Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 01/09

20090030561 - Vehicle handling bias control system: A system for modifying the handling bias of a vehicle having one or more dynamic parameter sensors (114, 115) which produce sensor signals representative of parameters indicative of the current handling performance of a vehicle, and a vehicle handling performance controller (106) responsive to the or each sensor signal to... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.c.

20090030562 - Modular robotic crawler: A modular robotic crawler can be formed by intercoupling a selected plurality of segment modules from a preexisting collection of differing compatible segment modules. The segment modules can have at least one intercoupleable interface. The selection can be based on a planned operational scenario of functions to be performed.... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090030564 - Method and apparatus for managing instrument missed approaches: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing missed approaches to runways. In one advantageous embodiment, an event requiring missing an approach to a runway by an aircraft is monitored for, while the movement of the aircraft along a route is being controlled by a flight... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090030565 - Methods of detecting misalignment of points belonging to an aircraft flight plan: A method of detecting the misalignment of a first point (1) in space is disclosed. The method includes a trajectory of an aircraft flight plan, wherein the flight plan has two points (2, 3) in succession and preceding the first point (1) and two points (4, 5) in succession and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090030563 - Systems and methods for providing localized heat treatment of metal components: Systems and methods for defining information provided by aircraft are provided. An exemplary method, involving an aircraft that is operative to provide information in a first report format, includes: communicating information corresponding to a second report format definition to the aircraft, wherein the information corresponding to the second report format... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090030566 - Navigating uavs in formation: Navigating UAVs in formation, including assigning pattern positions to each of a multiplicity of UAVs flying together in a pattern; identifying a waypoint for each UAV in dependence upon the UAV's pattern position; piloting the UAVs in the pattern toward their waypoints in dependence upon a navigation algorithm, where the... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20090030567 - Control device for watercrafts: A control device for watercrafts includes a control station having a control lever, a motor, and an actuator coupled to the motor. In one embodiment, the control lever is provided with a sensor for generating a main command signal that corresponds to or is related to a position and/or a... Agent: Themis Intellectual Property Counsel

20090030568 - Hybrid vehicle controller: A power frequency distribution predicting unit predicts the power frequency distribution of a vehicle in a case where the vehicle travels a route with reference to the history of the vehicle power Pv when the vehicle traveled the route in the past. An operation condition setting unit sets the range... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090030569 - Robotic cart pulling vehicle: A robotic cart pulling vehicle includes a positioning error reducing system for reducing accumulated error in the ded-reckoning navigational system. The positioning error reducing system including at least one of a low load transfer point of the cart attaching mechanism, a floor variation compliance structure whereby the drive wheels maintain... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090030570 - Method for controlling the operating condition of a vehicle based on an onboard diagnostic strategy defining different types of failures: A method for controlling an operating condition of a vehicle including executing, at each of operating cycles, at least one diagnostic phase applied to at least one computer controlling an operating condition of the vehicle, during which the computer produces and consumes data, at least one of the data capable... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090030571 - Electronic control unit and vehicle behavior control device: An electronic control unit includes a sensor circuit board 30 which is mounted with sensors 33, 34 for detecting a predetermined physical quantity; a control circuit board 20 which controls an operation of an electric component on the basis of the physical quantity detected by the sensors 33, 34; and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090030572 - Turning behavior display device: A turning behavior display device, operable to display control condition of a turning behavior control unit which controls turning behavior of a vehicle in a turning direction by using a relative difference between a first torque acting on one of left and right wheels of the vehicle and a second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090030573 - Vehicle steering apparatus: A control ON/OFF determination unit determines that oversteer control should be started in the case where a slip angle differential value is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, the sign of the slip angle differential value is identical with the sign of a yaw rate, the sign... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090030574 - Drive controlling apparatus for a vehicle: An ideal motion control unit 42 within a central controller 40 uses longitudinal jerk information of a vehicle to control the steering of the vehicle. Information for determining the initiation timing of steering is presented from a human-vehicle interface (HVI) 55 to a driver. In accordance with the information presented... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090030575 - Method, system, and apparatus for providing enhanced steering pull compensation: A system for providing enhanced steering pull compensation is provided. The system compensates for steering pull in a vehicle using a signal from a pull compensation signal generator. The signal from the pull compensation signal generator is processed though a processing mechanism. The processing mechanism controls a power steering assist... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090030576 - Method and device for detecting the position of an occupant of a vehicle seat: s

20090030577 - Seat occupancy sensor assembly: An occupancy sensor assembly with a variable-resistance seat occupancy sensor comprises an adapter circuit for connecting the occupancy sensor to a control unit. The adapter circuit includes switching means for switching, between discrete states and as a function of resistance of the seat occupancy sensor, a current drawn from the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090030578 - Method and device for detecting and classifying the position of an occupant of a vehicle seat:

20090030579 - Vehicle door controller: When a reservation signal is received from a portable device, an ECU of a vehicle-side controller detects whether a user is present near a door. When it is detected that the user is present near the door, the ECU of the vehicle-side controller transmits a door unlock command signal and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090030581 - Agricultural working machine: The present invention relates to an agricultural working machine (2), in particular a forage harvester (1) with a device for adjusting the ground speed v, with which the maximum ground speed v of the agricultural working machine (2) is determined as a function of the tire pressure of at least... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090030580 - Excavator: In a corner part on the front and lower side of a contact area between a bucket and a cabin formed by an area front surface serving as a front limitation of the contact area and an area lower surface serving as a lower limit of the contact area, an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090030582 - Motor vehicle, indicating device and operating method: An indicating device for a motor vehicle and an operating method are provided. The motor vehicle includes a drive train with at least one drive unit. The indicating device shows in a differentiable manner to the driver the drive states of accelerating, unpowered driving (coasting) and decelerating using the drive... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090030583 - Operating range selection mechanism of automatic transmission, automatic transmission unit with the operating range selection mechanism, and vehicle: An operation range selection mechanism of an automatic transmission 100 according to the present invention includes an input operation force detector 21 that detects an operation force generated by an operation applied to a select lever 2, an assist actuator 9 that adds an assist force to the select lever... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090030584 - Multi-functional display for tachometer: A novel display apparatus and method that enables the operator to shift gears smoothly on motor vehicles is described. The display shows engine revolutions per minute (RPM) at various traveling speeds for any gears all in one dial. The display may also show shifting paths for different driving styles. The... Agent: Jianhao Meng

20090030585 - Cam phasing control system for improving regeneration efficiency: A control system comprises a cam position calculation module that determines intake and exhaust cam positions during operation of an engine. The engine includes a regeneration and fuel cut-off (FCO) mode. A cam position adjustment module generates alternate intake and exhaust cam positions during the regeneration and FCO mode. A... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090030586 - Valvetrain drive stretch compensation for camshaft to crankshaft correlation: A method of correlating a rotational position of a crankshaft to a rotational position of a camshaft includes determining a stretch value of a timing connection, which drivingly couples the crankshaft and the camshaft, and calculating a crankshaft to camshaft rotational position value indicative of the rotational position of the... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090030589 - Control apparatus of internal combustion engine and control method of internal combustion engine: A control apparatus of an internal combustion engine in which a plurality of cylinders is divided into a first cylinder group (1a) and a second cylinder group (1b), the internal combustion engine being able to be selectively switched between operating in a partial cylinder operation mode in which only one... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090030588 - Controller for internal combustion engine: An ignition timing is established according to alcohol concentration of fuel detected by an alcohol concentration sensor. In a torque control where a throttle opening is controlled in such a manner that an estimated torque follows an target torque, when obtaining the estimated incylinder filling air quantity, the throttle opening... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090030587 - Vehicle-mounted engine control apparatus: In an vehicle-mounted engine control apparatus according to the present invention, a restart inspection means, which is simpler than an activation inspection means, is provided, and a means to be applied is selected by an initialization determination means. The contents of the restart inspection are limited to malfunction items detected... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090030590 - Fuel injection control apparatus designed to compensate for deviation of quantity of fuel sprayed from fuel injector: A fuel injection control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided. A controller directs a fuel injector to spray a learning injection quantity of fuel and determines a resulting increase in speed of the engine. The controller determines the quantity of the fuel actually sprayed from the fuel injector... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090030591 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine having lambda control: When the lambda controller is active (LAM ACT), in the cold operating state (STATE COLD) and in the presence of a predefined first condition, a present cold adaptation value (AD COLD AV) is determined and the present cold adaptation value (AD COLD AV) is assigned a valid cold adaptation value... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20090030592 - Catalyst deterioration detecting apparatus of vehicle internal combustion engine: A determining section integrates amount of oxygen that is stored in or released from a exhaust gas purifying catalyst from when a signal from an oxygen sensor is changed until when the signal is changed subsequently, thereby calculating an oxygen storage capacity. The determining section uses the calculated oxygen storage... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090030593 - Method for real-time estimation of engine combustion parameters from vibratory signals: The invention relates to a method having application to combustion control of an internal-combustion engine for real-time estimation of engine combustion parameters from vibratory signals. A vibratory signal representative of the engine vibrations is continuously acquired as a function of the crank angle, from a vibration detector. Real-time filtering of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090030595 - Internal combustion engine system, control method of internal combustion engine system, and power output apparatus: At a time of stopping operation of an engine, after elapse of a preset time period since start of self-sustaining operation of the engine at a stop rotation speed Nstop, the drive control sets a torque command Tm1* of a motor MG1 to a rotation speed-decreasing, vibration-suppressing torque and starts... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090030594 - Vibration reducing system at key-off and method thereof: A system and method for controlling engine shutoff at vehicle ignition key-off. An ignition module performs ignition in the engine's cylinders according to a predetermined ignition sequence. An engine module detects the cylinder in which ignition currently occurs. An engine control module controls the engine to stop operating only after... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090030596 - Traffic information providing system, apparatus, method, and in-vehicle information apparatus: When receiving a traffic information providing request, a traffic information providing apparatus analyzes which area's traffic information is requested based on the received request information. Traffic information of road links located in the requested area is read from the traffic information, and it is determined whether the road links' traffic... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090030597 - Control method of traveling dolly: e

20090030598 - Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs: Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs having conducted a search for an original driving route that goes through a plurality of destinations in a designated order and provided route guidance based on the original driving route, receive an input of a new destination. Upon receipt of the new destination, the apparatuses,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090030599 - Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs: Navigation apparatuses, methods, and programs store a plurality of destinations, each destination being associated with a plurality of types of search items. The apparatuses, methods, and programs input a first search character and retrieve the destinations in which the input search character exists in one of the associated search items.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090030600 - Method of providing navigation information by recalculating navigation route: A method of providing navigation information by recalculating a navigation route is used in a global positioning device. The method reads an original navigation route first. If another new navigation route can be read again, it shows that the global positioning device is deviated from the original navigation route, and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20090030601 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus for a vehicle displays, based on map information, a map image for vicinity of a present position of the vehicle and a guidance route in superimposition in a display device. An end point relative to a moving arrow is defined as being a predetermined first distance ahead... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20090030603 - Digital map database and method for obtaining evacuation route information: A digital map database includes a road segment data record containing information associated with a particular road segment; and at least one evacuation route attribute associated with the road segment. The evacuation route attribute(s) is/are stored in the road segment data record. Methods for obtaining evacuation route information are also... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090030602 - System and method for reducing the amount of repetitive data sent by a server to a client for vehicle navigation: A system and method for reducing the amount of repetitive data sent by a server to a client for vehicle navigation. The system includes a computer-based vehicle unit located in a vehicle, a gateway configured to wirelessly send and receive trip information to and from the vehicle unit, and a... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, Pllc

20090030605 - Positioning system: System for determining accurate position of an object such as a vehicle includes a GPS positioning system arranged to communicate with one or more satellites to obtain GPS signals therefrom, a correction unit coupled to the positioning system and arranged to receive or derive positional corrections for positional data derived... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20090030604 - Road landscape map producing apparatus, method and program: A road landscape map producing apparatus is loaded on a movable body, and produces a road landscape map. The road landscape map includes road landscape information showing a surrounding landscape in a road. The road landscape information includes road landscape classification items obtained by classifying the surrounding landscape into some... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090030606 - Navigation system, method and computer program product for the operation of said navigation system: Presented is a navigation system that includes a navigation apparatus, a relational database that stores navigation data as individual data records. Each individual record includes at least one respective data packet that represents a dedicated propriety database, at least one respective property of the relevant data packet, and a respective... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090030607 - Position registering apparatus, route retrieving apparatus, position registering method, position registering program, and recording medium: In a position registering apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object and a position identifying unit specifies the current position of the mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information. After the current position of the mobile object... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090030611 - Gps navigation device with car rear-viewing function: A GPS navigation device with a car rear-viewing function is disclosed herein, which includes a monitor, a GPS navigation module receiving a GPS navigation information and providing it to the monitor, a car rear-viewing module providing a car rear image from a camera to the monitor, a switch unit, and... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090030610 - Supplemental powered information receiver: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a supplemental powered information receiver. A system includes a processor linked to a memory, the memory including at least a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation process, a clock and internal timer linked to the processor, a programmable power source linked to the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv3)

20090030608 - System and method for high accuracy relative navigation: A relative navigation system and method are disclosed. The relative navigation system includes a first sensor unit responsive to a motion of a first position, a second sensor unit responsive to a motion of a second position, and a first processing unit associated with at least one of the first... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090030609 - System and method for proactive agenda management: One embodiment provides a method, that may be implemented on a system for identifying a schedule of events for a first user, the schedule of events comprising of one or more of appointments and travel arrangements; identifying a current location of the first user relative to a scheduled location of... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv) Ip Docketing

20090030612 - Gps-based attitude determination system with self-diagnosis function: A GPS-Based ADS for determining attitude and heading of a moving body comprises a GPS receiver, an inertial sensor unit, a blockage area calculator, a sensor anomaly detector and a monitor. The GPS-Based ADS provides information useful for making a judgment on appropriateness of installation sites and mounting conditions of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090030613 - Vehicle departure detecting device: Lane width information Winf acquired by a traffic lane detector is retrieved (step S1); when a value of the lane width information Winf is within a predetermined range of change amount relative to a lane width output Wout_old at a previous time step, i.e., not less than (Wout_old+Wdec) nor more... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090024259 - Stores dependent angle of attack feedback: A method for adjusting angle of attack feedback gain based characteristics and position of mounted stores, and a control system using the method.... Agent: Venable LLP

20090024260 - Method and device for automatically adjusting an image of an aircraft navigation screen: Method and device for automatically adjusting an image of an aircaft navigation screen. The device (1) comprises means (8, 9) for automatically determining, if necessary, a new display configuration making it possible to present on a navigation screen (2) a detected dangerous event, and display means (12) for automatically effecting... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090024261 - Device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft during an approach phase for the purpose of landing: Device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft during an approach phase for the purpose of landing. The device (1) comprises a guidance system (8) for aiding guidance of the aircraft, in the event of the actuation of a control means (11A, 11B, 11n), both during an initial phase in... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090024263 - Association of torque requesting modules in a coordinated torque architecture: A powertrain control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of axle torque request modules that generate respective axle torque requests based on respective performance criteria of a vehicle, an axle torque arbitration module that generates a net axle torque request based on the plurality of axle torque requests, a... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090024266 - Battery tester for electric vehicle: Testing or diagnostics are performed on an electric vehicle. The vehicle is operated and current flow through a system of the vehicle is monitored. A voltage related to the system is also monitored. Diagnostics are provided based upon the monitored voltage and the monitored current.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20090024267 - Control device of vehicle and vehicle: A vehicle includes a high-voltage battery, a socket for connection of a charging cable of an external power supply apparatus for charging the high-voltage battery, and a load for cooling and heating and a load for warming-up an engine that serve as in-vehicle loads receiving electric power from the high-voltage... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090024262 - Hybrid vehicle and control method thereof: A hybrid vehicle is provided with means for setting a four-wheel drive condition which is a condition for switching from two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive, and an EV switch which, when turned on by an occupant of the vehicle, places the vehicle in an EV driving mode in which only... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090024264 - Method of smoothing non-driver-commanded restarts of a hybrid vehicle: A hybrid engine control system comprises a hybrid engine control module and a torque mitigation module. The hybrid engine control module selectively stops an internal combustion engine (ICE). The hybrid engine control module selectively starts the ICE based upon driver inputs and non-driver inputs. The torque mitigation module reduces torque... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090024265 - Micro-hybrid motor vehicle: A micro-hybrid motor vehicle 2 having an engine 5 started by an electrical starter 6 is disclosed having a starter system that adaptively responds to ageing of an electrical power source such as a capacitor 12 used to power the starter motor 6 so as to maintain engine starting performance.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, Llc

20090024268 - vehicle diagnostic listening device and method therefor: A diagnostic listening device for a vehicle uses at least one input device to retrieve audible signals from the vehicle. Diagnostic circuitry is coupled to the at least one input device to allow a user to listen to the audible signals retrieved and to isolate out certain frequencies to aid... Agent: Weiss & Moy Pc

20090024271 - Fault diagnosis system in load driving arrangement and fuel pump control system: In a fault diagnosis system (10) in a load driving arrangement, the fault diagnosis system detecting a fault in the load driving arrangement in which a controller (13) outputs a control signal to a driver (12) and the driver (12) drives a load (11) according to the control signal, a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090024269 - Method for determining the centre of gravity for an automotive vehicle: Methods for determining the height, horizontal position, and lateral position of the centre of gravity of a vehicle are disclosed. The methods comprise constructing a plurality of models of vehicle behaviour, each model including a plurality of parameters that determine vehicle behaviour including parameters that define the position of the... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20090024270 - Method for estimating the suspension stroke of a vehicle and apparatus implementing the same: The present invention refers to a method for estimating the suspension stroke of a vehicle comprising the steps consisting of: a) determining a variability law (10) that associates the stroke of the suspension with the pressure inside a shock absorber of the same, based on experimental data; b) estimating the... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.c.

20090024272 - Wireless network and methodology for automotive service systems: A method and apparatus are provided for forming a wireless communications network using a standard communications link between a master controller and at least one slave device. In one example, a list of available slave devices for the network is generated, valid slave devices are determined from the list of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090024274 - Recording device and recording method: There is provided a recording device capable of collecting information which makes it possible to investigate an accident. A recording section, such as a FeRAM, records vehicle information indicative of current conditions of the vehicle at predetermined recording intervals. An accident level-determining section determines whether or not an accident has... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090024273 - System and method for providing a user interface for vehicle monitoring system users and insurers: System and method for providing a website, portal and/or user interface adding, reviewing and editing street mapping data and speed-by-street information. The website, portal and/or user interface allows users to add, review and editing all or selected matters of safety data and street information in a street mapping database. The... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090024275 - Integrated faceplate for electronics modules in vehicle center console designed around pass-through media slots: An improvement in the fit and finish of a center stack or console area of a vehicle is provided by integrating individual electronic module faceplate and trim bezels into a single faceplate which may be positioned independent of the individual modules. A jumper or flat wire connector provides communication between... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, Pllc

20090024276 - System for customizing lighting and sound effects in a vehicle: A vehicle includes a passenger compartment, a touch-screen for receiving an input signal from an occupant when the occupant touches the touch-screen, an output device, and a controller. The controller changes a characteristic of an electromagnetic wave in the form of visible light and/or an audible sound, which is transmitted... Agent: Quinn Law Group, Pllc

20090024277 - Suspension control device, vehicle comprising said device, production method thereof and associated program: v

20090024279 - In-lane running support system, automobile and in-lane running support method: The in-lane running support system includes a steering input device and a steering input detector. The in-lane running support system further comprises a reaction force device that changes a condition of the steering input device between a normal operation mode that provides a normal reaction force to the driver, and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090024278 - Steering control device for vehicles: A vehicle steering control device which prevents overshoot or a phase delay of a vehicle position from a target position when an actuator of a steering mechanism is controlled so that an integral control reduces a positional deviation of a vehicle from the reference position of a traffic lane. An... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090024280 - Vehicle steering apparatus: A vehicle steering apparatus 1 includes a variable gear ratio actuator 7, an IFS ECU 8, which controls the actuator 7, an EPS actuator 17, and an EPS ECU 18, which controls the EPS actuator 17. The variable gear ratio actuator 7 varies the transmission ratio between a steering wheel... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090024281 - Steer-by-wire system for automobiles: Disclosed herein is a steer-by-wire system for automobiles. The steer-by-wire system includes a steering control unit and a signal input unit. The central control unit includes a reaction force generation unit, a damping force generation unit. The reaction force generation unit generates steering reaction force or restoring force, acting in... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090024284 - Acceleration sensor arrangement, safing arrangement for an activation system, activation system: An acceleration sensor arrangement comprises, in one package, an acceleration threshold detector for detecting acceleration and for providing an output signal and a processor circuit for receiving the output signal. The acceleration threshold detector provides an output signal having a first value when the acceleration is less than a predetermined... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20090024282 - Method for a preventive-action protection system in a motor vehicle having an inter-vehicle distance sensor system: A method is provided for a preventive-action protection system in a motor vehicle having an inter-vehicle distance sensor system and having safety devices for lessening the consequences of accidents, wherein driving state data is acquired by means of a driving state sensor system and is monitored, in evaluation stages, with... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090024283 - Seatbelt device for vehicle: A seatbelt device for a vehicle including: a belt reel having webbing wound thereon; a position detection device that detects a winding position of the belt reel; a motor that drives the belt reel to rotate to thereby perform winding of the webbing; and a control section that performs control... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090024285 - Fifth wheel slide interlock: A speed interlock can prevent a sliding fifth wheel on a vehicle from being unlocked while the vehicle is moving faster than a threshold speed. A processor, such as the vehicle's electronic control unit, advantageously monitors the vehicle speed and a switch that controls the fifth wheel slide, preventing the... Agent: Potomac Patent Group Pllc

20090024287 - Internal combustion engine: Internal combustion engine with a power train, to which a torque of a starter can be transferred, wherein the power train is connected to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine via a clutch, and in so doing, the clutch has an engaged position, wherein a drive torque from the... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20090024286 - Method for automatically engaging a parking lock of an automatic or automated transmission of a motor vehicle: A method of automatically engaging a parking lock of an automatic or automated transmission of a motor vehicle, which can be engaged by way of a selector device depending on a drive position selected by the driver of the motor vehicle and depending on other operating parameters. In order to... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20090024288 - Driving source controller and control method: An ECU executes a program including the steps of: detecting engine speed NE based on a signal transmitted from an engine speed sensor; calculating engine speed NE with dead time of the engine with respect to a target output torque removed; calculating engine speed NE reflecting the dead time of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090024289 - Braking control device: Braking discomfort applied to the driver is minimized. Provided are a brake operation amount section (26) capable of detecting a brake operation before a master cylinder hydraulic pressure is generated; an estimation section (28) for estimating the hydraulic pressure generation timing at which the master cylinder hydraulic pressure is generated,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20090024291 - Braking control device: It is an object of the present invention to minimize any sensation of inadequate firmness and large changes in deceleration rate with respect to a change in a brake operation force when the force exceeds a boost limit point. A first correlation S1 when a brake operation force increases and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20090024290 - Method of controlling a vehicle brake with torque correction:

20090024292 - Vehicle controller and control method: An ECU executes a program including the steps of: detecting an accelerator position based on a signal transmitted from an accelerator position sensor 8010; calculating current driving force actually output from a vehicle; estimating a driving force expected by the driver, in accordance with the accelerator position and the current... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090024293 - Vehicle control device: An actual vehicle actuator operation control input and a model operation control input are determined by an FB distribution law such that the difference between a reference state amount determined in a vehicle model and an actual state amount of an actual vehicle approximates zero, and then an actuator device... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090024294 - Slip control apparatus and slip control method: A slip control apparatus includes a driving torque calculating means calculating driving torque, a driving torque applying means applying the calculated driving torque to driving wheels, and a slip restraining means restraining slippage at each driving wheel when the slippage occurs at each driving wheel, wherein when the slippage occurs... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20090024295 - System and method for remotely monitoring a turbocharged engine: A method and system for remotely monitoring the operation of a multicylinder, turbocharged reciprocating engine includes monitoring one or more operating parameters predictive of the turbocharger's output, and generating a parametric output signal corresponding to the value of the sampled operating parameter. The parametric output signal is transmitted via telemetry... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20090024298 - Engine control and method for determining the pressure in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine: In an engine control for an internal combustion engine (1) and in a method, a pressure signal (pA) reproducing the pressure (pA) in one of the combustion chambers (2A) is supplied to an evaluation unit (5) by a pressure signal sensor (4). The evaluation unit (5) uses the pressure signal... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20090024297 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: In a method and a device for controlling an internal combustion engine (1) an optimized power yield of the internal combustion engine is made possible. In this case the internal combustion engine (1) is operated, depending on a criterion, either in a normal mode in which the maximum torque produced... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20090024296 - System and method for estimating volumetric efficiency for engines with intake and exhaust cam phasers: An engine control module comprises a table that outputs a parked VE estimate based on an input parameter when intake and exhaust cam phasers of an engine are in a parked position. A calculation module calculates VE estimate when the intake and exhaust cam phasers are not in a parked... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090024300 - Airflow estimation method and apparatus for internal combustion engine: A method of estimating an air charge in at least one combustion cylinder of an internal combustion engine includes calculating cylinder mass air flow based upon a modified volumetric efficiency parameter; and calculating the intake throttle mass air flow based upon a throttle air flow discharge parameter and a fuel... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090024304 - Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine: A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine can learn an alcohol concentration of fuel in a fuel tank according to air fuel ratio feedback control, and accurately calculate, even upon interruption of learning, an alcohol concentration in an injector by estimating an alcohol concentration change delay from the fuel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090024305 - Engine control method and engine control system: An engine control method and an engine control system that can inhibit the emission of NOx and reduce noise are provided. An engine control method in which an engine 2 is caused to perform diffusion combustion at normal times and switched from diffusion combustion to premixed combustion when an engine... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090024306 - Fast burn and high compression ratio fuel management system for minimization of ethanol consumption in ethanol boosted gasoline engines: Fuel management system for a spark ignition gasoline engine. The system includes a gasoline engine, a source of gasoline, a source of a second liquid fuel and a means for introducing gasoline into the cylinders of the engine. Injectors directly inject the second liquid fuel into the cylinders of the... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20090024301 - Method and apparatus for synchronous switching of fuel injection control signals: An engine management and fuel delivery system allows an internal combustion engine to operate on liquid fuel such as gasoline, ethanol or a blend thereof, or compressed natural gas (CNG). A first set of fuel injectors is configured to deliver liquid fuel to the cylinders. A second set of fuel... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090024303 - Method for determining the composition of a fuel mixture: The invention concerns a method for determining the composition of a fuel mixture from a first and at least a second fuel for operating a combustion engine, whereby the fuel mixtures of different compositions require various air/fuel ratios to achieve a stoichiometric combustion. Thereby it is provided that the air... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20090024302 - Procedure for the operation of an internal combustion engine: e

20090024299 - System and method for controlling fuel injection: The operation of a fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is controlled, wherein the fuel injector has an on time comprising a pull-in time during which injector current increases to a pull-in current followed by a hold time during which the injector current is limited to a hold current... Agent: Cummins, Inc.

20090024307 - Method and device for the robust estimation of the ratio of injection control parameters to resultant injected fuel quantity: In a method for estimating at least one control parameter of an injection system in an internal combustion engine for a target injection quantity, the estimation of the control parameter is based on linear regression, which is determined between predefined grid points and calculated test points in an operating range... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20090024308 - Method of providing path information and device thereof: A device, computer program product and method for providing path information and a device using the method are disclosed. A method for providing path information comprises receiving broadcast signals comprising traffic information and cost information, extracting and storing traffic information and cost information from received broadcast signals, requesting information about... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090024309 - System and method for monitoring vehicles on a roadway: A system and method for tracking and monitoring vehicles on a roadway. RFID tags are positioned along the roadway and may be interrogated by vehicles equipped with an RFID scanner and a transceiver as the vehicles encounter the RFID tags along the roadway. The RFID tag information received by the... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20090024310 - Device for estimating the position of the center of gravity of a vehicle: A device and a method for estimating the position of the center of gravity of a vehicle are described. A sensing device which determines a weightload variable which indicates a weightload, and an evaluation unit which, on the basis of the acquired weightload variable, determines a center of gravity position... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090024314 - Map scrolling method and navigation terminal: Disclosed is a method for enabling the user to easily and rapidly access a map image of a desired position in a navigation terminal. When a touch input through a touch screen is generated in a route guidance mode, a virtual scroll button having the form of a multi-directional keypad... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20090024311 - Method and apparatus for displaying terrain elevation information: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for presenting terrain elevation information on a vehicle display. In one advantageous embodiment, a swath representing an area ahead of the vehicle is identified, wherein the swath has a length and a width. A two dimensional elevation view is presented on the... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090024312 - Method and system for updating navigation information: A method and system for updating navigation information are disclosed. The method includes the steps of connecting to a navigation information update system, determining if at least one navigation information update is available from the navigation information update system, if the at least one navigation information update is available from... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090024313 - Method for operating a mobile navigation device: A method for operating a mobile navigation device in a vehicle. The vehicle is equipped with a radio device and wherein the navigation device encompasses at least one device for generating maneuvering instructions and a transmitter device for generating radio signals and wherein signals can be transmitted by the navigation... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090024315 - Techniques for representing location information: Methods and apparatus are described for representing points of interest relative to a user-defined geographic area in a map interface. Representation of the geographic area and a plurality of point-of-interest (POI) locations corresponding to the points of interest is facilitated in the map interface using a color scheme in which... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson

20090024316 - Method and system using sms notification and an internet browser to provide realtime transport information: A method of tracking travel plans, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a current travel plan on an internet interactive database; (b) initially forwarding a coded indicator of the current travel plan on a mobile communications device; (c) utilising the coded indicator to interrogate a remote database of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20090024318 - Navigation apparatus and navigation program: A navigation device includes a history information storage unit, a history information extraction unit, and a guidance information output unit. The history information storage unit stores history information on at least a guidance object. The history information is acquired from a record of previous navigation operations of the navigation device.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090024319 - Navigation system for vehicle: A travel-estimated road, which a vehicle is estimated to travel, intersects with a cross road at an intersection. A search area shaped of a sector centering on the intersection is defined to have a central angle to include an extending direction of the cross road. An arc intersecting point is... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20090024317 - System for gathering and distributing location information of vehicles: A vehicle has a navigation system including a controller, a display, a wireless transmitter/receiver and a global positioning unit to determine the location of the navigation system. The controller is configured to transmit, to an off-vehicle system the location of the navigation system, a unique identifier of the navigation system... Agent: Quinn Law Group, Pllc

20090024320 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus is obtained that can reduce as much as possible to blank interval during the navigation even when a route deviation has occurred. In order to structure a navigation apparatus that includes a guided vehicle position determining means 3c that finds the position of a guided vehicle and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090024321 - Navigation device and lane guide method: A navigation processing part 100 makes a vehicle running path calculation part 112 calculate a running path of the vehicle from a point of a prescribed distance from the tollgate until an ETC receipt signal receiving part 114 receives an ETC receipt signal. Then, the navigation processing part 100 calculates... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090024322 - Navigation system for a vehicle: When a vehicle is located within a coverage of a radio station, a navigation system for the vehicle outputs audio guidance on the basis of received traffic information, provided that the traffic information is to be output under a predetermined audio output condition according to a congested area or stores... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20090024323 - Collision detecting device: A collision detecting device includes a chamber member providing a chamber, a pressure sensor connected to the chamber member, and a bumper absorber absorbing an impact generated by collision of an object with the vehicle. The bumper absorber has a region, which has a thickness in a front-rear direction of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090018711 - Detecting device, detecting method, and program: Information necessary to control a vehicle is to be effectively detected in accordance with a situation. A supposition situation selecting section selects a supposition situation closest to the present situation of an own vehicle from a plurality of pre-supposed supposition situations on the basis of situation information acquired from a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090018710 - Device for controlling equipment: According to the disclosed embodiments, the set of information received by means of the connection is recorded in a first file on a recording medium, and then, from at least a second file previously recorded on the recording medium, the characteristics of the coding are determined in order to identify... Agent: Perman & Green

20090018709 - Operator control system for a vehicle: The invention relates to an operator control system (1) for a vehicle, having a manual activation means (3) with a plurality of degrees of freedom of adjustment for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure with a plurality of menu levels, and a screen display (2) having a plurality... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090018712 - Method and system for remotely monitoring and controlling a vehicle via a virtual environment: A method and system for remotely monitoring and controlling a vehicle comprises a remote user interface for establishing a first model of a work area representative of the real world or an environment around the vehicle. Sensors collect data on a second model of the work area. Each of the... Agent: Deere & Company

20090018714 - Method and device for controlling the thrust of a multi-engine aircraft: The device (1) comprises a means (3) for determining the current weight of the aircraft, a means (4) for calculating a reduced thrust value which is proportional to the said current weight, a means (5) for determining at least one engine command, so that the engines deliver a thrust equal... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090018713 - System for aiding the taxiing of an aircraft: The invention relates to an integrated system carried onboard the aircraft used during taxiing or air/ground and ground/air transitions whose final objective is assistance to the crew in collaboration with the ground control authority. The system groups together a set of devices for mapping 30 the airport zone presenting the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090018715 - Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle: In one embodiment, a first motor is used upon stopping or starting of an engine during driving of a vehicle. When a stop control or a start control of the engine is executed, a target drive force required to be generated by a second motor is calculated based on a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090018716 - Parallel hybrid drive system utilizing power take off connection as transfer for a secondary energy source: A parallel hybrid vehicle system utilizing the Power Take Off connection on an automatic transmission as a transfer port for a secondary device is described for both driving modes and stationary operation. The secondary device is a battery powered electric motor providing motive power or regenerative braking in driving mode... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20090018717 - Vehicle auto-guidance memory: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for on-board memories for use in vehicle auto-guidance. An on-board memory of a vehicle is capable of storing information used in auto-guidance specific to that particular vehicle and/or a class of vehicles and passing the information through a vehicle communication network. The information is then... Agent: Weinick & Associates, LLC

20090018718 - Method of estimating life expectancy of electric mining shovels based on cumulative dipper loads: An operational life of an electric mining shovel is determined by monitoring cumulative dipper loading, both above and below a benchmark weight set by a manufacturer over a time period, such as an operating shift. The running shovel life score is increased when a dipper payload is less than the... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090018719 - Interface and monitoring system and method for a vehicle idling control: An idle control system for a vehicle is provided.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090018720 - Emission monitoring display device: The present invention provides an emission monitoring device for a vehicle. The device comprises a lightweight housing for operationally encapsulating a processor, memory; a sensor for each vehicle component to be monitored, a display device; and a power supply for power the device. The processor is programmed to monitor each... Agent: Delphine M. James

20090018722 - Process for providing replacement electric motors: A process for providing replacement electrical motors to a number of disparate users that employ large, industrial electric motors for driving electrical generators or other rotary equipment. The process comprises providing a cooperative motor repair and replacement program and alliance for the repair and replacement of the electric motors; ascertaining... Agent: Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.c

20090018721 - Vehicle evaluation using infrared data: A solution for evaluating a vehicle using infrared data is provided. In particular, evaluation data for the vehicle is obtained, which includes infrared data for a plurality of sides of the vehicle as well as vehicle identification data for distinguishing the vehicle from another vehicle. The infrared data is processed... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090018724 - Device for adjusting angle of rear axle: The present invention provides an active mounting apparatus for adjusting an input shaft of a rear axle to make an output shaft of a transmission and the input shaft of the rear axle in a straight line. The apparatus includes a mounting bracket, a rotatable support member, a hydraulic cylinder,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090018723 - Driver/vehicle interface combining dynamic function modification of vehicle controls with haptic feedback: A vehicle control system including a vehicle and a vehicle controller for receiving information regarding the vehicle and its environment and vehicle control input via a vehicle control, applying control logic predefined for the vehicle control input and the information to determine an aspect of the vehicle to control and... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090018725 - Vehicle dynamics control system and method of controlling vehicle dynamics: A vehicle dynamics control system and a method of controlling vehicle dynamics that includes calculating a tire force to achieve target vehicle force and moment; calculating a longitudinal μ rate that a longitudinal force of each tire is normalized with the size of the tire friction circle of each wheel,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090018726 - Electric power steering apparatus and method for controlling same: In a control method for an electric power steering apparatus having a steering member, a steering mechanism, and a motor for assisting steering, a steering torque applied to a steering wheel is detected, frequency analysis is performed on the detected torque, and a determination is made as to whether or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090018728 - Automated control of boom and attachment for work vehicle: A first hydraulic cylinder is associated with a boom. A first sensor detects a boom position based on a first linear position of a first movable member associated with the first hydraulic cylinder. An attachment is coupled to the boom. A second cylinder is associated with the attachment. A second... Agent: Deere & Company

20090018729 - Automated control of boom and attachment for work vehicle: A first sensor detects a boom position of a boom based on a first linear position of a first movable member of a first hydraulic cylinder. A second sensor detects an attachment position of an attachment based on a second linear position of a second movable member of a second... Agent: Deere & Company

20090018727 - Pto brake control system: The invention relates to a PTO brake control system. There is a need for an improved and safe PTO brake control system. A PTO may be put into a driven and a non-driven condition an is braked by a PTO brake. A PTO brake control system includes a vehicle speed... Agent: Deere & Company

20090018730 - Vehicle control system: A vehicle control system includes a pedal, such as an accelerator pedal, an adjusting device, a sensor and a control unit. The pedal may be actuated by the hand of an operator to set a state variable of the vehicle. The adjusting device applies a force to the pedal. A... Agent: Deere & Company

20090018731 - Personal computer control for vehicles: A computer control system includes methods and devices for disabling an electronic device, such as a computer, when a mobility status of the vehicle changes. The mobility status may be measured with reference to the vehicle's transmission, parking brake, odometer, speedometer, throttle, engine rpm, or a geographic locating system such... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090018732 - Systems and methods for shift control for vehicular transmission: Systems and methods for shift control for vehicular transmission. A transmission may shift gears at designated transmission shift points. When the slope of the road grade encountered by a vehicle changes, the transmission shift points may be altered to provide better vehicle performance. According to one embodiment, road slope may... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090018734 - Control device and method: An engine of a vehicle is to be started by only a simple operation. For example, when judging that the shift position is moved from “P” to another position, ECU transmits “request” for certifying a portable electronic key in the form of LF. When receiving UHF as “answer”, ECU outputs... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090018733 - Rpm to torque transition control: An engine control module comprises a torque control module, an engine speed (RPM) control module, and an actuator module. The torque control module determines a first desired torque based on a requested torque. The RPM control module selectively determines a second desired torque based on a desired RPM. The torque... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090018735 - Apparatus and method for decreasing an upshift delay in an automatic transmission: A method reduces a time delay or lag between a commanded upshift and a resultant upshift event in vehicle. The method detects the commanded upshift, calculates a scheduled engine torque reduction torque value as a function of an unmanaged torque, and reduces an input torque value from the engine using... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090018736 - Gear shift system for vehicle, control device and control method for automatic transmission: A parameter having an accelerator pedal position and a drive force as components is set according to information representing driver's operations such as the accelerator pedal position and a stroke amount of a brake pedal. Similarly to the information representing the driver's operation, a parameter having the accelerator pedal position... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090018737 - Method for controlling a vehicle equipped with a mechanical servo transmission: A method for controlling a vehicle presenting the steps of: verifying, at starting of an internal-combustion engine, whether a memory of calibrations contains the function of transmissibility of a clutch and/or the effective positions of engagement and selection of the gears in a gearchange; sending to the driver, if the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090018738 - Gear shift system for vehicle, control method and control device for automatic transmission: A parameter α(OUT) having an accelerator pedal position, a vehicle speed and a drive force as components is set according to information representing a driver's operation and information representing running environment of a vehicle. A gear is set according to the parameter α(OUT) and a map determining the gear based... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090018740 - Automotive collision mitigation apparatus: A collision mitigation controller drives a target brake to be controlled for assisting driver's collision-avoidance operation when a calculated collision time is less than an automatic brake a1 judgment line which is determined in advance. The controller drives the automatic brake a1 in order to mitigate damage generated by a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090018739 - Control system: There is provided a control unit including a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a vehicle speed, a vehicle stop determination module for determining whether or not a vehicle is stopping based on a detection result of the vehicle sensor and a controller, wherein the controller operates an inclination component of... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090018741 - Device operable to control turning of vehicle: A device operable to control a turning of a vehicle, includes: a motion controller operable to: control a first adjuster so as to increase the drive force applied to at least one of front wheels and rear wheels situated in an inner side of the turning, and control a second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090018742 - Device operable to control turning of vehicle: A device operable to control a turning of a vehicle, includes: a motion controller operable to: control a first adjuster so as to increase a drive force applied to at least one of front wheels and rear wheels situated in an inner side of the turning, and control a second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090018743 - Mobile unit and control method of mobile unit: In an inverted pendulum type mobile unit that performs inverted pendulum stabilization control and traveling control based on a velocity target value as an input variable, a change in tilt angle of a vehicle body occurring during traveling is smoothed. The target value generating portion in the inverted pendulum type... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090018744 - Running control device for vehicle: A curve-travel target acceleration calculator calculates a curve-travel target acceleration. A first curve-travel target acceleration calculator calculates a first target acceleration corresponding to a gentle curve, and a second curve-travel target acceleration calculator calculates a second target acceleration corresponding to a sharp curve. The curve-travel target acceleration is set to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090018745 - System and method for operating a machine: A machine is provided. The machine includes a body, an engine, a seat assembly, an electronic control module, a first throttle, and a second throttle. The engine is mounted within the body and powers the machine. The seat assembly is rotatably mounted to the body and moveable between a first... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090018747 - Exhaust valve control method and exhaust valve control device for diesel engine: An exhaust valve control method for a diesel engine 6 for switching between a normal combustion mode and a premixed combustion mode according to operating conditions; an exhaust valve 9 is opened only in the exhaust stroke in the normal combustion mode, and two-stage valve opening control is carried out... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090018746 - Method and apparatus for measuring and correcting an in-cylinder pressure measurement: A method and apparatus for obtaining a corrected engine operational parameter value, using cylinder pressure information. A real pressure sensor signal output from a sensor (41D) is compared for discrepancies with an estimated output from engine pressure model (42A), including an engine model and a sensor model. The engine pressure... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090018748 - System and method for a pumping torque estimation model for all air induction configurations: A system and method for controlling an engine involves providing a pumping torque estimation model. The model distinguishes between pumping losses due to throttling and pumping losses due to valve flow losses. The model is implemented by a pair of look-up tables. The data in each look-up table reflect Pumping... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090018755 - Controller for direct injection engine: When an engine is at starting or at cold state, a closing time of an exhaust valve is set before an intake top dead center to close the exhaust valve early. An exhaust residual gas is compressed by a cylinder to raise an inner cylinder temperature. A pre-fuel injection is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090018751 - Controlling cylinder mixture and turbocharger operation: A method for controlling differences in exhaust gas residual amount for a two cylinder bank engine having at least one turbocharger is presented. In one example, the description includes a method for adjusting valve timing to reduce cylinder exhaust gas residual variation.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090018750 - Fuel injection for small engines: The present invention is a fuel injection system for small engines in which the fuel injection system takes the place of traditional carburetors and provides the engine with air, fuel and spark control. The fuel injection system is comprised of an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled with a throttle body,... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Michael Ritchie, Docketing

20090018754 - Intake air amount control apparatus for engine and control method thereof: The present invention provides an intake air amount control apparatus for an engine and a control method of an intake air amount of an engine, in which, when the atmospheric pressure exceeds a threshold value, a target lift amount of an intake valve is determined based on a target intake... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090018752 - Method for controlling a motor vehicle using a network of neurones: Disclosed is a method which can detect an endotoxin derived from a gram negative bacterium in a sample in which it has been difficult to detect or quantify the endotoxin accurately or the like by the method described in the Handbook of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 14th ed., Hirokawa Publishing Co.,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090018749 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: In an internal combustion engine, gasoline is injected directly into a combustion chamber and ignited by auto-ignition. The characteristics map range within which fuel is ignited by auto-ignition is enlarged by supercharging the internal combustion engine.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090018753 - System and method for a volumetric efficiency model for all air induction configurations: A system and method for controlling an engine involves providing a model for volumetric efficiency. The model recognizes that volumetric efficiency (VE) has stronger dependency on intake pressure than on exhaust pressure. The model allows tuning of the relative importance of intake pressure to exhaust pressure, specifically, by reducing the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090018756 - Method for compensating an operating imbalance between different banks of a turbocharged engine: A method for controlling differences in cylinder mixtures for a two cylinder bank engine having a turbocharger is presented. In one example, the description includes a method for adjusting valve timing to reduce cylinder mixture variation.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090018757 - Control device for vehicle: The present invention relates to a control device for a vehicle, having an engine 10 connected to an automatic transmission 14 via a torque converter 12 incorporating a lockup clutch 32. A fuel cutoff control is performed for interrupting the supply of fuel to the engine 10 when controlling the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090018758 - Ignition device for internal combustion engine: An ignition device (ECU and a drive circuit) for a spark ignition type internal combustion engine that directs an ignition with generation of a predetermined start signal (i.e., falling of an ignition signal) has a circuit for monitoring generation timing of the start signal and for prohibiting the ignition based... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090018759 - Navigation device: A navigation device displays predicted traffic information downloaded from a server device and statistical traffic information stored in a storage unit, on the same screen. Both information items may be displayed in such a manner that at least a part of them is overlaid (a superimposed display). The predicted traffic... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090018760 - Rush hour modeling for routing and scheduling: A rush hour modeling system that is configured for modifying existing travel time/distance data to reflect special traffic conditions, such as rush hour traffic conditions. The system is configured to receive information defining one or more time windows, geographic areas, and road segments in which special traffic conditions occur. The... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090018761 - Traffic lane management system: A management system for a managed vehicle traffic lane adaptively and selectively extends authorization to use the lane to lower priority vehicle service classes when extension can be done without adversely impacting higher priority vehicle service classes. The management system offers significant quality of life improvement for motorists in congested... Agent: Scot A. Reader

20090018762 - Navigation system and method using modulated celestial radiation sources: A system and method for navigation utilizes sources of modulated celestial radiation. A spacecraft, satellite, or other vehicle (12) has one or more modulated radiation sensors (22a-22x) mounted thereto for detecting a modulated signal (14) generated by one or more pulsars or other celestial objects (16). A timer (24) measures... Agent: Rosenberg,, Klein & Lee

20090018763 - Program recording device, program recording method, program recording program, and computer-readable recording medium: A program recording device includes a route searching unit (101) that searches for a route to a destination based on map information, a determining unit (102) that determines a program to be recorded based on the information concerning the destination or information concerning the route that is searched for by... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090018764 - Car navigation apparatus: A car navigation apparatus includes an intersection searching means 14 for searching for intersections in a vicinity of the current position of a vehicle from intersections which exist on a searched route and which exist between the current position and a destination, an intersection name outputting means 15 for outputting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090018765 - System and method for providing origin and destination guide information: A system for providing origin and destination guide information selects an origin position of a vehicle, and selects a destination link that is a road near the destination in consideration of a position and a type (crossroads, apartment complex, park, or superhighway) of the destination that the vehicle reaches, generates... Agent: LexyoumeIPGroup, LLC

20090018767 - Method for determining the geometry of a route section: A method for determining the geometry of a route section, using route points representing information about the route section, wherein route section data between at least three adjacent route point s are calculated, for determining a maximum possible speed for a vehicle traveling along the route section, is characterized in... Agent: Patent Central LLC Stephan A. Pendorf

20090018766 - Navigation method and system for selecting and visiting scenic places on selected scenic byway: A navigation method and apparatus is designed to efficiently retrieve the information on the scenic byways and to visit such scenic byways through calculated routes. The navigation method and system performs a scenic byway mode in which operations and screen displays are specially designed for efficiently retrieving and selecting a... Agent: Muramatsu & Assoicates

20090018768 - System and method for reducing communication load of apparatus for tracking moving object: Provided are a system and a method for reducing a communication load of an apparatus for tracking a moving object. The system includes: an estimated necessary time calculating unit receiving a current location and an arrival location of the moving object from a terminal included in the moving object, calculating... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090018770 - Mobile notification system: A method for providing information to a traveler during a vehicle trip is provided, which comprises the following: monitoring a current location of a vehicle and at least one aspect of the vehicle trip other than the current location of the vehicle; and providing information to the traveler in response... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/yahoo

20090018769 - Remote entry navigation system: A remote entry navigation system streamlines a navigation process by generating routing directions to a destination transmitted by a mobile position identification unit. A remote entry navigation system includes a receiver that receives location data representing a desired location from a remote mobile position identification unit. An in-vehicle memory retains... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090018771 - Dive computer incorporating stored dive site information: Dive computers in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed that store information concerning a dive site. The stored information can be accessed during the dive to provide information concerning such things as points of interest and/or hazards. One embodiment of the invention includes a processor, memory connected to... Agent: Kauth , Pomeroy , Peck & Bailey ,llp

20090018772 - Position sensing device and method: A position sensing device and method are provided for executing correction processing based on a reliability and error index of each component of GPS output data to increase positioning accuracy. Correction processing is performed to correct a position determination result obtained through dead reckoning, and a vehicle speed, a pitch... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090018773 - Portable apparatus: A portable apparatus including a first interface configured to input speed data of a user or location data of the user from a positioning unit utilizing external reference points is disclosed. The portable apparatus also includes a second interface configured to input motion data of a user from a self-contained... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090012660 - Air traffic control: An air traffic control system, for use by a controller controlling multiple aircraft, comprising a processor, an input device and a display device, further comprising: trajectory prediction means for calculating a trajectory for each aircraft, for inputting aircraft detected position data, and for recalculating the trajectories based on said position... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090012657 - Autonomous outer loop control of man-rated fly-by-wire aircraft: The present invention is directed to a control system for use on a fly-by-wire (FBW) aircraft. The system includes a controller coupled to the FBW aircraft. The controller is configured to generate a plurality of simulated pilot control signals from at least one aircraft maneuver command. The plurality of simulated... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20090012658 - Control surface failure detection for fly-by-wire aircraft: A flight control system which detects a failure of a flight control surface and performs at least one action in response to the detected failure.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090012659 - Manual human interfaces to electronics: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for controlling an aircraft by a hands on throttle-and-stick (HOTAS) includes selectively connecting, by the HOTAS, two interfaces of a controller for the aircraft. The selective connection is made through one of a plurality of possible paths. Each path... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20090012661 - Device and method for changing the zones prohibited to an aircraft: The present invention relates to a device and method for changing the zones prohibited to an aircraft. The method comprises a phase of defining the geometry of the restricted-access zones and their access conditions which depend on the aircraft, a phase of characterizing the aircraft with respect to the access... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090012662 - Method and apparatus for determining a satellite attitude using crosslink reference signals: A method and apparatus for determining the attitude of a satellite using crosslink information is disclosed. The method and apparatus integrates data from the crosslinks with data available from other sources including, for example, star sensors, inertial sensors, and earth limb sensors to derive an accurate estimate of the satellite... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20090012663 - Determining current meteorological conditions specific to an aircraft: A method of providing meteorological data for aeronautical use. The method includes collecting data from a plurality of data sources, processing the data to determine current meteorological conditions of a current location of an aircraft in an airspace, and providing the current meteorological conditions to the aircraft and other users... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090012665 - Use of torque model at virtual engine conditions: A torque estimation system for a vehicle comprises an operating parameter module, a torque estimation module, and an estimation control module. The operating parameter module determines an estimated engine operating parameter based on engine speed. The torque estimation module estimates engine torque based on the engine speed and the estimated... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090012664 - Utilization of navigation information for intelligent hybrid operating strategy: A system for operating an hybrid vehicle is described. The system includes an hybrid operating strategy module for controlling hybrid operating functions of the vehicle based on input data, a navigation system providing vehicle routing input data to the hybrid operating strategy module, and a traffic information system providing traffic... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090012666 - Powered vehicle convoying systems and methods of convoying powered vehicles: A vehicle convoy system for use in connection with a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes at least one drive mechanism to impart drive to the vehicle, includes at least a first processor that is adapted to be placed in operative or communicative connection with the drive mechanism to effect control... Agent: Bartony & Hare, LLP

20090012667 - Mobile device, moving system, moving method, and moving program: A technology is provided that easily acquires the location where an article is placed and then moves to that location, even in cases where the article was originally placed in a location shielded from GPS radio wave, and subsequently moved to another location. Marks and RFID tags are affixed to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090012668 - In-vehicle component assessment system: A center control unit (11) of a center unit (4) generates assessment information corresponding to the strictness of the usage conditions for a specified component based on operation data stored in an operation data accumulation unit (13) received by an in-vehicle terminal (2) and assessment regulations stored in an assessment... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090012671 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: During a first driving cycle, a combustion process is controlled in at least one combustion chamber for the purpose of performing a check on an emission reduction system of an internal combustion engine. During a second driving cycle following the first cycle, a check is performed to establish whether an... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090012672 - Method for identifying a defective control device: In a method for identifying a defective control device in an internal combustion engine, especially a control element of an intake manifold with a variable length, a swirl flap, or a tumble flap, or generally a control element in the air path of the internal combustion engine, instead of using... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090012670 - Safety concept in electronic throttle control of internal combustion engine controllers: In a method for monitoring a function computer in a control unit which controls the generation of torque by an internal combustion engine, a maximum acceptable torque value is determined from a driver request. A torque actual value is determined from operational characteristic variables of the internal combustion engine and... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090012669 - Vehicle control device: A driving/braking force manipulation control input of a k-th wheel, which denotes one or more specific wheels among a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, is determined such that a required condition concerning a relationship among a road surface reaction force that may act from a road surface on the... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090012673 - Diagnosis device for energy transfer in vehicle: Any anomaly in energy transfer is appropriately diagnosed in a vehicle. The energy transfer system of a vehicle is provided with: an input energy computation means (e.g., the chemical energy of fuel computation means) for determining the input energy of the energy transfer system; an output energy computation means (e.g.,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090012674 - Apparatus and method for troubleshooting a computer system: An apparatus for troubleshooting a computer system of a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes a controller for controlling an aspect of operation of the vehicle with at least one process. The apparatus also includes a diagnostic system configured to monitor the at least one process and configured to obtain... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090012675 - Method of providing data-related services to a telematics-equipped vehicle: A communications method that gathers status information on a telematics-equipped vehicle before establishing a mobile-terminated data connection with that vehicle. In general, the communications method sends a status request message to a wireless carrier system that asks for certain status information on a particular telematics-equipped vehicle. After the wireless carrier... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090012676 - Vehicle and method of determining whether or not to stop engine mounted in vehicle: A vehicle including an engine, a tilting sensor configured to detect that a vehicle body of the vehicle has been tilted a predetermined angle or larger, a driving state sensor configured to detect a driving state of the vehicle using a component other than the tilting sensor, and a determiner... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090012677 - Multiple-position steering control device: A method includes detecting a position of a steering control that is configured to provide a steering function of a vehicle in either of a first operating position or a second operating position, where the first operating position is oriented opposite that of the second operating position. The method further... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090012678 - System for classifying vehicle occupants: The present invention relates to a system for classifying vehicle occupants, which enables an airbag to be deployed only for an occupant corresponding to a specific type or a specific condition. The system includes a detector installed in a vehicle seal and adapted to sense variation in current occurring when... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090012679 - System and method for operating a machine: A machine is provided. The machine includes a body, an engine, a transmission, a seat assembly, an electronic control module, a first transmission controller, and a second transmission controller. The engine is mounted within the body and powers the machine. The transmission is coupled to the engine. The seat assembly... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090012680 - Method for optimizing the operating mode of a hydrodynamic component integrated in a drive train of a vehicle: A method for optimizing the operating mode of a hydrodynamic component integrated into a drive train of a vehicle, using a regulating or control device associated with the component. A set characteristic curve or a set characteristic diagram is stored in a memory unit for a hydrodynamic component; an actual... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20090012681 - Upshift control system of an automatic transmission and method thereof: An upshift control system and method of an automatic transmission. The system includes a vehicle speed detector outputting a vehicle speed signal; a transmission control unit for receiving the signal, calculating a target hydraulic pressure based on a change of the vehicle speed, and outputting a control signal corresponding to... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090012682 - Systems and methods for user control of vehicular transmission shift points: Systems and methods for user control of vehicular transmission shift points. In one embodiment, a user may control a transmission shift point by adjusting a selector having non-discrete selectable positions. Such selector may generate a signal indicative of its position to a transmission controller. The transmission controller may receive the... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090012683 - Determining an engine torque error during an engine torque intervention: A method for determining an error in engine torque, wherein at least before and after a predetermined change in the engine torque the change in engine speed is registered, and this is compared with the engine torque before and after the change in the engine torque.... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090012684 - Apparatus for avoiding a collision: An apparatus for avoiding a collision, or for reducing the consequences of a collision, of a motor vehicle with an object, the position and speed of an object with reference to the own vehicle being determined using an object detection sensor suite, and a determination being made as a function... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090012686 - Braking-driving force control device of vehicle: When either one of a vehicle target braking/driving force and a target yaw moment cannot be achieved by a braking/driving forces of wheels, a distribution ratio is calculated to be a small value as a value indicating an acceleration or deceleration operation by a driver increases, and to be a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090012687 - Braking-driving force control device of vehicle: According to the present invention, when a target braking/driving force and a vehicle target yaw moment required to a vehicle cannot be achieved through a control of a braking/driving forces of wheels, in a rectangular coordinate of the braking/driving force and the yaw moment, a polygon indicating the maximum range... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090012685 - Drive and braking force control device for vehicle: In a braking/driving force control apparatus according to the present invention, a vehicle target braking/driving force Fvn and a vehicle target yaw moment Mvn through the control of braking/driving forces of wheels are calculated (Step 20), and when the target braking/driving force Fvn and the target yaw moment Mvn cannot... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090012688 - Road surface condition detection system, active suspension system, anti-lock brake system, and sensor unit therefor: A road surface condition detection system capable of quickly and accurately detecting road surface conditions during vehicle running, an active suspension system and an anti-lock brake system using the road surface condition detection system, and a sensor unit for the road surface condition detection system are provided. A sensor unit,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090012689 - Method of estimating an available grip margin of a tire when rolling: r

20090012690 - Vehicle descent control: Vehicle descent is controlled in at least one implementation by comparing an engine braking torque to a target engine braking torque, and controlling one or more vehicle brakes to maintain the engine braking torque substantially at the target engine braking torque. The target engine braking torque may be varied as... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090012691 - Wireless engine monitoring system: A wireless engine monitoring system (WEMS) includes an engine monitoring module that is mounted directly on an aircraft engine and records, stores, encrypts and transmits full flight engine data. The system preferably interfaces to the Full Authority Digital Engine Controller/Engine Control Unit (FADEC/ECU) and can record hundreds of engine parameters... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20090012693 - Control system for determining mass air flow: A system and method comprises receiving a mass air flow signal having a frequency that varies based on mass air flow in an intake manifold of an engine, determining first period data from the mass air flow signal, deriving first mass data for the mass air flow signal based on... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090012695 - Method of operating glow plugs in diesel engines: The invention describes a method for operating glow plugs in a diesel engine that comprises a housing and a heater element projecting beyond that housing which interacts with an engine control unit and a glow plug control unit which, following a preheating phase, controls the electric power supplied to the... Agent: Walter A. Hackler , Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20090012694 - Thermal detection and protection of vehicle hardware: A control module comprises a thermal detection module and a protection module. The thermal detection module receives temperature data of a particulate matter filter and determines a temperature based on the temperature data. The protection module selectively reduces output of an engine when the temperature is greater than a temperature... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090012692 - Vehicle and control device and control method for the same: A motorcycle includes a carburetor, an electronically controlled opening/closing valve that opens and closes an intake passage, an ECU that controls the opening/closing valve, a main switch, an engine start switch and a rotation speed sensor. The ECU causes the opening/closing valve to perform a determined initial operation if a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090012696 - Fuel injection control method: The purpose of the invention is to improve responsibility of an engine with common rail system at the time of starting and to reduce whole vibration of a plurality of engines. With regard to fuel injection control method controlling fuel injection to a plurality of cylinders of an engine 20,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090012698 - Gas-fueled internal combustion engine and control method for gas-fueled internal combustion engine: In a gas-fueled internal combustion engine, an ignition device (16, 6O, 62, 64, 66) is arranged in a moving direction of a stream of the gaseous fuel injected from an in-cylinder injection valve (40) in a combustion chamber. The ignition device can directly ignite the fuel stream and diffusive combustion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090012697 - Vehicle and control device and control method for the same: A motorcycle includes a fuel supply device that supplies fuel to an intake passage, an ECU that controls an opening/closing valve that opens and closes the intake passage, an exhaust gas passage, a catalyst disposed inside the exhaust gas passage, and a switch of an engine. When the engine rotation... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090012699 - Method for operating a two-stroke engine: A two-stroke engine has a cylinder with a combustion chamber delimited by a reciprocating piston, wherein the piston drives in rotation a crankshaft, and wherein a spark plug projects into the combustion chamber and ignites a fuel/air mixture. The two-stroke engine further has devices for supplying fuel and combustion air... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20090012700 - Spark ignition type internal combustion engine: An engine provided with a variable timing mechanism (B) able to control a closing timing of an intake valve (7) and a variable compression ratio mechanism (A) able to change a mechanical compression ratio and controlling the closing timing of the intake valve (7) to control the amount of intake... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090012701 - Fuel injection device of diesel engine: A fuel injection device of a diesel engine capable of smoothly starting the diesel engine to match an environment around the engine by saving a fuel, reducing the exhaustion of carbon dioxide, and suppressing black smoke in starting the diesel engine. A rack (45) is operated by an actuator (41)... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090012705 - Methods and apparatus for data communication for mobile electronic devices: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for discovering the presence of at least one source and target mobile device, automatically displaying a graphical interface to show the dataset from the source mobile device, and initiating the transmission of data between the mobile devices, is provided. The method... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20090012702 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus includes a map information updating means (13) for updating map information on a basis of map update information, a mounting detecting means (14) for detecting whether a storage medium is mounted to a storage medium driving means, a map information ID comparison means (15) for comparing a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090012703 - Own-vehicle-path determining method and own-vehicle-path determining apparatus: An own-vehicle-path determining method includes calculating a first evaluation value of each of plural predicted own-vehicle-path candidates, calculating a second evaluation value of each of the plural own-vehicle-path candidates, selecting own-vehicle-path candidates with high first evaluation values from the plural own-vehicle-path candidates, selecting own-vehicle-path candidates with high second evaluation values... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090012704 - Retail store product location service system and method: In accordance with the present invention, provided is a product location system comprising an interface to a network accessible by a user equipment and configured to receive a user request for location of at least one product and a store/product location system comprising a database identifying stores and product locations... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20090012706 - System and method for providing a travel information using a personal portable terminal: The present invention relates to a travel guide system using a personal portable terminal, and more particularly, a travel guide system using a personal portable terminal including: an integrated circuit (IC) chip attached to each of a plurality of stores, the IC chip including an identification code peculiar to each... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090012707 - Position data entry and route planning entry for portable navigation systems: A method and system for obtaining positioning data including the steps of providing a navigation device, obtaining positioning data including at least global positioning system (GPS) coordinates, and communicating with a remote database. The method further includes the step of obtaining and storing positioning data from the remote database based... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090012708 - Personal navigation devices and related methods: A Personal Navigation Device (PND) includes: a Global Positioning System (GPS) module, a processing module, and a user interface module. The GPS module generates a current location value. The processing module, which is coupled to the GPS module, is utilized for comparing the current location value and a plurality of... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20090012709 - Road information generating apparatus, road information generating method, and road information generating program: Host vehicle location information that indicates the location of a host vehicle is acquired, image information that includes the road along which the host vehicle is traveling is acquired, a host vehicle travel lane in which the host vehicle is traveling is detected based on the image information, lane information... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090005918 - Method for optimizing the exit of an aircraft in a holding circuit: The method of optimizing the exit of an aircraft traversing for a known duration (D) a holding circuit forming a racecourse comprising two parallel branches of the same distance, the branches being traversed in a first time (t1), and two arcs of the same radius linking respectively the ends of... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090005917 - System and method of carbon monoxide and fire detection and protection: A carbon monoxide and fire detection system and method are provided for vehicles, particularly light aircraft, which includes CO and smoke/heat detectors located in or near the pilot cabin that, in the event unsafe levels of CO is detected in the cabin or a fire is detected in the engine... Agent: Gary L. Huusko

20090005916 - Systems and methods for communication, navigation, surveillance and sensor system integration in a vehicle: A system and method are provided for facilitating substantially seamless interface between individual component systems for sensor fusion, data exchange, and communication across a broad spectrum of component systems in a vehicle without implicating hardware or software upgrade within individual legacy systems and/or sensors. A universal translator is provided to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090005919 - Method and device for detecting a lateral dissymmetry of an aircraft: Method and device for detecting a lateral dissymmetry of an aircraft. The detection device (1) comprises a means (7) for detecting a lateral dissymmetry, as a function of the cement value of a control parameter which is representative of the roll control surfaces of the aircraft, and of a current... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090005920 - Method and device for detecting noise on a guide signal of loc type received by an aircraft: The invention has as an object a method and a device for an aircraft for detecting noise in a signal of LOC type. A first step consists in estimating a first lateral speed (105) of the said aircraft according to a first set of parameters. Concurrently, at least one second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090005921 - Portable autonomous terminal guidance system: A portable autonomous terminal guidance system can be located in an aircraft landing zone. The terminal guidance system generates a signal indicative of the position, the terrain, and the meteorological conditions where the guidance system is located. A receiving aircraft may process the signal produced by the terminal guidance system... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, LLC - (boeing)

20090005922 - Railroad track model servomotor type control system: A servomotor type control system for a railroad track model includes a CPU, a key unit, and multiple servos; a player of the model achieves control operating status of those servos as desired by operating the key unit in conjunction with programming pre-installed in the CPU; accordingly, multiple point rails... Agent: Hdsl

20090005923 - Hybrid vehicle and control method of hybrid vehicle: In a hybrid vehicle equipped with an engine and a motor that are connected to a driveshaft linked to an axle via a gear mechanism, on condition that an output torque of the motor (previous Tm2*) is not lower than a preset reference output torque Tm2ref (step S190) at a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090005925 - Method for controlling a drivetrain for a hybrid vehicle: A method for controlling a drivetrain for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The drivetrain has at least one internal combustion engine, a torque converter and an operational link to at least one drivable axle, an electrical energy store, and an electrical machine, which is usable as a generator for charging... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090005924 - Vehicle and control method thereof: When the engine being in an idling operation and it is in a running state (S410, S420), a value 1 is set to a learning-determination flag F1 (step S460) and the learning of the idling control value is performed when the transmission is in the state of Lo gear and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090005926 - System and method for determining routing point placement for aiding in encoding and decoding a path: A method of encoding a shortened path definition of a path in a mapping system is described. In one embodiment, a shortened path definition includes only those routing points that are needed to eliminate valid alternate routes.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090005927 - Integrated system for routine maintenance of mechanized equipment: An method to forecast parts requirements for a vehicle or fleet of vehicles using a computer system having a host processor and a database accessible by the host processor, where the database contains vehicle specific maintenance schedules indicating recommended maintenance intervals for scheduled maintenance events, where each scheduled maintenance event... Agent: Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P.

20090005928 - Visual diagnostic system and subscription service: A visual diagnostic system is disclosed. The visual diagnostic system has a sensor located onboard a machine to generate a signal indicative of a status of a machine component, and a user interface associated with the machine to receive input from and provide information to a user. The visual diagnostic... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090005929 - Vehicle behavior learning apparatuses, methods, and programs: Vehicle behavior learning apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire image information of an area around a vehicle and perform image recognition of a particular feature included in the image information. The apparatuses, methods, and programs detect a behavior of the vehicle and acquire relation information indicating the relationship between the detected... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090005931 - Drive control apparatus for vehicle: A drive control apparatus for a vehicle that improves vehicle maneuverability. The control apparatus performs control so as to reduce total drive torque of all wheels while maintaining a distribution difference, which is the difference between the drive torques of the left and right wheels during turning of the vehicle.... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090005930 - Level sensing and display system: A level sensing and display system for monitoring a plurality of tanks using sensors has a control board with a processor, and a programmable system device having a memory operably installed on the control board. The system further includes a plurality of electrical connectors for operably connecting the control board... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20090005932 - Trailer articulation angle estimation: This invention takes the advantage of existing radar, vision and ultrasonic sensors available for side blind spot detection, rear view, rear virtual bumper, and rear parking assist. Using a sensor fusion technique to combine the useful information from these sensors, the trailer articulation angles as well as trailer track width... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090005934 - Lane deviation prevention controller: A deviation controller to prevent deviation of a vehicle from a lane of travel includes a displacement estimator configured to estimate a future lateral displacement of the vehicle with respect to the lane of travel, a detecting device configured to detect a tendency of the vehicle to deviate from the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090005933 - Lane deviation prevention device: An apparatus to prevent a vehicle from deviating from a lane of travel includes an acquisition device configured to measure a yaw angle between the vehicle and the lane of travel, a lane deviation controller configured to output a yaw moment to maintain the vehicle in the lane of travel,... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090005935 - force limiter: An energy-absorbing force limiter for a safety device comprises a first component (5) and a second component (2), such as a seat-belt, that is moveable relative to the first component (5). The force limiter provides an energy-absorbing movement-resisting effect, for example by means of a frictional brake (4, 5), to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090005936 - Systems for detecting animate objects in a vehicle compartment: A sensor assembly includes a sensor configured to detect a predetermined condition, a transmitter operatively connected to the sensor and configured to selectively transmit a wireless signal when the sensor detects the predetermined condition, and at least one energy harvester configured to capture energy from the environment. The sensor assembly... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090005937 - Vehicular seatbelt apparatus: A seatbelt apparatus for a vehicle includes a control device for controlling an amount of electric current fed to a motor for winding a seatbelt. The control device controls the motor such that a predetermined amount of electric current is applied to the motor in a behavioral state of the... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090005938 - Vehicle seating system and method: A system comprises a vehicle seating system including a seat and at least one powered seat adjustment actuator for altering the seating position formed by the seat. Additionally, the system includes a vehicle braking system including vehicle brakes and a brake pedal. The system further includes a signal sent in... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090005940 - Compaction vehicle: The compaction vehicle having a speed adjustment member, a displacement detector, and a drive source controller further includes a calculation device between the displacement detector and the drive source controller, receiving the displacement S, and outputting a signal I calculated to the controller; a running speed setting switch for the... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090005939 - Electronic control for the drive unit of a vehicle: In vehicles designed to pick up and process crops, drive units affect the ground drive, which is an all-wheel drive, which acts on all of the wheels and/or track roller unit in contact with the ground, electronic controls and actuators perform the control and regulation of the drive units, and... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090005941 - Anti-hunt system and method for parallel path variable transmission: A system and method for largely controlling transmission gear ratio oscillation is disclosed. When shifts are executed substantially at synchronous points rendering hysteretic anti-hunting schemes impractical, the disclosed techniques in any combination thereof may allow for oscillation control via an overridable lock-out timer. For oscillation control during incline navigation and... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090005942 - Method for controlling an automatic transmission: An automatic transmission control method in which at least one of a starting clutch, a clutch coupling and transmission elements, for selection as well as engagement and disengagement of a gear step, are determined as a function of respectively existing variables representing the driving situation as well as the driver's... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20090005943 - Vehicle speed control system and straddle-type vehicle: A vehicle speed control system for a vehicle including a failure detector configured to determine whether or not a failure occurs in the vehicle, a vehicle speed restriction controller configured to control a driving power source to decrease a vehicle speed of the vehicle when the failure detector detects the... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090005944 - Device for controlling functions of a mobile vehicle, and method for controlling said functions: A driving motor drives power-consuming devices and, via a clutch device, driving wheels as well. Upon actuation of a brake pedal, an electronic controller determines an input torque of the clutch device and disengages the clutch device when the brake pedal has reached a defined value that is dependent upon... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20090005946 - Movement stabilizing apparatus for combination vehicle: A movement stabilizing control ECU 25 includes a differential unit 25a, a cycle calculation unit 25b, a time constant/gain setting portion 25c, a first-order lag processing unit 25d, a pendulum movement detection unit 25e, a control amount calculation portion 25f and a control amount output unit 25g. The time constant/gain... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090005945 - Vehicle speed control system: A vehicle speed control system starts an automatic decelerating operation with a maximum permissible decelerating physical amount “Gmax”, when an electronic control unit determines that a necessary decelerating physical amount for decreasing a vehicle speed “v” to a target vehicle speed “vt” at a curve starting point becomes larger than... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090005947 - Slip detection apparatus and slip detection method: The procedure of slip detection computes a right wheel speed Vr from a rotation speed Nm2 of a motor MG2 determined according to a detection result of a rotational position detection sensor 44 and from a left wheel speed Vl measured by a wheel speed sensor 64b attached to a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090005948 - Low speed follow operation and control strategy: A system for the low speed following of a target vehicle. The system includes a sensor to detect data on the target vehicle and a controller to adjust operational parameters of the host vehicle in a low speed following mode. The sensor is configured to detect the target vehicle and... Agent: Visteon/brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090005949 - Method of controlling a vehicle while operating under a cruise control: A method is provided for controlling a vehicle while operating under a cruise control so as to improve response to driver braking operation and shorten the free running distance by applying a preliminary braking force to a braking device when a preceding vehicle can no longer be recognized during preceding... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090005950 - Apparatus and method for fuel flow rate, fuel temperature, fuel droplet size, and burner firing rate modulation: An apparatus and method for precisely, quickly and substantially uniformly controlling a combustion system by a transfer of heat to a fluidic fuel along a heat/fuel interface having a large surface area substantially immediately prior to the mixing of the fuel with air is provided. The control of the temperature... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090005951 - Systems and methods for using a combustion dynamics tuning algorithm with a multi-can combustor: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for using a combustion dynamics tuning algorithm with a multi-can combustor. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling a gas turbine engine with an engine model can be implemented for an engine comprising multiple cans. The method... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090005952 - Systems and methods for using a combustion dynamics tuning algorithm with a multi-can combustor: Embodiments of the invention can provide systems and methods for using a combustion dynamics tuning algorithm with a multi-can combustor. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling a gas turbine engine with an engine model can be implemented for an engine comprising multiple cans. The method... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090005954 - Combustion control in an internal combustion engine: The present invention relates to: self-tuning engine control algorithms using inputs from transducers that measure pressure in the engine cylinders, and from an engine crankshaft rotational position sensor; methods of processing the input signals to “self-tune” or learn accurate values for a) pressure transducer voltage offset, b) crank position encoder... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090005953 - Method and associated device for sensing the air/fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine: A method of sensing the air/fuel ratio in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine that may be easily implemented by a respective low-cost device includes a pressure sensor and a learning machine that generates a sensing signal representing the air/fuel ratio by processing the waveform of the pressure... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20090005955 - Controller for a solenoid operated valve: A controller moves a solenoid operated valve with a first solenoid operating pulse during a travel time. After a time interval, the controller applies a second pulse, which moves the valve towards its original position. The time interval may be varied, and a characteristic indicative of the return of the... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090005956 - Knocking determination device and knocking determination method of internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including a step of setting a search range of the crank angle of a peak value P that is the largest integrated value in a vibration waveform of an engine detected by calculating integrated values that are integrals of output voltage values of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090005957 - Actuator control system and actuator: A control system includes a nonvolatile memory of an electronic controller, which stores information regarding operation characteristics of a hydraulic-pressure control valve that serves as an actuator in advance, and an electronic control unit that controls an operation of the hydraulic-pressure control valve based on the information. The electronic control... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090005959 - Driving aid system and method of creating a model of surroundings of a vehicle: In at least one embodiment of the present invention a driving aid system for mounting in a road vehicle is provided. The driving aid system comprises a detection system for detecting and storing profiles of characteristics of objects around the vehicle along a road on which the vehicle is being... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090005958 - Traffic probe in-vehicle map-based process to reduce data communications and improve accuracy: A system and method for combining sequential map segments to aggregate, analyze, and display traffic data collected from one or more probe vehicles located on one or more segments of road are provided. Vehicle travel data generation and storage are provided by a data processing center, partitioning a road into... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090005960 - Air traffic control: An air traffic control system, for use by a controller controlling multiple aircraft, comprising a processor, an input device and a display device, further comprising: trajectory prediction means for calculating a trajectory for each aircraft, for inputting aircraft detected position data, and for recalculating the trajectories based on said position... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090005961 - En-route navigation display method and apparatus using head-up display: In an en-route navigation system such as for a vehicle, an image of a cable is presented as a navigation object in a head-up display to indicate a route that the vehicle should follow. In particular embodiments the cable appears to an observer to be a real cable existing in... Agent: Ronald D. Slusky, Attorney At Law

20090005962 - Route display device and navigation device: A route display device (100) has a display section (101) for displaying a route. A search section (102) searches, when it becomes difficult for a mobile body to move along a route being displayed, for another route different from the route being displayed. A control section (103) causes the searched... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090005965 - Adaptive route guidance based on preferences: Adaptive route guidance can include analyzing route progressions associated with one or more routes based on multiple user preferences. The adaptive route guidance can provide one or more preferred routes based on the user preferences including those derived from historical selection or use, which can be presented to a user... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090005964 - Intelligent route guidance: Intelligent route guidance can include deriving one or more routes based on traffic, historical data and/or preference data associated with route progressions implicated by the one or more routes. The route guidance can provide one or more recommended routes, which can be presented to a user for navigation purposes.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090005963 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing route planning based on personal activity plans of multiple individuals: An apparatus for providing improved route planning may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive calendar information from at least one driver and at least one passenger that are each registered to a service having a routing functionality, and determine a transportation plan including a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090005966 - System and method for enhanced directory assistance features employing telematics and virtual reality elements: A method for providing information to a user includes receiving a communication signal from a user requesting at least one information, retrieving the information and delivering it to the user, where the information is configured to be displayed on a telematic display.... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20090005968 - Location-based information determination: Techniques are described for determining and providing location-based information, including based on decomposing a geographic area into numerous smaller areas and using one or more layers of polygons to represent various of the smaller areas. In some situations, location-based information for a geographic area is determined efficiently and accurately to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090005969 - Navigation apparatus and method of controlling navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus includes a map data controller adapted to read map information from a map data supply apparatus disposed outside the navigation apparatus and store the map information in the storage unit, and a control unit adapted to control a position measurement unit, a storage unit, and the map... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090005967 - System and method for generating flyable paths for an aircraft: A system and method are provided for generating a flight plan between an initial position and a destination. An input device is configured to receive inputs related to the destination; a memory configured to store data related to the destination; and a processor is configured to retrieve data from the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090005971 - Delivery map creation method and device and differential data creation method and device: In a new map, links not constituting a new road and connected to links constituting the new road, are set as boundary links. Further, in an old map, the same links as the boundary links of the new map are set as boundary links of the old map. Then, in... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090005970 - System and method for displaying geographical information: A method for displaying geographical information comprises determining one or more geographical locations associated with a map. The method further comprises displaying information to a user regarding the one or more geographic locations, wherein the information displayed is retrieved from one or more databases. The method further comprises updating the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20090005972 - Systems and methods for determining location using cellular transition patterns: Location may be determined based on a map that includes a plurality of transition patterns for a geographic feature. Each such transition pattern is different from the others.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090005975 - Adaptive mobile device navigation: Adaptive mobile device navigation system, methods, and apparatus provide location information for a mobile device performing location estimation using dead reckoning. Multiple estimation modes can be selected including a mode for restricting measured movements to surrounding streets. Updated location fixes can be obtained through turn comparison with surrounding map information... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090005974 - Fuel cost predictor system: A vehicle navigation system that provides one or more route choices based on various factors that will reduce travel cost, particularly fuel cost. A fuel cost predictor algorithm weights the various factors to determine the most cost effective route. The factors can include anything that affects fuel and/or vehicle costs,... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090005976 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus includes: a map data storage unit 11a for storing map data in which a guide map location pointer 20 is included in data showing each guide point; a guide map data storage unit 11b for, for each guide point, storing guide map data which are used for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090005973 - Sponsored landmarks in navigation, couponing, parallel route calculation: A method, apparatus, and computer program product pre-calculate navigational routes to points of interest on a digital map so that route directions to a selected point of interest can be presented immediately when the user makes the selection while in motion and coupons and special offers can be provided related... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20090005977 - Vehicle navigation systems and methods: A vehicle navigation system includes a GPS signal processor, an image processing module, a memory, a microprocessor, a navigation adjusting module, and a display module. The GPS signal processor receives GPS signals and obtains an unadjusted navigation position according to the GPS signals. The image processing module captures pictures of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090005978 - Route reference: A user input is received on a wireless device specifying a starting location. The position of the wireless device is tracked from the starting location in response to the user input. A user input is received on the wireless device specifying an ending location, and a route is generated from... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090005979 - Vehicle position recognition device and vehicle position recognition program: A vehicle location recognition apparatus includes a link determination unit which accurately determines a link traveled by a vehicle from among a plurality of links meeting at a narrow-angle branch point, on the basis of vehicle location information and road information, travel history information representing a route traveled by the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090005980 - Vehicle-position-recognition apparatuses, methods, and programs: Vehicle-position-recognition apparatuses, methods, and programs acquire current position information indicating a current position of a vehicle and acquire road information indicating at least one road based on a connection relationship between plural links. The apparatuses, methods, and programs determine a link where the vehicle travels based on the current position... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090005981 - Integration of map services and user applications in a mobile device: A location is specified, e.g., a current location of a mobile device or a user-specified location. A representation of the location is represented on a map displayed by the mobile device. A set of contacts having a corresponding address in proximity to the location is determined. A graphical representation of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090005984 - Apparatus and method for transit prediction: A transit predictor can be carried by a person or vehicle when attempting to travel through one or more traffic signals that repeatedly change state. The predictor has a data source with a navigational output indicating carrier location and a timing output indicating time. The transit predictor also has a... Agent: The Law Offices Of Thomas L. Adams

20090005982 - Method and system for collecting and distributing driving related information or the like: An apparatus which collects, processes and distributes driving related information and a method for controlling the apparatus. The apparatus uses non-dedicated commercial wireless network and non-dedicated terminal device of the network. The network and the terminal device are not made or not meant for transmitting driving related information primarily. The... Agent: Hua Luo Yu

20090005983 - Personal guide application: Device, system, method and computer program for navigation assistance where the device receives location information related to at least one of its geographical locations, calculates the at least one geographical location of the device from the received location information, registers visual and/or sound data related to its at least one... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090005985 - Gps-based in-vehicle sensor calibration algorithm: A system and method for calibrating the bias and scale factors of a heading rate sensor, such as a yaw-rate sensor, using GPS signals. The system receives wheel speed or rotation signals, a vehicle odometer reading, GPS signals and yaw-rate signals. The system includes a wheel-slip detection processor that determines... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090005986 - Low power inertial navigation processing: A method and system for processing inertial navigation data are disclosed. The method comprises accumulating measurement data in a data buffer from a plurality of navigational sensors, and activating a processing unit periodically to read and process the accumulated measurement data in the data buffer. The processing unit is deactivated... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090005987 - Determining locations of interest based on user visits: Techniques are described for determining locations of interest based on user visits. In some situations, the techniques include obtaining information about actual locations of users at various times, and automatically analyzing the information to determine particular locations in a geographic area that are of interest, such as for frequent destinations... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090005988 - Vehicle pursuit caution light: A vehicle pursuit caution light system includes at least one transmitting device and at least one receiving device. The transmitting device includes a power source, control logic, a transmitter, and an antenna. The transmitting device may also include a GPS receiver to determine the transmitting device's location or coordinate values... Agent: Richard C. Litman Litman Law Offices, Ltd.