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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7295771 | Method and apparatus for minimizing ambient illumination effects in a vision system Video components attributable to ambient lighting in a stream of digital images of a scene illuminated by both ambient and active sources are eliminated in each image frame, leaving only video components attributable to the active source. The spectrum of the active ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292208 | Rearview video output device The invention is a rearview video-output device with a cover, a transparent plate mounted into the cover with at least one video output device and at least one audio output device located within the cover. A cable provides a means for inputting at least one video si... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289430 | Equipment monitoring system line swap fast recovery method An equipment monitoring system line swap fast recovery method by installing a link detection mechanism in an Ethernet switch of an equipment monitoring system in an Ethernet between equipments at respective terminals of the Ethernet and a monitor equipment for enabl... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287868 | Rearview mirror with integrated frame An electrochromic mirror includes an integrated internal plate frame with an electrochromic mirror subassembly adhered to its flat front surface, electrical components supported on a rear with the frame acting as a heat sink and EMI/RFI shield, and a back cover supp... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288057 | Method for conditioning to prevent motion sickness Easily performed exercises quickly raise the tolerance to motion sickness and do not require supervision. The exercises are comprised of a warm-up phase and a conditioning phase. The warm-up phase includes a series of rotation and tilting exercises which both warm-u... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287884 | Vehicle operation supporting device and vehicle operation supporting system A beam radiator that radiates visible light beams having a predetermined wavelength onto a road surface to inform drivers of other vehicles of the existence of a self-owned vehicle or to let a driver of the self-owned vehicle confirm a traveling path thereof is disp... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283042 | System for observing the area laterally behind a vehicle A system for viewing the area laterally rearward of an automotive vehicle to enhance the safety of backing out of a parking space includes a license plate securing frame having a compartment that houses small wireless transmitting TV cameras, and viewing screens loc... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283901 | Controller system for a vehicle occupant protection device Systems and methods are provided for identifying a position of a head of a vehicle occupant from a plurality of images of a vehicle interior. Image data is translated from the plurality of images to produce a virtual side view image of the vehicle interior (162 | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280124 | Vehicle with image processing system and method for operating an image processing system A vehicle (01) has at least two image data sources (02), at least one mixing unit (03), at least one conversion unit (04) and an image display unit (05). The pixel data (09) generated with the image data sources (02) ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277123 | Driving-operation assist and recording medium A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277559 | Mobile apparatus A mobile apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of imaging devices, a measurement device for measuring a current position and direction of the imaging devices, a map data storing section which stores map data including at least registered information on p... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272482 | Preceding-vehicle following control system A preceding-vehicle following control system for a host vehicle is comprised of a road information device (2, 3) for obtaining road information of a road ahead of the host vehicle, a preceding-vehicle detector (1) for obtaining preceding-vehicle inform... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272496 | Vehicle network and method of communicating data packets in a vehicle network A vehicle communication network (200) includes a plurality of network elements (202–212) and a plurality of communication links (214–230) communicatively coupling the network elements in a point-to-point configuration. At least a portion of ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272657 | System and method for displaying video streams ranked by user-specified criteria A plurality of video streams are simultaneously displayed on a terminal coupled to a network. The video streams are ranked according to a set of ranking criteria and displayed in accordance with the ranking. Highly ranked video streams may be displayed in prominent ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268699 | Highway-rail grade crossing hazard mitigation A hazard mitigation system to detect an object in a highway-railway grade crossing. A structure is provided that includes a fixed foundation and a surface layer that is cushionably placed above the foundation, such that the structure is located between tracks at the... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268804 | Compound camera and method for synthesizing a virtual image from multiple input images A compound camera system comprising component cameras that generate image data of an object and a processor that receives first image data from a first component camera and second image data from a second component camera and generates a virtual image. The processor... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266219 | Monitoring system For supporting a complicated driving operation, a synthesized image is presented to the driver. The driver can view this image and thus drive with a sense of security. The synthesized image may include an image of at least one tire and may have an enlargement/reduct... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265663 | Multimedia racing experience system A multimedia racing experience system is provided including a plurality of input devices, such as cameras, microphones, and telemetry sensors. All input devices communicate with an on-vehicle processing unit for multiplexing the input data into a data stream. The da... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265656 | Vehicle imaging system A vehicle imaging system includes an imaging sensor, an imaging sensor bracket and an image processor. A vehicle mounting portion of the bracket is configured to mount at a mounting element for a license plate of the vehicle, and a sensor mounting portion of the bra... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266436 | Lane-keep control system and method for vehicle A lane-keep control system includes a traveling condition detector and a controller. The controller includes a steering intention detecting section that detects whether a driver has an intention to steer a vehicle, a first steering torque control section that contro... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265661 | Display system for vehicle and method of controlling the same A display system for a vehicle is provided with a sensor sensing a traveling condition of a vehicle, an image pick-up device executing an image pick-up to take an image of an outside of the vehicle, a display displaying the image taken by the image pick-up device, a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262790 | Mobile enforcement platform with aimable violation identification and documentation system for multiple traffic violation types across all lanes in moving traffic, generating composite display images and data to support citation generation, homeland security, and monitoring A manned, mobile traffic enforcement platform with aimable violation detection and documentation devices, employing digital video and still images, incorporating contextual information as well as data input by the system operator and driver, with numerous commercial... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263209 | Vehicular vision system A vision system for a vehicle that identifies and classifies objects (targets) located proximate a vehicle. The system comprises a sensor array that produces imagery that is processed to generate depth maps of the scene proximate a vehicle. The depth maps are proces... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260460 | Device for identifying the risk of a rollover A device for detecting rollover includes a stereo camera in the direction of travel. The camera allows the distance to an object outside the vehicle to be measured, and, in each instance, image vectors to this object are calculated. If the vertical component of thes... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255465 | Interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a field of view rearward of the vehicle when the interior mirror assembly is attached at a portion of the interior of the vehicle. The interior mirror assembly incl... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257486 | Parking assisting device A parking assisting device including an image capturing unit for capturing at least an image behind the vehicle, a monitor for displaying the image obtained by the image capturing unit, a yaw angle detecting unit for detecting a yaw angle of the vehicle, a guiding u... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255946 | Fuel cell power plant system for moving bodies and control method thereof A fuel cell power plant system for a moving body includes a drive device (2) for driving the moving body by receiving power,-a power plant (10) having a fuel cell (1) for supplying power to the drive device (2) and a fuel supply device ( | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254482 | Vehicle information recording system A vehicle information recording system 100 includes a picture acquiring unit 101a placed in a vehicle that takes a picture of surroundings and generates picture data showing the picture, a vehicle data receiving unit 107 placed in the veh... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253835 | Method and apparatus for estimating a camera reference horizon A method, apparatus, and computer program product are presented for estimating a camera reference horizon Ŷ0. Operations include receiving images including projections of objects including horizontal edges. Vertical motion is estimated for the images and... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253833 | Vehicle periphery visual recognition system, camera and vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus and vehicle periphery monitoring system A vehicle periphery visual recognition system 1 is made up of an image pickup unit 11 for picking up images of image pickup ranges in three directions of the lower area at the front of a vehicle and the left and right side areas at the same time, and a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7253411 | Reconfigurable detector array of resistance bolometers An Array of detectors can be configured to be read as separate detectors, or to be connected into larger groups, e.g. groups of four (a 2×2 array). This allows the formation of a relatively high definition image, and a much faster formation of a lower resolution im... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248287 | Method for examining shooting direction of camera apparatus, device thereof and structure for installing sensor In a test method in which an image photographed by a camera apparatus 1 attached to a body of a vehicle is displayed on a display device 17 and an examiner examines compliance or non-compliance of the shooting direction of the camera apparatus 1... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248283 | Vehicle periphery monitor A front camera for filming an area stretching forwards is disposed in a front portion of a vehicle. A side camera for filming an area stretching laterally and diagonally forwards is disposed in a lateral-left portion of the vehicle. An indicator display that can be ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245217 | Hazard mitigation for railway track intrusions at train station platforms A hazard mitigation system to detect intrusion by an object into a track zone at a train station platform. A structure is provided that includes a fixed foundation and a surface layer that is cushionably placed above the foundation, such that the structure is locate... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245275 | Image display controller An image display controlling system of the present invention has an image combining splitting means (2) for splitting a picked-up image input from an imaging means (1), which picks up surrounding images of a vehicle, into a plurality of images, an imag... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245207 | Camera and display device for use with vehicles A safety system for use with a vehicle. The camera is capable of wirelessly transmitting signals to the display device. The camera can be specially mounted onto the rear of the vehicle. The display device may be mounted in the interior of the vehicle. The camera and... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241103 | Method and system for adjusting a position of an object According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting a position of an object to compensate for tilt includes providing a rotatable base supporting an object and directing the object relative to the base such that the position of the object is... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242295 | Security data management system A sensor unit for use in a surveillance system is provided. The sensor unit interfaces with a sensor device to receive sensor data from the sensor device. The sensor unit is configured to generate an event record based upon received sensor data. The event record is ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242320 | Modular rearview mirror assembly A vehicle rearview mirror comprises a carrier plate, an electronic component unit mounted on one face of the carrier plate, and a mirror mounted on the other face of the carrier plate. A protective housing is supported by the carrier plate, the housing exposing the ... | 07/10/2007 |
