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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE39684 | Automatic automobile transmission with variable shift pattern controlled in response to estimated running load An automatic transmission control system for an automobile, comprising a vehicle weight estimation unit which estimates a vehicle weight of the automobile a torque estimation unit which estimates an output torque, an acceleration input unit which accepts an accelera... | 06/05/2007 |
| RE39134 | Automatic transmission control system for an automobile An automatic transmission control system for an automobile, comprising a vehicle weight estimation unit which estimates a vehicle weight of the automobile a torque estimation unit which estimates an output torque, an acceleration input unit which accepts an accelera... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6853889 | Vehicle dynamics production system and method A vehicle dynamics prediction system for providing prediction of vehicle velocity for a predetermined future time period. The predictions utilize future vehicle control setting anticipated for the time period. An artificial intelligence database coupled to a process... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6757665 | Detection of pump cavitation/blockage and seal failure via current signature analysis A system and method is provided for monitoring the operating condition of a pump by evaluating fault data encoded in the instantaneous current of the motor driving the pump. The data is converted to a frequency spectrum which is analyzed to create a fault signature ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6728581 | Differential budding: method and apparatus for path planning with moving obstacles and goals A method is presented for path planning after changes in task space. In one embodiment, the method is applied to planning a path for a robot arm. The method identifies areas in the configuration space which are affected by the changes in task space. Cost waves can t... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6604005 | Method and apparatus for path planning A method and apparatus for path planning are presented. Path planning involves propagating cost waves in a configuration space representation of a task space. A space variant metric and budding are used for cost wave propagation. The disclosed method and ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6574613 | System and method for diagnosing jet engine conditions A system and a method for diagnosis of engine conditions are proposed. In particular, the system and the method are directed to an extraction of features from different information sources and to their processing. These features, together with a series co... | 06/03/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6493612 | Sensors arrangement An autonomous vehicle, such as a robotic cleaning device, includes wheels which support the vehicle and allow the vehicle to traverse a surface. Downward looking wheel sensors sense the presence of a surface in front of the wheels. Another sensor is provi... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6470272 | Situation awareness processor A plurality of events representative of a situation in which the host vehicle is operated are selected, including at least one set of related events. Input data is provided to an inference engine from either a first set of data representative of a target ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6442463 | Fuzzy steering controller A fuzzy steering controller for wheel-type agricultural vehicles with an electrohydraulic steering system is disclosed. The fuzzy controller was developed based on a common-sense model of agricultural vehicle steering. The controller implements steering c... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6424736 | Fuzzy logic technique to determine search time and probability of detection for targets of interest in background scenes A method of determining the visibility of a target in a background uses search time as the output. A set of images of the target in the background is made, and selected input variables in each image are measured. The input variables relate to target size,... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6275761 | Neural network-based virtual sensor for automatic transmission slip A method is disclosed for computer-based control of the timing and level of gear shifts in a multi-speed automatic transmission operated in combination with an internal combustion engine and interposed fluid torque converter. The computer containing power... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6239740 | Efficient data association with multivariate Gaussian distributed states We describe an efficient algorithm for evaluating the (weighted bipartite graph of) associations between two sets of data with gaussian error, e.g., between a set of measured state vectors and a set of estimated state vectors. First a general method is de... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6236905 | Method of and apparatus for providing self-learning correction to platform positioning movement A method of and apparatus for providing self-learning correction to the error in positioning movement of a platform in a vehicular wheelchair lift or any moving member of machinery or an equipment. The method includes the steps of programming the platform... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6226558 | Method of controlling the drive of a computer-controlled conveyor device A method of controlling the drive of computer-controlled transporting devices (2), in particular crane facilities with lifting winches and at least one mast supported on a moving frame on which are mounted shelf operator devices provided with load-carryin... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6053737 | Intelligent flight tutoring system A method for tutoring a trainee in a simulator comprises the steps of defining an expert system simulating an activity, and using the expert system to provide instructional feedback to the trainee. The step of defining an expert system comprises construct... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6023668 | Process and device for determining the flight configurations of an aircraft A process and system for determining the flight configurations of an aircraft are disclosed. The process includes the steps of defining various possible flight configurations of the aircraft, determining a plurality of flight phases representative of the ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5987362 | Final approach trajectory control with fuzzy controller A tail chase guidance system for directing a steerable object, such as a pedo, to a contact along a final approach course. The guidance system senses a bearing from the steerable object to the contact and the course of the steerable object. If the contac... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5895435 | Vehicle drive mode estimating device, and vehicle control apparatus, transmission shift control apparatus and vehicle drive force control apparatus including drive mode estimating device Apparatus for estimating a drive mode of a motor vehicle desired by an operator of the motor vehicle, including a variable calculating device and a drive mode estimating device, wherein the variable calculating device calculates at least one of drive mode... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5781700 | Trained Neural network air/fuel control system An electronic engine control (EEC) module executes both open loop and closed loop neural network processes to control the air/fuel mixture ratio of a vehicle engine to hold the fuel mixture at stoichiometry. The open loop neural network provides transient... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5761326 | Method and apparatus for machine vision classification and tracking A method and apparatus for classification and tracking objects in three-dimensional space is described. A machine vision system acquires images from roadway scenes and processes the images by analyzing the intensities of edge elements within the image. Th... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5748472 | Process for controlling an automatic gearbox A process is proposed for controlling an automatic transmission (3), in which at least one of the weighted values: selector lever activity, excess engine torque, curve radius and brake activity determines a first parameter (K1), the driving activity. Besi... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5721810 | Method of automatically controlling and verifying telecommands in satellite control system A method of automatically controlling and verifying telecommands in a satellite control system in which a satellite status analyzing/processing unit and a telecommand producing/executing unit are closely connected with each other to share a knowledge base... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5684699 | Travel characteristic control system for automotive vehicle An electric control system for controlling a travel characteristic of an automotive vehicle, wherein a driving condition, movement conditions and a travel course of the vehicle are detected and a number of parameters indicative of a resultant of learning ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5673365 | Fuzzy microcontroller for complex nonlinear signal recognition An arrangement (apparatus and method) using fuzzy logic for performing signal processing functions to determine the occurrence of an event, such as a vehicle crash. An acceleration sensor signal is fuzzified by comparison with dynamic membership functions... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5671138 | Fuzzy controller for acoustic vehicle target intercept guidance A target intercept guidance system for directing a steerable object, such a torpedo with an acoustic homing device. The guidance system senses the bearing and range between a first site and a second site and determines the position of a guidance point fo... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5671139 | Hierarchical fuzzy controller for beam rider guidance A beam rider guidance system for directing a steerable object, such as a torpedo. The guidance system is located at a launching vehicle and senses the bearings from the launching vehicle to a target and to the steerable object as it moves toward the targe... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5671140 | Fuzzy controller for target intercept guidance A target intercept guidance system for directing a steerable object, such a torpedo. The guidance system senses the bearing and range between a first site and a second site and determines the position of the steerable object as it moves toward the second... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5649064 | System and method for modeling the flow performance features of an object The method and apparatus includes a neural network for generating a model of an object in a wind tunnel from performance data on the object. The network is trained from test input signals (e.g., leading edge flap position, trailing edge flap position, ang... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5638281 | Target prediction and collision warning system A device for target prediction and collision warning for tracking objects in a region proximate to a vehicle includes a signal transmitter which provides first and second detection signals for at least partial reflection by an object located in a spatial ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5600557 | Transmission control apparatus for nonstage transmission of vehicles To provide the driver with a driving feeling which faithfully keeps up with various running states of the vehicle and running requirements of the driver by finding an accommodation coefficient indicating a running state by fuzzy inference. A target rotati... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5598336 | Automatic transmission control system with variable lockup timing An automatic transmission control system for a transmission which is installed in a vehicle and whose torque converter is provided with a lockup mechanism; comprising a vehicle weight estimation device for estimating the weight of the vehicle; a gradient ... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5586028 | Road surface condition-detecting system and anti-lock brake system employing same A road surface condition-detecting system for a vehicle detects a road surface condition from road noise generated by a vehicle wheel. The road surface condition is determined based on parameter data of frequency components of the road noise, by a neural ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5583771 | Method and apparatus for distinguishing between deployment events and non-deployment events in an SIR system A pattern recognition system is utilized in a supplementary inflatable restraint (SIR) system to distinguish between deployment and non-deployment events. The pattern recognition system preferably includes dedicated hardware or a microprocessor programmed... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5579245 | Vehicle slip angle measuring method and a device therefor A vehicle slip angle measuring device includes an approximate calculation block for deriving an approximate value of a vehicle centroid slip angle by use of an approximate expression derived from a linear two-degree-of-freedom vehicle model. The approxima... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5566072 | Method and apparatus for estimating a road traffic condition and method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle running characteristic An apparatus for estimating a road traffic condition and for controlling a vehicle running characteristic includes a controller having a fuzzy inference function and a neural network function. The controller carries out frequency analysis on vehicle drivi... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5557525 | Wheel alignment control method for a motor vehicle and a control apparatus thereof A wheel alignment control method for a motor vehicle and a control apparatus therefor in which every time a vehicle drive state, steering history, and high-speed steering-hold mode are discriminated by sensor outputs, a processor determines target values ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5557521 | Control system for changing automatic gears The invention concerns a control system (10) for changing automatic gears (3) that operates according to fuzzy logic methods. All the fuzzy-production rules are divided into at least three sections: a set of basic rules to determine the gear-changing poin... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5555495 | Method for adaptive control of human-machine systems employing disturbance response Adaptive control of a system with a human in the loop is accomplished by sensing human operator reactions to a disturbance in the system and characterizing the operator response to the disturbance. The operator response is characterized in one of several ... | 09/10/1996 |
