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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8064874 | Control station, controlling method thereof and storage media This invention has as its object to reduce power consumption of dependent stations with low frequency of communication by controlling communications of the control station in a network. According to this invention, a control station communicating with dependent stat... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7933578 | Communication control system, motor vehicle, communication control program, and system establishing the communication control system A system capable of appropriately controlling an operation of an information processing device mounted on a mobile apparatus for effective use of information processing resources of the information processing device is provided. According to the device control syste... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7826819 | Communication control system, information center, motor vehicle, communication control program, and system establishing the communication control system A system controlling an operation of an information processing device mounted on a mobile apparatus such as a motor vehicle to cause it to efficiently receive data, while ensuring economy of the resources of the mobile apparatus, is provided. According to the device... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7734276 | Retrofit automobile radio for older automobiles A replacement or retrofit radio which can be used to replace a wide range of older automobile radios and fit into an almost unlimited number of dashboard configurations comprises a radio case or enclosure having a display sized to fit into most original automobile d... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7697917 | Method for safe operation of mobile phone in a car environment A method of operating electronic equipment, wherein said electronic equipment utilizes a wireless signal to communicate, includes determining if the electronic equipment is operated within a moving vehicle based on a characteristic of the wireless signal and inhibit... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7689198 | On-vehicle audio/video systems An on-vehicle audio/video system is provided which comprises a controller, a data source and a playing device, wherein the controller comprises at least a first transmitter, and the data source comprises at least a first receiver, a first micro-controller and a seco... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7539478 | Select content audio playback system for automobiles The present invention provides a large capacity, user defined audio content delivery system. The system delivers uninterrupted music and delivers information content (e.g., news by evaluating and encoding an input audio stream while outputting another stream. Undesi... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7493099 | Onboard electronic system with user controlled temporal characteristics A mobile radio receiver system for a vehicle providing recent segment replay function is disclosed. The wireless receiver is adapted to be contained within the vehicle. A digital delay line is coupled to receive the output of the wireless receiver. A delay selection... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7439849 | User welcoming system for an automobile A welcoming system for welcoming a user of an automobile has a host communication means provided in the automobile or a facility around a parking location of the automobile. The system further has a distance detecting means for detecting a distance between the user ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434860 | Loose positioning seat A mobile stabilizing seat is composed of a seat body, a driving stabilizing set, and a cover. The seat body is provided with a block partitioned into containing slots at a periphery of the block, and a periphery of the seat body is formed with a plurality of opening... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433647 | Transmit antenna multiplexing for vehicular passive entry systems An antenna coupler for a wireless communication system in a vehicle couples a transmit signal source to a plurality of antennas arranged within the vehicle. A first saturable reactor has a first load winding and a first control winding wound on a first saturable cor... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424279 | Method for enhancing in real-time the playback of an audio broadcast signal A method is provided for enhancing in real-time the playback of a broadcast data signal. The method comprises the steps of: (a) receiving a broadcast data signal at a player device; (b) storing the broadcast data signal on the player device; (c) generating an output... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421289 | Motor vehicle telephone system A telephone system for a motor vehicle includes a transmit/receive unit that transmits data over a wireless communication channel, and receives data over the wireless communication channel and provides a received signal. The system also includes a control unit that ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409221 | Technique for communicating information concerning a product or service provider to a vehicle In an automobile, communications to and from the automobile are in the form of messages. Such messages are referred to as “electronic car-mail” or “C-mail” messages as each message has a destination or origination address which includes an identifier, e.g., ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409235 | Vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle telecommunication system communicating with a user portable communication device housed in a shielding environment A vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle telecommunication system having an electromagnetic field shielding case installed in the vehicle and for housing a user portable communication device, which has a first communication module permitting, via a first antenna, short... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405649 | Communication control apparatus A communication control apparatus of the present invention controls communication among a plurality of electronic devices mounted on a vehicle and mainly includes a control unit that is configured of a micro computer or the like and that periodically outputs clock p... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406321 | Method and system for providing user-selected telematic services The present invention provides a system and method for providing user-selected telematics services in a mobile vehicle. The method includes accessing a menu of available telematics services and selecting a desired telematics service. The method also includes determi... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398947 | Car radio mounting device A mounting device that enables a contemporary audio/video accessory to be installed in the dashboard of an older model vehicle includes a flange, at least one wall, and a plurality of shoulders. The flange has a rearward-facing surface and an opposite engagement sur... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398076 | Method of producing traffic signal information, method of providing traffic signal information, and navigation apparatus Systems, methods, and programs of producing and using traffic signal information take, when a vehicle is closely approaching a traffic signal, an image of traffic signal lamps disposed on the traffic signal. The systems, methods, and programs produce image data of t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394781 | Wireless remote controller using time division protocol and satellite radio receiver including the same Disclosed is a wireless remote controller using a time division protocol. A satellite radio equipped with the wireless remote controller is also disclosed which performs an audio processing operation for time division multiplexing (TDM) and orthogonal frequency divi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386294 | Dedicated short-range communication on-vehicle apparatus A dedicated short-range communication on-vehicle apparatus easily attachable on a wind shield of the motor vehicle includes an antenna, a radio module, a data processing unit and others contained in a single box-like housing. The antenna (8) has directivity i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383056 | Processing apparatus, portable transmitter, and remote operation system A processing apparatus is mounted on a to-be-equipped body, transmits/receives signals to/from a portable transmitter portably carried by a user, and activates one of functions provided in the to-be-equipped body in accordance with instruction information included i... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376448 | Heterodyne receiver and communication system with demodulator switchable between demodulation schemes based on received status signal The heterodyne receiver includes an antenna, a local oscillator, a mixer mixing a signal received by the antenna with a local oscillation signal generated by the local oscillator to produce an IF signal, and a demodulator demodulating the IF signal. The local oscill... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365766 | Video-assisted apparatus for hearing impaired persons There is described a method for providing audio and visual communication between a speaker and at least one hearing impaired person. The method comprises the steps of providing the speaker with a headset frame having a camera attached thereto and positioned to captu... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363061 | Information registering and retrieving system, in-vehicle apparatus and portable apparatus When an in-vehicle apparatus receives an information retrieval request from a portable cellular phone along with a phone ID of the cellular phone, a link key is generated in the in-vehicle apparatus based on the phone ID and an apparatus ID of the in-vehicle apparat... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358853 | Crime prevention assisting apparatus and radio terminal apparatus The invention relates to a crime prevention assisting apparatus which can work with a radio terminal apparatus manipulated by a subscriber or the like of a mobile communication system in order to prevent crime as well as to a radio terminal apparatus that has a func... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356354 | Cradle, receiving terminal and receiving method When a portable receiving terminal is mounted on a cradle in an automobile, the satellite broadcasted contents is received by use of external antennas connected to the cradle, in place of built-in antennas contained in the portable receiving terminal. Accordingly, b... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356336 | Systems and methods of recording events onboard a vehicle A system is provided that comprises a vehicle (e.g., aircraft) including a plurality of modules (e.g., line-replaceable units—LRU's) capable of communicating over a plurality of buses (e.g., Mil-Std-1553 buses). The system also includes an advanced wireless open d... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349669 | Electronic toll collection system adapted to plural types of protocols employed by various on-vehicle units An electronic toll collection (ETC) system comprises an on-vehicle unit mounted on a vehicle and a stationary-station communication system. This communication system operates to perform communication for accounting processing toward the on-vehicle unit mounted on th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346370 | Enabling interoperability between distributed devices using different communication link technologies The present invention is directed to facilitating communications and interoperability between/among applications and services. Such applications and services may be running on or associated with disparate platforms. The apparatus of the present invention provides fo... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7333837 | Universal hands-free unit for mobile telephones The invention pertains to mobile telephones and can be used during telephone conversations while, for example, operating a mode of transportation. The universal hands-free unit for mobile telephones contains the main module containing a speaker and control electroni... | 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 |
| 7319848 | Technique for collecting data from vehicles for analysis thereof In an automobile, communications to and from the automobile are in the form of messages. Such messages are referred to as “electronic car-mail” or “C-mail” messages as each message has a destination or origination address which includes an identifier, e.g., ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319854 | Automatic airplane seat location mapping During a system reconfiguration, a selected column or column of wireless units, such as associated with airplane seats, are powered up. The first unit in the column detects a ground and begins a wireless identification process with an access point which allows the s... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317383 | Alert system installed in vehicle With the intention of issuing an alert responsive to judgment of dozing at wheel or deviation from the lane, there is provided an alert system installed in a vehicle including driving state detecting device for detecting driving state of the vehicle; a mobile teleph... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7305225 | Radio signal receiver A motor vehicle entertainment system includes a radio receiver and a control unit. The control unit receives a first status signal indicative of whether or not a motor vehicle door has been unlocked and initiates the application of power to the radio receiver upon t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302267 | Apparatus and method for estimating a velocity of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system A Base Station (BS) apparatus for estimating a velocity of a Mobile Station (MS) in a mobile communication system includes a channel estimator for performing channel estimation according to a velocity band, receiving a wireless channel signal from the MS, and perfor... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7289786 | Method and apparatus for communicating emergency information using wireless devices A method and apparatus for providing emergency notification by a wireless mobile device in response to triggering a sensor that is remote from the mobile device. A detection system, which may be located within a vehicle, comprises one or more sensors configured to s... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289830 | System and method for vehicle module wake up in response to communication activity A method for establishing communication between a communication protocol controller and a main controller including the steps of monitoring a communication bus using a power management device wherein the bus is electrically coupled to the protocol controller, the po... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280852 | In-vehicle hands-free apparatus An in-vehicle hands-free apparatus includes: a communication unit which is connected with a mobile phone; a storage unit for storing a voice of a party on the other end of a call; a situation analysis unit for analyzing surrounding situations of a car based on infor... | 10/09/2007 |
