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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180514 | Autonomous agriculture platform guidance system A guidance system for an agriculture platform that is capable of making decisions concerning the platforms direction and velocity regarding the pathway the platform is moving along as well as obstacles in the path of the platform, is provided. The autonomous agricul... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8140210 | Method and device for object tracking in a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle A method for predicting object movements in a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, in which the movements of objects located periodically by a locating device (12) are precalculated by dynamic modeling of the objects, characterized in that a plurality... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7580780 | Vehicle controller A vehicle position detector in a vehicle on a road leading to a junction predictably evaluates road attributes for determining false map matching possibility before the vehicle actually reaches the junction. The evaluation is based on, for example, an attribute such... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7487017 | Systems and methods for generating pattern keys for use in navigation systems to predict user destinations Systems and methods for automatically generating pattern keys based on models of user travel patterns and behavior, wherein the pattern keys may be used in automated navigation systems for fast and efficient prediction of user destinations. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7366595 | Vehicle drive assist system A vehicle drive assist system comprises a camera for picking up an image of an area existing in an advancing direction of a vehicle; display means for displaying the image picked up by the camera; steering angle detecting means for detecting a steering angle for ste... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7340342 | Mobile device with on-screen optical navigation A mobile computing device, including a main body, a processor and associated memory housed within the main body, a display screen housed within the main body and responsive to signals from the processor, an optical sensor fixed to the main body for capturing success... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7305287 | AGV control system and method An automated guided vehicle control system and method which allows overall conveying time to be reduced by simultaneously moving a plurality of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to working locations without interfering with each other. For this purpose, when there is... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7155321 | System, method and computer program product for remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuring and reprogramming A remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuration and reprogramming tool is provided. The system includes a fleet of vehicles equipped with wireless mobile communications means that enable fleet managers to remotely diagnose, monitor and reprogram vehicles in ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7110915 | Multiple concurrent recursive least squares identification with application to on-line spacecraft mass-property identification The present invention is a method for identifying unknown parameters in a system having a set of governing equations describing its behavior that cannot be put into regression form with the unknown parameters linearly represented. In this method, the vector of unkno... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7095432 | Image processing apparatus and method An image input unit inputs a plurality of images in a time series. Each input image includes a boundary line extending toward a vanishing point on a plane. A reverse projection image generation unit generates a reverse projection image of each input image by project... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6895380 | Voice actuation with contextual learning for intelligent machine control An interactive voice actuated control system for a testing machine such as a tensile testing machine is described. Voice commands are passed through a user-command predictor and integrated with a graphical user interface control panel to allow hands-free operation. ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6842692 | Computer-controlled power wheelchair navigation system A wheelchair navigation system having motorized wheelchair which is powered by at least one onboard battery, and a battery charger. The navigation system also has a filter-based estimator with interface software running that is operated on an onboard laptop computer... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6774815 | On-road facility fault information communication apparatus In an advanced-cruise-assist highway system, an AHS center facility, which is an upper facility for on-road facilities, periodically receives diagnostic information from the on-road facilities, and when it is determined that any on-road facility is in the faulty sta... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6772055 | System, a vehicle and a method concerning the behavior of a vehicle The invention concerns a system for generating basis for decisions concerning the behavior of a vehicle and/or of a driver of a vehicle. The system comprises a supervising unit (10) which comprises at least one storage member (12). In the storage membe... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6768927 | Control system The invention relates to a control system to which a state vector representing the states of a controlled system is applied. The control system provides a correcting variables vector of optimized correcting variables. The relation between state vector and correcting... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6763292 | Prediction and compensation for land vehicle dynamics based on feedforward road conditions A method for producing a response to driving conditions ahead of a land vehicle such as an automobile includes a second vehicle using information received from a first vehicle traveling ahead of it to adjust vehicle mechanisms such as the suspension to cancel advers... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6691010 | Method for developing an algorithm to efficiently control an autonomous excavating linkage The present invention is a control system for controlling movement of a work implement from a dig location to a dump location. The work implement has at least four degrees of freedom defined by a swing joint angle θswing, a boom joint angle θ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6668218 | Method and system for target localization The present inventions comprise a method of estimating a minimum range for a target with respect to a first point of interest, independent of actual, range to the target, comprising obtaining three bearing data points; using the three bearing data points ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6654647 | Method for controlling an automatic guided vehicle system A method for controlling an automatic guided vehicle system having an automatic guided vehicle and a central controller for controlling the automatic guided vehicle is capable of operating with improved operational efficiency. The control method includes ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6633783 | Fuzzy logic based control Because of the enormous number of neurons and reflex pathways involved in the control of human motion, a comprehensive identification of the structure of the feedback control circuitry is a formidable experimental task. A theoretical approach based on a c... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6611755 | Vehicle tracking, communication and fleet management system A vehicle fleet management information system identifies location and direction of movement of each vehicle in a fleet in real-time, and automatically reports such information, as well as status of predetermined events in which the vehicle is engaged, dir... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6574534 | 6-degree-of-freedom control apparatus for spacecraft A 6-degree-of-freedom control apparatus for a spacecraft includes a plurality of thrusters, thruster modulator, position/velocity detector, target position/velocity generator, attitude/angular velocity detector, target attitude/angular velocity generator,... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6549830 | Apparatus for controlling watercraft pilot control The invention provides a pilot control device that enables optimum pilot depending on user's preference and use environment. The pilot control device includes a control module and an optimum process device, with regard to a watercraft having an apparatus ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6539288 | Vehicle rendering device for generating image for drive assistance In a rendering device, a processor receives surrounding images from image capture devices placed in a vehicle, and based thereon, generates a vehicle overlaid image. The processor also receives a rudder angle θ from a rudder angle sensor placed in the ve... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6529806 | Autonomous navigating system having obstacle recognition An autonomous navigating system with obstacle recognition or a method for handling obstacles for an autonomous navigating comprises a sensor having a contact element prestressed in the direction of movement and movable against the prestressed force and a ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6493607 | Method for planning/controlling robot motion A computerized method/system is provided for planning motion of a robot within a free space confined by obstacles, from an initial position to a goal position. In executing the method/system, a plan is generated so that the robot can hold and maneuver a w... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6487500 | GPS vehicle collision avoidance warning and control system and method GPS satellite (4) ranging signals (6) received (32) on comm1, and DGPS auxiliary range correction signals and pseudolite carrier phase ambiguity resolution signals (8) from a fixed known earth base station (10) received (34) on comm2, at one of a pluralit... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6480768 | Control apparatus for autonomous traveling vehicle and method thereof A control apparatus and method for an autonomous traveling vehicle having a teaching mode in which a vehicle position and a vehicle azimuth in respective points on a running path are memorized and a play-back mode in which the vehicle is operated autonomo... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6456929 | Navigation system and method for vehicles A navigation system for vehicles which extracts a target facility by conducting a search using fuzzy search words inputted by a user. A facility search section 13 includes a fuzziness interpretation section 131 for converting any fuzzy search word include... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6424736 | Fuzzy logic technique to determine search time and probability of detection for targets of interest in background scenes A method of determining the visibility of a target in a background uses search time as the output. A set of images of the target in the background is made, and selected input variables in each image are measured. The input variables relate to target size,... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6411871 | Autonomous navigation, guidance and control using LDRI An autonomous navigation, guidance, and control process for docking and formation flying by utilizing the laser dynamic range imager (LDRI) and key technologies, including fuzzy logic based guidance and control, optical flow calculation (including cross-c... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6377878 | Convergent method of and apparatus for distributed control of robotic systems using fuzzy logic A decentralized fuzzy logic control system for one vehicle or for multiple robotic vehicles provides a way to control each vehicle to converge on a goal without collisions between vehicles or collisions with other obstacles, in the presence of noisy input... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6338011 | Method and apparatus for sharing vehicle telemetry data among a plurality of users over a communications network In an Integrated Air Traffic Control System, apparatus, method, and software for sharing vehicle telemetry information between a plurality of sensors of different types and a plurality of users of different types utilizes a communications network coupling... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6336068 | Control system for wheel tractor scrapers A control system to automate operations for wheel tractor scrapers. The control system simplifies the operation of the wheel tractor scraper by automating the many operations of the wheel tractor scraper which alleviates the operator from many of the oper... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6289331 | Fire detection systems using artificial intelligence A system for automatically detecting fires in select areas, and reacting thereto to put out the fires. A stationary, earth orbit satellite, pilotless drone aircrafts or piloted aircraft contains one or more infrared detectors and optical means for detecti... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6275773 | GPS vehicle collision avoidance warning and control system and method GPS satellite (4) ranging signals (6) received (32) on comm1, and DGPS auxiliary range correction signals and pseudolite carrier phase ambiguity resolution signals (8) from a fixed known earth base station (10) received (34) on comm2, at one of a pluralit... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6249725 | Method of controlling at least one station display and a central control station In a method of controlling at least one station display (1), where a vehicle (2) transmits its actual location (x1) to a central control station which calculates the estimated waiting time (tw) until the vehicle (2) reaches the stati... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6175360 | Integral ball cage for pointing device An electronic mouse with an integral ball cage. The ball cage in one embodiment has integrally formed extensions having openings for enclosed shaft encoders and a pressure roller. The shaft encoders are preferably made of a single piece of plastic. The ba... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6161061 | Guidance controller for a minimal discrete command set A beam rider guidance system for directing a steerable object, such as a pedo, using a limited set of discrete guidance commands. The guidance system senses a guidance point distance representing the guidance point position relative to a bearing line to ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6154693 | Automatic aircraft landing An automatic aircraft landing system (AALS) (10) for automatically landing an aircraft on a runway. The AALS (10) includes data acquisition apparatus (DAA) (24) for acquiring flight data pertaining to the descent of an aircraft along a flight path (26) de... | 11/28/2000 |
