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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6975218 | Lane based automatic turn signal deactivation An automatic turn signal deactivation system monitors and deactivates a turn signal indicator for a vehicle. A lane departure warning device compares a vehicle position with an originating roadway lane and provides a monitoring signal to a communication bus. A turn ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975929 | Data recording apparatus, data recording method, program for data recording and information recording medium The navigation apparatus is provided with: an operating unit which is used for entering type of use of movement of an automobile; a position-recognition unit which calculates at least a distance traveled by the automobile under the entered type of use; and a control... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972796 | Image pickup system and vehicle-mounted-type sensor system A control device determines whether an image generated by merging several concurrently picked-up images has consistent image quality on a display device. If determined No, image quality parameters set in each image pickup device are so controlled as to make the imag... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971775 | Light module for interior rearview mirror assembly A light module for an interior rearview mirror assembly is positionable at least partially within the mirror casing. The light module includes an illumination source, a housing generally surrounding the illumination source, and a cover generally encasing the illumin... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6972773 | Display control apparatus and display control method The invention provides a display control apparatus and a display control method wherein, where digital gradation display is performed, occurrences of a moving picture pseudo contour can be reduced simply. A signal production circuit produces a signal for driving a d... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6973219 | Segmentation driven image noise reduction filter A technique for reducing noise in pixel images includes shrinking a first image and a second, related, image, and processing the first shrunken image with a novel segmentation-based filtering technique which utilizes image data from the second shrunken image to help... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6972787 | System and method for tracking an object with multiple cameras An object is tracked with a plurality of cameras, at least one of which is sensitive to both visible and invisible light. An invisible light illuminator attached to the object reflects a target of invisible light. At least one camera processes the invisible light. A... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970073 | Vehicular rearview mirror system with microcontroller A vehicular rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror system having an electrochromic reflective element, a digital electrochromic drive circuit supplying a drive signal to the reflective element and a garage door opener. The garage door opener inc... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970188 | Image pickup apparatus, navigation apparatus and IC card A navigation apparatus including: recording means for recording information about a route to a destination to a removable storage medium, and associated means for automatically relating the route information to image data and updating information about relations as ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970184 | Image display method and apparatus for rearview system An image display method for a rearview camera for displaying an image shot by a rearview camera mounted on a vehicle on a screen that can be viewed from a driver's seat, the method includes the step of displaying an auxiliary line image indicating the straight rear ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968081 | System, method, and apparatus for orienting images The present invention is directed to a system, method, and apparatus for orienting images. A neural net is trained with images of known orientation and an indicator indicating such known orientation. Images of unknown orientation are then input to the neural net and... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967569 | Active night vision with adaptive imaging A vision system for a vehicle includes a light source generating an illumination beam, a receiver having a pixel array for capturing an image in response to at least a reflected portion of the illumination beam, the image corresponding to a first horizontal field of... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6966754 | System and method for monitoring a wind turbine In one aspect, the present invention relates to a system for monitoring wind turbines, wherein image and acoustic monitoring, in particular, is performed. In order to further improve, for example, the maintenance, safety and efficiency of a wind turbine, it is desir... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963670 | CT dose reduction filter with a computationally efficient implementation A technique for reducing noise in pixel images includes modifying initial image data to prevent subsequent image data loss, shrinking the modified image, processing the shrunken image with known segmentation-based filtering techniques which identify and differential... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6962313 | Camera support assembly and actuator A camera support and actuator including a Z-shape rod, a camera, an actuator and a skid plate. The Z-shape rod includes a handle section at a top, a camera support section at a bottom and a middle section between the handle and camera support sections. The handle an... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6963438 | Rearview mirror constructed for efficient assembly A mirror assembly includes a housing, an angularly adjustable power pack, wires for supplying power and mirror angle control, an electrochromic mirror subassembly including a heater, and a turn signal device. The components include individual connectors that plug in... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959994 | Camera built-in type rearview mirror device To provide a camera built-in type rearview mirror device with illumination, wherein rigidity of the mirror housing can be raised, the camera main body part can photo a clear picture by extensive photographing feasible viewing angle through a transparent cover, and b... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6961443 | Occupant sensor An occupant sensor incorporates a 3-D imaging system that acquires a 3-D image of an object. The image is segmented to remove unwanted portions and to identify a region-of-interest, and the content thereof is classified responsive to a plurality of 3-D features. In ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6958844 | Power supply for electrochromic mirrors in high voltage automotive power systems A rearview mirror assembly is disclosed including a housing adapted to be mounted to the vehicle, a mirror disposed in the housing, at least one electrically powered device disposed in the housing, and a power supply for receiving power from a vehicle power source h... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958770 | Driving assistance apparatus A driving assistance apparatus includes: cameras; a plurality of virtual observing point converting unit; an image synthesizing unit for synthesizing image information supplied from this virtual observing point converting unit; an obstacle sensing unit such as an ul... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958683 | Multipurpose vision sensor system A multipurpose sensing system (10) for a vehicle (12) includes an optic (14) that is directed at multiple viewing areas (18). A vision sensor (16) is coupled to the optic (14) and generates multiple object detection signals ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956469 | Method and apparatus for pedestrian detection A vehicle vision system that identifies pedestrians located proximate a vehicle. The system comprises a sensor array that produces imagery that is processed to generate disparity images. A depth map can be produced from the disparity images. Either the depth map or ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954047 | Transmission detector for a window body, in particular the windshield of a motor vehicle, and a cleaning device for a viewing area of a window body A transmission detector for a window body, in particular the windshield of a motor vehicle, has an optical sensor device which includes an imaging system and a position-sensitive optical detector. In addition, the transmission detector has an analyzing system for th... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6954152 | Side view mirror and camera assembly A side view mirror and camera assembly for providing a mirror combined with a camera directed towards the blind spot of the mirror to allow a driver of a vehicle to view objects near the vehicle that are not viewable using the side view mirror alone. The side view m... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6954138 | Image processing system for identifying car stealer An image processing system for identifying car stealer to be set in a car involving a high risk to be stolen, comprising a device to take the full-faced image of the criminal without his/her knowledge. A dashboard panel (2) in front of the driver's sea... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952630 | Method and apparatus for facilitating ease of viewing and interpretation of data concurrently presented to the flight crew on a multifunction flat panel display in an aircraft A flat panel display for presenting graphical renderings of aircraft flight, operation and system status data to an aircraft pilot renders the data at various predetermined brightness levels depending on the category of data assigned to that data. Primary data appea... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6952488 | System and method for object localization A computer-assisted method for localizing a rack, including sensing an image of the rack, detecting line segments in the sensed image, recognizing a candidate arrangement of line segments in the sensed image indicative of a predetermined feature of the rack, generat... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950122 | Integrated video data capture system A system integrated onboard a vehicular platform is provided for capturing video and/or audio data. The system (5) includes a plurality of video acquisition units (10) situated on the vehicular platform, at least one audio acquisition unit (20) ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950013 | Incident recording secure database A device and method for permanently and securely storing incident information, relating to a vehicle, from remote download to create a secure non-tamperable, permanent database of criminal activity and/or accident evidence for evidentiary purposes. The information m... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950120 | Camera layout for acquiring images used in panoramic synthesis An image recording apparatus for recording images sensed by at least two cameras attached to a vehicle, has a first camera which is arranged to have an image sensing direction agreeing with a first direction of a vehicle, a second camera which is arranged at a posit... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947071 | Vehicle compartment monitor The present invention includes devices, systems, and methods for providing a vehicle compartment monitoring system. The embodiments of the invention generally include a display, a camera, and a mechanism for relaying data signals from the camera to the display. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946978 | Imaging system for vehicle An imaging system suitable for use with a vehicle based global positioning system includes an imaging sensor and a control. The imaging sensor is positioned at the vehicle and may face generally forwardly with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicle. The c... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947662 | Picture mapping system A picture mapping system comprises a vehicle adapted to travel on an agricultural field; a camera mounted on the vehicle for continuously taking pictures of various portions of the agriculture field; a computer mounted on the vehicle for receiving and processing pic... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947818 | Onboard monitoring device to ensure safe disembarkation of a transportation means An onboard monitoring device includes at least one image receiving device for receiving images coming from a rear of the vehicle, an image processing unit operateably connected to the at least one image receiving device to receive signals from the at least one image... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944527 | Decision enhancement system for a vehicle safety restraint application The disclosure describes systems and methods that pertain to interactions between a vehicle and an occupant within the vehicle. More specifically, various systems and methods for enhancing the decisions of automated vehicle applications (collectively “decision enh... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943704 | Method for collecting altitude-related data along roads A method is disclosed for obtaining altitude-related data along roads. A vehicle includes equipment capable of determining the current absolute positions of the vehicle as it is being driven. The vehicle also includes equipment capable of determining a distance trav... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943824 | Image processing spout control system A spout control system controls and aims a spout and a spout cap of a crop harvesting vehicle with respect to a separate crop hauling vehicle moving with the harvesting vehicle. The control system includes a video camera which is mounted on the cap and which views a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940397 | Vehicle surveillance system An apparatus for the recording of images from an interior of a vehicle upon detection of an intrusion allows for the arming of the vehicle when it is not in use. A locking of the vehicle's doors, a shutting off of the engine, or other methods are used to detect when... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941575 | Webcam-based interface for initiating two-way video communication and providing access to cached video A plurality of live video streams are generated by video cameras associated with terminals in a network. In one embodiment, the live video streams are received and cached by a first terminal. In addition, the live video streams are simultaneously displayed on the fi... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937164 | Methods and apparatus for transportation vehicle security monitoring In some configurations, the present invention is an apparatus for monitoring events on board a transportation vehicle. The apparatus includes a communication system configured to stream data from the transportation vehicle to an external location at least one monito... | 08/30/2005 |
