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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7085633 | System and method for improving vehicle operator driving assistance of automotive vehicle In system and method for improving operator driving assistance of an automotive vehicle, at an indication of acceleration timing and magnitude and the lane change timing, a lane change necessity is calculated and a lane change trigger signal is produced while the ho... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084908 | Image signal recording apparatus with controlled recording of main, preceding and succeeding moving image signals A recording apparatus, which is designed to generate play list data according to a recording operation of a moving image signal, the play list data being used for controlling a reproducing process of one moving image stream including a moving image signal so as to i... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084746 | Obstacle detection device An obstacle detection device includes: a hyperboloidal mirror contained near a tip of a pole mounted at the corner of a vehicle; an image pickup unit for picking up an image shown in the hyperboloidal mirror; a signal processing circuit that performs an image signal... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081810 | Roof article transporter assembly A roof rack assembly for transporting articles along a roof of a motor vehicle includes a frame member extending along the roof. The roof rack assembly also includes an electronic component for receiving and transmitting signals to an interior portion of the motor v... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079173 | Displaying a wide field of view video image A system for displaying a wide field of view video image of a location. A series of location cameras disposed at the location captures the wide filed of view video image as a series of individual video images covering the desired field of view. A distance sensor uni... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076345 | Parking assist system A parking assist system for a driver to confirm a relationship between relative positions to obstacles and one's own vehicle. A top plane creating image 7B in which a circumstance situation of one's own vehicle is indicated from a point of upward view is crea... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075511 | Vehicle interior rearview mirror assembly with display A vehicle rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes a rearview mirror case, which is adapted to mount to a vehicle, and a reflective element. The mirror system further includes a carrier, which has at least either a display screen or a user-actuatable interface ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073914 | 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... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071970 | Video augmented orientation sensor An orientation sensor utilizing an inexpensive but relatively slow base orientation sensor, augmented by capture of a video images, identifying reference objects or regions therein, and calculating displacement of those objects to derive supplementary orientation in... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071968 | System and method for a software steerable web camera with multiple image subset capture An apparatus for controlling the capture of an image of an object, includes: a lens capable to capture a scene within a wide field of vision of the lens; an image collection array communicatively coupled to the lens and capable to store data of the scene within the ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069128 | Parking-assist system using image information from an imaging camera and distance information from an infrared laser camera A parking-assist system for providing parking-assist information, including: a front imaging camera (2-6); a left imaging camera (4-6); a right imaging camera (5-6); a rear imaging camera (3-6); a left infrared... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068289 | Rearview monitoring apparatus for vehicle A CCD camera takes rearview images of a vehicle so as to input them into a superposing image displaying device, and a vehicle index database stores a vehicle index indicating a vehicles's protruding region such as a spare tire for displaying the protruding region ov... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068185 | System and method for reading license plates A method for reading a license plate disposed on a vehicle includes determining whether a license plate image is required, automatically processing the license plate image in response to determining that the license plate image is required, providing at least one ve... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068154 | Stop marker recognition apparatus of vehicle drive assist system A particular area extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle is established in a lower part of a picture image taken by CCD cameras and the area is divided into six small areas. It is judged that a stop marker exists when an average brightness of respective thr... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066374 | Sonic weld sunroof trim ring A method of installing trim rings to headliner trims systems in motor vehicles comprising a trim ring, a headliner, and a sonic horn and stack. The sonic horn vibrates to bond/weld headliner to trim ring. Energy directors can be added to facilitate bonding/welding p... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065252 | System and method providing improved data compression via wavelet coefficient encoding A data compression system is provided in accordance with the present invention. The system includes a scanning component which scans at least a portion of a transformed image. The scan is performed substantially in a horizontal direction on a first section of the po... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064657 | Method and system for accessing and viewing images of a vehicle interior An alarm system and method by which a user can be alerted to a detected condition regarding their vehicle, can view what is happening in and around the vehicle, and can remotely turn off or reset the alarm if it is determined that an alarm is false. This is provided... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064327 | Night vision apparatus A night vision apparatus comprises housing arrangement by which a user can place an eyepiece adjacent one eye, a solid state imager sensitive to infrared radiation, an infrared radiation generation means arranged to generate infrared radiation into the field of view... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062382 | Video enhanced stability control in road vehicles A stability control system for road vehicles comprising a limit handling assistance controller which uses video lane detection measurements in conjunction with vehicle dynamics information, including inertial brakes and steering measurements to control vehicle EPS a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061401 | Method and apparatus for detecting a flight obstacle An apparatus for and a method of detecting a flight obstacle (28, 30, 32, 34) in the surroundings (50) of an aircraft (4), in particular for collision warning purposes, wherein images of the surroundings (50) are recorded, the flight obst... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057500 | Rear view monitoring system for motor vehicles A rear view monitoring system for motor vehicles employs three video assemblies, two of which view regions rearwardly at opposite sides of the vehicle, and the third views the region directly rearwardly of the vehicle. Each assembly has an optical lens which gathers... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054467 | Information processing apparatus, information capturing apparatus, information integration apparatus, controller, object detector, and information processing method In an information processing apparatus 1 to be installed in a vehicle, there are set a plurality of pixels by means of dividing a detection space around a vehicle into sub-divisions. One or more sensors 11 capture detection information DS pertaining to... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053795 | Parking assistance apparatus in a vehicle A parking assistance apparatus for assisting a driver to once stop a vehicle at a predetermined reference position where the driver can view a target parking position in a lateral direction of the vehicle and then to perform parking operation from the reference posi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050908 | Lane marker projection method for a motor vehicle vision system Lane marker coordinate data obtained from a previous frame of a vehicle vision system is projected into the current video frame based on measured translation and rotation of the host vehicle. The projected lane marker coordinate data is consolidated with lane marker... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050818 | Location based service request system A wireless phone based system to accommodate users of wireless phones for providing information as to the location of certain services such as gasoline stations, movie theatres, drug stores, etc., includes the utilization of a GPS receiver and a wireless phone, with... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050089 | On-vehicle video camera An on-vehicle video camera includes an imaging unit which converts image light into an electrical imaging signal to output the imaging signal as a video signal in a predetermined format, a light emitting unit for lighting an imaging area of the imaging unit, and a c... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049982 | Vehicle information display and communication system having an antenna array The present invention provides a vehicle information display and communication system having a plurality of operative modules, the system includes a control processing unit adapted to provide an interface among the plurality of operative modules. The operative modul... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049953 | Ground based security surveillance system for aircraft and other commercial vehicles A security and surveillance system for aircraft on the ground incorporates a plurality of strategically spaced sensors including video imaging generators, audio sensors, motion detectors, and fire and smoke detectors for monitoring critical components and critical a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048453 | Camera actuator A camera actuator having a main body, camera support, camera link, push arm and actuator cable. The main body rotatably mounts to a pole. The camera support extends from the front of the main body. The camera support is adapted to rotatably receive a camera. The cam... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046448 | Vehicle information display A rearview mirror display system for a vehicle including a rearview mirror assembly, a reflective element and a projection display. The rearview mirror assembly comprises a mirror casing. The reflective element is included at the casing and has a front and a back. T... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046259 | Method and system for presenting different views to passengers in a moving vehicle Systems and methods for presenting images in a vehicle as the vehicle rotates about a rotation axis are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a signal receiving portion that receives a first signal corresponding to an image of a first view from a positio... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042498 | Image pickup apparatus, navigation apparatus and IC card An IC card inserted into a navigation apparatus that provides guidance regarding a route to a destination so as to store information about the route. The information about relations and image data related to the route are recorded in the IC card in correspondence wi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042494 | Wire harness apparatus for multi-node video camera array A wire harness apparatus for remotely accessing and controlling a number of synchronized low-cost camera nodes sharing a single cable is provided. The invention converts power, control, and video signals where necessary for long distance remote access including conv... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038577 | Object detection system for vehicle An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor and a control. The imaging sensor is operable to capture an image of a scene occurring exteriorly of the vehicle. The control receives the captured image, which comprises an image data set representative of ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034861 | Picture composing apparatus and method A picture composing apparatus designed to combine a plurality of images taken by a plurality of image pickup devices. In the apparatus, a first projecting unit projects the plurality of images taken by the image pickup devices onto a projection section in accordance... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031142 | On-vehicle image pick-up apparatus and method of setting image pick-up direction A prism for reflecting rays of light 17L and 17R incident from left and right image pick-up directions on the rear side of the direction of travel A is disposed in parallel to the vertical direction of a vehicle. The image pick-up optical axis of an im... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030777 | Roadway incursion alert system A system and method for generating remote incursion alerts in response to incursion detected by incursion transmitter units, such as at traffic cones, posts, barricades and signage. Alerts are generated in response to impacts detected at the safety icons within an i... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7030778 | Switching device for right and left image inversion in rear monitoring camera of automobile A switching device for left/right image inversion in a rear monitoring camera of automobile, which can ensure simplicity in assembling the camera and improve reliability of on/off operation by mounting a magnet sensor inside a body of the rear monitoring camera and ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026930 | Process and device for adjusting a movable motor vehicle part In a process for adjusting a movable motor vehicle part (33) between at least two positions by means of a drive (42), the monitoring area (13, 30, 31) outside and/or inside the motor vehicle (10) is checked for at least one perturbing obj... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027616 | Monitoring system In transmitting image data from multiple cameras to an image processing section to produce a synthesized image from respective camera images, the amount of data transmitted through a transmission path can be cut down without sacrificing the quality of the synthesize... | 04/11/2006 |
