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Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location August inventions list 08/09

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20090216389 - Driver information device: A driver information device includes an output unit for outputting items of driver information, a pause having a predetermined length being inserted between the outputting of a first and a second item of information.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090216390 - Unmanned vehicle message conversion system: According to one embodiment of the disclosure, an unmanned vehicle message conversion system generally includes a message interpreter that is coupled between a first unmanned vehicle control interface and a second unmanned vehicle control interface. The second unmanned vehicle control interface is configured to transmit and receive messages with a... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20090216391 - Inertial signals for flight control backup mode: A flight control system is provided that includes a reference system and flight control actuators. The reference system includes one or more sets of gyroscopes and accelerometers. At least one set of the gyroscopes and accelerometers are configured to provide a first output of a first set inertial signals for... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090216392 - Vectored thruster augmented aircraft: The Invention is a rotary-wing aircraft having at least two vectored thrusters that may be tilted from a horizontal to a vertical position and to positions intermediate between the horizontal and vertical positions. The two vectored thrusters are equipped with propellers having separately variable pitch. The two vectored thrusters also... Agent: Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20090216393 - Data-driven anomaly detection to anticipate flight deck effects: A method for data-driven anomaly detection may include monitoring a plurality of parameters associated with a plurality of subsystems of a system. The method may also include collecting data corresponding to each of the plurality of parameters from the plurality of subsystems and generating monitoring quantities based on the data.... Agent: Moore And Van Allen Pllc For Boeing

20090216394 - Turret assemblies for small aerial platforms, including unmanned aircraft, and associated methods: Turret assemblies for small aerial platforms, including unmanned aircraft, and associated methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an aircraft system can include a turret assembly having a payload with a line of sight to a target and a gimbal system carrying the payload. The gimbal system can include (a)... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090216395 - System and method for identifying a condition of an upcoming feature in a track network: A system for identifying at least one condition of at least one upcoming feature of at least one track in a track network. The system includes a positioning system for determining an estimated train position on a track within the track network, and at least one database including track data... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20090216397 - Device for attachment to a wheel and wheel with such a device: A device for attachment to a motor vehicle wheel includes an arrangement which, during movement or driving of the motor vehicle, detects vibrations which occur, evaluates the vibrations for an incipient fault state of a wheel bearing of the vehicle wheel, and delivers a signal when the monitoring or evaluation... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20090216396 - Driving support system: The navigation apparatus in a vehicle receives physical condition data regarding user's condition from a measurement instrument through a power line when the vehicle is connected to the power line. The navigation apparatus determines whether a travel condition of the vehicle that is driven by using the sensors disposed in... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20090216398 - Vehicle health and usage monitoring system and method: A health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) and method for monitoring the health and/or usage of one or more components of a vehicle. In various embodiments, the present invention uses a plurality of wireless sensors configured, when activated by a vibration of the vehicle, to monitor one or more components... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090216399 - Vehicle diagnosing apparatus, vehicle diagnosing system, and diagnosing method: A vehicle diagnosing apparatus, a vehicle diagnosing system, and a diagnosing method enable the determination of completion of a repair or part replacement on a vehicle while adapting to changes in environment and overcoming temporal or spatial restrictions. The vehicle diagnosing apparatus reads diagnostic information from an on-board diagnosing unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090216400 - Fuel door sensor diagnostic systems and methods: A diagnostic system for a vehicle comprises a refueling indicator module and a diagnostic module. The refueling indicator module selectively indicates when a refueling event occurs. The diagnostic module selectively diagnoses a fault in a fuel door position sensor when the fuel door position sensor indicates that a fuel door... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090216401 - Feedback loop on diagnostic procedure: A diagnostic system for a vehicle, includes a diagnostic tool including a first memory, receiving vehicle specific information and performing a diagnostic test on the vehicle, storing the test result in the first memory, and a second memory in communication with the diagnostic tool, storing the test result in the... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090216402 - Apparatus and method for controlling wiper and washer: Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling a wiper and washer. An apparatus for controlling a wiper and washer, includes a wiper to wipe a windshield of a vehicle, a washer to eject washer fluid to the windshield of the vehicle, and an intelligent multi-function module (IMFM) to... Agent: Mcneely Bodendorf LLP

20090216403 - Vehicle chassis height adjustment method and system: A method and system for adjusting a relative leveled height of a sprung mass of a vehicle to an unsprung mass of the vehicle. The method also includes receiving an input from an operator for incrementally/decrementally changing the height of the sprung mass. A system for performing the method is... Agent: Bridgestone Americas, Inc.

20090216404 - Driver assistance system: A driver assistance system having a lane-keeping function, having a device for detecting the lanes on a roadway, and a control unit for intervening in the steering system of the vehicle for lane-keeping. Means are provided in the driver assistance system for detecting the position of the vehicle with respect... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090216405 - Steering assist system: A steering assist system includes traffic-line detecting means for detecting right and left traffic lines marked on a road, preceding-vehicle detecting means for detecting a preceding vehicle traveling ahead of a subject vehicle, traveling-target-point setting means for setting a traveling target point for traveling of the subject vehicle at a... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090216407 - Electrical power steering system for a motor vehicle: An electrical power steering system for a motor vehicle. The system includes a rack actuator and a sensor for measuring torque applied to the steering wheel by the driver, the actuator and the sensor being arranged on the steering column, respectively between the steering wheel and the rack, and between... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090216406 - Method and system for managing the turning of a vehicle: A method and system for managing the turning of a vehicle comprises establishing a boundary of a work area. A location-determining receiver determines an observed position and velocity of the vehicle in the work area. An estimator estimates a first duration from an observed time when the vehicle will intercept... Agent: Deere & Company

20090216408 - Occupant protection device for vehicle: An occupant protection device includes: a controller; first and second bus lines; a first collision sensor arranged on a side of the vehicle, and transmitting a first signal to the controller via the first bus line; a second collision sensor arranged on a center of the vehicle, and transmitting a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090216409 - Method and device for determining an initial float for skid detection in rollover sensing: A method for determining an initial float angle for skid detection in rollover sensing of a rollover of a vehicle having at least one sensor system for vehicle-dynamic signals and a control unit for activating a restraining device, which divides the driving state of the vehicle into chronologically consecutive state... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090216410 - Automated machine management system with destination selection: A management system is provided having a data storage device configured to receive and store data from a loading machine and at least one of a plurality of transport machines. The data stored in the machines is indicative of at least one of a position and status of the loading... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20090216412 - Carrier and backhoe control system and method: A power machine includes a carrier comprising a supporting frame, an operator compartment and a joystick controller disposed in the operator compartment and configured to generate movement signals in response to operator movement of the joystick controller. An attachment is detachably coupled to the power machine. A carrier control unit... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20090216411 - Power take off control system: A power take-off (PTO) control system for a work vehicle equipped with an implement, comprising a hydraulic multi-plate PTO clutch (6) whereby power from the work vehicle is interruptibly transmitted to the implement; a control valve (15) for adjusting an actuating pressure of the PTO clutch; a manually operable clutch... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20090216413 - Method of gear-shifting in a servo-controlled manual gearbox: A method of gear shifting in a servo-controlled gearbox. The method generates an oscillation on angular velocities of primary and secondary shafts of the gearbox, separates the primary shaft from the secondary shaft thus disengaging a first current gear when the oscillation has taken the angular velocity of the primary... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090216414 - System and method for changing values stored in memory that relate to the operation of an automatic transmission: An automatic transmission may be coupled to an internal combustion engine. A shift selector may be coupled to the transmission and may have a plurality of user selectable inputs for controlling operation of the transmission that are electrically connected to a control circuit. The control circuit may include a memory... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090216418 - Absolute acceleration sensor for use within moving vehicles: A communication system for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed sensor configured to emit a periodic function with a parameter correlated to the speed of the vehicle, an acceleration monitoring system, a braking system engagement detector to detect a braking status of the vehicle, an alerting device capable of signaling... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090216416 - Brake apparatus for vehicle, and methods of using same: A brake apparatus includes first, second and third solenoid valves (hereinafter SOL1, SOL2 and SOL3) respectively disposed in a first branch pipe, a second branch pipe, and a main pipe connecting a master cylinder and a brake caliper. The brake apparatus also includes first, second and third pressure sensors (hereinafter... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090216415 - Drive power control apparatus and method for vehicle: A drive power control apparatus for a vehicle includes a controller that adjusts the drive power for driving a vehicle to compensate for a parameter that affects the running state of the vehicle. When the vehicle enters a region where the acceleration of the vehicle needs to be changed based... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090216417 - Method of controlling a vehicle brake with compensation for expansion: d

20090216420 - Engine movement detection systems and methods: A control system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The control system includes an engine movement module that selects from N engine rotation modes based on camshaft movement and crankshaft movement, where N is an integer greater than two, and where at least one of the N rotation modes... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090216421 - Method for experimenting engine controls parts: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to make it possible to scientifically test the performance of various engine control parts constituting a control system of an engine in various operation states when being mounted on an engine. Various engine control parts, which are actually attached to... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20090216419 - Methods and apparatus for optical monitoring of fluid: We describe a fuel monitoring system, comprising: an evanescent wave fuel sensor for monitoring said fuel, the sensor comprising a light source and a transducer for providing an electrical signal in response to light from said light source, and having a light path between said light source and said transducer... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p.

20090216425 - Control system and method for starting an engine with port fuel injection and a variable pressure fuel system: A fuel control system includes a pressure comparison module that generates a pressure control signal when a fuel supply pressure is greater than a predetermined pressure value, a temperature comparison module that generates a temperature control signal when a temperature of an engine is greater than a predetermined temperature value,... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090216424 - Device for a fuel system at an engine powered vehicle: A device for a fuel system for a combustion, engine (M), in which a validation unit (V) is connected to a supply line (L) between a fuel reservoir (D) and the combustion engine (M), including means (DR2) for recording the fuel consumption of the combustion engine (M); a data storage... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20090216422 - Electronic fuel injection controller: The fuel injection controller is an electronic device for the “Generation I” Chevrolet V8 engine. The fuel injection controller measures rotational position and rotational speed for both the crankshaft and the camshaft. The uniqueness of this design is that it repackages the internal components from a standard front-mount location “Optispark”... Agent: Wes Burch

20090216423 - Fuel mixture autoignition control method, notably for diesel type internal-combustion engines, and engine using same: The present invention relates to a method for controlling autoignition of a fuel mixture, notably for a diesel type internal-combustion engine, according to which a fuel mixture is made in at least one combustion chamber (14) of the engine with a fuel and at least one fluid in order to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090216427 - Method and system for controlling an internal combustion engine: Methods and systems for controlling an internal combustion engine are provided. One example method may include closing an intake valve later during a cylinder cycle than a timing with which an amount of air inducted into a cylinder from an air intake passage would be maximized, and earlier during the... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090216426 - Plug-in hybrid evap valve management to reduce valve cycling: A control module for an engine of a vehicle includes a mode determination module that determines whether the vehicle is in a fuel-saving mode based on an acceleration of the vehicle. A diurnal control valve (DCV) control module selectively closes a DCV a predetermined time after at least one of... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090216428 - Late intake valve closing to improve cold startability for spark-ignition direct-injection (sidi) engines: An engine control system includes a cam phaser that introduces a cam phase angle θ between a camshaft intake lobe and an associated crankshaft. An engine control module communicates with the cam phaser to introduce the cam phase angle θ while an engine is being started. The cam phase angle... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090216429 - Control device of internal combustion engine: When either one of two injectors of each cylinder becomes abnormal, a control device performs failsafe control of performing increase correction of injection quantity of a normal injector. If actual injection quantity is restricted with the maximum injection quantity that can be injected by the normal injector during the execution... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090216430 - Automatic vehicle start/stop control method: A method of managing the degraded modes of a system for the automatic starting/stopping of a heat engine of a vehicle, whereby the system receives information supplied by measurement and detection sensors and by a bus for the communication of vehicle operating data. The method comprises the following steps consisting... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20090216431 - Method and apparatus for adjusting distance for generating maneuver instruction for navigation system: A distance adjustment method and apparatus for a navigation system produces a maneuver instruction for an intersection at the most appropriate timing and location during the route guidance. The method includes the steps of: searching an upcoming intersection on the calculated route that requires the user to make a turn... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20090216432 - System and method for precision collaborative targeting: A method for precision collaborative targeting includes determining information indicative of a current location and of a known remote location. A first distance is determined from the current location to the known remote location. A sensor is slewed towards an unknown remote location, the sensor being initially directed from the... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20090216434 - Method and apparatus for determining and displaying meaningful cross street for navigation system: A method and apparatus for a navigation system determines whether an upcoming cross street is meaningful for a user to be displayed. The includes the steps of searching upcoming cross streets that intersect with a current street on which a user's vehicle is running for a predetermined distance range ahead... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20090216433 - Method and system for managing delivery of content in a navigational environment: We have recognized a limitation that may arise when seeking to deliver both navigational and non-navigational content to a mobile user. The limitation is that the presentation of at least certain non-navigational content may interfere with presentation of the navigational content and vice versa. In accordance with an aspect of... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Slusky

20090216437 - Method for operating a navigation device:

20090216436 - Navigation device capable of displaying local labels and method thereof: The present invention discloses a navigation device which is capable of displaying local labels and a method thereof. The navigation device comprises a map database, a navigation module, a positioning module and a display interface. The map database is capable of storing at least one electronic map, comprising a plurality... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090216435 - System for logging life experiences using geographic cues: A system for logging life experiences using geographic cues. The system variously provides a comprehensive life-logging tool for recording each life event; a vacation album for revisiting and reliving vacation routes and associated photos; an information service for finding popular routes and locations; a statistical tool for analyzing metrics of... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20090216438 - Facility map framework: A facility map framework system facilitates creation of map and asset descriptions and integrates map information to form a facility map object model with defined connections and constraints between and within maps of disparate character (e.g., geographic road maps, facility floor plans, campus layouts, stacked vertical floor layouts, and cross... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090216439 - Intelligent vehicle tracking: A vehicle tracking method using a route model for estimating the exact location of the tracked vehicle. The estimated location is computed in the vehicle by tracking device (14) and in the tracking center (15). The tracking device acquires the exact location with positioning means (13). Then the tracking device... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090216440 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus includes a satellite positioning section for calculating a present position, and a route setting section for searching for a route to a destination based on map data, and sets a detected route as a recommended route. A satellite positioning disable time guiding section sets as a focus... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090216441 - Method and system for indicating the location of an object: An object location indication apparatus which includes a position determination system adapted to determine the position of the apparatus a plurality of audio channels, each connected to an audio output device wherein each channel is associated with a direction, an audio signal supply element adapted to supply an audio component... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090216442 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for map feature detection: An apparatus for enabling improved map feature detection may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive data including first signal strength information defining respective strengths of position message signals received over corresponding portions of a first position history, analyze the first signal strength information with respect to... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090216443 - Systems and methods for notification of location via an electronic device: A method for notification of location via an electronic device. The method alerts a user of proximity to a desired location along a preset travel route, using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. A related system is also provided.... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090216445 - Integrated satellite navigation system, navigation interface, and method for navigation information display: An integrated satellite navigation system is disclosed. The system comprises a navigation satellite device and a head up display. The navigation satellite device generates navigation information. The head up display retrieves the navigation information from the navigation satellite device and projects a navigation interface using a projection device thereof to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090216447 - Position calculation method and position calculation system: A position calculation method includes storing navigation data at a given reference date as reference navigation data corresponding to the reference date, transmitting the reference date to request a server that provides navigation data to transmit latest differential navigation data that indicates a difference between the navigation data at the... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20090216444 - System and method for determining the position of an underwater vehicle: A system and a method are provided for determining the position of an underwater vehicle while the vehicle is operating underwater. A buoyant float stays on or near the surface of the water and is attached to the vehicle by thin tether that can include insulated wires. The vehicle moves... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090216446 - Systems, apparatus and methods for delivery of location-oriented information: An augmented reality guiding system for delivery of location-oriented information, including a location server, a database coupled to the location server, and at least one mobile locating device. The database is configured to receive, store, customize and send target information relating to target points of interest. Each mobile locating device... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090216448 - Global positioning system navigation apparatus and positioning method thereof: A Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation apparatus and a positioning method thereof are provided. The GPS navigation apparatus includes a GPS module and a data processing unit. When the GPS module enters into an operation mode from a standby mode, the GPS module starts to output a positioning data. The... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090216449 - Passive mapping using a floor cleaning machine: A floor cleaning machine having a passive mapping system for determining position information associated with a plurality of RFID tags dispersed within a floor field during a floor cleaning process. The passive mapping system defines a floor map based on position information collected from the plurality of RFID tags. The... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.a.

08/20/2009 > patent applications in patent subcategories. inventions list

20090210103 - Controlling aircraft aerial movements, defeating icing on aircraft surfaces, aiding decontamination, and damping turbulence effects on aircraft by the method of micro-perforated airfoil coordinated precision flow management: A method is provided whereby airplanes or any device with the functionality and usefulness of an airplane may be controlled without the use of any traditional effectors, such as flaps, rudders, ailerons, spoilers, and all like hinged, moveable airfoils attached to a wing or a fuselage. The means of controlling... Agent: Mr. Michael Leon Cook

20090210104 - Process and device for diagnostic and maintenance operations of aircraft: The object of the invention is a method and a device for filtering diagnostic messages obtained from a plurality of elements of a system, each of these elements comprising diagnostic means capable of detecting a failure and of transmitting a message comprising at least one failure indication. The state of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090210105 - Air-ground detection system and method: A method to detect if an aircraft is airborne or on the ground may include detecting at least one of a truck tilt of each main landing gear and a strut compression of each main landing gear. The method may also include detecting the aircraft being airborne or substantially on... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Boeing

20090210106 - Locomotive air/vacuum control system: The present locomotive brake control system includes a vacuum relay valve responsive to air brake apply and release signals on the air brake pipe to provide vacuum brake apply and release signals on a vacuum brake pipe. A locomotive brake controller is responsive to the brake apply and release signals... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090210107 - Method of measuring coupling ratios: There is provided a method of measuring coupling ratios in a marine vessel. The vessel includes: (a) a source of mechanical power; (b) a coupling system operatively coupled via a first input shaft to the source of power and operatively coupled via a second output shaft to one or more... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090210108 - Engine speed control for an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain for improved noise, vibration and harshness: A control strategy is disclosed for regulating speed of an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle powertrain that includes an electric motor and gearing. An electrical power flow path and a mechanical power flow path are established. Electrical power is coordinated with mechanical power to effect an arbitrated engine speed... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090210109 - Computing flight plans for uavs while routing around obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions: This description provides tools and techniques for computing flight plans for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) while routing around obstacles having spatial and temporal dimensions. Methods provided by these tools may receive data representing destinations to be visited by the UAVs, and may receive data representing obstacles having spatial and temporal... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20090210110 - Method of operating a vehicle accessory: A vehicle includes a controller, a touch screen display in communication with the controller, and a plurality of accessories in communication with the controller. The various accessories are each individually controlled by inputting commands into the touch screen display. The controller transmits the inputted command via a communication system to... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090210111 - Method for detecting the state of a tire: A method for detecting the state of a vehicle tire and/or a roadway, in which at least one sensor, in particular an acceleration sensor, disposed in the tire interior generates a signal that is assigned to physical variables of the vehicle tire and/or the roadway. A tire state and/or characteristics... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090210112 - Process and device for stabilising a vehicle: A method for stabilizing a vehicle including a trailer drawn by the vehicle including the steps of: determining the yaw rate of the vehicle; determining the reference yaw rate in a vehicle model; producing a difference value from the yaw rate and the reference yaw rate; weighting the difference value... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090210113 - Vehicle steering system comprising a degraded operating mode in case of breakdown of a wheel steering actuator: Steering control system for a land vehicle with at least four steered wheels (1AvG, 1AvD, 1ArG, 1ArD), the system comprising one actuator per steered wheel (3AvG, 3AvD, 3ArG, 3ArD). The system comprises a control member (2) available to a driver and delivering a demanded steering angle (θ), a steering control... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090210116 - Collision safety control device: For achieving a collision safety control device having improved a reliability of airbag deployment at an offset collision or the like without providing a contact part with a cab, a ground wire is connected to a plurality of portions of a vehicle body frame, in which two of the plurality... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090210114 - Method for a safety system in a vehicle: A method for a safety system in a vehicle continuously evaluates data relating to the surroundings from a surroundings sensor system in terms of an imminent collision with an obstacle, and autonomous emergency braking is initiated in the event of an unavoidable collision. The emergency braking is maintained until a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090210115 - Method for the controlled paying-out of a seatbelt of a seatbelt system and corresponding restraint system: In a method and a restraint system for the controlled paying-out of a seatbelt (16) of a seatbelt system (1) for a vehicle (100) in the event of a crash, a vehicle occupant who is secured by the seatbelt system (1) is additionally restrained by an airbag (110), wherein the... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20090210117 - Collision detector: A vehicle collision detector is configured to reliably activate an airbag system at a collision and prevent the airbag system from erroneously operating. The collision detector includes two acceleration sensors disposed at different positions in a vehicle to detect acceleration for collision determination, first and second collision routines in which... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090210118 - Bicycle component calibration device: A bicycle component calibration device and method are provided that assist the user in determining that an adjustment was made. Basically, when a calibration command in inputted to indicate a selected adjustment amount in a selected adjustment direction, the bicycle component (e.g., a derailleur) initially moves farther than the selected... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090210119 - System for selective treatment of plants in a row: Systems (12) for selective treatment of plants (8, 9) in row(s) (7) are using vision-based camera means (2) functioning with suitable principles to generate a dynamic map of digitized unitary spots, covering the actual area for treatment. Map data also comprise spot-specific decided treatment information and synchronizing data for treatment... Agent: Akc Patents

20090210120 - Hydrostatic regenerative drive system: A variable transmission comprises a first fluid working machine (1) for connection to a prime mover (2), a second fluid working machine (5) for connection to a mechanical load (6) and a fluid system linking the first and second working machines, the fluid system having a high-pressure side (3) and... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20090210122 - Accelerator pedal predictive shift point control: A transmission control module for a vehicle transmission includes a gear determination module, a predictive shift module, and a validation module. The gear determination module commands a first shift configuration based on an actual pedal position. The predictive shift module calculates a predicted pedal position based on the actual pedal... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090210121 - Control apparatus for vehicular automatic transmission: A control apparatus for a vehicular automatic transmission which has a plurality of coupling elements selectively released and engaged to perform shifting actions, the control apparatus including a shift control portion configured to control at least one specially controlled coupling element which is included in the coupling elements provided to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090210123 - Method and unit for shifting gear in a power-assist transmission: A method and unit for shifting gear in a power-assist transmission; to shift gear, a series of operations are performed in sequence, and each of which must be completed prior to completion of the next operation; for each operation, a predicted time delay is estimated corresponding to the time lapse... Agent: Bryan A. Santarelli Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20090210124 - Method and device for controlling a motor vehicle comprising an electronically controlled brake system with driving dynamics control: In order to enable reliably monitoring a piston of the master cylinder and detect the driver's request over the entire actuating travel also during a driving dynamics control operation, the sensor element (36) upon piston movement of the master cylinder (1) senses a change in the magnetic field and outputs... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20090210126 - Method of distributing braking between the brakes of an aircraft: A method of distribution braking between the brakes of an aircraft. The method includes a first step of estimating a braking force objective and a steering torque objective to be achieved by the brakes of the aircraft. It also includes the steps of defining at least two groups of brakes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090210125 - Water-cooled electromagnetic retarder, a method of controlling such a retarder and a motor vehicle comprising such a retarder: The present invention concerns an electromagnetic retarder intended to be used in the field of motor vehicles, in particular in the field of industrial vehicles such as heavy goods lorries, buses and coaches. However, the use of an electromagnetic retarder is not limited to a particular category of motor vehicle... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20090210127 - Closed-loop control of brake pressure using a pressure-limiting valve: A device for controlling the brake pressure in a hydraulic brake system with the aid of a pressure-limiting valve that limits the brake pressure to a predefined threshold value, and to that end is driven by an electronic device in accordance with a valve characteristic curve. The setting accuracy can... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090210128 - Slip ratio estimating device and slip ratio control device: The present invention provides a slip rate estimating device measuring a slip ratio without the need for a body speed and a slip ratio control device using the slip ratio estimating device. A motor torque measured by a torque measuring instrument is input to each of a vehicle model (601)... Agent: Venable LLP

20090210129 - Method and device for detecting the presence of an exhaust gas treatment system in an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine: A method and device for detecting presence of an exhaust gas treatment system in an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine. The method determines the derivative of the temperature upstream of the treatment system, determines the derivative of the temperature downstream of the treatment system, and compares the downstream... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090210130 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: For operating an internal combustion engine a respective Lambda adaptation value (LAM_AD) assigned to a respective temperature range is adapted as a function of at least one corrective signal proportion of the Lambda controller in relation to a control parameter of the Lambda controller if a respective predetermined condition is... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20090210138 - Control device and control method for internal combustion engine: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection device that injects a fuel in accordance with a required injection amount that is required for combustion in a combustion chamber that is performed to produce an output of the internal combustion engine, and a fuel property specific... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090210131 - Device for controlling internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine to which the inventive device for controlling an internal combustion engine is applied includes an intake control valve provided in an air-intake path at a position upstream from an intake valve, the intake control valve being controlled to be either in an operative state operating in... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090210134 - Internal combustion engine controller: A controller of an internal combustion engine operable by an alcohol-containing fuel, includes: an alcohol concentration detecting unit, operable to detect an alcohol concentration of the alcohol-containing fuel; a feedback controller, operable to perform feedback control to make an exhaust air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine become equal to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090210135 - Internal combustion engine controller: A controller of an internal combustion engine operable by an alcohol-containing fuel includes: an alcohol concentration detecting unit, operable to detect an alcohol concentration of the alcohol-containing fuel; and a suppressing unit, operable to suppress a degree of change of an intake air amount of the internal combustion engine when... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090210136 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine: A start quantity adaptation value (ST_AD) is adapted as a function of a variable that is characteristic of a rotational speed profile during the start (ST) of the internal combustion engine. A lambda adaptation value (LAM_AD) is adapted as a function of at least one control parameter (LAM_RP) of the... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20090210132 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: In an internal combustion engine, fuel is directly injected into at least one combustion chamber at least during a compression stroke in such a way that a stratified mixture is present in the combustion chamber. This mixture is then externally ignited. The fuel is introduced during the compression stroke by... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090210133 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine includes a plurality of cylinders, into whose combustion chambers the fuel is introduced individually for each cylinder. It is proposed that, during a time period a setpoint fuel quantity is varied individually for each cylinder in such a way that the average formed over the time... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090210137 - Valve timing control apparatus for internal combustion engine: A valve timing control apparatus includes a phase varying mechanism arranged to vary a relative rotational phase of a cam shaft with respect to a crank shaft; a driving mechanism arranged to provide a driving force to the phase varying mechanism by energization; a control mechanism configured to control a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090210139 - Self-tuning active engine mount for vehicles with active fuel management engine: An active engine mount assembly for counteracting resultant forces in active fuel management systems, wherein resultant forces are transmitted to a frame of a motorized vehicle generated by the deactivation of at least one cylinder in an internal combustion engine. The active engine mount assembly is fluidly connected to a... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090210140 - Database method and system for conducting integrated dispatching: A technique for integrating a pre-existing business system with a fleet management system. The preexisting business system includes, for example, an accounting system, a warehousing system, a dock management system, a yard management system. These fleet management system uses, for example, a combination of a raster map and vector data... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090210141 - Monitoring a mobile device: Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring traffic, such as vehicle traffic on a roadway, using identification information acquired using a Bluetooth protocol. A sensor is configured to scan for discoverable Bluetooth devices within a flow of vehicle traffic and to create a log of identified Bluetooth devices. A system includes... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090210144 - Method for selecting a destination: A method for selecting a driving destination from a set of stored localities, a locality name being inputted for comparison of the inputted locality name with stored locality names, and at least one of the stored localities being determined, from the comparison of the inputted locality name, as a possible... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090210143 - Route-based activity planner: Oftentimes individuals have a number of objectives to complete while traveling in a vehicle. The objectives can be arranged automatically and an associated route can be produced such that the objectives can be completed in an effective manner. Data related to the objectives can be collected such as a traffic... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090210142 - Safe route configuration: Routes can be produced based on safety characteristics of paths that are included in the route. Safety characteristics can include how susceptible an area surrounding a path is to crime as well as traffic data, such as how many automobile accidents take place on average. Various amounts of safety information... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090210146 - Method and system for generating an itinerary: A method for generating an itinerary to be implemented by a system includes: enabling the system to determine a route that starts at a departure point and that ends at a destination point with reference to an electronic route-providing source; enabling the system to determine at least one candidate place-of-interest... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090210145 - Travel support system, method thereof, program thereof, and recording medium containing the program: A PC of a travel support system displays running video of a predetermined route, and if a predetermined intersection is set as a warning point by a user, sends warning point setting information to a server. If the server acquires the warning point setting information from the PC, the server... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090210147 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for map generation using perpendicular projection to merge data: An apparatus for enabling generation of a map using perpendicular projection to merge data may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive an indication of a first trace defining a first position history and a second trace defining a second position history, perform a perpendicular projection calculation... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090210148 - Mobile device and server for facilitating gps based services: Mobile device for communicating arrival information at a waypoint, communicating that information to a server, receiving a set of tasks (statically assigned or dynamically assigned) for the user (for example, from the server or from another user), displaying the set of tasks to the user, receiving a completion response (successful... Agent: Madhavi Jayanthi

20090210153 - Driver information device: A driver information device with a map display is designed in such a way as to make the map display clear and easy to read. This is achieved, in cases where multiple special objects are situated at one location on the map, through the use of an indicator symbol representing... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090210151 - Information generation system and information generation method: A system control unit 11 identifies an incoming link and an outgoing link at a branch point based on network data including lane connection information, creates a branch point flag indicative of existence of an incoming lane line corresponding to a branch between two adjacent outgoing roads based on lane... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090210150 - Method for smart announcing of bus stop: A method for smart announcing of bus stop, includes using a navigation positioning device to receive signal from a satellite, retrieve current vehicle geographic longitude and latitude coordinates from the received signal, compare a databank thereof with the current geographic longitude and latitude coordinates to locate a special position value,... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090210152 - Mobile-body navigation system, navigation apparatus and server apparatus: the processing portion receives the map information via the transmitter-receiver portion, makes the storage medium store the received map information, and makes the display portion display a map based on the stored map information and on the mobile-body position detected by the position detection portion.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090210149 - System and method of longitude and latitude coordinate transformation: A coordinate transformation system determines the position of a railroad vehicle. The system includes a global positioning system receiver outputting a longitude and a latitude of the vehicle. Each of the longitude and latitude is angular position bounded by a first predetermined longitude and a greater second predetermined longitude or... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20090210154 - Vital system for determining location and location uncertainty of a railroad vehicle with respect to a predetermined track map using a global positioning system and other diverse sensors: A system includes a global positioning system receiver to determine position of a railroad vehicle, a predetermined track map of possible coordinates of the vehicle, motion sensors providing a positive bias error to determine change in location of the vehicle, an acceleration sensor to determine acceleration of the vehicle, and... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20090210155 - Automotive entertainment, communication, navigation and control center: Apparatus for automotive entertainment, navigation, communication and control, including a plurality of radio, TV, video and audio inputs, a video and audio output, a plurality of wireless communication channels, and a plurality of receivers, transceivers and processing units.... Agent: Kevin D. Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber, P.C.

20090210156 - Efficient use of expected user altitude data to aid in determining a position of a mobile station: A method and apparatus for using a predetermined portion of terrain elevation maps in a database for aiding in computing a three-dimensional position of a wireless station. Instead of using the entire terrain model of the earth or an entire country, the database consists of an incomplete model, which includes... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090210157 - Device for detecting a moving object: A device having at least one ultrasonic sensor for detecting a moving object, in particular, an approaching vehicle. To this end, the device is equipped with a control unit for determining the distance and/or the relative speed of the object. To prevent misinterpretations in the acquisition of measured values, relevant... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

08/13/2009 > patent applications in patent subcategories. inventions list

20090204275 - Electronic control unit: An electronic control unit for controlling at least one function of a vehicle, having at least one input for receiving control-relevant data from at least one sensor, a computer device for processing the control-relevant data and generating control instructions, and at least one output for outputting the control instructions to... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090204276 - Radio controlled aircraft, remote controller and methods for use therewith: A radio controlled (RC) aircraft includes a receiver that is coupled to receive an RF signal from a remote control device, the RF signal containing command data in accordance with a first coordinate system, wherein the first coordinate system is from a perspective of the remote control device. A motion... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090204277 - Method of estimating atmospheric data at any point of a path of an aircraft: The subject of the present invention is a method of estimating, at any point of a path of an aircraft, characteristics of the wind making it possible to take very close account of the winds to construct predictions of the times of passage and of the consumption of the aircraft... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090204278 - System and method for establishing a wireless-based communication link between a pair of locomotives: A system is provided for establishing a wireless-based communication link between a lead locomotive and a remote locomotive. A user on the lead locomotive is prompted to input a railroad and number identifier of the remote locomotive. A link command signal is transmitted from the lead locomotive, based on a... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090204280 - Method and system for controlling a hybrid vehicle: A hybrid controller for controlling a hybrid vehicle is set forth. The hybrid vehicle has an engine, an electric motor and an engine controller determining a crankshaft torque. The hybrid controller includes an optimization module determining an electric motor torque, determining an engine torque and communicating the engine torque from... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090204279 - Torque minitoring for a hybrid drive: A method for monitoring torque in a hybrid drive made up of an internal combustion engine having an associated engine control unit and an intrinsically safe electric drive having an associated control unit, a protected communication taking place in which the engine control unit emits a setpoint torque to the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090204281 - Visual, gnss and gyro autosteering control: A visual, GNSS and INSS (gyro) system for autosteering control uses crop row and furrow row edge visual detection in an agricultural application in order to closely track the actual crop rows. Alternatively, previous vehicle tracks can be visually detected and followed in a tramline following operating mode. GNSS and... Agent: Law Office Of Mark Brown, LLC

20090204285 - Diagnostic apparatus and diagnostic method for belt squeezing force adjusting mechanism: A diagnostic apparatus and a diagnostic method are provided for a belt squeezing force adjusting mechanism of a continuously variable transmission in which a belt is wound around a primary sheave that receives driving force and a secondary sheave that outputs force to a drive line, and which continuously changes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090204286 - Method and device of locating the longitudinal position of wheels of a vehicle: A method for locating the longitudinal position, either on the front axle system, or on the rear axle system of a vehicle with an engine, of wheels (4) fitted with an electronic module (8). According to this method, a vibration sensor (15) is incorporated into each electronic module, and, in... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090204283 - Multi-step valve lift failure mode detection: A method of valve lift failure detection may include determining first and second intake air pressures in an engine having intake valve lifters that selectively operate intake valves in first and second lift modes. The first intake air pressure may correspond to an intake stroke of a first piston of... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090204282 - Shift position sensor error detection device: To detect a failure of a position contact outputting a contact signal (SMJ), a change of a shift pattern (SP1-SP17) defined by a combination of contact signals is monitored. Upon detection of the shift patterns belonging to a plurality of regions bridging a shift position (SP6, SP10) corresponding to a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090204284 - Vehicle control system: Provided is a vehicle control system which can maintain stability of the vehicle with an inexpensive configuration without bringing discomfort to a driver when control intervenes. The vehicle control system includes: road surface reaction torque detecting means 15 for detecting an actual road surface reaction torque Talign received by a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090204287 - Diagnostic system and diagnostic test with a wlan transmission module: The invention relates to a motor vehicle diagnostic system for acquiring and storing diagnostic data and transmitting them from control units in a motor vehicle to a computer outside the motor vehicle. The system is composed of components which are located inside the vehicle and of components which are located... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090204288 - Workshop system with a plurality of diagnostic and/or programming devices networked by data links for vehicles: A workshop system, with a plurality of diagnostic and/or programming devices, which are networked by means of data links and are intended for vehicles is provided. In order to enhance the reliability of workshop systems of the prior art, a warning indicating the occurrence of an event, which requires that... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090204291 - Automatic glare reduction system for vehicles: An apparatus and method of controlling the transparency of at least one window in a vehicle includes at least one multi-segment light filtering element, each segment having a controllable light transmissive characteristic. The apparatus includes at least one sensor configured to determine the physical location and orientation of the vehicle,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090204289 - Method and device for controlling at least one object detection sensor: A method and a device for controlling at least one object detection sensor for a motor vehicle, the at least one sensor being switchable between a plurality of operating modes; a plurality of functions for evaluating the objects detected, using the object detection sensor, being able to access randomly the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090204290 - On-vehicle display system and display panel control device: An instrument panel display system includes a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal controller arranged to generate display data to be inputted into the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal controller includes a graphic LSI arranged to autonomously create screen data from imaging data read out from a memory... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090204292 - Traction control system: A traction control system (30) for a machine (10) includes a driven wheel (22) operated by a motor that is controlled by an electronic controller (54). A speed sensor (44) measures the speed of the driven wheel (22), and communicates a wheel (22) speed to the electronic controller (54). A... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090204296 - Device and method for deactivating safety function: In a method for deactivating a safety function in a motor vehicle after being activated, the safety function may be deactivated by the driver only after a dead time has elapsed.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090204295 - Electronic airbag control unit having an autonomous event data recorder: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to an electronic control unit for an airbag, said control unit having a data recorder unit that has a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory and a copy circuit. The copy circuit is designed to copy data from the volatile memory to the nonvolatile... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20090204294 - Method for generating a triggering signal for a passenger protection device: A method for generating a triggering signal for a passenger protection device in which sensor data are detected and analyzed for accident classification, and to a corresponding device. To determine a relative accident velocity, signals of at least two measuring points offset by a predefined distance in the x direction... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090204293 - Seat control structure for occupant classification systems: An occupant classification system is provided based upon the use of an array of electrical switches arranged between a seat trim and a reactive surface. The switches produce selective outputs signals as an engaging surface makes contact with one or more of the switches when an occupant occupies the seat.... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20090204297 - System for preventing overheating in a vehicle interior: A system for sensing the presence of a vehicle occupant and taking remedial action so as to prevent overheating of an occupant of the vehicle. The system comprises a presence sensor, a temperature sensor, and a control module. The presence sensor provides information relating to the presence of an occupant... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090204298 - Irradiating direction control system for a vehicle lamp: A system for controlling an irradiating direction of a vehicle lamp includes a target swivel angle calculating section to calculate a target swivel angle based on a vehicle steering angle, a swivel driver to execute, based on the target swivel angle, a swivel control to swivel the irradiating direction, and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090204299 - Method for electronically controlling a bicycle gearshift and electronic system for a bicycle: A method for electronically controlling a bicycle gearshift and a bicycle electronic system perform gearshifting. To perform this gearshifting, a displacement of an actuator from a current position (P) to a position (P1, PN) of engagement of a chain on an extreme toothed wheel of a gearshift group is started... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090204300 - Shifting device for a manual transmission: A shifting device is provided for the gear selection in a manual transmission that includes, but is not limited to a shift/selector lever that can be moved in a shifting degree of freedom and a selection degree of freedom, a measuring sensor for measuring a current position (s, w) of... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090204301 - Amplifier of acceleration signal - auto pilot, for new technology cars: An aftermarket amplifier of acceleration signal (A), which is mounted between the potentiometer of the acceleration pedal (B) and the electronic control unit (C) and is programmed to control and to modify the signals from the accelerator pedal. The amplifier improves the acceleration of a car and overcomes to problems... Agent: Furr Law Firm

20090204302 - Parking brake control device: When a release control is executed while a service brake is operating, a parking brake control device continues the release control until a first predetermined time passes even if the pressing force for moving a friction material becomes a target value, wherein the first predetermined time is a time period... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090204303 - Method for determining trailer braking output: A method for providing a trailer equipped with trailer brakes with an electronically controlled trailer braking output to help slow a vehicle/trailer combination as quickly as possible, but in a stable and balanced manner. In situations where a low friction environment is detected, such as a wet or icy road,... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090204304 - Method for recognizing a turn maneuver and driver assistance system for motor vehicles: A method for a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle includes the following steps: on the basis of a digital map of a navigation system, verifying whether there is a turn option, and, if there is a turn option, analyzing the dynamic data, measured by a locating system, of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090204306 - Methods and systems for modulating fuel flow for gas turbine engines: A method of combustion stability control for a gas turbine engine is provided, and includes the steps of receiving by a stability controller, information regarding environmental and operating conditions, and comparing the environmental and operating conditions to pre-programmed information to determine if a likelihood of combustion instability exists. The method... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090204305 - Turbine bypass control apparatus and turbine bypass control method: A turbine bypass control method includes: a high-pressure side pressure controller configured to output a first operation amount signal corresponding to a valve opening; a low-pressure side pressure controller configured to output a second operation amount signal corresponding to a valve opening; a high value selector configured to output as... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090204308 - Configuring an engine control module: Method and systems are provided for configuring operations of an engine control module. In one implementation, a method is provided. According to the method, configuration parameters defining an operational range of an engine are received. Furthermore, data specifying performance requirements of the engine is received from the engine control module.... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090204309 - Method and device for checking the operability of a tank venting device for an internal combustion engine: The tank venting device has a fuel vapor reservoir connected to a fuel tank to deliver escaping fuel vapors to the fuel vapor reservoir, and is connected to the internal combustion engine in such a manner that during a tank venting operation the fuel vapors contained in the fuel vapor... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090204307 - Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine comprising a first and a second cylinder line, each of which is provided with a camshaft for the gas intake valves and the gas discharge valves as well as a mechanism for adjusting a valve overlap between the gas intake valves and the gas... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090204310 - Portable, palm-sized data acquisition system for use in internal combustion engines and industry: A portable, palm-sized, Data Acquisition System including an apparatus to measure engine thermo-events, a wiring harness having signals for collecting, recording, and transmitting engine performance data and identifying the engine being monitored, and an acquisition server (DAS) for collecting and transmitting data from the thermo-measuring apparatus and wiring harness, is... Agent: Patricia M. Costanzo Pats Pending

20090204312 - Controller for internal combustion engine: The engine operational region in which the cylinder deactivation operation is performed in the cylinder deactivation control is switched between the cylinder deactivation region AP1 and the cylinder deactivation region AP2 depending on whether a variable valve timing mechanism is in an operation allowed state and control of the valve... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090204311 - Method for adapting variations in cylinder-selective injection quantifies of a direct injection system and method for cylinder-selectively controlling injection: In a method for adapting variations in cylinder-selective injection quantities of a direct injection system of an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders, factorial and additive adaptive values are determined in order to be able to reliably adjust a given lambda value for the entire engine even in... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20090204313 - System and method of controlling combustion phasing in an internal combustion engine: A system for controlling combustion phasing in an internal combustion engine is provided that includes, but is not limited to a first sensor positioned within a first variable volume combustion chamber and a vibration sensor positioned outside of the first and second variable volume combustion chambers. A first signal from... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090204314 - Power output apparatus, vehicle equipped with power output apparatus, driving system, and control method of power output apparatus: In a hybrid vehicle, once an engine is started in response to prohibition of an operation stop of the engine based on a deterioration factor, the operation stop of the engine is not allowed irrespective of the value of the deterioration factor D until elapse of a certain time period... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090204315 - Control system and work method for a control system: A control system (and a method of operating the system for an internal combustion engine. The control system has a trigger circuit for supplying trigger signals and an output stage having a plurality of output channels which supply actuating signals. The trigger circuit and the output stage are connected to... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090204316 - System and method for determining a vehicle refueling strategy: A method for generating a fueling strategy that generally minimizes fueling costs for a specified route to be travelled by a vehicle during a multi-day time period may include, based on current and forecasted fuel prices for the multi-day time period, (i) selecting at least one day during the multi-day... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090204317 - System and method for improved train handling and fuel consumption: A system for improving fuel efficiency of a railroad train located on a railroad train having a locomotive consist including one or more railroad locomotives, said system including a position-determining device, a track profile database including terrain and contour data about a railroad track, and a processor including an algorithm... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090204318 - Method for checking the plausibility of an ascertained vehicle mass: In a method for detecting the loading state of a motor vehicle, first wheel loads of all wheels are ascertained in the absence of cornering, second wheel loads of at least the rear wheel which is on the inside of the curve and of the front wheel which is on... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090204319 - Real time parking search and point-to-point direction generator: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for mapping parking locations and for selecting parking are described. A search for parking resources proximate to a destination geographic location is performed. Parking information is generated based on the results of the search. The parking information may be displayed on a map of the destination... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Cpa Global

20090204320 - Traffic predictive directions: A method includes receiving a request to determine a route between a starting location and a destination location. The method also includes determining a first route between the starting location and the destination location using predictive traffic data for at least one location between the starting location and the destination... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090204321 - Communication type information distribution system, information distribution server, and program: There are provided a communication type information distribution system, an information distribution server, and a program capable of assuring profitability considering the cost required for creating a content to be provided to a mobile terminal and protecting the copyright. The information distribution server (40) provides a content menu to the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090204322 - Gps device and method for reducing light emitted by display: The present invention provides a method for converting display of information on a GPS device between a first display mode and a second display mode by “negativizing” pixels or other image elements, wherein negativizing entails converting lighter image elements to darker image elements and converting darker image elements to lighter... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20090204323 - Inertial navigation system error correction: Methods and apparatus for: (a) the correction of one or more elements determined from a first set of continuous gyro and accelerometer measurements comprising using a second set of discontinuously measured higher accuracy accelerometer measurements doubly integrated in an inertial coordinate system, (b) determining relative movement of a vehicle using... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (grumman)

20090204324 - Device and method for orbit determination and prediction of satellites providing signals to users: A device and method for orbit prediction of satellites are provided. An accelerometer measures non-gravity forces acting on a satellite. A processor receives measured non-gravity forces from the accelerometer, estimates the contributions of the measured non-gravity forces to the movement of the satellite, and predicts the orbit of the satellite... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090204326 - Method and system for supporting the driver of a motor vehicle in recognizing the surroundings of the motor vehicle: A method for supporting the driver of a motor vehicle in recognizing the surroundings of the motor vehicle, the surroundings of the motor vehicle being recorded visually by an image sensor unit, graphic supplemental information being produced by a control unit and/or recalled from a storage arrangement, both the recorded... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090204325 - Tracking vehicle locations in a parking lot for definitive display on a gui: A computer implemented method for displaying on a map a definitive image of precise locations of multiple mobile objects such as vehicles in a lot. The lot is mapped digitally to display precise locations of sub-areas of different types, such as parking and movement slots and their raw, approximate distances... Agent: Robert W. J. Usher Patent Agent

08/13/2009 > patent applications in patent subcategories. inventions list

08/06/2009 > patent applications in patent subcategories. inventions list

20090198389 - Method for controlling/regulating at least one task: A method is provided for the control/regulation of at least one task with the aid of a control program that monitors a runtime of the at least one task, the control program terminating the at least one task if the runtime of the at least one task exceeds a predefined... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090198390 - Secure command method and device for remote maintenance terminal: The object of the invention is a secure command method and device for controlling an on-board maintenance device, such as a maintenance device installed on board an aircraft, from a remote maintenance terminal. The maintenance device is connected to the remote maintenance terminal by a communication network. After at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090198391 - System, method and computer software code for obtaining information for routing a powered system and adjusting a route in accordance with relevant information: A method for controlling a powered system, the method including operating the powered system to perform a mission based on an optimized mission plan, identifying when the powered system is approaching a location in the mission where the powered system may change from a first route to a second route,... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090198392 - Apparatus, program product, and methods for updating data on embedded control systems: Embodiments of the present invention provide an augmentation apparatus, program product, and methods for providing updated mission control data to an embedded control system of an aircraft or other vehicle. This augmentation can include a mission system interface unit, a user interface unit, and a display unit. The mission system... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20090198393 - Method and apparatus for loading software aircraft parts: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a software aircraft part. A computer implemented method identifies an aircraft from a set of target aircraft to form a target aircraft. Software for use in the aircraft is identified. A determination is made as to whether compatibility... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090198394 - Movable body system having linear motor: Primary coils of a linear motor are arranged along a travel route. A movable body has a secondary side of the linear motor. The travel route is divided into a plurality of zones, and a zone controller is provided for each zone or controlling the coils of the linear motor... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090198395 - Rudder system: A rudder system for a kayak includes a rudder configured for pivotal attachment to the kayak and a propeller housed in and extending from the rudder. A battery is in electrical communication with the propeller to selectively power the propeller. The kayak system includes an input in electrical communication with... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

20090198396 - Adaptive control strategy and method for optimizing hybrid electric vehicles: This invention relates a control strategy for a hybrid electric vehicle having an electric motor, a battery and an internal combustion engine. The control strategy improves fuel economy and reduces emissions while providing sufficient acceleration over a varying set of driving conditions through an adaptive control unit with an artificial... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20090198399 - Battery system for vehicle, on-vehicle battery module, and cell controller: A battery system for vehicle comprises a battery unit that is constituted with a plurality of serially connected cell groups each include a plurality of serially connected battery cells, integrated circuits that are each disposed in correspondence to one of the cell groups of the battery unit and each measure... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090198397 - Control device for mobile unit: b

20090198398 - Drive-and-control system for hybrid vehicles: A schedule of control indexes can be planned for a route providing high accuracy control of an engine, a motor and a battery in a hybrid vehicle. Running information used to determine control indexes is collected while a vehicle is run from a point of departure to a destination and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090198400 - Systems and methods for control of an unmanned ground vehicle: Systems and methods for interruptible autonomous control of a vehicle. Autonomous control is achieved by using actuators that interact with input devices in the vehicle. The actuators (e.g., linkages) manipulate the input devices (e.g., articulation controls and drive controls, such as a throttle, brake, tie rods, steering gear, throttle lever,... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090198401 - Optical laser guidance system and method: A method of guiding a vehicle comprises sensing a position of a laser beam using a laser sensor and receiving a signal from the laser sensor wherein the signal is representative of the position of the laser beam. The method further includes interpreting the signal, generating a control signal in... Agent: NovatechIPLaw

20090198405 - Height control device for vehicle: A seat height control amount setting part determines a target seat height displacement amount according to a deceleration outputted from a braking state calculating part. The deceleration is corrected according to the vehicle speed of a vehicle, and the target seat displacement amount is set such that the seat height... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090198402 - Method and system for operator interface with a diesel particulate filter regeneration system: A vehicle operator interface system and method for a diesel particulate filter regeneration system, includes a control unit for receiving information on regeneration status of a vehicle diesel particulate filter and receiving information on operational status of selected vehicle systems and components, a visual display for displaying messages to an... Agent: Volvo Technology Of America, Corporate Patents

20090198404 - Method for determining the driving resistance of a motor vehicle: A method for determining the driving resistance of a motor vehicle simultaneously with a shift of an automated shift transmission from a load gear to a target gear such that if a difference between a first driving resistance value F_fw_1 and a second driving resistance value F_fw_2 is large, the... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090198403 - Serpentine belt useful life monitor: A control module of a vehicle comprises a drive diagnostic module and a power determination module. The drive diagnostic module determines a slip power of a belt based on engine speed, motor speed, and motor torque. The power determination module determines an accumulated power of the belt based on the... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090198406 - Automatic brake verification system: A method of testing a braking device in a drivetrain of a vehicle which includes at least one tractive element coupled to a traction motor. The method includes: (a) applying the braking device to a tractive element of the vehicle; (b) using an electronic controller, causing the traction motor to... Agent: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC

20090198407 - Electronic control apparatus for vehicles, which is provided with plural microcomputers: An electric control apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus comprises at least two microcomputers, an external monitoring unit, and an internal monitoring means. The two microcomputers are composed of a first microcomputer and a second microcomputer, The first microcomputer is assigned to controlling travel functions of a vehicle.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090198408 - Method and apparatus for diagnosis of sensors faults using adaptive fuzzy logic: A method for monitoring the sensors in a vehicle control system. The method includes identifying a plurality of potential faults, identifying a plurality of measured values, and identifying a plurality of estimated values based on models in the control system. The method further includes identifying a plurality of residual error... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20090198409 - Work tool data system: The present disclosure is directed to a data system for use with a work tool. The data system may have a processing device and a data storage device in communication with the processing device. The data storage device may be located on a work tool and be configured to log... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090198411 - Electronic steering damper systems and vehicles including same: An electronic steering damper system is provided for a vehicle. The electronic steering damper system can be supported with respect to the vehicle's frame and can selectively impose resistance to steering of one or more of the vehicle's wheels in response to a vehicle condition signal received from a sensor... Agent: Ulmer & Berne, LLP Attn: Diane Bell

20090198410 - System and method for controlling early low fuel warning based on driver status: A system and method is provided for controlling the operation of notifying drivers of the fluid level. Primary and secondary keys are adapted to be associated to primary and secondary drivers. A key ignition device is positioned on the primary and secondary keys and generate driver status signals. A fluid... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090198412 - Vehicle-to-vehicle communications apparatus: In a vehicle-to-vehicle communications apparatus mounted in a subject vehicle, the intersection nearest to the subject vehicle is obtained among intersections which exist in the heading direction of the subject vehicle. The intersection nearest to a peripheral vehicle is obtained among intersections which exist in the heading direction of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090198413 - System and method for controlling electronic stability control based on driver status: A system and method for controlling the operation of stabilizing the movement of a vehicle between primary and secondary drivers is provided. A primary key is adapted to be associated to the primary driver. A secondary key is adapted to be associated to the secondary driver. A key ignition device... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090198415 - Drive assist system and method: A drive assist system includes a drive assist means for providing drive assist to a driver, and a drive-assist limitation means for limiting the drive assist when the vehicle speed is equal to or at or below a minimum operational threshold speed. The drive assist system further includes a wakefulness... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090198416 - Materials handling vehicle having a control apparatus for determining an acceleration value: A materials handling vehicle is provided comprising: a frame; wheels supported on the frame; a traction motor coupled to one of the wheels to effect rotation of the one wheel; a speed control element operable by an operator to define a speed control signal corresponding to a desired speed of... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20090198414 - Operator interface for controlling a vehicle: An operator interface for controlling a vehicle includes a first operator control input device configured to generate a first signal indicative of a desired steering of the vehicle, and a second signal. The operator interface also includes a second operator control input device configured to generate a third signal. The... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090198417 - Vehicular steering control apparatus and control method thereof: An operation torque estimating portion estimates an operation torque Th of a driver based on an input angle θh and an input torque T output from a torque sensor. A non-holding state detecting portion determines whether the driver is holding a steering wheel by comparing an absolute value of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090198418 - Side impact detection apparatus: An apparatus for detecting information related to a side impact of a vehicle includes a sensor spaced from a metal object and located in a space defined by vehicle door panels, and a mounting portion to which the sensor is attached relative to the vehicle door. The sensor includes a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090198419 - Suspended seat autolocking: An apparatus meant to be incorporated into a suspension system of a suspended seat of a vehicle acts to slow movement of the seat or to stop and hold the seat against movement along at least one axis in response to an indication of the vehicle traveling at a relatively... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20090198420 - Vehicle panel control system: A system includes a controller and a sensor. The controller is configured to transmit a panel control signal to a motor for the motor to move a movable panel of a vehicle along a path between opened and closed positions. The sensor is configured to detect an object in the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090198422 - Performance management system for multi-machine worksite: A performance management system for use a plurality of machines operating at a common worksite is disclosed. The performance management system may have at least one data acquisition module configured to monitor performance of the plurality of machines, and a controller in communication with the at least one data acquisition... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090198421 - Vehicle for spreading products on a road surface: A vehicle for spreading products on a road surface, in particular de-icing or friction-producing products, including distribution means adapted to spread said products, electronic control means cooperating with said distribution means to adjust spreading parameters, positioning means for generating a position signal correlated with the position of said vehicle, said... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090198423 - Automatic transmission: An automatic transmission is provided with an engine control module and a process for controlling an automatic transmission. In order to assure secure positive torque requests during lift foot upshifts, an automatic transmission is described which includes, but is not limited to a transmission control module with means for sending... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090198424 - Method and apparatus for controlling pickup on uphill for a motor-vehicle provided with an automatic or robotized gearbox: A method and apparatus to control the pickup on an uphill slope of an automotive vehicle provided with an automatic or robotised gearbox provide the definition of a control strategy of the gear box operation, also according to the gradient of the uphill slope, which is preferably calculated based on... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090198427 - Brake system and method: A system configured to estimate a change in temperature of a brake component of a vehicle brake during a braking operation. The system includes a weight estimation module for estimating a weight of a vehicle to which a brake is fitted, a volume estimation module for estimating a volume of... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090198426 - Motion control device for vehicle: A motion control device for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed obtaining device, a curvature obtaining device for obtaining a bending grade of a curve existing ahead of the vehicle, a position obtaining device for obtaining a relative position between the vehicle and the curve, a determination device for determining... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090198425 - Trailer sway control with reverse sensors: Reverse proximity sensors are used to determine an angle between a towed trailer and the towing vehicle. The trailer sway control determines a trailer angle of sway based upon proximity sensor readings from the reverse proximity sensors and from a sensor reading of an angle of turn of a steering... Agent: Nugent & Smith, LLP

20090198428 - Method for adapting emergency braking detection to sequenced braking recognition: A method for controlling braking in a motor vehicle equipped with a brake servo unit capable of being implemented in a braking system including: a hydraulic master cylinder associated with a vacuum brake booster and with hydraulic circuits supplying the wheel brakes equipping the vehicle wheels; an ABS hydraulic unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090198429 - Apparatus, system, and method for efficiently increasing exhaust flow temperature for an internal combustion engine: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for efficiently increasing exhaust flow temperature for an internal combustion engine. The method includes excepting a user input to disable an exhaust valve opening mechanism. The method further includes monitoring exhaust gas mass flows and temperatures, interpreting required exhaust temperatures for aftertreatment devices,... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20090198430 - Control apparatus and method and control unit: A control apparatus capable of ensuring high control accuracy even if a controlled object is in a transient state, when a control input is calculated based on a value obtained by correcting a value calculated by a feedforward control method using a value calculated by a feedback control method. The... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090198434 - Abnormality diagnosis device of internal combustion engine: A cylinder causing an abnormal air-fuel ratio is specified. Injection ratio changing control for gradually changing a ratio between command injection quantities of two injectors of the abnormal cylinder while keeping the sum of the command injection quantities of the two injectors constant is performed on the abnormal cylinder. If... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090198432 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine with supercharger: An air flow amount passing through a centrifugal compressor is acquired on the basis of outputs of an air flow meter. A surge limit compressor rotation speed is acquired on the basis of the obtained air flow amount passing through the compressor. A current compressor rotation speed (turbo rotation speed)... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090198435 - Engine-controlling unit and engine-controlling method for an internal-combustion engine: An engine-controlling unit/method for an internal-combustion engine with first and second combustion-chamber groups having a first and second catalytic exhaust-gas converter, respectively, having (a) a master control device that controls a combustion-air ratio for the first combustion-chamber group by forcibly exciting the first combustion-chamber group, further having (b) a slave... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090198436 - Fuel injection control system and vehicle comprising the same: A fuel injection control system for a motorcycle includes an ECU (Engine Control Unit) which calculates the amount of fuel to be injected by an injector based on data detected by various sensors. The fuel injection control system also includes a generator which supplies electric power to the injector and... Agent: Jones Day

20090198431 - Method and apparatus for controlling mode transition in a spark-ignition direct-injection internal combustion engine: The disclosure sets forth operating a spark-ignition, direct-fuel injection internal combustion engine, including transitioning the engine from operating in a stratified charge combustion mode to operating in a homogeneous charge combustion mode. External EGR flow is discontinued, and an in-cylinder trapped air mass and an in-cylinder EGR mass in an... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090198433 - Method for identifying a fuel quality and for operating an internal combustion engine and an engine control unit: A method for identifying the fuel quality and for operating an internal combustion engine, as well as an engine control unit, in which the temperature of at least one sheathed-element glow plug of the engine is controlled, an engine response after a temperature change is compared to an engine response... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090198437 - Camshaft phaser position control system: A camshaft phasor control system for an engine includes a position control module. The position control module generates a position control signal based on a camshaft position command signal and a gain signal. A gain circuit generates the gain signal based on the position control signal and feeds the gain... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090198438 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine and method of controlling internal combustion engine: In an engine ECU (60), a threshold line LS1 and a threshold line LS2 are set as threshold lines used when stopping of an engine is prohibited based on a coolant temperature Tw. The threshold line LS1 is set to ensure a predetermined heating capacity. The threshold value on the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090198439 - Driving system, control method of driving system, and vehicle equipped with driving system: In an ignition-on state, when a delayed activation request flag F3 is equal to 1 (step S330), the processing flow identifies whether an abnormality in a detection value difference ΔP is to be determined (steps S350, S360, and S390) and performs a series of activation operations of a driving system... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090198440 - Inter-vehicle communication apparatus and inter-vehicle communication method: An inter-vehicle communication apparatus mounted to a subject vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes: reception section receiving information about a peripheral vehicle from the peripheral vehicle; a detection section configured to identify the peripheral vehicle that satisfies a predetermined condition as a same directing peripheral vehicle based on the information... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090198441 - Traffic information estimating system: A traffic information system includes: a past information database for storing past information, which is collected for road links in a predetermined area, of a past mobile object on a road; a current information database for storing running information, which is collected for the road links in the predetermined area,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090198442 - Information terminal device, method for controlling information terminal device, program for controlling information terminal device, recording medium on which program for controlling information terminal device is recorded, and communication network: An information terminal device according to the present embodiment displays surrounding area information including a display of the destination and a symbol representing the street leading to the destination from an exit of the nearest station, and image information formed by adding an arrow representing the direction toward the destination... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090198443 - In-vehicle navigation device and parking space guiding method: An in-vehicle navigation device includes a display unit, a storage unit which stores detailed map data of a shopping mall, a position detection unit which detects the current position of a vehicle, and a control unit which, when the destination is set to a facility in the shopping mall, detects... Agent: Alpine/bhgl

20090198444 - Method for deriving conversion coefficient used for specifying position from value detected by various sensors, and navigation apparatus: A position measuring unit measures measurement data including at least a movement velocity, an accuracy reduction index, and an azimuth on the basis of a signal received from a satellite. A determining unit for a distance determines validity of measurement data and determines whether to derive a distance conversion coefficient... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090198445 - System and method for controlling object detection based on driver status: Primary and secondary keys are adapted to be associated to primary and secondary drivers. A key ignition device is positioned on each of the primary and secondary keys and is configured to generate driver status signals indicative of whether the driver the primary driver or the secondary driver. A controller... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

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