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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180548 | Deceleration controlled braking A system, apparatus and method of controlling a brake system of a vehicle having a brake input device, such as a brake pedal, a plurality of rotating wheels and a plurality of brakes, each brake of the plurality of brakes corresponding to one wheel of the plurality ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8086384 | Stop determination apparatus, inclination determination apparatus, and electric parking brake controller A vehicle stop determination apparatus includes a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a speed of a vehicle, a G sensor for detecting a longitudinal acceleration of a vehicle, an inclination acceleration estimate section for calculating an estimated inclination accele... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8055423 | Motor vehicle drive control system and sensor unit for the same Disclosed are a motor vehicle drive control system, which easily detects accelerations, generated in the up and down, front and rear, and left and right of a motor vehicle body, in high degree of accuracy, and performs the stability control of a motor vehicle, and i... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050838 | Kinematic estimator for vehicle lateral velocity using force tables A system and method for estimating vehicle lateral velocity. The method uses a kinematic estimator constructed as a closed-loop Leunberger observer. The kinematic estimator is based on a kinematic relationship between lateral acceleration measurement and rate of cha... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7561954 | Creep drive control device for driving vehicle at creep speed A creep drive control device according to the invention sets a target creep vehicle speed when a driver has neither one of an acceleration intention or a stop maintenance intention. An engine output is increased (or decreased) by a vehicle speed increase processing ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7421328 | Vehicle slip state determination system and traveling state control system A vehicle slip state determination system serves to calculate an estimated vehicle speed VB, an estimated vehicle deceleration in the vehicle speed DVB, and each of wheel speed differences between right front and rear wheels and between left front and rear wheels Δ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7406374 | Steering ratio control system of vehicle A steering ratio control system of a vehicle includes a variable steering ratio mechanism variably adjusting a steering ratio of a steer angle at left and right steered road wheels to a steering-wheel rotation angle, and a braking/driving force control unit individu... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400964 | Deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle In a deceleration control method for a vehicle, by which deceleration control of the vehicle is performed based on a distance between the vehicle had an obstacle including a preceding vehicle ahead of the vehicle, a target deceleration at which the vehicle is to be ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392116 | Method for operating a chassis regulating system and a device to carry out the method A method for operating a chassis regulating system of a vehicle, in which a control quantity is generated for an actuator, includes providing a first signal, which is representative of the transverse acceleration of the vehicle, providing a second signal, which is r... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389170 | Method and apparatus for judging road surface conditions and program for judging road surface conditions A method, apparatus and program for judging road surface conditions on which a vehicle is running. The method, apparatus and program includes the steps of: obtaining wheel speed rotational information of driving wheels of the vehicle during running from wheel speed ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7376503 | Vehicle running control apparatus and vehicle running control method There is provided wheel speed detection means for detecting a wheel speed V based on a pulse signal corresponding to a rotational speed of a wheel, driving torque integration means calculates an integral value TINdt of driving torque TIN genera... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7347304 | System for control of brake actuator A vehicle brake system includes a brake actuator, a brake controller operative to control the brake actuator, and at least one position sensor which senses a current position of at least one moveable brake component and provides a current position signal indicative ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7319927 | Constant speed control system A method is provided for controlling a low speed operation of a vehicle. A speed activation switch is activated. A target vehicle speed is calculated in response to an accelerator pedal demand as determined by an accelerator pedal position where each respective acce... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313552 | Boolean network rule engine A Boolean Network rule engine for evaluation of rules is described that comprises: a rules interface for receiving a set of rules, each rule having at least one condition; a network builder for building a Boolean Network representation of the set of rules including ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308373 | Method for determining a vehicle reference velocity A velocity and acceleration are measured (14) in a method for determining a vehicle reference velocity, said vehicle reference velocity being used for determining and selecting a suitable transmission ratio. If a measured acceleration (aist) exceed... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7301478 | Vehicle safety warning device Apparatus, methods, system and devices for monitoring road surface temperature to detect hazardous road surface conditions. An indicator provides the sensed road surface temperature and hazardous road condition warning to a driver while a tail light interface automa... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298275 | Machine associating method and apparatus A method for identifying a machine from within a facility for which information is to be presented via a wireless information device (WID), the method including the steps of assigning machine identifiers to each facility machine, determining WID location within the ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7280895 | Vehicular kinetic control system In a state where a driver sees a region near a vehicle, a finally-requested output-shaft torque is set so that a response is hastened in a deceleration and slowed in an acceleration. Thereby, a vehicle takes a forward descending position in which the front end of th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7258414 | Image-forming apparatus An image-forming apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a paper-carrying belt for carrying paper, drive unit for driving the paper-carrying belt, a scale provided on the paper-carrying belt that indicates position information and that partially has a scale s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255407 | Vehicle braking control device for braking force distribution A braking control device for a vehicle executes braking force distribution (BFD) biased to the front wheels, taking into account auxiliary braking control such as braking assist control (BAS) executed when an abrupt or full braking action is performed by the driver.... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248991 | Method and device for detecting a rotational speed, especially the rotational speed of the wheel of a vehicle The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for measuring a rotational speed, in particular a rotational speed of a wheel of a motor vehicle, by means of a speed sensor, wherein the speed sensor produces an output signal characterizing the actual rotational s... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239953 | Absolute acceleration sensor for use within moving vehicles A method of and system for detecting absolute acceleration along various axes relative to a desired movement vector while moving relative to a gravity source includes steps of determining a vertical acceleration, perpendicular to the desired movement vector and subs... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236871 | Acceleration limiting for a vehicle A method and apparatus to control acceleration of a vehicle equipped with an electrically variable transmission and including a regenerative braking system, each are operably connected to a vehicle driveline. The method and apparatus include determining which one of... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7211971 | Linear actuator A linear actuator having a housing, a plunger slidably mounted to the housing between an extended and retracted position, and an electric motor drivingly connected to the plunger to move the plunger between its extended and retracted positions. A motor circuit contr... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206685 | Vehicle travel control apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control apparatus which makes it possible to share information by a plurality of devices and which can improve controllability. An OS switching means (OS-CH) switches a plurality of operating system (OS1 | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197387 | Vehicle control system Sensor-equipped hub units 34a attached to respective drive wheels 34 each have a sensor device comprising a sensor 36 for detecting the ground contact load on the wheel 34. A control unit 31 has a traction controller 32 | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194351 | System and method for determining a wheel departure angle for a rollover control system A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle includes roll rate sensor (34) generating a roll rate signal, a lateral acceleration sensor (32) generating a lateral acceleration signal, a pitch rate sensor (37) generating a pi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185957 | Braking force distribution control apparatus and method A braking force distribution apparatus for a vehicle includes pressure sensors for detecting the internal pressures of the tires, and wheel speed sensors for detecting the angular speeds of the wheels. The apparatus obtains a dynamic load radius change rate of each ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174241 | Speedometer controller and speedometer control method A vehicle speed is obtained from detection signals obtained from wheel speed sensors. In a case where a vehicle speed calculation is shifted from a first method to a second method, a vehicle speed displayed on a speedometer is gradually changed from the vehicle spee... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171297 | Road surface condition determination apparatus A comparison/determination part 7 recieves the input of a front wheel speed filtered value ωfF from a front wheel speed filtered value calculation part 5 and a rear wheel speed filtered value ωrF from a rear wheel speed filtered value calculation par... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7155329 | Vehicle deceleration display system and calculation method A vehicle deceleration display system includes a serial data bus operable for communicating a plurality of sequentially-measured vehicle speed datums in a respective sequential manner. A control unit is operatively connected to the serial data bus and is operable fo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142958 | Method and device for recognizing raised wheels of a vehicle A method of detecting a transverse-dynamically hazardous operating state of a vehicle, where a variable describing the rotational speed of at least one wheel on an axle is determined; a first variable describing the vehicle transverse dynamics is determined from at ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133796 | Smart resolution valve pressure control The Smart Resolution Valve Pressure Control System allows any pressure control system using valve state pulsing to modify airflow at an optimum and consistent range of operation thereby enhancing control accuracy and increasing the useable cycle life of any valve co... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132806 | Motor control apparatus and motor control method An increase in angular acceleration α of a rotating shaft of a motor, which outputs a torque to a drive shaft linked to drive wheels, may cause a skid on the drive wheels. In response to detection of a skid, the control procedure of the invention sets a maximum tor... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7107138 | Automotive speed control disable switch A new automotive (speed control system) safety feature is disclosed. A vehicle with an engaged speed control could be dangerous to drive on a road surface that changes from dry, offering little rolling resistance, to a surface that offers increased resistance to tir... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104616 | Brake gain-based torque controller A brake gain based torque controller utilizes commanded torque, measured torque and measured pressure in order to provide brake control for a vehicle, such as an aircraft. According to one particular aspect of the invention, the brake gain-based torque controller is... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7091678 | Device and method for controlling prime mover When an angular acceleration α of a rotating shaft of a motor connected with a drive shaft exceeds a preset threshold value αslip, which suggests the occurrence of a skid, the torque control procedure sets a maximum torque Tmax by referring to a map, which gives a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076357 | Vehicle braking control device for braking force distribution A braking control device of a vehicle starts executing braking force distribution (BFD) biased to front wheels for avoiding the locking of rear wheels prior to the front wheel at appropriate time by reducing errors of a judgment of the starting of the control. Usual... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069134 | Vehicle control system and method of operating the same A tire blowout control system for a vehicle that has multiple wheels. Each of the wheels has a tire. The system includes a wheel speed sensor and a pressure sensor. The system also includes a first processor to receive the wheel speed, and a second processor to rece... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069133 | Wheel speed calculation method A wheel speed calculation method wherein, when both rising and falling edges occur, the wheel speed is calculated using both the edges, when either of the edges does not occur, the wheel speed is calculated using both the edges in such a manner that for the edge not... | 06/27/2006 |
