Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126997 | Crash warning system for motor vehicles A system adapted to provide a warning to a motorist that a nearby vehicle has been in an accident. Embodiments include a crash detector operable to detect a crash of a vehicle, a transmitter to transmit a warning signal (typically, radio frequency) from the crashed vehi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTEGRATING LANE POSITION MONITORING WITH LOCATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS A system and method for an integrated lane positioning monitor with locational information systems is provided. The system and method gather and process information and data to assist an automobile operator in selecting and changing driving lanes. Further, the system an... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081234 | Lane Departure Haptic Warning with Compensation for Road-Caused Vibration A method of alerting the driver of a vehicle to a lane departure condition. The method includes operating a lane detection system to detect that the vehicle is experiencing a lane departure condition, operating a sensor to detect background vibration experienced by the ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068860 | Traffic Control Database And Distribution System A database for storing intersection data efficiently is disclosed. The database stores two or more points for each approach to the intersection along with the intersection control type. A third point can be used to help define the geometry of each approach. The database... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120068861 | METHOD AND ONBOARD-UNIT FOR RADIO COMMUNICATION IN A ROAD TOLL SYSTEM A method and onboard unit for radio communication between a radio beacon and an onboard unit with a transceiver as part of a road toll system, wherein the radio beacon has a limited radio coverage area and the onboard unit has two operating modes, i.e. a first energy-co... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050068 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM An interior mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly and a display element disposed within a mirror housing and behind the mirror reflective element. Information displayed by the display element, when backlit by a plurality of white ligh... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044090 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH DIGITAL PROJECTORS A motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a digital projector for projecting a graphic or type facial information and a monitoring circuit, to which the projector is connected, in order to project as the graphic or type facial information an information determined... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120013484 | Sign System for Roads A sign system for roads includes a back sign. The back sign has a mount affixed to the ground that is adjacent to a road. A back sign device is affixed to the mount. The mount has a front face that is visible to oncoming traffic. The back sign device is located on a rea... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120001770 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING TRAFFIC INFORMATION WITH TURNING INFORMATION AT INTERSECTIONS A technology is provided that improves reliability of traffic information guidance by reflecting traffic information for each turning direction. A system of providing traffic information with intersection turning information includes a vehicle information collection uni... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001771 | COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DRIVER ASSIST INFORMATION A computer based system for providing a driver assist information for a vehicle driver comprises a capturing device that captures an image, a recognition device that recognizes an object or a situation in the captured image, and a categorizing device that assigns a cate... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110309951 | VEHICLE TRAFFIC FLOW DATA ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for vehicle traffic flow data acquisition and reporting for onboard vehicle navigation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for vehicle traffic flow data acquisition and r... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110298638 | DISTRIBUTED MAINTENANCE DECISION AND SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD The present disclosure is directed to a computer that receives weather information from a weather service provider (“WSP”) server and automatic vehicle locating system (“AVL”) collected information from an AVL server, accesses a material performance specificatio... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110298637 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION CLIENT DEVICE The invention provides an electronic device configured to operate as a traffic information client. The traffic information client device comprises an interface adapted to receive traffic information messages, where a traffic information message comprises a location code... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110298636 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM An information distribution system comprises a roadside apparatus, a center apparatus, and a vehicle-mounted device. The center apparatus transmits to a predetermined area through the roadside apparatus first distribution information including a predetermined division n... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110291859 | DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM WITH A DEVICE FOR DETECTING TRAFFIC SIGNS A driver assist system includes, but is not limited to a device for detecting traffic signs and/or for receiving and for processing information of a traffic sign on a road shoulder and/or geographical data, particularly with respect to downhill routes, and/or further ro... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110291860 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD An in-vehicle display apparatus includes a communication device and an in-vehicle device. The communication device acquires posted information and geographical location data indicating the destination of the posted information. Then, the communication device generates m... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285547 | External Conditions Audio Playback System and Method A method and system that controls the playing of different audio or video files by an electric device in a motor vehicle that includes a plurality of different audio or video files and an audio file player software program. The electronic device is coupled to at least o... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110260886 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A driver assistance device to be disposed in a vehicle includes a traffic signal information acquiring section, an intersection distance acquiring section, a target speed calculating section, and an outputting section. The traffic signal information acquiring section ac... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254702 | DRIVE SUPPORT DEVICE Disclosed is a drive support device in which a receiver acquires time-series signal information relating to the lighting state of a signal, and a display and a speaker provide the signal information acquired by the receiver through at east one of screen display and voic... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110257880 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE A vehicle-mounted electronic device according to the present invention includes: an input portion through which a destination is specified; an incident-prone area storage portion in which incident-prone area data is stored; an alarm notification portion; and a control p... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110254701 | DRIVING ASSISTING DEVICE In a driving assisting device in which a receiver acquires the time-series traffic signal information regarding a lighting state of the traffic signal and a display and a speaker provide the lighting time information regarding a time remaining until a red signal of the ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110248867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method and apparatus for providing a traffic information service using a mobile communication terminal are provided. A method of a mobile communication terminal for a traffic information service is provided. The method includes constructing a cluster with at least one... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110227758 | Interactive Mobile Service System An interactive mobile service system for a transportation system includes a plurality of vehicle hosts deposited in a plurality of vehicles of the transportation system, and a plurality of servers for providing a plurality of services for the plurality of vehicle hosts,... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227759 | Method and System for Ascertaining a Local Information Item for a Vehicle A method and system for ascertaining at least one traffic-related local information item for a vehicle includes a reception device in a radio system to receive sent data from a radio system in at least one other vehicle in the vicinity of the one vehicle as defined by t... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110221612 | TRAFFIC SIGN NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SAME In an embodiment, a traffic sign notification system is configured to notify a driver of a moving vehicle regarding the presence of a traffic sign. The traffic sign notification system may include a traffic sign including a traffic sign body attached to a pole, and a tr... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110221613 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS An abnormality detection apparatus has: an abnormality detection portion that detects at least one of an abnormality of a vehicle and an abnormality of an in-vehicle device based on an output of the in-vehicle device that indicates a state of a vehicle; an environmental... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110210867 | System And Method For Improved Vehicle Safety Through Enhanced Situation Awareness Of A Driver Of A Vehicle The present invention provides a situation awareness system of a driver of a vehicle in a multi-vehicle environment, said system comprising: a. a remote central server communicatively connected to a vehicle, comprising: i. a server computer comprising a CPU, a memory, a... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110208399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A DRIVING STRATEGY A method for determining a driving strategy for a driver of a motor vehicle includes receiving local information about a plurality of other motor vehicles using a receiving device, wherein the plurality of other motor vehicles are ahead of the motor vehicle and are rele... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110196580 | WIRELESS TRAFFIC INFORMATION INDICATING METHOD AND SYSTEM A traffic information indicating method, in which: a first vehicle or a front object synchronously transmits two wireless signals directionally. The first wireless signal is for time synchronism and the second wireless signal is for distance measurement. The first and s... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110187558 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED TRAFFIC SIGNAGE An improved traffic sign is discussed. The traffic sign includes an RFID tag configured to transmit a traffic information to a vehicle-mounted receiver. The traffic information can be associated with a priority. The receiver can be in communication with a vehicle-mounte... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181439 | Providing sponsorship information alongside traffic messages A method and system for providing sponsorship information to a user of a traffic message receiver is disclosed. Sponsorship messages are sent to the traffic message receiver and include data to be stored in the memory of the receiver. The transmission of the sponsorship... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110175751 | Navigation Device and Method for Providing Warnings for a Speed Trap At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a navigation device for providing warnings when a detection point of a speed trap is approached, including a processor unit arranged to communicate with memory unit and to receive positional information from a position... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110175752 | Methods and Apparatuses for Informing an Occupant of a Vehicle of Surroundings of the Vehicle Methods and apparatuses for informing an occupant of a vehicle of surroundings of the vehicle are provided. A recording unit of the vehicle generates at least two images, which contain different road sections of a road plane in the surroundings of the vehicle. The at le... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110169660 | GPS-Generated Traffic Information Disclosed herein is a traveler information monitoring and dissemination system. The system disclosed herein provides real time information to a traveler, wherein the real time information may be pre-selected by the traveler. The system ensures consistent and quality dat... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110156924 | ESTIMATION OF TRAVEL TIMES USING BLUETOOTH Methods for estimating travel time using at least two remote systems to record the times amps associated with obtaining identifying information of a wireless Bluetooth enabled, or other WPAN technology, electronic device in a vehicle. A remote system in one embodiment i... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110156925 | VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION INSIDE TUNNEL USING VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION A visible light communication apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The visible light communication apparatus for the vehicle includes a vehicle optical receiver for receiving a visible light signal including a tunnel light node ID, a front passing vehicle node ID, and t... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110148659 | ROAD TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, ROAD TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, ROAD TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM An utterance type road traffic information providing device (system) provided with a roadside apparatus (100) set on a road where a vehicle travels, at a parking lot or a place adjacent to the parking lot for transmitting alarm information by wireless communicati... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110140917 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM WITH INDICATOR MODULE An exterior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an exterior rearview mirror assembly and a unitary indicator module disposed at the exterior rearview mirror assembly. The unitary indicator module includes a plurality of illumination sources disposed behind an ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110133952 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Detecting a Traffic Infraction Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for identifying a driver within a vehicle using short range wireless communication in order to ticket or alert the driver in response to a traffic infraction by the driver. In exemplary embodiments, a short range wireless comm... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110133954 | Vehicle approach warning system, portable warning terminal and in-vehicle communication apparatus A vehicle approach warning system is disclosed. The vehicle approach warning system includes: an in-vehicle communication apparatus to be mounted to a vehicle, the in-vehicle communication apparatus being configured to wirelessly transmit vehicle travel data to surround... | 06/09/2011 |
