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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8149142 | Adaptive range vehicle locating unit, vehicle tracking unit and vehicle recovery system including same An adaptive range vehicle recovery system including an adaptive range vehicle locating unit including a narrowband baseband generator for generating a narrowband signal, a wideband baseband generator for generating a wideband signal, a timing control circuit respons... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7772996 | Alert and warning system and method The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to t... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7688226 | Vehicle location device and method An electronic device configured to be carried on a user's person is provided for directing the user to a parked vehicle. The electronic device utilizes node location data provided by at least one local wireless node and vehicle location information provided by the v... | 03/30/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7418339 | Method for initiating navigation guidance in a distributed communications system A method is provided for improved navigation guidance in a portable navigation device (104) having a first navigation operating mode (302) for requesting (318, 324) and receiving (326, 334) routelet data and navigation route data and oper... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7394404 | System and method for controlling public transportation A public transportation control system controls a suitable distance between public buses traveling on a road with traveling data of the buses through collection of the traveling data of the buses and transmission of transportation information of a target bus based o... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383051 | Estimating the location of a mobile unit based on the elimination of improbable locations A method for determining the location of a mobile unit (mobile unit) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment provides a computationally-efficient technique for reducing the number of possible positions that have to be analyzed. I... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366608 | 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 pro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7348881 | Reflective law enforcement vehicle decoy A reflective law enforcement vehicle decoy comprises an image of a law enforcement vehicles reflective areas (FIG. 2), such as pursuit lights (12ab), headlights (14ab), decals (18,) numbering area (24), spot light ( | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336171 | Vehicular electronic key system A vehicular electronic key system includes an on-board device that mutually communicates with a portable device, and operates control equipment installed on a vehicle when specific information from the portable device is authenticated. The on-board device includes a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7309965 | Universal lighting network methods and systems The present invention relates to smart lighting devices bearing processors, and networks comprising smart lighting devices, capable of providing illumination, and detecting stimuli with sensors and/or sending signals. Sensors and emitters can, in some embodiments, b... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7292935 | Apparatus and method for guiding location of the other party in navigation system There is provided an apparatus and method capable of providing location information of the other party's moving object in a form of map information. The method for guiding the location of the other party's moving object in the navigation system includes the steps of... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292159 | Method and system for providing tracking services to locate an asset The present invention is directed to a method of asset location. Location data is received from a cellular transmitter associated with a selected asset, which location data includes data representative of a cellular receiver with which direct communication with the ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273172 | Methods and systems for automating inventory and dispatch procedures at a staging area Methods and systems are provided to automate inventory and dispatch procedures at a staging area by automatically detecting the arrival or departure of delivery vehicles, container devices and other such items. Detection of these items is facilitated by the use of a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272471 | Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for computer tactical operation Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for computer tactical operation are provided. First computer program code to facilitate a communication with a remote station. Second computer program code to identify from the communication a position of the remote stat... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272493 | 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 pro... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7256711 | Method and system for saving and retrieving spatial related information The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-rela... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253731 | Apparatus and method for providing shipment information An apparatus, including a shipment conveyance device, associated with a shipment, which is a shipping a container, pallet, or tote, a memory device, located at the shipment conveyance device, in which information regarding the shipment is stored, a global positionin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254481 | Action support method and apparatus An action support apparatus displays a destination specification screen for specifying a destination, and receives from the user a specification of a general destination. If a general destination is specified, then the apparatus determines a detailed destination, re... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251473 | System and method for controlling access to mobile devices A system and method for controlling access to, and especially protecting against unauthorized attempts to provide input to, e.g., program, or elicit output from, a vehicular or other mobile device (14), such as an electronic control unit (ECU), wherein a dete... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7242322 | Security tracker A covert activity monitoring apparatus and conditional response system having a response apparatus comprising a sensor interface and a wireless interface and one or more sensors having a predetermined conditional interrupt that can result in the response apparatus l... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7202801 | Method and apparatus for an automated location-based, dynamic notification system (ALDNS) An automated, location-based, dynamic notification system comprises a mobile unit hardware device and a control center computer facility with communication capabilities. The mobile unit comprises a position module, a location processor, an action processor, a data m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198227 | Aircraft cargo locating system An aircraft cargo locating system determines the location and weight of aircraft cargo placed in unit loading devices. A wireless tag, such as an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag is affixed to each of the loading devices. The system receives information fro... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185369 | Motor vehicle navigation system having a protected storage medium The invention specifies a navigation or multimedia system in which a check is carried out to determine whether a user of files, such as roadmap data, is authorized to use these files. To this end, the navigation system has means for checking authorized use of files ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177651 | System and method for the exchange of location information in a telephone network A wireless communications system is presented where a mobile station is able to automatically determine its proximity to a second mobile station or landline telephone. Once the proximity determination command has been given, no further actions are required by the us... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171291 | Technique for selecting a service provider to service a vehicle In a multimedia information and control system for use in an automobile, at least one interface is employed which enables a user to access information concerning the automobile and control vehicle functions in an efficient manner. The user may select one of a plural... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163324 | Led light stick assembly A light emitting diode (LED) warning signal light, the warning signal light comprising a plurality of light sources constructed and arranged with a reflector or cullminator, the LED light source being in electrical communication with a controller and a power supply,... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162364 | Motor Vehicle Navigation System A motor vehicle navigation system comprises a position sensor that senses the geographical position of the navigation system and provides a first navigation system position signal indicative thereof. The navigation system system also includes a navigation computing ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153013 | LED warning signal light and moveable row of LED's A light emitting diode (LED) warning signal light, the warning signal light comprising a plurality of light sources constructed and arranged with a reflector or cullminator, the LED light source being in electrical communication with a controller and a power supply,... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155321 | System, method and computer program product for remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuring and reprogramming A remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuration and reprogramming tool is provided. The system includes a fleet of vehicles equipped with wireless mobile communications means that enable fleet managers to remotely diagnose, monitor and reprogram vehicles in ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138914 | Method and system for providing tracking services to locate an asset The present invention is directed to a method of asset location. Location data is received from a cellular transmitter associated with a selected asset, which location data includes data representative of a cellular receiver with which direct communication with the ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139662 | Device and method for determining the position of a working part A device and method for determining the position for a working part of a machine with a position-determining apparatus is disclosed. A detector is placed at a defined place on the machine to determine the position in a fixed coordinate system. A positional relations... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7120452 | Radio apparatus capable of detecting its position and position search method When receiving an incoming call, a portable telephone that receives a search request judges whether or not this incoming call is the search request sent from a second portable telephone, which is a source of the search request. When the portable telephone judges tha... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119696 | System for ensuring driver competency A method and apparatus for detecting conditions that indicate unauthorized usage of a vehicle and for responding to the conditions that indicate the vehicle is being used in an unauthorized or unintended way. A vehicle computer is used to monitor conditions of a dri... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113110 | Stop list generation systems and methods based upon tracked PCD's and responses from notified PCD's Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: monitoring travel data associated with a first personal communications device (PCD); initiating a notification comm... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7102493 | Asset monitoring and tracking system An apparatus and method for monitoring and reporting the status of a mobile asset are described, where the mobile asset may be moved by a transport vehicle from a starting location to a destination location. The method includes providing destination information to a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092803 | Remote monitoring, configuring, programming and diagnostic system and method for vehicles and vehicle components A system and method for monitoring, configuring, programming and/or diagnosing operation of at least one vehicle includes an on-board unit disposed on the vehicle to send and receive data corresponding to at least one vehicle operating characteristic, a plurality of... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091880 | Licensed driver detection for high occupancy toll lane qualification A method for collecting tolls on a high occupancy toll lane includes detecting a number of driver's licenses inserted into a card reader located in a vehicle and transmitting the number of driver's licenses to a roadside transceiver for a determination of a toll amo... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089107 | System and method for an advance notification system for monitoring and reporting proximity of a vehicle Generally, the present invention monitors and communicates travel data transmitted from vehicles being monitored by the system to users requesting travel information on a particular vehicle. A travel data storage unit receives and stores the travel data. When a user... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7071842 | System and method for locating and notifying a user of a person, place or thing having attributes matching the user's stated preferences A location-based and preference-based system and method for matching the profiles of the attributes and/or characteristics of persons, places and/or things with the expressed preferences of mobile users such as travelers, to alert and direct such users to any places... | 07/04/2006 |
