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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130561 | Assistant Driving System with Video Radar An assistant driving system with video radar installed on a vehicle is disclosed. The assistant driving system includes a camera array capturing environment images for the environment around the vehicle, an image recognition unit identifying environment objects and thei... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130567 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATIONS BASED RAIL VEHICLE CONTROL Systems and methods for controlling a rail vehicle are provided. In one embodiment, a rail vehicle system includes a first version of a travel database including travel information, a communication link to receive a second version of the travel database, and a controlle... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130605 | DEVICE FOR PREVENTING A MOTOR VEHICLE FROM BEING SET IN MOTION A device for preventing a motor vehicle from being set in motion. The motor vehicle has a drive motor that can be connected to drive wheels in a driving connection by a drive train.... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120109460 | VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME A vehicle dynamic control apparatus is designed to control a plurality of controlled objects according to a request value of a first parameter from an application associated with motion of a vehicle in a same direction to fulfill the request value of the first parameter... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109412 | VEHICLE MOVEMENT CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD A vehicle movement control apparatus for setting control requirement values for a plurality of control objects controlling movement of a vehicle, if control target values for movement of the vehicle are input, the apparatus includes: a first requirement value setting un... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109411 | VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL SYSTEM USING THE SAME A vehicle dynamic control apparatus is designed to control a plurality of controlled objects based on a first parameter associated with a motion of a vehicle in a same direction to fulfill a request value of a second parameter associated with the motion of the vehicle i... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109413 | ELECTRIC DRIVING RANGE CALCULATOR A method of and device for determining driving range for a vehicle operating with a rechargeable energy storage supply. The method includes performing a calculation based on a limited number of input parameters, including a driving distance, average speed, location and ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109415 | LATERAL MOTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE A lateral motion control apparatus for a vehicle includes a control stop determination unit that determines whether or not to stop the control for the control target by the control target control unit based on a steering operation amount inputted by a driver of the vehi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109409 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER, VEHICLE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND CHARGING CABLE It is an object to provide a system for assisting a vehicle on the edge of battery exhaustion. An information providing device includes: an information acquiring part for acquiring the current location of a vehicle and the amount of power stored in a power storage unit ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109464 | MOMENTUM CONTROL APPARATUS The momentum control apparatus includes: an optimal feedback gain obtaining part for obtaining a plurality of optimal feedback gains used when each of the plurality of actuators is independently actuated to feedback control the momentum of the controlled object; and a f... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109406 | UNIFIED VEHICLE NETWORK FRAME PROTOCOL A vehicle communication network includes a network fabric, a plurality of vehicle control modules, memory, one or more multimedia processing modules, and a network manager. The network manager is operable to coordinate communication of packets, via the network fabric, a... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109418 | DRIVER PROFILING The present invention discloses a driver profiling system comprising: at least one sensor adapted to measure vehicle parameters; computing means in communication with said sensors, provided with storage means adapted to store said vehicle parameters, and provided with m... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109407 | POWER MANAGEMENT WITHIN A VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK Power management within a vehicle is achieved by maintaining individual and/or power island power saving options for each of a plurality of devices coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle. Upon determining that power savings should be enabled for a d... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109417 | Methods, systems, and apparatuses for using a vehicle identification profile to determine whether a vehicle has been stolen Provided are methods, systems, and apparatuses for determining driver behavior based on vehicle operating parameters, adjusting insurance premiums accordingly, and preventing fraudulent manipulation of the methods, systems, and apparatuses.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109416 | LATERAL MOTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE The lateral motion control apparatus calculates lateral motion control amounts for a plurality of control targets that operate cooperatively in order to change the lateral motion amount of the vehicle based on a target value for the lateral motion amount of the vehicle,... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109408 | ELECTRICAL VEHICLE RANGE PREDICTION A method for predicting the remaining travel distance of an electric vehicle. The method includes determining a useable battery energy value based on battery state-of-charge and battery capacity and a power value needed to heat or cool a vehicle cabin. The method determ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109410 | VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL APPARATUS A vehicle motion control apparatus configured to control a plurality of control objects in a same direction of vehicle motion control to achieve a requested control amount is provided. The vehicle motion control apparatus includes a control object selection unit which i... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109414 | VEHICLE DYNAMIC CONTROL PLATFORM BETWEEN APPLICATION AND CONTROLLED OBJECT In a vehicle dynamic control platform arranged between a controlled object and an application, an availability obtainer obtains an availability corresponding to a controllable range of a second parameter of the controlled object, and outputs the availability of the seco... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RISK PREDICTION FOR A SUPPORT ACTUATION SYSTEM The present invention relates to a method and system for risk prediction for a support actuation system. The present invention includes a support actuation system for an automobile having a support actuation module and/or a risk prediction system. The risk prediction sy... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083947 | INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR VEHICLE OPERATOR ASSISTANCE BASED ON A TRAJECTORY AND THREAT ASSESSMENT Various types and levels of operator assistance are performed within a unified, configurable framework. A model of the device with a model of the environment and the current state of the device and the environment are used to iteratively generate a sequence of optimal d... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083984 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR DETERMINING OF VELOCITY REFERENCE VALUES FOR A VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM A method for determination of speed set-point values vref for a vehicle's control systems, includes determining a horizon from position data and map data of an itinerary made up of route segments with length and gradient characteristics for each segment; calc... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083943 | METHOD AND MODULE FOR DETERMINING OF REFERENCE VALUES FOR A VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM A method for determining set-point values for a vehicle's control systems having the steps of: determining a horizon by means of position data and map data of an itinerary made up of route segments with at least one characteristic for each segment; calculating threshold... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072049 | COMPUTER-SUPPORTED MONITORING OF AN ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION A method and arrangement are configured for determination of the energy consumption of a transportation device per section of the route, in urban traffic, for example. In an embodiment, current energy consumption data is compared to reference data from a fleet of transp... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072050 | Vehicle Control Device and Vehicle Control Method A control device and method in which, even when a road deviation operation is performed continuously near a road boundary where sidewalk/road separating blocks are discontinuously lined up, discontinuity does not occur in the control input, and unwanted vehicle behavior... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072097 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD Risk and/or control status are presented in such a way that the vehicle driver can easily comprehend the fact. Upon detecting risk during driving a vehicle, the vehicle is controlled and information of at least one of the risk and the status of the vehicle being control... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072047 | ENHANCED ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY Remote sensor units for a vehicle are described. An apparatus may comprise a satellite housing having an electrical connector interface portion, and an electrical connector disposed within the electrical connector interface portion of the satellite housing. The electric... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072055 | Program Functions That Can Be Activated and Deactivated The invention relates to an electronic control device for a vehicle, further to a system for activating program functions thereof, and to a corresponding method for the same. The invention allows subsequent activation, optionally at a cost, of program functions, particu... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072090 | CALIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS A base determination module determines a base value based on a base value input. A compensation determination module determines a base compensation value based on a base value input. A compensation coefficient determination module determines a compensation coefficient b... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072071 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND VEHICULAR TIRE PRESSURE DEVICE THEREOF A tire pressure monitoring system and vehicular tire pressure device thereof are disclosed. The device integrates a central monitor and signal match device of a conventional tire pressure monitoring system. The vehicular device is also combined with a power-getting inte... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072048 | JUMPER CONNECTOR A method and apparatus for jumping a pin connections in an electrical device are provided. The electrical device can be a vehicle having a data link connector that once mated with the apparatus, such a jumping connector that will jump at least two pin connections in the... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072266 | Railcar Transport Telematics System A railcar asset management system proactively issues an alert or task when a pre-determined event occurs. The system may receive information regarding the location and status of a railcar from sensors on the railcar that may include a telematics sensing unit. A database... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053754 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL MODULE The present invention includes a system for controlling a motor vehicle. A combination of hardware and software that is modular, redundant and upgradeable communicates with a plurality of vehicle components. The hardware and software combination also communicates with r... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053755 | TRAVELING ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD A traveling environment recognition device capable of accurately recognizing a traveling environment of a vehicle. An occupancy grid map that stores an occupancy probability of each obstacle to traveling of the own vehicle for each cell of the occupancy grid map is gene... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053803 | In-Vehicle Control Device The in-vehicle control device includes first and second control units that perform first and second controls, respectively; first and second sensors for measuring the same physical quantity, and a transmission channel for communicating information between the first cont... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054086 | CARBON DIOXIDE MONITORING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES, CARBON DIOXIDE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND CARBON DIOXIDE MANAGEMENT METHOD USING SAME The present invention relates to a carbon dioxide monitoring apparatus for vehicles, and to a carbon dioxide management system and carbon dioxide management method using same. It is an aim of the present invention to provide a carbon dioxide monitoring apparatus for veh... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053756 | LASER DIODE BASED SELF-MIXING SENSOR FOR A VEHICLE ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAM The invention is related to laser diode based self-mixing laser sensors for simplified vehicle stability control. Vehicle's side slip angle, front and rear tire slip angles, yaw rate and lateral acceleration rate are derived explicitly from self-mixing laser sensors. Th... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046805 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER According to one embodiment, there is provided a vehicle controller including: a sudden change judgment section that judges whether a change rate of a detected yaw rate is equal to or more than a predetermined value; a normative yaw rate calculator that calculates a nor... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046806 | SPECIFICATION INFORMATION ESTIMATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE Disclosed is a specification information estimating device which estimates the steering gear ratio n of a vehicle. A specification information estimating device includes a steering angle sensor 26 and a yaw rate sensor 51 which acquire the wheel steering a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046804 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A DATA SET Systems, methods, and stored coded instruction sets for reducing the amount of data captured, i.e., retained, by a computerized system, such as an aircraft flight control or monitoring system. Such systems can, for example, be used in monitoring and/or controlling the o... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046802 | Apparatus for supporting drive of mobile object based on target locus thereof In an apparatus for supporting drive of a mobile object, a curl component calculator projects relative motion of a environmental field in a coordinate system formed by modeling a retina sphere of a driver of the mobile object. The curl component calculator calculates ea... | 02/23/2012 |
