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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7620497 | Method and device for informing a driver or for reacting when the vehicle leaves a lane A method and a device for driver information and for a reaction upon leaving the traffic lane by a vehicle. In this context, the course of at least one edge marking of the traffic lane is ascertained, the track of the vehicle that is to be expected is determined, an... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7617048 | Method for determining an accident risk between a first object with at least one second object A method for determining an accident risk of a first object with at least one second object is proposed, a collision probability and a hazard probability of the at least one second object being determined in a predefined region around the first object, the collision... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613569 | Crash prediction network with visual input for vehicle A method for facilitating the avoidance of a vehicle collision with an object includes the following steps: a) providing an environment for generating training examples, b) evolving a good driver using a visual input, c) evolving a crash predictor using a visual inp... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7613568 | Crash-safe vehicle control system A crash-safe vehicle control system for controlling operating devices of an own vehicle such as a vehicle decelerating device and an occupant protecting device, on the basis of information on at least one preceding object existing in front of the own vehicle. The ve... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7603235 | Arrangement for collision prevention of mine vehicle A mine vehicle and a method of preventing a mine vehicle from colliding. The mine vehicle (1) includes at least one scanner (13, 14) to scan the environment in front of the vehicle. On the basis of the scanning, an obstacle-free route is determined who... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599797 | Method of mitigating risk of well collision in a field A method and system for mitigating risk of well collision in a field includes receiving an anti-collision standard exemption request containing a description of risk of collision between a subject well and one or more offset wells, generating an assessment of the an... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7587278 | Ground operations and advanced runway awareness and advisory system A device, method and computer program product for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and taxiways, determining if a conflict exists between an aircraft having operating the invention and another aircraft, and generating and annunciating conflict aware... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7571053 | Lane deviation prevention apparatus There is provided a lane deviation prevention apparatus which can make a lane deviation prediction judgment more accurately. The lane deviation prevention apparatus includes driving lane shape recognition device to detect a lane mark on a road included in a front im... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7565242 | Method and device for triggering emergency braking A method and a device for triggering emergency braking of a vehicle for avoiding a collision or for reducing the severity of a collision, the vehicle having at least one object detection sensor, an ascertainment being made as a function of the detected objects as to... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7558672 | Driving assistance method and system for conveying risk information A driving assisting system for conveying risk information to a driver of a vehicle. The system includes a detector configured to acquire data related to a driving condition of the vehicle and an object in the vicinity of the vehicle, and a data processor configured ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7552012 | Device for detecting objects in the blind spot of a vehicle A device for detecting objects in the blind spot on a side of vehicle includes a ranging main sensor, an auxiliary sensor, a comparison unit, and an output unit for outputting a warning signal which indicates objects in the blind spot. The detection range of the mai... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7529622 | Mobile apparatus, and control method thereof, control program and supervisory system therefor A mobile apparatus for moving or acting while avoiding contact with an object, and reducing a change in the behavior of the object. It is determined whether there is a first spatial element that satisfies a contact condition that there is a possibility of contact wi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529620 | Sensor arrangement for the detection of collisions A sensor system for impact detection is situated in the front region of the vehicle. The sensor system is able to detect kinematic variables in both the longitudinal and vertical directions of the vehicle. The sensor system is suited in particular for truck underrid... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529621 | Collision avoidance system and a method thereof Systems and methods relating to collision avoidance systems for rotary-winged vehicles having rotors causing a respective communication interruption are presented. An exemplary vehicle can be assigned with a unique time slot in a data link communication network for ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526382 | Side collision plausibility with lateral velocity The method and system of this invention discriminates between a lateral collision and a static non-collision event by measuring lateral velocity of the vehicle and adjusting a threshold value causing occupant restraint system actuation according to the measured late... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523000 | Vehicle pre-collision countermeasure system A vehicle pre-collision countermeasure system is provided has a communication component, a rear collision predicting component and an acceleration countermeasure component. The communication component conducts a direct communications with other vehicles, including b... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7516014 | System and a method for automatic air collision avoidance A system and a method for automatically avoiding collisions between own aircraft and other aircraft. The system includes a computing unit configured to compute a fly away path for own aircraft, a sender configured to send the computed own fly away path to the other ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512495 | Centralized control and management system for automobiles In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7505850 | Apparatus and method for preventing collision of vehicle at crossroads An apparatus and method of preventing a collision of vehicle in a crossroad are disclosed. The apparatus includes: an information generating unit installed at each of roads near the crossroad for generating real-time vehicle information by integrating vehicle's info... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7499804 | System and method for multi-modal control of an autonomous vehicle System and method for multi-modal control of a vehicle. Actuators (e.g., linkages) manipulate input devices (e.g., articulation controls and drive controls, such as a throttle, brake, accelerator, throttle lever, steering gear, tie rods, or transmission shifter) to ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496449 | Inter-vehicle control apparatus and distance measurement apparatus In an object recognition apparatus for a vehicle which uses intensities of reflected waves from reflecting objects to make a recognition on whether a reflecting object is a vehicle or a non-vehicle, a plurality of transmission waves are emitted to receive a pluralit... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493218 | Vehicular control object determination system A vehicular control object determination system includes: a radar device for detecting an object that is present in the direction of travel of a vehicle; a travel locus estimator for estimating a future travel locus of the vehicle; and a control object determiner fo... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493217 | Hazard warning means for vehicles A hazard warning means for a vehicle, including: deceleration triggered actuation means, controlling means, and visual indicators, wherein said deceleration triggered actuation means incl... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487044 | Apparatus and method for predicting a breaking distance of a vehicle An apparatus and method acquires acceleration data in a time series of a predetermined site of the tire during traveling of the vehicle, and removes an acceleration component due to a deformation of the tire from the acquired acceleration data to obtain a modified a... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7483790 | Systems and methods for constructing variable offset paths A method is provided for constructing an offset, and includes constructing the capture path, which includes selecting a capture path start point on a first leg of the flight path and selecting a first capture path angle; determining whether a first capture path segm... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480570 | Feature target selection for countermeasure performance within a vehicle A target selection system (21) for a vehicle (12) includes an object detection sensor (17) that generates object detection signals associated with multiple detected objects. A feature target selection module (30) selects secondary targets... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7454291 | Driving control apparatus A driving control apparatus of the present invention has a driving road keeping device for providing a torque to a steering mechanism so as to keep a vehicle traveling at a predetermined position on a driving road, a setting device for setting a need or no need for ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451046 | Imminent collision warning system and method The invention is directed to a system and method for sensing the presence of objects in a path of an automobile with a system to warn both the operator of the vehicle and the object of regard. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447593 | System and method for adaptive path planning A path planning system and method for an object, such as a vehicle, provides a randomized adaptive path planning that handles real-time path planning for a vehicle operating under kinodynamic constraints in dynamically changing and uncertain environments with probab... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447592 | Path estimation and confidence level determination system for a vehicle A path prediction system (10) for a vehicle (12) includes vehicle state sensors (18) that generate vehicle state signals. A tracking sensor (20) generates a path characteristic signal. A path prediction module (16) determines predi... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444241 | Method for detecting or predicting vehicle cut-ins A system for determining the potential for a possible cut-in situation by a cut-in vehicle on a subject vehicle. The subject vehicle may employ various devices, such as cameras, sensors, wireless communications systems, map data bases, navigational systems, etc., fo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443334 | Collision alerting and avoidance system A collision alerting and avoidance system for use in an aerial vehicle is presented herein. The system comprises a one low profile antenna array disposed on the aerial vehicle. A transmitter/receiver probe is coupled to the antenna array. The transmitter/receiver pr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444224 | Lane departure prevention apparatus A lane departure prevention apparatus is configured to conduct a course correction in a lane departure avoidance direction when the controller determines that there is a potential for a vehicle to depart from a driving lane. The lane departure prevention apparatus h... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444214 | Obstacle detection apparatus, method and medium An obstacle detection apparatus and method which can detect the state of an obstacle according to a signal generated when the obstacle detection apparatus collides with the obstacle and a change in the posture of the obstacle detection apparatus caused due to the co... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444240 | Collision avoidance system having GPS enhanced with OFDM transceivers An object relative status determination system (54) for a vehicle (52) includes an orthogonal frequency domain modulation (OFDM) transceiver (56) that generates an object range signal (83). The system (54) may also include a global... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438151 | Method for limiting damages in the event of a partially overlapping frontal collision, and motor vehicle comprising a corresponding device A method for damage limitation in a partially overlapping frontal collision of two motor vehicles involves a signal indicating the start of a collision or an imminent collision causing the steerable front wheels (9, 10) to be turned in such a manner that the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440835 | Vehicle cruise control system A vehicle cruise control system is provided that comprises a vehicle speed detecting section, a cruise control section, and a cruising speed setting section. The vehicle speed detecting section is configured and arranged to detect a speed of a host vehicle. The crui... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437246 | Method of determining a collision avoidance maneuver A method of determining a collision avoidance maneuver includes obtaining initial state data including initial state data for a first object and a second object. A plurality of preliminary maneuvers satisfying a first set of constraints are generated using the initi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437225 | Flight management system The present invention is a system and method for providing flight management to one or more aircraft via a communication link between a fight management system located outside the aircraft and a flight management system located inside the aircraft. Remote flight man... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437244 | Obstacle detection apparatus and a method therefor An obstacle detection apparatus includes an image input unit inputting a image sequence captured by an image sensor, a velocity detector deriving velocity vectors representing motions of a to-be-detected point and a to-be-compared point on each image of the image se... | 10/14/2008 |
