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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8126627 | Cruise control system having verification and/or notification features Cruise control systems and methods suitable for use in vehicles, such as Class 8 trucks, are provided. For example, cruise control systems are disclosed that include verification and/or notification features for verifying the operational condition of the cruise cont... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7580786 | Vehicle and nonlinear control method for vehicle A method for controlling a vehicle using a nonlinear error-based control is provided. Various vehicle speed requests are arbitrated and a transfer function including an integrator is applied to the winner of the arbitration. The integrator is applied regardless of t... | 08/25/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7260471 | Drive force control apparatus of riding vehicle, its control method and riding type vehicle An engine (drive force) control apparatus for a motorcycle that prevents a change in vehicle behavior by noise or the like. A control CPU electronically controls injection and ignition of fuel and a throttle valve. An abnormality detecting portion detects an abnorma... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7228220 | Device for adaptive distance and speed control with having torque dampening A device for adaptive distance and speed control in motor vehicles, comprising a sensor device for measuring the distance and relative speed of a target object located in front of the vehicle; a regulating device, which has a distance control function to regulate to... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7212907 | System for influencing the speed of a motor vehicle System for the evaluation of the driving environment of a vehicle and for influencing the speed of the vehicle in its own lane, with an electronic control unit that is connected to a signal generator generating a signal characteristic of the desired speed of the veh... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200482 | Drive control apparatus and method and two-wheeled vehicle A drive control apparatus able to hold an autonomously stabilized posture by a small size configuration by independently detecting abnormalities in a drive system of a first motor and a drive system of a second motor at controllers, outputting the results to majorit... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191041 | Method for diagnosing as to signal plausibility with a speed sensor of a motor vehicle A method is for making a diagnosis as to signal plausibility in a speed sensor of a motor vehicle. In the method, the speed sensor outputs a pulse sequence to an evaluation circuit in dependence upon the speed of the vehicle and, in a steady-state operating conditio... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178819 | Speed controller having a display device A speed regulator for motor vehicles, including a standard mode in which the speed is regulated to a desired speed set by the driver, and at least one exception mode in which the speed is regulated to a setpoint speed that may deviate from the desired speed, and a d... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171582 | Method for controlling a safety-critical system which has a microcontroller The invention relates to a method for controlling a safety-critical system, in particular of a motor vehicle, which includes a microcontroller. The microcontroller controls and/or regulates the operating sequences of the safety-critical system, and the microcontroll... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7134985 | Downhill speed controller The invention is intended to provide a downhill speed control system which employs a method of setting a target vehicle speed in advance, thereby improving controllability when a vehicle runs down a slope, and giving an operator improved operability in setting of th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124852 | Acceleration sensor and engine control for motorcycle A motorcycle has an engine and other components that are controlled based upon output from an acceleration sensor. The motorcycle also has an alarm system that uses the same acceleration sensor to detect vibrations indicative of a potential theft of the vehicle. Var... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119506 | Drive controlling device of a motor-driven vehicle A motor control for an electric motor powered vehicle having an accelerator control connected to a control circuit for supplying the desired driving power that senses possible errors of various types and stops the supply of driving power until normal operation resum... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120532 | Device and method for determining a highest allowed velocity of a vehicle Method and device for the determining a maximum allowed velocity (Vmax) for a vehicle (1) when going downhill (2). The invention includes a detector (11) for detection of current inclination (alpha) of the vehicle (1) in relati... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113860 | Cruise control warning system A method for providing a cruise control warning system including monitoring a cruise control system to determine if the cruise control system is activated or deactivated for a vehicle. The method also includes receiving vehicle operation data for the vehicle. A like... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7089114 | Vehicle collision avoidance system and method A vehicle collision avoidance system includes a 360 degree circumferentially rotating pulsed infrared laser beam scanner apparatus which rotates in a horizontal plane and a vertical plane simultaneously for generating a first signal representative of an obstacle. An... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080705 | Apparatus and method for data communication An electronically controlled compression ignition engine is connected with an advanced cruise control system. The advanced cruise control system is capable of measuring distance to a vehicle or other object in front of equipment that is power by the compression igni... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7069136 | Acceleration based cruise control system A cruise control system for a vehicle includes a throttle and a controller. The controller determines an open-loop speed compensation factor and calculates a closed-loop speed compensation factor. The controller determines a throttle area based on the open-loop spee... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051827 | Cruise control safety disengagement system A cruise control swerve release system effective for automatically disengaging a cruise control system when a vehicle experiences a lateral acceleration indicative of a loss or impending loss of driver control. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044248 | Method and arrangement for controlling the driving speed of a vehicle The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for controlling the driving speed of a vehicle. The method and arrangement make possible a use of a driving speed controller even for adverse road conditions. A desired value (VDES) is inputted for the driving... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6980900 | Method for determining an estimate of the mass of a motor vehicle A method for determining an estimate of the mass of a motor vehicle for use in controlling the brake system of a motor vehicle, in which a driving force and a force of inertia acting instantaneously on the wheel being determined for all the wheels of the vehicle, an... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966862 | Shift control system of automatic transmission In a case of an electric failure caused to a traveling vehicle and when any of forward gears is held at a step S5, a comparison is made between: 1) a supposedly-engaged friction element of friction elements which is supposed to be engaged at the any of the fo... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6941989 | Tire pressure control arrangement for a motor vehicle A tire pressure control arrangement for a motor vehicle monitors the air pressure of at least one pneumatic tire and a signal is outputted from the arrangement when, in at least one tire of the motor vehicle, the air pressure drops below a lower threshold value or e... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941206 | Tip-over detection device for motor vehicle A vehicle includes a tip over detection device that uses a vertically oriented sensor to improve the accuracy of detecting when the vehicle has tipped over. An ECU communicates with the accelerometer and controls engine operation. The ECU stops the engine, preferabl... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926638 | Method for carrying out an automated clutch actuation during non-driven operational phases The invention relates to a process for carrying out an automated clutch actuation of a motor vehicle with a drive engine and a transmission, connected to said drive engine by way of a clutch, in which process the clutch exhibits both an opened and a closed operating... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922624 | Vehicle brake control apparatus It is checked based on entered information as to whether a vehicle should be decelerated or not (S106). When the vehicle should decelerate, an automatic brake operation is carried out with a braking force being set to be smaller by a predetermined ratio than ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915241 | Method for segmentation and identification of nonstationary time series A method, implemented on a computer having a fixed amount of memory and CPU resources, for analyzing a sequence of data units derived from a dynamic system to which new data units may be added by classifying the data units, is disclosed. The method comprises determi... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6915203 | Apparatus and method for diagnosis of vehicular system An engine control system has a self-diagnosis function of an exhaust system. The self-diagnosis function includes a first mode for detecting a failure or abnormality of the exhaust system as a whole, and a second mode for determining and locating a specific failed c... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6904357 | Method and arrangement for controlling the output the quantity of a drive unit of a vehicle A method and an arrangement control the output quantity (NMOTACT) of a drive unit (1) of a vehicle. The method and arrangement make possible a time-optimal control strategy especially during a shift operation of the vehicle. The output quantity (NMOTACT) is a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6876914 | Engine speed control system An engine speed control system for a vehicle such as a go-kart in order to, independently of the driver, control the speed of the vehicle includes a butterfly valve which is moved by a stepper motor (70) upon receipt of over the air signals by a receiver (... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6860351 | Apparatus and method for data communication An electronically controlled compression ignition engine is connected with an advanced cruise control system. The advanced cruise control system is capable of measuring distance to a vehicle or other object in front of equipment that is power by the compression igni... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6804564 | System and method for controlling and/or monitoring a control-unit group having at least two control units A system for controlling and/or monitoring a control-unit group having at least two control units, a first control unit and at least one second control unit, the first control unit being designed for performing its control function and for monitoring this control fu... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6600988 | Vehicle trajectory control system and method A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle is described. The method determines a desired vehicle condition based on three driver actuated elements. In a preferred embodiment the first element can be pedal position, the second element can be a brak... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6556915 | System and method for controlling vehicle cruise speed A system (10) includes a vehicle-based controller (30) for automatically controlling a throttle (32) of a vehicle (14) to maintain a desired cruise speed of the vehicle. The system also includes a tire-based unit (20) for monitoring an operating condition... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6485113 | Haptic braking method and system A haptic braking method and system is disclosed. A controller operates a pump to apply brake fluid to a brake when it is necessary to decelerate a wheel during an active cruise control mode of a vehicle. The controller further operates one or more valves ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6424905 | Vacuum actuated vehicle speed control system A method and system adjusts powertrain controls to avoid significant deviations from set speed during speed control operation. Low vacuum conditions of a reservoir vacuum resulting from high load conditions are detected and eliminated through the initiati... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6366846 | Vehicle driving control system A vehicle driving control system is provided with failsafe for vehicles equipped with an electronically controlled throttle system. A central processing unit receives an output from a normally closed switch that turns OFF in response to a braking operatio... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6339740 | Adaptive vehicle speed control system An adaptive vehicle speed control system includes a vehicle speed sensor detecting a vehicle speed of a host vehicle which is subjected to adaptive vehicle speed control including preceding vehicle following control and vehicle speed control, and an inter... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6330508 | Preceding vehicle following control system A preceding vehicle following control apparatus includes a speed sensor for sensing a vehicle speed of a controlled vehicle, a spacing sensor for sensing a spacing or distance from the controlled vehicle to a preceding vehicle, and a following controller.... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6304810 | Method and device for cruise control Arrangement and method for providing cruise control in an automotive vehicle that includes determination of a target value vtar, stating a desired velocity of the vehicle, determination of an actual value vact stating the current spe... | 10/16/2001 |
