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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6618650 | Vehicle sharing system When a user enters a language to be used via a port terminal, a system controller transfers information as to the language to be used to a navigation unit via an antenna and a communication unit which are mounted on a selected electric vehicle, and the na... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6618683 | Method and apparatus for calibrating an accelerometer-based navigation system A navigation device includes accelerometers for measuring movement. Given a beginning location and orientation, the device determines current location and orientation based on the information from the accelerometers. A user enters a list of items, such as... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6611758 | Environmental location system A system and method for determining a location. The system employs encoded information devices dispersed through the environment, each having, a non-unique code associated therewith. The codes from the encoded information devices are acquired as a reading... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6611227 | Automotive side object detection sensor blockage detection system and related techniques A system is provided for detecting blockage of an automotive side object detection system ("SODS"). The system includes a blockage detection processor, which is operative to determine whether an RF leakage signal level sensed between transmit and receive ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609066 | Method and apparatus for activating a crash countermeasure in response to the braking capability of a vehicle A system for sensing a potential collision of a first vehicle (11) with a second vehicle (72) that transmits a second position signal. The first vehicle has a pre-crash sensing system (10) includes a memory (14) that stores vehicle data and generates a ve... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6608567 | Short range wireless communication using on-board apparatus A fixed station and an on-board apparatus are constructed to carry out a short range communication. The on-board apparatus specifies an application from a command included in reception data received from the fixed station and starts a corresponding proces... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6609062 | Nesting grid structure for a geographic referencing system and method of creating and using the same A nested grid structure of a geographical referencing system includes one or more regional grids generally centered on one or more respective grid origins, each regional grid including a plurality of cells. One or more local cities are located at least pa... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6606556 | Security and tracking system A security and tracking apparatus is provided, comprising at least two signaling units in communicating proximity, and means for identifying the location of the signaling units. In one embodiment, a security and tracking apparatus is provided, comprising ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6606553 | Traffic flow management method and system for weather problem resolution Weather problem resolution in air traffic flow management is accomplished by automatically deriving a flow of constrained areas from a weather forecast product, generating a candidate flight list including conflict flights predicted to be affected by the ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6597983 | Geographic location multiple listing service identifier and method of assigning and using the same A method of using a geographical location identifier of a real estate property listing as a multi-listing service identifier of the listing includes providing a geographical location identifier that represents the geographical location of a real estate pr... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6590495 | Automobile distance warning and alarm system An automobile distance warning and alarm system (ADWAS) in which the warning system is armed when the vehicle exceeds a threshold speed. The vehicle speed is used, along with road or weather conditions, to determine a safe vehicle separation time and corr... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6590521 | Object recognition system An object recognition system including a radar, an image sensor and a controller is provided. The radar determines the position of an object, and the image sensor captures an image of the object. The controller sets a processing area within the image capt... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6587788 | Integrated position and direction system with radio communication for updating data An integrated position and direction system is disclosed that includes a digital compass, a communication module, and a satellite positioning system having a receiver adapted to receive satellite position determining signals. Signals that are received fro... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6583752 | Method and apparatus for recognizing object A transmission wave is applied to a predetermined range in a width-wise direction of a vehicle. Objects ahead of the vehicle are recognized on the basis of reflected waves resulting from reflections of the transmission wave. Calculation is made as to a po... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6574559 | Collision avoiding system for vehicles A collision avoiding system is provided to enhance a collision avoiding effect by stabilizing a vehicle behavior during automatic braking. Steering controlling apparatus includes not only an ordinary electric power steering control unit but also an active... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6571172 | Method for determining the position of a vehicle in relation to a container crane A method for determining the position of a vehicle, preferably of a portal stacking truck in relation to a container crane, in which a sensor serves for determining the position of the stacking truck, and evaluating devices are coupled to a detection devi... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6564149 | Method for determining conflicting paths between mobile airborne vehicles and associated system and computer software program product A method of determining conflicting flight paths between a first and a second airborne vehicle is provided, wherein each vehicle comprises an aircraft-to-aircraft navigational communication system having a navigational device. First, a position and a velo... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6559763 | Frontal impact characterization apparatus for a motor vehicle restraint system An improved vehicle crash sensing apparatus quickly and reliably characterizes frontal impacts with only minimal data processing requirements. Two or more longitudinally separated piezoelectric strips strategically located in a frontal portion of the vehi... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6539307 | System and method for monitoring interaction between objects and multiple mobile units A system and method for monitoring interaction between a stationary object and multiple mobile units are described. Positioning data is received from one or more mobile units. Positioning data is processed to retrieve a position of each mobile unit. Final... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6532404 | Mobile robots and their control system System of guidance and positioning relative to a fixed station (1) for an autonomous mobile robot (7) utilizing at least a directional infra-red beam (2') emitted by the fixed station, the mobile robot being provided with a directional system of detection... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6529831 | Emergency vehicle locator and proximity warning system A method and system for alerting a driver of a commercial vehicle or private vehicle, such as a truck or automobile, of an approaching emergency vehicle, such as a police or fire vehicle, and vice versa. The system includes a navigation information system... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6529812 | Method and system for efficient processor usage A method is provided for providing a work machine with information about a processing machine. Information about a processing machine is determined. The determined information is sent to the work machine. The work machine then communicates the determined ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6529821 | Route planner with area avoidance capability A method for establishing a path from a launch point to a destination point that can include multiple way points while avoiding landmass areas. Launch points and destination points can lie outside or inside the particular landmass areas. The method includ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6519530 | Intelligent remote location system A remote location system for communicating location information between a movable remote location device that generates such location information and a location service includes at least one remote location device having detecting means for determining a ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6515614 | Autonomous moving apparatus having obstacle avoidance function An autonomous moving apparatus moving to a destination while detecting and avoiding an obstacle includes a radar device for scanning a horizontal plane in its travelling direction to thereby detect a position of an obstacle and an obstacle sensor for dete... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6507738 | Long baseline RTK using a secondary base receiver a non-continuous data link and a wireless internet connectivity The system and method for long baseline RTK survey are disclosed. The system includes a primary base station (PBS), a secondary base station (SBS), a primary data link between the PBS and the SBS, and a secondary data link between the SBS and a rover. The... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6505111 | Apparatus and method for automatically controlling vehicular velocity of a vehicle In apparatus and method for automatically controlling a vehicular velocity of an automotive vehicle maintaining an inter-vehicle distance to a preceding vehicle, a follow-up run controller determines whether such a follow-up run control as to control the ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6496755 | Autonomous multi-platform robot system An autonomous mobile robot system allocates mapping, localization, planning and control functions to at least one navigator robot and allocates task performance functions to one or more functional robots. The at least one navigator robot maps the work env... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6492937 | High precision range measurement technique Electronic Warfare (EW) systems aboard aircrafts are used to protect them from guided missile by denying threat radar systems the ability to track the aircrafts. In a typical operation, a threat radar system transmits RF signals aimed at the target aircra... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6487501 | System for preventing lane deviation of vehicle and control method thereof A system for preventing lane deviation of a vehicle and a control method thereof are provided, in which control is performed to prevent the vehicle from inadvertently deviating from a lane. The system comprises a detector including a lane marker detector ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6484034 | Radio handset and position location system A radio handset includes: a signal receiver for receiving signals from a plurality of radio stations; a reception timing analyzer for analyzing reception timings of signals received by the signal reception means; a radio station selector for selecting rad... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6484083 | Tandem robot control system and method for controlling mobile robots in tandem A control system for controlling mobile robots provides a way to control mobile robots, connected in tandem with coupling devices, to navigate across difficult terrain or in closed spaces. The mobile robots can be controlled cooperatively as a coupled sys... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6480789 | Positioning and proximity warning method and system thereof for vehicle A positioning and proximity warning method for vehicle includes the steps of outputting global positioning system signals to an integrated positioning/ground proximity warning system processor; outputting an inertial navigation solution to an integrated p... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6480102 | Method and apparatus for activating a crash countermeasure in response to the road condition A system for sensing a potential collision of a first vehicle (11) with a second vehicle (72) that transmits a second position signal. The first vehicle has a pre-crash sensing system (10) includes a memory (14) that stores vehicle data and generates a ve... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6470273 | Collision warning system A collision warning system includes pairs of optical sensors integral to a moving vehicle. Each of the optical sensors of the pairs of said sensors is enabled for the detection of visible light magnitudes and infrared light magnitudes in the external vici... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6470242 | Display monitor for golf cart yardage and information system A player position determining and course management system for a golf course having a plurality of roving units for use by players in playing the course is disclosed. Each roving unit includes a central processing unit (CPU) including a data processor for... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6466162 | System and method for measuring distance between two objects A first global position signal receiver (GPS receiver), at an undefined location, receives first global position signal data (GPS Data) from global position satellites, in orbit above the earth. The first signal data defines a first location for the first... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6453227 | Method and apparatus for providing a display of a work machine at a work site A method and apparatus for providing a display of a work machine at a work site. The work machine has a work implement controllably attached. The method includes the steps of determining a position of the work machine relative to the site, determining a p... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6453212 | Method for mobile robot motion control In a method for mobile robot motion control for the sake of controlling motional characteristics of the mobile robot, such motional characteristics of mobile robot are made to be virtually equivalent motional characteristics of a caster, whereby motional ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6453220 | Low earth orbit satellite constellation stationkeeping algorithm with absolute altitude control An easily implementable satellite constellation stationkeeping algorithm for maintaining the relative positioning among satellites of a low earth orbit constellation with minimal maneuvering while maintaining the constellation altitude over the effects of... | 09/17/2002 |
