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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185253 | Electronic control unit for use in a vehicle A first microcomputer in an ECU outputs a CID of the ECU in response to a request from a scan tool when the ECU has multiple microcomputers implemented therein. Each of the multiple microcomputers has an additive value stored therein for counting an update of the so... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180502 | Apparatus and program for navigation A navigation apparatus defines a detection area for detecting a weather phenomenon as a predetermined range around a travel route that is designated as an area setting object. By referring to weather information acquired from external sources through communication, ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170726 | System and method for road angle estimation A system and method for estimating road angles of a road on which a moving body is traveling are disclosed. The road angle estimation system includes: a sensing module adapted to be mounted on the moving body to detect a plurality of pieces of measurement informatio... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170725 | Vehicle stability enhancement control adaptation to driving skill based on highway on/off ramp maneuver A system that classifies driver driving skill based on on-ramp or off-ramp maneuvers. The system reads sensor signals for vehicle speed and vehicle yaw rate. The system determines that the vehicle has made an on-ramp or off-ramp maneuver using the vehicle speed sign... | 05/01/2012 |
| RE43344 | Programmable mobile device with thumb wheel A programmable mobile terminal which includes a thumb wheel for selecting among a plurality of functions executable by the mobile terminal. The programmable mobile terminal allows a user to employ the same hand that is holding the mobile terminal to scroll through a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161077 | Datacenter workflow automation scenarios using virtual databases Information from multiple databases is retrieved and stored on a database storage system. Multiple point-in-time copies are obtained for each database. A point-in-time copy retrieves data changed in the database since the retrieval of a previous point-in-time copy. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155798 | Method and device for determining the roll angle of a motorcycle A device and method for determining a roll angle of a motorcycle are disclosed. The method includes the step of acquiring a rolling rate ({dot over (λ)}M) of the motorcycle. A first roll angle variable (λ1) is determined from the rolling rate... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140214 | Method and device for determining the speed of a vehicle The invention relates to a method for determining a speed of a vehicle (1), whereby at least two images (A, B) of an area surrounding the vehicle are recorded in time succession using a camera on the vehicle (1), and between the images (A, B) changes (... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8116921 | Follower vehicle control system and method for forward and reverse convoy movement A vehicle control system for causing a follower vehicle to follow a leader may have a tether system mounted to the follower vehicle. The tether system may include a tether having an end adapted to be attached to the leader, a length sensor, and an angle sensor. A pa... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108084 | Vehicle display device The present invention provides a vehicle display device which allows a driver to instantaneously grasp driving force information. A meter_ECU displays a driving force display image which displays driving force information of a vehicle on an MID, displays an accelera... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108083 | Vehicular system which retrieves hospitality information promoting improvement of user's current energy value based on detected temporal change of biological condition In a system for providing vehicular hospitality information, biological characteristic information about a user using a vehicle is acquired. Then, in accordance with a predetermined correlation between the biological characteristic information and stored hospitality... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103391 | System for detecting interrupt conditions during an electric vehicle charging process Illustrative embodiments disclose managing a charging process of an electric vehicle. Begin by monitoring a set of operational parameters of the charging process during the flow of electricity for one or more interruptions in response to receiving, from an energy tr... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095247 | Turret envelope control system and method for a vehicle A turret control system and method is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store module. The preferred turret con... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8078339 | Circuit board with integrated connector Removable circuits and related mounting hardware for removably connecting circuits to a vehicle's control system. Circuits and connectors form an addressable assembly which may be enclosed in a flowable material. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078338 | System and method for behavior based control of an autonomous vehicle System and method for behavior based control of an autonomous vehicle. Actuators (e.g., linkages) manipulate input devices (e.g., articulation controls and drive controls, such as a throttle lever, steering gear, tie rods, throttle, brake, accelerator, or transmissi... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073576 | Acceleration sensation evaluating device and vehicle controller The present invention provides an acceleration sensation evaluating device that evaluates a sensory acceleration of a driver with respect to an expectation value of acceleration, and a vehicle controller that controls a vehicle according to the evaluation results. T... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073575 | Vehicle To provide a vehicle which can move independently as an own independent vehicle and can run integrally in linkage with another vehicle. A plurality of single-seat vehicles which can move independently are combined and they move integrally while a predetermined forma... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073577 | Electronic control apparatus for controlling on-vehicle devices when vehicle is about to be submerged in flooded area An electric control apparatus, mounted on a vehicle, has a height direction and comprises an electronic circuit board, a submersion sensor, and a controller. The electric circuit board has a mounting surface and is mounted in the vehicle so that the mounting surface... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073574 | Driving assist method and driving assist apparatus for vehicle Responsive to braking, a CPU of a driving assist apparatus calculates an average deceleration of the vehicle and then calculates a braking distance. The CPU further calculates a final position at which the vehicle will come to a stop, on the basis of the braking dis... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068942 | Vehicular heads-up display system Heads-up display systems for vehicles which generate a virtual display in a field of view of an occupant of the vehicle when facing outward of the vehicle. A control system is coupled to the heads-up display system and detects an action by the occupant and controls ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065042 | Communication method and device for a motor vehicle A communication method is implemented in an on-board network between a master station (M) and a plurality of slave stations (S1, S2, S3, S4), of the type of those compatible with the standard Local Interconnect Network (LIN) protocol in w... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060260 | Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition based on vehicle passing maneuvers An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a driver's driving style based on vehicle passing maneuvers. A process determines whether the vehicle has started a lane change from a first lane to a second lane as a first phase of the passing maneuver. If so, the... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8041470 | Fan operation control method and apparatus An outside air temperature of a vehicle is detected, an operating time of a fan is set in accordance with the detected outside air temperature based on a fan operating time map, and an idle speed increase time is set in accordance with the an operating time based on... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036782 | Ad-hoc mobile IP network for intelligent transportation system A method for intelligently managing a transportation network is provided. The method may include providing a roadside apparatus 18 to communicate with nodes 14A to 14D associated with vehicles 12A to 12D in a transportation network... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036781 | Driving operation assisting system, method and vehicle incorporating the system A driving assisting for calculating risk potential by considering a response delay by the driver and transmitting information related to the risk potential to the operator in a haptic manner. A controller is provided to estimate the response delay based on an operat... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032264 | Vehicular heads-up display system Heads-up display systems for vehicles which generate a virtual display in a field of view of an occupant of the vehicle when facing outward of the vehicle. A control system is coupled to the heads-up display system and detects an action by the occupant, e.g., touchi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027754 | On-vehicle device An on-vehicle device with a storage unit that includes a transfer unit that transfers data stored in the storage unit to another on-vehicle device of equal capability that is also equipped with a storage unit. In the on-vehicle device, the transfer unit is configure... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019487 | Vehicle control system having a computer integrated with a rewritable and nonvolatile memory A vehicle control system is installed in a vehicle. The vehicle control system includes a computer integrated with a first nonvolatile memory that is rewritable. The vehicle control system includes a second nonvolatile memory. The second nonvolatile memory stores th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8000842 | Method to prevent excessive current drain of telematics unit network access device The disclosed examples illustrate a system and method that prevent excessive current drain through the network access device (NAD) of a telematics unit and provide flexible discontinuous-receive management. Normally, when in a Standby State and where communication s... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000843 | Critical event reporting A fleet management system for remotely monitoring a vehicle is disclosed in one embodiment. The fleet management system includes a data receiver and a display. The data receiver is configured to wirelessly receive information from the vehicle. That information inclu... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7983803 | Apparatus and method for providing improved wiper operation Methods and an apparatus are provided for controlling a wiper system of a type that can operate in an automatic mode wherein the wiper system is deactivated automatically and in a manual mode wherein the wiper system is deactivated by a user, the wiper system includ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983802 | Vehicular environment scanning techniques Method for creating and managing a digital map for use by vehicles and including information relating to travel lanes on which the vehicles travel includes illuminating the environment outside of and around the vehicle with infrared illumination in an eye-safe part ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983801 | Vehicle stability control utilizing static tire data A system for and a method of controlling the stability of a vehicle includes an electronic control system controlling a vehicle stability control subsystem based at least in part on static tire data received by the electronic control unit. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970496 | System and method for provisioning a vehicle interface module The present invention provides systems and methods for provisioning a vehicle interface module comprising receiving a VIM from a VIM manufacturer and entering appropriate VIM data into a dealer inventory, activating a SIM card for the VIM and installing the VIM in a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966105 | Method and apparatus for power management of asset tracking system A technique for controlling the state of a power supply in a mobile asset such as a cargo trailer. The technique detects motion status such as may be provided by a vibration sensor. The motion status signal is filtered by other signals, such as with inputs from a gl... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7957849 | Method of updating electronic operating instructions of a vehicle and an operating instructions updating system A method and system for updating electronic operating instructions of a vehicle is provided. Local operating instruction data objects are stored in a local storage device arranged in the vehicle so that they can be used by the driver. Corresponding current operating... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953522 | Vehicle seats A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a seating region. A first seating sensor is disposed at a central portion of the seating region and can detect a first seating position of an occupant. A second seating sensor is disposed at a peripheral portion of the seatin... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953521 | Learning controller for vehicle control A learning controller overcomes tuning problems in vehicle simulation programs by estimating requisite vehicle-specific parameters, effectively learning from its mistakes, as the vehicle is automatically driven around a track. After a sufficient period of calibratio... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949437 | Omnidirectional movement control system The present invention discloses an omnidirectional movement control system, having a move signal generator for generating a plurality of movement signals based on a plurality of first position signals and a plurality of second position signals, and an omnidirectiona... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7933690 | Vehicle recognition allowing device A vehicle recognition allowing device is provided which allows the recognition of a traveling state of a vehicle, including a two-wheeled vehicle to be recognized and does not require a sophisticated image processing function. When a change in the speed, traveling s... | 04/26/2011 |
