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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7433772 | Target speed control system for a vehicle When a vehicle travels along a curve of a road, a target vehicle acceleration/deceleration that is used for accelerating/decelerating the vehicle to a target vehicle speed, which is set for the curve, is calculated. Based on a comparison between a present vehicle sp... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7369845 | Managing features available on a portable communication device based on a travel speed detected by the portable communication device A portable communication device detects a current speed of travel of the portable communication device independent of any vehicle temporarily transporting the portable communication device. A speed based setting controller of the portable communication device compar... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7253746 | Vehicle-presence notifying apparatus and vehicle-presence notifying method An apparatus for notifying presence of a vehicle to a periphery of the vehicle includes a control unit that controls an operating unit that operates to cause the vehicle to drive, generating an operation sound; a judging unit that judges whether it is necessary to n... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7227454 | Display device for an assistance or support system for transport means To provide a device associated with at least one means of transport, in particular at least one motor vehicle, for the detection, in particular intuitive detection, of the operating and/or system states of at least one assistance/support system for the lateral guida... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218207 | Method for detecting position of lane marker, apparatus for detection position of lane marker and alarm apparatus for lane deviation A method for a detecting position of a lane marker relating to the present invention obtains an integral brightness by taking an image of a road surface (4) by a camera (2) loaded on a vehicle (3), converting the image taken by the camera (2 | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213670 | Rollover determination system and method A rollover determination system 20 includes a first roll rate sensor 22, a lateral G-sensor 26, and a main rollover determination unit 30. The first roll rate sensor 22 detects roll rate of a vehicle. The lateral G-sensor 26... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196629 | Radar-assisted sensing of the position and/or movement of the body or inside the body of living beings The present invention relates to a method for sensing information about the position and/or movements of the body of a living being or a part of the body inside the body, in particular for use in a motor vehicle. The method includes the steps: ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7176790 | Display device and vehicle A vehicle has a display device which widens the field of view (visible area) reflected by a side mirror or a back mirror mounted on the vehicle. To enable a driver driving the vehicle to confirm safety even when it is difficult for the driver to visually recognize s... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7158015 | Vision-based method and system for automotive parking aid, reversing aid, and pre-collision sensing application A vision-based object detection decision-making system (10) for a vehicle (12) includes multiple vision sensing systems (14) that have vision receivers (20) and that generate an object detection signal. A controller (16) includes a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154393 | Object detection sensor An object detection sensor wherein a detection electrode (electrode connected with a detection circuit via a conductor) is not exposed from a surface and an input signal is scarcely reduced when a contact area is small, which is capable of reliably detecting a conta... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7088262 | Method of operating a display system in a vehicle for finding a parking place A method of operating a display system in a vehicle (03) for finding a suitable parking place (06) with at least one camera (01) with which an observation area in the vicinity of the vehicle (03) can be recorded, with an image processing ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084746 | Obstacle detection device An obstacle detection device includes: a hyperboloidal mirror contained near a tip of a pole mounted at the corner of a vehicle; an image pickup unit for picking up an image shown in the hyperboloidal mirror; a signal processing circuit that performs an image signal... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079017 | Warning device in motor vehicles A warning system for a vehicle is provided. The warning system has a sensor for detecting an obstruction near the vehicle, a control apparatus to produce a signal in response to the detected obstruction, and an alert device configured to direct a driver's attention ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7053794 | Parking assist device and method for assisting parking A parking assist device (1) includes a camera (3) for capturing an image of an exterior of a vehicle, and a monitor (4) for displaying the captured image, and sets a target parking position by moving a target parking frame (11) displayed ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7009503 | Collision warning systems and methods An automobile collision warning system includes a sensor system configured to generate a sensor signal corresponding to at least a first sensed object in the vicinity of the automobile. A processor is coupled to the sensor system, wherein the processor is configured... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999003 | Parking assistance system During a period until a subject vehicle stops to go back for being parked, detection distance data items and advance distance data items are obtained by using an ultrasonic sensor and a speed sensor. These data items are stored with both the data items mutually asso... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6919822 | Parking assist device and method for assisting parking According to a parking assist device and a method for assisting parking of the invention, when a parking assist is canceled after a start of the parking assist, and the parking assist is restarted, a target parking position (P2B) is reset at a reset position ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6906640 | Method for operating a parking assistance system A method for operating a parking assistance system and a parking assistance system for a vehicle, is characterized by the following steps: a) determination of the length and/or width of a parking space when passing the parking space; b) determination of at least one... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6894606 | Vehicular black box monitoring system A vehicular “black box” provides recording means by which driver action can be reviewed after an accident or collision, as well as indicating immediate vehicle disposition status to the driver. Using cameras (which may be very small), the disposition of the vehi... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6753902 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, navigation apparatus, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave An image processing apparatus is provided with: an image taking device (19) for taking an image in a forward direction of a movable body and outputting an image signal corresponding to the taken image; a movement vector detecting device (18, 24) for de... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6751535 | Travel controlling apparatus of unmanned vehicle A travel controlling apparatus of an unmanned vehicle provided with a GPS receiver (13) receiving a GPS signal so as to position a position of a vehicle, an autonomous navigation computing device (14) positioning a position and an azimuth of the vehicl... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6744380 | Apparatus for monitoring area adjacent to vehicle An apparatus for monitoring an area adjacent to a subject vehicle includes an image taking device for taking an image of an area at and around a place to which the subject vehicle is directed. A predicting device operates for predicting a region to which the subject... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6720868 | Back-up warning system in a license plate holder and related method A back-up warning system for a vehicle having a back-up lighting circuit includes a license plate holder including a housing, and a proximity sensor and external audible indicator carried by the housing. The back-up warning system also includes an internal indicator... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6683539 | Computer vision based parking assistant A computer-based assisted parking system and method for parking a vehicle into a parking space includes at least one sensor arranged to sense a position of the vehicle to be parked in a predetermined area adjacent the vehicle; a sensing system for at leas... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6600986 | Method for the longitudinal control of a vehicle in which information of a navigation system is detected A method for the longitudinal control of a vehicle, in which information of a navigation system is detected and in which, as a function of the information of the navigation system, a desired value of at least one parameter for the longitudinal control is ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6583753 | Vehicle back-up and parking aid radar system An improved vehicle radar system and control aids the vehicle driver during both parking and back-up maneuvers. The radar system is equipped with both long range and short range radar detection antennas, an RF switch for selecting the active antenna, and ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6570497 | Apparatus and method for rail track inspection An apparatus for inspecting an operational condition of a rail track from a railcar includes an antenna positioned on the railcar that directs radar signals toward the rail track and collects radar signals returned from the rail track. A radar transceiver... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6553283 | Method and apparatus for recognizing shape of road A transmission wave is applied to a predetermined angular range in a width-wise direction of a vehicle. Object-unit data pieces containing at least data pieces representing distances to objects in correspondence with vehicle-width-wise direction angles ar... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6472978 | Traffic system to prevent from accidents An improved traffic accident preventing system to alarm both a driver on vehicle and pedestrian each other using a radio communication unit when they are located close. This system also provides a traffic monitoring and control system using communication ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6445285 | Method and apparatus for detecting objects An apparatus and method for the detection of objects that lie within the path of a motor vehicle includes ultrasonic sensors (20) fitted to either a front or rear surface (14, 18) of the motor vehicle (10). The ultrasonic sensors (20) are adapted to both ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6388565 | Guidance system for assisting lane change of a motor vehicle A vehicle guidance system for assisting a driving lane change includes an object detection unit for detecting objects in a laterally adjacent rearward side space area of the vehicle. An analysis unit receives signals from the object detection unit and det... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6380849 | Aerial work platform with pothole and/or obstacle detection and avoidance system The aerial work platform including a pothole and/or obstacle avoidance system according to the present invention includes a non-contact distance measuring device mounted to an end of the aerial work platform chassis. The non-contact distance measuring dev... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6259374 | Passive pavement-mounted acoustical linguistic drive alert system and method Systems and methods are described for passive pavement-mounted acoustical alert of the occupants of a vehicle. A method of notifying a vehicle occupant includes providing a driving medium upon which a vehicle is to be driven; and texturing a portion of th... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6249214 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, navigation apparatus, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave An image processing apparatus is provided with: an image taking device (19a, 19b) for taking an image on a side of a movable body and outputting an image signal corresponding to the taken image; a movement vector detecting device (18, 24) for detecting a ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6100797 | System for producing a release signal for a vehicle safety device To assure that the safety device is triggered at the right time in the event of a lateral collision of the vehicle with a curb, a first comparing device (1) compares a rotation rate (ωx) measured relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, or a var... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6084507 | Truck turning safety gate A truck turning safety gate for controlling vehicle traffic adjacent to a turning truck. The inventive device includes a pair of actuators securable to a rear of a truck. A pair of signal arms extend from the actuators and are normally oriented in a verti... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6062161 | Vehicle alarm apparatus A vehicle alarm apparatus includes a frame mountable to a vehicle and defining a distal end spaced from the vehicle. A roller is rotatably mounted to the frame adjacent the distal end thereof to rotate upon coming into contact with a curb or other object.... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5757949 | Warning system for vehicle A warning system estimates the possibility of the off-course travel of a vehicle while traveling through a curve before the vehicle enters the curve and gives the driver a warning properly. The warning system comprises an image recognizing means for obtai... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5701122 | Electronic curb feeler An electronic curb feeler system uses two pairs of optical sensor units to detect an object located near the front end of a vehicle during parking. One pair of optical sensor units detects an object directly in front of a left portion of the front end of ... | 12/23/1997 |
