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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7339149 | Vehicle headlight control using imaging sensor A headlamp control system for a motor vehicle includes an imaging array sensor operable to sense light in a field of view forward of the motor vehicle and a control that is responsive to the imaging array sensor. The control is operable to identify at least one obje... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340162 | Infrared camera systems and methods Systems and methods provide infrared camera techniques that may improve image quality or infrared camera performance over a range of varying conditions. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a system is disclosed that transforms dat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337160 | Use of radiation-hardened chalcogenide technology for spaceborne reconfigurable digital processing systems Chalcogenide technology is used for radiation hardening for spaceborne systems and more particularly in C-RAM form for processors, field programmable gate arrays, startup RAMs, shadow storage and single-chip systems to protect these units. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336805 | Docking assistant Many day-to-day driving situations require that an operator of a motor vehicle guide the motor vehicle along a specific course and bring the vehicle to a stop at a specific location, for example in a parking bay or at a loading platform. To assist a vehicle operator... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334924 | Illumination apparatus for an optical occupant monitoring system in a vehicle An optical occupant monitoring arrangement for a vehicle includes a mounting device attached to a fixed structure of the vehicle. A frame is pivotably attached to the mounting device. A rearview mirror is retained within the frame. An optical energy source is fixedl... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333634 | Method and apparatus for a velocity detection system using optical growth rate The present invention is a velocity detection system and method. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a series of still images of moving automobiles are taken at known intervals. An Image processor algorithm is used to determine local features of the m... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329850 | Vehicle rearview mirror system having a variable reflectance control A vehicle rearview mirror system includes an electro-optic reflective element, an ambient light sensor that is operable to sense ambient light, a glare light sensor that is operable to sense glare light and a circuit that is responsive to the ambient glare light sen... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327249 | Barrier operator system having multiple frequency receivers A barrier operator system is disclosed that is capable of receiving different wireless signals. The system includes a primary controller that is connected to a first receiver which receives a first wireless signal. And the system includes a second receiver circuit t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325934 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor having a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, and a logic and control circuit having an image processor for processing image data derived from the imaging sensor. The logic and ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328102 | Navigation intervention apparatus, intervention method and vehicle navigation system The present invention allows an existing single-sequentialized navigation main unit to be virtually multi-sequentialized with simple structure. An intervention device 3 receives from a front monitor 4 and a rear monitor 5 acquisition requests wh... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327225 | Activation control of a vehicular rear view video display The activation of a rear view video display in a vehicle is interrupted under specified operating conditions to discourage inappropriate driver reliance on the video display. The video display is automatically activated when the reverse transmission range of the veh... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327238 | Method, system, and computer program product for determining and reporting tailgating incidents A method, system, and computer program product for detecting a tailgate event between two vehicles moving in a forward motion is provided. The two vehicles include a first and second vehicle, one of the two vehicles being an offending vehicle and the other of the tw... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325935 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements. The system includes a logic and control circuit comprising an image processor for processing image data derived from the imagin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328051 | Global video audio system An audio and video monitoring system that is incorporated into a vehicle to monitor ongoing activities on a continual basis. The monitoring system is analogous to the two “black boxes” that are incorporated into all aircraft, in which one of the black boxes reco... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322755 | Camera arrangement for a motor vehicle A camera arrangement for a motor vehicle includes a camera aimed onto a glass pane of a vehicle. The camera arrangement further includes a light-transmitting body having a solid and optically transparent material. The light-transmitting body is arranged between the ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324894 | Attitude detection method and apparatus for initial motion control An apparatus and method for measuring a directional attitude of a driven load in respect to a level plane is employed to adjust initial driving power requirements in order to overcome the effects of such attitude. The apparatus employs a sensor for measuring the att... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319235 | Resistive semiconductor element based on a solid-state ion conductor A nonvolatile, resistively switching memory cell has a layer of a porous dielectric between a first electrode. The dielectric is not a chalcogenide. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319438 | Stabilization of the effects of jitter on a displayed image In an exemplary display system adapted to display an image to an observer using a display where at least one of the display and observer is subjected to physical vibration referred to as jitter, accelerometers are mounted to elements subject to jitter and associated... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317383 | Alert system installed in vehicle With the intention of issuing an alert responsive to judgment of dozing at wheel or deviation from the lane, there is provided an alert system installed in a vehicle including driving state detecting device for detecting driving state of the vehicle; a mobile teleph... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317813 | Vehicle vicinity image-processing apparatus and recording medium The present invention provides a vehicle vicinity image-processing apparatus and a recording medium capable of deducing a scene having left the field of vision of a camera mounted on the rear of a vehicle and drawing an image of the area behind the vehicle which inc... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315321 | System of and method for warning about unauthorized objects attached to vehicle bottoms and/or adjoining areas A method of and a system for warning about an unauthorized object attached to a bottom part of the vehicle includes storing images of vehicles or the data corresponding to the images in server means, examining a bottom of a vehicle by image producing means, transmit... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312723 | Automobile infrared night vision device The invention relates to an automobile infrared-night viewing device comprising an infrared camera used to receive image data representing the surroundings of the automobile. Said device also comprises an image processing unit which is connected to the infrared-came... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311406 | Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, preferably formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a logic and control circuit, preferably with at least a portion of the logi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311428 | Interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a reflective element having a field of view rearward of the vehicle when the interior rearview mirror assembly is attached at a portion of the interior of the vehic... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312820 | Method and apparatus for providing virtual processing effects for wide-angle video images A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing special effects for wide-angle video images. The special effects include replacing a selected portion of a wide-angle video image with a predetermined image or an associated portion of a video image captured in a sub... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310190 | Vehicle imaging system with windshield condition determination An imaging system for use in a vehicle is disclosed wherein the imaging system images an object spaced apart from the vehicle in a first configuration and images an object supported by the vehicle in a second configuration. The imaging system may include a fluid len... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310178 | Rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprises an electro-optic mirror unit whose reflectivity is variable in response to an electrical voltage applied thereto. The mirror unit includes a first substrate and a second substrate with an electro-optic med... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304661 | Vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus A case of the vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle includes a front case member formed of transparent resin including a transparent window, and a rear case member joined and detachably fixed to the front case member. A cover member for c... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304680 | Method and device for correcting an image, particularly for occupant protection A source image (S) that is distorted by camera optics is transformed into a corrected image (T) by using a tabular imaging rule. This transformation occurs directly during the reading out from the image sensor and in real-time. No, one or several target pixels in th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304651 | Rendering device for generating a display image for drive assistance In a rendering device Urnd1, a processor 1 receives a front-left image Sfl and a front-right image Sfr at regular intervals, and therefrom, cuts out a partial front-left image and a partial front-right image for overlay onto a mask image. The processor... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304568 | Vehicle night vision system In a vehicle night vision system, the display unit is activated only when an illumination level below the prescribed level has persisted for more than the prescribed period of time so that the display unit would not be activated when the low illumination level lasts... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301466 | Turn signal lamp, periphery monitoring device, body construction and imaging device for vehicle A side turn signal light that flashes during operation is disposed on a vehicle body side surface of a vehicle. Further, a camera that images a vehicle side zone that includes the side turn signal light in a section thereof, and a near-infrared LED for night-time il... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302325 | Vehicle drive assist system A vehicle drive assist system detects an intention of an own vehicle to turn right in an intersection and detects an oncoming vehicle waiting for a right turn on an oncoming lane in front of the own vehicle in the intersection. Further, the system establishes a dete... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302085 | Vehicle identification method and device In order to improve an identification accuracy of a backlit number plate in a vehicle identification method and device which recognize a vehicle number from a number plate of a vehicle whose image is taken, an image frame of a vehicle is taken by an interlace method... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301302 | Supply of electric power using fuel cell and chargeable/dischargeable storage Intended to utilize a fuel cell efficiently while ensuring good output responsiveness by the fuel cell. In a vehicle having a motor as the drive power source, a fuel cell and battery are on board as the power source for the motor. A target output value for th... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302101 | Viewing a compartment Detecting video phenomena, such as fire in an aircraft cargo bay, includes receiving a plurality of video images from a plurality of sources, compensating the images to provide enhanced images, extracting features from the enhanced images, and combining the features... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298247 | Vehicle periphery monitoring system If the detected distance from a vehicle to a detected obstacle is equal to or greater than a preset distance, then a vehicle periphery monitoring system performs an image processing process on a captured image of the periphery of the vehicle to acquire the height of... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7298289 | Mobile communication device A mobile communications device comprising a location sensing system, producing a location output; a memory, storing a set of locations and associated events; a telecommunications device, communicating event and location information between a remote system and said m... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293888 | Rearview mirror assembly with utility functions An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a housing having a mirror casing and a support for mounting said mirror casing to a vehicle. The rearview mirror assembly further includes a retractable cord for use by an occupant of the vehicle for coupli... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295229 | Surround surveillance apparatus for mobile body A surround surveillance system mounted on a mobile body for surveying surroundings around the mobile body includes an omniazimuth visual system, the omniazimuth visual system includes at least one omniazimuth visual sensor including an optical system capable of obta... | 11/13/2007 |
