordinates map update procedures to periodically realign the map data on the display based upon... Agent: Gregory J. Koerner Redwood Patent Law

20080319656 - System and method for providing player interfacing layouts for geolocational activities: A system and method for providing player interfacing layouts for geolocational activities is provided. A plurality of cartridges is maintained. Each cartridge includes events for a geolocational activity. Each event is associated with a zone that includes stored geolocational data defining points interconnected to form a logically enclosed space. One... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20080319658 - Landmark-based routing: Driving directions can be helpful if in addition to spatial information, landmark information is provided. Landmarks assist in adding context to directions as well as allowing for a greater likelihood of success of an operator following directions. There can be employment of physical identification of landmarks as well as processing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080319659 - Landmark-based routing: Driving directions can be helpful if in addition to spatial information, landmark information is provided. Landmarks assist in adding context to directions as well as allowing for a greater likelihood of success of an operator following directions. There can be employment of physical identification of landmarks as well as processing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080319660 - Landmark-based routing: Driving directions can be helpful if in addition to spatial information, landmark information is provided. Landmarks assist in adding context to directions as well as allowing for a greater likelihood of success of an operator following directions. There can be employment of physical identification of landmarks as well as processing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080319661 - Location-aware fitness training device, methods, and program products that support real-time interactive communication and automated route generation: In at least one embodiment, a server receives a description of an activity of interest to a user. In response to receiving the description, a route corresponding to the activity of interest is identified and a graphical element corresponding to the route is presented. The route is stored for future... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080319662 - Electronic device and recording medium: A controller determines whether or not the map data that includes the position information of the user device and the position information of the other party can be displayed on the screen of the display panel at a predetermined reduced scale. When the result of the determination specifies that the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080319663 - Method for smart broadcasting of stop names: A method for smart broadcasting of stop names includes the steps of using a global positioning device to receive positioning signals transmitted from a satellite to obtain data of current vehicle geographic longitude and latitude coordinates and moving speed, and to compute a distance between the current vehicle position and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080319665 - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for consumer telematics: Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for aftermarket telematics. In one aspect, provided is an apparatus comprising a telematics control unit configured for consumer installation, consumer use, and the like. The apparatus can be installed in a vehicle. In another aspect, provided are systems and methods for operation of the... Agent: Hughes Telematics, Inc.

20080319664 - Navigation aid: A method and apparatus for calculating exact positioning using a digital camera and a GPS, comprising calibrating the camera; initiating GPS navigation; capturing and storing images and GPS coordinates; calculating ego-motion of the camera using a pre-defined number of stored images; and calculating current position of the camera using the... Agent: Ms. Ronny Fogel Brux Software Solutions Ltd.

20080319666 - System and method for geo-positioning of a mobile equipment: A mobile gateway device collects geo-positioning and status data of a mobile equipment and transmits these data to a remote server via a wireless network and to a local device via a short range communication connection. The communications between the mobile gateway device and the server and between the mobile... Agent: Akc Patents

20080319667 - Heading stabilization for aided inertial navigation systems: A method of stabilizing heading in an inertial navigation system is provided. The method includes operating an inertial measurement unit comprising horizontal-sensing elements and off-horizontal-sensing elements while the inertial measurement unit is in a first orientation, calibrating the horizontal-sensing elements of the inertial measurement unit based on horizontal aiding measurements,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080319668 - Identifying vegetation attributes from lidar data: Aspects of the present invention are directed at using LiDAR data to identify attributes of vegetation. In this regard, a method is provided that identifies the location of individual items of vegetation from raw LiDAR data. In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a coordinate position represented in the LiDAR... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080319669 - System and device used to automatically determine the position of an entity with respect to two or more reference entities in real time: The present industrial invention refers to a system and device used to automatically determine the position of an entity with respect to two or more reference entities; the said system is based on the transmission of two consecutive coded signals, with pre-determined time interval, by a reference source. The first... Agent: Hodes, Pessin & Katz , P.a

20080319670 - Feature target selection for countermeasure performance within a vehicle: A target selection system (21) for a vehicle (12) includes an object detection sensor (17) that generates object detection signals associated with multiple detected objects. A feature target selection module (30) selects secondary targets from the objects and associates the secondary targets with respective features (23). A primary target selection... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080319671 - Method for predicting collisions with obstacles on the ground and generating warnings, notably on board an aircraft: In particular, the invention applies to the calculation of the warnings relating to the risks of collision with pointlike or linear obstacles taking into account the path of the aircraft and the altitude of the obstacles.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080312775 - System, method, and computer software code for optimizing speed regulation of a remotely controlled powered system: A system for operating a remotely controlled powered system, the system including a feedfoward gains element configured to provide information to the remotely controlled powered system to establish a velocity, and a feedback gains element configured to provide information from the remotely controlled powered system to the feedforward gains element.... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080312777 - Automatic strategic offset function: Embodiments of methods and systems for providing an automatic strategic offset function are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for enhancing the collision avoidance capability of an aircraft includes determining a flight plan, determining a boundary for the flight plan, generating a variable offset from the flight plan that is... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080312776 - Method and apparatus for managing flight planning: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for displaying flight plan data. First level flight plan data is displayed and user input is received selecting a selection of a portion of the first level flight plan data. In response to receiving the selection of the portion of... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080312778 - Server design and method: A communication system for a vehicle includes a server that includes a real time operating system, at least one cabin function application that runs on the real time operating system, and at least one in-flight entertainment application that runs on another operating system on top of the real time operating... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080312779 - Flight management computer with consideration of approach speed constraint: The flight management computer discloses and carried onboard an aircraft can be programmed with a newly apparent speed constraint while it ensures the guidance of the aircraft in the course of a landing runway approach. It then takes account of the speed constraint by using it as target speed, when... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080312780 - Methods, systems and computer program products for communicating auditory alert to aircraft: Systems, methods, and computer-program products for communicating auditory alerts about runway hazards to aircraft. A conflict on at least one arrival runway is identified using information received from an existing conflict detection system. An auditory alert associated with the conflict is generated and then modulated onto a carrier frequency. The... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080312781 - Quiet climb crew interface: In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes displaying information corresponding to automatically controlled engine thrust levels during a reduced engine thrust period of flight of an aircraft. The information corresponds to one or more parameters associated with a flight control computer of the aircraft. In an alternate aspect, the... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080312782 - Electric vehicle communication interface: A method of communicating with an electric vehicle wherein the method includes a step of installing a communication device in the electric vehicle. The method also includes establishing a connection from the vehicle to a network. The methodology also includes controlling and monitoring a battery in the electric vehicle.... Agent: Michael T. Raggio Raggio & Dinnin, P.C.

20080312784 - System for controlling a motor vehicle handling: The invention concerns a motor vehicle (10) comprising a system (52) for controlling the handling thereof and a system (50) for diagnosing the condition of its tyres. Said control system (52) is adapted to control the vehicle handling based on the diagnosed state of the tyres.... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20080312783 - Systems and methods for health monitoring of complex systems: Systems and methods for health monitoring of complex systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of signals indicative of observation states of plurality of operating variables, performing a combined probability analysis of the plurality of signals using a diagnostic model of a monitored system to... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080312785 - Method to detect a faulty operating condition during a cylinder cutoff of an internal combustion engine: s

20080312786 - Wireless on-board diagnostics for heavy duty trucks: A device, system, and method are provided that can request and report on-board diagnostics (OBD) data wirelessly thereby allowing a vehicle to provide its OBD test data in real-time without being taken out of service. This capability can provide significant advantages for fleets in minimizing the impact of OBD testing... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080312787 - Method for storing data concerning an operating fault of a device: A method for storing data concerning an operating fault of a device, wherein the recorded data include in particular a minimum value and a maximum value of a characteristic parameter of the operating mode of the device. The method includes an updating phase, performed when the fault occurs, which includes... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080312789 - Control device for operating a motor vehicle, and method for operating a motor vehicle: A control device for a motor vehicle is used to store authorization data for drivers and driving times in which operation of the motor vehicle is meant to be possible. The control device is connected to an electronic engine immobilizer (6) which disables or enables operation of the motor vehicle... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080312788 - Method and system for identifying occupants of vehicles: Signals indicative of the identity and location of vehicle occupants are broadcast and received. Received signals are inspected for identity information. Indications are made as to whether received identity information matches stored identity information.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080312790 - Electronic motor vehicle control unit: Control unit for motor vehicle brakes composed of conventional function groups with an electronic brake controller and a hydraulic unit that is in particular rigidly connected to the controller, with the electronic controller comprising a redundant or partly redundant microprocessor system with several central processing units (CPU), and with the... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080312791 - Apparatus and method for application of force to a steering device: An apparatus for application of force to a steering device, e.g., of a motor vehicle, includes an operative apparatus associated with the steering device and a counterelement disposed on the steering device. The operative apparatus has an induction assemblage producing an electromagnetic force on the counterelement, and the counterelement has... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080312792 - Drive assisting method for reversal path with drawn vehicle: The invention relates to a drive assisting method for the reversal path of a vehicle which consists of a tow track and a trailer pivotable with respect thereto and is provided with a conventional mechanical steering device. The inventive method consists in selecting a target point (C), which the vehicle... Agent: Novak Druce And Quigg LLP (volvo)

20080312793 - Method of controlling an inhomogeneous roadway: e

20080312794 - Power steering system and method of influencing the damping of a power steering system: A power steering system is disclosed herein that includes an electronic control unit that determines a set-point value for a damping moment in the power steering system. The system also includes a first sensor connected to the control unit and operable to determine a sign of a steering angle. The... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080312795 - System and method for classifying vehicle occupant: A system and method for classifying a vehicle occupant is disclosed. A base is installed in each of leg frames of a seat of a vehicle. A cover is installed above the base to be spaced apart from the base. Two weight sensors are installed between the base and the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080312797 - Seat control apparatus: An ECU in a third seat equipped vehicle receives a reservation signal from a portable device, and answers back to the portable device with a vehicle condition signal that indicates that the second row and the third row of seats are automatically movable. When a door of the vehicle is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080312796 - Vehicle driving position control system and method: A detector detects at least one of environmental information on the environment and physical information on the user's physical condition, when the user gets into a vehicle. Each of the environment and the physical condition is divided into a plurality of zones. A memory stores statistical data each representing the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080312798 - Use of torque converter pump clutch to eliminate vibration jolt in a vehicle transmission: The present invention is a method of engaging a drive gear in a vehicle transmission having a torque converter that reduces the sudden vibration jolt that often accompanies engagement of a drive gear from a neutral position, such as Park or Neutral. The method includes sensing brake pedal depression, detecting... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20080312799 - Method for electronically controlling a bicycle gearshift and bicycle electronic system: A method for electronically controlling a bicycle gearshift and a bicycle electronic system, wherein when a gearshifting request is transmitted from an electronic control unit to a driving unit, the driving unit associates a wait for a waiting time therewith. In the case of a multiple gearshifting, the waiting time... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080312800 - Lock-up control for torque converter: A lock-up control system including a lock-up differential pressure generator and a controller that is programmed to: when increasing a lock-up differential pressure command value with time to establish the lock-up state of the torque converter, switch a gradient of the lock-up differential pressure command value from a first gradient... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080312801 - Apparatus for determining positions and movements of a brake pedal for a vehicle brake system: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining a pedal displacement of a brake pedal for a vehicle brake system. In said case, a magnetic element disposed on a piston in the interior of a housing of a brake cylinder is used, which cooperates with a sensor element disposed... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080312802 - Driving force control device and driving force control method: In a driving force control device and driving force control method according to the invention, a first target driving force is calculated based on an operation amount of an accelerator pedal by a driver, a second target driving force, which is necessary for a vehicle to maintain a constant vehicle... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080312806 - Abnormality diagnosis device and control system for internal combustion engine: An exhaust gas discharged from a combustion chamber of each cylinder flows near an air-fuel ratio sensor via a junction. An ECU estimates an air-fuel ratio of each cylinder based upon a sensing value of an air-fuel ratio sensor. When a variation in the air-fuel ratio among the cylinders is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080312805 - Controller and control system for internal combustion engine: A requested injection time InjT that is necessary for a fuel injector to inject a fuel per one combustion cycle is computed in response to variables of an accelerator manipulated by a driver. An injectable time InjMax per one combustion cycle is computed on the basis of an engine speed,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080312804 - Fuel injection control apparatus for engine: A fuel injection control apparatus for an engine which carried out a fuel injection control according to a speed density system which estimates an intake air amount from detected engine rotational speed value and intake pipe pressure value to decide a fuel injection amount, the control apparatus preventing an air... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080312807 - Process for automatically controlling the rail pressure during a starting operation: A process for automatically controlling the rail pressure (pCR) in an internal combustion engine with a common-rail system during the starting operation, the process including: calculating control deviation from a nominal rail pressure and an actual rail pressure; calculating, in a pressure controller, a correcting variable for actuating a suction... Agent: Klaus P. Stoffel Wolff & Samson

20080312803 - Supercharging system for internal combustion engine: An object of the invention is to provide a technique for excellently controlling a supercharger equipped with an electric motor. A supercharging system for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention is provided with a supercharger equipped with an electric motor, where rotation of the rotary shaft of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080312808 - Fuel injection controller for internal combustion engine: A fuel injection controller for an internal combustion engine. The engine includes a fuel vapor treatment device having a collector for collecting fuel vapor generating in a fuel tank; a purge line that introduces purge gas into an intake passage of the engine, the purge gas being a mixture of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080312809 - Fuel estimating device: A requested injection time InjT necessary for a fuel injector to inject a fuel per one combustion cycle is computed in response to a position of an accelerator manipulated by a driver, an injectable time InjMax per one combustion cycle is computed on the basis of an engine speed, and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080312810 - Controller for internal combustion engine: The alcohol concentration detection value estimated or detected by the alcohol concentration sensor is corrected in accordance with intensity, frequency and the like of knocking to set the alcohol concentration detection value after the correction as the alcohol concentration for ignition timing control. Thereby, occurrence of the knocking can be... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080312811 - Traffic information providing system and method for generating traffic information: The invention relates to a method for generating traffic information to be used in a car navigation system, comprising the steps of acquiring traffic information data including information relating to a travel time of links making up a road on a map and for acquiring map data relating to the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080312812 - Suspension height control allowing for determination of vehicle center of gravity: A process for determining a center of gravity of a vehicle having a sprung portion and an unsprung portion on the basis of selective variation of a lateral and a longitudinal orientation of the sprung portion relative to the unsprung portion.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080312813 - System and method for predicting vehicle rollover using position tracking: A method of predicting vehicle rollover is provided to assist in preventing vehicle rollover. The method contains the steps of: determining a center of gravity of a vehicle; determining an actual lateral acceleration of the vehicle; determining a maximum lateral acceleration of the vehicle; and determining if the actual lateral... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20080312814 - Data presentation for navigation system: An in-car navigation system (1) which, in response to a user query, outputs a modified list of results aimed at making it easier for a user to locate the intended result. In one aspect, the navigation system selectively merges together different matching results. In another aspect, the system decides which... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080312816 - Evaluating method for identifying streets to drive onto: The invention relates to an evaluating method for identifying traveled streets, which, for example are subject to a toll, by means of measured values, for example the position and driving direction as detected by the motor vehicle. The course of roads leading to a decision point are recorded in the... Agent: Patent Central LLC Stephan A. Pendorf

20080312815 - Interactive touch screen locator and guide: An interactive system that allows a user to input a list of desired products and receive guidance regarding the location of the desired products within a store. In one embodiment, the system can provide the user with time or distance efficient navigation instructions and/or can provide the user with suggested... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080312818 - Navigation apparatus: An object is to provide a navigation apparatus capable of outputting geographic information without depending on a display. When determining at step ST11 that a destination is assigned, the navigation apparatus interprets geography of an area around the assigned destination at step ST12, and generates geographic information for indicating the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080312817 - Navigation apparatus and navigation program: A common word in Japanese syllabary is extracted from multiple items of the destination data, and the common words thus extracted are stored as search keywords. Furthermore, the search keywords are assigned to each potential destination which may be a search target. When a search is made for a destination,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080312821 - Method for operating a navigation system: c

20080312820 - Method of driver assignment and scheduling segmented long-haul routes: A method for creating segmented routes for long-haul truck drivers to reduce the driving times of the drivers while maintaining the efficiency of the trucking industry. Remote domiciles are used to reposition drivers to keep them near their domicile. The method assigns drivers to particular routes based on a myriad... Agent: Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP

20080312819 - Pedestrian mapping system: The present invention is directed toward a system and method for a web-based mapping and routing service for pedestrians, which may include wheeled transportation (e.g. buses). More specifically, the present invention is directed toward use on a college campus. The present invention provides customized pedestrian routes highlighting campus and community... Agent: Triangle Patents, P.l.l.c.

20080312822 - Location based point of interest navigation system: A navigation system for an automotive vehicle that travels on roads includes a vehicle positioning apparatus that determines location data associated with the vehicle. A source of attraction location data provides location data associated with a plurality of attractions that are of interest to a user of the vehicle. A... Agent: Panasonic Automotive System Company Of America

20080312824 - Matching camera-photographed image with map data in portable terminal and travel route guidance method: The present invention relates to matching a camera-photographed image with map data in a portable terminal. Location information of objects of images photographed by a camera and location information of display objects, such as a building included in the map data are calculated based on location information of the camera,... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20080312825 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus includes notification means for notifying an advance direction at a branching point in a route guiding, storage means for storing a plurality of moving methods and notification methods corresponding to the respective moving methods, input means for selecting one of the plurality of moving methods stored in... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080312823 - Providing the grid and magnetic azimuths on the electronic maps, and embedding grid magnetic angle, magnetic declination and inclination into the electronic map databases: An electronic Interactive Navigation Map was built to provide the Magnetic Azimuths θM of desired moving directions relative to the Magnetic North. The system presents the most useful information for navigation. The system connects a series of waypoints by straight-line segments, and provides one pair of (θM, d) values per... Agent: Jiantao Huang

20080312827 - Method for operating a navigation system:

20080312826 - Mobile phone having gps navigation system: A method of providing navigational instructions on a mobile phone having an integrated GPS receiver, a geographic information system, and access to at least one database of addresses of geographic locations, each address having an association to a telephone number. The method including the steps of establishing a present geographic... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080312828 - System and method for providing directions: A method for providing geographic directions having the steps of: providing a server system capable of electronic communication with a communication device; the server system, receiving a call from a communication device, the communication device being under the control of a user, receiving human speech in the form of electronic... Agent: Ronald J. Koch

20080312829 - Navigation system with swivel sensor mount: A navigation system provides sensors and a user interface mounted in a single unit while allowing individual users to make adjustments to the user interface without affecting the functionality of the device. This is accomplished by mounting the orientation sensitive sensors (e.g. accelerometers, gyros, etc) rigidly to a mounting bracket... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080312832 - Dual assessment for early collision warning: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates warning of collision between a primary principal and one or more non-primary principals. The system includes a triggering mechanism and a preliminary assessment mechanism. During operation, the triggering mechanism determines whether a trigger condition is met based on the... Agent: Pvf -- Parc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080312831 - Two-level grouping of principals for a collision warning system: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that hierarchically groups principals to facilitate collision warning. During operation, the system obtains information on a number of principals and constructs one or more first-level groups of principals. Within a first-level group, the system constructs one or more second-level groups, thereby... Agent: Pvf -- Parc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080312830 - Using long-range dynamics and mental-state models to assess collision risk for early warning: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that for facilitating assessment of collision between a primary principal and a non-primary principal for early warning. During operation, the system periodically performs the following operations: The system obtains a current observation of the primary principal and non-primary principal. The system... Agent: Pvf -- Parc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080312833 - Using segmented cones for fast, conservative assessment of collision risk: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates assessment of collision between a primary principal and a non-primary principal for early warning. During operation, the system receives information which indicates a state of the primary principal and a state of the non-primary principal. The system divides future... Agent: Pvf -- Parc C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080312834 - Vehicle-use collision mitigation apparatus: The vehicle-use collision mitigation apparatus includes a function of calculating a TTC indicative of a time remaining before collision with a forward obstacle on the basis of the distance to this obstacle and the reference speed therebetween, a function of alarming a driver of the vehicle of presence of a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080306636 - Enhanced display for presenting tachometer information: Aspects of the present invention are directed at an enhanced display for presenting tachometer information. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided that causes an electronic control unit associated with a dashboard display to present the current engine speed (e.g. RPM) relative to an optimal range in which... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080306637 - Battery network system with life-optimal power management and operating methods thereof: A system and methods for life optimal power management of a distributed or centralized battery network system for use in aircraft functions and subsystems are disclosed. The method determines power priority of the subsystems, and selectively distributes power from the battery network system to the subsystems based on the power... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20080306638 - Method and device to assist in navigation in an airport sector: The invention relates to a method and device to assist in navigation in an airport sector. The inventive method and device make it possible to automatically calculate the points of intersection between the path of the flight plan and the zones having speed limitations all around an airport and calculate... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080306639 - Devices and methods for filtering terrain an obstacle anti-collision alerts for aircraft: The present invention relates to a device and methods for filtering anti-collision alerts for aircraft having a locating system charting the position of the aircraft and estimating the precision of its position. A navigation system of the aircraft calculates at least the actual speed of the aircraft, the speed instruction... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080306641 - Human machine interface for speed and location control with braking distance display: The present disclosure is directed to a locomotive controller including an input device, a display and a processor for driving the display and receiving inputs from the input device. Software in the processor determines and drives the display to show a location of a train on a track and indicia... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080306640 - System and method for wirelessly interfacing a locomotive consist: A system is provided to wirelessly interface a locomotive consist including a plurality of locomotives. One locomotive of the plurality of locomotives includes a plurality of trainline cables to transmit a respective plurality of trainline signals during operation of the locomotive. The plurality of trainline cables extend between a trainline... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20080306642 - Remote controlled position sensing and auto-leveling boat lift controller: The present invention disclosure relates to boat lifts and in particular a boat lift preferably employing to a remote controlled, position sensing and auto-leveling boat lift controller. The controller is capable of monitoring the height of the lift relative to the surface of the water and the angle of the... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080306643 - Driving system for hybrid vehicle: A hybrid-vehicle driving system includes an engine, a transmission, a first motor/generator provided between the engine and the transmission, and a battery that can charge and discharge the first motor/generator. When an estimated output voltage of the first motor/generator becomes higher than or equal to a predetermined voltage during a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080306644 - Game machine and information communication system using data carrier: A game apparatus includes an apparatus body; and a plurality of small playing members each having a data carrier for transmitting driving electric power and performing mutual communications with the apparatus body. The number of points is added by the apparatus body when a change is given from the outside... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080306648 - Abnormality diagnosis system and control system for internal combustion engine: An ECU (60) for an engine (10, 70) monitors a change of an actual fuel pressure (NPC), when a target fuel pressure (PFIN) is changed stepwise. In one abnormality, the time required for the actual fuel pressure to reach the target fuel pressure is equal to that when an actuator... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080306647 - In-vehicle network system and control method thereof: The present invention relates to an in-vehicle networks system and a method of controlling the same. The in-vehicle network system includes a first actuator and second actuators; shared sensors outputting a sensing value according to a sensing result; a first sub ECU controlling the driving of the first actuator and... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080306645 - Methods and systems for providing open access to vehicle data: A method for providing open access to vehicle data is disclosed From a vehicle under service, the method receives vehicle-diagnostic data in a manufacturer-specified format at a vehicle-service tool, and converts the vehicle data in the manufacturer-specified format into vehicle data in an open format.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080306646 - System and method for using vehicle attributes to identify a vehicle under service: A system and method directed to determining vehicle attributes associated with a vehicle under service so as to eliminate the need for a user of a vehicle service tool to enter the vehicle attributes or to reduce the quantity of vehicle attributes that the user has to enter in order... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080306650 - Failure-diagnosis information collection system: A failure-diagnosis information collection system facilitates failure diagnosis in a vehicle. Electronic control units (ECUs) constituting an onboard network perform abnormality detection processing for a detected abnormality. When a duration during which an abnormality recognizing condition for a detected abnormality is established reaches an abnormality recognition time, abnormality information and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080306649 - Vehicle driving safety control apparatus: A driving safety control apparatus for a vehicle is provided. In some embodiments, the driving safety control apparatus makes use of a hybrid wheel sensor capable of automatically detecting an abnormal state of one or more chassis components generated when the vehicle is running by using speed and acceleration signals... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080306651 - System and method for transferring vehicle service data: A system and method directed to generating a transfer file of categorized vehicle service data, wherein the vehicle service data was captured by a vehicle service tool, and transmitting the transfer file to a remote device. The remote device may store the categorized vehicle service data and thereafter send the... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080306652 - Method and computer program for personalizing adjustable functions in a vehicle: The invention relates to a method and a computer program and a data carrier with this computer program for personalizing adjustable functions in a vehicle. The method provides that first a user profile in the form of stored, person-related settings and/or data of the functions for a current user of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080306653 - Engine control apparatus and straddle-type vehicle: An engine control apparatus that effectively suppresses a rise in rotation number of an engine in a jump of a vehicle. An engine control apparatus includes an acceleration detecting device for detecting an acceleration component of gravity acceleration in a perpendicular direction of the vehicle body based on a signal... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080306654 - Parametric remedial action strategy for an active front steer system: A vehicle parametric active front steering (AFS) system remedial action is described herein. AFS system modules inter-communicate via messages containing parameters. The AFS system detects a message error, determines an invalid parameter, and takes appropriate remedial action. An error is detected if an error condition is satisfied or if occurrence... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080306655 - Control apparatus for electric power steering system: There is provided a control apparatus that controls a motor of an electric power steering system to assist a steering effort of an operator. The control apparatus includes a sensor, a parameter computer, a difference computer, a target torque computer, and a motor driver. The parameter computer computes a current... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080306656 - Process for adjusting an occupant protection and/or comfort enhancing system, and occupant protection and/or comfort enhancing system.: The invention relates to a vehicle occupant protection and/or comfort system (1) for a vehicle (10), comprising a plurality of adaptive protection system and comfort components (8.1, 8.2) which are each assigned to a sitting place (SP1 to SPn) and can be adjusted by means of a safety and/or comfort... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080306657 - Control device and method for deploying a protective means for rollover protection for motor vehicles: A control device of a protective means for rollover protection for a motor vehicle includes a rotational acceleration sensor for the rotational acceleration about the longitudinal axis of the vehicle (rolling motion of the vehicle) and an analyzer device for analyzing the rotational acceleration (angular acceleration). A signal that depends... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20080306659 - Device and method for distinguishing a person from an object on a vehicle seat: A device for differentiating between a person sitting on the seat surface of a vehicle seat and an object includes at least one largely flat bearing surface that is arranged over a large part of the seat surface including a central region. The novel device includes a vehicle seat, a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080306658 - Motor vehicle comprising a preventive protective system: A motor vehicle including a preventive protective system which includes safety devices actuated as a function of information obtained from a vehicle state sensor system and evaluated in a data evaluation and control device. In the associated process, the data evaluation and control device compares the recorded information with at... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080306660 - Motor vehicle acoustic noise reduction system: A motor vehicle acoustic noise reduction system is provided. The acoustic noise reduction system particularly reduces or eliminates wind throb in a moving vehicle. The system includes a window sensor operable to sense when a first window of the motor vehicle is open. An air inlet is also included which... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080306661 - Pillar wind deflector: A wind deflector noise reduction system is provided. The wind deflector noise reduction system particularly reduces or eliminates wind throb in a moving vehicle having a rear side window in an open position. The system includes a panel attached to the B-pillar of a motor vehicle and operable to move... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080306663 - Electronic power module for an agricultural vehicle: An electronic power module (EPM) for an agricultural vehicle is provided. The EPM is configurable by an electronic control unit (ECU) to which it is connected by way of a controller area network (CAN) bus. The CAN bus network includes a plurality of electronic control unit (ECU)s and a plurality... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.c/deere & Company

20080306662 - Operating device for at least two functions of a floor conveyor: Operating device for at least two functions of a floor conveyor, featuring at least one manually operable operational control element for an electric switch, which is connected with an electric/electronic control unit for the functions via electric lines. A plug- in codification connection is arranged in the course of the... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080306664 - Continuous variable transmission system: A method and system for controlling a continuously variable transmission (CVT). In one embodiment, the method includes receiving vehicle operation data. The method also includes controlling engine and transmission operations based on the vehicle operation data, fuel efficiency data, and CVT efficiency data.... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080306665 - Vehicle transmission shift quality: A vehicle powertrain modelling system includes a powertrain model (20), a vehicle model (30), a seat model (55), a driver model (60) and a correlation element (50) comprising a neural network. As a result vehicle development is enhanced, using the neural network (50) to correlate modelled shift aspects with previous... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080306667 - Adaptive electronic brake system control apparatus and method: A vehicle has a controller with a threshold brake pedal apply force and an algorithm for determining a first braking torque request corresponding to a pedal apply force, a second braking torque request corresponding to a pedal travel position, and a calculated third braking torque request. The third torque request... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080306666 - Method and apparatus for rear cross traffic collision avoidance: A rear cross-traffic collision avoidance system that provides a certain action, such as a driver alert or automatic braking, in the event of a collision threat from cross-traffic. The system includes object detection sensors for detecting objects in the cross-traffic and vehicle sensors for detecting the vehicle turning. A controller... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080306669 - Cruise control interaction with deceleration fuel cutoff: A vehicle control system includes a sensor that generates a vehicle speed signal. A cruise control system generates a cruise control signal to maintain a vehicle at a target speed. A control module compares the vehicle speed signal to the target speed signal. The control module calculates different cruise control... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080306668 - Cruise control interaction with driver commanded speed reset: A cruise control system includes an input device that generates an operator input signal. A control module generates a cruise control command signal to maintain a vehicle speed at a set target speed. The control module operates in a normal mode that is associated with decreasing the set target speed,... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080306670 - Power boost system and method: A power boost system and method. An illustrative embodiment of the power boost system includes an operator interface having a system activation button; a vehicle system controller connected to the operator interface; and at least one of an engine system controller, a battery system controller and an accessory system controller... Agent: Randy Tung Tung & Associates

20080306673 - Exhaust emission control device for internal combustion engine: An exhaust emission control device for an internal combustion engine, capable of supplying a just enough amount of reducing agent to a selective reduction catalyst even when a NOx purification ratio of the catalyst is changed by various causes, thereby enabling a high NOx purification ratio and very low exhaust... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20080306672 - Method for changing the operating mode of an internal combustion engine: In a method for changing the operating mode in an internal combustion engine it is possible to switch between an operating mode with spark ignition of the engine and an operating mode with auto-ignition of the engine. Hereby, a first map is provided in which at least one range is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080306674 - Method for controlling combustion in an internal combustion engine and predicting performance and emissions: This disclosure teaches a method of controlling a direct injection internal combustion engine and predicting the behavior of a direct injection internal combustion engine. An estimation of initial cylinder pressure, air flow and EGR flow (if applicable) is used to establish a system that provides engine behavior by integrating an... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080306671 - Transient engine performance adaptation method and system: The present invention makes it possible to cope with a plurality of standardized transient operation modes in a method for adapting the engine transient characteristic to a required performance targets and a system therefore. When there are a plurality of prescribed standardized transient operation modes, transient testing is conducted in... Agent: Smith Gambrell & Russell

20080306675 - Method of operating a compression ignition engine: e

20080306676 - Internal combustion engine with variable compression ratio: In a variable compression ratio internal combustion engine in which the compression ratio is changed by changing the combustion chamber volume, the present invention enables to inhibit irregularities in the air-fuel ratio involved by changing of the combustion chamber volume. In a transition period during which the compression ratio is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080306677 - Knocking state determination device: An engine ECU executes a program including a step of calculating intensity values LOG(V) based on signals transmitted from a knock sensor; a step of deciding a maximum value V(MAX) in frequency distribution of intensity values LOG(V) for N cycles (N is a natural number); a step of calculating a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080306678 - Travel history collection system and terminal side device used for it: A travel history collection system includes a terminal side device and a center side device capable of communicating with the terminal device. The terminal device includes the following components. A vehicle information acquisition part acquires a travel history of a vehicle. A short-range wireless communication means and a wide-range wireless... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080306679 - Information processing apparatus for movable body and vehicle navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus acquires, through an antenna and a receiver, external information such as traffic information or the like, and a control unit in the navigation apparatus acquires validity time information from the external information. If the validity time information includes a standard time that represents a current time, the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080306680 - Method for determining the horizontal profile of a flight plan complying with a prescribed vertical flight profile: The present invention relates to the definition, in a flight plan, of the horizontal profile of an air route with vertical flight and speed profile prescribed on departure and/or on arrival, by a stringing together of check-points and/or turn points associated with local flight constraints and called “D-Fix” because they... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080306683 - Navigation device and map scroll processing method: A navigation device that obtains the current position based on information from a satellite, and guides a travel path from the current position to the destination on a map image includes: a display unit that displays the map image; a touch sensor unit that is arranged on the front surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080306681 - System serving a remotely accessible page and method for requesting navigation related information: A system serving a remotely accessible page includes a server and the remotely accessible page operatively connected to the server. The remotely accessible page includes a first activation option for initiating a navigation function utilizing no starting point or a starting point entered by a user, and a second activation... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080306682 - System serving a remotely accessible page and method for requesting navigation related information: A system for sharing destinations includes a communications device for transmitting a destination location and a designated recipient of the destination location. The system further includes a call center including an advisor configured to receive the destination location and the designated recipient of the destination location, a communications system operable... Agent: Julia Church Dierker Dierker & Associates, P.C.

20080306684 - Map display device and map display method: The invention provides a map display device and map display method that enhance the information density of displayed road names while maintaining legibility of a map image. First, the map drawing unit draws, to an image storage unit, a map image of roads and so forth in a desired scale,... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20080306685 - Method, system and computer program for exploiting idle times of a navigation system: A solution is proposed for exploiting the resources of a navigation system. For this purpose, any idle time of the navigation system (during which no direction information is output) is used to provide descriptive information about the current location of the vehicle. For example, the navigation system estimates a timeframe... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080306686 - Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs: Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs store plural types of speech guidance information, each of the plural types of speech guidance having an indication of success and an assigned priority level. The apparatuses, methods, and programs identify a guidance branch point along the route and provide speech guidance for the guidance... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080306687 - Gps assisted vehicular longitudinal velocity determination: A vehicle includes a GPS system and a longitudinal accelerometer. Accelerometer corrections are derived based on GPS velocity data. Individual wheel speeds are determined based on GPS velocity data. Longitudinal vehicle velocity may be determined based on accelerometer data or individual wheel speeds.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080306688 - Positioning system for a movable object: A positioning terminal is disposed on a movable object, and includes a satellite-based positioning module, a detecting module, a processing module, and a wireless communication module. The positioning module receives satellite-transmitted signals and generates positioning data therefrom. The detecting module detects status of the movable object, and generates an alarm... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080306689 - Mobile positioning system: There is provided a mobile positioning apparatus for performing map matching based on a pixel image. The mobile positioning apparatus comprises a position storage device which holds a position information group indicating a current position of a mobile body and likelihood information thereof as a nonparametric distribution; a movement vector... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080306690 - Wireless network positioning system: The present invention discloses a wireless network positioning system to add a function of positioning a mobile communication device to a wireless communication system, wherein a mobile communication device detects intensities of wireless signals from access points and transmits signal intensity data to a LAN server, and an algorithm is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080306691 - Collision prevention device and method for a vehicle on the ground: e

20080300732 - Bus communication management in a motor vehicle with a plurality of control devices linked by a bus and method of controlling the bus communication management: An apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a first control device, a plurality of second control devices, and a bus system that links the control devices. Wherewith an activity of the control devices is dependent on communication between the control devices which is transmitted via the bus system. The apparatus... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080300733 - Method of aligning a swivelable vehicle sensor: A method of aligning a vehicle sensor is provided. The sensor is arranged on a motor vehicle and is swivelable about at least one axis in the direction of an attention angle determined as a function of the actual driving situation. The presence of a traffic route leading into the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080300730 - Roller-ball roller coaster: A novel roller coaster comprising a spherical, rotating rider-enclosure, wherein the roller coaster is transported along or within a track configured to transport the coaster, while converting coaster kinetic energy from potential energy and back. The rider is subjected to accelerations resulting from the coaster's transport, among which are rotational... Agent: David E. Orr

20080300731 - Vehicle-running-state display method: The present invention has an object of providing a vehicle-running-state display method capable of easily displaying a running state of a vehicle. The invention provides a vehicle-running-state display method, including the steps of obtaining position information, time information, speed information, and acceleration information of a vehicle, detecting a special state... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080300734 - Control system: A control system comprises: a plurality of input devices; a plurality of remote output devices; a plurality of dedicated connections and a digital data network interconnecting the plurality of input devices and the plurality of remote output devices. Each one of the plurality of output devices is connected to one... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080300737 - Method and device for calculating a flight plan: The invention relates to a method for calculating a diversion flight plan making it possible to define at least one diversion airport to have the associated predictions on the corresponding diversion flight plan. The invention also relates to a device comprising means implementing the method according to the invention. The... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080300738 - Method of optimizing a flight plan: A method of optimizing a flight plan of an aircraft used in a flight management system of an aircraft is disclosed. This method makes it possible to constrain the real cost index of the mission executed to the optimal cost index CIopt predetermined by the aircraft operator, by acting on... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080300736 - System and method for controlling the speed of an aircraft: A system and method are disclosed for controlling the speed of an aircraft having a preprogrammed speed profile when transitioning from a manually set target speed to the preprogrammed speed profile. In operation, an input is received indicating that a user desires to transition from a manually set target speed... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP And The Boeing Company

20080300735 - Terrain augmented display symbology: Terrain augmented display symbology improves a pilot's spatial awareness during aircraft approach and landing. The symbology includes a terrain-tracing, three-dimensional centerline that provides a visual cue of terrain elevations along an approach course to a runway. Additionally, the symbology includes terrain-tracing, three-dimensional lateral deviation marks representing deviations from the centerline.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080300739 - Method of generating an aircraft flight plan: The field of the invention is that of the generation of an aircraft flight plan. The invention more specifically relates to a method of generating a flight plan enabling an aircraft to link a departure airport AD to a destination airport AA. The flight plan consists of a number N−1... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080300740 - Gps autopilot system: The GPS (Global Positioning System) Autopilot System utilizes approximately fourteen (14) to twenty-four (24) microprocessors, depending on the size of the aircraft. These microprocessors computer control fuel and airspeed, ailerons, elevators, rudder and breaking automatically by following pre-programmed GPS fixes stored in the aircraft's onboard GPS database, and making the... Agent: Ron Wayne Hamburg

20080300741 - Method and device for determining an aircraft landing delay margin: The invention also relates to a device (10) which comprises means (20) of acquiring parameters necessary to the method, computation means (30) which determine a landing delay margin MRAmax from the information received from said means (20) and means (40) of presenting the information to alert the crew, said landing... Agent: Perman & Green

20080300742 - Hybrid remotely/autonomously operated underwater vehicle: Disclosed is an underwater vehicle that can be operated as a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) or as an autonomous vehicle (AUV). The underwater vehicle has a tether, which may be a fiberoptic cable, that connects the vehicle to a control console. The underwater vehicle has vertical and lateral thrusters, pitch... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080300744 - Connecting device, transmission, power output apparatus including the transmission, and method of controlling connecting device: A motor MG1 is controlled so that the rotation speed deviation of the rotation speed of a first motor shaft 46 from the rotation speed of a second gear 62a matches a predetermined target rotation speed deviation and an actuator 92 is controlled so that a movable engaging member EM2... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080300743 - Control system for a hybrid powertrain system: A control system for a hybrid powertrain determines operator demands, a powertrain operating state, and operating conditions based upon the inputs; selects an operating strategy based upon the operator demands, the powertrain operating state, and the operating conditions; determines a preferred powertrain operating state; and controls the powertrain to the... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20080300745 - Vehicle trajectory visualization system: A vehicle trajectory visualization system capable of displaying real-time (or recorded) vehicle orientation, position, velocity, and waypoint data using a 3D rendering system. The aforementioned data is transmitted from the vehicle to a base station that processes and manipulates the data prior to 3D rendering and insertion into a database.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080300747 - Real time transmission shift quality detection and evaluation utilizing transmission output shaft acceleration: A shift quality error detection system for an automatic transmission includes a vehicle acceleration determination module to determine a vehicle acceleration. An acceptance window module defines upper and lower limits of a desired vehicle acceleration. The shift quality error detection module compares the determined vehicle acceleration to the upper and... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080300746 - System for preventing damage to a vehicle: A system for preventing damage to a vehicle, such as a truck, is provided. A sensor may be operable to measure a parameter relating to a component in a vehicle and to provide a parameter signal indicative of the measured parameter. A processor may be in communication with the sensor... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080300748 - Gps enabled datalogging system for a non-destructive inspection instrument: A GPS enabled datalogging system for a non-destructive test/non-destructive inspection instrument. GPS obtained location data is used to geographically stamp inspection data entries, which provides for more efficient and accurate data collection, organization, and analysis. The GPS enabled datalogging system also provides a method for detecting when the instrument has... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen, LLP (olympus Ndt)

20080300749 - Air supply mechanism for a vehicle seat, and method for the operation thereof: An air supply mechanism for a vehicle seat comprises a control device for driving a fan and a heating element connected downstream of the fan. When the vehicle is unlocked, a vehicle door is opened and/or a folding-top switch is actuated in order to open the folding-top, the control device... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080300750 - Control channel for vehicle systems using the vehicle's power distribution system: A control channel for controlling a system of a vehicle may include an electrical power distribution system for supplying electrical power to a plurality of different systems onboard the vehicle. The control channel may also include a first interface to convert a signal for controlling or communicating with a selected... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Boeing

20080300752 - Suspension control device, vehicle comprising said device, production and associated program: a second means (34, 22) for calculating the set modal stress (cφ2, cθ2, Fz2) of the damper as a function of the relative modal body shell speed (Vmod2) in relation to the mid-plane of the wheels. The control value (ER) comprises a determined shock absorption principle from among a plurality... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20080300751 - Suspension control device, vehicle comprising said device, production method thereof and associated program: s

20080300753 - Method for controlling a belt pretensioner and safety arrangement comprising a belt pretensioner: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a reversible seat belt pretensioner in a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of detecting the speed and the steering angle of the vehicle, calculating an expected turning rate of the vehicle about its vertical axis from the speed and the steering... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080300754 - Protecting systems for vehicles: A protecting system for a vehicle includes a tilt-detecting module capable of detecting a tilt condition of the vehicle, an airbag capable of being inflated and expanding to cover an outer surface of the vehicle if the airbag is inflated; and an inflation module capable of generating a gas to... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080300755 - Side collision avoidance system: A motor vehicle side collision avoidance system for avoiding collisions with objects. The system includes a direction sensor generating a direction signal corresponding a direction of motion of the vehicle, an external detector generating a detector signal corresponding to a location of objects outside of the vehicle, and a braking... Agent: Visteon/brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080300756 - System and method for displaying control information to the vehicle operator: Vehicle control information is displayed to a vehicle operator in a central display area. In one embodiment, a sensor associated with a vehicle control is configured to detect an approaching operator. A graphical representation of the vehicle control may be displayed in a central display area and, in one embodiment,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080300757 - Construction machine control mode switching device and construction machine: A control-mode switching device includes: a plurality of actuators (2, 6, 7) that conduct different movement; driving means (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) that drive the actuators; a plurality of control levers (22a-22c) that command operation of the driving means; a plurality of limit switches (72a-72e) that detect arrival... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080300758 - Drive control system for a vehicle and method: A method of altering a drive parameter of a machine having a drive system that is configured to operate a left side of the machine independently of the right side of the machine. The method includes entering, by a user, a drive parameter alteration mode by actuating a first input,... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080300759 - Drive control system for a vehicle and method: A method of altering a drive parameter of a machine having a drive system that is configured to operate a left side of the machine independently of the right side of the machine. The method includes entering, by a user, a drive parameter alteration mode by actuating a first input,... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080300760 - Vehicle driving force control apparatus and method: A program is executed which includes a step (S100) of calculating a base required driving force, a step (S200) of calculating a reference driving force, a step (S400) of calculating a final required driving force on which a vibration suppression filtering process has been performed when the base required driving... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080300761 - Control apparatus for vehicular power transmitting system: A control apparatus for a vehicular power transmitting system including (a) an electrically controlled differential portion which has a differential mechanism and a first electric motor connected to a rotary element of the differential mechanism and which is operable to control a differential state between a rotating speed of its... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080300762 - Regenerative braking with hill descent control: An automotive hill descent control includes a friction-braking subsystem and a non-friction braking subsystem with engine-based braking and regenerative braking. The regenerative and engine-based braking systems may be controlled according to the position of a manual switch, as well as inversely proportionally to the slope upon which a vehicle is... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080300763 - Vehicle brake hydraulic pressure control system: A controller includes a target fluid amount calculation module 31 which obtains target fluid amounts for wheel brakes based on target hydraulic pressures which are set in a target wheel brake pressure setting module 30, an actual fluid amount calculation module 32 which obtains actual fluid amounts for the wheel... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080300764 - Vehicle motion control apparatus: A vehicle motion control apparatus includes a first means applying a first braking force to an outer wheel, relative to a turning direction, for suppressing oversteer when the vehicle is judged to be skidding in vehicle turning movement, a second means obtaining a state of a driver's steering operation in... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080300765 - Vehicle behavior control device: It is predicted whether a spin amount is tending to diverge and a vehicle is tending to become unstable, or the spin amount is tending to converge and the vehicle is tending to become stable. When the convergent tendency is predicted, a correction to reduce the spin amount is performed.... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080300766 - Cruise control system and method: In a cruise control system for a vehicle, a cruise ECU calculates a cornering resistance applied to the vehicle based upon a steering angle, when a vehicle turns. The cruise ECU calculates a speed reduction amount as a correction vehicle speed based upon the cornering resistance. The cruise ECU subtracts... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080300767 - Emissions control: A system for controlling a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine is presented. The system operates a first portion of cylinders in a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) mode and a second portion of cylinders in a non-HCCI mode, and uses an engine controller that is coupled to the first and... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080300768 - Engine control apparatus: A storage unit provided in an engine control device stores three kinds of mode maps having different engine output characteristics. One of the mode maps is selected in accordance with the driving conditions, and a target torque is set by referring to the selected mode map using an engine speed... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080300770 - Control device for internal combustion engine: During lean combustion, an ECU as a control device for a diesel engine calculates a ratio between a target A/F value and a detected A/F value detected by a A/F sensor, wherein the target A/F value is a ratio between a target air volume and a target injection amount in... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080300772 - High efficiency internal combustion engine: A method for use in generating power in an internal combustion engine includes controlling a flow of a gas having an initial temperature and an initial pressure to a combustion chamber of the engine by a controller through an intake mechanism to provide a first mass of the gas to... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080300771 - Irregular detection device and fuel injection system using the same: In a fuel injection system, an ECU judges occurrence of cylinder misfire based on a variation of the number of rotation speed of a diesel engine when an ignition judgment condition is satisfied after the diesel engine starts. If there is a non-ignition cylinder, the increased number of rotation speed... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080300769 - Method for estimating an engine exhaust temperature and method for diagnosing a cylinder pressure sensor using an exhaust temperature estimate: A method for estimating exhaust temperature on an output of an internal combustion engine cylinder, the cylinder including a crankshaft transforming into a rotation a translational movement of a piston mounted sliding in the cylinder, the piston closing a combustion chamber of the cylinder. The exhaust temperature is estimated based... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080300773 - Torque delivery: A system for controlling a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders with electronically actuated valves (EVA) is presented. The system is designed to improve the torque delivery of an EVA engine that operates a portion of cylinders in an HCCI combustion mode.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080300774 - Controller, cooling system abnormality diagnosis device and block heater determination device of internal combustion engine: A plug of a power cord of a block heater which is mounted to a cylinder block of an engine, is connected to a household power receptacle to energize the block heater during an engine stoppage in cold climate. Thus, an engine coolant is kept warm to prevent freeze. Existence/nonexistence... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080300775 - System and method for selectively filtering and providing event program information: Systems and methods are provided for communicating filtered event program information and broadcasting user searchable event program information to vehicles. For example, there is provided a system for broadcasting event program information to at least one vehicle that is filtered according to the vehicle's current location. In one embodiment, the... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080300776 - Traffic lane management system: A management system for a traffic lane achieves congestion management objectives by dynamically predicting future vehicle density in a traffic lane and assigning to a requesting user a time slot for entering the traffic lane selected independent of any user requested time and based at least in part on a... Agent: Scot A. Reader

20080300777 - Computer-controlled power wheelchair navigation system: A wheelchair navigation system for a motorized wheelchair includes dual cameras, proximity sensors, microphones, and rotation sensors for the wheels. Small markers are placed on the walls of a location or room. The navigation system uses the proximity sensors, rotation sensors and cameras in conjunction with the specialized software to... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080300779 - Navigation system for a vehicle: A navigation system includes a communication port in a vehicle, a hand held portable unit, and a wireless communication between the portable unit and the communication port when the portable unit is in the vehicle. The portable unit has a position locator and is capable of establishing a geographical position... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080300778 - System and method for personalizing trip assistance on a digital map: A navigation system and method for personalizing trip assistance on a digital map for a user, including data, software (application) and hardware (H/W) components that track a trip of the user, log the trip data in a data base, classify the logged trip data by time of day, day of... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080300780 - Method for automating task with portable device: A system and method are provided for automating procedures, such as navigation, using a portable device with a camera and adapted for receiving input. As configured, the automated procedures are associated with various input signals, such as locations, orientations and destinations in connection with navigational procedures. The output can include... Agent: Mark Brown

20080300781 - Route setting system, route setting method, and program for executing the method: The present invention enables accurate setting of a road as a driving route by reading the scale of a map displayed on a map screen, reading matching target roads correlated with the scale of the map. The matching target roads are used for setting a driving route. A determination is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080300782 - Navigation system, in-vehcile apparatus, and portable terminal: When an operation mode (a latest cooperation mode) immediately before removal of a portable navigation device and an operation mode (a latest independence mode) immediately before remounting of the portable navigation device are the same, an MPU performs processing using processing data in the latest independence mode and takes over... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20080300783 - Navigation devices, methods, and programs: Navigation devices, methods, and programs obtain information indicating a route of a host vehicle, obtain information indicating a position of the host vehicle, and obtain information indicating a form of a number (N) of successive curves (where N is an integer of 2 or more) in front of the host... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080300784 - Route player: A route presentation compilation system comprising: a digital computer having a computer display; a database accessible by the digital computer, the database including a set of electronic maps of varying and selectable magnitude and scope and capable of being displayed on the computer display; presentation compilation software designed to enable... Agent: Ms. Ronny Fogel Brux Software Solutions Ltd.

20080300785 - Memory card with gps module: The invention discloses a memory card comprising a GPS module, a storage unit, and a card controller. The GPS module is used for receiving a plurality of positional information. When an image file is being generated, the card controller is used for storing the image file to the storage unit... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080300786 - System and method for tracking media: A removable media tracking apparatus that is used to track a media case containing at least one data storage device is provided. The apparatus includes a removable media storage enclosure configured to be positioned within the media case, and a tracking device hardware positioned within the removable media storage enclosure.... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20080300787 - Method and apparatus for on-vehicle calibration and orientation of object-tracking systems: A method for simultaneously tracking a plurality of objects and registering a plurality of object-locating sensors mounted on a vehicle relative to the vehicle is based upon collected sensor data, historical sensor registration data, historical object trajectories, and a weighted algorithm based upon geometric proximity to the vehicle and sensor... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20080300788 - Vehicular operation assisting system: There is provided a system for immediately reflecting an intention of a driver wanting to avoid an obstacle to assistance to an avoidance operation. A vehicular operation assisting system for assisting the avoidance operation made by the driver of a vehicle in avoiding the obstacle includes an avoidance required distance... Agent: Arent Fox LLP