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| 7053797 | Intelligent selectively-targeted communications systems and methods for aircraft There is disclosed a system and method wherein precise geographical location information such as Global Positioning System coordinate data is utilized as a principal criterion for implementing other wireless transmitted instructions and communications advising aircr... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054763 | Method of estimating floor reactions of bipedal walking body, and method of estimating joint moments of bipedal walking body Whether a motion state of leg bodies (2) is a single stance state or a double stance state is sequentially determined and a total reaction force (F) is estimated on the basis of an equation of motion for a center of gravity (G0) of a bipedal walking bo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050891 | Method and system for guiding and positioning a self-propelled vehicle with sequential barcodes A method andsystem for guiding and positioning a self-propelled vehicle with sequential barcodes has a self-propelled vehicle capable of moving on the strip holder according to the recorded barcode serial numbers on the strip holder. Furthermore, due to the barcode ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7047712 | Self-propelled mower having enhanced maneuverability A frame of a mower supports wheel assemblies, a propulsion unit, and a mowing deck. Each wheel assembly is associated with a corresponding wheel, a corresponding electrical steering motor, and a corresponding electrical drive motor. A controller controls a direction... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047247 | Method for encoding and decoding objects with reference to a road network In methods for encoding and decoding objects with reference to a traffic route network, wherein the encoded information can also be decoded with the aid of databases that differ from a database used in the encoding, the objects are provided with relationships to at ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044247 | Device at Ro-Ro vessel The present invention relates to an arrangement for a Ro—Ro vessel, which exhibits a number of cargo-receiving spaces provided with a driving surface internally in the vessel, and with a ramp extending between one such space and a quay, along which ramp driverless... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044703 | Automatic guided vehicle, automatic guided vehicle system and wafer carrying method Improvement of the workability in an automatic guided vehicle which carries and transfers a semiconductor wafer between stations in a semiconductor manufacturing plant etc. An automatic guided vehicle 1 is moved to an objective station after storing a ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7047114 | System and apparatus for automatic and continuous monitoring, proactive warning and control of one or more independently operated vessels A modular computer and telecommunications system for automatic continuous real-time monitoring, tracking, navigation and proactive warning for one or more private and commercial marine vessels and for automatically controlling their navigation within a specific regi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039506 | Light system for defining line of approach A light system for defining a line of approach uses light sources arranged in an array. The light sources are arranged such that they define a primary field-of-view (FOV) from which all of the light sources are visible. Less than all of the light sources are visible... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036445 | Watercraft steer-by-wire system A watercraft steer-by-wire control system for watercraft comprising: a direction control system including a rudder position sensor; a helm control system including at least one of; a helm position sensor to produce and transmit a helm position signal and an optional... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038458 | Magnetic anomaly homing system and method using rotationally invariant scalar contractions of magnetic gradient tensors A magnetic anomaly homing system and method utilize an array of four triaxial magnetometer (TM) sensors coupled to a non-magnetic platform. The four TM sensors are positioned at the vertices of a rectangular parallelogram. The magnetic field sensed at the four TM se... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032858 | Systems and methods for identifying targets among non-targets with a plurality of sensor vehicles A plurality of sensor vehicles collect imaging data from an assigned location of a target region having targets and non-targets. The imaging data may be combined based on its location and the combined data is matched to a threat object map to identify the actual tar... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034839 | Image display system scrolling image at high speed using data compression When a user pushes a scroll-direction key, an ECU obtains, from a memory, a division map corresponding to a division located in a direction designated by the scroll-direction key. The ECU then outputs the division map to a display controller. The display controller ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028819 | Device and method for supplying power to a vehicle, semi-conductor circuit device for use in the same and collective wiring device for a vehicle or an automobile A power supply line is wired in a loop from a battery power supply, and a power supply relay circuit is installed intermediately of the power supply line such that power is supplied from the power supply relay circuit to an electric load connected to a terminal unit... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031807 | Device and method for securing apparatuses with parts freely movable in space The invention relates to a safety device for apparatuses having parts freely movable in space, particularly handling equipment such as industrial robots or driverless transportation means, as well as a method for securing such apparatuses by means of such a safety d... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031810 | Control system and process for several actuators This invention relates to a system for controlling several actuators (Al1, . . . , Anr), comprising at least two computers (L1, L2, . . . , Lk) and at least two means (C1, C2, . . . , Cn) of controlling at least one actuator, each ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026956 | Method of integrating speed deviation cues in a vehicle navigation display A display system for a vehicle is provided. The display system includes a display configured to render a representation of an intended vehicle path. At least one relative speed indicator is rendered upon the display. The at least one relative speed indicator is conf... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024842 | Self-propelled mower having enhanced maneuverability A frame of a mower supports wheel assemblies, a propulsion unit, and a mowing deck. Each wheel assembly is associated with a corresponding wheel, a corresponding electrical steering motor, and a corresponding electrical drive motor. A controller controls a direction... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024843 | Self-propelled mower having enhanced maneuverability A method for operating a mower comprises defining a reference axis of rotation at a desired point along a path segment of the mower. A controller orients wheels of the mower generally tangentially to a circular region about the reference axis. A drive motor applies ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024314 | Sewerage pipe inspection vehicle having a gas sensor An apparatus and method for inspecting sewerage pipes, including in combination with a first mobile pipe vehicle, a gas sensor vehicle for detecting pipe ambient gas. The combination includes an interface cable conveying power and operably connecting the combination... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024276 | Legged mobile robot and its motion teaching method, and storage medium Learning-type motion control is performed using a hierarchical recurrent neural network. A motion pattern provided through human teaching work is automatically time-serially segmented with the hierarchical recurrent neural network, and the motion control of a machin... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024278 | Navigational control system for a robotic device A navigational control system for altering movement activity of a robotic device operating in a defined working area, comprising a transmitting subsystem integrated in combination with the robotic device, for emitting a number of directed beams, each directed beam h... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024280 | Robot capable of detecting an edge A robot with an edge detector and two operating modes. The first operating mode is a remote control mode. The second operating mode is a processor controlled mode. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020542 | Apparatus for measuring and fixing the three-dimensional location of medical instrument An apparatus for measuring and fixing the three-dimensional location of medical instrument that can be easily placed at a desired location by a user. In addition, a medical apparatus for measuring the three-dimensional locations of an apparatus fixed at an end porti... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016521 | Image processing method and system, and medical examination apparatus, for extracting a path following a threadlike structure in an image An image processing method of extracting the points of a path following a threadlike structure in an image (IP) formed by a grid of Potential points. A first processing step (4) implements a first path-tracking operation using a front marching technique denot... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015831 | Systems and methods for incrementally updating a pose of a mobile device calculated by visual simultaneous localization and mapping techniques The invention is related to methods and apparatus that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot navigation. Advantageously, such visual techniques can be used to aut... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013200 | Movable robot A movable robot includes a main body unit and at least three wheel units. The wheel units are connected with the main body unit. The wheel units at least partially project from the main body unit. The wheel units have contact portions for contact with a floor surfac... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010390 | Method and system for controlling robots The invention concerns a method and a system for controlling a first robot and at least one other robot, the at least one other robot being calibrated relative to the first robot by the determination of at least one coordinate transformation of the first robot relat... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010401 | System for guiding a vehicle to a position A system provides guidance to a vehicle on an approach to a position. A guidance transmitter stationed at the position includes light sources arranged in an array and a controller coupled to the light sources. The array defines a primary field-of-view (FOV) from whi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009503 | Collision warning systems and methods An automobile collision warning system includes a sensor system configured to generate a sensor signal corresponding to at least a first sensed object in the vicinity of the automobile. A processor is coupled to the sensor system, wherein the processor is configured... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010412 | Method for calculating parameters in road design of S-type clothoid, complex clothoid and egg type clothoid The present invention relates to a method for calculating parameters in a road design of a S type, a complex type and an egg type clothoid, and in particular to a method for calculating a parameter value capable of determining the size of a clothoid that is inserted... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010425 | Path planner and a method for planning a path of a work vehicle A method for planning a path for a vehicle comprises creating a travel row transparency over a mapped area. The travel row transparency comprises one or more travel rows are split into travel row sections defined by intersecting the travel row with a map object (e.g... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007765 | Method for driving a wheeled carriage A powered wheeled carriage includes a patient support and a wheeled base. An auxiliary wheel mechanism includes an auxiliary wheel spring support for biasing an auxiliary wheel into contact with a floor. Operating a control apparatus moves the auxiliary wheel away f... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010404 | Position control apparatus and position control method for cargo carrying apparatus in industrial vehicle A camera 19 picks up an image of a cargo handling target and acquires image data of a mark affixed to the cargo handling target. An image processing section 66 performs image recognition of the mark and acquires the position and size of the mark in a s... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006920 | Activity data capture system for a well service vehicle The present invention is directed to incrementing a well service rig in such a manner that activity-based and/or time-based data for the well site is recorded. The acquired data can be transmitted via wired, wireless, satellite or physical to a data center preferabl... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000721 | Optical object detection apparatus designed to monitor front and lateral zones of vehicle An optical detection device for vehicles such as a laser radar is provided. The device consists of frontal and lateral object detection optical systems to monitor a font and a lateral zone around the vehicle, respectively. The frontal and lateral object detection op... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002486 | Highway vehicular traffic flow control A base station receives signals from highway traffic and sends signals to selected vehicles on the highway to command them to increase/decrease speed or charge lane in order to more closely conform to a virtual model for vehicular use of the highway. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003397 | Off-road trail recording method and apparatus for navigation system An off-road trail recording method and apparatus for use with a navigation system for recording an off-road trail when a vehicle travels in an off-road area to safely return to the original road. The off-road trail recording is achieved without regard to on/off sett... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999211 | Original conveying apparatus, light amount adjustment method for light-emitting section thereof, image forming apparatus, control method therefor, storage control device, storage control method, and storage medium There is provided an original conveying apparatus for conveying an original to an image reading section of an image forming apparatus, which is capable of preventing the number of times of writing to a nonvolatile storage medium that stores a correction value for th... | 02/14/2006 |
