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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165742 | System and method for compensating sensor signals A system and method for compensating sensor signals. The system includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a fuzzy logic module, and a Kalman filter module. The first sensor is configured to generate a first signal corresponding to a first condition of a vehicle. The... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8146696 | Methods and apparatus for moving a vehicle up or down a sloped surface A system and method for safely moving a vehicle up or down a sloped surface is provided. In one embodiment, a method involves operating the vehicle in a sloped surface mode when at least one ground contacting element for moving the vehicle is on the sloped surface. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7980346 | Vehicle control device An electronic control device reduces, after a time at which constant speed traveling control is terminated (specific control termination time) not by an accelerating operation or braking operation but by, for example, an operation of a control switch, the vehicle dr... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7806210 | Congestion-based control of vehicle hybrid propulsion system A method of controlling a hybrid propulsion system of a vehicle, the hybrid propulsion system including an internal combustion engine and an alternate powertrain torque source capable of propelling the vehicle while the engine is turned off, the method comprising of... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7753153 | Adaptive cruise control device for a motor vehicle A method and an apparatus are provided for the adaptive cruise control of a motor vehicle along the lines of a distance-constant control and a speed-constant control, respectively, which apparatus includes at least two devices interconnected by a data-exchange devic... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7743866 | Speed control system and method for a motor vehicle A speed control system is provided for a motor vehicle, including units for calculating a drive torque or a brake torque as a function of a pre-definable target speed, the target speed being pre-defined by the single actuation of an operable control element. A susta... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7520357 | Method of installing cruise control for a motorcycle Described is a method of installing a cruise control on a motorcycle. A throttle member of the motorcycle is initially maintained with an installation fixture. The installation fixture may be a cube having six different sized bores to accommodate different sized thr... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7493981 | Method and arrangement for the speed control of a motor vehicle and operator-controlled element A method and an arrangement for the speed control of a vehicle as well an operator-controlled element are disclosed which make possible an improved acceleration and/or deceleration input by the driver of the motor vehicle. The speed control takes place in dependence... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7461713 | Tire protecting apparatus A tire protecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle provided with a wheel having a tire on a wheel filled with pressurized air, which protects the tire from abnormally deforming while the vehicle is running, is provided with a tire temperature sensor that detects a tem... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7455140 | Method for guaranteeing reliability of emergency operating conditions of a motor vehicle tyres In a method for ensuring safe tire emergency running operation in a motor vehicle that is equipped with tires that have emergency running properties when the tire pressure is greatly reduced or absent altogether, a device is provided for detecting an emergency runni... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451845 | Adjustment of the speed of a motor vehicle with an automatic gearbox A method relieves the burden of a driver of a motor vehicle in which the drive train is provided with a gearbox which can be operated in an automatic mode and a manual mode. The method comprises the following automatic steps: a) detection whether the speed of the ve... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7444226 | Electronic control device and method for controlling the operation of motor vehicle When a microcontroller, having associated output stages which are used to control components, is used, a digital release signal, in addition to the control signal, is supplied to an output stage which signals the blocking or releasing of the output stage according t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440835 | Vehicle cruise control system A vehicle cruise control system is provided that comprises a vehicle speed detecting section, a cruise control section, and a cruising speed setting section. The vehicle speed detecting section is configured and arranged to detect a speed of a host vehicle. The crui... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7426432 | Cooperative speed control system A device for automatically controlling vehicle speed, including a processor adapted to receive at least a first signal indicative of a first local required speed, a second signal indicative of a second local required speed received after the first signal, and a thir... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423402 | Autonomous traveling unit system An autonomous traveling unit is advanced toward a wall such that a charging unit is located on the right side. When a distance to the wall reaches a predetermined value not smaller than a thickness of a first member of the charging unit, the autonomous traveling uni... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416037 | Device and method for regulating the driving speed of a vehicle A device and a method implementable therewith for regulating the driving speed of at least one vehicle, having an electric motor/generator connected or connectable to a drive train for at least one wheel as a function of at least its actual speed and setpoint speed.... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413526 | Automatic shifting-operation control system An automatic shifting-operation control system having an engine control unit that controls the operation of an engine by a signal of an intake air amount detected by intake air amount detecting unit which detects an intake air amount of an engine, and which includes... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410023 | System and method for braking a vehicle A system and method is provided for braking a vehicle having multiple wheels. The method includes applying friction braking and powertrain braking to the vehicle. The method includes reducing the powertrain braking by a predetermined amount. The method also includes... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410447 | Vehicle speed control system The present invention provides a method for automatic downhill speed control or ADSC adapted to automatically absorb grade-induced energy so that the vehicle operator is no longer required to take action to maintain generally constant vehicle speed. ADSC is preferab... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409294 | Traffic alert police radar An enhanced police Doppler direction sensing radar detects possibly dangerous traffic conditions during certain vehicle maneuvers such as U-turns and returns to travel after roadside stops. By monitoring a host or primary vehicle speed, speed transitions, transmissi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404465 | Cruise control system for electric wheelchair A cruise control system for an electric wheelchair includes: a drive unit for driving the electric wheelchair; a user control unit for transmitting user control signals; a controller selectively operable in a normal control mode for controlling the drive unit such t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401868 | Method for optimizing a braking sequence A method for optimizing a braking sequence in a vehicle with automatic transmission (3) and gearbox (9) and automatic cruise control, which cruise control controls acceleration and braking to achieve a set speed, taking into account the distance to the... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395144 | Brake assisting control system using a distance index An object of the invention is to provide a brake control system for a vehicle, according to which a comfortable feeling for a vehicle deceleration is obtained. An index of evaluating a vehicle distance change is calculated based on a relative vehicle speed, wherein ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7389171 | Single vision sensor object detection system A sensing system (10) for a vehicle (12) includes a single vision sensor (14) that has a position on the vehicle (12). The single vision sensor (14) detects an object (40) and generates an object detection signal. A controll... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386382 | Steering compensated speed override for vehicle drive system A method of controlling a vehicle drive system is provided for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, free-wheeling steerable front wheels, driven rear wheels, an infinitely variable transmission (IVT) transmitting torque from the engine to the rear wheels,... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367414 | Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling the same In a constant speed drive (in an auto cruise), the procedure of the invention executes proportional control to set an accelerator opening Acc corresponding to an observed vehicle speed and a target vehicle speed. When the accelerator opening Acc is less than a prese... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363139 | Method and device for operating a vehicle A method and a device for operating a vehicle provide a convenient and flexible function for limiting a performance quantity, in particular the speed or the engine speed of the vehicle. At least one limiting value is predefined for the performance quantity. The at l... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359788 | Apparatus for controlling distance between vehicles An apparatus for controlling the distance between vehicles enables the distance to be controlled smoothly. A target vehicle speed determining section sets target vehicle speed based on the distance deviation between actual inter-vehicular distance and target inter-v... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337056 | Driving control apparatus Systems and apparatuses are provided for controlling the speed of a driver's vehicle either in a first adaptive cruise control mode or a second travel or stop mode. In one embodiment, there is provided an apparatus comprising a speed control unit that executes a fol... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333922 | System and method of monitoring machine performance A method of monitoring machine operation includes sensing an operating characteristic of a plurality of machines and calculating a performance metric. The performance metric is indicative of the operating characteristic of at least a portion of the plurality of mach... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327242 | Limiting and controlling motor vehicle operation functions enabled for each of a group of drivers of the vehicle A system controlled by a data processor for controlling vehicle operational functions enabled for each of a plurality of vehicle drivers comprising a combination of means for assigning to each of a group of drivers a vehicle operation key with a unique identifier, m... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321818 | Cruise control system having a stop and go function A cruise control system for motor vehicles is described, having a sensor device for measuring the vehicle's operating parameters and for measuring the distance to an object located in front of the vehicle, and having a controller for controlling the vehicle's speed ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318361 | Thrust return mechanism The thrust return mechanism (4) is intended for a thrust return pedal. It includes an electric motor (28) for the positioning of a control member (30) by the intermediary of transmission elements. The transmission elements include at least one c... | 01/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7308961 | Vehicle cruise control device and method A maximum permissible acceleration is calculated so as to take into account vehicle stability, driver's comfort, road surface information and traffic information, driver's specific taste in acceleration and deceleration, and the like. An acceleration limiting proces... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7305295 | Throttle limiting for an internal combustion engine A throttle limit control for an internal combustion engine throttle control is disclosed. Rate limiting is applied to prevent excessive rates of change in throttle actuation. Throttle pedal authority is continually maintained and throttle headroom is not compromised... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292920 | Method and device for lateral guidance of a vehicle The present invention relates to a method and a device for the lateral guidance of a vehicle. A warning device that outputs a warning signal when straying from a traffic lane is able to be turned off by a switching means when driving on a road that is not suitable f... | 11/06/2007 |
