Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location inventions

20090276105 - Robotic vehicle remote control system having a virtual operator environment: A control system for a remotely operated vehicle is disclosed. The control system includes a sensor tracking system configured to sense the remotely operated vehicle. The control system is coupled to the sensor tracking system and is configured to remotely control the remotely operated vehicle. The control system includes a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090276106 - Multiple telemetry stream parsing and reconstruction system: The invention generally relates to a telemetry system and method for parsing a set of archived telemetry streams for the purpose of reconstructing the data contained within the set of archived telemetry streams into a newly constructed set of telemetry streams. The newly constructed set of telemetry streams are used... Agent: Navairwd Counsel Group

20090276107 - Method for controlling an active running gear of a rail vehicle: A method for controlling an active running gear of a rail vehicle including at least one first wheel unit with two wheels, wherein by means of at least one first actuator, which acts between the first wheel unit and a vehicle structure supported thereon by means of a first primary... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090276108 - System and method for processing images of wayside equipment adjacent to a route: A system is provided for processing images of wayside equipment adjacent to a route. The system includes a video camera configured to collect visible spectral data of the wayside equipment. The video camera is positioned on an external surface of a powered system traveling along the route. Additionally, the system... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20090276109 - Slip control for a materials handling vehicle: A vehicle is provided comprising: a main body; a plurality of wheels coupled to the main body; a traction motor associated with the main body and coupled to at least one of the wheels for driving the one wheel; control apparatus coupled to the traction motor and generating a motor... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20090276111 - Autonomous ground vehicle control system for high-speed and safe operation: The present disclosure relates to a reference yaw rate generator for an autonomous ground vehicle control system. The reference yaw rate generator is configured to generate a reference yaw rate (rr) based on an actual latitudinal position (Y), a desired latitudinal position (Yd), an actual longitudinal position (X), a desired... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090276110 - System and method for detecting reflection with a mobile sensor platform: Systems and methods for planning and executing a search route by a mobile sensor platform for detecting reflection are disclosed. The search route of the mobile sensor platform is based on the angle of a radiation source relative to the ground in a search area. While executing the search route,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090276112 - Method for detecting offset for a pedestrian protection device: A method for detecting offset for a pedestrian protection device, in which sensor data are ascertained and evaluated for determining an impact point of an object. In the event of a collision with an object, characteristics are extracted for determining the offset of the impact point using the sensor data... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090276114 - Vehicle motion measurement apparatus, a vehicle abnormal motion prevention apparatus and a drive recorder: The apparatus comprises a measured signal detector 11, a vehicle parameter obtainer 12, a sideslip angle temporary estimator 13, a sideslip angle differential corresponding value computer 14 and a sideslip angle real estimator 15. A sideslip angle temporary estimate value is computed from one or plural vehicle parameters including at... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090276113 - Wheel-state estimation device and vehicle control device: In a wheel-state estimation device which estimates a force or acceleration acting on a wheel provided in an automotive vehicle, a plurality of wheel side detection units are respectively provided in a plurality of wheels of the vehicle, each wheel side detecting unit detecting a force or acceleration acting on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090276115 - Handheld automotive diagnostic tool with vin decoder and communication system: Provided is a method of receiving data from a vehicle onboard computer. The onboard computer is configured to transmit vehicle identification data in response to receipt of an identification request, which is transmitted in a basic communication protocol. The onboard computer is further configured to transmit private operational data in... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090276116 - G.p.s. management system: A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to be sent from the remote units... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Pk Attn: Patent Docketing

20090276117 - Simultaneous vehicle protocol communication apparatus and method: A diagnostic tool for simultaneously communicating with a plurality of motor vehicle control units and implements at least two different communication protocols within a single motor vehicle. The diagnostic tool includes a processor and a field programmable gate array. The processor simultaneously executes a plurality of diagnostic routines and thereby... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090276118 - Method and apparatus for processing trip information and dynamic data streams, and controller thereof: A method for processing trip information and dynamic data streams are provided, and includes the following steps. (1) A dynamic data stream including a plurality of video frames is received. (2) Plural batches of trip information are received. (3) At least one batch of trip information and at least one... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090276119 - Sump with controlled oil level: A motor vehicle having a transmission sump with a controlled oil level is disclosed. The motor vehicle includes a scavenge pump which draws oil from the transmission sump via a scavenge valve. The scavenge valve may be controlled to cause the scavenge pump to draw oil from a selected oil... Agent: Allison Transmission, Inc.

20090276120 - Vehicle security system and method: A method and apparatus for validating a vehicle operator. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an input device for allowing entry of vehicle operator identification information, a transceiver for transmitting a message and receiving a response to the message, an interface for allowing a processor to communication with a vehicle... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090276122 - Steering system and method for train of wheeled vehicles: A steering system and method are capable of steering a plurality of vehicles arranged in a train with adjacent vehicles pivotally connected to each other for movement about a vertical axis. Each vehicle has a pair of steerable wheels with one pair at one end of the train being a... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20090276121 - Vehicle steering control system and control method therefor: A vehicle steering control system that controls the operation of an electric vehicle steering device, which applies a steering assist force to a steering mechanism via a gear mechanism and includes: a temperature estimating section for estimating the temperature of or around the gear mechanism; and a correcting section for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090276123 - Steering system of a motor vehicle: A steering system of a motor vehicle has a steering wheel which engages a steering rack via a steering pinion of a steering column. A steering torque is exerted by a driver on the steering rack via the steering wheel. A steering torque assistance unit is provided and has an... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090276124 - Vehicle stability control device: There is provided a new and novel vehicle stability control device through steering wheels independently of the driver's handling operation, in which a suitable steering angle parameter in determining a target value for a turning state parameter is selected. The control device calculates a provisional target steering angle for wheels... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090276125 - Device and method for controlling a passenger protection system of a vehicle: A device for controlling a passenger protection system of a motor vehicle includes at least one structure-borne noise sensor, used to receive body vibrations, and an evaluation device, used to evaluate the structure-borne noise signal. The evaluation provides information about an impact object and/or the characteristics of the impact. The... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090276127 - Correction in position with hitch position sensor: An automatic guidance system for an agricultural vehicle includes a tractor, a towed implement, an absolute tractor position sensor, a relative implement position sensor, and an electronic control system. The operator inputs the implement geometry and field information into the control system. The control system combines this data with the... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20090276126 - Mobile crane and method for operating a mobile crane: This invention relates to a mobile crane with at least one memory unit in which limit curves or limit values are stored for various crane parameters, which should not be exceeded, or only by issuing an alarm signal, to ensure safety during operation of the crane, and with means for... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20090276128 - Cooridnated torque control operation with de-energized throttle: An engine control system comprises an air control module and a spark control module. The air control module controls a throttle valve based on a first desired torque when the throttle valve is in an operable state. The spark control module controls spark advance based on the first desired torque... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090276130 - Air conditioning torque compensation energy matching inertia transfer: An engine control system comprises a torque control module, an air conditioning (A/C) load comparison module, and an A/C load compensation module. The torque control module controls an engine to produce a first torque request based on a first torque maintains a current speed of the engine. The A/C load... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090276129 - Method and system for protecting a starting clutch: The present invention relates to a method of protecting a starting clutch that generates an estimated equivalent temperature of the starting clutch and performs an operation for protecting the starting clutch if the estimated temperature exceeds critical temperature, in order to prevent the burnout of the starting clutch caused by... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090276131 - Absolute acceleration sensor for use within moving vehicles: A method of and system for detecting absolute acceleration along various axes relative to a desired movement vector while moving relative to a gravity source includes steps of determining a vertical acceleration, perpendicular to the desired movement vector and substantially anti-parallel to a gravitational acceleration due to the gravity source;... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090276133 - Aircraft brake control system and method: A method includes receiving an input brake command that indicates a desired amount of braking for a vehicle. A brake control signal is then derived from the input brake command to facilitate applying a braking force to a wheel of the vehicle, and the braking force facilitates achieving the desired... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (goodrich)

20090276132 - Method and system for determining a brake pressure predefined by a vehicle control system: A method and system for determining a brake pressure which is predefined by a vehicle control system involve effecting a vehicle braking process initiated by an electronic braking system and/or the vehicle driver, determining a vehicle deceleration a, and a brake pressure pestim, comparing the brake pressure pestim against a... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090276134 - Slip control for a materials handling vehicle: A vehicle is provided comprising: a main body; a plurality of wheels coupled to the main body; a traction motor associated with the main body and coupled to at least one of the wheels for driving the one wheel; control apparatus coupled to the traction motor and generating a motor... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20090276135 - Adaptive cruise controller having dynamics matching as a function of the situation: An adaptive cruise controller having dynamics matching as a function of the situation includes an identification device for identifying various predefined categories of single-file driving situations, and for selecting a dynamic profile matched to the situation identified.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090276136 - Method for calculating confidence on prediction in fault diagnosis systems: A method and system is developed that provides a confidence measure of a prediction of a fault in a gas turbine engine. The confidence measure is developed based upon evaluating the results of a plurality of past predictions and comparing them to an actual fault.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090276137 - Method to include fast torque actuators in the driver pedal scaling for conventional powertrains: An engine control system comprises a pedal torque determination module, a driver interpretation module, and an actuation module. The pedal torque determination module determines a zero pedal torque based on a desired engine torque at a zero accelerator pedal position and a minimum torque limit for an engine system. The... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090276139 - Engine regulation system and method for qualifying the components of the engine regulation system: An engine control system is provided having a control unit and a monitoring module. The monitoring module, together with the control unit, forms one structural unit and is designed as a detachable module having an independent electromagnetic shielding.... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090276140 - Spark ignition type internal combustion engine: An internal combustion engine provided with a variable compression ratio mechanism able to change a mechanical compression ratio and an actual compression action start timing changing mechanism able to change a start timing of an actual compression action. An amount of intake air in accordance with the required load is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090276138 - Time and angle based cylinder pressure data collection: A control module for determining a time and angle based cylinder pressure includes a crankshaft position determination module that determines a first crankshaft position in an engine at a first time, a time-based cylinder pressure determination module that determines N time-based cylinder pressures in the engine at N times, wherein... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090276144 - Control device for internal combustion engine: A fuel supply system includes a first non-return valve for a low-pressure delivery connection pipe and a second non-return valve for a pump supply pipe. The former non-return pipe does not allow fuel to flow from the low-pressure delivery pipe to the low-pressure supply pipe. The second non-return valve does... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090276142 - Engine valve operation: Various approaches are described for operating an engine in a vehicle having variable valve operation for an intake and/or exhaust valve of the cylinder. In one example, a method comprises delivering a first fuel to a cylinder of the engine from a first injector; delivering a second fuel to the... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090276141 - Feed-forward control in a fuel delivery system & leak detection diagnostics: A method for operating a fuel delivery system with a first pressure pump fluidly coupled to a second higher pressure pump and a fuel rail including adjusting pump operation of at least one of the first and second pumps during engine starting, the variation based on engine starting conditions. When... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20090276143 - Method for estimation of indicated mean effective pressure for individual cylinders from crankshaft acceleration: A method for inferring Indicated Mean Effective Pressure as total transient indicated engine torque in an internal combustion engine, comprising the steps of acquiring at least one crankshaft time stamp for use in determining a cylinder-specific engine velocity; calculating an incremental change in engine kinetic energy from the previously fired... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090276146 - Method for the individual control of a set of valve actuators by the ecu: The invention relates to a system for controlling a thermal engine with valves, that comprises an engine control unit (1) and a plurality of valve actuators (3), wherein the engine control unit is connected to a communication bus (2) and the actuators are distributed into at least two sets each... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090276145 - Synchronization device for an engine: A synchronization device for an engine is provided that has a first active sensor and a second active sensor. The first active sensor is adapted to determine an angular position of a first shaft and the second active sensor is adapted to determine the angular position of a second shaft.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090276147 - Engine knock diagnostic: A knock diagnostic module having a knock module that increments a sample count when a cylinder firing signal corresponding to a first cylinder is received and selectively increments a knock count based on a knock detection signal that corresponds to the cylinder firing signal of the first cylinder A knock... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090276148 - Safety system for marine vessels: There is elucidated a safety system for a marine vessel. The vessel includes two engines coupled to propellers for propelling the vessel through water. The vessel is provided with a digital anchor in communication with the two engines for maintaining the vessel substantially at a defined location when the anchor... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090276149 - Cognitive aricraft hazard advisory system (cahas): Integrated surveillance systems and methods for processing multiple sensor inputs and determining a best route for avoiding multiple hazards. An example method performed on a first aircraft includes generating a plurality of routes for avoiding a previously determined alert from a first advisory system. Then, probability of success information is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090276150 - Route determination system: A system for determining a route is provided. The system includes a method for determining estimation function values corresponding to a plurality of vertices on a first graph, where the first graph corresponds to a first route network. The method further includes searching for a first route from a first... Agent: The Eclipse Group LLP

20090276151 - Method and system for providing video mapping and travel planning services: An approach is provided for providing a first-person perspective video mapping service. Information corresponding to a geographic area is received from a subscriber of the mapping service over a network. One or more first-person perspective videos of at least a portion of the geographic area are retrieved based on the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090276152 - Method for the supply of encoded geoimage data: Uncoded geographical image data for a pre-defined geographical region is stored in a server unit and at least one wireless communication interface is provided between the server unit and at least one navigation receiver module. At least one position information message is transmitted from the navigation receiver module to the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090276153 - Navigating method and navigation apparatus using road image identification: A navigating method and a navigation apparatus capable of real-time road image identification are disclosed. The apparatus equips a camera used to capture the road image in some specific sections, and the image is used to be identified, so that the navigation accuracy can be improved. The preferred embodiment of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090276154 - Method and system for coordinating group travel among mobile devices: An approach is provided for coordinating travel. A plurality of mobile devices is identified as a group, wherein each of the mobile devices is configured to obtain location information. A lead mobile device is designated among the group. Routing information or information about a common destination, specified by the lead... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090276155 - Systems and methods for determining location information using dual filters: System and methods of increasing reliability of determined location information by using two integration filters are provided. An exemplary embodiment integrates inertial navigation system information and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) information in a real time Kalman filter; determines a real time location of the aircraft with the real time... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

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