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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116940 | Systems and method for collecting data in a vehicle A data collection system for a vehicle is provided. The data collection system includes a first data collection node configured to obtain data from a vehicle subsystem, and a processor communicatively coupled to the data collection node via a wiring system, wherein ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8095269 | Dynamic rollover prevention In certain embodiments, a method includes accessing data associated with one or more vehicle parameters and determining, based on the data associated with the one or more vehicle parameters, if a vehicle rollover is imminent. The method includes determining, in resp... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8073592 | Steering system A steering system includes: an electric power steering device which includes a steering unit of front wheels having an electric motor for generating an auxiliary torque in accordance with at least a steering torque and for transmitting the auxiliary torque to the st... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8000859 | Duel control solenoid circuit A solenoid control system for a vehicle comprises a primary controller, a failover controller, and a failover control module. The primary controller generates a first solenoid drive signal based upon a control signal. The failover controller selectively generates a ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7424326 | Method and computer program for modeling an interfering pulse in a vehicle electric system A method and a computer program for modeling an interfering pulse in a vehicle electric system are described. Previous approaches for synthesizing such interfering pulses have proven to be insufficiently realistic for the simulation of certain application cases. An ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412314 | Soil trip vehicle rollover detection method Impending rollover events are detected by recognizing a plow phase increase in lateral acceleration, coupled with a significant trip phase roll rate. The plow phase increase is recognized by modeling a typical soil trip lateral acceleration characteristic and comput... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7376501 | Vehicle height adjustment system In order to prevent a vehicle from running with an inappropriate vehicle height, a vehicle height restoring speed controller determines whether the vehicle is starting or not. When the vehicle is starting, the vehicle height restoring speed controller switches a res... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7337047 | Vehicle behavior control device The inventive vehicle behavior control device employs a novel control strategy, suppressing deterioration of a vehicle behavior which would be induced during control processes, and being useful especially for correcting or inhibiting excessive deterioration of a veh... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318408 | Vehicle control apparatus and throttle trouble handling method For setting a predetermined target control amount concerning running of a vehicle according to an operation amount for a predetermined operation member for running the vehicle, an operation amount obtaining part obtaining the operation amount for the operation membe... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313467 | System and method for in-vehicle communications Method for in-vehicle communications during use of the vehicle, in which a first, data-processing component is arranged on the vehicle, at least one second component is arranged on a non-rotating part of the vehicle, each second component being a sensor arranged to ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7275181 | Autonomic embedded computing “dynamic storage subsystem morphing” A Dynamic Storage Subsystem Morphing (DSSM) mechanism (40) is connected to a plurality of storage subsystem resources, which reserve some storage area each non-donor ECU (12), ready for a “slot-down/up” access by a respective non-donor ECU having a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7245998 | Apparatus for detecting rollover of vehicle and apparatus for activating occupant protective device An apparatus for detecting a rollover of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus comprises a detector, memory unit, calculator, and rollover determination unit. The detector detects a roll angular velocity of the vehicle. The memory unit memorizes a value of the roll a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222007 | Attitude sensing system for an automotive vehicle relative to the road A system (18) for controlling a safety system (44) of an automotive vehicle (10) includes a longitudinal acceleration sensor (36), a vehicle speed sensor (20), a lateral acceleration sensor (32), a yaw rate sensor, and a con... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210551 | Method for operating a level control system of a motor vehicle The invention is directed to a method for operating a level control system of a motor vehicle which includes: a control apparatus, sensors for the direct or indirect determination of the distance of the vehicle chassis to the axles of the vehicle wheels; and, actuat... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7171582 | Method for controlling a safety-critical system which has a microcontroller The invention relates to a method for controlling a safety-critical system, in particular of a motor vehicle, which includes a microcontroller. The microcontroller controls and/or regulates the operating sequences of the safety-critical system, and the microcontroll... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7106184 | Rear entertainment system and control method thereof A rear entertainment system has a voice synthesis circuit, an OSD unit, a video camera, a DVD playback unit, a rear monitor, a navigation unit, a mixer, an IR circuit, and headphones. The voice synthesis circuit and the OSD unit receive driving information from a ha... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6909947 | System and method for driver performance improvement A method (500) of informing a vehicle operator to improve the operator's performance includes the steps of receiving vehicle operating data (502); monitoring an interior portion of the vehicle and receiving operator activity data from the interior port... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6898501 | Apparatus for facilitating reduction of vibration in a work vehicle having an active CAB suspension system An apparatus and method for determining when a component of a work vehicle experiences vibration above a predetermined threshold, and responding to the vibration so that the vibration is reduced below the predetermined threshold. The apparatus, which is in a work ve... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6860206 | Remote digital firing system The present invention is directed to a remote digital firing system for firing of a remote mission payload that includes a firing circuit communicatively coupled to and operative to fire the remote mission payload, a firing control panel communicatively linked to sa... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6819980 | Method for the avoidance of rollover phenomena in semitrailers In a method for the avoidance of rollover phenomena in semitrailers with the emission of warning signals for the driver of the vehicle when driving inappropriately, the center of gravity of the load of the semitrailer is calculated in an on-board computer. From the ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6738700 | Method for conforming a signal to a fault requirement using a command limiting scheme A method for conforming an input signal to fault requirements comprising: receiving an input signal; dividing the input signal into a low frequency component and a high frequency component; limiting the low frequency component to a maximum value, to create a limited... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6697726 | Rolling control apparatus and method of vehicle A rolling control apparatus and method for controlling rolling of a vehicle controls braking force applied to at least one wheel of the vehicle. The apparatus and method set a target roll angle of the vehicle based on a rolling state of the vehicle, calcu... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6658602 | Apparatus for detecting abnormal execution of program An apparatus for detecting abnormality in execution state of a control program. An electronic control unit to which the apparatus for detecting abnormality is applied is provided with a CPU, and a memory for storing a set value representing the number of ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6604035 | Device and method for stabilizing a vehicle A device for stabilizing a vehicle is described. For this purpose, the device includes first determination device with which at least two vehicle motion quantities describing the vehicle motion, in particular in the direction transverse to the vehicle, ar... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6504475 | Apparatus and method for alarming decrease in tire air-pressure An apparatus for alarming decrease in tire air-pressure which detects the decrease in internal pressure of the tire based on wheel speed information obtained from wheels of a vehicle and accordingly alarms a driver. The apparatus comprises: a wheel speed ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6477455 | Device to control the dynamic stability of an industrial vehicle A device to control the dynamic stability of an industrial vehicle, where the chassis of the aforesaid vehicle is fitted with a pair of axles (10', 10"), extending from each of which are booms (12, 13, 12', 13'), fitted to the ends of which are articulate... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6463371 | System for intelligent control of a vehicle suspension based on soft computing A reduced control system suitable for control of an active suspension system as a controlled plant is described. The reduced control system is configured to use a reduced sensor set for controlling the suspension without significant loss of control qualit... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6449542 | Method for automatically controlling the lateral dynamics of a vehicle with front-axle steering A method is provided for automatically controlling the lateral dynamics of a vehicle with front-axle steering by determining a first desired value for the vehicle yaw velocity, corresponding to the path movement of the vehicle set by the operation of a st... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6420966 | Method for alarming decrease in tire air-pressure and apparatus used therefor An apparatus for alarming decrease in tire air-pressure based on rotational information obtained from tires, comprising a rotational information detecting means for detecting rotational information of each tire, a steering angle detecting means, a memory ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6418360 | Sensor structure for measuring vehicle suspension related information A vehicle-mountable, suspension monitoring system produces suspension-analysis information which can be used to determine adjustments to a vehicle suspension. Sensor structure located adjacent the vehicle suspension is connected to a control/processing/di... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6397969 | Vehicular electric power steering device and methods for controlling same An electric power steering device controls an electric motor through a program processing based on a steering torque detected by a torque sensor and a vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed sensor, and applies a suitable assisting force to rotational m... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397133 | Vehicle rollover safety system A sensing and notification system helps prevent vehicle rollover accidents, and/or, in the event of such an accident, notifies emergency rescue and/or medical personnel of the same. Vehicle sensors and an associated microprocessor and central controller c... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6338014 | Control method for vehicle suspension system A method of controlling a vehicle suspension system for a vehicle body supported by a plurality of spaced apart wheels arranged in at least generally diagonally opposite pairs, the vehicle suspension system including an adjustment system for adjusting the... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6295490 | Method and arrangement for operating an actuator in a vehicle A method and an arrangement for operating an actuator in a motor vehicle are proposed. A first and/or a second operating variable signal is determined and a fault check thereof is carried out. When a fault occurs, a first reaction is immediately initiated... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6223104 | Fault tolerant architecture for a personal vehicle A motorized vehicle capable of fault detection and of operation after a fault has been detected. The vehicle has a plurality of control components coupled to a motorized drive and a comparator for comparing the output of each of the control components wit... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6219601 | Vehicle height adjust control apparatus and method A vehicle height adjust control apparatus and method adjusts an actual vehicle height to a target vehicle height using a microcomputer that controls an electric motor, leveling valves and an accumulator valve on the basis of the actual vehicle height dete... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6168171 | Vehicle height adjust control apparatus and method The method of controlling a vehicle height adjust apparatus for a vehicle that includes an actuator capable of changing a vehicle height, a height detector that detects the vehicle height and a controller linked to the actuator that receives parameters in... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6049746 | End stop control method A method for controlling end stop collisions in electro-mechanical systems including dampers or actuators. In a first aspect, a velocity-squared control method determines an end stop control signal (Vend stop) based, at least in part, upon a sq... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6026339 | Apparatus and method for providing an inertial velocity signal in an active suspension control system An apparatus (10) and a method provide a signal (12) indicative of velocity of a mass (18). An acceleration sensor (64) senses acceleration of the mass (18) and provides an acceleration signal (66) indicative of the acceleration of the mass. A displacemen... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5912439 | System and method for safety control in vehicles An on-board system for safety control in a vehicle, the vehicle including a plurality of axles and a plurality of load bearing units and wheels arranged on both sides of each of the axles and therefore on both sides of the vehicle, the system comprising (... | 06/15/1999 |
