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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8229603 | In-vehicle equipment control device An in-vehicle equipment control device includes a force sense imparting type input device mounted on a steering of a vehicle, for remotely operating an in-vehicle equipment mounted on the vehicle according to a predetermined operation route while imparting a force s... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8224499 | Remote annunciator Apparatus and methods or algorithms that report data regarding an engine controller and allow control over an engine coupled to the engine controller. The controller is coupled to a remotely-located annunciator. The annunciator has an engine communication interface ... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8224567 | Map-based browser A map is presented by a browser, and breaking news content such as still photos, videos, etc. is placed on areas of the map to which the news pertains. A user can click on an area of the map for additional information, and can zoom in to a finer granularity. Persona... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8224500 | Distributed knowledge base program for vehicular localization and work-site management The illustrative embodiments provide a computer program product for controlling a vehicle. In an illustrative embodiment, a computer program product is comprised of a computer recordable media having computer usable program code for identifying a dynamic condition. ... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8219262 | Motor vehicle equipped with a pneumatic level control system Disclosed is a pneumatic level control system equalizer of a motor vehicle equipped with a battery and a generator supplying the battery, as well as a compressor driven by an electric motor and associated with the level control system equalizer, the electric motor o... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8219263 | Bicycle user information apparatus A bicycle user information apparatus comprises an information receiver that receives information corresponding to the bicycle user through the Internet; and an administration control unit that manages the information received through the information receiver and ena... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8214087 | Object specifying device for a vehicle An object specifying device mounted in a controlled vehicle has a unit for tracking objects, existing in a monitoring area set along a running direction of the controlled vehicle, to detect the objects as forward objects, a unit for specifying one forward object run... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8209063 | Navigation tool with audible feedback on a handheld communication device System and method that provides audible feedback through a speaker of a handheld electronic device upon actuation of a navigation tool. The audible feedback produced by the speaker is capable of being modified based upon the location, speed, and other characteristic... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8209078 | Electronic control unit and vehicle control system An electronic control unit (ECU) and a vehicle control system are disclosed. When a vehicle ID rewrite instruction and a malfunction information erasure instruction are inputted to the system from an external scantool, one ECU in the system erases the malfunction in... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8204634 | Driving dynamics control system for vehicles The present device relates to a driving dynamics control system for vehicles, including at least one signal distribution to which vehicle data, environment data and data regarding the driver's request are sent in the form of input data, and including several control... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8200374 | Methods of operating a control system of a vehicle and vehicle systems Methods for operating a control system of a vehicle and vehicle systems are provided. A method includes receiving a first output signal from a longitudinal accelerometer during a first travel condition of the vehicle including a first vehicle speed of the vehicle an... | 06/12/2012 |
| 8195342 | Distributed knowledge base for vehicular localization and work-site management The illustrative embodiments provide an apparatus for controlling a vehicle. In an illustrative embodiment, a vehicle is comprised of a machine controller, a steering system, a propulsion system, a braking system, a sensor system, and a knowledge base used by the ma... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8195341 | Adaptive vehicle control system with driving style recognition based on maneuvers at highway on/off ramps An adaptive vehicle control system that classifies a drivers driving style based on highway on/off ramp maneuvers. Once the maneuver has been determined to be an on-ramp maneuver or an off-ramp maneuver, a style characterization processor can classify the maneuver u... | 06/05/2012 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
