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Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, And Relative Location > Vehicle Control, Guidance, Operation, Or Indication > Indication Or Control Of Braking, Acceleration, Or Deceleration > Vehicle Speed Control (e.g., Cruise Control) Vehicle Speed Control (e.g., Cruise Control)Vehicle Speed Control (e.g., Cruise Control) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/30/06 - 20060271265 - Devices, systems and methods for prohibition of acceleration for cooperative speed control system A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor. In one embodiment, the processor includes logic to automatically determine whether a first local required speed is greater than a second local required speed, and only if the first local required speed is greater than the second local required speed, ... 10/26/06 - 20060241844 - Vehicle speed control apparatus This apparatus determines that a driver demands the maintenance of a vehicle body speed from a cancel operation (ON→OFF) of an acceleration requiring operation by an accelerator pedal or a cancel operation (ON→OFF) of a deceleration requiring operation by a brake pedal BP, so that it detects a “body-speed-maintenance requiring ... 10/12/06 - 20060229792 - System and methods utilizing slope of target speed for cooperative speed for cooperative speed control system A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor, wherein the processor includes logic to determine a vehicle acceleration rate value, wherein the processor is configured to receive at least a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, a second signal indicative of a second local required ... 10/05/06 - 20060224294 - Cooperative speed control system A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor adapted to receive at least a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, a second signal indicative of a second local required speed received after the first signal, and a third signal indicative of a value of a ... 09/21/06 - 20060212207 - Adaptive cruise control system The vehicle is kept at a standstill even when an operation for ending adaptive cruise control is performed while the adaptive cruise control is on and the vehicle stop-maintenance control is on. When a vehicle comes to a stop while the adaptive cruise control is on, vehicle stop-maintenance control, preferably ... 09/07/06 - 20060200296 - Portable hand-held reusable vehicle speed limiting device The Portable Hand-held Reusable Vehicle Speed Limiting Device (the Invention) is a hand-held, single person portable device intended to allow the user to set the maximum speed of a freight delivery or passenger vehicle that is propelled by an engine powered by a fuel source by means of installing a ... 08/31/06 - 20060195247 - Method of reducing the turning speed of a vehicle An automatic slowing down system for a vehicle taking a bend includes a computer that integrates a series of instructions to process at least one of first, second and third signals according to kinematic control laws of vehicle displacement to deliver signals for a forward motion actuator and a steering ... 07/20/06 - 20060161330 - Cruise management method and device for a road vehicle A cruise management method and device for a road vehicle, wherein the position of an accelerator control is detected, a current speed of the vehicle is detected and a current transmission ratio is detected; a desired speed is calculated as a function of the position of the accelerator control, the ... 07/20/06 - 20060161329 - System and method for advanced tight coupling of gps and inertial navigation sensors A system and method for generating a navigation solution in high interference and dynamic environments using Global Positioning System (GPS) and inertial measurement unit (IMU) data is described. The system configuration is a multi-satellite tracking loop structure obtained by closing each satellite's tracking loop through a single, multi-state navigation filter. ... 05/11/06 - 20060100768 - Method for controlling the speed of a vehicle A method for controlling the speed of a vehicle, the method making it possible to maintain a predefined setpoint speed even on downhill grades. In the event that the actual speed of the vehicle exceeds the predefined setpoint speed by more than a first predefined speed difference, a service brake ... 03/16/06 - 20060058939 - Method for improving fuel economy and performance when deactivating cylinders with vehicle cruise control A method for controlling the speed in a vehicle includes adjusting at least one gain parameter based on a vehicle speed error and the displacement on demand mode of the engine. A new cruise throttle area is calculated from the adjusted gain parameter. ... 03/16/06 - 20060058938 - Device and method for preventing speeding A device for preventing a vehicle from speeding, which device comprises a switching device, a speedometer present in the vehicle, which is connected to said switching device and which measures the speed of the vehicle, as well as a transmitter connected thereto, wherein the switching device is so arranged that ... 03/09/06 - 20060052929 - Method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk and system for carrying out the method A method controls the speed of a motor vehicle in accordance with risk. Each risk element of a road segment is evaluated for the specific risk potential thereof by taking into consideration the perils and the actual speed of the driver of the motor vehicle. An integral risk potential is ... 03/09/06 - 20060052928 - Wheel speed detection system In a wheel speed detection system wherein an eddy current displacement sensor is used, even when a distance between the eddy current displacement sensor and a convex portion of a rotator changes due to a change in load on a wheel, an error in a wheel assembly during a maintenance ... 03/02/06 - 20060047402 - Device and method for controlling a motor vehicle travel speed A device and a method for cruise control in a motor vehicle are described, the cruise control being performable as a constant-distance regulation if at least one preceding vehicle has been detected by a radar sensor, or cruise control being performable as a constant-speed regulation if no preceding vehicle has ... 03/02/06 - 20060047401 - Method and device for regulating of the speed of a vehicle In a method and a device for regulating the speed of a vehicle including an object detection system in the sense of an adaptive distance and speed control system, the adaptive distance and speed control system includes at least two operating modes. In the first operating mode, a vehicle speed ... 02/09/06 - 20060030992 - Deceleration control apparatus and deceleration control method for vehicle With a deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle, which performs deceleration control of a vehicle based on at least a road inclination when a driver's intention to decelerate the vehicle is detected, at least one of a deceleration applied to the vehicle and a threshold used in performing ... 01/19/06 - 20060015240 - Vehicle cruise control system A vehicle cruise control system is provided that comprises a vehicle speed detecting section, a cruise control section, and a cruising speed setting section. The vehicle speed detecting section is configured and arranged to detect a speed of a host vehicle. The cruise control section is configured to execute a ... 11/03/05 - 20050246089 - Method and device for limiting the speed of a vehicle A method and a device for limiting the speed of a vehicle increase driving safety under poor visibility or wet roadway conditions in a particularly simple manner. The vehicle speed is limited as a function of the visibility or the roadway condition. ... 10/27/05 - 20050240334 - Adaptive cruise control system for automotive vehicle An adaptive control system for an automotive vehicle, which warns of a driver and/or reduces the vehicle speed in consideration of a future trajectory. Receiving from a navigation system node information about nodes within a preview section, a control unit calculates a path radius at each of the nodes within ... 10/27/05 - 20050240333 - Throttle limiting for an internal combustion engine A throttle limit control for an internal combustion engine throttle control is disclosed. Rate limiting is applied to prevent excessive rates of change in throttle actuation. Throttle pedal authority is continually maintained and throttle headroom is not compromised thereby. Application to various systems including conventional and adaptive cruise systems and ... 10/20/05 - 20050234629 - Vehicle speed control system A vehicle speed control system for controlling a vehicle on a chassis dynamometer is comprised of a controller which is arranged to receive a vehicle speed command, to obtain an anticipated vehicle speed command from the vehicle speed command taking account of a delay factor of a control system of ... 10/13/05 - 20050228570 - System, method, vehicle, ecu, computer program and computer program product System for estimating the speed of a vehicle by determining a first parameter based on the rotational speed of a first set of wheels of the vehicle, such as its drive wheels, and to estimate the speed of the vehicle (vestimate) using the first parameter, determining a second parameter based ... 10/13/05 - 20050228569 - Speed control with stop function Cruise control system for motor vehicles is provided, which control system has a sensor device for measuring the vehicle's performance characteristics and for measuring the distance to a target ahead of the vehicle, a controller to control the vehicle's speed or acceleration as a function of the measured performance characteristics ... 10/06/05 - 20050222746 - Adaptive cruise control sensor alignment tool and method An alignment tool for vehicular adaptive cruise control detection devices attaches with precision and repeatability to an adaptive cruise control sensor subassembly. Integral to this alignment tool is a low energy visible light laser that can be adjusted to point along the signal axis of the ACC sensor subassembly with ... 09/29/05 - 20050216167 - Vehicle control device First, it is determined that a measurable distance of a laser radar device is a first threshold value being an extremely short measurable distance or below, because of dirt on a sensor or bad weather. A vehicle control using measured data of the device is thereby prohibited. Second, it is ... 09/22/05 - 20050209764 - System for recognizing left-hand or right-hand driving conditions System for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle in its own lane, with an electronic control unit, which is connected to a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the desired speed of the motor vehicle, a ... 09/01/05 - 20050192734 - Vehicle and nonlinear control method for vehicle A method for controlling a vehicle using a nonlinear error-based control is provided. Various vehicle speed requests are arbitrated and a transfer function including an integrator is applied to the winner of the arbitration. The integrator is applied regardless of the winner of the arbitration, and it is the only ... 08/11/05 - 20050177297 - Electronic speed control system for farm machines The apparatus is an electronic speed control for farm machines. A microprocessor is fed data on the tractor engine speed, the tractor ground speed, and the manual speed lever setting, and electronically matches the desired ground speed to the engine speed to prevent stalling the engine. Ground speed is controlled ... 08/04/05 - 20050171674 - Cruise control warning system A method for providing a cruise control warning system including monitoring a cruise control system to determine if the cruise control system is activated or deactivated for a vehicle. The method also includes receiving vehicle operation data for the vehicle. A likelihood that a slippery road condition exists for the ... 07/28/05 - 20050165533 - Vehicle cruise control system A cruise control system is configured to cancel/prohibit cruise control depending on the operating state of the wipers. When the wipers are in a continuous operation mode and low speed following cruise control is in progress, execution of the low speed following cruise control is continued. When the wipers are ... 07/21/05 - 20050159875 - Technique for detecting truck trailer for stop and go adaptive cruise control A technique for providing better detection of close range truck trailers for a motor vehicle with Stop and Go Adaptive Cruise Control determines if a range parameter to a target requires modification if such target is a truck trailer, for example. Truck trailer geometry is such that a standard adaptive ... 07/07/05 - 20050149246 - Speed control system for a vehicle A speed control system is for a vehicle having an engine including a carburetor with a throttle plate moveable between a minimum open position and a maximum open position. The speed control system includes a ground speed limiter mechanism operatively coupled with the throttle plate and configured to displace the ... 06/30/05 - 20050143894 - Method for selecting the operating state of a speed control system for motor vehicles A method for selecting the operating state of a cruise control system for motor vehicles having a distance sensor and automatic blindness detection, in which at least one additional condition is checked for automatic shutdown of the cruise control when blindness of the distance sensor is detected, and a shutdown ... 06/16/05 - 20050131614 - Vehicle driving system and method When a drive control operation is set, a vehicle driving system sets a travel speed of a vehicle as a target travel speed, stores it as a set travel speed and starts drive control of the vehicle. When the drive control operation is resumed, the vehicle driving system compares the ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |