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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146695 | Automated garbage receptacle conveyance system A sled travels back and forth along a path established by a ground laid wire, the sled using a wire sensor to detect the presence of the wire in order to keep the sled on track. Steering of the sled is controlled by having a pair of motors, each operatively connecte... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8118126 | Steering assist system and steering assist method A steering assist system for applying a steering torque reduces the influence of a time-dependent steering control amount on an assist steering torque when a predetermined driving operation by a driver is detected. Thus, the influence of the time-dependent steering ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7836986 | Throttle-free transmissionless hybrid vehicle In a high speed mode of operating and electric-gas hybrid car, the combustion engine is directly engaged to the wheels without a transmission and that vehicle speed is controlled without a throttle by electric generator loading of the engine. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7440823 | Intention estimation method and system with confidence indication An intention estimation system and method with confidence indication for providing operation assistance based on an operator's intention. A current operation performed by the operator is detected, and data related to an estimated intention of the operator is generat... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437241 | Navigation system for restrictively outputting warning and warning generating apparatus and method for restrictively outputting warning in a navigation system A navigation system utilizing a warning generating apparatus is disclosed. The warning generating apparatus includes a data receiving unit for receiving route guidance information data and current weather/time information from an external information center; a data ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426975 | Vehicle regenerative braking control apparatus and method A regenerative braking control apparatus for a wheeled vehicle, includes: a regenerative braking unit arranged to produce a regenerative braking effort for the vehicle; and a control unit connected for signal communication to the regenerative braking unit, and confi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7418341 | System and method for the selection of a unique geographic feature The present invention includes a system and method for selecting a unique geographic feature, including a mobile device that uses position and orientation sensors to determine a user position and a user orientation. The mobile device is adapted for wireless communic... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7398850 | Transport apparatus A transport apparatus including: a travel route having a plurality of retrieval locations continuous with the route; a plurality of article transporting vehicles that move along the route; control means for managing the vehicles; connecting means that can connect on... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392120 | Vehicle dynamics control apparatus In a vehicle dynamics control apparatus capable of balancing a vehicle dynamics stability control system and a lane deviation prevention control system, a cooperative control section is provided to make a cooperative control between lane deviation prevention control... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389167 | Driving support system and method A driving support system according to the present invention is provided with an actuator for steering steered wheels of a vehicle and is used for supporting driving of the vehicle by making use of steering by means of the actuator. The driving support system has an ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386371 | Operation assistance system and method A method and system for providing automatic assistance in operating a machine. A current operation performed by an operator of the machine is detected, and data related to an estimated intention of the operator is generated based on the detected operation. A state o... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369942 | Vehicle traveling state determining apparatus The present invention provides a vehicle traveling state determining apparatus including a camera which picks up an image of a road surface in a direction in which a vehicle is traveling, and zigzag state detecting section for determining a zigzag amount on the basi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365512 | System for directing moving object A moving-object directing system for directing a moving object to a target location includes: a moving-object directing unit and a moving object. The moving-object directing unit includes: a directing signal transmitter for generating a first moving-object directing... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364121 | Methods and systems for automatically controlling aircraft takeoff rolls Methods and systems for automatically controlling aircraft takeoff rolls. A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes receiving an indication of a target takeoff roll path for an aircraft, and automatically controlling a direction of an airc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357407 | Air bag system To suppress the transmission of vibrations from a vehicle body and an engine to an inflator in an air bag system. Rubber mounts are fitted to a retainer box for accommodating an air bag. A flange of an inflator is placed on the rubber mounts, and bolts are inserted ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350613 | Transport with rotatable load and safety bumper A vehicle having (i) a rotatable platform for securing a load thereto, and (ii) an object detection system for detecting an object in the vehicle's path of travel. The sensitivity of the object detection system is variable so that it can be varied based on the rotat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350607 | Electrical power generation A wheeled transport device, such as a piece of luggage configured to be manually wheeled by a pedestrian user, in provided with an electrical generator operably coupled to a rolling wheel of the device and configured to produce electrical energy as the user wheels t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343995 | Air cargo transport system The cargo transport system according to this invention employs a tow vehicle that can automatically follow and run upon guide lines. The tow vehicle can tow cargo laden equipment such as container dollies to thereby automatically transport the air cargo. The air car... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7318493 | Hybrid remote control lawn mower A remote control lawn mower has two electric DC motors with gear boxes for forward/reverse/turning speed control, a gyro for fast straight line cuts, a brain comprising of microprocessors, a gas engine (typical rating being about 4.5 to 7.5 HP) to cut the grass, and... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317936 | Vehicle intercommunication apparatus Two antennas are provided in a base station, one antenna AT1 is arranged at the root of a right handle grip [1R] and the other antenna AT2 is arranged at the root of a left handle grip [1L]. Alternatively, one antenna AT1 is arrang... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308839 | Accelerator pedal device An accelerator pedal device according to the present invention includes: a pedal lever that is provided so as to be rotatable with respect to a vehicle body; a pedal member that is actuated by being stepped upon by a driver; a rotation support device that rotatably ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305287 | AGV control system and method An automated guided vehicle control system and method which allows overall conveying time to be reduced by simultaneously moving a plurality of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) to working locations without interfering with each other. For this purpose, when there is... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303036 | Engine governor system A governor system for limiting the ground speed of a vehicle and maintaining an idle speed of the engine. The governor system includes a first feedback shaft operably coupled with a transmission of the vehicle to provide a first feedback torque in response to a grou... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300092 | Pedals and floor mat configuration for an industrial vehicle A presence detection system may include a pedal assembly that is located underneath a vehicle floor. The pedal assembly in one embodiment is recessed within the underside of a floor mat to eliminate trip hazards on the vehicle floor. Other embodiments may include a ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287953 | Method for loading and unloading Method for loading and unloading long-distance transportation means (1, 2) and for temporarily storing a standardized cargo (18) in an intermediate storage facility (3) includes a rail-guided hoist (5) with gripper (8). The cargo i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287765 | Sports bag with integral transportation system The sports bag assembly, which can accommodate the transportation and storage of sports equipment, entails a fully and permanently assembled integral transportation system comprising two or more wheels. The wheels can be deployed and retracted with a single mechanic... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286934 | Individual transport control and communication system An automated transportation (10) system includes a plurality of vehicles (22) adapted to travel along a pathway, and a monitoring system (70) located within each vehicle and adapted to monitor a location and a speed between an associated vehicle... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275934 | Magnetic apparatus for demonstration of binary numbers An apparatus and method for motivating students in mathematics education, computer technology education and information encoding. The apparatus consists of a container holding multi-state sources and a reading device, if necessary, that can determine the state of th... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274166 | Apparatus and method for correcting position of mobile robot An apparatus and a method for correcting a position of a mobile robot includes a position notifying unit, installed at a predetermined position, that generates and transmits a signal indicative of the predetermined position. The mobile robot includes a position sign... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272467 | Systems and methods for filtering potentially unreliable visual data for visual simultaneous localization and mapping Apparatus and methods that use a visual sensor and dead reckoning sensors to process Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM). These techniques can be used in robot navigation. Advantageously, such visual techniques can be used to autonomously generate and updat... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265510 | Method and arrangement for signalizing a deactivation of a driver assistance system The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for signalizing the controlled deactivation of an assistance system during operation of motor vehicles (10) which are steerable by a steering manipulation device (36). The method is characterized... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7243746 | Recreational electric vehicle The recreational electric vehicle (hereinafter REV) is a convenient indoor or outdoor vehicle for one or two people with a space for personal goods. REV is most suited for adaptations for recreational use. It uses electric power for zero pollutant emissions, quiet o... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243752 | Device for inductively supplying power and guiding a mobile object Device for inductive power supply and guidance of a moving object, with a primary inductance element extending as a conductive loop along a path provided for the object. A secondary inductance element is arranged on the object and can be coupled magnetically with th... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240622 | Travel control method for travel vehicle In a conveying cart, a front side wheel (a front wheel) for supporting the conveying cart is provided with a travel driving unit (a front wheel inverter and a travel motor), and a rear side wheel (a rear wheel) for supporting the conveying cart is provided with a tr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236866 | Vehicular collision object determining system From a collision load, a one-time integration value and a two-time integration value are computed. The one-time integration value and two-time integration value are then used for obtaining a mass and rigidity of a collision object as two primary parameters. The obta... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233861 | Prediction of vehicle operator destinations A method for predicting vehicle operator destinations including receiving vehicle position data for a vehicle. The vehicle position data for a current trip is compared to vehicle position data for a previous trip to predict a destination for the vehicle. A path to t... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228214 | Path planner and method for planning a path plan having a spiral component A method and path planner for planning a path of a vehicle comprising a perimeter training module for identifying a border of a region associated with a work area. A definer for defining a reference row having a reference path that tracks at least a majority of the ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225070 | Parking guidance system for large vehicles A parking guidance system for large vehicles has a horizontal bar, a data collection assembly and a console unit. The horizontal bar is hollow and is mounted on the rear bumper, and houses the data collection assembly. The data collection assembly uses multiple ultr... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219759 | Manual operation device for operating in-vehicle apparatus An operation member is manually operable to select and drive an in-vehicle apparatus. A compression spring applies counterforce to the operation member against operational movement of the operation member. A load sensor senses an operational work load of a driver of... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206753 | Methods for facilitating a retail environment The methods of the invention provide a variety of processes that may be performed by a mobile retail system or a mobile robot system. In accordance with one process, the invention provides a method of facilitating a retail environment, comprising the steps of provid... | 04/17/2007 |
