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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8078426 | Metric display for exercise equipment A display system for exercise equipment in accordance with the present invention includes a processor, a memory, a metric sensor and a metric display. The memory in communication with the processor. The metric sensor operably coupled to the processor. The metric sen... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7962312 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot A method involves using at least one device supported by a user while the user is in locomotion on foot during an outing to automatically measure amounts of time taken by the user to complete respective distance intervals. During the outing, data representing the au... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7617071 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot A user in locomotion during an outing may support at least one device to automatically measure amounts of time taken by the user to complete one or more distance intervals. The user device may automatically identify occasions on which a user completes respective dis... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7353137 | Shoe-based weight measuring system A shoe-based weight measuring system, comprising: a shoe; one or more weight sensitive detectors constructed and arranged with the shoe to sense weight of a person wearing the shoe and walking or standing; a processor for processing signals from the detectors to det... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7295136 | Communication system In a communication system, a receiving module provided in a second electronic unit receives first information transmitted from a first electronic unit. A comparing module provided in the second electronic unit compares the received first information with second info... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7212107 | Odometer system and method for a vehicle A mileage display system includes a control unit operatively connected to an ignition switch of a motorcycle that obtains the accumulated mileage by accumulating a pulse signal produced according to running of the motorcycle. The control unit records odometer data i... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7159477 | Apparatus for inspecting deformation of pipes An apparatus is provided for measuring deformation of a surface of a pipe. The apparatus has a central portion to which a detector section is mounted. At each side, guides are connected to the housing via arms. The housing has a platform below which an inverted U-sh... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152802 | Storing and accessing keys There is disclosed a key access fob, key access devices, a key access system, key access methods. A fob may comprise a receiver, a transmitter, and a light pipe running from a bottom end of the fob to a top end of the fob. A docking unit may comprise a plurality of ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7085341 | Counter with non-uniform digit base A nonvolatile counter. A nonvolatile storage is organized in digits having non-uniform bases. Circuitry is provided to increment a count value represented by the digits in response to an increment command. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7050926 | Method of surveying a track In a method of surveying a track (9), a first or mobile measuring vehicle (1) and a second or stationary measuring vehicle (2) are placed at a distance apart from one another on a track section to be measured. A reference line (14) is for... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7034674 | Hour meter with incremental service indicator An hour meter having a display that provides a visual indication of a total time an engine has operated and a visual indication of engine operation time remaining in a predetermined service time interval. A plurality of segments on the display are selectively displa... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6980923 | Method to prevent odometer fraud A system and method to prevent odometer fraud in a vehicle are described, including determining whether the vehicle is driven for a predetermined period of time, such as an hour, and checking whether input to the odometer is consistent with such determination. For e... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6961671 | System and a method for preventing tampering with a recorded accumulated running distance of a vehicle A system for preventing tampering with recorded accumulated running distance data is provided which comprises a first memory, a tampering prevention control unit, and a third memory. The tampering prevention control unit is configured to output an error message if t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6927682 | Digital vehicle service indicator A vehicle service indicator releasable secured within a vehicle. The vehicle service indicator includes a microprocessor able to monitor a distance traveled by the vehicle. A service task indicator is controlled by the microprocessor and includes a display indicatin... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6912478 | System for collecting data used by surface profiling scheme A system is provided for the collection of measurements for use by a surface profiling processing scheme. A movable platform is equipped to: (i) generate a measurement of inclination of a surface when the platform is and stationary thereon, (ii) generate measurement... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6856933 | Vehicle accessory for monitoring travel distance A mileage tracking system including an input device mounted in the vehicle for receiving one of a first and second door unlock signals, and a tripmeter. The tripmeter is coupled to the input device and to a vehicle odometer sensor for accumulating a first accumulate... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6801873 | Analysis of rotating machines System and method for analyzing an input signal acquired from a physical system with a rotating element. A tachometer signal is received comprising rotation speed information for the rotating element. A time sequence is determined using the tachometer signal, compri... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6772090 | Apparatus for secure storage of vehicle odometer values and method therefor An improved vehicle odometer is provided with an encoder and a microcontroller. The encoder has a unique key that configures an encryption algorithm. The encryption algorithm can be in the form of circuitry or software or any combination there between. The encoder r... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6768966 | Method for storing odometer data A method for storing odometer reading data in a vehicle having control units which are connected via a data bus. The odometer reading data, which is determined at a particular time by an odometer, is stored in a storage means of a first control unit. This provides a... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6442505 | Electronic trip meter for a bicycle An electronic trip meter for a bicycle is provided. The electronic trip meter for a bicycle includes a signal generator and a main unit. The signal generator is used for generating a signal each time the bicycle travels over a specific distance, and the m... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6434510 | Vehicle accessory for monitoring travel distance A vehicle mileage tracking system including an input device mounted in the vehicle for receiving one of a first and second door unlock signals, and a vehicle tripmeter. The vehicle tripmeter is coupled to the input device and to a vehicle odometer sensor ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6351717 | Method and system for enhancing the accuracy of measurements of a physical quantity A method for determining measurements of a surface includes determining a trend for a plurality of measurements and determining, for each of at least one of the plurality of measurements, an associated residual between the trend and the measurement and de... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6185512 | Method and system for enhancing the accuracy of measurements of a physical quantity A method for determining measurements of a surface includes determining a trend for a plurality of measurements and determining, for each of at least one of the plurality of measurements, an associated residual between the trend and the measurement and de... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5924057 | Method of preventing odometer fraud A method is provided for preventing odometer fraud on a vehicle having a multiplex ring including a plurality of vehicle control modules in electrical communication with each other. The multiplex ring includes a cluster control module with an odometer dis... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5819201 | Navigation system with vehicle service information The navigation system has a display for displaying vehicle service reminders and an input device to permit the driver to define vehicle service intervals. A wheel speed sensor continuously inputs distance data into a CPU. A GPS system receiver continuousl... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5636145 | Programmable multifunction speedometer A programmable multifunction speedometer, wherein a sensor responding to drive train motion provides input pulses related to speed of vehicle travel, the pulses being input to a programmable microprocessor that has been programmed at least to drive an ins... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5587908 | Distance measurement device and vehicle velocity control device for maintaining inter-vehicular distance The computer (CPU) of a distance measurement device determines the inter-vehicular distance by applying a software filter (weighing means) upon successive values obtained directly from measurement. A vehicle velocity control device for maintaining the int... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5579242 | System for electronic recording and accounting of motor vehicle mileage A system which enables the user to accurately determine the business and personal usage of a motor vehicle by converting mileage information received from the odometer of the vehicle into an electronic format that is transferable to magnetic disk and comp... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5569848 | System, method and apparatus for monitoring tire inflation pressure in a vehicle tire and wheel assembly A system, method and apparatus for use on vehicles having road wheels with pneumatic tires that includes sensors that produce signals that are a measure of the rotational speed of said wheels, indicators arranged to provide information to the driver of th... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5541858 | Trip log odometer A system for storing beginning and ending odometer readings of a plurality of individual trips made by a vehicle. The odometer readings for each trip are stored individually for future retrieval and use. The system can be directly connected to an odometer... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5535143 | Rolling digital surface measurement apparatus A rolling digital surface measurement apparatus which measures and records the second elevation differences between a plurality of sequentially oriented, regularly spaced, co-linear points which lie on the surface, and which then computes the elevations o... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5497323 | Trip computer with retroactive reset An apparatus comprising a sensor for sensing a signal indicative of vehicle travel, a reset button, a display, a computer controller coupled to the sensor, the reset button and the display, the computer controller including a memory, an input device for r... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5475724 | Speedometer/odometer apparatus A speedometer/odometer apparatus, wherein a sensor inputs an electronic sensing signal to an amplifier and a selecting device to be amplified and output as a stable single stroke signal. The signal is combined with a frequency signal from a crystal oscill... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5450325 | Route directions display system A cyclocomputer for use on a bicycle displays route instructions stored in the cyclocomputer, displays two dimensional graphs on the face of the cyclocomputer, and is capable of exporting and importing information to and from other computers or cyclocompu... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5410478 | Apparatus for measuring the displacement of a vehicle, in particular an all-terrain robot, and a vehicle equipped with such apparatus A primary odometer velocity is measured by a sensor on an odometer member travelling over terrain. The velocity is corrected by a calculating unit to take account of the inclination of the terrain at the point of contact where the member is in contact wit... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5386533 | Method and apparatus for maintaining variable data in a non-volatile electronic memory device An apparatus and method for maintaining variable data in a non-volatile electronic memory device comprises a shifter array (106) which provides a shifter value to shifter register (104). Shifter register (104) uses 8-bit column decoder (110) to specify wh... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5267159 | Mileage recording and display apparatus Apparatus use in a vehicle used for multiple business purposes or for business and personal use allows one to record and display mileage for each type of use. Employing a plurality of selectable memory banks each dedicated to a designated business or pers... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5171976 | Dynamic coded mechanical metering system A dynamic coded mechanical metering system includes a barcode odometer having barcode indicia formed on counting wheels thereof. The barcode odometer is installed on a counting or measuring device and is engaged therewith to indicate a count or measuremen... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5156038 | Calibration technique for a vehicle's differential odometer A method for calibrating a differential odometer in a vehicle (10) having a pair of wheels (14, 16) and a pair of associated wheel sensors (18, 24) which generate output pulses as their associated wheels rotate. The method includes driving the vehicle (10... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5122961 | Navigation apparatus for vehicle A navigation apparatus for a vehicle includes a vehicle speed sensor (1-a) for detecting an actual vehicle speed, an odometer (1-b) for detecting a travel distance of the vehicle, a processing unit (5) for calculating a present position from the detection... | 06/16/1992 |
