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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7237641 | Driving support apparatus A driving support apparatus of the present invention comprises an imaging device which picks up a peripheral image of a vehicle, a detecting device which detects action information of a moving object present around the vehicle, an information generating device which... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237790 | System for hitching a trailer to a motor vehicle A system for coupling a trailer (2) to a motor vehicle (1), in particular a trailer (2) to a motor tractor (1), is provided with an image sensor (5), which is located in the coupling area. The coupling process involves connecting a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236870 | Lane keep control apparatus and method for automotive vehicle In lane keep control apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, a deceleration controlled variable is calculated on the basis of a state of a tendency of a vehicular deviation from a traffic lane on which the vehicle is traveling and a braking force acted upon ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236098 | Floor mounted flat graphic display with integral electroluminescent lamp Described is a floor mounted graphic display comprising an electroluminescent lamp assembly, a graphic overlay which is positioned over the electroluminescent lamp, a moisture barrier surrounding the electroluminescent lamp and the graphic overlay, a mounting plate ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233233 | Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus recognizes a pedestrian from existence of a leg, in the case in which a width in real space of a binarized object is suitable as a pedestrian's leg, the binarized object has longwise shape, the lower end position of the bi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233234 | Airbag electrical control unit An airbag electrical control unit mounted in a vehicle includes a position detecting circuit that detects a current position of the vehicle; a computing circuit that computes impact that the vehicle undergoes using a signal from a sensor; and a notifying circuit tha... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230530 | Child seat safety system for vehicles A vehicle safety system includes independently operable child location determining mechanism that has a sound wave emitting module nested therein and care giver location determining mechanism for determining a location of the care giver. The care giver location dete... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231285 | Data recording apparatus and data recording method A data recording apparatus acquires vehicle data on a time-series basis. Then, a series of vehicle data, which satisfy predetermined acquiring conditions and are collected in a predetermined period from time-series vehicle data acquired by a data acquiring unit are ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230524 | Obstacle detection device An obstacle detection device includes: an obstacle detection section (11) for emitting beams having a predetermined divergence angle consecutively in a plurality of different directions, receiving a reflected wave from an obstacle for each direction, and dete... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227459 | Vehicle imaging system A vehicle imaging system includes an imaging array sensor having a field of view directed outwardly from the vehicle and toward an external scene, first and second optic elements, and a control responsive to an output of the imaging array sensor. The imaging array s... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227515 | System and method for forming images for display in a vehicle A system is disclosed that includes a lens system that directs energy from a scene toward a detector and display unit coupled to the detector. The display unit forms an image using information received from the detector. The detector includes an array of detector el... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224325 | Vehicle display device A vehicular display device, in which positional adjustment of a display image is easy, is provided, and the vehicular display device (head-up display) 1 comprises a display 3 to emit a display light forming a predetermined display image, a reflecting m... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224324 | Interactive automotive rearvision system A vehicular mirror system includes a mirror assembly with a mirror casing and a reflective element with a rearward field of view when the mirror assembly is mounted to a vehicle. The mirror casing includes a mounting portion that is adapted to mount the mirror casin... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225070 | Parking guidance system for large vehicles A parking guidance system for large vehicles has a horizontal bar, a data collection assembly and a console unit. The horizontal bar is hollow and is mounted on the rear bumper, and houses the data collection assembly. The data collection assembly uses multiple ultr... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223063 | 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... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216994 | Vehicle exterior rearview mirror assembly A mirror system for a vehicle comprising an exterior rearview mirror assembly, which includes a fixed portion which is configured to mount to a side of the vehicle. The movable portion includes a reflective element and a reflective element actuator. The reflective e... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216023 | Lane keeping assist device for vehicle A lane keeping assist device for a vehicle includes a steering control device, a detection device for lane of travel for assisting travel of the vehicle in a lane of travel in accordance with detection results and steering state and traveling state of the vehicle. R... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215254 | Driving assistance system When a driving assistance system of a navigation device in a subject vehicle is able to communicate with a cooperative remote driving assistance system in an oncoming vehicle, images are obtained from individual front monitor cameras of the subject vehicle and the o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212653 | Image processing system for vehicle A camera for imaging the periphery of a vehicle is provided, images imaged by the camera are stored, and a processed image obtained by processing a past image which has been imaged before reaching a current position is overlaid on a part of a current image, which is... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212901 | Lane departure prevention apparatus A lane departure prevention apparatus is configured to conduct a course correction in a lane departure avoidance direction when the controller 8 determines that there is a potential for a vehicle to depart from a driving lane. The controller 8 combines... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209832 | Lane recognition image processing apparatus A lane recognition image processing apparatus can improve lane marking recognition performance by preventing false detection by addition of a condition without changing the basic principle of an one-dimensional image filter. A search area is set for each lane markin... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209278 | Rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprises an electro-optic mirror unit whose reflectivity is variable in response to an electrical voltage applied thereto. At least one light sensor is included and an electrical circuit controls operation of the mirror unit... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205524 | 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... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206684 | Lane departure prevention system The present lane departure prevention system comprises a position detector means for detecting positional information of a vehicle with respect to a lane of travel, a determining unit for comparing the positional information with a first threshold value indicating a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204504 | Process for coupling a trailer to a motor vehicle In the case of a method for hitching a trailer (2) to a motor vehicle (1), in particular a semitrailer to a semitrailer towing machine, an image sensor (5) is provided which is arranged in a hitching region (6) in such a manner that image... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203341 | Method for generating and storing picture data in compressed and decompressed format for use in traffic monitoring The invention relates to a device for data storing with a compression coding and/or decoding device for the storing of picture data in a compressed or decompressed data format in a data memory. The compression coding and decoding device is adapted to mark or label a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202977 | Methods for positioning a print integrity image capture device A method for positioning a print integrity image capture device comprises the steps of creating electronic document data; adding print integrity markings to the electronic document data; sending the electronic document data to a raster image processor; determining t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203358 | Method and device for measuring similarity between images A method is disclosed for measuring similarity between images, comprising the performance of the following steps for each of the images: segmentation of the image into segments, classification of the segments as a function of their orientation to give classes, calcu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203911 | Altering a display on a viewing device based upon a user proximity to the viewing device A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture altering a displayed image presented to a user on a viewing device using the proximity of the user to the viewing device to determine how the displayed image is to be presented. The viewing device includes a plurality ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200478 | Lane departure prevention apparatus A lane departure prevention apparatus is configured to conduct a course correction in a lane departure avoidance direction when the controller determines that there is a potential for a vehicle to depart from a driving lane. The controller combines yaw control and d... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195405 | Number plate combination type camera apparatus for rear monitoring of vehicle A number plate combination type camera apparatus for rear monitoring of a vehicle includes a revolvable case, a camera, a number plate holder. The revolvable case has an opening and a plurality of mounting axles. The camera having a lens is provided in the revolvabl... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195267 | Trailer hitch video alignment system The invention provides an apparatus for alignment of a trailer hitch with a trailer tongue, so that the operator does not leave the cab of the towing vehicle in order to facilitate the alignment. The system may comprise a control assembly and a remote assembly, the ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196826 | Image processing device and image processing system An image processing device which carries out processing for composing a first image (a color patch image for printing simulation) and a second image (a color patch image for printer management) with image data of a print job, and printing-out. When image data is rec... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195379 | Anti-blinding system for a vehicle An active light source operating system (10,11) for a vehicle (14) includes a light source (50) that generates an initial illumination beam (54). A selective attenuation filter (27,52) forms an emitted illumination beam (56)... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197388 | Roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle using an external environmental sensing system A roll stability control system (18) for an automotive vehicle (10) includes an external environment sensing system, such as a camera-based vision system, or a radar, lidar or sonar-based sensing system (43) that generates image, radar, lidar, a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190259 | Surrounding surveillance apparatus and mobile body A mobile body surrounding surveillance apparatus is provided which comprises an omnidirectional vision sensor comprising an optical system for reflecting light incident from a maximum surrounding 360-degree visual field area toward a predetermined direction and an i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190282 | Nose-view monitoring apparatus The present invention relates to a nose-view monitoring apparatus, and it is an object of the invention to detect an approaching object existing in lateral regions relative to a nose portion of a vehicle with high accuracy for notifying the information on the approa... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188963 | Vehicle accessory module An accessory system of a vehicle comprises an accessory module assembly having a mounting portion, a head portion and a rearview mirror assembly. The mounting portion extends generally upward when mounted to an attachment member at a vehicle windshield. The head por... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190274 | Consciousness judging apparatus A consciousness judging apparatus, which detects a vehicle driving state and judges consciousness of a driver, comprising a monotonousness detection section to obtain monotonousness, a camera which captures an image of a road surface in the vehicle running direction... | 03/13/2007 |
