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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| 8185310 | Navigation server and navigation system A navigation device and the like capable of appropriately alleviating an amount of communicating information between the navigation server and a navigation device, from the viewpoint of guiding a user to a destination point via the navigation device, on the basis of... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8160764 | Method for providing vehicle accident information and apparatus therefor An apparatus for providing vehicle accident information periodically collects vehicle travel information, and stores vehicle travel information that is collected during an accident of a vehicle, in a vehicle black box. The apparatus for providing vehicle accident in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8135505 | Determining locations of interest based on user visits Techniques are described for determining locations of interest based on user visits. In some situations, the techniques include obtaining information about actual locations of users at various times, and automatically analyzing the information to determine particula... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8121787 | Vehicular video mirror system A video mirror system includes an interior electrochromic rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle and a video display screen disposed to the rear of a rear portion of a reflective element. The video display screen emits light when actu... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8103398 | Unmanned aerial vehicle control systems Unmanned aerial vehicle control systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle includes transmitting an indication of a take-off or landing location to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle is l... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8090489 | Computerized driverless vehicles and traffic control system A transportation system, including a network of roads for traveling to and from various destinations, a plurality of vehicles for transporting passengers, each vehicle situated within the network of roads, and each vehicle including a power supply, a positioning sys... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090490 | Automatic recovery and transport system and execution method therefor An automatic recovery and transport system includes a manufacture execution system, a path planning system electrically connected with the manufacture execution system, a vehicle control system electrically connected with the path planning system, a plurality of veh... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082074 | Vehicle control system including related methods and components An unmanned aerial vehicle variable autonomy control system is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a control mode interface that provides a plurality of selectable control modes for an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein one of the plurality of sel... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8068949 | Vehicle control system including related methods and components An unmanned aerial vehicle variable autonomy control system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a control mode interface that provides a plurality of selectable control modes for an unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein one of the plurality of selectable... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068950 | Unmanned aerial vehicle take-off and landing systems Unmanned aerial vehicle take-off and landing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of landing an unmanned aerial vehicle includes programming a landing location for the unmanned aerial vehicle utilizing a user input device. The unmanned aerial ve... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060270 | System and method for inspection of structures and objects by swarm of remote unmanned vehicles A method for inspecting structures that includes using a plurality of independent unmanned mobile vehicles. The unmanned mobile vehicles are equipped with a control and guidance system for enabling each unmanned mobile vehicle to operate autonomously. Each unmanned ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7970508 | Guided travel control method and control apparatus for unmanned vehicle The guided travel control method and guided travel control apparatus capable of creating a traveling course by teaching only target earth unloading points, without traveling through all passage points of the traveling course, prior to the guided traveling, when each... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7835832 | Vehicle control system A vehicle control system having a controller and a spatial database adapted to provide spatial data to the controller at control speed. The spatial data provided from the spatial database to the controller can be any kind of data or information that has some relatio... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7742853 | Travel control device and method for vehicles A restricted area (60) is created based on positional information of a manned vehicle (20) traveling one of outward/return lanes (51, 52), and a detour course (72) is created based on information of the restricted area (60). Inform... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739006 | System and method for autonomous navigation in a ride vehicle There is provided an autonomous navigation system for use in conjunction with a ride vehicle. The autonomous navigation system includes an on-board sensor system for generating on-board sensor data of a surrounding of the ride vehicle. According to this embodiment, ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7693624 | Vehicle control system including related methods and components A vehicle control system and related sub-components together provide an operator with a plurality of specific modes of operation. The various modes of operation incorporate different levels of autonomous control. Through a control user interface, an operator can mov... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7610125 | Method and device for optimizing operating parameters of an agricultural working machine In a method and a device for carrying out the method to optimize operating parameters of an agricultural working machine, an optimization program map being assigned to each adjustable operating parameter in a memory unit, optimization program map A being subdivided ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7539563 | System and method for identifying objects in a space A system and method for identifying objects existing in a space. The system includes a mobile robot obtaining object identification information of each object in the space and transmitting the object identification information, and a remote control unit receiving th... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7451023 | Collaborative system for a team of unmanned vehicles A system collaboratively and autonomously plans and controls a team of unmanned vehicles within an environment. A mission planning component creates a mission plan for a plurality of members of the team of unmanned vehicles. The mission planning component creates a ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444206 | Robotic vacuum cleaner An autonomous robot, that is for example, suitable for operations such as vacuuming and surface cleaning includes a payload configured for vacuum cleaning, a drive system including a steering system, a navigation system, and a control system for integrating operatio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430547 | Method of detecting the presence or the absence of a mobile terminal on a path A method is disclosed of tracing a path to be taken by a mobile terminal receiving electromagnetic waves transmitted by transmitter stations, the path being traced by an operating platform, which method comprises a learning phase comprising a taking of the path duri... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7415508 | Linked vehicle active networks A vehicle active network (12) communicatively couples devices (14-20) within a vehicle (10). Device operation is independent of the interface (22-28) of the device (14-20) with the active network (12). A... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403120 | Reverse infrastructure location system and method Methods and apparatus are provided to locate a terminal within a workspace. Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are provided in known locations, preferably in, on or adjacent the light fixtures or other workspace infrastructure. The terminal comprises an RFID... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403134 | Vehicle driver guarding system using vehicle telematics service and control method thereof A vehicle driver guarding system using a vehicle telematics service and a control method thereof are provided. The vehicle driver guarding system includes: a vehicle telematics system for receiving a final destination, calculating a final destination arrival expecta... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395143 | Transmission system with a continuously variable transmission ratio The system (CVT) includes a first electrical machine (M1) with a first rotor (R1) provided with a multiphase winding (W1) and fixed firmly to the shaft (1) of the internal combustion engine (ICE) and a second rotor (R2) or intermed... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389156 | Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleaning An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to s... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7376509 | Travel time calculating method and traffic information display method for a navigation device The navigation device of the present invention has a storage device which stores map data including link data of respective links constituting roads on a map, and statistical data including travel time (moving speed) which is determined by statistical values of traf... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373243 | Method and system for providing traffic information A method, system, and software for automatically providing traffic information to a user, includes tracking and storing travel pattern data of the user, the travel pattern data including a time at which a travel occurs. The travel pattern data is analyzed to predict... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363125 | Tracking system and autonomous mobile unit A tracking system of the present invention includes a transponder 20 attached on a moving object 2 and an autonomous mobile unit 1 for tracking the transponder 20. The autonomous mobile unit 1 has an environment detecting means for... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363124 | Disperse, aggregate and disperse (DAD) control strategy for multiple autonomous systems to optimize random search A method for conducting a search of an area for targets by a number of vehicles. First each of the vehicles randomly disperses from the other vehicles. Then during an aggregate phase, each vehicle responds in a predesignated way to an encounter with one of the other... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356389 | Vehicle data services A method and devices are described for wirelessly uploading and downloading data to and from a mobile vehicular platform while within range of a coordinated network of base stations that monitor the location of the vehicle and optimize data throughput using any comb... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349804 | Daytime stellar imager An automatic celestial navigation system for navigating both night and day by observation of K-band or H-band infrared light from multiple stars. In a first set of preferred embodiments three relatively large aperture telescopes are rigidly mounted on a movable plat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346370 | Enabling interoperability between distributed devices using different communication link technologies The present invention is directed to facilitating communications and interoperability between/among applications and services. Such applications and services may be running on or associated with disparate platforms. The apparatus of the present invention provides fo... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343221 | Control system of a robot cleaner A control system of a robot cleaner including a signal transmitting unit and a cleaning unit is provided. The signal transmitting unit wirelessly transmits reference signals, while the cleaning unit receives the reference signals from the signal transmitting unit an... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343244 | Vehicle tracker including input/output features and related methods A vehicle tracking unit for a vehicle of a type including at least one vehicle sensor may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller connected to the wireless communications device and the vehicle position deter... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343222 | System, method and apparatus for organizing groups of self-configurable mobile robotic agents in a multi-robotic system A system of self-organizing mobile robotic agents (MRAs) in a multi-robotic system (MRS) is disclosed. MRAs cooperate, learn and interact with the environment. The system uses various AI technologies including genetic algorithms, genetic programming and evolving art... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343232 | Vehicle control system including related methods and components Embodiments are disclosed for a vehicle control system and related sub-components that together provide an operator with a plurality of specific modes of operation, wherein various modes of operation incorporate different levels of autonomous control. Through a cont... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340329 | System and method for controlling an electrified vehicle A control system and method which includes storing the geographic location of the neutral sections along the path onboard the vehicle. A GPS system on the vehicle determines the geographic location of the vehicle. A program of the control system determines the posit... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330819 | Method and system for dynamic management of part reliability data A system for recording and analyzing reliability data during a dynamically-planned maintenance check includes means for obtaining and logging warranty-based reliability data from maintenance records generated during the performance of any routine or non-routine task... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320149 | Robotic extraction cleaner with dusting pad An vacuum cleaning robot has a drive system adapted to autonomously move a base housing along a horizontal surface and is controlled by a computer processing unit. A dusting assembly is mounted to the base housing and is adapted to selectively rest on a surface to b... | 01/22/2008 |
