Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 02/09

20090055033 - Apparatus and methods for fault detection at vehicle startup: A method for initializing a controller of a balancing transporter involving acquiring a plurality of orientation signals associated with the balancing transporter. The method also involves determining if one or more of a plurality of angular rate sensors has a signal output offset below a threshold based on the plurality... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090055034 - Inertial navigation unit protocol converter: A protocol converter that translates the ARINC-429 protocol output of an Inertial Navigation System to the National Marine Electronics Association 0183 protocol. The protocol converter includes an ARINC-429 interface board with cable and software operating in a computer with at least one serial communications port. The software includes a protocol... Agent: Navairwd Counsel Group

20090055035 - Method for positioning orders with delayed execution in an aircraft flight path: The invention relates to a navigation aid method of an aircraft comprising a step for positioning an execution order in a flight plan then in a flight path. When the order is for deferred execution, that is, comprises a condition, estimating the position of the aircraft when the condition associated... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090055037 - Method and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft: e

20090055036 - System for acquiring air data during flight:

20090055038 - Autonomous and automatic landing system for drones: The invention relates to an automatic aircraft landing guidance system having an electromagnetic detecting and locating device, positioned on the ground and a first multifunction transmitting/receiving radiofrequency beacon, on board each guided aircraft and transmitting in particular a continuous wave. The detecting and locating device uses the continuous wave transmitted... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090055039 - Method and apparatus for providing diagnostics of a lifting magnet system: An apparatus for providing diagnostics of a work device includes an electric crane including an operator cabin and a derrick that supports a lifting magnet; a diagnostic panel disposed proximate the operator cabin; a device that provides one or more operating parameters associated with an operation of the electric crane;... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20090055040 - Method for estimating tire slip angle and a tire with sensors mounted therein: Deformation of a tire is measured by a paired sensor 11 consisting of a 1st and 2nd strain gauges positioned on an inner liner of a tire with sensors mounted therein located equally spaced from and symmetrically with the center in an axial direction. Peak values of deformation speeds at... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090055042 - Method for improving diagnosis of a possible breakdown in a vehicle: A method for diagnosing a possible breakdown of a vehicle component. The method stores a first distance covered by the vehicle at a time when an event related to the breakdown occurs, and stores at least another covered distance, and then makes the diagnosis based on the stored covered distances.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090055041 - Rail vehicle identification and processing: A solution for further automating the identification and processing of rail vehicles is provided. Each individual rail vehicle in a series of rail vehicles is identified and data is acquired for the rail vehicle. Identification of each rail vehicle can be implemented using a set of electromagnetic beams that are... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090055043 - Rail vehicle identification and processing: A solution for further automating the identification, processing, and/or routing of rail vehicles is provided. Each individual rail vehicle in a series of rail vehicles is identified and measurement data is acquired for the rail vehicle. The measurement data is analyzed and the rail vehicle is automatically routed based on... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090055044 - Motor vehicle servicing system and method with automatic data retrieval and lookup of fluid requirements: A system for electronically determining vehicle data, such as a vehicle identification number (VIN), of a serviced vehicle, correlating the data with vehicle refrigerant requirements, and controlling servicing equipment according to the requirements, includes an OBD II interface and a module configured to automatically determine the vehicle data from the... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20090055045 - Code evaluator tool with urgency indicator: A diagnostic tool and method are provided wherein the diagnostic tool includes indicators to indicate the condition of the vehicle using a database and the DTCs present in the vehicle. The tool indicates for each DTC retrieved from the vehicle, the level of repair urgency. The tool also can indicate... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090055046 - On-vehicle equipment control device and on-vehicle equipment control method: A situation determining unit determines a situation a vehicle currently faces. A control processing unit controls a vehicle equipment based on a determination of the situation determining unit. An arbitration processing unit determines, when a conflict of control requests occurs, contents of the control by settling the conflict, and when... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090055047 - Suspension control device, vehicle comprising said device, production method thereof and associated program: s

20090055048 - Method of obtaining measurement data using a sensor application interface: A method involves, via a sensor application interface, 1) receiving, from an application, a measurement request associated with a quality-of-service control; 2) in accord with the quality-of-service control, obtaining measurement data from a sensor; and 3) returning to the application i) the measurement data obtained from the sensor, and ii)... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090055049 - Control apparatus of electric power steering apparatus: In a control apparatus of an electric power steering apparatus structured such as to control a motor applying a steering assist force to a steering mechanism on the basis of a current command value calculated from a steering assist command value calculated on the basis of a steering torque generated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090055050 - Steering apparatus for vehicle: A checking ECU 45 controls, in step S11, an electromagnetic clutch 31 into a disconnected state in a state where a turning electric motor 22 is stopped, and acquires a steering angle θ and a steering torque T in step S12. The checking ECU 45 determines in step S13 whether... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090055052 - Calibration apparatus for airbag inflator resistance: Disclosed is a calibration apparatus for an airbag inflator resistance. The calibration apparatus for an airbag inflator resistance includes: an airbag inflator unit for applying a deployment signal for deployment of an airbag; a resistance detection unit for detecting a change in the resistance of the airbag inflator connector; and... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090055051 - Method of determining whether to deploy airbags: A method of determining whether to deploy airbags includes measuring the distance between a vehicle and a forward obstacle; selecting a deceleration threshold value depending on the distance; and if the deceleration of the vehicle is greater than the deceleration threshold value, determining that the airbags should be deployed. The... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090055053 - System and method for protecting a motorcycle rider: A system and method for deploying an airbag in an airbag equipped garment worn by a rider of a vehicle. The system and method comprise a controller for determining when to inflate the airbag within the garment. A first sensor provides a signal to the controller representing the riding angle... Agent: Weitzman Law Offices, LLC

20090055054 - Method and device for activating passenger protection means: A device and a method for activating passenger protection means are described in which an acceleration sensor system which is sensitive in the vehicle longitudinal direction generates a first signal and a second acceleration sensor system which is sensitive in the vehicle transverse direction generates a second signal. Furthermore, an... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090055055 - Seat control electronic system and method for a motor-driven motor vehicle adjusting device: The invention relates to a seat control electronic system for controlling a drive of a motor vehicle seat which is configured for detecting a characteristic variable of the drive during several short actuations of the drive) and to evaluate variables respectively associated with several short actuations, and to determine a... Agent: King & Spalding

20090055057 - Automated control module for a power machine: The application discloses an automated control module, which is configured to receive an input signal from a sensor and generate a universal control signal that can be processed by different machine controllers having different control configurations. In one embodiment the universal control signal is transmitted to a machine controller on... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090055058 - Method of controlling a working machine: A method is described of operating a working machine which includes a body, a ground engaging structure, and a working arm carrying a working implement, and an operator control for operating hydraulic actuators for effecting operating functions of the machine, the operator control mounting an additional control which is controllable... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090055056 - Swing drive system for construction machine: A swing drive system for a construction machine enhances safety for an operator. A swing control means 55A has a lever input amount-torque table 11 and an actual rotating speed-torque table 13. Based on a lever input amount and an actual rotating speed of an electric motor, the tables are... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090055059 - Shift-by-wire selector control system for a motor vehicle transmission: A method for operating a multi-stable shift-by wire selector control system of a motor vehicle transmission. The multi-stable shift-by wire selector control system includes a multi-stable selector which is operable by the driver of the vehicle to select a respective one of the operating modes of the transmission, an arrangement... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090055060 - Clutch controller, method of controlling clutch, and straddle-type vehicle: A clutch controller that transmits appropriate torque during engaging operation of a clutch. An actual torque obtaining section obtains torque transmitted from a drive-side member of the clutch to a downstream mechanism in a torque transmission path as actual transmission torque, the downstream mechanism including a driven-side member of the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090055061 - Power set for vehicles: A power device for motor vehicles installed on a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine is composed of a first variable displacement hydraulic activator (107), a second variable displacement hydraulic activator (108), a planetary gear mechanism (103) and a mechanical transmission (104). The power device further includes a hydraulic... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20090055062 - Gear shifting control system for work machine: A work machine gear shifting control system provides gear shifting conditions for an automatic gear shifting mode in accordance with work site conditions. An area 62 of a display device 49 displays a permissible velocity setting range and setup operation guidance, and another area 64 shows guidance to indicate whether... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090055063 - Automatic gear control device: An ECU executes a program including: a step (S100) of detecting a turbine revolution speed, a step (S200) of detecting an engine torque TE, a step (S300) of detecting a speed change ratio, a step (S500) of setting a range an enlarged slip region when a slip region enlargement condition... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090055065 - Active brake pulsation control: A brake system is provided for minimizing brake pulsation feedback caused by surface variations of a brake system corner component. The brake system includes at least one sensing device configured to measure a pressure pulse caused by the surface variation of a brake system corner component. A controller module is... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090055064 - Method and system for consistent braking control: Brake pedal input is modulated to produce a consistent relationship between the brake pedal input and a deceleration of the vehicle.... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090055066 - Two-wheeled motor vehicle brake control method and brake control system: When it is determined that output of a detection signal corresponding to detection of lifting of a rear wheel has ended (S102), brake pressure—and specifically a pressure increase gradient of a wheel cylinder pressure of a front wheel—is reduced, and the pressure increase gradient that has been reduced is maintained... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090055067 - Method and device for carrying out a stationary holding function on a motor vehicle: A method for controlling a valve for maintaining brake pressure in a specified region of a brake circuit in a motor vehicle, in which the valve is controlled using a first control method, the specified region of the brake circuit is monitored with respect to the occurrence of a loss... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090055068 - Vehicle drive control device: A vehicle drive control device includes an initially determined request acceleration calculation means for calculating an initially determined request acceleration, an automatic drive control means for receiving the initially determined request acceleration and applying a predetermined torque to each wheel, a torque calculation means for calculating an allowable torque not... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090055069 - Data generating system: A data generating system and a method to be used in a host vehicle for generating distance data as to the distance between the host vehicle and a target object travelling in the predicted path of the host vehicle and velocity data as to the velocity of the target object.... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090055071 - Active surge control: The present invention generally relates to a system for preventing surges in turbine engines and/or rotating compressors. Furthermore, some embodiments comprise sensors for monitoring engine operating characteristics and detecting surge and pre-surge conditions. Some embodiments also include means for adjusting engine operation in response to sensor data. Still other embodiments... Agent: Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC

20090055070 - System and method for prediction of gas turbine trips due to thermocouple failures: Systems and methods for prediction of gas turbine trips due to component failures such as thermocouple failures. Exemplary embodiments include prediction of gas turbine trips due to component failures, including collecting raw gas turbine operational data and using the raw gas turbine operational data to generate a prognostic indicator for... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090055074 - Control for determining a firing timing of an internal-combustion engine: A control for determining a firing timing of an engine is provided. An in-cylinder pressure is detected at a predetermined time interval. An in-cylinder pressure for every predetermined crank angle is calculated based on the detected in-cylinder pressure. A motoring pressure in a case where combustion is not performed in... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090055075 - Method for identifying the thresholds at which pollutant gases are emitted with a view to controlling the operation of a motor vehicle in stop and start mode: Method for identifying the thresholds at which pollutant gases are emitted with a view to controlling the operation in “stop and start” mode by stopping an engine just before and while a motor vehicle is stationary, whereby, upon each re-start, the amount of fuel injected is calculated, and the difference... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20090055072 - Turbo speed sensor diagnostic for turbocharged engines: A method of diagnosing operation of a turbo speed sensor that monitors a turbocharger in an internal combustion engine system includes determining whether the engine system is operating in one of a high speed and a low speed range and determining a threshold turbo speed value based on whether engine... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090055073 - Vehicular engine control apparatus: An engine control apparatus for a vehicle provided with a drive system including an engine and a transmission portion which constitutes a part of a power transmitting path, the engine control including an engine control portion configured to change a timing of initiation or a method of a control of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090055079 - Abnormality diagnosis apparatus for internal combustion engine: An abnormality diagnosis apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an abnormality diagnosis unit, an other fuel contamination determination unit, and a misdiagnosis prohibition unit. The abnormality diagnosis unit determines whether there is an abnormality in a fuel system based on an output from an exhaust gas sensor mounted on... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090055081 - Control system for internal combustion engine: A control system for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of enhancing the accuracy of fuel control and ignition timing control even when there is a possibility that the reliability of a calculated intake air amount lowers, and enables reduction of manufacturing costs. An ECU of the control system... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090055078 - Diesel transient combustion control based on intake cabon dioxide concentration: An engine control module includes a target intake carbon dioxide (CO2) module that determines a target intake CO2 concentration. An intake CO2 estimation module estimates an actual intake CO2 concentration. The engine control module adjusts fuel injection based on the target intake CO2 concentration and the actual intake CO2 concentration.... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090055076 - Gas-mixture-state estimation apparatus for internal combustion engine and emission-generation-amount estimation apparatus: This apparatus equally divides an injection period TAU into three periods; i.e., front, intermediate, and rear periods, and assumes that first injection (mass Q(1)) corresponding to the “front period” is executed at one time at a fuel injection start timing, second injection (mass Q(2)) corresponding to the “intermediate period” is... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090055080 - Method and apparatus for heating at least one injector of an engine: An apparatus and a method that prevent sticking of a valve pin in a valve seat of an injector at low temperatures can be provided providing an engine control unit and an additional control device, wherein the engine control unit activates the additional control device, and activate the injector by... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090055077 - Operating method and device for a gas-operated internal combustion engine: The invention relates to an operating method and to a device for a gas-driven internal combustion engine. According to the invention, the pressure in a gas injection system is adapted to the operational state of the internal combustion engine. A higher pressure is adjusted in the gas injection system during... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20090055083 - Fuel injection control device and fuel injection control system: A fuel injection control device controls an operation of an injector such that fuel to be injected into a combustion chamber per combustion cycle is divided and injected at least through a first injection and a second injection, which is performed with a larger fuel quantity than the first injection... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090055082 - Fuel injection control device and fuel injection system using the same: When an ignition key is switched off, an updated learning value is set as an immediately preceding learning value of a present trip, which is compared with an average value of start timing learning values in a predetermined number of trips up to and including the present trip. When a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090055084 - Fuel injection control device: A fuel injection control device (ECU) for controlling injection supply of fuel to a target engine includes a program for sequentially sensing fuel pressure fluctuating with injection of a predetermined injector of each cylinder of a multi-cylinder engine based on an output of a fuel pressure sensor, a program for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090055085 - Variable valve timing apparatus and control method thereof: At the time of reference position learning, an operation amount of an actuator is set such that intake valve phase changes to a position of most retarded angle in a region where the amount of change in intake valve phase relative to the actuator operation amount is small (S110). When... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090055086 - System for controlling the operation of a diesel engine of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a system for controlling the operation of a diesel engine of a motor vehicle, associated with means for supplying the cylinders with fuel and with means for recirculating waste gases at the admission. The control system comprises means for controlling the supply means according to the... Agent: Nicolas E. Seckel Patent Attorney

20090055087 - Methods and systems for displaying and automatic dynamic re-displaying of points of interest with graphic image: Systems and methods for displaying maps and points such as points corresponding to points of interest on displayed maps are disclosed, the display of the points being dynamically and automatically altered in response to alterations in the displayed maps. The systems and methods include providing a map view and points... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20090055088 - System and method of prioritizing telephony and navigation functions: A system is provided that includes a location determination element [230] to determine a current location of a mobile device [100] of a mobile subscriber. A map database [510] stores mapping information. At least one processor [200] (a) determines navigation directions from the current location to a destination location; (b)... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090055089 - Method and apparatus for providing public traffic information: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for providing traffic information for a public transportation means, such as a bus, and utilizing the provided information. A method of encoding traffic information according to the present invention creates information about a bus route, creates identification information for the route, identification information... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090055091 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for intelligently selecting between the utilization of geo-fencing and map matching in a telematics system: An enhanced mechanism for intelligently selecting between the utilization of geo-fencing and map matching in a telematics system. This geo-fencing/map matching selection mechanism determines for a use case at least one of a use case type and a telematics device location. If it is determined that the use case is... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20090055090 - Methods and systems for locating positions: The methods and systems provide computer-generated software downloadable into cellular phone devices or other devices. The software programs the cellular device to mark and then locate a location based on its longitudinal and latitudinal position and elevation. The software utilizes all of the cellular device's capabilities to precisely identify locations... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20090055092 - Vehicle navigation apparatus: A vehicle navigation apparatus searches a matching link within a tolerance range from a travel locus of a vehicle based on map data when the vehicle makes a turn, and the vehicle position is shifted to the matching link that is found in the search. After matching the vehicle position... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090055094 - Navigation device and nearest point search method: The present invention makes the user easily search the nearest point which is useful for the user without making the user perform a complicated operation. The present invention provides a navigation device that obtains a current position based on information from GPS satellites, and guides a travel path from the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090055093 - Pictorial navigation method, system, and program product: Methods, systems and program products provide pictorial information relevant to a geographic location, through selecting characteristics relevant to geographic locations, searching pictorial image databases for images having an embedded tags associated with the characteristics, retrieving image files from databases having embedded tags correlated to characteristics and visually depicting a physical... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20090055095 - Method for determining the plausibility of objects in driver assistance systems: t

20090048721 - Method and apparatus for modeling responses of a material to various inputs: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for testing a material. A signal is sent into the material using the transmitter. The signal has a frequency range that falls within a selected frequency range to form a transmitted signal. An actual response to the transmitted signal is... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090048722 - Compound aircraft control system and method: The Invention is a control system for a compound aircraft. A compound aircraft has features of both a helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft and provides redundant control options. The control system allows an authorized person to select any of plurality of operational objectives each of which is designed to... Agent: Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20090048723 - Proactive optical wind shear protection and ride quality improvement system: Embodiments of the present invention automatically compensate control of an aircraft for an environmental condition, such as turbulence or wind shear. A sensor is configured to sense speed of air relative to an aircraft at a predetermined distance in front of the aircraft. A processor is coupled to receive the... Agent: Boeing (tlg) C/o Toler Law Group

20090048724 - Method and system for predicting the possibility of complete stoppage of an aircraft on a landing runway: Method and system for predicting the possibility of complete stoppage of an aircraft on a landing runway. According to the invention: a) the altitude (H) of the aircraft (2) is measured and the horizontal distance (D) separating said aircraft (2) from the proximal end threshold (4) of the landing runway... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090048725 - Train crew management and security system: A locomotive security system (LSS) is provided. The locomotive security system includes a processor located on a locomotive; an I/O device connected to the processor; and a data storage medium reading device connected to the processor. In some embodiments, the I/O device can be configured to obtain personal information from... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us) Attn: Patent Group

20090048726 - Vessel performance monitoring system and method: Vessel operating data is collected and stored while training a monitoring system. The training process includes navigating along a first path while running at a constant RPM for each of multiple RPM settings. The step is repeated for an opposite heading. Data from one or more training runs is used... Agent: Steven P Koda

20090048727 - Robot cleaner and control method and medium of the same: Disclosed herein are a robot cleaner that is capable of reflecting an obstacle sensed by obstacle sensors on a local map and a control method and medium of the same. The robot cleaner includes an obstacle sensor to sense an obstacle, a memory to store a local map, and a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090048730 - Method and system for planning repair of an engine: A method for planning repair of an engine is provided. The method comprises monitoring an engine having a plurality of engine modules and determining one or more module-specific health estimates for one or more of the engine modules, based on a plurality of engine parameters. The method further comprises planning... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090048729 - Method for diagnosing the operational state of a variable valve actuation (vva) device using a knock signal: A method for determining whether a variable valve actuation (VVA) device or subsystem is operating in an improper mode of operation is performed in real-time by an embedded engine or powertrain controller configured to monitor and evaluate an already-available knock sensor output signal. The knock sensor output is captured during... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090048728 - Water-in-fuel detection using duty cycle calculation: A method for operating a vehicle having a fuel system that may be contaminated with water is described. The method includes, adjusting an operating parameter in response to a relative amount of high and low readings from a water-in-fuel sensor coupled in the fuel system.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090048731 - Systems and methods for unbundling scheduled maintenance operations: A computer system running software operating as a vehicle service advisor is presented. The software on the computer system identifies one or more sets of scheduled maintenance operations for specific vehicles identified by make or build. The sets of the maintenance operations are unbundled into an individual operations that are... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090048734 - Hood pop-up system: A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when detecting or predicting a collision of the vehicle. The hood pop-up system includes an oscillation-offsetting unit that offsets and reduces oscillation of the hood caused by the popping-up of the hood.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090048732 - Recording device for automobile: A recording device (100) installed in an automobile (200) includes a controlling module (10), an outboard detecting module (20) and an alert module (40). The outboard detecting module includes at least one image sensing apparatus (21) configured for transforming images out of the automobile into image signals. The controlling module... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090048733 - Tire-pressure control apparatus: A tire-pressure control apparatus includes time calculation means for calculating an up time over which the tire pressure of each wheel increases from a lower limit set value to an upper limit set value and a down time over which the tire pressure of the wheel decreases from the upper... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090048735 - Method and device for controlling turning angle of a motor vehicle rear wheel: A device including a mechanism that executes a control law and a mechanism responsive to a rear wheel turning angle instruction derived from the control law for making the angle dependent on the instruction. Further, a mechanism monitors signals representing input variables of the control law, designed to indicate an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090048736 - Steer by wire control system: The invention provides a steering system for a vehicle, a ship etc. The steering system has a steering handle for the operator of the vehicle, a set of signal processors, a sensor which determines a position of the steered element of the vehicle, and a controller which moves the steered... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090048737 - Awake state estimation device: An awake state estimation portion calculates an average steering angle, an average steering angular speed and a corrective steering angle on the basis of the steering angle acquired from a steering angle detection portion. The awake state estimation portion acquires the traveling speed of the vehicle from a vehicle speed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090048738 - Driving assistance system and driving assistance method: In a driving assistance system having an actuator (16) for steering steered wheels of a vehicle, a positional deviation detecting unit (9) detects a deviation of a position of the vehicle from a forward travel path of the vehicle based on information around the vehicle. A steering control variable determination... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090048741 - Safety system: The invention relates to a safety system for motor vehicles having sensor devices for detecting an accident and an apparatus for reinforcing a carrying construction (1) of a motor-vehicle roof (6), in particular the A, B or C column of the motor vehicle, which protrudes beyond a lower edge of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090048739 - Seat belt device: A seat belt device includes a detecting unit and a controller which controls a motor to rotate in a winding direction of a webbing when the detecting unit detects that an adjust-through which adjusts a position of a D-ring through which the webbing is inserted is moved down.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090048740 - Vehicle safety system including accelerometers: A system is provided for determining the motion of a vehicle. The system includes a rigid vehicle body having a plurality of accelerometers positioned throughout the vehicle body. The accelerometers are operably connected to a controller for obtaining the accelerometer measurements and estimating the angular velocity, acceleration and angular acceleration... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090048742 - Reconfigurable vehicle model: In one embodiment, a vehicle model is disclosed. The vehicle model includes a main vehicle module including a primary base and a number of components. The number of main vehicle module components is moveably mounted to the main vehicle module primary base. The vehicle model also includes a secondary vehicle... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090048744 - Distribution leveling for an agricultural combine: A method and system for controlling distribution of crop material to a cleaning sieve of an agricultural combine, for reducing grain loss, including while the combine is tilted sidewardly relative to horizontal, involving controlling the angular orientation of a distributor disposed between a threshing system of the combine and the... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20090048743 - Work machine: To provide a work machine in which traveling devices and an implement device can be operated by common operating levers, wherein switching operation is easy and a changeover is easily confirmed. Inside a cab of the work machine, there are provided travel pedals, with which the traveling devices can be... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090048745 - Flexible fuel variable boost hybrid powertrain: The present invention provides a flexible fuel, spark ignition, variable boost, hybrid powertrain having a supercharger or a turbocharger. In a first embodiment, a spark ignition, internal combustion engine includes a supercharger driven by the engine output through a variable speed drive. A hybrid transmission having an internal electric motor/generator... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090048746 - Vehicle cruise control apparatus: A vehicle cruise control apparatus is provided. The vehicle has an engine 2 mounted thereon, a function of implementing constant-speed-cruise control and transmission control. The apparatus includes demand value computation section 14, engine control section 16, expected value computation section 12, compensation section 18 and AI-shift control section 20. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090048747 - Hybrid vehicle with soft shafts: A fast automated gear shift operation is performed using a powertrain in a hybrid vehicle, the powertrain including a gear box, an engine, at least one controllable motor, a torque ripple damping device, a mechanical connecting device for connecting or disconnecting the engine to or from, respectively, wheels of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090048748 - Predictive vehicle controller: Due to time delays, vehicle speed may become difficult to control. A predictive speed controller is configured to receive a desired speed request for a vehicle and simulate vehicle responses according to the desired speed request. A compensation value is derived from the simulated vehicle responses that compensates for the... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20090048749 - Control method for clutch arrangement: A method controlling a clutch arrangement that serves, in a powertrain of a motor vehicle, for the transmission of a torque from an input element to an output element. Starting from an activated state of the clutch arrangement, a respective estimated torque value is calculated in repeating calculation cycles. A... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090048751 - Method and apparatus for controlling acceleration of a vehicle: A control apparatus controls acceleration of a vehicle provided with a motive power generation apparatus and brake apparatuses. For the control, the control apparatus comprises calculation and actuating blocks. The calculation block calculates torque to be requested, based on a difference between an actual value of the acceleration and a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090048750 - Vehicle-traffic control device communication techniques: Method and arrangement for controlling vehicular traffic via traffic control devices includes establishing communications between the traffic control devices and vehicles approaching the traffic control devices, and providing information about travel of the vehicle to the traffic control devices to enable the traffic control devices to operate based on the... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20090048752 - System and method for remotely releasing a parking brake on a disabled vehicle: A system and method of remotely controlling the parking brake of a disabled vehicle to be towed by a towing vehicle includes using the hydraulic fluid of towing vehicle to control the parking brake operation of the disabled vehicle. The towing vehicle is equipped with a control valve and brake... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090048753 - Two-wheeled motor vehicle brake control method and system: An amount of change in vehicle body deceleration is computed on the basis of detection signals of wheel velocity sensors 45 and 46 (S102), it is determined whether or not that computed value exceeds a predetermined value K1 (S104), and when it is determined that the computed value exceeds the... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090048754 - Determining the vehicle linear velocity in vehicles having all-wheel drive: A method for determining the vehicle linear velocity of a vehicle having all-wheel drive, and which is equipped with a central lock and a vehicle controller to implement an ABS or ASR control. The vehicle linear velocity is able to be determined if a braking-pressure difference is adjusted at the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090048755 - Vehicle speed control device and method: A vehicle speed control device calculates a desired axle torque for maintaining a speed of a vehicle to a set speed, and conducts cruise control. Specifically, the vehicle speed control device calculates a drive force including a feedforward component corresponding to the set speed and a travel resistance against the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090048756 - Multi-mode 2-stroke/4-stroke internal combustion engine: In a multi-mode, 2-stroke/4-stroke internal combustion engine operation, by switching the engine stroke from 4-stroke operation to 2-stroke operation so that the combustion frequency is doubled, doubling of the engine power is achieved even at the same work output per cycle. In order to meet the demand of extremely high... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090048757 - Control strategy for transitioning among combustion modes in an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine is selectively operative in one of a plurality of combustion modes. Engine operation is monitored and program code is concurrently executed to operate the engine in a first combustion mode and in a second combustion mode. The engine is preferentially operated in the second combustion mode... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090048758 - Apparatus for adjusting valve timing when starting internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of variable valve timing mechanism (VVTs), each corresponding to one of a pair of banks. When an abnormality is detected in a VVT corresponding to one of the banks, the valve closing timing of the intake valves during starting of the engine in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090048763 - Control apparatus and control method of an internal combustion engine: During a fuel cut, a recommended reactivated cylinder and a reactivatable cylinder are determined based on the stopped positions of an intake valve and an exhaust valve (step 104). A fastest reactivatable cylinder is then determined based on the crank angle, from among the recommended reactivated cylinder and the reactivatable... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090048760 - Method for controlling combustion mode transitions in an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine is selectively operative in one of a plurality of combustion modes. A method for controlling the engine includes commanding the engine operation to transition from a first combustion mode to a second combustion mode. Engine valve operation is commanded to a desired valve overlap and valve... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090048762 - Method for controlling cylinder charge in a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine: An internal combustion engine includes a controllable throttle control device and controllable engine valves. A method for controlling the engine includes monitoring engine operation and an exhaust gas feedstream, and estimating a cylinder charge temperature based upon the monitored engine operation. Oxygen concentration of the cylinder charge is determined based... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090048761 - Method for controlling engine intake airflow: An internal combustion engine includes a controllable throttle and controllable engine valves and is selectively operative in one of a plurality of combustion modes. An engine control method includes monitoring engine operation, determining a desired air flow, estimating a cylinder air charge, and estimating an intake air partial pressure. The... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090048759 - Phase and frequency error based asymmetrical afr pulse reference tracking algorithm using the pre-catalyst o2 sensor switching output: A fuel control system of an engine system comprising a pre-catalyst exhaust gas oxygen (EGO) sensor and a control module. The pre-catalyst EGO sensor determines a pre-catalyst EGO signal based on an oxygen concentration of an exhaust gas. The control module determines a dither signal. The control module determines a... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090048764 - Engine control apparatus and method: To provide a control apparatus of an engine that improves vehicle drivability by controlling a variable valve mechanism. The control apparatus of an engine prohibits the changing of the valve duration of an intake valve during a stop of an engine.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090048765 - Method and apparatus for monitoring an egr valve in an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine is selectively operative in a spark ignition combustion mode and a controlled auto-ignition combustion mode. An EGR valve operative to control flow of exhaust gas to an intake manifold is monitored, including commanding the EGR valve to a closed position and monitoring operation of the internal... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090048766 - Air fuel ratio control system for internal combustion engines: A fuel control system of an engine system comprises a pre-catalyst exhaust gas oxygen (EGO) sensor and a control module. The pre-catalyst EGO sensor determines a pre-catalyst EGO signal based on an oxygen concentration of an exhaust gas. The control module determines at least one fuel command and determines at... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090048768 - Driving schedule creating device: A redundancy computing part 22 computes a redundancy between respective detectable regions D of perimeter monitoring sensors 10 mounted in a plurality of vehicles, while a driving schedule creating part 26 creates such a driving schedule as to lower the redundancy between detectable regions D computed by the redundancy computing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090048767 - Routing method and system: A routing method and system. The method includes receiving by a global positioning satellite (GPS) transceiver, a user profile comprising user preference data and destination location data. The GPS transceiver retrieves first geospatial coordinate values for a current location of the user and a destination location. The GPS transceiver processes... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090048769 - Method and system for partitioning a continental roadway network for an intelligent vehicle highway system: An intelligent vehicle highway system collects and provides real-time traffic data to a vehicle traveling on a continental roadway network. A digitized continental roadway network has nodes interconnected by links that define a digitized representation of the continental roadway network. To enable intelligent data collection and navigation over large expanses... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090048770 - Fuel consumption estimating unit of vehicle: Parameters which change depending on driving method of a vehicle driver are inputted to a fuel consumption estimation model. This fuel consumption estimation model estimates fuel consumption of a vehicle based on the parameter. The fuel consumption of a vehicle estimated by the fuel consumption estimation model is outputted to... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090048772 - Method and apparatus for searching target location: Provided are a method and apparatus for searching for a target location using a reference point and a relative location in relation to the reference point, the method comprising receiving a reference point related to the target location; receiving relative location information relating to from the reference point to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090048771 - System and method for travel route planning using safety metrics: Systems and methods are described to receive a safety preference; calculate a temporary route; analyze a portion of the temporary route to determine whether the portion is sufficiently safe based on the safety preference; modify the portion of the temporary route when the portion is not sufficiently safe; and present... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090048773 - Personalised maps: A method in a mobile communication device, including acquiring positioning information representing a geographical location; calculating data representing a first route from the acquired positioning information, the first route having a starting point, a current point, and an ending point; storing data representing the first route; capturing a first set... Agent: Perman & Green

20090048775 - Method and system for route searching, and navigation apparatus using the same: A route searching method is provided which allows drivers having mutually similar traveling purposes and preferences to find highly convenient routes by sharing their route searching know-how. A center apparatus (1) collects probe data received from an in-vehicle terminal apparatus (5). A preference parameter creating unit (14) calculates, based on... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090048774 - Route information display device and route information display method: A route information display device according to the present invention includes: a departure point input unit (1012) that detects a current location of the user; a multiple destination input unit (1004) that accepts input of a plurality of destinations; a route search unit (1005) that searches for respective routes from... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090048776 - Stream processing based intelligent transport systems: A stream processing system for processing a routing request specifying a first location and a destination location in a network of interconnected locations includes a plurality of data processing elements, a memory connected to the plurality of data processing elements for storing a plurality of maps having different scopes, wherein... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090048777 - Method for controlling the display of a geographical map in a vehicle and display apparatus for that purpose: In a method for controlling a map display in a vehicle, a display device is controlled such that a section of a geographical map is displayed in a spatially non-linear scale. A display apparatus for displaying a geographical map includes a control unit and a display device, connected to the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090048778 - Process for determining vehicle position: if the mobile terminal (4) is in the first zone (Z1), the coordinates of the position (P1) of the vehicle are interrogated from the vehicle on an updated basis by means of a satellite supported position determining system, and this position (P1) of the vehicle is compared with the current... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090048779 - Systems and methods for gyrocompass alignment using dynamically calibrated sensor data and an iterated extended kalman filter within a navigation system: A navigation system and method for gyrocompass alignment in a mobile object. The system includes an inertial measurement device configured to provide a first set of sensor data and a positioning unit configured to provide a second set of data. In an example embodiment, the navigation system includes a processing... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20090048780 - Methods and apparatus for planetary navigation: A method of navigating a space vehicle. An image of a planet surface is received. The received image is processed to identify edge pixels and angle data. The edge pixels and angle data are used to identify planetary features by shape, size, and spacing relative to other planetary features. At... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090043428 - Acceleration sensation evaluating device and vehicle controller: The present invention provides an acceleration sensation evaluating device that evaluates a sensory acceleration of a driver with respect to an expectation value of acceleration, and a vehicle controller that controls a vehicle according to the evaluation results. The evaluation device detects an amount of operation of the vehicle by... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090043429 - Control device and control method of vehicle: An ecorun ECU executes a program including the steps of: starting operation of an electric fan if an air-conditioner refrigerant pressure is higher than a pressure threshold value or an inverter coolant temperature is higher than a temperature threshold value and if the electric fan is not operating; restarting an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090043430 - Cooperative parking: A system, a method, and a service for cooperative parking between vehicles. A parking vehicle has a transmitter to send a parking signal to parked vehicles in proximity to a parking space. A parked vehicle receives the parking signal, activates one or more position sensors mounted on the parked vehicle,... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c

20090043431 - Method and apparatus for minimizing the noise emitted by a rotorcraft during take-off and landing: The method includes a preliminary period in which a reference rotorcraft is used that corresponds to a rotorcraft of a particular type, with a series of noise measurements being performed on said rotorcraft (1) in flight using noise sensors (C) disposed on said reference rotorcraft, and with operating domains being... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090043432 - Method and device for determining the dynamic stability margin of an aircraft: A method of determining a dynamic stability margin MSD of an aircraft, the longitudinal position XMP of a maneuver point MP is calculated, in order to find the distance between the maneuver point and the position XCG of the center of gravity CG of the aircraft, as a function of... Agent: Perman & Green

20090043433 - Aircraft guidance system: The guidance system (1) comprises means (2, 6) for generating an alphanumeric identification characteristic, making it possible to identify a data item which must be used for a selected guidance mode of the aircraft, and display means (10) which automatically shows this alphanumeric identification characteristic on a display screen (12).... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090043434 - Method for calculating an approach trajectory of an aircraft to an airport: The invention relates to a method for calculating an approach trajectory of an aircraft (200) to an airport The aircraft is slaveable in terms of trajectory, thrust and/or speed. The aircraft is able to advance at reduced engine revs. The airport has a runway The approach trajectory terminates in an... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090043435 - Methods and systems for making a gps signal vital: Position reports from GPS receivers can be made vital through a variety of techniques including relative differential GPS corrections and a technique in which a train traveling on a fixed path is provided with a database that includes positions on fixed paths or data from which positions on fixed paths... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us) Attn: Patent Group

20090043436 - Automatic vessel position holding control method and controller: An automatic vessel position holding control method for holding a vessel position and a vessel heading of a vessel on the ocean in order to reduce a positional deviation and a heading deviation sharply as compared with the conventional automatic vessel position holding control by performing feedforward control for estimating... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20090043437 - Control method and device for hybrid motor: A control device for a hybrid motor constituted by an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, which are connected via a clutch, stops the internal combustion engine when a predetermined deceleration condition is established, and prohibits stoppage of the internal combustion engine when the temperature of an exhaust gas... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090043438 - Inflatable electric and hybrid vehicle system: An inflatable electric and hybrid vehicle system, that has the features and accoutrements of traditional automotive vehicles, that is extremely safe, lightweight, inexpensive, compact and energy efficient. The system designed to be shipped by common carrier and then assembled in a few hours with a minimal amount of tools or... Agent: John Bargero

20090043440 - Autonomous mobile device, and control device and program product for the autonomous mobile device: An autonomous mobile device has its movement controlled by a control device and includes a first sensing unit for sensing an obstacle. The control device includes a first storage unit for storing information as to a temporary positional fluctuation of the obstacle and sets as a virtual obstacle region a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090043439 - Guidance, navigation, and control system for a vehicle: The present invention provides a guidance, navigation, and control method and system for an underground mining vehicle that allow said vehicle to be taught a route by a human operator and then have it automatically drive the route with no human intervention. The method works in three steps: teaching, route... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090043442 - Automated diagnostics for crawler transmission hydraulic circuits: A diagnostic system and method for diagnosing problems in a hydrostatic transmission of a vehicle including a transmission control unit that has a monitor and pressure sensors and at least one temperature sensor connectable between diagnostic hose ports coupled to the transmission and inputs on the transmission control unit. A... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090043441 - Information management and monitoring system and method: Information management and monitoring system and method for monitoring components on an apparatus during its operation includes a monitoring system including sensors for monitoring the components operation thereof, and a processing module arranged on the apparatus and to receive and process data about the monitored components from the sensors. The... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20090043444 - System and method for interfacing between an on-board diagnostic output and a distance measuring instrument input: A method and system for interfacing and communicating between an in-vehicle device such as an on board diagnostic (OBD) system in a vehicle and an existing distance measurement instrument (DMI) are provided. In one embodiment, the interface may send a plurality of vehicle speed requests to the OBD system to... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090043443 - Vehicular steering angle estimating apparatus and electric power steering apparatus mounted therewith: A vehicular steering angle estimating apparatus including wheel rotational speed sensors for detecting rotational speeds of left and right wheels of a vehicle, provided with a steering angle estimating portion for estimating and outputting a estimated steering angle 1 from the wheel rotational speeds detected by the wheel rotational speed... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090043445 - Automobile mileage notification system: The application describes a system for notifying a vehicle owner regarding service due for a vehicle based on the vehicle's accumulated mileage. The system determines vehicle mileage based on GPS data, determines whether the mileage has exceeded a threshold, transmits a wireless signal from the vehicle to a notification service... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20090043446 - Data acquisition and display system for motor vehicles: The present invention is directed toward a data acquisition and display system for vehicles that includes a GPS receiver and connects to the vehicle's on-board computer(s) via a data link connector. The system includes a display module suitable for permanent or temporary attachment within the interior of a vehicle. The... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20090043447 - Systems and methods for model-based sensor fault detection and isolation: The systems and method may include receiving a plurality of measured tuning inputs associated with an operating parameter of an engine, providing a plurality of parameter estimation modules that utilize one or more component performance maps having adjustable knobs to generate model outputs, where each parameter estimation module is configured... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090043448 - Operating method and operating system for a vehicle: An operating method for a vehicle having at least one toggle switch with which, when it is activated, it is possible to change between at least two assigned applications or application groups, and an associated operating system. After activation of the toggle switch has been detected, activation states of at... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090043450 - Vehicle and electric apparatus: A charger can read an ID code from a transponder key of an immobilizer system of a contract vehicle. When an owner of the vehicle connects a vehicle and charger with a charging cable and brings the transponder key close to a reading portion, the read ID code is transmitted... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090043449 - Vehicle information notification device: A vehicle information notification device for notifying vehicle information to a driver of a vehicle with a notification element, the device includes: a first-ride determination element for determining whether it is a first ride of the vehicle for the driver; and a controller for notifying the vehicle information via the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090043451 - Control method for adjusting electronically controlled damping system in motor vehicles and an electronically controlled damping system: A control method is provided for an electronically controlled damping system in a vehicle, wherein at least one characteristic quantity varying with different axle load conditions of an axle of the vehicle is determined, a correcting variable is established for an actuator of a vibration damper based on the characteristic... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090043452 - Control apparatus of a variable damping force damper: A control apparatus of a variable damping force damper comprises first and second low-pass filters for cutting off high frequency components of a target current of the damper, where the first and second low-pass filters have different response characteristics. The control apparatus further comprises a low-pass filter selection unit for... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090043453 - Electric power steering system: An electric power steering system in which a current command for a brushless DC motor is determined based on a detected steering torque, a voltage to be applied is determined based on a difference between the current command value and a current value flowing to the motor, and steering assist... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090043454 - Method and system for preventing mixing of materials in two-shot molding for production of crash pad: A flow-retarding dam is formed at a portion of an injection mold which is positioned outside the passenger-side airbag door region and at which the mixing of the first material and the second material occurs, to decrease the thickness of the predetermined portion of the crash pad, thus retarding the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090043455 - Vehicle seatbelt usage technology: An apparatus for indicating or signaling persons or entities outside of a vehicle, for example law enforcement personnel, that one or more occupants of the vehicle are not utilizing their seatbelts. A method of indicating or signaling persons or entities outside of a vehicle that one or more occupants of... Agent: Joel D. Skinner, Jr. Skinner And Associates

20090043458 - System for adjusting direction of optical axis of headlight: In a system for controlling a headlight of a vehicle to be controlled, a distance detector detects a distance between the controlled vehicle and an other vehicle ahead thereof. A determiner determines a first target direction for an optical axis of the headlight in a vertical direction when it is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090043457 - Vehicle control device: A vehicle control device has first and second transmission circuits that communicate by radio with a portable unit and also has a control section that, when the portable unit is confirmed to be correct, engages in a permission mode that permits the start of an engine. The first and second... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090043456 - Vehicle door active and passive control device: An apparatus for vehicle door deflection and movement control. The apparatus includes a primary electromagnetic device disposed generally in a vehicle door frame or generally in an area of a vehicle body adjacent the vehicle door frame, and a controller for activating the primary electromagnetic device to push or pull... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090043461 - Method and device for longitudinally balancing an agricultural vehicle: A method and device for longitudinally balancing an agricultural vehicle, in particular a tractor, whereby at least one sensor, for detecting at least one respective stress affecting a longitudinal attitude of the agricultural vehicle, controls an actuating device of a ballast to move the ballast longitudinally along the agricultural vehicle,... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20090043459 - Motor grader blade positioning system and method: a ground engaging vehicle having a tool connected to the vehicle, at least one actuator coupled to the tool and an electronic controller. The electronic controller is controllably coupled to the at least one actuator. The controller includes an operator interface. The controller is configured for issuing a plurality of... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20090043460 - Wheel tractor scraper production optimization: A method for enhancing productivity for an excavating machine is disclosed. The method includes determining at least one cycle characteristic for an operating cycle of the excavating machine. The method also includes measuring payload accumulated by the machine during a loading phase of an operating cycle of the excavating machine.... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090043462 - Worksite zone mapping and collision avoidance system: A worksite mapping system is disclosed. The worksite mapping system has a receiving module configured to receive a position and a characteristic of an object at a worksite, a positioning device configured to determine a position of a mobile machine at the worksite, and a controller in communication with the... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090043464 - Method and device for specifying an output variable of a drive unit: In a method for checking the operation of specifying an output variable of a drive unit, when a setpoint value of the output variable is specified, a check is performed as to whether this specification of the setpoint is caused by an operation of the control element. If it is... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090043463 - Systems and methods for controlling transmission shifting during vehicle braking along a decline: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for controlling transmission downshifting of a vehicle. The systems and methods monitor vehicular conditions continuously throughout vehicle travel such that downshifting may occur during braking along a decline and are not influenced by and do not interfere with road grade calculation systems.... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090043465 - Vehicle control apparatus and method: In a case where, in order to stop a hybrid vehicle on a hill, a brake device is turned on and then the shift lever is shifted to the parking position (“P” position) to lock a parking-lock device and then the brake device is turned off and then the brake... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090043466 - Method and apparatus for controlling anteroposterior acceleration of a vehicle: A control apparatus controlling anteroposterior acceleration of a vehicle by controlling a motive power generation apparatus mounted on the vehicle, which is also provided with a staged transmission apparatus that operates on gear ratios. The motive power generation apparatus has an output shaft producing a rotation force in response to... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090043467 - Driver advisory system for fuel economy improvement of a hybrid electric vehicle: The invention is an intelligent advisory system, which may be based on fuzzy rule-based logic to guide a vehicle driver in selecting an optimal driving strategy to achieve best fuel economy. The advisory system includes separate controllers for providing advisory information regarding driver demand for power and advisory information regarding... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090043468 - Controlling system for vehicle with continuously variable transmission: A controlling system for a vehicle with a continuously variable transmission, which can render a sufficient accelerating feeling in responsive to a driver's requirement. A controller, upon judgment of an acceleration requirement, sets a target drive force higher than the target drive force upon normal calculation upon normal operation of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090043469 - Driving force distribution control method and device for four wheel drive vehicle: A driving force distribution control device for a four wheel drive vehicle having a mechanism that distributes the torque of an engine, which is transmitted to a main drive wheel, to a secondary drive wheel determines a first torque to be distributed to the secondary drive wheel on the basis... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090043474 - Apparatus and system for controlling automatic stopping of vehicle: A control apparatus is provided to control the stopping of a vehicle. The control apparatus comprises a speed detector that detects a speed of a vehicle, speed acquiring means, target setting means, and control means. The speed acquiring means acquires an actual speed of the vehicle from detected results of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090043473 - Apparatus for estimating road surface gradient and vehicular control apparatus using the same: An apparatus is provided to estimate a gradient of a road surface on which a vehicle travels. The apparatus comprises acquisition, estimation, and compensation members. The acquisition member acquires at least one of acceleration of the vehicle calculated on changes in a travel speed of the vehicle and acceleration sensed... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090043472 - Method and arrangement for running in and calibrating an electromechanical parking brake system: A method and arrangement for running in and calibrating an electromechanical parking brake system (EPB) has at least one brake mechanism unit (BME) and at least one control device (SG), the actuation of the brake mechanism unit (BME) being controlled by a control routine (SR) provided in the control device... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090043470 - Methods and systems for automated control of vehicle braking: Method and systems for automated anticipatory braking of a vehicle are provided. In one embodiment, the system comprises a vehicle accelerator movable between a maximum speed position and a minimum speed position, and a sensor configured to determine the rate of travel of the accelerator toward the minimum speed position.... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090043471 - Systems and methods for assisting in acceleration of a vehicle during vehicle re-acceleration: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for assisting in acceleration of a vehicle during re-acceleration. In one embodiment, a system comprises one or more sensors that monitor vehicular conditions, which are transmitted to and processed by an electronic controller. When the processed signals indicate re-acceleration of the vehicle,... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090043475 - Cylinder pressure sensor diagnostic system and method: A control module comprising a cylinder torque determination module that determines an indicated torque for a cylinder in an engine based on a pressure in the cylinder, a cylinder torque balancing module that determines a derivative term for the cylinder based on rotation of a crankshaft, and a cylinder pressure... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090043476 - Motor vehicle and control method of motor vehicle: In a hybrid vehicle of the invention, when a voltage level E of a low-voltage battery exceeds a preset alert reference value Eth1 (step S115), fueling control activates a negative pressure pump with a preset amount of power consumption for standard fuel vapor treatment (step S125). When the voltage level... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090043481 - Air-fuel ratio control device: An air-fuel ratio control device is provided for controlling the air-fuel ratio of an engine. The device includes an exhaust passage having a main catalytic converter and a bypass passage having a bypass catalytic converter, the bypass passage diverging from the exhaust passage at an upstream junction and rejoining the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090043477 - Ejector system for vehicle: An ejector system controls the idle speed of an internal combustion engine by controlling an electric throttle valve system that adjusts the flow-rate of the intake air to be supplied to the internal combustion engine, and includes an ejector which generates a negative pressure of which the absolute value is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090043480 - Fluid injection device: A fluid injection device includes a fluid supply unit that accommodates and supplies fluid, a fluid injection unit that injects fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit, and a driving waveform generating device which is equipped with at least one adjusting device, a one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit that simultaneously... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090043479 - Internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine (100) comprises a fuel injection valve (21, 22) which supplies a first fuel having a higher self-ignitability than gasoline and a second fuel having a higher combustion speed than gasoline such that an air-fuel mixture containing the first fuel and the second fuel is formed in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090043478 - Method and device for monitoring an internal combustion engine with a duel fuel injection system: The electronic controller comprises of a housing with external connectors and internal components. One connector is a fluid inlet port located on the housing adapted to receive fluid into the housing. Another is a fluid output port located on the housing adapted to output the fluid from the housing. A... Agent: Labonte Motorsports, LLC

20090043482 - Method for controlling an internal combustion engine: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine having a common rail system together with individual accumulators. A rotational speed-control deviation (dn) is determined from a target rotational speed (nSL) that represents the set point for an outer control loop to control the rotational speed, as well as from an... Agent: Klaus P. Stoffel Wolff & Samson

20090043483 - Variable valve controller for an internal combustion engine and method for operating the same: A variable valve controller for internal combustion engines and methods for operating the same. In the variable valve controller, and engine control unit (ECM) calculates a target value of a valve lift (VEL) for an intake valve and transmits it to a controller with a second control unit (VEL-C/U). The... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090043484 - Method and device for control ignition timing through knock control in an internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including: determining whether or not a condition for stopping knocking determination is satisfied; setting a flag of stopping correction of a determination value to “ON”; calculating a knock determination level based on the extracted magnitude value; and when the correction stop flag is not... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090043485 - Apparatus and method for engine performance evaluation: A system that measures the density of the air in the intake of an internal combustion engine and calculates the gain or loss in performance provides a display to an operator in real time in a single, quickly assimilated reading. A display can indicate the combined power increasing effects of... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090043486 - Near real-time traffic routing: A near real-time physical transportation network routing system comprising: a traffic simulation computing grid and a dynamic traffic routing service computing grid. The traffic simulator produces traffic network travel time predictions for a physical transportation network using a traffic simulation model and common input data. The physical transportation network is... Agent: George Mason University Office Of Technology Transfer, Msn 5g5

20090043487 - Safe runway aircraft arrival and departure system using split runway design: A Safe Runway Aircraft Arrival and Departure System Using Split Runway Design comprising a linear runway divided into separate landing strip and takeoff strip portions. Arriving aircraft land on the designated landing strip portion of the runway, while departing aircraft take off from the designated takeoff strip portion of the... Agent: Virginia P. Shogren, P.C.

20090043488 - Navigation system, server, method, and program: Navigation systems, servers, methods, and programs for a vehicle store a plurality of nodes representing branch points and guide the vehicle along a travel route. The systems, servers, methods, and programs detect, at a branch point where the travel route branches off into another route, that the vehicle abandoned advancing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090043490 - Location guidance apparatus and method of parked vehicle: A location guidance apparatus including a position detecting unit configured to detect a current position of the location guidance apparatus, an input unit configured to input at least one of a path guidance setting mode and path guidance providing mode, a storage unit configured to store position and movement information... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090043489 - Point of reference directions: A method and system for path mapping using point of reference (POR) entities. One embodiment is a process that receives information corresponding to a recommended path of travel between a start point and a destination, the recommended path of travel definable by a plurality of nodes, each node serially connected... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090043491 - Power saving system for navigation device: A navigation system using a mobile terminal, GPS receiver and navigation software, wherein the navigation software is arranged to switch the mobile terminal into a power saving mode if there are no further instructions needed for a determined period of time or distance. The power saving functionality comprises turning the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090043492 - Information guidance systems, methods, and programs: Information guidance systems, methods, and programs search for a route from a departure point to a destination and identify a facility used for performing guidance for a guidance location on the searched route. The systems, methods, and programs determine whether a name of the facility has been changed. When the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090043493 - Navigation apparatus and navigation program: A display is divided into two regions, a standard region and an enlarged region with a user positioned is at an angle relative to the display. The standard region is formed on a side nearer the user and the enlarged region is formed on a side farther from the user.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090043494 - Map image scrolling method and apparatus for navigation system: A map scrolling method and apparatus enables to incrementally tracing back to previous relevant locations of the map image. The method includes the steps of: recording information on a stopped location of a map image every time when a user stops during a map scrolling operation; comparing the recorded information... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20090043495 - Position correction apparatus: An apparatus corrects a position coordinate measured by a GPS receiver. Road data representing a position coordinate of a constructed road is included. Locus data representing a plurality of position coordinates of the GPS receiver during a past specified period is generated based on a position coordinate acquired. A road... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090043497 - Conveying locations in spoken dialog systems: The presentation of location information to a user that is distracted by traveling can result in the user quickly forgetting, or never even comprehending, key parts of the location information, such as the street number. Identification can be made of intersections and points of interest near the user's destination, which... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090043498 - Method and device for automatic route registration: A method and a device for automatic route registration. A destination is entered into a data input device. A route is determined as a function of a starting location and the entered destination. The first route is transmitted to a route analysis device and divided into at least one route... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090043496 - Program recording device, program recording method, program recording program, and computer-readable recording medium: A program recording device includes a route searching unit that searches for a route to a destination based on map information, a keyword creating unit that creates a keyword from information concerning the destination or information concerning the route, a determining unit that determines a program to be recorded based... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090043500 - Apparatus and program for navigation: A navigation apparatus defines a detection area for detecting a weather phenomenon as a predetermined range around a travel route that is designated as an area setting object. By referring to weather information acquired from external sources through communication, whether or not a weather warning exists in the detection area... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090043499 - Navigation device traffic information reception method: Predicted traffic information of a plurality of time bands is downloaded once for a mesh area. Moreover, time band range of the predicted traffic information to be downloaded is increased as distance from current position to the mesh area increases. Furthermore, the time band range is increased for the morning... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090043503 - Method and device for determining protection levels for satellite navigation systems: A method and apparatus for determining protection levels in a satellite navigation system includes the following steps: (1) determining an integrity risk at the alert limit for a plurality of application situations—for example, starting from approaches in category I (Category I precision approach) up to the operation “oceanic enroute;” (2)... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090043501 - Method, device, device arrangement and computer program for tracking a moving object: The invention relates to a location method, a locating device, a locating arrangement and a computer program for tracking an object, such as a dog. The method utilises GPS locating, the event time of which may be controlled by the user. In addition, the user may define a data transmission... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090043504 - System and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets both indoors and outdoors: A system and method for locating, tracking, and/or monitoring the status of personnel and/or assets (collectively “trackees”), both indoors and outdoors, is provided. Tracking data obtained from any number of sources utilizing any number of tracking methods (e.g., inertial navigation and signal-based methods) may be provided as input to a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090043502 - System and method for navigating using multiple modalities: A system for navigating includes an interface operable to receive position information of a first modality. The position information of the first modality is associated with a navigation unit. The interface is further operable to receive position information of a second modality. The position information of the second modality is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090043505 - Systems, methods and devices for trip management functions: Systems, methods, and devices for performing a trip management function are disclosed. A client computer accesses a server networked therewith to retrieve and store data, such as Web documents, relating to the trip. A wireless device interface allows a portable device, wirelessly coupled with a cellular telephone system with the... Agent: Trimble Navigation Limited C/o Wagner Blecher

20090043506 - Method and system for controlling timing of vehicle transmissions: Method and system for controlling timing of wireless transmissions from vehicles to other vehicles or to infrastructure includes arranging a clock on each vehicle, transmitting positioning signals including a time, arranging a receiver on the vehicle to receive the positioning signals, recalibrating the clock based on the positioning signals to... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20090037033 - Autonomous behaviors for a remote vehicle: A system for allowing an operator to switch between remote vehicle tele-operation and one or more remote vehicle autonomous behaviors. The system comprises: an operator control unit receiving input from the operator including instructions for the remote vehicle to execute an autonomous behavior; a control system on the remote vehicle... Agent: O''brien Jones, PLLC (w/irobot Corp.)

20090037032 - Method and a set of means for piloting an aircraft: The invention relates to a method and a set of means for piloting an aircraft used, first of all, for detecting emergency situations and for removing the consequences thereof, which make it possible perform all possible control modes for piloting the same aircraft in the form of an aircraft hand-flown... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090037035 - Aircraft gas turbine engine blade tip clearance control: A method and system adjusts blade tip clearance between rotating aircraft gas turbine engine blade tips and a surrounding shroud in anticipation of and before an engine command that changes an engine rotational speed. The method may include determining when to begin adjusting the tip clearance by expanding or contracting... Agent: Steven J. Rosen

20090037036 - Automatic control systems for aircraft auxiliary power units, and associated methods: Systems and methods for operating aircraft power systems are disclosed. A power system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an aircraft auxiliary power unit and a controller coupled to the aircraft auxiliary power unit, with the controller being configured to automatically stop the auxiliary power unit while... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP (boeing)

20090037034 - Vehicle performance monitoring system with multi-level caching: A system and method for monitoring vehicle performance including multi-level caching. The system includes a vehicle portion with sensors, a vehicle caching data server, and a wireless transceiver and a monitoring station portion with monitoring workstations, a monitoring caching data server, and a wireless transceiver. The monitoring caching data server... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090037037 - Automatic downlink messaging during emergency flight situations: According to an example embodiment, a method includes receiving an emergency status signal indicating that an aircraft is in an emergency condition, formatting a downlink message in response to receiving the emergency status signal, the downlink message describing the emergency condition and an autopilot response to the emergency condition, and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090037039 - Method for locomotive navigation and track identification using video: A system for determining a track location operates to acquire a current video frame via at least one video camera mounted on board a locomotive, determine a track location based on information extracted from the at least one video frame, and transmit the track location information to a navigation system... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090037038 - Methods and systems for universal input output for vehicle control: Methods and systems for controlling a vehicle are provided. The system includes a controller configured to generate output signals using input signals received from a plurality of different types of input devices wherein the controller is configured to operate at a predetermined logic level and a universal input module corresponding... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090037051 - Active suspension and method for controlling vehicle attitude change: An active suspension system has a plurality of actuators which are respectively installed between a wheel and a vehicle body and individually produce a control force, and a control unit which controls an attitude change of a vehicle by controlling the each control force of the plurality of actuators. The... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090037050 - Wheel lifted and grounded identification for an automotive vehicle: A control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) has a first roll condition detector (64A), a second roll condition detector (64B), a third roll condition detector (64C), and a controller (26) that uses the roll condition generated by the roll condition detectors (64A-C) to determine a wheel lift condition.... Agent: Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC

20090037053 - Vehicle behavior control device: A basic-additional-yaw-moment setting section sets a basic additional yaw moment and determines the polarity of the basic additional yaw moment on the basis of a steering-wheel angle, a yaw rate, and a vehicle speed. A left-right driving-force distribution controller sets the driving-force distribution with respect to left and right driving... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090037052 - Vehicle drive assist system: A control unit sets a current total risk function for each of white lines, guardrails, side walls, and three-dimensional objects existing around a vehicle, estimates a temporal change in the position of each object, and calculates a minimum of the total risk function at the vehicle position for each time.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090037054 - Vehicle steering control apparatus: A vehicle steering control apparatus includes an actuator to vary a steering gear ratio of a vehicle wheel steer angle of a steerable wheel to a steering wheel angle. A controller controls the actuator to produce an actuator torque in a steering direction at a start of a driver's steering... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090037057 - Method and system for detecting a vehicle rollover, in particular a soil trip rollover: v

20090037059 - Control system for agricultural working vehicles: This object is achieved according to the invention in that at least one first and at least one second sensor signal processing algorithm (I,II,III,IV,V) is provided in the control system, and in that a selection is made as to which sensor signal processing algorithm (I,II,III,IV,V) is to be used as... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090037058 - System and method for controlling a vehicle with a sequence of vehicle events: A system and method for controlling a vehicle with a sequence of vehicle events. A user interface allows the recording of vehicle functions that are being manually executed. After the vehicle functions are entered, they can be saved as a sequence and named appropriately. Once saved, the operator can choose... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090037060 - Hybrid powertrain and method for controlling a hybrid powertrain: A hybrid powertrain includes a combustion engine, an electric machine arrangement, a gearbox operable to receive motive power from at least one of the combustion engine and the electric machine arrangement for providing motive power to a load of the powertrain. The powertrain is configurable in operation so that its... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090037069 - System and method for controlling vehicle: A system for controlling a vehicle that controls driving force and braking force such that a vehicle speed is maintained at a target vehicle speed. More specifically, when the vehicle speed exceeds the target vehicle speed, the system for controlling a vehicle maintains the driving force at or above a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090037071 - Apparatus for and method of controlling traveling of vehicle: An adaptive cruise traveling control system is configured to control a speed of a host vehicle at a basic speed-control mode at which a set vehicle speed is set as a desired vehicle speed for an adaptive cruise traveling control function. The adaptive cruise traveling control system is also configured... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090037070 - System and method for controlling running of a vehicle: A vehicle driving control system and method which enables the vehicle can travel through each curve at the optimum speed on an ordinary road and also on a highway. The controller and method uses a car navigation system to detect road classification about the road ahead of where the vehicle... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090037072 - Machine with task-dependent control: A control system for a machine is disclosed. The control system may have a power source, an operator input device configured to generate a first signal indicative of a desired mode of power source operation, and a work implement driven by the power source. The control system may also have... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090037073 - Power enrichment scheduling for coordinated torque control system: A control system for an engine of a vehicle includes a requested torque module that determines a first requested torque based on an accelerator pedal position and a current engine torque output capacity. An accelerator effective position module determines an accelerator effective position based on a requested driver axle torque... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090037088 - Running plan creating apparatus: A running plan creating apparatus for creating a running plan including position information of a vehicle at each time comprises road information acquiring means for acquiring road information concerning a running path for the vehicle to run, action predicting means for predicting positions and speeds of other vehicles running about... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090037087 - Traffic information processing apparatus and method, traffic information integrating device and method: The present invention provides a traffic information processing apparatus and method, the apparatus comprises a format unifying device which unifies input traffic information with different formats to traffic information with unified format; and a traffic information integrating device which corrects and/or complements the traffic information with unified format based on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090037089 - Method for determining traffic information, and a device arranged to perform the method: The present application relates to a method for determining traffic information. In at least one embodiment, the method includes receiving at least one photograph of a portion of the earth's surface comprising at least one road segment using an input/output device, recognizing a number of vehicles on the at least... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090037090 - Navigation apparatus and program of the same: A navigation apparatus of a vehicle includes: storage means for storing information about the vehicle and a road area; and guide route calculating means for calculating a guide route on the basis of the information stored in the storage means. The navigation apparatus determines whether to avoid an entry of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090037097 - Broadcast receiver and method of processing data: A broadcast receiver and a method of processing data are disclosed. The broadcast receiver includes a receiving unit, a RS frame decoder, a storage unit, and a navigation unit. The receiving unit receives a broadcast signal multiplexed mobile broadcast service data including information on route prediction and main broadcast service... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090037098 - Method and system for providing travel direction annotations over a network: A method and system is provided for providing and storing annotations that pertain to travel directions to a particular destination, the annotations generally including ratings of the accuracy of the directions and errors observed in the directions by prior users. Annotations submitted by users are stored in a central repository,... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090037096 - System and method for controlling a vehicle in response to a particular boundary: A system and method for controlling a vehicle in response to the presence of one or more vehicle boundary. According to various embodiments, a system is provided that automates end-turns and sequence execution in real-time based on approaching boundaries. In various embodiments, no pre-planning is required once boundaries and a... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090037101 - Map display system, method of inputting conditions for searching for poi, method of displaying guidance to poi, and terminal device: A map display system has a terminal device having display means for displaying a map image and also has a route search server having a POI database. The map display system has operation/input means for performing predetermined operation on an object image including a POI category or POI information, object... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090037106 - Collaborative gps/ins system and method: A real-time integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) and Inertial Navigation System (INS) system in which each aids the other to offer continuously available navigation information by each GPS and INS subsystem calculating an initial solution, providing the initial solution to the other GPS or INS subsystem, and then each GPS... Agent: Destinator Technologies, Inc.

20090037107 - Inertial navigation system error correction: Methods and apparatus for: (a) the correction of one or more elements determined from a first set of continuous gyro and accelerometer measurements comprising using a second set of discontinuously measured higher accuracy accelerometer measurements doubly integrated in an inertial coordinate system, (b) determining relative movement of a vehicle using... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)