Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions 06/09

20090164054 - Georeferenced work order communication for crop production: A method for managing work operations performed by an agricultural machine includes defining a work order to include a prescribed work operation and a location for the prescribed work operation. The work order may then be electronically communicated to an agricultural machine. The agricultural machine may then determine if an... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20090164053 - Method for providing a security service using a vehicle keyfob: A system and method that enables a user of a telematics-equipped vehicle to initiate security services by activating their vehicle keyfob. If a user senses an emergency situation, such as a person breaking into their home, they can engage a panic button on their vehicle keyfob. This causes the vehicle... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090164055 - Engine module for attachment to a target spacecraft, servicing system for providing in-space service operations to a target spacecraft and method for operating an engine module: An engine module for attachment to a selected target spacecraft should be designed such that the overall need for processing resources and power may be further reduced. According to the invention, the engine module comprises a number of sensors adjusted to pick up measured values of a number of physical... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090164056 - Method for controlling the consumption and for detecting leaks in the lubrication system of a turbine engine:

20090164057 - Method and a system for characterizing and counting violations of a threshold by an aircraft engine operating parameter:

20090164058 - Actuator arrangement for a motor vehicle drive train and method for operating an actuator arrangement: An actuator arrangement for a motor vehicle drive train has a control device, an electric actuator and a drive circuit for the actuator. The drive circuit receives at least one nominal signal relating to an actuator from the control device and converts it into a drive signal for the actuator.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090164059 - Vehicle verification apparatus and vehicle control system using the same: A verification apparatus is mounted in a vehicle, which is provided with targets to be controlled and a plurality of control units that control behaviors of the targets every functional domain of the vehicle, The verification apparatus comprises an acquisition unit and an verification unit. The acquisition unit acquires behavior... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090164060 - Vehicle instability detection and prevention system: An intelligent system and method detects and informs operators of unstable vehicle conditions. An accelerometer and gyro based micro-controller system dynamically computing the center of mass, speeds, positions, angles, stability factors, Velocity-Road Roughness Index, Dynamic Stability Function, and other parameters critical in determining the dynamics of vehicle motion. The apparatus... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090164061 - Automatic fan curve selection: A method and system and method for use in a vehicle. The method includes providing a plurality of fan curves in a vehicle, requesting vehicle information, and selecting a fan curve from the plurality of fan curves based on the vehicle information.... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20090164062 - Operating device: An operating device includes a plurality of steering wheel switches provided on a steering wheel, a display part in which function icons representing functions of the steering wheel switches are arranged in the substantially same layout as the steering wheel switches, and a contact detection device for detecting contact or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090164064 - Damping characteristics control apparatus for a vehicle suspension: A damping characteristics control apparatus is provided for a vehicle suspension having a shock absorber mounted between a sprung member and an unsprung member for each wheel. Damping force of the shock absorber is controlled on the basis of damping coefficient obtained by C(absorber)=(Gain*|y−z|/|y′|)*[(T|z′|+L)/|y−z|]p wherein C(absorber); damping coefficient, z′; sprung... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090164063 - Vehicle-mounted tool for monitoring road surface defects: A vehicle-mountable system is provided for monitoring road surface defects. The system may include a detector to detect a surface defect in a road surface along which a vehicle is traveling. A positioning system may determine an instant location of the vehicle, and a repository may store a location of... Agent: Ibm Corp. (austin)

20090164066 - Device for the semiautonomous support of the parking process of a vehicle: A device for the semiautonomous support of a parking process of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle, having a steering device for the steering movement of wheels of the vehicle, having a control device for controlling the steering device, the control device having a computing device for processing input... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090164067 - Multiple-antenna gnss control system and method: A global navigation satellite sensor system (GNSS) and gyroscope control system for vehicle steering control comprising a GNSS receiver and antennas at a fixed spacing to determine a vehicle position, velocity and at least one of a heading angle, a pitch angle and a roll angle based on carrier phase... Agent: Law Office Of Mark Brown, LLC

20090164065 - Track protection system: A tracked machine may include a first track, a second track, and a drive system configured to move the first track in a first direction and move the second track in a second direction. The tracked machine includes an operator input system and an electronic control module in electrical communication... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090164068 - Vehicle behavior control device: wherein the control start decision means 38 starts or stops the control as to the braking force difference by determining whether a threshold is greater or smaller than a standard threshold when the yaw angular velocity deviation Δ is estimated as being on the increase or decrease based on the... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090164070 - Electrostatic seat occupant detection system: An electrostatic seat occupant detecting system of a vehicle has a vehicle body and a seat. The electrostatic seat occupant detecting system includes an antenna unit that includes a main electrode and a sub-electrode disposed near the main electrode, an AC power source, a switch unit for switching supply of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090164069 - System for preventing operation by impaired operator and method for the same: A system for preventing operation of an object by an impaired operator is provided. The object has a drive source and is operated by an operator. The system includes an operator replacement recognition device, an operation prevention device, and a controller. The operator replacement recognition device recognizes operator replacement. The... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20090164071 - Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control system using the same: A vehicle control apparatus is provided, which comprises a mode setting unit and a control adjusting unit which are mounted in a vehicle. The vehicle is provided with control units that control behavior of a subject to be controlled which is mounted on a vehicle by each functional domain of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090164072 - Device for detecting an event in a vehicle or in the surrounds of a vehicle: v

20090164073 - Vehicle seat apparatus: A vehicle seat apparatus includes: a vehicle seat; a swiveling drive unit that swivels the vehicle seat between the frontward-oriented position in which the vehicle seat faces the front of a vehicle and at least one of the outward-oriented position in which the vehicle seat is oriented in the outward... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090164074 - Wireless remote control system for vehicle power take-off: Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling a power take-off (PTO) of an engine equipped vehicle. Transceivers in a portable wireless remote control device (WRCD) and an in-vehicle control system (IVCS) wirelessly communicate (a) user generated PTO action requests to the vehicle, and (b) PTO and vehicle status information to... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gm)

20090164075 - Vehicle and control method thereof: A vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a stepped transmission including an input shaft and an output shaft, wherein the stepped transmission speed-changes power input to the input shaft while changing a shift speed and outputs the speed-changed power to the stepped transmission output shaft; a control unit that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090164076 - Automatic transmissions and methods therefor: Systems and methods for controlling transmissions and associated vehicles, machines, equipment, etc., are disclosed. In one case, a transmission control system includes a control unit configured to use a sensed vehicle speed and a commanded, target constant input speed to maintain an input speed substantially constant. The system includes one... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090164078 - Lock-up clutch control device for automatic transmission and control method thereof: This invention is a lock-up clutch control device for an automatic transmission, comprising lock-up clutch control means for controlling a slip amount of the lock-up clutch to a target slip amount. When a variation rate in a required load of an engine reaches or exceeds a predetermined threshold, the target... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090164077 - Method for the control of an assembly: A method for the control of an assembly by a control unit, in particular in a motor vehicle, wherein the assembly includes at least one component, at least one actuator associated with the component, and an additional control unit having a first non-volatile memory section that is connected to the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090164079 - Device and method for preventing a motor vehicle engine from stopping in an automatic brake operation: A device and method for preventing a motor vehicle engine from stopping are described, which includes a device for preventing a motor vehicle engine from stopping in an automatic brake operation, the device including the following features of a unit for providing an engine speed signal that corresponds to the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090164080 - Inter-vehicle distance maintenance supporting system and method: An inter-vehicle distance maintenance supporting system for a host vehicle can include an obstacle detector that detects the obstacle present ahead of the host vehicle, an inter-vehicle distance detector that detects the inter-vehicle distance between the host vehicle and the obstacle, a confidence factor computing device that computes the confidence... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090164082 - Inter-vehicle distance maintenance supporting system and method: An inter-vehicle distance maintenance supporting system may include an operational reactive force generating device that generates an operational reactive force on a driving operational equipment based on a first inter-vehicle distance threshold. A driving operational equipment state detector detects an operational state of the driving operational equipment and acceleration intent... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090164081 - Method for optimizing cruise control fuel economy in heavy duty diesel engines: A method to operate a vehicle with an electronically controlled internal combustion engine equipped with an electronic control unit with memory and capable of operating the engine in a cruise control mode.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090164083 - Method for speed regulation of a motor vehicle in a complex traffic situation: A method for regulating the velocity of a motor vehicle in a complex traffic situation is presented. The motor vehicle is equipped with a sensor system for recording the environment. In order to regulate the velocity, an at least partially covered object and/or at least one object on an adjacent... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20090164090 - Control apparatus and method and control unit: A control apparatus which can improve the accuracy of control of a controlled variable by a control input exhibiting a periodic fluctuating behavior. The control apparatus calculates an air-fuel ratio correction value DKCMD such that the output from an oxygen concentration sensor converges to a target output, and calculate a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090164091 - Gas sensor control device and nitrogen oxide concentration detection method: There is provided a control device for a gas sensor. The gas sensor is formed with first and second oxygen pumping cells to define first and second measurement chambers. Under the control of the sensor control device, the first and second oxygen pumping cells effect oxygen pumping actions against the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090164088 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine has at least one cylinder and an exhaust gas tract, which contains a component to be protected. An estimated dynamic component temperature of the component is determined in accordance with at least one operating variable of the internal combustion engine, taking into consideration the dynamic behaviour... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090164089 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: A method for operating an internal combustion engine in which a combustion characteristic is ascertained. The combustion characteristic is ascertained in a cylinder-specific manner, and one or more application functions for the operation of the internal combustion engine is/are carried out as a function of the combustion characteristic.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090164085 - Method to operate vehicle with internal combustion engine and exhaust aftertreatment system according to detected drive cycles: A method to detect drive cycles of a vehicle and modify engine operation according to the detected drive cycles to effect regeneration of exhaust components, particularly the Diesel Particulate Filter.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090164087 - Predicted engine oil pressure: A control module may include a cam phaser control module, a cam phaser oil pressure determination module, and a system oil pressure prediction module. The cam phaser control module may control an oil control valve (OCV) to control an oil flow to a cam phaser. The cam phaser oil pressure... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090164084 - System and method of fan control: A method to operate a vehicle equipped with an electronic controlled internal combustion engine. The engine fan is used as a dynamic fan brake when the vehicle exceeds a minimum predetermined operating parameter for a predetermined period of time, and is disabled once the vehicle is operating within predetermined operating... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090164086 - System for determining critical on-times for fuel injectors: A fuel system has a source of fuel coupled to a plurality of fuel injectors via a fuel rail. The system is operable to determining a critical on-time for a selected one of the injectors by disabling fuel flow from the source of fuel to the fuel rail, periodically sampling... Agent: Cummins, Inc.

20090164100 - Cascade control of hcci phasing: The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine that can be operated in a homogeneous charge combustion mode as well as a method and a computer readable storage device for controlling such an engine. The engine comprises at least one fuel injector, a fuel injection controller that controls a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090164099 - Controller for an internal combustion engine: The present invention has a means for calculating the amount of air to be inhaled into the cylinder in a steady state of an internal combustion engine by using a regression model based on the rotational speed of an internal combustion engine, the pressure in an intake pipe, and the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090164098 - Controller for internal combustion engine: A computer computes the permissible energizing period of a motor based on the motor initial temperature which is computed based on an output signal from a coolant temperature sensor. As the motor initial temperature is lower, the permissible energizing period is set longer Therefore, even if a responsiveness of an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090164103 - Fuel injection control device for engine: A fuel injection control device for an engine comprises a fuel injecting device for directly injecting fuel into a cylinder of the engine and being capable of changing fuel injection rate arbitrarily during injecting the fuel, a fuel supplying device for supplying high-pressure fuel to the fuel injecting device, and... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090164101 - Fuel pressure controlling device of engine: A fuel pressure controlling device for an engine is provided including a fuel injection device, an ignition device, a catalyst for removing pollutants from engine exhaust. A controller selects a combustion mode from at least a homogeneous combustion mode fuel is injected the intake stroke and the fuel is ignited... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090164093 - High pressure pump actuation in a vehicle: A drive system comprises a shaft in rotational engagement with a crankshaft of an engine, the shaft including a first cam having a first quantity of lobes; and a second cam having a second quantity of lobes greater than the first quantity of lobes; and a selection mechanism to selectively... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090164097 - Intake controller for internal combustion engine: At the time of supplying power to a coil of a motor in an intake vortex generating device, an AD taking-in timing of an output signal of a valve position sensor is synchronized with a power supply start timing to the motor in the PWM period of the PWM signal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090164092 - Method for diagnosing air intake throttle actuators for internal combustion engines: A method for diagnosing an air intake throttle with a spring activated throttle actuator, on an electronic controlled internal combustion engine system including an electronic control unit (ECU) with memory, a battery electrically connected to said engine and an ignition switch for connecting said battery to said engine and supplying... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090164102 - Method for operating a fuel system: m

20090164096 - Method of controlling an air supply of an internal combustion engine: In a control method for an air supply of an internal combustion engine having a turbocharger, track data are evaluated, future power increase points of the internal combustion engine are detected and initialization of the increased power output of the internal combustion engine is realized.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090164095 - System and method for adjusting fuel injector on-times: A fuel system has a fuel rail containing pressured fuel coupled to a plurality of fuel injectors. The system is operable in one embodiment to adjust fuel injector on-times by selecting one of the fuel injectors, determining a critical on-time for the selected injector corresponding to a minimum on-time duration... Agent: Cummins, Inc.

20090164094 - System for monitoring injected fuel quantities: A fuel system has a source of fuel coupled to a plurality of fuel injectors via a fuel rail. The system is operable to estimate a quantity of fuel injected into an internal combustion engine by disabling fuel flow from the source of fuel to the fuel rail, and monitoring... Agent: Cummins, Inc.

20090164104 - Method to enchance light load hcci combustion control using measurement of cylinder pressures: A method for controlling an amount of fuel reforming in an internal combustion engine configured to selectively operate in a homogeneous charge compression-ignition combustion mode with an exhaust recompression strategy includes monitoring in-cylinder pressures during a current combustion cycle, utilizing the monitored in-cylinder pressures to project reforming required in a... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090164105 - Method and apparatus for monitoring recirculated exhaust gas in an internal combustion engine: A method for controlling EGR gas flow in an internal combustion engine during ongoing operation includes determining an engine operating point and a preferred EGR fraction for a cylinder charge based upon the engine operating point. A feed-forward command for controlling an external EGR gas flowrate to an engine intake... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090164106 - Valve controller of internal combustion engine: A valve control apparatus of a diesel engine (1) is provided with an EGR valve (30), which is provided in an EGR passage (26) of the engine (1) and varies the flow rate of exhaust gas flowing through a passage (26) by carrying out an opening and closing motion, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090164107 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, and control or regulating device for an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle: A method for operating an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, in which a first signal is determined, which characterizes a torque of the internal combustion engine. In order to provide a method for operating an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle in which a torque of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090164108 - Thermal management for an internal combustion engine to optimize diesel particulate filter regeneration events: A method to operate an electronically controlled internal combustion engine that recognizes when thermal management mode of operation is being applied to an engine but is not attaining desired exhaust temperature for aftertreatment. When the Engine Control System (ECS) recognizes that the engine in operating in thermal management mode in... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090164109 - Vehicle running control system: At least a follow-up target inter-vehicle distance is set on the basis of information about a preceding vehicle recognized by a forward-environment recognition device mounted in a subject vehicle and including a stereo camera, and it is determined whether or not the preceding vehicle is making a right/left turn. When... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090164110 - Vehicle communication system with destination selection for navigation: A vehicle communication system provides several ways of choosing destinations for the navigation system outside the vehicle. The user can choose a destination using the mobile device in one of several ways such as by typing an address, or choosing an address or phone number from a contact list, so... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090164112 - Destination input apparatus, method and program: Destination input devices, methods and programs that store a plurality of destination data items associated with a search key, a plurality of related terms that are related to the destination data items, and a plurality the destination data items that are associated with each of the related terms. The devices,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090164111 - Navigation apparatus and program: A navigation apparatus for searching for a route from a place of departure to a destination includes an information storage unit storing map data in a hierarchical structure, a route-searching unit for retrieving the map data from the information storage unit, searching for a route within a predetermined area on... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090164114 - Route search system, route search terminal and route search method: The route search system of the present invention receives the provision request of the information about route search from a route search terminal. The information included in the provision request from a route search terminal is acquired, calculation processing of the environmental load value of the relevant vehicle and the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090164113 - Voice-controlled navigation device and method: A voice-controlled navigation device includes a voice control unit, a display interface, a recognition unit, and a start unit. The voice control unit receives at least one voice command, the display interface displays a menu, and the recognition unit is used for recognizing the voice command for the display interface... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090164115 - Apparatuses and methods for managing route navigation via mobile devices: Apparatuses and methods for managing route navigation via mobile devices. A route is calculated between a starting point and a destination point. The route is divided into multiple segments based on the complexity of the calculated route, and navigation features are controlled as a function of the segment that corresponds... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20090164116 - Navigation apparatus and navigation program: A navigation apparatus referring to map information when a destination is input, performing a guidance according to a guidance route to the set destination, and displaying candidate site information on one or two or more candidate sites capable of stopping by after deviating from the guidance route includes: a deviation... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090164117 - Navigation apparatus, method, and program for same: A normal route guidance of a navigation apparatus based on guidance information retrieved from a hard disk drive is switched to a turn list display based on the guidance information from an external memory when a vehicle enters a high-altitude area. The navigation apparatus calculates a navigation route to a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090164118 - System and method for updating geo-fencing information on mobile devices: A system and method of automatically replacing the geographic location of geo-fences stored in memory of a telematics system is described. The location of an asset is determined using an on-board telematics device with a location device. The location of the asset is compared with the location of predefined geo-fences... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090164119 - Navigation apparatus, position registering method, position registering program, and recording medium: In a navigation apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of a mobile object. A position identifying unit identifies a current position of the mobile object based on the traveling state information and map information. The destination setting unit sets a destination. A route searching... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090164120 - Radiolocalization receiver: A navigation system, device and method for assisting a mobile user in navigation. In a preferred embodiment, the device comprises a processing unit configured to execute a navigation program, output peripherals, to provide navigation instructions to the mobile user, the device having access to a satellite radiolocalization module, arranged to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090164121 - Many-to-many crosslink communication positioning apparatus: A many-to-many crosslink communication positioning apparatus includes a CPU, a RF circuit, a GPS circuit, an electronic compass circuit and a display device. Several devices are searched for their serial numbers at the same time, and the serial numbers are compared. The device with a large serial number is a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090164122 - Method and device for preventing collisions on the ground for aircraft: The invention has as its object to determine a risk of collision on the ground between an aircraft and another object. The aircraft comprises at least one proximity detector and a communication system suitable for setting up a communication among several points, at least one of the points being able... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090164123 - Travel device for self-propelled device: A traveling unit for a self-propelled apparatus, which is capable of detecting two different collision levels. The traveling unit includes: two running wheels rotatably supported by a frame; a motor that drives and rotates the two running wheels; and two tape switches that detect a collision of the frame with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090157236 - Intelligent system and method for spacecraft autonomous operations: The intelligent system for autonomous spacecraft operations includes an on-board Autonomous Operations subsystem integrated with an on-ground Web-based Remote Intelligent Monitor System (RIMS) providing interface between on-ground users and the autonomous operations intelligent system. The on-board Autonomous Operation subsystem includes an On-Orbit Checkout Engine (OOCE) unit and an Autonomous Tasking... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090157237 - Manual selection of the active reference of a flight plan for the guidance of an aircraft: The present invention relates to a method allowing a modification of the flight plan of an aircraft in a semi-automated manner. The invention presents the main advantage of affording the crew of an aircraft a method for aiding the rejoining of a flight plan requiring only a designation by an... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090157235 - Method and apparatus for moving a swing tail cargo door on an aircraft: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for a mobile tail support control system. An apparatus comprises a data processing system, an output device, a set of load sensors, a set of position sensors, and a computer program product executing on the data processing system. The output... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090157234 - Regenerative integrated actuation system and associated method: A regenerative integrated actuation system and method are provided to efficiently supply power to a plurality of actuators and to make efficient use of power regenerated by the actuators. The system may include a plurality of actuators in communication with a power distribution system. Each actuator may include an energy... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20090157233 - System and methods for autonomous tracking and surveillance: A system and methods for autonomously tracking and simultaneously providing surveillance of a target from air vehicles. In one embodiment the system receives inputs from outside sources, creates tracks, identifies the targets and generates flight plans for unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and camera controls for surveillance of the targets. The... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20090157238 - Device for safely operating a flight control actuator of an aircraft: The field of the invention is that of safe devices for operating the actuators of aircraft and more specifically the flight control actuators of a helicopter. The invention consists of a safe control device for commanding an actuator (15) movement comprising at least two independent calculation chains (120), (130), a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090157239 - Vertical gust suppression system for transport aircraft: A method for vertical gust suppression due to turbulence for an aircraft having at least one of direct lift control surfaces or pitch control surfaces. The method includes sensing atmospheric turbulence, measuring the sensed atmospheric turbulence to generate turbulence data, generating a command based on the turbulence data, and applying... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090157240 - Advisory system to aid pilot recovery from spatial disorientation during an excessive roll: Systems and methods for outputting instructions when a vehicle is not responding to a roll-angle alert. An example system includes one or more altitude sensors that determine one of altitude above ground level or barometric altitude, one or more roll-angle sensors that determine the roll-angle of the vehicle, and a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090157241 - Method of protecting an aircraft by signalling against the risks of collision with the terrain in procedures with reduced protection corridor: The present invention relates to a method of protecting an aircraft in approach by signalling against the risks of collision with the terrain in steep-sided environments, in order to avoid unwanted warnings emanating from the clearance sensors of the onboard TAWS system while protecting the aircraft when it fails to... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090157242 - Controlling movement of a vessel traveling through water during a seismic survey operation: To perform control of movement of a marine vessel traveling through water during a seismic survey operation, input information relating to factors that affect a speed of the marine vessel is received. The speed of the marine vessel is adjusted in response to the received information relating to the factors... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Jeffrey E. Griffin

20090157244 - Method for determining optimal operation point with respect to state of charge in hybrid electric vehicle: The present invention provides a method for determining an optimal operation point with respect to SOC in a hybrid electric vehicle, in which, as a conversion factor (fuel equivalent factor) that can quantitatively compare the amount of fuel consumed by an engine with electrical energy consumed by a motor, a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090157245 - Method for limiting motor torque in hybrid electric vehicle: The present invention provides a method for limiting motor torque in a hybrid electric vehicle, which limits the output of motor torque that causes a reverse rotation of an engine in a soft hybrid electric vehicle in which a motor and the engine are directly connected to each other, thus... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090157243 - Method of controlling drive request torque in hybrid electric vehicle: For this purpose, the present invention provides a method of controlling a driver request torque in a hybrid electric vehicle, the method including: monitoring a vehicle speed; calculating a maximum torque with respect to the vehicle speed; monitoring an APS; and calculating a driver request torque by determining that a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090157246 - Vehicle motion control device: A vehicle motion control device adjusts vibrations occurring in components of a vehicle so as to control the motion of a vehicle having independent drive assemblies for front wheels and for rear wheels. The vehicle motion control device includes a base request torque calculation unit that calculates first and second... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090157247 - Method and apparatus for using an automated lane keeping system to maintain lateral vehicle spacing: A method and apparatus for piloting a vehicle is herein disclosed. The method entails first using a lane keeping system to detect objects in lanes adjacent to the lane currently occupied by the vehicle and then adjusting the position of the vehicle within the occupied lane-relative to a detected object.... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090157250 - Method for locating the longitudinal position of wheels of a vehicle: The invention relates to a method for locating the longitudinal position, either on the front end or on the rear end of a vehicle with engine, of wheels (4) fitted with an electronic module (8). According to this method, there are incorporated, in each electronic module (8), means (15) of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090157248 - Multidimensional vehicle health graphics: A method of displaying a vehicle's information, includes measuring a set values of the vehicle, comparing the set of measured values with a set of related normal values of a vehicle of the same type as the vehicle being measured, and operating within a preset normal range, and displaying on... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090157249 - Section overspeed warning apparatus and system: In a section overspeed regulating method of determining whether a vehicle overspeeds on the basis of whether an average speed of the vehicle in a regulation section exceeds a speed limit, the section overspeed warning apparatus and system determine whether the current speed of the vehicle traveling on a regulation... Agent: Ampacc Law Group

20090157251 - Diagnostic system for automatic transmission: A diagnostic system for an automatic transmission is provided in which a microcomputer determines that torque that can drive the driving wheels of the vehicle is not transmitted to an output shaft of the automatic transmission when the vehicle is stopped and the ignition key is operated to the OFF... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090157253 - Vehicle data acquisition system and method: A vehicle data acquisition system and method are provided for the analysis of vehicle conditions. A vehicle-external communication device, a vehicle-internal communication device, a vehicle-external computer and a vehicle-external databank are utilized. For providing an informative vehicle data acquisition system, on the basis of the data in the vehicle-external databank,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090157252 - Vehicle electronic system and vehicle: In a vehicle electronic system including a plurality of LSI boards, LSIS which cannot control a user interface such as image or audio directly issue a command for notifying a vehicle occupant of its own information via networks and an information control LSI receives the request to output a message.... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090157254 - Steerable vehicle information display system, as well as cockpit module and steerable vehicle incorporating the system: A steerable vehicle information display system is provided, in which images remain undisturbed even if a momentary power interruption occurs. The steerable vehicle information display system comprises: a DPF controller (21), which acquires status information (D1 to D4) from the ECUs of each section of a motor vehicle with a... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090157255 - Vehicle event recorder systems: The present invention relates to a vehicle recorder system that is configured with a video camera, a light weight memory system, and a radio communications facility suitable for use in conjunction with an moving vehicle. An automobile equipped with such video recorder system that is used throughout a day of... Agent: Jones Day

20090157256 - Passenger differentiating apparatus with independent frame structure: A passenger differentiating apparatus with an independent frame structure includes a passenger seat disposed to be movable in a back-and-forth direction within a car by a user, a pair of guide rails disposed below the passenger seat and configured to guide the movement of the passenger seat, a pair of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090157257 - System for regulating the position of the chassis of a motor vehicle: A system for regulating the position of a chassis of a motor vehicle has actuators which are to be set via actuating signals of a regulating and control unit, the position of the chassis or a part of the chassis being recorded via a gap sensor, and an adjustment is... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090157260 - Automatic parking system for vehicle: Disclosed herein is an automatic parking system for a vehicle. The automatic parking system employs a method of generating a parking trajectory in consideration of the operational performance of a steering motor connected to the steering wheel of a vehicle, thus guiding a vehicle through smooth parking and reducing an... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090157259 - System and method for providing guidance towards a far-point position for a vehicle implementing a satellite-based guidance system: The present invention is a method for providing guidance towards a far-point position for a vehicle implementing a satellite-based guidance system. The method 200 includes capturing an image 202. The method 200 further includes providing the image in a digital format to an algorithm 204. The method 200 further includes... Agent: Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090157258 - Systems and methods involving quadrant dependent active damping: A method for controlling a steering system, including, receiving a first signal representative of a torque applied to a steering wheel, receiving a second signal representative of a motor velocity of a motor operatively linked to the steering wheel, multiplying the first signal with the second signal resulting in a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090157262 - Method and apparatus for controlling lateral stability of vehicle: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling the lateral stability of a vehicle. The apparatus stabilizes the behavior of the vehicle when a lateral disturbance occurs. The apparatus includes a lateral disturbance detection unit, a target yaw rate computation unit, and a vehicle yaw rate control unit.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090157261 - Vehicle steering apparatus: A vehicle steering apparatus that can prevent a large returning torque from acting when a steering wheel is turned. Through processing of an assist control program, rotational torque (assist torque) of an electric motor is calculated by adding returning torque g*Trto to turning torque Tc (in actuality, subtracting the returning... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090157263 - System and method for keeping a vehicle in a lane: The present invention relates, in general, to a system and method for keeping a vehicle in a lane in consideration of a steering wheel contortion angle, and more particularly, to a system for keeping a vehicle in a lane in consideration of a steering wheel contortion angle, which estimates the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090157264 - Security system and a method to derive a security signal: This invention relates to a security system for vehicles that have a side-looking pre-crash sensor for anticipating impact by a closing object, such as another motor vehicle, from a direction that is non-parallel to the direction of travel of the host vehicle. Such a system employs optical recognition for acquiring... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090157266 - Commercial vehicle with control means and method for controlling commercial vehicle: The present disclosure relates to a commercial vehicle with a control unit connected with the drive of the commercial vehicle and to a method for controlling a commercial vehicle.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090157265 - Manual leveling control system and method for construction equipment: A manual leveling control system and method for construction equipment is provided. The manual leveling control system for construction equipment includes a swing angle sensing unit sensing a swing angle of an upper swing frame and transmitting a signal for the sensed swing angle; a tilting manipulation input unit generating... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090157267 - System for assisting fuel-efficient driving: A system for assisting fuel-efficient driving includes a storage unit for storing a shift pattern map, a collection unit for collecting the driving state information of a vehicle, a driving state calculation unit for calculating a current driving state and a target driving region on the basis of the information... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090157268 - Method of detecting an object near a vehicle: A method of detecting an object in or near a path of a vehicle utilizes object detection and warning system, including one or more cameras mounted to the vehicle. The method includes taking a first image with a camera when the vehicle is operated in a first predetermined manner, taking... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090157270 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine using externally supplied ignition: A method for operating an internal combustion engine using externally supplied ignition, having a manually operable transmission, in which a torque produced by the internal combustion engine is able to be influenced via at least one control variable. An impending shifting process of the manual transmission and/or another operating situation... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090157269 - System and method for controlling power transmission apparatus for vehicle: A control method for an apparatus which includes a first shift portion that includes a motor and a differential portion, and that is able to function as an electric differential portion; and a second shift portion that is a stepped shift portion, and that is connected to the first shift... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090157271 - Electro-hydraulic control apparatus for a motor vehicle transmission with at least five forward gears and one reverse gear: The control apparatus comprises, in its version intended for a double-clutch transmission, first, second and third shift forks each movable between first and second engagement positions to engage a respective gear, of which the first shift fork is able to engage at least the first gear and the second shift... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090157272 - Four-passage multifunction torque converter: A torque converter including: an impeller clutch arranged to transmit, when closed, torque from a first cover for the torque converter to a shell for an impeller; a lock-up clutch arranged to transmit, when closed, torque from a second cover for the torque converter to an output hub; a release... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090157273 - Apparatus and method for controlling travel speed of vehicle: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for controlling the travel speed of a vehicle using information about a road or at least one portion thereof ahead of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a forward image sensor for photographing a forward road or portion(s) thereof, acquiring image data, and extracting... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090157274 - Organ type accelerator pedal assembly: An organ type accelerator pedal assembly may include a vibration generating module coupled to a carrier connected with a foot plate, and engaged with a first actuator through a power transfer member to bring a vibration to the carrier, a pushing-force generating module actuated by a second actuator and movably... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090157275 - Vehicle behavior control system: A slip angle differential value calculation unit 34 calculates a slip angle differential value of a body of a vehicle, a braking force application prohibiting unit 35 prohibits the application of braking force by a braking force application unit 33 when a yaw rate detection value takes a positive value... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090157276 - Automatic time headway setting for adaptive cruise control system: An adaptive cruise control system automatically sets a desired headway value upon system initiation. If a preceding vehicle is not detected the desired headway is established at a predetermined value. If a preceding vehicle is detected the control compares the actual headway to a predetermined minimum value and predetermined maximum... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090157278 - Method and system for using exhaust temperature anomalies to detect fugitive fueling of a reciprocating internal combustion engine: A method and system for using exhaust temperature anomalies to detect fugitive fueling of a reciprocating internal combustion engine compares an exhaust temperature attribute with a predetermined threshold value for such attribute, which is a function of either the combustion of fugitive fuel within the engine, or an indicator of... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090157277 - On-board fuel vapor separation for multi-fuel vehicle: A fuel delivery system for a fuel burning engine of a vehicle and a method of operating the fuel delivery system is provided. As one example, the method includes separating a first fuel and a second fuel from a fuel vapor on-board the vehicle, said fuel vapor including at least... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090157279 - Fuel injection control device and method for continuously controlling fuel injection during engine operation based on throttle position: A fuel injection control device includes a basic-injection-use map for deriving a basic injection amount and an additional-injection-use map for deriving an additional injection amount, each corresponding to the throttle opening. During operation of the engine, in each engine cycle, a first calculation stage for calculating the basic injection amount,... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090157280 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: In a method and device for operating an internal combustion engine with an intake tract, a switching device for modifying an effective intake pipe length and/or an effective intake tract volume is arranged. By a dynamic intake tract model an estimated intake pipe pressure is determined. The dynamic model is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090157281 - Method for controlling continuous variable valve timing apparatus: A method for controlling a continuous variable valve timing apparatus that can control a phase angle of a camshaft quickly and precisely according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include: calculating a difference between a target phase angle and a current phase angle of a camshaft; determining... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090157282 - Air-fuel ratio control apparatus by sliding mode control of engine: m

20090157283 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An electronic control unit executes a delay control and a load compensation control. In the delay control, the period from when an engine stop request for an engine is made to when the engine is actually stopped is extended. In the load compensation control, the engine power is adjusted according... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090157284 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine in stop/start operation: In a method for controlling an internal combustion engine (1) for a motor vehicle in stop-start operation, the internal combustion engine (1) is operated in the idling operating state. If there is a request for switch-off of the internal combustion engine (1) the torque produced by the internal combustion engine... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090157285 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine, and control or regulating device for an internal combustion engine: In a method for operating a direct-injection internal combustion engine, a position of at least one piston inside a cylinder in which the combustion engine is at a standstill is determined; and a starting cylinder into which fuel is injected first is selected for a start following the standstill. An... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090157286 - Branch-lane entry judging system: A branch-lane entry judging system includes a traffic-line detecting means for detecting traffic lines on right and left sides of a vehicle, a length and width detecting means for detecting lengths and widths of the traffic lines in a real space, a lane-type judging means for judging types of the... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090157287 - Method and system for display of guidance reference for traffic situational awareness: Situational Awareness and Guidance Reference (SAGR) and associated methods and systems are disclosed. A system in accordance to one embodiment of the disclosure includes a display system utilized for a traffic application and an SAGR associated with the own-ship symbol providing longitudinal and lateral guidance reference. In a manual implementation,... Agent: Intellectual Property Management Boeing Management Company

20090157288 - Air traffic control delay factor: A time factor corresponding to an airspace delay or acceleration is communicated to an aircraft. A flight management computer or other computational device of the aircraft calculates a proposed change in trajectory in order to accommodate the time factor in an optimum or nearly optimum manner. One or more proposed... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090157289 - Navigation systems and services: Navigation systems and services are described. The navigation services can include obtaining a route or route segment based on a location of a vehicle and a destination. Based on the route, a current fuel supply of the vehicle, and a number of factors related to fuel consumption, a refueling location... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090157290 - System for providing fuel-efficient driving information for vehicles: A system for providing fuel-efficient driving information for a vehicle includes a fuel-efficient driving area calculation unit and a display unit. The fuel-efficient driving area calculation unit calculates a variable fuel-efficient driving area, which is divided into economical, semi-economical, and uneconomical regions, depending on the increase or decrease of the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090157291 - Destination setting assistance apparatus: Provided is a destination setting assistance apparatus (103) comprising: a baggage information acquisition section (204) for acquiring identification information relating to items loaded in a mobile unit; an items-to-be-carried DB storage section (201) for storing an items-to-be-carried database having written therein items-to-be-carried relating to destinations and/or categories thereof; a destination... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090157293 - Methods and systems for diminishing the effects of an acoustic signature of vehicles: Methods and systems are provided for diminishing the effects of an acoustic signature of a vehicle while the vehicle is en route to a destination. One method includes the steps of retrieving acoustic data representing an acoustic model of the vehicle, terrain data representing a terrain model of a geographic... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090157295 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus comprises a route setting unit that sets a route, a route characteristic point setting unit that sets a plurality of route characteristic points to the route set by the route setting unit, a priority setting unit that sets priority to each of the route characteristic points set... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090157296 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus comprises a map display control unit that displays a map on a display monitor, a voice information outputting unit that outputs voice information related to traveling of a vehicle, and a highlighting unit that highlights a part of the map that corresponds to the voice information in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090157294 - Navigation device with adaptive navigation instructions: A navigation device is disclosed wherein, in at least one embodiment. navigation instruction are adapted to the driver preferences. The driving behaviour of the driver is recorded (like speed, time to prepare for an exit etc.), and the way he responds to navigation instructions (promptly, or always too late for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090157292 - System and method for providing shared information about traveled road segments: A system and method splices into, or replaces routes identified based on road geometry with routes taken by the same user or other users to create alternate routes that may be selected by a user to display, for example, on a map or for which driving directions can be displayed.... Agent: Innovation Partners

20090157298 - Information processing apparatus, information providing method, program, and information providing system: There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an information management apparatus storing service information including place information, service content information, and start time information; the information processing apparatus including a communication portion; a position measurement portion for generating positional information; a data acquiring portion for acquiring,... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090157297 - Navigation system: There is a need for providing a navigation system that enhances the freedom of settling time points to determine a destination. The system prompts a user to input only information needed for determining a target region (e.g., a region including several tourist spots or a region including several ski resorts)... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090157299 - Navigation system and method, and computer program product: A navigation system (500) is provided with: a navigation apparatus (510); a server apparatus (520) and a route information transmittance apparatus (530), which are inter-communicable via a communication network (540). The route information transmittance apparatus is provided with: an input device (531) for inputting route search information indicating an instruction... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090157301 - Intelligent navigation device and method: The invention discloses an intelligent navigation method comprising the following steps of: (a) defining a system circle based on a current position and a target position; (b) searching a plurality of paths between the current position and the target position from the system circle; (c) for each path, calculating a... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090157300 - System and method for entry of taxi route on control display unit: A system and method is provided for receiving and displaying a taxiway navigation route on a control display unit having at least one entry field and a plurality of display lines. A plurality of taxi route segments are received from an entry field. The plurality of taxi route segments include... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC And The Boeing Company

20090157302 - Pedestrian route production: As a pedestrian travels, various difficulties can be encountered, such as traveling through an unsafe neighborhood or being in an open area that is subject to harsh temperatures. A route can be developed for a person taking into account factors that specifically affect a pedestrian. Moreover, the route can alter... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090157305 - Industrial vehicle fleet management system: Embodiments consistent with the invention are an apparatus for and method of generating data on current utilization of powered industrial vehicles, generating preferred routing assignments for powered industrial drivers, and presenting preferred routing assignments for powered industrial vehicle drivers.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090157303 - System and method for multiple delete entry on control display unit: A method is provided for modifying navigation information on a control display unit which has at least one entry field and a plurality of display lines. The method includes at least receiving a plurality of delete command entries, receiving a display line selection, determining the number of delete command entries,... Agent: Evan Law Group LLC And The Boeing Company

20090157304 - System for determining geographical location, a related geographical map, and a related resolution server: The present invention relates to a system for determining a geographical location and to related devices where the system comprises an auto-ID enabled geographical mapping means that is adapted to represent a plurality of geographical points, each point of said plurality of geographical points of said geographical mapping means being... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20090157306 - Location information exchange apparatus and location information exchange method: A location information exchange apparatus includes an information acquisition means 4 for acquiring point information indicating an exchange point whose location is to be exchanged from a map database 6 according to an instruction from outside the apparatus; an information conversion means 3 for converting this point information into location... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090157307 - Additional content based on intended travel destination: When users travel to an intended destination, a plurality of information can be beneficial to assist their travel. If a person is traveling to a crowded event, then information can be provided such that congested traffic areas can be provided. There can be financial opportunities available in relation to providing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090157310 - Method and system for providing travel time information: Location technologies are combined with other information systems to provide augmented information for individuals such as a traveler in an automobile.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20090157309 - Method for exchanging messages in a navigation system using visible light communications: Method and device for exchanging messages in a VLC navigation system is provided, in which a map server generates a provision message in the form of visible light signals through all lamps in an area, using a PLC network, where a navigation service is provided, a terminal that wants to... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090157308 - Navigation device and navigation method: It is an object of this invention to provide a navigation apparatus capable of appropriately guiding a user in an intersection and an interchange point. The navigation apparatus is preferably applicable to a navigation apparatus of a movable body such as a vehicle, and includes a display unit and a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090157311 - Federated route production: A route can be generated through utilization of a conventional manner, such as a portable electronic device accessing a database with roads, traffic information, weather data, and the like. As a user approaches a private area, the route can be augmented with travel information concerning the private area. Artificial intelligence... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090157312 - Social network based routes: A route can be generated that considers social networking information. For instance, a user can be traveling on vacation and individuals designated by a user can add comments to a route. In addition, previous journeys of user contacts can be evaluated and based upon the evaluation results, portions of a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090157313 - Method of loading 3-d image data: The present invention relates to a method of loading 3-D image data in a navigation system. In the method, whether a vehicle enters an intersection while traveling is determined. A mask array based on a travel path of the vehicle is selected. An object to be displayed at the intersection... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090157314 - Method for measuring lateral movements in a driver assistance system: Method for determining a dynamic variable representative for a lateral movement of a located object in a driver assistance system for motor vehicles, which has two angle-resolving distance sensors situated laterally offset to one another for locating the object, using which a radial component of the relative velocity of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090150007 - Intelligent selectively-targeted communications systems and methods: A method for receiving at least one of advisory information and vehicle control information in a vehicle-mounted system, comprising: receiving at least one of advisory information and vehicle control information from a transmitting unit using a receiving unit; determining whether the at least one of the advisory information and the... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20090150009 - Method and device concerning the taxiing of an aircraft, which is automatic at least in part: The device (1) comprises a navigation system (2) which automatically determines a ground rolling trajectory of the aircraft, a guidance system (6) which automatically determines, with the aid of this trajectory, a yaw rate setpoint enabling the aircraft to follow said trajectory, and a system (10) which uses this yaw... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090150008 - Method and device for generating a speed for an aircraft during a taxiing: The device (1) comprises means (4, 7) for calculating, on the basis of a trajectory and of a speed profile, as well as on the basis of the measured current position of the aircraft, a longitudinal speed command enabling the aircraft to be made to roll on the ground along... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090150011 - Method and device for generating a speed profile for an aircraft during a taxiing: e

20090150010 - Method and device for generating a yaw speed order for an aircraft during a taxiing: The device (1) comprises means (7A) for calculating a yaw rate on the basis of measured current lateral and longitudinal speeds, as well as on the basis of a current curvature, of a current lateral deviation and of a current angular deviation, which are calculated previously, said yaw rate allowing... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090150012 - System for producing a flight plan: A flight planning system includes one or more flight management system and a flight plan manager that constructs a flight plan according to static information from the flight management system. A flight management system that also constructs flight plans includes a flight plan manager that constructs a flight plan according... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20090150014 - Complex automated system and method of displaying automation aids: A calculation system is disclosed having a pointing means. A display device presents the control interface of the system for the operator and the system triggering functions carries out a series of automation aids. The calculation system recovers the information descriptive of the automation aids programmed by the system while... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090150013 - Method, system, and program product for airport traffic management: Airport ground traffic management methods, program products and systems provided for a plurality of tags or tag readers distributed throughout an airport each spaced greater than a tag reader scanning distance. A traveling apparatus brings a tag proximate to a tag reader and a traffic manager in communication with the... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20090150015 - Charge depleting energy management strategy for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles: A method for managing power distribution from an engine and a battery in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle whereby battery power is used to meet a driver demand for power and engine power complements battery power when either battery state-of-charge limit or battery discharge power limit would be exceeded, an... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090150016 - Vehicle hybrid power system and method for creating simulated equivalent fuel consumption multidimensional data applicable thereto: A vehicle hybrid power system is provided according to the present invention. The hybrid power system is characterized by applying the concept of minimum equivalent fuel consumption, and then simulating equivalent fuel consumptions based on respective energy consumption or increase of motor and generator of a motor vehicle, and also... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090150017 - Computing platform for multiple intelligent transportation systems in an automotive vehicle: A computing platform for multiple intelligent transportation systems in an automotive vehicle having a plurality of sensors which generate output signals representative of various vehicle operating parameters. The platform includes a vehicle data center which receives input signals from the vehicle sensors and the vehicle data center is configured to... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090150018 - Friction plausibility detection algorithm for a steering system: A system and method for detecting and identifying friction in a vehicle having an electric power steering system comprising the steps of measuring predetermined vehicle states, estimating vehicle states using predetermined signals to define idealized vehicle states, calculating a confidence factor to be applied to the idealized vehicle states to... Agent: Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC

20090150020 - Method for the generating operating software on a control device for a motor vehicle as well as control device: A method for generating operating software on a control device for a motor vehicle by executing control software in a production line end computer or in the control device, has the following steps: a) Executing a diagnosis function in the motor vehicle, with which the configuration of the motor vehicle... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090150021 - Methods for detecting vehicle rollover: An automobile rollover detection system comprising a control module to receive a first set and a second set of signals, to determine a first threshold in response to the first set of signals, to determine a second threshold in response to the second set of signals, to provide a first... Agent: O'brien Jones, PLLC (w/ Ford Motor Co.)

20090150019 - Vehicle diagnostic control apparatus: A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine 1 and a rotating electric machine 5 as drive power sources and drives a wheel using a driving force of the internal combustion engine 1 and/or the rotating electric machine 5. A diagnostic control unit 700 diagnoses the vehicle while controlling the same.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090150023 - Method and system for providing vehicle data to third party authorized recipients: A system and method that reports vehicle data to one or more third parties using an onboard telematics unit. The method includes the steps of selecting a type of data to be reported and identifying a third party to receive the selected type of data. The onboard telematics unit receives... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090150022 - Methods and systems of an aircraft maintenance process: In one embodiment, a method of managing maintenance of an aircraft is provided. In one implementation the method includes generating an electronic report that indicates a fault of the aircraft; electronically integrating the electronic report with resource data and flight schedule data to establish a repair solution for the fault;... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090150025 - Controller for vehicle: A controller for a vehicle makes it possible to prevent window glass from fogging and also to reduce fuel consumption in conducting control to temporarily stop an engine when a vehicle stops. The controller for a vehicle includes a vehicle condition detector which detects a condition under which a vehicle... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090150024 - Location range setting apparatus, control method and controller for apparatus mounted in mobile object, and automotive air conditioner and control method for the same: A location range setting apparatus includes: a location information acquiring unit for acquiring location information indicating the location of a mobile object; a road information acquiring unit for acquiring road segment information indicating a specific segment of a road; a segment determining unit for associating the location information with corresponding... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090150027 - Electric power steering apparatus: An electric power steering apparatus is provided that has a controller by which no current flows in one phase among current paths of three phases for supplying electric power from a motor driving circuit to a three-phase brushless motor and currents that have an identical absolute value and that have... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090150026 - Systems and methods for determining an absolute rotational position of a vehicle handwheel: Systems and methods for determining an absolute rotational position of the vehicle handwheel are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes determining a slope value based on the delta torque value associated with the vehicle steering system and the delta rotational position value associated with a vehicle handwheel. The... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090150029 - Capacitive integrated mems multi-sensor: Apparatus, methods, and systems for incorporating and reading a plurality of bridge sensors is disclosed. The bridge sensors may be capacitive bridge sensors located on the same substrate with a digital processor and signal processing circuits to read the outputs of the sensors. The bridge sensors are accessed by a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090150028 - Motor vehicle with a safety system with a preventive action: In a motor vehicle, such as a passenger car, a preventive-action protection system is provided which includes safety devices that are actuated as a function of information detected by a driving-state sensor system and evaluated in a data evaluation and control device, which compares the detected information with at least... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090150030 - Vehicular passenger detection system: A vehicular passenger detection system includes a load detection device configured to detect a load that acts upon a seat that is installed upon a vehicle, a passenger seating detection device configured to determine whether or not a passenger is seated upon the seat, in accordance with a result of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090150031 - System and method for aircraft braking system usage monitoring: The system and method for monitoring wear of one or more aircraft parts, such as an aircraft brake, an aircraft tire, a standby system, and landing gear. One or more sensors are provided for sensing a parameter of usage, and an estimate of usage of the part can be determined... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20090150032 - Effective driveline vibration detection algorithm in transmission tcc slip control: A method for adjusting the slip of a torque converter for a plurality of selected engine speeds, transmission gears and engine torque. A sensor is used to determine vibrations transmitted through the torque converter to the driveline of the vehicle. The sensor signal is sent to a controller where it... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20090150033 - Shift position detecting device for gear selection mechanism of automotive transmission: A shift position detecting device comprises a shift position sensor that continuously issues an output data that represents a shift position of the gear selection mechanism; and a control unit. The control unit includes a first shifting load instruction section that controls the shift actuator to shift the gear selection... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090150034 - Automatic brake control device: A stepwise brake control is automatically performed when TTC obtained according to a relative distance and a relative speed between a vehicle and an object is lower than a predetermined value. For example, a brake force or a brake reduction speed is gradually increased over a plurality of stages in... Agent: Von Simson & Chin

20090150035 - Hybrid electric vehicle braking downshift control: A hybrid propulsion system for a vehicle. The hybrid propulsion system including a multiple step fixed-gear transmission device for transmitting torque to a first at least one drive wheel, a first electric energy conversion device coupled to an input of the multiple step fixed-gear transmission device, and a control system,... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090150036 - Gps-based traction control system and method using data transmitted between vehicles: System and method for controlling vehicle operating characteristics. The method includes receiving, at a vehicle, global positioning system (GPS) data, and, based on the received GPS data, determining the vehicle's location. The method also receives data from another vehicle. The method then modifies one or more vehicle operating characteristics based... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090150037 - Adaptive traction control system: A method of controlling a traction control system (30) includes continuously adapting a steady state driven wheel speed to reference wheel speed ratio, so that said traction control system can avoid unnecessary actuations (e.g., demanding torque reduction). The continuous adaptation methodology provides traction control robustness to vehicles equipped with a... Agent: O'brien Jones, PLLC (w/ Ford Motor Co.)

20090150039 - Automatic lateral acceleration limiting and non threat target rejection: The present invention provides a system and method for enabling a vehicle having adaptive cruise control to reduce its speed in a turn according to the vehicle's position within the turn as well as ignoring objects detected during the turn that are not in the vehicle's path. The method of... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090150038 - Cruise control system: A cruise control system for a vehicle includes an electronic stability unit having a deceleration arrangement for generating a target deceleration signal based on wheel speed and cruise control signals.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090150040 - Method for controlling a gas turbine in a power plant and power plant for carrying out the method: With a method for controlling a gas turbine in a power plant, a multiplicity of operating lines for the gas turbine for different gas turbine inlet temperatures TIT or gas turbine exhaust temperatures TAT and positions of the compressor inlet guide vane cascade VIGV are specified as a function of... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Alstom

20090150043 - Engine arrangement: A method for operating an engine arrangement with a first internal combustion engine and a second internal combustion engine in a vehicle is provided. The method may include partially coupling a first crankshaft of the first internal combustion engine in the vehicle with a second crankshaft of the second internal... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090150041 - Refuelling system and method: A refueling system for a vehicle having a combustion engine. The refueling system includes: a fuel tank; a canister configured to adsorb fuel vapor generated inside the fuel tank; a canister drain cut valve coupled to the canister and configured to discharge air; an ignition sensor configured to detect whether... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090150042 - Vehicle speed dependant calibration trim for improved fuel economy: A control system and method for improving vehicle fuel economy is provided. A base timing module generates a base timing signal. A trim module calculates a vehicle speed compensation factor and generates a timing trim signal based on the vehicle speed compensation factor. A vehicle speed trim module adjusts a... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090150052 - Control apparatus for spark-ignition engine: An engine control apparatus (ECU) 20 is used for the control of a direct-injection type spark-ignition engine. During the high-load operation of the spark-ignition engine, the ECU 20 injects fuel a plurality of times. In addition, the ECU performs first fuel injection toward internal EGR that exists in a combustion... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090150045 - Fuel injection control device: A fuel injection control device that prevents a misfire is provided. The fuel injection control device comprises: target injection amount determination means 3 for determining a target injection amount of each fuel injection, so that the amount of fuel to be supplied to a cylinder in one combustion cycle is... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090150044 - Fuel injection system and method of operating the same for an engine: A fuel injector is coupled to an engine. The fuel injector includes an injection opening configured to vary in cross-section between a open state and a fully closed state. The fuel injector is configured to provide a plurality of discrete commanded fuel injections into an engine cylinder by modulating the... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20090150050 - Fuel injector and fuel injection device having same: A fuel injector is configured to inject gaseous fuel into a combustion chamber of an engine by using liquid fuel as a pressure transmission medium to open and close a nozzle hole. A nozzle portion has a fuel chamber and a tip end, which defines the nozzle hole. A first... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090150047 - High-pressure fuel supply apparatus and control apparatus for internal combustion engine: A high-pressure fuel supply apparatus according to the present invention is configured such that if the high-pressure fuel supply apparatus or a control apparatus thereof causes malfunction to increase the pressure in the common rail, the pressure in the common rail does not exceed pressure affecting the flow characteristic and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090150049 - Internal combustion engine with torque adjustable in each cylinder: Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine wherein the intake valves, the injector means and the ignition means are controlled so as to adjust the enthalpy value of the exhaust gases produced by each cylinder independently from the other cylinders.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090150053 - Method for ascertaining the gas work performed by the cylinder pressure on the piston of a cylinder and the internal mean pressure: To determine the gas work WK from the areas formed by the cylinder pressure curve over the associated stroke volume Vα, a cylinder-pressure-proportional integrator is started integrating the signals of the cylinder pressure sensor in multiple integrator runs depending on a settable integrator capacitance. A lower and an upper threshold... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090150046 - Method for controlling an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine: A control method for an internal combustion engine with at least one pressure accumulator in which fuel is stored under pressure, in order to supply pressurized fuel to at least one injection valve, and at least two high-pressure pumps which are connected to the at least one pressure accumulator in... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090150048 - Method of controlling fuel injection and ignition of an internal combustion engine, using monitored intake pressure: An engine control method, based on engine intake pressure, is operable to shorten a period from a start of cranking until a sequential fuel injection control is determined. Provisional and final stroke determinations are made for a plurality of cylinders from a synthetic manifold pressure waveform. The provisional stroke determination... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090150051 - Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with independent cylinders: Internal combustion engine with variable actuation of the valves that provides electronic control means that considers the activation delays of the cylinders so that new operating conditions are assigned for the first time to a cylinder which firstly, following an engine operating variation request, is effectively able to satisfy such... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090150054 - Multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with independent cylinders: Internal combustion engine with variable actuation of the valves providing electronic control means which, when the engine is subject to an operating variation request from a first operating condition to a second operating condition, are adapted to select a cylinder to which to assign said second operating condition based on... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090150055 - Variable active fuel management delay with hybrid start-stop: A control system for a hybrid vehicle including an engine with cylinder deactivation comprises an engine time off module that determines an engine time off value. A re-purge determining module estimates a re-purge time required to purge a hydraulic control system of the engine of air before initiating cylinder deactivation.... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090150056 - Method and system for controlling a flowrate of a recirculated exhaust gas: A method and system for controlling an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system is provided. The EGR system recirculates a portion of an exhaust through an inlet portion of the turbomachine. The EGR system reduces the level of harmful constituents within the exhaust before the recirculation occurs.... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20090150057 - Oxygen sensor heater control strategy: A heating module for an oxygen sensor comprises an estimated mass module, a cumulative mass module, and a temperature control module. The estimated mass module determines an estimated mass of intake air to remove condensation from an exhaust system after startup of an engine. The cumulative mass module determines a... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090150058 - Knock determination device and method for internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: calculating a coefficient of correlation K in accordance with a result of comparing a waveform of a vibration of a frequency band including a resonance frequency of an engine with a knock waveform model previously created as a waveform of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090150059 - Cold start emission strategy for hybrid vehicles: An engine control module includes an engine starting module that communicates with an electric motor to operate an internal combustion engine including M fuel injectors and that determines whether manifold pressure is below a manifold pressure threshold. A warming module communicates with the M fuel injectors to inject fuel into... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090150060 - Split-cycle four-stroke engine: An engine has a crankshaft, rotating about a crankshaft axis of the engine. An expansion piston is slidably received within an expansion cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the expansion piston reciprocates through an expansion stroke and an exhaust stroke of a four stroke cycle during a... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20090150061 - Hud vehicle navigation system: A HUD vehicle navigation system includes a portable electronic device (10) and a combiner (20). The portable electronic device includes a navigation module (151), a converting module (153), and a display module (131). The navigation module is configured to receive and transmit navigation information. The converting module electronically connects to... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090150062 - Method and apparatus for efficiently storing map data regarding calculated route for navigation system: A method and apparatus for a navigation system efficiently stores the data associated with a calculated route to the destination in a backup memory by incorporating a direction coding method. The method and apparatus can be advantageously implemented in such a situation where the operation of the navigation system is... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20090150063 - Personal gps navigation device: A navigation device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a storage device to store map information; a processor to determine a route of travel based upon a current position of the navigation device and an input or selected destination position; and a display to display... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090150064 - Personal gps navigation device: a display to display the current position on the map information corresponding to the determined route of travel, the display including relatively more detail of the map information being displayed upon the processor determining that a speed of a vehicle, in which the navigation device is located, is below a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090150065 - Search devices, methods, and programs for use with navigation devices, methods, and programs: Search devices, methods, and programs input a plurality of search terms that are associated with search objects and set a search condition for the input search terms. The devices, methods, and programs calculate an approximate number of the search objects that correspond to the set search condition and output the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090150066 - System and method for finding persons in a corporate entity: A graphical user interface-based contact information system allows users to see obtain not only contact information in a quick, efficient manner, but also allows users to see organizational charts and update communication devices. The contact information system comprises a server executing the graphical user interface that a users uses to... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Mb Attn: Patent Docketing

20090150067 - Navigation and itinerary management system: A navigation device comprises an itinerary preparation and management system. The device includes a memory for storing itinerary data including data representative of a destination and a time constraint, such as a deadline, earliest time, or range of times during which the user wants to arrive at the destination. The... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20090150068 - Method and device for generating a taxiing trajectory for an aircraft: The device (1) comprises means (3) for automatically extracting reference points characterizing successive elements of a path that the aircraft must follow, and means (7) for automatically determining, on the basis of said reference points, a set of points of intersection of said elements, which are such that, when they... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090150069 - Display method and apparatus for navigation system for efficiently searching cities on map image: A display method and apparatus for a navigation system promotes to quickly search a desired on a map image with respect to an order of distance from a current vehicle position or other reference position. On the screen of the navigation system, it displays a specially designed screen to implement... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20090150070 - Method and system for performing programmatic actions based upon vehicle appropximate locations: A system for communicating between networked applications and vehicles that includes a vehicle response server and a vehicle response agent. The vehicle response server can manage communications between at least one vehicle and at least one application remotely located from the vehicle, wherein the application can provide activation contexts to... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

20090150072 - Rewrite apparatus: A rewrite apparatus calculates a risk of destruction of data due to data retention in each file. It is determined whether a refresh start condition is satisfied. The refresh start condition is provided in accordance with the calculated risk. When the refresh start condition is satisfied, it is determined that... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090150071 - Road navigation method: In a road navigation method, a user's current location is transmitted from the user's handheld electronic device to a remote server according to the user's instruction or via a bidirectional transmission between the handheld electronic device and the remote server; and the remote server generates a reference electronic map from... Agent: Dykema Gossett, PLLC

20090150073 - Graphic interface method and apparatus for navigation system for providing parking information: A graphic user interface method and apparatus for a navigation system graphically shows parking information which vary depending on conditions such as time ranges or days, etc. The method includes the steps of: examining a location specified by a user for retrieving data associated with the specified location from data... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20090150074 - Navigation system with apparatus for detecting accuracy failures: A navigation system for a vehicle having a receiver operable to receive a plurality of signals from a plurality of transmitters includes a processor and a memory device. The memory device has stored thereon machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, enable the processor to determine a set of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090150075 - Angular velocity correcting device, angular velocity correcting method, and navigation device: Angular velocity correcting devices, angular velocity correcting methods, and navigation devices are disclosed. In some implementations, a first sensor sensitivity correcting method for considering variation of sensor sensitivity due to an oblique angle of an angular velocity detecting sensor with respect to a horizontal plane and a sensitivity error of... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090143923 - Arrangement and method for monitoring shipping containers: Arrangement for monitoring the weight of a shipping container includes a strain gage-based sensor system arranged to obtain information about the weight of a container and comprising one or more strain gage weight sensors for measuring weight at a mounting location, a wireless communication system arranged to receive the weight... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20090143922 - Power distribution system: A power distribution system is provided having a power source configured to generate a power output. The power distribution system also has an available power module configured to determine a total available power generated by the power source. In addition, the power distribution system has one or more parasitic power... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090143926 - Method and apparatus for tracking center of gravity of air vehicle: The method and apparatus for tracking a center of gravity (COG) of an air vehicle provides a precise calculation and updating of the COG by disposing a plurality of acceleration measuring devices on a circumference of one or more rings in a manner that establishes redundancy in acceleration measurement. A... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090143925 - Robust control effector allocation: Method and apparatus is disclosed which allocates the execution of a commanded vehicle maneuver among the vehicle's control effectors capable of affecting such maneuver, with consideration given to the possible nonlinear and/or non-monotonic effects each control effector's displacement may have on the vehicle and on each other's performance.... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Boeing

20090143924 - Systems and methods for arbitrating sensor and actuator signals in a multi-channel control system: Systems and methods are provided for arbitrating sensor and actuator signals in various devices. One system includes input/output (I/O) circuitry, redundant computation circuits coupled to the I/O circuitry, and an arbitration circuit coupled between the I/O circuitry and the redundant computation circuits. The I/O circuitry is configured to be coupled... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090143928 - Method & apparatus for an interlocking control device: A generic intelligent signal device is also disclosed, and is based on a parameterization approach that incorporates a plurality of vital parameters into the vital logic of the device. The device is then customized to a site specific location by activating the appropriate parameters for that location. In addition, a... Agent: Nabil N. Ghaly

20090143927 - System and method for dispatching by exception: A system and method for controlling the movement of plural trains over a rail network, where the rail network is divided into at least one control area with a dispatcher assigned to manage the movement of trains in a control area by predicting the occurrence of events along the network... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - Dc

20090143930 - Hybrid electric vehicle: A hybrid electric vehicle and method for controlling a hybrid electric vehicle are disclosed. The method may include determining a vehicle operating condition of a hybrid electric vehicle, determining at least a phase of a primary alternating current, determining at least a phase of a driving current to be supplied... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090143929 - Multi-mode charging system for an electric vehicle: A method and apparatus that allows the end user to optimize the performance of an all-electric or hybrid vehicle and its charging system for a desired mode of operation is provided. The system of the invention includes multiple charging/operational modes from which the user may select. Each charging/operational mode controls... Agent: Patent Law Office Of David G. Beck

20090143931 - Mobile apparatus and mobile apparatus system: Mobile apparatuses capable of moving or acting autonomously, without contacting each other, in an environment where movements of the mobile apparatuses are not managed by a server are provided. In a robot functioning as a first mobile apparatus, it is recognized that an object corresponds to a second mobile apparatus,... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090143932 - Mobile apparatus and control program therefor: A mobile apparatus capable of moving or acting autonomously while flexibly avoiding contact with a moving object in accordance with various situations is provided. In a case where a second safety condition is not satisfied because, e.g., a first target trajectory cannot be found, a second target trajectory causing a... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090143933 - Detection device for side collision of vehicle and passenger protection system having the same: A detection device for side collision of a vehicle includes: an outer plate of a vehicle side door; an inner plate of the side door arranged separately from the outer plate; a reinforcing member arranged between the outer plate and the inner plate and having a bending rigidity higher than... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090143934 - Eco-drive support device and method: An eco-drive support device that notifies a driver of the eco-friendliness of a vehicle driving operation being performed by the driver includes: an operating unit that calculates eco-drive support information that indicates the eco-friendliness of the vehicle driving operation being performed by the driver; and a notification control unit that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090143935 - Remote monitoring system for a battery module of an electric vehicle: A remote monitoring system for a battery module of an electric vehicle timely monitors the battery module of the electric vehicle mainly through a detection recorder provided in the electric vehicle. The detection recorder records the physical and electrical variables of the battery module and sends the data to the... Agent: Alan Hsu 235 Chung - Ho

20090143936 - Gps-based system and method for controlling vehicle characteristics based on terrain: System and method for controlling vehicle operating characteristics. The method includes receiving, at a vehicle, global positioning system (GPS) data, and, based on the received GPS data, determining the vehicle's location. The method also identifies terrain map information associated with the vehicle's determined location and determines a terrain based on... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090143937 - Gps-based traction control system using wirelessly received weather data: System and method for controlling vehicle operating characteristics. The method includes receiving, at a vehicle, global positioning system (GPS) data, and, based on the received GPS data, determining the vehicle's location. The method then modifies one or more vehicle operating characteristics based on the determined weather characteristics associated with the... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090143938 - Electric power steering apparatus: An electric power steering apparatus is provided for suppressing the effect on the steering wheel of external interference inputted from the tie rod. The apparatus includes first and second output units for outputting first and second control amounts in accordance with the outputted torque signal, except in a dead zone... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090143939 - Method and apparatus for maintaining instantaneous center for rotation of load transporter: A vehicle maneuvering system and method are provided. The system includes an input device coupled to a first vehicle and a processor. The processor is configured to determine if the first vehicle is a master vehicle or a slave vehicle to a second vehicle. If the first vehicle is the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090143940 - Steering control for a vehicle: A control system for steering at least one vehicle including a first plurality of sensors operably coupled to a respective wheel of the vehicle, a second plurality of sensors operably coupled to a respective input device, and a vehicle controller. The vehicle controller is operably coupled to the sensors and... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090143941 - Vehicle control system: A vehicle control system includes a steering wheel, such as an steering wheel, an adjusting device, a sensor and a control unit. The steering wheel may be actuated by the hand of an operator to set a state variable of the vehicle. The adjusting device applies a force to the... Agent: Deere & Company

20090143942 - Steering control system: A steering control system is connectable to a motor configured to control a steering and a LAN (Local Area Network) and is allowed to receive a control signal for controlling said motor from the LAN is received. The steering control system includes: a motor configured to control a steering; a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090143944 - Fast sensing system and method for soil- and curb-tripped vehicle rollovers: A method and a system of controlling a restraint device in a vehicle during a crash. The method includes sensing a lateral acceleration without using other vehicle dynamic information. The method also includes integrating the sensed lateral acceleration to determine a change in (or delta of) lateral velocity, low-pass filtering... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090143943 - Vehicle occupant classification system: A vehicle seat pressure sensor includes a light source, a non-fiber optical polymer sheet, a boundary layer and a detection unit. The non-fiber optical polymer sheet is composed of non-woven flexible optical polymer material and has a first surface with a peripheral edge surrounding the first surface. The peripheral edge... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090143945 - Method of regulating a chassis of a motor vehicle, regulating system for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle: In a regulating system and method of regulating the chassis of a motor vehicle, sensor data which are present for regulating the suspension and the damping of a vehicle body vehicle and describe the suspension state are forwarded to the regulating module of an antilock brake system. A state of... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090143947 - Automatic transmission actuators and sensors having integrated electronics: An electronic-hydraulic controller for an automatic transmission includes a transmission control module (TCM) which is disposed outside the transmission housing and is connected to the actuators, sensors and switches within the transmission by a serial data link such as the car area network (CAN). Electrical power is also provided to... Agent: Vivacqua Law, PLLC

20090143946 - Power train control system with engine speed override: A power train is provided having an engine operably coupled to a transmission. The power train also has at least one operator interface device, each operator interface device being configured to generate an operator request. In addition, the power train has a controller configured to, in response to a first... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090143948 - Dynamic control system for continuously variable transmission: A continuously variable transmission is provided having a driven element. The continuously variable transmission also has a first operator input device configured to transmit a first displacement signal corresponding to a displacement of the first operator input device. The continuously variable transmission further has a second operator input device configured... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090143949 - Clutch control system for vehicle: In a clutch control system for a vehicle having a hydraulic type clutch in the course of power transmission between an engine and a drive wheel the operational response of the clutch is enhanced and the influence of a hysteresis present in oil pressure-stroke characteristic is suppressed. When the clutch... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090143950 - Control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle and method for controlling the same: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle that is capable of suppressing overheating of the second clutch is taught herein. Control is switched between engine-used slip drive control and motor drive control on a basis of a vehicle load such as weight or a road incline gradient. Control methods for... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20090143951 - Forward collision avoidance assistance system: A collision avoidance calculation unit 3 determines a risk of collision between a host vehicle and an object detected in the host vehicle traveling direction based on information about the host vehicle detected by a host vehicle information detection unit 1 and information about the object detected by an object... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090143952 - Power management system for compaction vehicles and method: A method for managing power in a hydrostatically driven vehicle includes calculating the power consumption of the vehicle based on the pressure of the compressed fluid in a hydraulic circuit, and the displacement of the pump. An electronic controller further calculates the power output of the engine based on at... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090143954 - Engine exhaust after-treatment system: An engine exhaust after-treatment system is provided, which may include a particulate trap configured to remove at least some constituents of the exhaust flowing from an engine through an exhaust system. The system may also include a controller configured to collect in-service data related to an operating parameter indicative of... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090143953 - Exhaust system having temperature sensor verification: An exhaust system is disclosed. The exhaust system has a first sensor disposed to sense a first temperature of an exhaust flow and a second sensor disposed to sense a second temperature of the exhaust flow. The exhaust system also has a controller in communication to receive from the first... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090143956 - Control method for mixture ratio in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine equipped with at least two lambda sensors placed upstream of a catalytic converter: Control method for the mixture ratio in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, the control method providing for the following: reading a first real value of the mixture ratio via a master lambda sensor associated with a first cylinder group, reading a second real value of the mixture ratio via a... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090143955 - Method and apparatus for controlling an air-fuel mixture: In a method for controlling the composition of a combustible air-fuel mixture present in a combustion chamber of a spark-ignited internal combustion engine having external mixture formation, at least two fluids containing air are generated, of which at least one is an air-fuel mixture; the fluids are supplied to the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090143957 - Method for automatically controlling an internal combustion engine: The invention concerns a method for automatically controlling an internal combustion engine, wherein, in a first controller mode, a charge air temperature controller is set as dominant for a map-controlled thermostatic valve, and, in a second controller mode, a coolant temperature limit controller is set as dominant for the map-controlled... Agent: Klaus P. Stoffel Wolff & Samson

20090143958 - Common rail fuel control system: A method of controlling a common rail fuel system for an engine is disclosed. The method includes delivering fuel to a fuel injector fluidly coupled to a common rail. The common rail is fluidly coupled to a fuel tank through a pump. The method also includes sending a signal to... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090143959 - Engine control system and control method thereof: A sensor for directly detecting an EGR flow rate is disposed in an EGR path. An EGR rate and in-cylinder oxygen concentration are calculated from the output value of that sensor. In addition, when this EGR rate calculation method is used, the calculation is properly switched between a steady operation... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090143960 - Control device of oxygen sensor for automotive vehicle, and air-fuel ratio controller and automotive vehicle incorporating the same: A control device is arranged to control an oxygen sensor for an automotive vehicle wherein the oxygen sensor has a sensor element and a heater for elevating a temperature of the sensor element. The control device includes a tilt detection section arranged to detect tilting of a vehicle body; a... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090143961 - Road vehicle control method: A control method of a road vehicle; the control method includes the steps of: detecting the position of an accelerator control which is displaced along a predetermined stroke; using the position of the accelerator control to control the generation of a torque generated by the engine of the road vehicle... Agent: Venable LLP

20090143962 - Method and device for saving automobile energy: An energy saving method for an automobile is provided herein. The energy saving method includes: judging whether the automobile is stopped; starting a timer to measure and signal an end of a predetermined time interval by outputting an interrupt signal; and turning off an engine of the automobile in response... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090143963 - Diagnostic of hydraulically switchable engine mechanisms: A method for detecting failure modes of latching mechanisms in a hydraulically switchable variable valve activation system of an internal combustion engine includes the steps of: integrating a pressure sensor in an engine control system including a plurality of switchable mechanisms connected to a common hydraulic gallery, an oil control... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090143965 - Vehicle dispatch system: A vehicle dispatch system includes a plurality of vehicle loading modules and a vehicle controlling server. The vehicle loading modules comprises a first wireless transmitting apparatus, a global positioning receiver for providing current coordinates of the vehicles, and a meter apparatus for transmitting an activating message when transporting a passenger.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090143964 - Vehicle dynamic navigation system and method: A vehicle navigation system is described, comprising an onboard navigation unit installed on board a vehicle that can be used by a user to set target destinations and an operations centre communicating with the onboard navigation unit. The onboard navigation unit is configured to transmit a target destination and a... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090143966 - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program product for traffic data aggregation using virtual trip lines and gps-enabled mobile handsets: A device for determining when a virtual trip line has been crossed or traversed is provided. The device includes a memory for storing the virtual trip lines which are defined pairs of location descriptors corresponding to a geographic area. The device further includes a processor that is capable of determining... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090143967 - Motor vehicle having a wheel-view camera and method for controlling a wheel-view camera system: A motor vehicle has a wheel-view camera with a wide-angle lens and an image sensor. The wheel-view camera is mounted in the housing of a side view mirror and points in a downward direction such that the wheel-view camera captures a front wheel. An image processing unit is operatively connected... Agent: Manfred Beck, P.A.

20090143969 - Automatic determination of aircraft holding locations and holding durations from aircraft surveillance data: A method using airport surveillance data to output a location of a delay and an amount of time a vehicle is subjected to the delay during a movement of the vehicle between two locations, the delays being observed in the surveillance data as a knot of several data points. A... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090143968 - Perceptual-spatial electronic flight data interface for airport traffic control towers: In an air traffic control system, a method to track, record, communicate, and organize electronic flight data spatially in relation to an airport surface.... Agent: Martin E. Robinson, Jr. Federal Aviation Administration

20090143971 - Apparatus and method for conveying traffic congestion data to a user: A method of displaying traffic information, comprising: providing a graphical interface to display information related to traffic routes; displaying a first bar to represent a total distance of a first traffic route; and displaying segments of the first bar, each segment of the first bar representing a corresponding range of... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090143973 - Image-guided navigation employing navigated point computation method and system: Provided is a method of image-guided navigation comprising determining a final navigated point in a three-dimensional reconstructed coordinate system based at least partially on two or more navigated points in a coordinate system associated with a two-dimensional array of image pixels and without specifying a coordinate of each of the... Agent: Ge Healthcare C/o Fletcher Yoder, PC

20090143970 - Interactive route guide device: A technical challenge is to provide an interactive route guide device which is capable of providing an appropriate amount of information with an appropriate timing in accordance with a user's desire. In order to overcome such a technical challenge, in the interactive route guide device, a storage device (2) stores... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090143974 - Navigation device, navigation method, and navigation program: Information is acquired that indicates a current road on which a vehicle is traveling. Information is acquired that relates to a plurality of branching roads that branch off from the current road at a branching point that lies ahead in the direction of movement of the vehicle. In a situation... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090143975 - Personal gps navigation device: A navigation device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a storage device to store map information and points of interest (POIs), the POIs including description information and location information; and a display to display stored POIs at a location of the map information, based upon... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090143976 - Personal gps navigation device: A navigation device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device includes a storage device to store points of interest (POIs); and an integrated input and display device to display at least one of the stored POIs and to enable selection of the displayed at least one POI;... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090143972 - Traveling direction measuring apparatus and traveling direction measuring method: The present invention relates to a traveling direction measuring apparatus usable as a pedestrian navigation system in locations where it is difficult to obtain high positioning accuracy such as inside buildings or around multistory buildings where a GPS cannot be used. An acceleration detecting section (1) detects 3-axes acceleration of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090143978 - Portable electronic device and travel time forecast method: A portable electronic device for mapping and displaying route information includes a route generator, a length calculator, a travel time calculator, and a display system. The route generator is configured for generating a route between a starting location and a destination based on predetermined mapping data. The length calculator is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090143979 - Position registering apparatus, route retrieving apparatus, position registering method, position registering program, and recording medium: In a position registering apparatus, an acquiring unit acquires traveling state information. A position identifying unit identifies the current position of a mobile object, based on the traveling state information and map information. When the current position of the mobile object identified to be on a road is then identified... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090143977 - Visual travel guide: A novel method, apparatus, and system are disclosed that provide a mobile terminal user with up to date information regarding a point/location of interest. A user may identify a destination, and subsequently select points of interest at the destination from photos, audio or other media displayed to the user. Each... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090143981 - Method and system for setting the destination of a navigation system based on the message recorded in an electronic document: A method and system for setting the destination of a navigation system based on the message recorded in an electronic document is provided. This system transforms an address recorded in an electronic document into positioning data, which is recognizable to a navigation system, by means of a software application. Particularly,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090143980 - Navigation device and method of scrolling map data displayed on a navigation device: The present application relates a navigation device, including a processing unit and a display. The processing unit is arranged to display map data on the display. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device further includes a camera arranged to provide a camera feed to the processing unit. The processing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090143982 - Method for operating a navigation device: A method for operating a navigation device that includes an input device for inputting operator commands and/or locations, particularly starting points and/or destinations, a road network database, a route calculation unit for calculating a planned route with consideration of the locations and the road network database, wherein the route leads... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090143983 - Navigation system with dynamically calibrated pressure sensor: A navigation system includes a pressure sensor, a calibration module in communication with the pressure sensor, and an altitude module in communication with the calibration module. The calibration module is configured to determine a dynamic pressure proportionality coefficient based at least in part on a static pressure proportionality coefficient, a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090143984 - Location-to-landmark: A mapping application that returns results for a target location as a function of at least one nearby landmark. The one or more nearby landmarks can be selected based on an expected user familiarity with the landmark, a precision of the landmark and/or a spatial relationship of the landmark with... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090143985 - System and method for maintaining the relative distance between two vehicles: A system that includes a first self propelled steerable vehicle having a first end and a second end, a second self propelled steerable vehicle having a first end and a second end and an electronic device that maintains a relative position between at least one of the first end and... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090143986 - Collision warning system: A method of estimating a time to collision (TTC) of a vehicle with an object comprising: acquiring a plurality of images of the object; and determining a TTC from the images that is responsive to a relative velocity and relative acceleration between the vehicle and the object.... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20090143987 - Method and system for predicting the impact between a vehicle and a pedestrian: A method predicting impact between a vehicle and a detected moving pedestrian, generating N particles representing trajectory pairs of the vehicle and the pedestrian according to a Monte Carlo method, and then evaluating the outcome of each particle so that the space of states of each particle is split into... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.