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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160809 | Close-spaced leader-follower navigation using control mimic A method is provided for automatically controlling a first vehicle (follower vehicle) that is to follow a second vehicle (leader vehicle) in a desired manner with respect to movement of the second vehicle. In the follower vehicle, bearing and acceleration control in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150616 | Navigation apparatus and program storage medium A navigation apparatus mounted in a subject vehicle designates an inference destination point based on historical data and calculates a reference route to the inference destination point. If the subject vehicle deviates from the reference route before arriving at th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8090531 | Method for assisting an aircraft to rejoin a flight plan by interception of a flight segment close to the aircraft A method for assisting an aircraft to rejoin a flight plan is disclosed. The flight plan is composed of a number N of flight segments (LEGi, i⊂[1, N]) with a flight segment LEGi being defined by a departure end (WPTi−1) and by an... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086396 | Close-spaced leader-follower navigation using control mimic A method is provided for automatically controlling a first vehicle (follower vehicle) that is to follow a second vehicle (leader vehicle) in a desired manner with respect to movement of the second vehicle. In the follower vehicle, bearing and acceleration control in... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082094 | Navigation apparatus capable of correcting position data according to map matching position and method thereof This invention discloses a navigation apparatus correcting position data according to a map matching position and a method thereof. The navigation apparatus includes a satellite positioning module, an electronic map database, a map matching module and a correction m... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8046164 | Systems and methods for track log selection Systems, devices and methods are provided for selecting a desired track log from a set of track log points so as to provide electronic systems, such as navigational aid devices, with the capability of more powerful and flexible applications. In one embodiment, a des... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8010283 | Driving evaluation system and server Travel information of a target vehicle is stored in time sequence and, on the basis of the travel information and pre-stored travel information of a professional driver's vehicle, a travel position of the target vehicle and a travel position of the professional driv... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7983838 | Guidance system that informs the vehicle operator that the vehicle is safely in the center of the correct road lane, airstrip, boat channel or path by means of passive elements imbedded or submerged in said lanes and that functions day or night in all weather conditions It is the object of this invention to provide a system that informs a vehicle operator that the vehicle is safely in the center of the proper lane of intended travel. It further informs the operator of specifics about the lane. Presence of the vehicle in an incorrec... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7953549 | Wireless device, program products and methods of using a wireless device to deliver services In at least one embodiment, a mobile device receives previous route traversal information for a route from a server. During a subsequent traversal of the route, the mobile device determines comparative split information for the subsequent traversal by reference to t... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7650232 | Trajectory specification for high capacity air traffic control Method and system for analyzing and processing information on one or more aircraft flight paths, using a four-dimensional coordinate system including three Cartesian or equivalent coordinates (x, y, z) and a fourth coordinate δ that corresponds to a distance estima... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7627424 | Apparatus and method for long term tracking for ASW applications An apparatus and method are disclosed that provide target motion analysis with the ability for having long-term tracking. The apparatus and method provide a leg builder program that monitors successive positional updates from a target and converts the updates into a... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623961 | Method for determining a track of a geographical trajectory A method for determining a track of a geographical trajectory which has predetermined start and locations. A data collection device, which has onboard synchronized sensors, is moved between the start and end locations, and physical measurement data such as pitch, he... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7593811 | Method and system for following a lead vehicle A transmitter at a lead vehicle transmits a first transmission signal toward a first beacon and a second beacon associated with a following vehicle. A data processor or estimator determines a first propagation time associated with the first transmission and the firs... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7509211 | Apparatus for estimating of deviation from lane, and apparatus for warning of same and method for same An apparatus for warning deviation from a lane has a deviation evaluation ECU 1. The deviation evaluation ECU 1 has a deviation evaluator 14 for performing an evaluation on a deviation by comparing a future position of a host vehicle with a lane... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7480562 | Method for operating a vehicle A method for operating a vehicle, in which the method allows feedback about imminent risks. In this context, the vehicle moves on a predefined route at a current traveling velocity. A value characteristic of the vehicle movement along the predefined route is precalc... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7405746 | Image navigation device An estimate image is generated from a position and an angle of a camera and the estimate image is stored. A collating unit collates an estimate image with a scenery image, and corrects estimate values of a position and angles of the camera according to a result of t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406114 | Pseudo-noise correlator for GPS spread-spectrum receiver A terrestrial C/A code GPS receiver system digitally samples, filters and stores a segment of 11 half chips of the received composite as a binary number and multiplexes this number for parallel correlation with each of a series of multibit code replicas for the sate... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400956 | Satellite position and heading sensor for vehicle steering control A sensor system for vehicle steering control comprising: a plurality of global navigation satellite sensor systems (GNSS) including receivers and antennas at a fixed spacing to determine a vehicle position, velocity and at least one of a heading angle, a pitch angle... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7386386 | Driving control apparatus A driving control apparatus comprising: an detecting device that detects objects; a preceding vehicle determining device that determines a preceding vehicle; a driving control device that executes a driving control; a control start intention detection device that de... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370362 | Method and apparatus for locating rogue access point switch ports in a wireless network Methods and apparatus are disclosed for locating and disabling the switch port of a rogue wireless access point. In one embodiment, a network management device is configured to detect the presence of a rogue access point on a managed wireless network. Once detected,... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366467 | Base station and mobile station in dedicated short range communications system A dedicated short range communications system can warn mutual approach between vehicles having mobile stations installed thereon through dedicated short range communications. Each mobile station includes: a data processing unit that performs data processing of radio... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363153 | Re-routing apparatus and method for calculating an optimum alternative path to an original path from a position deviated from the original path in a navigation system and a navigation system using the same A re-routing apparatus and method for calculating an optimum path from a path deviated position to an original path in a navigation system, and a navigation system using this apparatus and method are disclosed. When a movable body traveling on a predetermined path p... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349564 | Imaging internal structures An apparatus, method and software module for selecting phase-correlated images from the output of a scanner such as a cone beam CT scanner operates by collapsing the images derived from the series from two dimensions to one dimension by summing the intensities of pi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346450 | Vehicle navigation apparatus for controlling map-matching areas A stop area is set in an arbitrary area where map matching processing is to be stopped, by an operation switch group or a remote controller. When a vehicle enters the stop area, the map matching processing is stopped, and when the vehicle exits from the stop area, t... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336223 | System and method for establishing the instantaneous speed of an object A system for establishing the speed, in a safe manner, of an object (1) which is travelling along a known trajectory, including a device (3, 7) for locating the object and direction of its movement, a receiver (6) for receiving a signal from a p... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7321825 | Method and apparatus for determining vehicle operating conditions and providing a warning or intervention in response to the conditions A control system (12) for an automotive vehicle (10) includes a GPS system (16) that generates a vehicle position for a vehicle relative to a surface, a plurality of driver inputs (40), and a plurality of vehicle inputs (50). A con... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305302 | Geographic database including data indicating wireless coverage and method and system for use thereof Wireless coverage data are associated with a geographic database that contains data that represent a road network in a geographic region. The wireless coverage data indicate areas within the geographic region in which navigation-related services or data from a navig... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302321 | Information providing device, information providing system, and information providing program product An information providing device installed in a leader vehicle that leads a follower vehicle, for providing the follower vehicle with guidance prepared by the leader vehicle, the information providing device that includes a state detector configured to detect a state... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293088 | Tag location, client location, and coverage hole location in a wireless network Determining the location of a radio tag or client station of a wireless network, and the location of coverage holes by receiving from a plurality of wireless stations of the wireless network path loss information of the path loss of one or more location frames recei... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289019 | Vehicle avoidance collision system An onboard vehicle safety detection and warning system that provides real time detection and analysis of surrounding vehicles for the driver on a central view screen. Multiple vehicle detection devices are mounted on the vehicle to provide an electronic detection tr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286515 | Method, apparatus, and software product for detecting rogue access points in a wireless network A method, an apparatus, and a software program to implement a method to detect a rogue access point of a wireless network. The method includes maintaining an AP database that includes information about managed access point (APs) and friendly APs, including the MAC a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283897 | Method and system for compensating for wheel wear on a train A method and system for compensating for wheel wear uses position and/or speed information from an independent positioning system to measure some distance over which the train has traveled. Wheel rotation information is also collected over the distance. The wheel ro... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7269487 | Method for train positioning In the state that a train moves from a track circuit 3T toward a track circuit 5T, and a train detection signal TD1 is supplied from the boundary between the track circuits 3T and 5T to the track circuits 3T and 5T, a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257236 | Methods and systems for detecting and recognizing objects in a controlled wide area Methods and systems are described herein for high-speed observation and recognition of objects or persons within a controlled area using 3D image data and tomography, stereo-photogrammetry, range finding and/or structured illumination. A wide area security system ma... | 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 |
| 7251346 | Moving object detection device, moving object detection method, and moving object detection program A moving object detection device comprising: an object distance setting part, determining the distance to a moving object that moves the most based on a distance image, in which information on distances to image-taken objects are embedded, and a difference image, in... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248983 | Electronic compass and method of controlling an electronic compass using independent calibration and compass heading modules A method for controlling an electronic compass includes receiving raw magnetic field data into a calibration module and determining a calibration output based upon the raw magnetic field data. The raw magnetic field data is also received into a compass heading modul... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7233861 | Prediction of vehicle operator destinations A method for predicting vehicle operator destinations including receiving vehicle position data for a vehicle. The vehicle position data for a current trip is compared to vehicle position data for a previous trip to predict a destination for the vehicle. A path to t... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7224274 | Locality information retrieval system An information retrieval system for retrieving information relating to a locality includes a data collecting module for collecting data relating to a location of the device and the locality in which the device is located. A processor, which is in communication with ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219011 | Vertical deviation indication and prediction system A vertical deviation indicator and predictor includes a vertical deviation scale having a plurality of vertically spaced markers, one of the markers indicating the vehicle's present vertical position. Current vertical flight path segment symbols are selectively supe... | 05/15/2007 |
