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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184018 | Image-based vehicle safety warning system An image-based vehicle safety warning system is disclosed, which uses an image retrieval module for receiving an image signal and camera parameters related to the source of the image signal into a space definition module, which defines an image space and warning are... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179280 | Intelligent transport (IT) system using wireless communication between a roadside device and an in-vehicle device In order to realize road-road communications, a roadside device is provided with an MS function unit and a BS function unit that have a termination function of a signal. In a case of performing road-road communications, any of plural roadside devices can function as... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175799 | Location system One embodiment of the present invention provides a ground surface location system for identifying an object and its location within a coverage area. The ground surface location system includes a location transmitter and a location identifier. The location transmitte... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169338 | Inter-vehicle communication feature awareness and diagnosis system A method is provided for sharing data between a host vehicle and remote entity in an inter-vehicle communication system. Wireless messages are transmitted between the remote entity and the host vehicle. The wireless messages include data relating to sensor informati... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8149136 | Remotely configurable vehicular sign A configurable sign includes a mounting mechanism that connects the configurable sign to a vehicle, a display, a memory to store a plurality of instructions, and a processor to execute instructions in the memory. The processor executes instructions in the memory to ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149135 | Data exchange system and method between two or more vehicles to which identification information is assigned A system and method are provided for direct data exchange between two or more vehicles for transmission of data relating to events having a negative effect on driving safety, via wireless communication such as WLAN in particular. Unambiguous identification informati... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8125348 | Automobile beacon, system and associated method Devices, systems, and methods are provided for alerting a pedestrian, such as a visually impaired pedestrian, of a vehicle in the vicinity. In general, signals are transmitted from a vehicle to a device carried by a pedestrian, such as a mobile terminal. In response... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8085166 | Traffic information system A method of evaluating the driving behavior in a vehicle. The method includes determining values of a plurality of parameters of the operation of a first vehicle in a first road segment, determining values of the plurality of parameters for one or more second vehicl... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8054201 | Surroundings monitoring device for vehicle A real-image picking-up means picks up a real image of a blind area. A moving object detecting means recognizes a moving object from the real image and detects a moving state of the moving object. An imaginary-image specifying means specifies an indication manner of... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054200 | Control apparatus, method, and algorithm for turning on warning in response to strobe A right of way vehicle throws out a strobe light having pulses. The strobe light is picked up by the present control apparatus, which analyzes the pulses of the strobe light via an algorithm, and then sets off an alarm or warning device if the strobe light meets the... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8040252 | Apparatus, program and storage medium for notifying intersection information A signal sequence of a traffic signal is notified for a driver of a vehicle that is heading for an intersection by using a signal sequence notification apparatus. If the apparatus determines, based on received signal sequence information, that the information indica... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8004424 | Driving assist device for vehicle A driving assist device for a vehicle of the present invention, comprising an object detection device to detect an object to be recognized around the vehicle, an eyes-direction specification device to specify a direction of driver's eyes, and a mark indication devic... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7973674 | Vehicle-to-vehicle traffic queue information communication system and method Disclosed are embodiments of a vehicle-to-vehicle traffic queue information communication system, a traffic queue information communication device, and method. The system and method embodiments incorporate the use of multiple vehicles. Each vehicle is equipped with ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969324 | Optimization of vehicular traffic flow through a conflict zone An automatic vehicular traffic flow control technique defines a controlled area, wherein vehicles belonging to different traffic streams contend for occupancy of a conflict zone. A traversal order is computed for the vehicles in the controlled area, wherein the orde... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7952490 | Method for identifying the activation of the brake lights of preceding vehicles An image processing method for detecting the activation of brake lights of vehicles driving in front, which do not emit an additional or a changed modulated signal during the braking procedure, has been presented. For this purpose, an image sensor or an image sensor... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7936282 | Apparatus and method for controlling moving vehicles Apparatus for controlling vehicles, particularly for security purposes, law enforcement and fleet management, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a car unit (CU) permanently mounted in the vehicles, which transmits vehicle identification (ID) an... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7852233 | Driver notification system, device, and associated method Devices, systems, and methods are provided for alerting a driver that a potential hazard is in the vicinity of the driver's vehicle. In general, activation signals transmitted from a vehicle are received at a potential hazard, and hazard signals are, in response, tr... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7843360 | Lane change turn signal appropriate use reminder system A vehicle safety system to improve lane change turn signal use by creating a conditioned response in the driver of a motor vehicle such that turn signals are used more appropriately over time for changing lanes. This is achieved using existing lane departure warning... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7821421 | Traffic information system A method of evaluating the driving behavior in a vehicle. The method includes determining values of a plurality of parameters of the operation of a first vehicle in a first road segment, determining values of the plurality of parameters for one or more second vehicl... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7688221 | Driving support apparatus A driving support apparatus includes: an image sensing device that photographs side region of a vehicle and rearward region of a vehicle while altering an angle of view; a display unit that displays video images photographed by the image sensing device so as to be v... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7609172 | System and method for providing real-time traffic information A device and method for filtering traffic information. In one embodiment, the device comprises a traffic component, a computing device coupled with the traffic component, and a display coupled with the computing device. The traffic component is operable to receive t... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7609173 | Audio-visual point-of-sale presentation system and method directed toward vehicle occupant An audio-visual presentation system delivering a presentation to a vehicle passenger compartment is provided that includes a video display mounted external to a vehicle passenger compartment and viewable from within the compartment. A controller provides a video sig... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7561063 | Mobile terminals including location management systems and location management methods for mobile terminals Methods of managing a location of a mobile terminal include obtaining a position of the mobile terminal, estimating a distance from the mobile terminal to a destination point, generating an estimated time for the mobile terminal to reach the destination point, and g... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7508320 | Intelligent selectively-targeted communications systems and methods There is disclosed a system and method wherein precise geographical location information such as Global Positioning System coordinate data is utilized as a principal criterion for implementing other wireless transmitted instructions and communications advising vehic... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7471212 | Method and device for guiding a vehicle, as well as a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium A method and a system for guiding a vehicle are provided, which utilize information regarding the vehicle's position. The position of the vehicle is ascertained exactly to the correct lane, and for at least a part of the traffic lanes of specifiable traffic routes i... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7450029 | Incursion collision avoidance system for vehicle traffic control A system to identify junctions of restricted areas to approaching vehicles, including at least one warning signal generator adapted to transmit the warning signal into areas traversed by the vehicles approaching the restricted areas, a receiver in each of the vehicl... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444241 | Method for detecting or predicting vehicle cut-ins A system for determining the potential for a possible cut-in situation by a cut-in vehicle on a subject vehicle. The subject vehicle may employ various devices, such as cameras, sensors, wireless communications systems, map data bases, navigational systems, etc., fo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437985 | Weapon launched reconnaissance system The present invention is an arrow-shaped reconnaissance means, which is designed to be connected to the barrel of a weapon and launched by firing a round of ammunition from the weapon. The reconnaissance means is designed to penetrate and stick into a wall or other ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439853 | System and method for determining traffic conditions A system and method for determining a traffic condition of a vehicle includes receiving status information of a plurality of vehicles, the status information including at least a speed of the respective vehicle. An average speed is determined according to the speed ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7427928 | Information system An information system is provided for transmitting data into a local area surrounding the transmitter. The transmitter may be used to provide information to pedestrians, or to passing road traffic. Data is stored in a local memory 64 associated with the trans... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427929 | Method and apparatus for previewing conditions on a highway Apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an advisory system that transmits information regarding the status of the host vehicle to drivers of other vehicles, in particular when the status of the host vehicle presents a hazardous conditi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424309 | System in vehicles for making a telephone call A system for making a telephone call in a vehicle in which information concerning the traffic situation of a first vehicle is electronically processed and sent to a second vehicle. By apparatuses of further electronic processing, only relevant information concerning... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423553 | Image display apparatus, image display method, measurement apparatus, measurement method, information processing method, information processing apparatus, and identification method An external index detection unit (105) receives an image sensed by a camera (100), and detects an external index set in a real scene. A tachometer (110) measures the rotational velocities of two rear wheels of a vehicle. A vehicle measurement un... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414545 | Incursion collision avoidance system for vehicle traffic control A system to identify junctions of restricted areas to approaching vehicles, including at least one warning signal generator, at least one antenna coupled to the generator transmitting the warning signal into areas traversed by the vehicles approaching the restricted... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411486 | Lane-departure warning system with differentiation between an edge-of-lane marking and a structural boundary of the edge of the lane A driver assistance device for warning a driver of a motor vehicle of a risk of departure from the lane or from the lane is described, having at least one image-transmitting sensor, an evaluation device, connected to the image-transmitting sensor, for detecting edge... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411175 | Spotlight mounted motion detector An object-detection system for use with a police vehicle that is operative to provide an alarm to the police officer sitting in the vehicle of an approaching object. The system includes an object-detection device and at least one alarm generator in communication wit... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412329 | Travel safety system for vehicle In a travel safety system for a vehicle: a preceding vehicle V1 in a travel direction of a subject vehicle V is detected by a radar device; an overlap amount δ (smaller one of δ(L) and δ(R)), at which the preceding vehicle V1 overlaps a predicted co... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409274 | Apparatus, system, and method for improving engine development An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for improving engine development. Engine development is improved by equipping a vehicle with a data logger to collect engine performance data, automatically retrieving the data via a secure local wireless network, uploa... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408478 | Area of representation in an automotive night vision system A method for detecting surroundings by an automotive night vision system comprising several areas, including a detection area (3) in which surroundings related data is detected, an evaluation area within which the surroundings-related data detected by the nig... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403098 | Method and system for deploying disaster alerts in a mobile vehicle communication system One aspect of the invention provides a method of deploying disaster alerts to a mobile vehicle. The method includes determining disaster area coordinates of a disaster area and calculating buffer coordinates of a buffer region based on the disaster area coordinates.... | 07/22/2008 |
