Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions

20090271051 - Electronic control unit for vehicle: An electronic control unit (ECU) for a vehicle is disclosed. The subject ECU stores: vehicle ID; and first cross-check information different from the vehicle ID. The subject ECU acquires second cross-check information different from the vehicle ID. The second cross-check information is stored in an external ECU that is mounted... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090271050 - Travel control device: Information for generating a target speed pattern is computed from information acquired from various sensors and a running mode input switch, so as to generate the target speed pattern (S16). A process for determining whether to form a vehicle group or not calculates the difference between the target vehicle pattern... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090271052 - Automatic estimation of train characteristics: A system is provided for controlling a series of vehicles. In certain embodiments, the system includes a self-analysis/estimation system configured to control a first parameter of the series of vehicles to impart a resulting changing in a second parameter of the series of vehicles. The self-analysis/estimation system is configured to... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090271055 - Apparatus and method of vessel emission management: An emission management system (200) for a vessel (100) adapted to travel on water. The emission management system includes a monitoring assembly (202) for monitoring an emission from the vessel. The monitoring assembly is adapted to automatically detect the emission from the vessel and generate a data set representative of... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090271054 - Manoeuvre and safety system for a vehicle or an installation: A system for a vehicle is provided for allowing a user of the vehicle or installation to obtain advanced and up-to-date information about the surroundings of the vehicle or installation and the vehicle or installation itself. The system may be located on a marine vessel and it integrates information from... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090271053 - Method and device for evaluating shafting alignment of ship: An evaluation map showing the allowable ranges (A) of the crank deflection and bearing loads determined according to the inclination of the crankshaft of an engine and the intermediate shaft is prepared beforehand. When the engine is installed in a ship, the inclination of the shafts within the allowable ranges... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20090271056 - Control apparatus for electric car: In a control apparatus for an electric car, wherein an auxiliary power source device, a drive control device and a power storage system are connected in parallel; the power storage system is configured of a DC-DC converter in parallel with which a capacitor is connected, a power storage portion, and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090271057 - Hybrid vehicle vibration reduction system and method: A method for reducing vibration in a hybrid-electric vehicle including initiating a shut-down sequence of an internal combustion engine of the a hybrid-electric vehicle; providing an open port to at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine; and shutting down the internal combustion engine.... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090271058 - Floating forks for lift vehicles: A material handling vehicle, such as an AGV, for loading and unloading a transport and wherein the vehicle includes a pair of freely floating forks. The forks are freely moveable in the vertical direction as well as capable of pivoting or tilting about an axis relative to a fork carriage,... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090271059 - Measurement of no and no2 for control of selective catalytic reduction: A selective catalytic reduction system includes a catalyst, a device to measure an amount of nitrogen oxide (NO), a device to measure an amount of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a device to add an ammonia source, and a control unit to calculate the amount of ammonia source to add as a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090271060 - Method and apparatus for detecting an insufficient phase current in a permanent magnet synchronous motor: A method is provided for detecting an insufficient or missing phase current in a permanent magnet synchronous motor, and includes determining a composite vector position of a combined three-phase phase current with respect to a stationary portion of the motor, and assigning a sector to the position. The method includes... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090271061 - System and method for tire cornering power estimation and monitoring: A tire cornering power estimation and monitoring system, comprising a steering torque sensor, a steering wheel angle sensor, a yaw rate sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, a speed sensor, and at least one controller configured to receive signals from the sensors and send a notification if the signals indicate that... Agent: O'brien Jones, PLLC (w/ Ford Motor Co.)

20090271062 - Control system and method for filtering dependent diagnostic trouble codes: A control system includes an input that one of receives and transmits diagnostic data including a fault identifier and a fault status of the fault identifier, and a filter module that filters said diagnostic data based on a comparison of the diagnostic data and a data array, wherein the data... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090271064 - Electronic control system for vehicle: An electronic control unit performs self-diagnosis based on signals received from various sensors, and stores abnormality data in an EEPROM when abnormality is detected. The DTC is stored in a first memory area and a second memory area of the EEPROM, if a condition flag stored in the EEPROM is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090271063 - Electronic control unit and vehicle control system: When an electronic control unit receives a rewriting request of vehicle identification information, the electronic control unit writes state information indicating a rewriting state in a memory and rewrites the vehicle identification information into new vehicle identification information. The electronic control unit sends an erasing order to a peripheral electronic... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090271065 - Device, method, and control unit for identifying a side impact, and pressure sensor: In device for side impact recognition in a vehicle, at least one pressure sensor system that produces a signal is provided in a side part of the vehicle, and an evaluation circuit is provided that recognizes a side impact as a function of the signal. In addition, a test device... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090271067 - Customizable initiation of data recordings: A diagnostic system for a vehicle, includes a computer storing software on a computer readable media, configurable for setting up recording of vehicle operations, selecting from a plurality of customizable triggering operations according to Boolean logic, and a vehicle communication interface detachably connected to the computer, being setup by the... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090271066 - Diagnostic data mining: A diagnostic system for a vehicle, including a memory receiving and storing vehicle specific information, and storing diagnostic test sequences, a processor connected to the memory, executing instructions for the diagnostic test sequences and outputting the results of the execution, and a centralized database, remote from the memory, storing the... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090271068 - Detection apparatus: A detection apparatus comprises a freely-movable integral framework provided with front wheels and rear wheels, characterized in that, a control portion and a scan portion, and a driving mechanism driving said framework to move are provided on said framework, wherein said framework is provided with a first interface for connecting... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090271069 - Control unit of electric power steering apparatus: According to the present invention, a control unit of an electric power steering apparatus transmitting a steering assist force generated by a motor to a steering mechanism so as to reduce a steering force, the control unit includes a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle, a torque sensor... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090271070 - Method and apparatus for minimizing driver disturbance in a limited by-wire active steering system: A method is provided for limiting a steering angle overlay applied by a steering actuator in a limited by-wire active front steering (AFS) system. The method includes determining a maximum rate limit for the steering angle overlay in order to minimize an undesired disturbance to the driver in the form... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090271071 - Method for controlling a driver assistance system: A method for controlling a driver assistance system having an LKS function of a vehicle is described. In the region of lane widening, a hypothetical lane which connects a starting lane to a destination lane is generated by the driver assistance system. In the region of the lane widening, the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090271073 - Stability control system with body-force-disturbance heading correction: A yaw stability control system for a vehicle detects and eliminates the vehicle yaw angle resulting from a body-force-disturbance and returns the vehicle to a pre disturbance heading. A yaw rate module generates a signal indicative of the vehicle yaw rate error. A yaw angle error module is triggered in... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090271072 - Vehicle body drifting restraining device: A vehicle body drifting restraining device which restrains a drifting of a vehicle body, wherein: when a brake control device operation prohibition switch, which prohibits an operation of a brake control device, is in a state of prohibition, a control for restraining the drifting of the vehicle body is prohibited.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090271074 - Yaw stability control system: The present invention relates is a yaw stability control system for a vehicle using a steering system and a method of controlling by detecting the occurrence of understeer, determining the degree of understeer after the occurrence of understeer is detected determining if the determined degree of understeer exceeds a threshold... Agent: Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC

20090271075 - Systems and methods involving torque disturbance rejection: A method for controlling a steering system, the method including, receiving a first signal including a position of a component in the steering system, receiving a second signal including a disturbance signal operative to indicate an effect of a first torque disturbance in the steering system, calculating a first counter... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090271076 - Occupant detection system with environmental compensation: An occupant detection system includes an electrode in communication with a detector circuit that detects the impedance of the electrode and compensates for environmental conditions, such as humidity or moisture, based on the impedance measurement. Such environmental conditions may interfere with the occupant detection system's ability to detect the presence... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090271077 - Electronic control system and method for an auxiliary device interlock safety system: A controller, control system and method for controlling an auxiliary device comprising a wheelchair lift, ramp, or the like are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the auxiliary device controller is microprocessor-based and communicates with a vehicle's OEM controller for receiving a plurality of sensor inputs, which originate from OEM and... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090271080 - Selector mechanism for a motor vehicle transmission: A rotatable selector mechanism for a motor vehicle transmission has a selector knob rotatable in a housing to select an operating mode of the transmission among a number of selector positions indicated by a label (P, R, N, D, M). The selector mechanism further includes a detent plate which cooperates... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090271078 - System and method for identifying a trailer being towed by a vehicle: A system and method are disclosed for operating a vehicle towing a trailer including a camera that captures an image of a frontal surface of the trailer. A surface estimate component may be used to receive an image from the camera and generate an estimated area and shape of the... Agent: Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC

20090271079 - Vehicle control apparatus: A vehicle control apparatus includes a vehicle drive device having a friction engagement element capable of being engaged and disengaged by an oil pressure generated by an electric oil pump, a start operation detecting unit that detects a start operation of the vehicle, a vehicle status change detecting unit that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090271081 - Control device for automatic transmission: A control device for an automatic transmission is disclosed wherein a shift point depending on a variation in vehicle acceleration is modified on a real time basis in accordance with not only a corrected result on a shift point depending on piece-to-piece variations of automatic transmissions, but also actual acceleration... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090271082 - Control device and control method for transmission mechanism, and control method for vehicle with engine: A control device for a transmission including a clutch driven by an actuator mechanism, such as a motor, is provided. The control device controls the actuator so that the rider does not perceive generation of a braking force when the clutch is shifted from a disengaged state to an engaged... Agent: Jones Day

20090271083 - System and method for verifying the availability of a level of a braking system in a powered system: A verification system is provided for verifying the availability of a first level of a braking system in a powered system. The powered system travels along a route. The verification system includes a controller coupled to an engine and a braking system of the powered system. The controller is configured... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090271084 - Cruise control system and cruise control method: A cruise control system includes: a traffic condition acquisition unit that acquires a traffic condition that includes a vehicle density on a road on which a vehicle runs; and a cruise control unit that performs cruise control on the vehicle so that a following distance has a less tendency to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090271086 - Hybrid engine accessory power system: A system for generating accessory power from a gas turbine engine is provided by the present invention. The system includes an electronic control device for monitoring at least one parameter which provides information about an incipient change in power demand, a control valve operated by the control device for supplying... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090271085 - Method and system for operating gas turbine engine systems: Methods and systems for operating a gas turbine engine system are provided. The system includes a gas turbine engine that includes at least one combustor configured to receive a flow of fuel from a flow control device and a fuel control system. The fuel control system includes a piping system... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20090271087 - Control device and engine control device: A EFI-ECU 300 that stops an engine when a vehicle has stopped and that starts the engine when an accelerator has been stepped, includes a RAM 304 that stores information from a communication device 301 that acquires information of the outside of the vehicle, and a CPU 302 that determines... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090271088 - Hydraulic engine: An internal combustion engine and method of operating such an engine are disclosed. In some embodiments, the engine includes a piston provided within a cylinder, wherein a combustion chamber is defined within the cylinder at least in part by a face of the piston, and an intake valve within the... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S C Intellectual Property Department

20090271092 - Direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine and method for controlling same: A direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection valve and fuel injection control device that controls fuel injection such that a fuel is injected from an upper area of an engine cylinder toward a top face of a piston through the fuel injection valve. The fuel... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090271091 - Fuel injection control apparatus and fuel injection control method for internal combustion engine: A fuel injection control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection portion that performs each of first fuel injection for performing stratified-charge combustion, and second fuel injection for performing homogeneous-charge combustion; and an injection distribution ratio control portion that controls an injection distribution ratio. The injection distribution... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090271089 - Reference signal generator and method: A reference signal generator generating a reference signal for high-resolution measurement/control in real time includes a means for calculating the rotational trend, e.g. increase/decrease in the r.p.m., of an engine when a first tooth is detected by an angle sensor at the (n−1)-th cycle according to the mutual relation between... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090271090 - System and control method for selecting fuel type for an internal combustion engine capable of combusting a plurality of fuel types: A system and method for improving fuel usage of a dual fuel engine is described. Fuel type is delivered to engine cylinders in response to operating conditions.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090271093 - Off-line calibration of universal tracking air fuel ratio regulators: A fuel control system of an engine includes a simulation module and a control module. The simulation module generates a simulated pre-catalyst exhaust gas oxygen (EGO) sensor signal based on a simulated oxygen concentration of an exhaust gas. The simulation module determines a simulated pre-catalyst equivalence ratio (EQR) for the... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090271094 - Engine with charge air recirculation and method: An engine comprises an intake and an exhaust, a compressor having an inlet and an outlet, a conduit between the compressor outlet and the engine intake, a recirculation conduit between the compressor outlet and the compressor inlet, and a valve for controlling flow through the recirculation conduit. A method for... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090271097 - Control apparatus for general-purpose engine: In a general-purpose engine having a throttle valve installed in an air intake passage connected to a combustion chamber, sucked air mixing with fuel to generate an air-fuel mixture to be ignited to drive a piston to rotate a crankshaft connected to a load, a first warm-up time period during... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090271096 - Fuel supply device and fuel supply method for internal combustion engine: A fuel supply device (30) for an engine (1) pressurizes the fuel drawn up from a fuel tank (31) by the low-pressure fuel pump (32) and stores it in a delivery pipe (34), and injects the fuel stored in the delivery pipe (34) from an injector (35). The fuel supply... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090271098 - Post-start controller for diesel engine: A glow power selected from a map based on a coolant temperature and an intake air temperature is applied to a glow plug provided at a combustion cylinder after an engine starts. Air-fuel mixture is heated and combusted, and then a rotation variation is calculated from a difference between a... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090271095 - Starting system and method of internal combustion engine: Upon a start of the internal combustion engine, a starting system causes an injector to inject fuel into and causes an ignition plug to ignite a mixture in a cylinder stopped in the expansion stroke, and causes the injector to inject fuel into and causes the ignition plug to ignite... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090271099 - Drive train: A drive train for a motor vehicle that has a drive unit controlled by a control device, a driveshaft and an element, which is operatively connected to the drive shaft and is driven by the same. At least one state value of the driven element is read into the control... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090271100 - Apparatus and method for providing traffic jam information, and apparatus for receiving traffic jam information for automobile: The present invention includes a traffic information collection unit for collecting weight information of a vehicle running on a road and vibration and noise information generated on the road; a traffic jam determination unit for determining a traffic jam and traffic jam type based on the collected weight information, the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090271102 - On-vehicle information providing device, information providing center, and information providing system: An on-vehicle information providing device for providing information to a driver based on information sent from an information providing center is disclosed. When a vehicle leaves an off-street facility having multiple exits to enter a road, the on-vehicle information providing device performs a first process of sending the information providing... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090271101 - Traffic monitoring systems and methods: In an exemplary method, mobile device attribute data is received from a plurality of mobile devices over a network. The mobile device attribute data includes location data representative of a plurality of geographic locations associated with the mobile devices. The method further includes selectively aggregating the mobile device attribute data... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090271104 - Collaborative route planning for generating personalized and context-sensitive routing recommendations: A route-planning system is described that leverages a database of observations about routes taken by drivers in a region to generate context and/or preference sensitive routes. Contextual information such as time of day and day of week, along with such findings as the observed velocities on different roads and the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090271103 - Navigation device, navigation method, navigation program, and recording medium having navigation program recorded thereon: In a navigation-related processing, when it is necessary to access a navigation data area 121 in a hard disk device, an access data amount determining portion 211 determines whether the navigation-related processing includes access by a predetermined amount or more of data. When the determination result is affirmative, an access... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090271107 - Fuel optimization algorithm for integration with navigation systems or direction generation software and fuel price databases: With rising fuel prices, and only slight advances being made with respect to automobile fuel efficiency, consumers have shown a demand for a process which will provide them with the most efficient way of purchasing fuel. This utility patent provides this exact process, through the employment of existing technology, including... Agent: Alfred J. Smith Iii

20090271105 - Map displaying device: A map displaying device for displaying an accessible range in an arbitrary display form determined in accordance with the scale of a displayed map and/or with the running state of a vehicle is provided. The map displaying device includes: display means (105) for displaying map information stored in a map... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090271106 - Navigation configuration for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle having a navigation system, and method for determining a route: A navigation configuration includes a microphone, disposed in a motor vehicle, for acoustically inputting a location designation. A server, disposed outside the motor vehicle, performs a speech recognition of an acoustically input location designation and converts the acoustically input location designation into a location designation of a database. A communication... Agent: Manfred Beck Pa

20090271110 - Local time amendment method and navigation apparatus: In a local time amendment system, a navigation apparatus has a clock section to count a clock time (UTC, Universal Time Coordinated) in units of hours, minutes, and seconds based on an atomic clock of a GPS Satellite. In contrast, a cellular phone acquires information on local time wirelessly via... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090271109 - Method and apparatus for switching navigation device mode: A portable navigation device operable to present a plurality of operating modes. The device may include a display; a location determining component operable to determine a current geographic location of the navigation device; mount detection circuitry operable to determine a mounting status of the navigation device; and a processor coupled... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20090271108 - Navigation apparatus: A navigation apparatus (1) that detects a position of a movable body includes map data storage means (13) for storing map data; an autonomous sensor (12) that detects information on behavior of the movable body; inertial position determination means (10b) for detecting an inertial position-determination position of the movable body,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090271111 - Portable terminal, travel path recording method and program storage medium: A portable terminal includes: a position obtaining section that obtains a piece of position information of a current position of the portable terminal; a power control section that controls turning on and off of power before and after the piece of position information is obtained by the position obtaining section,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090271112 - Dedicated short range communication (dsrc) sender validation using gps precise positioning techniques: A system and method for authenticating a message transmitted in a vehicle-to-vehicle communications system. The sending vehicle will attach raw GPS data to a transmitted message it receives from GPS satellites that the sending vehicle uses to determine its own position. The transmitted message will also include the position of... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20090271113 - Method for modifying navigation information and navigation apparatus using the same: A method for modifying navigation information for guiding the driver is provided in the present invention, in which attitude angle of a carrier at a specific location is detected and compared with an identifying information for judging whether the carrier is on a correct route or not. In another embodiment,... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090271114 - Curb detection device for motor vehicles: The present invention provides parking curb detection devices and methods for alerting a motor vehicle driver when a predetermined distance from a parking curb has been reached to prevent vehicle damage. An audio and/or a visible signal device alerts the vehicle driver when the correct stopping point has been reached.... Agent: William J Herbert

20090265047 - Machine with automatic operating mode determination: A method is provided for determining a current operating mode of a machine. The method includes receiving data relating to a plurality of machine parameters and performing initial comparisons between the received data and previously stored reference data for each machine parameter. The method also includes determining an operating mode... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090265046 - Vehicle control system: A disclosed vehicle control system comprises a mobile terminal that transmits a current location of the mobile terminal; a receiving portion that is installed in a vehicle and receives the current location transmitted from the mobile terminal; a vehicle location detecting portion that detects a current location of the vehicle;... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090265048 - Remote startup device, remote startup system, and remote startup method: An object of this invention is to improve convenience to a user when starting up an engine remotely, without detracting from safety with respect to vehicle theft. A remote startup device has an engine startup control unit, which starts the engine in response to a startup instruction signal, and an... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090265049 - Aircraft system emissions and noise estimation mechanism: A method for generating emissions estimations of an aircraft is provided. A plurality of aircraft parameters is gathered. A first parameter of the plurality of aircraft parameters is selected for a first model. The first model mathematically contributes to the formulation of a first emissions estimation. The first model is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090265050 - Aircraft pilot kneeboard with military moving map and brownout/obscured landing system: An aircraft pilot kneeboard is provided including a bottom member having an inner compartment. A top member is connected to the bottom member by a first axle. Flanges extend outwardly from the bottom member. Straps are attached to the flanges. Springs are located in the flanges for holding writing instruments.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090265051 - Electronic pet and pet interaction system thereof: An electronic pet and a system therewith are provided herein. The electronic pet includes a driving device, a sensing device used to sense light, sound and contact/non-contact stimulations from an external environment, a signal transceiver device used to transceive signals to and from devices other than the electronic pet, and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090265052 - Control device for vehicle, hybrid vehicle, method of controlling vehicle, program for causing computer to execute the method of controlling the vehicle, and computer-readable recording medium recording the program: A control device includes a target rotation speed determination unit that determines a target rotation speed of an engine, a filtering process unit that receives an output of the target rotation speed determination unit, changes the received output such that the target rotation speed changes gently, and outputs the changed... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090265053 - Method for creating spiral swath patterns for convex polygon shaped field boundaries: A computationally efficient method for generating a spiral swath pattern for a region of a field bounded by a convex polygon, the method automatically generating curved portions for the swath pattern having radii of curvature greater than a minimum turning radius based on the minimum turning radius and a definition... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20090265056 - Electronic logbook flight preparation system and method: A method for carrying out a logbook flight preparation process to present pre-flight information to a flight crew member of an aircraft prior to a flight mission. The method may involve electronically accessing a database to obtain a quantity of pre-flight information relating to an airworthiness of the aircraft, with... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090265054 - In-vehicle sensor-based calibration algorithm for yaw rate sensor calibration: A system and method for calibrating a vehicle heading sensor, such as a yaw-rate sensor, when GPS signals are not available using a bias update model that employs a bias gain factor. In order for the bias update model to be accurate, the vehicle should be traveling relatively straight. One... Agent: MillerIPGroup, PLC General Motors Corporation

20090265055 - System and method for performing automotive diagnostics: This application describes and discloses diagnostic systems, methods, and associated devices for repairing vehicles. A hand-held interface device configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless OBD device in a vehicle to be repaired with bi-directional control. A network access point and other wireless devices may be used to access vehicle... Agent: Floris Chad Copier

20090265057 - Usb isolation for vehicle communication interface: The present invention relates generally to an automotive diagnostic tool which facilitates data communications between an automobile and diagnostic device, such as a personal computer. More particularly, the present invention relates to electrically isolating the data communications using a Vehicle Communication Interface (VCI) device situated between an automobile's communication diagnostic... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090265058 - Vehicle inclination angle detector, power source control apparatus having the vehicle inclination angle detector and vehicle comprising the same: A vehicle inclination angle detector is configured to suppress the difference between an actual vehicle inclination angle and a calculated vehicle inclination angle to allow for stable detection of the same. The detector includes a vertical acceleration sensor, a lateral acceleration sensor, an inclination angle calculating module and a calculation... Agent: Jones Day

20090265059 - System for managing operation of industrial vehicles: An industrial vehicle has a controller connected to a plurality of sensors for accumulating information related to operation of the vehicle. The controller employs that information in governing further vehicle operation to reduce the likelihood of damage to the vehicle or a load being transported. The information also is analyzed... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090265060 - Information recording apparatus, information recording method, information recording program, and recording medium: An information recording apparatus executes recording processing for information concerning a traveling state of a mobile object and includes a receiving unit that receives an execution instruction for other processing, a calculating unit, a setting unit, and a control unit. When the receiving unit receives the execution instruction while the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090265061 - Driving assistance device, driving assistance method, and program: Driving assistance is provided to a vehicle driver in a manner that is easy to understand and at a low cost. At a driving assistance device (100), an image processing unit (103) sets a cut-out region within image data photographed by a camera (121) and extracts cut-out image data. A... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090265062 - Steering support device: An object of the present invention is to provide a steering assist device which can perform steering assist control having excellent capability to follow up a traveling path by increasing the steering amount in the steering control at a curve entrance. A steering assist device of the present invention is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090265063 - Headrest adjusting device and method of same: A face image obtained by imaging a vehicle occupant by a CCD camera (10) is recorded in an image memory (140). A CPU (170) detects the position and the direction of a face of the occupant according to the face image recorded in the recording memory (140). The CPU (170)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090265065 - Construction vehicle: A construction vehicle includes an engine, a hydraulic pump configured to be driven by the engine, a traveling hydraulic motor configured to be driven by pressured oil discharged by the hydraulic pump, a traveling wheel configured to be driven by driving force of the traveling hydraulic motor, and a control... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090265064 - Maintenance history information management system for construction machine: The present invention provides a maintenance history information management system for a construction machine that is capable of enhancing the reliability of temporal information about maintenance history data. A data recording device 30 is incorporated in a hydraulic excavator 1 or other construction machine to process operating time or date... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20090265066 - Control apparatus for transmission: In a case where the end of a gear change has been decided by gear change end decision means for deciding if a transmission has undergone the gear change, the coil resistance value of a motor which manipulates the transmission is measured by coil resistance measurement means. The coil temperature... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090265067 - Method for controlling shifting of a stepped automatic transmission: A method for controlling gear shifts in an automated stepped gear transmission of a motor vehicle in which operating parameters of the motor vehicle are continuously determined and evaluated for initiating and carrying out a shift from a currently engaged gear to a target gear such that, before a shift,... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090265068 - Transmission control apparatus: A transmission control apparatus detects a drop in power transmission performance of a clutch actuator, and prevents a failure thereof. When power transmission performance drop detecting means detects a drop in power transmission performance of a first clutch even if a power transmission instruction is given to a first clutch... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090265069 - Land vehicle braking system: A braking system in a land vehicle having wheels for movement and a motor rotating the wheels. The braking system includes a brake rotor that is secured to one of the wheels. A brake caliper is secured to the vehicle for grasping the rotor in response to a caliper actuation... Agent: Stephen R. Greiner, Esquire Greiner Law Offices, P.C.

20090265070 - Support control device: An accuracy error for measuring the position of an own vehicle is calculated based on the information of an execution history of map matching and the information of an update history of a map database. In addition, a predetermined map is referred to based on the calculated accuracy error, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090265071 - Vehicle control system: In a vehicle drive control system, a control unit calculates an evaluation index indicating an approach/separation condition of a subject vehicle during a travel and stores this evaluation index together with an inter-vehicle distance with respect to each driver in a memory device. The control unit further calculates a maximum... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090265072 - Driving support device, driving support method, and driving support program: An end point of a reference speed zone is obtained in which a host vehicle travels at a reference speed by controlling an adjustment amount of a drive source output of the host vehicle, without applying a preset correspondence relation regarding an accelerator pedal position and the adjustment amount of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090265073 - Method for determining the speed of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a method for determining the vehicle speed of a motor vehicle, wherein a provisional first speed value is determined for high speeds and a provisional second speed value is determined for low speeds and the vehicle speed is determined as a function of the determined provisional... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090265075 - Control apparatus and control method for vehicle: A control apparatus for a vehicle is equipped with a detection portion that detects a required output of an internal combustion engine, an acquisition portion that acquires an ignition timing of the internal combustion engine, a setting portion that sets an operation curve of the internal combustion engine such that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090265074 - Method and device for detecting a leak in an exhaust-gas section of a combustion engine: A method for checking an exhaust-gas section of a combustion engine for a leak, including the following: introducing secondary air into the exhaust-gas section of the combustion engine via a secondary-air valve, determining a measured value that indicates the magnitude of the relative pressure changes due to the expelling of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090265079 - Apparatus for controlling engine using crank signal and cam signal: In an apparatus for controlling an engine, an input switching unit switches an input signal to be inputted to an input path from a crank signal to a cam signal when it is determined that the crank signal is abnormal. An event signal generating unit generates a crank-input event signal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090265080 - Automotive turbocharger systems: A turbocharger system comprising first and second turbochargers, configured in series, where the turbochargers hand over control from one turbocharger to the other, which incorporates switching adjustment terms at the point of transition to ensure a smooth transition.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090265076 - Control device for internal combustion engine: To improve accuracy of learning of a full-close reference position of a throttle valve while suppressing deterioration in startability and mechanical durability and power consumption, an ECU performs position learning processing and learning permission judgment processing as a part of opening and closing control for the throttle valve. In the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090265077 - Control device for variable valve timing apparatus: A control device for a variable valve timing apparatus that changes valve timing of at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of an internal combustion engine includes an actual valve timing computing unit and a valve timing controlling unit. The actual valve timing computing unit computes... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090265078 - Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine and an internal combustion engine are described, the fuel being injectable directly into a combustion chamber in particular via at least one first injector and also being injectable into an intake manifold in particular via at least one second... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090265082 - Engine controller for work vehicle: An engine controller (76) includes a first mode control module (81) for performing a first mode control in which a fuel injection amount in an engine (1) is obtained based on a first torque-engine rotational speed characteristic, and a second mode control module (82) for performing a second mode control... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090265081 - Fuel quality detection using torque and engine speed: An engine control system comprises a fuel quality calculation module and a fueling module. The fuel quality calculation module calculates a fuel quality value for fuel provided to an engine based on at least one operating parameter of the engine. The fueling module selectively increases an amount of fuel provided... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090265083 - Valve timing control apparatus and valve timing control arrangement: A valve timing control apparatus for a valve timing adjustment mechanism that adjusts timing of opening and closing an intake or exhaust valve of an engine includes an output-side rotor, a cam-side rotors a hydraulic pump, a control device, a control valve, a storage device. The control device outputs a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090265085 - Internal-combustion-engine stop determination device: A device is provided with which it is made possible to rapidly determine that an internal combustion engine is in a stop state and to prevent an erroneous determination of starting. In a stop determination device provided with a detection unit that detects the rotation direction of the crankshaft of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090265084 - Valve control device and method for internal combustion engine: A valve control device performs control for eliminating or preventing fixation of an EGR valve (30) by opening/closing the valve near its fully closed position. After an engine stops, the valve control device performs “a fixation avoiding operation” for opening/closing EGR valve (30) near the fully closed position, and further,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090265086 - Diagnosis apparatus for internal combustion engine: A diagnosis apparatus for an internal combustion engine equipped with a cold start emission reduction strategy unit, includes: a temperature measuring unit for detecting a temperature of coolant of the internal combustion engine; a temperature estimating unit for calculating an estimated temperature of the coolant in accordance with a running... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090265087 - Method for encoding messages, method for decoding messages, and receiver for receiving and evaluating messages: Method for encoding messages which are to be transmitted, method for decoding messages, and receiver for receiving and evaluating messages, in particular traffic messages, wherein the messages include message contents, and wherein a message contains at least one reference to an additional supplementary message which is to be transmitted separately... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090265090 - Ground operations and advanced runway awareness and advisory system: A device, method and computer program product for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and taxiways, determining if a conflict exists between an aircraft having operating the invention and another aircraft, and generating and annunciating conflict awareness advisories as a function of determining that a conflict exists.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090265089 - Method and device for aiding the airport navigation: The device (1) comprises means (4) for determining parameters relating to the next intersection of the current traffic lane and a head-up display system (7) for presenting symbols illustrating these parameters.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090265088 - Symbology for a flight display: Flight display systems are provided that present a pilot with a three dimensional view of an area within a potential flight path of an aircraft. The three dimensional view may include representations of potential obstacles and avoidance zones surrounding the potential obstacles. The view may also include cardinal compass representation... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090265093 - Destination search support device, methods, and programs: A navigation device, when a destination candidate is deleted, postpones the deletion by providing a deletion deadline for the destination candidate. This makes it possible to search for the destination candidate even if it is eligible for deletion. If a user sets as the destination a destination candidate whose deletion... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090265091 - Method and apparatus utilizing both statistical and real time data for a vehicle navigation system: A method for determining a preferred route of road links between an origin and a destination in a vehicle navigation system. A boundary is established the origin and a destination and real time road link data is acquired for road links between the origin and the boundary. Similarly, road link... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090265094 - Method and system for information corresponding to geographical position: The invention relates to a method and a system for information corresponding to a geographical position. The method includes the following steps. First, a plurality of words are captured from electronic information. Then, position information conforming to a specific address format is searched out in the captured words. Furthermore, the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090265095 - Method of collecting information for a geographic database for use with a navigation system: A method of operating a navigation system is disclosed. A request for a route between a first location on a road network and a second location off of the road network is received. A geographic database stored on a computer readable medium associated with the navigation system is accessed to... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090265092 - Methods and systems for adjusting route planning results: Methods and systems for adjusting route planning results are provided. First, a first route planning result is generated, and displayed. Then, at least one candidate road section is selected and dragged to a substituted road section. A second route planning result is re-generated according to the substituted road section. The... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090265096 - Two-step routing procedure: The route computing method and software using a two-step routing procedure. First the navigation software computes a temporary route using road segments having a predetermined road classification. This simplifies the routing as the amount of the roads is minimized. The result is rough and it must be further computed for... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090265097 - Apparatus for vehicle navigation: A vehicle navigation apparatus having a travel time map display function includes: a display unit for displaying a map around the vehicle together with a route and an expected travel time of the route; and a calculation unit for calculating the expected travel time of the route that is extending... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090265098 - Swath line creation including slope compensation for an automatic guidance system of a work vehicle: An apparatus and method for generating swath lines including compensation for sloping terrain in a field for use in an automatic guidance system of a work machine. The swath lines are created as a function of the position, elevation and/or orientation of the work vehicle.... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20090265099 - Context-sensitive navigational aid: A navigational aid including an intelligent display mode and a communication system communicates with a vehicle's sensor system and/or historical- or time-based information to reduce the number of businesses that are displayed on the map by filtering out unneeded or less preferred services. When the vehicle's fuel level sensor detects... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090265100 - Hands-free system, navigation system, and terminal memory data management method: A hands-free system that permits access to terminal memory data when a mobile terminal is identified through identification information is equipped with a storage portion that stores therein terminal memory data in association with first identification information and second identification information, a receiving portion that receives first identification information and... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090265101 - Access device with navigation function: The present invention discloses an access device with a navigation function, which includes: a GPS module receiving a GPS signal from satellites; a processor coupled to the GPS module and processing GPS information; a storage unit coupled to the processor and storing the GPS information, map data and a navigation... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20090265102 - Navigation system and method: A navigation system has a display device for displaying a predefined maximal number of graphic driving lane objects. A control device is operatively configured such that the actual number of driving lanes of a street or road is determined, and only a maximal number of graphic driving lane objects is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090265103 - Vehicle navigation system with internet based information search feature: A vehicle navigational system includes a processor generating a search query and transmitting a search query signal corresponding to the search query. A display unit receives the search query signal and displays a search query prompt in response to the search query signal. A user interface allows a user to... Agent: Panasonic Automotive System Company Of America

20090265104 - Navigation system and method of obtaining accurate navigational information in signal challenging environments: A present invention embodiment includes a navigation system with a front-end GPS receiver, auxiliary sensors and a digital signal processor providing filtering and other processing. The navigation system enhances a UTC type architecture by employing an inertial compensation unit and a stochastic regulator. The inertial compensation unit compensates for inertial... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090265106 - Method and system for determining a potential relationship between entities and relevance thereof: A method and system for identifying a relevance of a relation between at least two entities includes receiving at least one item of information relating to one or more of the entities and determining whether a proximity between the at least two entities exists. A level of the proximity between... Agent: Carlineo, Spicer & Kee, LLC

20090265105 - Real-time navigation devices, systems and methods: Some implementations of the invention provide real-time navigation data via a mobile device. Some embodiments of the invention provide portable devices that can indicate both relatively “static” information, such as map data, architectural features, casino layout information, etc., which may be updated from time to time. Accordingly, the term “static”... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Igt Attn: Igt

20090265107 - Vehicle drive assist system: A control unit sets a front-end collision risk of a subject vehicle against a front vehicle in accordance with a time headway of the subject vehicle and a margin time to front-end collision of the subject vehicle, and a rear-end collision risk of the subject vehicle by a rear vehicle... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090259349 - Delivering commands to a vehicle: A method of commanding a vehicle to perform a task. The method includes the steps of establishing a first wireless connection between a first wireless device and a vehicle communications system creating a data transfer network between the first wireless device and the vehicle communications system, transmitting a command from... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090259350 - Piston engine aircraft automated pre-flight testing: One embodiment is directed to a method for testing an aircraft prior to flight. The method includes receiving a user signal from a pre-flight test input source, the user signal indicating that a pilot of the aircraft has directed engine control circuitry, which is arranged to electronically control operation of... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20090259351 - Method and device for guiding an aircraft: The device (1) comprises means (4) for determining speed setpoints making it possible to guide the aircraft so that it arrives at a particular waypoint at a time corresponding to a time constraint, by taking account of an upper speed limit for a current flight stretch and of an auxiliary... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090259353 - System and method for computing railcar switching solutions in a switchyard using empty car substitution logic: A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090259352 - Track transportation system: The essential feature of the present invention is the provision of a track transportation system in which a vehicle runs on a predetermined track, being automatically steered, having a simplified and lightweight structure so as to surely ensure a safety, and to be capable of carrying out efficient and high-speed... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090259356 - Ac drive system for electrically operated vehicle: A drive system is provided for a utility vehicle and includes an alternating-current (AC) motor for providing a drive torque. An AC motor controller receives a battery voltage signal, throttle pedal position signal, brake pedal position signal, key switch signal, forward/neutral/reverse (FNR) signal, and run/tow signal indicative of the utility... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090259354 - Energy economy mode using preview information: A method for improving energy efficient operation of a vehicle includes monitoring vehicle operating characteristics, modeling operation of the vehicle by utilizing the vehicle operating characteristics to estimate energy consumption rates of the vehicle across an allowable vehicle operating range, and generating a control output to the vehicle on the... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090259355 - Power management of a hybrid vehicle: A system and method of determining and applying power split ratios to power sources within hybrid vehicles. The power split ratio is determined using a two-scale dynamic programming technique to achieve optimal state of charge depletion over the course of a trip. On the macro-scale level, a global state of... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090259357 - Apparatus for remote operation: A remote operation apparatus in a vehicle has a display unit, an operation unit, a speed sensor, a brake sensor, a steer angle sensor, a side G sensor, and a control unit. The operation unit is capable of remotely controlling the display contents of the display unit. The operation of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090259358 - Automotive dtc live data diagnostics: It is the object of this invention to provide a system and method in the form of a program called automotive DTC live data diagnostics for analyzing live data, in real time, wherein received and analyzed diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) are programmed to open the live data mode, selecting only... Agent: Neil John Graham

20090259360 - Determining microenvironment conditions: Systems and methods for generating a microenvironment condition report. The microenvironment condition report is generated from information related to a plurality of vehicle conditions. The vehicle condition information is gathered from a plurality of in-vehicle technologies such as a stability control system, ABS, and navigation system. The vehicle condition information... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090259359 - Variable intensity haptic level control based on vehicle conditions: A haptic control system and a method for controlling a tactile feedback, wherein the haptic control system and the method control the tactile feedback in response to a vehicle condition, are disclosed. The haptic control system for a vehicle includes a vehicle information system adapted to generate and transmit a... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090259361 - Vehicle monitor: A system and method is disclosed for monitoring a motor vehicle. The system includes a sensor unit for collecting at least one vehicle statistic and a portable device for displaying the vehicle statistics. The portable device requests the vehicle statistics from the sensor unit at regular intervals or in response... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090259362 - Method for generating substitute values for measured values in a control unit: A method of generating substitute values for measured values in a control unit by correlating at least two measured values. The method includes first saving at least one value which predefines a relationship between the two measured values. The measured values are measured, during the operation of the control unit,... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090259364 - Method for controlling devices, and a device in a communications network in a motor vehicle: A method for managing a plurality of devices interconnected as a communications network in a motor vehicle via one or a plurality of interconnected bus systems is presented, the method including recognizing and generating a device specific control component for newly attached devices. The method includes operating a generic control... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090259363 - Power management systems and methods in a hybrid vehicle: A system and method of determining and applying power split ratios to power sources within hybrid vehicles. The power split ratio is determined using a two-scale dynamic programming technique to achieve optimal state of charge depletion over the course of a trip. On the macro-scale level, a global state of... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090259366 - Electric steering lock device: There are provided a lock member configured to be displaced between a locking position for prohibiting rotation of a steering shaft and an unlocking position for permitting rotation of the steering shaft, a first detection switch (SW1) for detecting a locked state of the steering shaft, a second detection switch... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090259365 - Park-steer assist system and method for operating a park-steer assist system: The method relates to an operating method for a semi-automatic park-steer assist system (30) and to a semi-automatic park-steer assist system (30) of a motor vehicle (1) for aiding in an alignment of the motor vehicle (1) in a parking space (2), including means (42) for detecting an activation signal;... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090259367 - Method for controlling motor-driven power steering system: A method for controlling a motor-driven power steering system, in which a target torque value of a motor is calculated through conducting torque boost control, returning force control and damping control by receiving a steering torque, a steering angle, a steering angular velocity and a vehicle speed, current motor current... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090259369 - Intelligent child safety seat: An intelligent child safety seat, or ICSS, having an electronic unit loaded with manufacturer's specifications particular to the ICSS, or ICSS-data, configured for communication of at least one item of datum to vehicle systems via a joint interface. The ICSS-data support provision of seat installation instructions, detection of possible incompatibilities,... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090259368 - Vision system for deploying safety systems: A control system for safety deployment. The control system includes a processor, a first imaging sensor, and a second imaging sensor. The first and second imaging sensor are in electrical communication with the processor. The processor generates a safety system activation decision based on two-dimensional information received from the first... Agent: Autoliv Asp

20090259370 - Vehicle integrated-control apparatus and vehicle integrated-control method: The invention relates to a vehicle integrated-control apparatus and method that controls at least a drive control system, a brake control system, and a dynamic behavior control system in an integrated manner. A temporary control target (F0) is set in response to the operation of an input member operated by... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090259371 - Door and ramp interface system: An access system for a vehicle includes an interface system that communicates with the vehicle data bus. The interface system also communicates with a ramp control subsystem that operates to stow and deploy a ramp for providing wheelchair access to the vehicle. A door control subsystem is coupled to the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090259372 - Driver assisting system, method for assisting driver, and vehicle incorporating same: A driver assisting system calculates a risk perceived (RP) by a driver from the environment, and a potential risk. At least one actuator is coupled to a driver controlled input device (or a driver's seat) to provide a first force to the driver controlled input device to stimulate the driver... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery

20090259373 - Earthmoving machine sensor: System and method for providing an excavation characteristic associated with an earthmoving machine. In one embodiment, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with an attachment mounted to an earthmoving machine may be identified. An optical benchmark signal may be detected, by an optical receiver. The position of the attachment... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090259374 - Method of controlling a transmission ratio: The invention relates to a method for controlling a transmission ratio (r) of a continuously adjustable transmission (3). An accelerator pedal position and an actual driving speed (VUactual) are acquired. By consideration of the actual driving speed (Vactual) and the accelerator pedal position (αPedal), a transmission gradient is determined. A... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090259375 - System and method for detecting lockup clutch on-coming capacity: A dynamic model is stored in memory that defines torque transmitted by a lockup clutch in a torque converter as a function of a plurality of torque converter operating parameters. A lockup clutch command to control engagement the lockup clutch is asserted, and thereafter a number of the plurality of... Agent: Allison Transmission, Inc.

20090259376 - System and method for managing accumulator effects during engagement of a lockup clutch in a torque converter: A dynamic model that is configured to produce a lockup clutch command as a function of a plurality of torque converter operating parameters is continually solved and the lockup clutch command is asserted to control engagement of the lockup clutch. A profile of one of the plurality of torque converter... Agent: Allison Transmission, Inc.

20090259377 - System and method for shortening brake-activation-reaction time: A system and method for determining the shortest time needed for a driver to brake a vehicle in case of emergency by attaching tilt sensors to the accelerator and brake pedals or to elements rigidly connected to these pedals, connecting the outputs of these sensors to a computer, registering various... Agent: Sergey Anikin

20090259378 - Hydraulic energy recovery system: A hydraulic valve having firstly a feed port, a discharge port, a low-pressure link port, and a high-pressure link port, which ports are respectively connected to the feed and discharge ducts of a hydraulic motor, to a low-pressure fluid source, and to a high-pressure accumulator, and secondly an auxiliary port.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090259379 - Reduced take-off field length using variable nozzle: A turbofan engine control system and method includes a core nacelle housing (12), a compressor and a turbine. A turbofan is arranged upstream from the core nacelle and is surrounded by a fan nacelle (34). A bypass flow path (39) is arranged downstream from the turbofan between the core and... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090259380 - Method for managing a torque applied to an output shaft of a combustion engine when one combustion chamber is deactivated, and corresponding management system: A method for managing a torque applied to an output shaft of a combustion engine, the combustion engine including combustion chambers, in each of which there is mounted a piston connected to the output shaft in order to apply a torque to it, the output shaft being connected to a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090259381 - System for monitoring engine performance of an engine via torque converter operating information: Determining performance of an internal combustion engine coupled to a pump of a torque converter may include determining a rotational speed of the pump, determining a rotational speed of a turbine fluidly coupled to the pump, determining an engine output torque value, corresponding to torque applied by the engine to... Agent: Allison Transmission, Inc.

20090259383 - Fuel system diagnostics by analyzing cylinder pressure signal: A method for diagnosing combustion within a direct-injection, internal combustion engine including a plurality of combustion chambers and operative lean of stoichiometry includes monitoring combustion in the combustion chambers and estimating mass fraction burn therein. Mass fraction burn of sequential ones of the plurality of combustion chambers are compared and... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090259385 - Method and engine control unit for controlling an internal combustion engine: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine includes: providing a setpoint value of at least one combustion attribute on the basis of a setpoint value characteristics map; determining from a control variable characteristics map a value of a characteristics-map-based control variable for controlling the engine; ascertaining with the aid... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090259382 - Method for low and high imep cylinder identification for cylinder balancing: A system and method for identifying the cylinders having the lowest (“weakest”) and highest (“strongest”) Indicated Mean Effective Pressure (IMEP) utilizes engine speed derivative and/or higher order derivative values typically available in an engine control module by virtue of the need to detect misfire. A delta parameter is calculated that... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090259384 - Systems and methods for predicting engine delta friction torque using both coolant and oil temperature: An engine control system comprises a coolant temperature weighting module that generates a weighting signal based on coolant temperature. A composite temperature generating module generates a composite temperature based on the coolant temperature, an oil temperature and the weighting signal. A delta friction torque module calculates delta friction torque of... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090259387 - Apparatus and method for controlling a homogeneous charge compression-ignited internal-combustion engine: In a homogeneous charge compression-ignited internal-combustion engine, based on information regarding the operational state of the engine, a combustion mode switching discriminator selects a homogeneous charge compression-ignited combustion mode if engine operating conditions allow homogeneous charge compression-ignited combustion. If not, the combustion mode switching discriminator selects a spark-ignited combustion mode.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090259386 - Apparatus for and method of controlling internal combustion engine equipped with turbocharger: A compressor flow rate is calculated using a compressor model, which is the physical model of a compressor. A plurality of the compressor models are provided, and the compressor model used for calculating the compressor flow rate is changed in accordance with an operational condition of an internal combustion engine.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090259389 - Control apparatus for controlling both fuel injection system and exhaust gas cleaning system: A control apparatus is disclosed which controls both a fuel injection system and an exhaust gas cleaning system for an internal combustion engine. The fuel injection system includes at least one fuel injector for injecting fuel from a fuel source into a cylinder of the engine. The exhaust gas cleaning... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090259388 - Supercharged internal combustion engine system: A supercharged internal combustion engine system wherein during periods of high power demand the weight of combustion chamber charge is increased by cooling a portion of intake air in a turboexpander using high-pressure air from a storage tank. In addition to increasing engine output power, cold air intake also reduces... Agent: Aqwest LLC

20090259390 - Degradation determination apparatus and degradation determination system for oxygen concentration sensor: There is provided a dither control means that performs a dither control, which compulsively changes an air-fuel ratio alternately to rich side and to lean side by increasing and decreasing fuel injection quantity of an injector (fuel injection valve) in a stepped manner. A predicted value (ideal A/F value ID),... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090259391 - Hybrid vehicle and control method of hybrid vehicle: When a start command of an engine is given in the presence of the driver's power demand, the start control sets the ignition timing of the engine to a power demand ignition timing, in order to enable quick output of a large power from the engine in response to the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090259392 - Method and device for guiding an aircraft: The device (1) comprises means (9, 11) for transposing a time constraint to entry to a constrained section of a flight trajectory having to be followed by the aircraft.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090259393 - Navigation methods and systems: Navigation methods and systems are provided. First, an electronic device generates a route planning result according to at least a destination, and performs a navigation process according to the route planning result. It is determined whether at least one navigation condition has occurred. When the navigation condition has occurred, a... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090259394 - Method and apparatus for establishing optimum route to intersection destination for navigation system: A method and apparatus for a navigation system for calculating a route to an intersection destination establishes an optimum route to the intersection. The method and apparatus creates a virtual zero-length dummy link, connects one end of the virtual zero-length dummy link to all link-spot pairs indicating an original intersection... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20090259395 - Speed limit guiding device: A speed limit guiding device includes: a position detector; a information acquisition device for obtaining map information having road information and speed limit information; a determination device for determining whether it is daytime or nighttime; a specifying device for specifying the road, on which the vehicle is disposed; and a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090259396 - Safe guidance method and global navigation satellite system device thereof: Disclosed is a safe guidance method and Global Navigation Satellite System device thereof. The safe guidance method comprises steps: obtaining at least one caution zone from a map database of the Global Navigation Satellite System device; and playing a notification when approaching the caution zone according to a notifying rule.... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090259397 - Navigation system with touchpad remote: To increase safety and convenience of use for navigation devices installed in automobiles, a navigation system includes the navigation device, a remote control, and a wired or wireless transceiver for establishing a data connection between the navigation device and the remote control. The navigation device has a housing, a display... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090259398 - Navigational direction indicating device: A navigational direction-indicating device includes a Global Positioning System (GPS), a display unit, an activation control unit, a navigation software for generating a direction guidance instruction according to positioning signals received by the GPS, and a plurality of light emitting elements arranged proximate to the display unit. After the navigation... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20090259399 - Obstacle detection method and system: A system for detecting obstacles near a machine is disclosed. The system has a plurality of obstacle sensors located on the machine. The system also has a controller in communication with each of the plurality of obstacle sensors. The controller is configured to pair one-to-one each of the plurality of... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090259402 - System and method for identifying manoeuvres for a vehicle in conflict situations: The present invention is directed to a system and method for identifying manoeuvres for a vehicle in conflict situations. A plurality of miss points are calculated for the vehicle and as well as object conditions at which the vehicle will miss an impact with the at least one other object... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090259400 - Vehicle collision avoidance system: A collision avoidance system for a machine is disclosed. The collision avoidance system has a first obstacle detection system. The first obstacle detection system is configured to detect a first obstacle and generate a corresponding first signal. Additionally, the collision avoidance system has an operator interface. The operator interface has... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090259401 - Vehicle collision avoidance system: A collision avoidance system for a machine is disclosed. The collision avoidance system has a first obstacle detection system. The first obstacle detection system is configured to detect a first obstacle and generate a corresponding first signal. Additionally, the collision avoidance system has an operator interface. The operator interface has... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090254229 - Control device and method and unmanned helicopter having the same: A control method comprises calculating a target value for at least one of a plurality of control parameters of a control target. The method also comprises performing feedback control of the control target in order for a value of a first of the control parameters to be set closer to... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090254230 - Distributed active vibration control systems and rotary wing aircraft with suppressed vibrations: a distributed force generator data communications network, the distributed force generator data communications system network linking together the at least first and second distributed electronic control systems wherein the distributed electronic control systems communicate force generator vibration control data through the distributed force generator data communications network independently of the... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20090254231 - Method and device for monitoring and preparing the sand supply in a sand tank of sand scattering devices in vehicles, in particular rail vehicles: A method, and an apparatus, for monitoring the sand supply in a sand tank (2) of a sand-scattering device in vehicles, in particular in express trains. To prevent an insufficient sand supply, the sand-supply level is monitored by a inspection point.... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090254233 - Method for controlling vehicle operation incorporating quick clearing function: A method for operating a train includes: (a) using a processor carried by the train, creating a trip profile which is computed at so as to substantially optimize an operating parameter of the train which depends on multiple operating variables; (b) operating the train along a route at speeds determined... Agent: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC

20090254232 - Vehicle and method for drive control in a vehicle: A vehicle, including two controllable electrical drives, which are capable of being operated in mutual dependence, the rotational speed and the torque of a first drive, in particular a master drive.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090254234 - Fuel cell vehicle: The present invention provides a fuel cell vehicle capable of displaying information with high usability to a driver or the like in view of appropriately planning a task related to the fuel cell vehicle. A second indicator (I2) displays an available electric power supply of a fuel cell (11), a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090254235 - Object recognition system for autonomous mobile body: The present invention provides an object recognition system for an autonomous mobile body. The object recognition system includes a sensor unit for detecting an obstacle in a target field of view and measuring the position of the obstacle, and an electronic control unit for controlling movement of the autonomous mobile... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090254236 - System and method for image mapping and visual attention: A method is described for mapping dense sensory data to a Sensory Ego Sphere (SES). Methods are also described for finding and ranking areas of interest in the images that form a complete visual scene on an SES. Further, attentional processing of image data is best done by performing attentional... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090254237 - Apparatus for failure diagnosis of a vehicular foot brake switch: An apparatus for failure diagnosis starts counting a frequency of a switching action of a foot brake switch when determining that vehicle speed is higher than a first criterion value, and ceases to count the frequency of the switching action when determining that the vehicle speed has decreased below a... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090254238 - Impact detection arrangement: An impact detection arrangement for a vehicle has at least one pressure body in a side door region of the motor vehicle. The at least one pressure body is connected to a pressure sensor via a connecting line. Additionally, the at least one pressure body is provided in an impact... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090254239 - System, method, and computer software code for detecting a physical defect along a mission route: A route defect detection system for a powered system, the route defect detection system including a control system connected to the powered system for application of tractive effort, and a processor to determine an unplanned change in the application of tractive effort and/or otherwise associated with the tractive effort of... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090254240 - Vehicle maintenance systems and methods: A system that enables a fleet of vehicles to be maintained is provided. The disclosed system allows a fleet operator to review the history of the vehicles in the fleet along with vehicle sensor data to identify earmarks in the vehicle sensor data that are predictive of faults that the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090254242 - Electronic control apparatus and vehicle control system: A vehicle electronic control apparatus stores vehicle identification information uniquely assigned to a vehicle and vehicle individual information related to the vehicle. When the vehicle identification information is overwritten with new vehicle identification information, it is determined whether the vehicle identification information is equal to the new vehicle identification information.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090254243 - On-board machine, frequency collecting device, and frequency collecting method: Provided is an on-board machine capable of readily examining whether a self-diagnosing mechanism operates in a normal manner while satisfying statutory requirements. The on-board machine includes an EEPROM for storing a failure diagnosis executing frequency calculated on the basis of a failure diagnosis executed by an electronic control device under... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090254241 - System and method for collecting data from many vehicles: A system and method are provided for collecting data from many vehicles. A vehicle unit with several connectivity options is installed in each vehicle. Each vehicle unit transmits driving characteristic information to a server which records all of the data it receives. In addition, the server is able to interact... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090254245 - Humidity sensor diagnostic systems and methods: A diagnostic system for a vehicle comprises a humidity module and a fault diagnostic module. The humidity module outputs a first humidity value based on a humidity measurement of a humidity sensor of the vehicle and outputs a second humidity value based on humidity data from a data source that... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090254244 - System and method for detecting a pitch rate sensor fault: A system and method for detecting a fault in a pitch rate sensor onboard a vehicle. Signals, including a steering wheel angle, a yaw rate, a roll rate, a longitudinal acceleration, a lateral acceleration, and a vehicle speed, are processed in a controller to validate a pitch rate signal. Upon... Agent: Angela M. Brunetti, PLLC

20090254246 - Method and apparatus to optimize energy efficiency of air compressor in vehicle air brake application: In a pneumatic brake system for a motor vehicle, a variable speed electric motor is connected to a high voltage direct current power supply for variable energization, thus varying the operating rate of a compressor and the rate of pressurization of the brake system storage tanks. The operating rate of... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090254248 - System and method for managing record of vehicles: A system for managing records of vehicles comprises an equipment unit for creating and transmitting parking/stopping data of the vehicle; and a main system for receiving the parking/stopping data of the vehicle from the equipment unit and classifying, accumulating, and managing the received parking/stopping data.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090254247 - Undazzled-area map product, and system for determining whether to dazzle person using the same: In an undazzled-area map product stored in a computer-readable storage unit, information indicative of a relationship between a boundary distance and each of a plurality of divided sections of a rectangular area to be picked up by a pickup unit is included. The pickup unit is provided in a reference... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090254249 - Adaptive suspension control for a motor vehicle: A suspension control system for a motor vehicle having a chassis and wheels connected to the chassis by a suspension system the stiffness of which is variable under the control of the suspension control system comprises a controller adapted to modify autonomously the stiffness of the suspension system depending on... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090254250 - Vehicle height control apparatus using data communication between braking controller and suspension controller and control method thereof: A vehicle height control apparatus includes a suspension controller for controlling vehicle height, a lateral acceleration sensor, a braking controller determining a road surface condition on the basis of a difference between a lateral acceleration measured by the lateral acceleration sensor and a lateral acceleration calculated using a vehicle speed... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090254251 - Vehicle behavior control apparatus and control method: A vehicle behavior control apparatus includes a rotary body formed as a part of a power plant installed in a vehicle, and a shaft deflection unit that sets a vehicle behavior target value for obtaining a target vehicle behavior, and deflects a direction of a rotary shaft of the rotary... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090254253 - Adaptive steering control for a motor vehicle: An adaptive steering control system is provided for a motor vehicle. The system includes, but is not limited to a sensor for detecting a current value of an operation quantity of a steering wheel, an actor for turning steered wheels and a controller for selecting, according to the speed of... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090254252 - Electric power steering control apparatus: Provided is an electric power steering control apparatus for an electric power steering system equipped with a torque sensor for detecting a steering torque of the steering system and a motor for generating a torque for assisting the steering torque, including a motor target torque calculation unit for calculating a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090254254 - Adaptive nonlinear steering control system and method for work vehicles: A steering control system and method for automated steering of work vehicles that adapts to nonlinearities and uncertainties of steering mechanisms including a tolerance control law, a dynamic control law, and a saturation control law selected and executed in real time based on the magnitude of steering angle error, steering... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20090254255 - Dynamic pressure control system with solenoid valve command current trimming: A dynamic pressure control system, such as a transmission pressure control system, is provided wherein one or more of electrical current command signals provided to a pressure control solenoid valve, such as a fast response variable force solenoid pressure control valve, are progressively trimmed in a manner to improve overall... Agent: Mr. Edward J. Timmer

20090254256 - Transmission oil measurement system and method: A system includes a pressure sensor that measures a transmission fluid pressure at a first fluid cavity of a transmission. A transmission control module receives the transmission fluid pressure, determines a transmission fluid temperature in the first fluid cavity based on the transmission fluid pressure, and controls the transmission fluid... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090254257 - Altitude measurement using transmission pressure sensor: A control system of a vehicle includes a pressure sensor that generates a pressure signal based on a pressure in a transmission of the vehicle. A control module determines atmospheric pressure based on the pressure signal. The control module controls operation of at least one of the transmission and an... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090254258 - Control system of transmission: A clutch control unit includes a clutch motor controller that controls a clutch motor. The clutch motor controller has a target clutch motor current computing unit that computes a target clutch motor current for adjusting torque of the clutch motor to be torque corresponding to an operating state of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090254259 - Third party speed control device: The present invention relates to a system and method of controlling vehicular speed, in particular by a third party, which uses data relating to geography and operator. In some instances, it is desirable to limit the power generated by an engine of a vehicle, to limit the maximum speed of... Agent: Jacob The

20090254260 - Full speed range adaptive cruise control system: In one aspect, the invention is directed to an adaptive cruise control system for a host vehicle, comprising a long-range sensor configured to determine a location of objects positioned ahead of the host vehicle, at least one short-range sensor configured to determine the location of objects in close proximity ahead... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090254261 - Fuel injection control device for diesel engine: An electronic control unit 30 of a diesel engine 10 stores a relationship between a required fuel injection amount and a corresponding injection command signal. The unit 30 generates the injection command signal corresponding to the required fuel injection amount based on the stored relationship, and drives injectors 20 based... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090254263 - Apparatus for and method of controlling fuel injection of engine: An apparatus for and a method of controlling a fuel injection in which, in fuel injection control of an engine including a variable valve mechanism that can change an inlet valve opening characteristic, when an intake air amount is changed by an operation of the variable valve mechanism after the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090254262 - Fuel injection measurement and diagnostics: A system and method comprises operating an engine during a first cycle to drive a piston in a cylinder without energizing a fuel injector of the cylinder; acquiring first pressure data of the cylinder for a predetermined crank angle window during the first cycle; energizing the fuel injector for an... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090254264 - Procedure and device for an adaptation of a dynamic model of an exhaust gas probe: The invention concerns a procedure and a device for an adaptation of a dynamic model of an exhaust gas probe, which is a component of an exhaust pipe of a combustion engine and with which a lambda value is determined for regulating an air-fuel composition, whereby a simulated lambda value... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090254266 - Apparatus of calculating a navigation route based on estimated energy consumption: A system of calculating a navigation route based on an estimated energy consumption value that assigns a distance weight coefficient for each of the plurality of potential routes that corresponds to an estimated distance energy consumption value. The system also determines a cumulative interference weight coefficient for each of the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090254265 - Video map technology for navigation: There remains a need for a navigation technology that is amenable for use in conditions prevalent in developing countries. The embodiments disclosed herein achieve this by providing a video map based navigation system and methods thereon. An embodiment herein provides an electronic navigation system comprising of a means for a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090254268 - Computing navigation device with enhanced route directions view: Systems, methods and a graphical user interface are provided for enhancing a computing navigation device route directions view. A system is disclosed including a computing navigation device configured to identify a route for travel. The route includes one or more geographic locations along the route. The computing navigation device is... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090254269 - Method and system for automatic itinerary building: A method and system calculates an itinerary for visiting a set of events, each event associated with a location and a time window. The itinerary is calculated to allow the user to arrive at each location within the associated time window. Upon user request, the method will also provide turn-by-turns... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090254267 - Route search system: A route search system includes a map data storing means 2 storing a roadmap data containing, as the attribute of a road, whether the road is a road located within a flat-rate pay area where a fixed fare is charged on a mobile unit regardless of the number of times... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090254271 - Method and apparatus for navigation service: A method and apparatus for providing a safe and accurate navigation service using a tactual sense and an olfactory sense are provided. In the method, tactual information created according to navigation information displayed on a navigation map composed by a terminal based on collected navigation information is received. Then, a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090254270 - System and method for tracking a path of a vehicle: A vehicle charge meter for tracking a path of a vehicle is described. The vehicle charge meter comprises a receiver, a memory, a local controller, and a receipt documentation device. The receiver, the memory, and the receipt documentation device are all coupled to the local controller. The receiver is used... Agent: Patent Prosecution O2mirco , Inc.

20090254272 - Retrieval of vehicular traffic information optimized for wireless mobile environments: Two-way communication between a mobile device and a server is used to provide increased relevance of traffic information at lower bandwidth. The complexity, amount of storage and processing power required of the mobile navigation device are minimized, since the server performs much of the required computing. A transactional billing model... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090254273 - Context enabled address selection: A system allows a user to select an individual address from the multiple addresses for additional information on that particular address. Multiple addresses can be viewed together on a map for selection purposes. Selection of a particular address can trigger new GUIs for presentation of context information for a particular... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20090254276 - Method and computer-readable storage medium with instructions for processing data in an internal navigation system: A method for processing data in an inertial navigation system having a Kalman filter and computer-readable storage medium containing instructions to configure a processor to perform the same. The method produces more accurate estimates of the position, velocity and attitude of the inertial measurement unit. The method is fully automatic... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090254274 - Navigation system for providing celestial and terrestrial information: A device for viewing celestial and terrestrial data having a housing with a reference axis, a database disposed in the housing and containing celestial and terrestrial data, a GPS receiver operatively coupled to the database and configured to receive a GPS signal, a processor operatively coupled to the GPS receiver... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv3)

20090254277 - Powered transmitter for railroad car applications: A system to report the position and/or measured conditions of a railroad car using satellite communication. The system includes a rechargeable power supply and communications unit incorporating one or more solar cells in combination with a rechargeable battery and further including a bank of ultracapacitors. The equivalent series resistance or... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090254275 - Systems and methods for monitoring navigation state errors: Systems and methods for monitoring navigation state errors are provided. In this regard, a representative system, among others, includes a receiver that is configured to receive GPS signals and calculate pseudorange (PR) residuals, the receiver including a navigation state error manager that is configured to: calculate a distance traveled by... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090254278 - Low authority gps aiding of navigation system for anti-spoofing: A method and apparatus for generating navigation solutions. A global positioning system based navigation solution unit; an inertial navigation solution unit; a correction unit, a limiter, and an adding unit. The global positioning system based navigation solution unit is capable of generating a first navigation solution. The inertial navigation solution... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090254279 - Compensation for mounting misalignment of a navigation device: Compensating for the misalignment of a navigation device with respect to a vehicle is described. In one example, the compensation is made by applying a high pass filter to a measured acceleration of the vehicle to produce a motion acceleration signal, weighting the motion acceleration signal with a measured steering... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP