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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185283 | Output torque calculating apparatus and calculating method First target torque of an engine is set based on a driver's operation, a vehicle behavior, and a request for shifting gears of an automatic transmission. The engine is controlled such that the difference between the first target torque and the actual output torque o... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180539 | Location range setting apparatus, control method and controller for apparatus mounted in mobile object, and automotive air conditioner and control method for the same A location range setting apparatus includes: a location information acquiring unit for acquiring location information indicating the location of a mobile object; a road information acquiring unit for acquiring road segment information indicating a specific segment o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170761 | Method for real-time learning of actuator transfer characteristics In a pressure control system having a solenoid-operated fluid valve that has an output hydraulic pressure which varies in accordance with a solenoid input signal, a dynamic learning block is configured to adjust the initial, default values for control points stored ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8090511 | Gear shift system for vehicle, control device and control method for automatic transmission A parameter having an accelerator pedal position and a drive force as components is set according to information representing driver's operations such as the accelerator pedal position and a stroke amount of a brake pedal. Similarly to the information representing t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8068965 | Control apparatus and method for shift-position changing mechanism A control apparatus for a shift-position changing mechanism that changes the shift positions of an automatic transmission mounted in a vehicle using a rotational force of an actuator based on a signal corresponding to the state of an operation member, including: a m... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8050833 | System and method for controlling engagement of a lockup clutch in a torque converter A dynamic model is stored in memory that defines torque transmitted by the lockup clutch as a function of a plurality of torque converter operating parameters. A lockup clutch command is asserted to control engagement the lockup clutch, and thereafter a number of th... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7941260 | Rapid engine mapping and modeling A method of mapping and modeling an engine during an engine development process includes testing the engine over a plurality of actual engine operating conditions and gathering actual engine data corresponding to the actual engine operating conditions. A plurality o... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7912616 | Gear shifting control device for work machine A work machine gear shifting control device is capable of readily identifying the cause of failure in learning the clutch hydraulic pressure for operating a transmission clutch. A transmission gear shifting control section 46 is provided for each of clutches ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894966 | System and method of controlling an upshift in automatic transmission An upshift control system for use in an automatic transmission including first and second friction elements, the upshift control system including a control unit that determines variation in an engagement capacity of the first friction element or an engagement capaci... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7885749 | Drive system, power output system incorporating the drive system, a vehicle equipped with the power output system, and control method for a drive system In a drive system, where power from a motor is transmitted to a drive shaft and a transmission ratio is changed by a transmission, if the absolute value of the difference between the reference torque Tm2r0, which is the drive shaft side torque Tm2 | 02/08/2011 |
| 7440833 | Clutch fill volume learning strategy for transmission control A transmission control system for a transmission including a first gear engagement element that receives a fluid and engages a first gear. The system includes an electromagnetic actuator that receives a control signal and that selectively interrupts flow of the flui... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428478 | System and method for improving accuracy of baseline models System, method and computer-readable medium for baseline modeling a product or process. A service database contains process data. A preprocessor processes the data into a predetermined format. A baseline modeling component builds a baseline model from the preprocess... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7409247 | Method and system for estimating a quantity of particles emitted in the exhaust gas of a diesel engine for a motor vehicle The inventive system for estimating quantities of pollution compounds emitted in the exhaust gas of a diesel engine for a motor vehicle comprises means for regenerating a solid particle filter and an electronic control unit which manages the engine operation and is ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7390284 | Vehicle transmission shift quality A vehicle powertrain modelling system includes a powertrain model (20), a vehicle model (30), a seat model (55), a driver model (60) and a correlation element (50) comprising a neural network. As a result vehicle development is enh... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7379507 | Method and device for modulation recognition of digitally modulated signals with multi-level magnitudes A modulation recognition method and device for digitally modulated signals with multi-level magnitudes are provided. The modulation recognition method includes selecting plural quantization sizes used to construct plural statistic histograms related to the magnitude... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374513 | Method and apparatus for adaptive control of closed throttle downshifts in an automatic transmission The present invention provides a method and apparatus for adaptively controlling a closed throttle downshift in an automatic transmission wherein a transmission aberration during a shift is diagnosed and corrected during subsequent closed throttle downshifts. The in... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376090 | Method of detecting distributed denial of service based on grey theory A method of malicious network activity detection. An intrusion detection system provides defense against distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks through an efficient modeling process based on grey theory. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7349776 | Vehicle control A vehicle control system has a plurality of subsystem controllers including an engine management system 28, a transmission controller 30, a steering controller 48, a brakes controller 62 and a suspension controller 82. These subsys... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7302338 | Navigational system and method for configuring a navigational system In a navigational system for generating route recommendations and for target tracking, a system (500, 800) is proposed, which detects vehicle-, traffic-, and/or driver-related data and which from these data can derive patterns of behavior of the user. The pat... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294092 | Control of coasting downshifts in an automatic transmission for motor vehicles A method for controlling a coasting downshift in an automatic transmission having a torque converter that includes an impeller driveably connected to an engine and a turbine hydrokinetically coupled to the impeller and driveably connected to the transmission input. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292922 | Target volume based torque phase control during upshift A transmission control system includes a first gear engagement element that receives fluid and engages a first gear. An electromagnetic actuator selectively interrupts fluid flow to the first gear engagement element based on a duty cycle of a control signal. A contr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7263419 | Vehicle control A vehicle control system includes at least one driver input, a supervisor and at least one sub-system controlled by the supervisor. The supervisor assesses the driver input to establish actual driver demand and controls the sub-systems accordingly. As a result intui... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257522 | Simulator for automatic vehicle transmission controllers A simulator comprising computer-aided design programs for simulating a shift control algorithm stored in an ECU of an automatic transmission having hydraulic clutches. In the simulator, a simplified hydraulic model describes the entire system so as to design a third... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7239948 | Tyre pressure monitoring system A tyre pressure monitoring or warning system comprising at least one receiver responsive to signals transmitted by transmitters associated with one or more tyres. The system including a memory which stores a list of identity tags captured by the receiver, and a list... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226386 | Vehicle transmission control system Clutch pressure is reduced to an initial pressure, and a transmission operation state is stored, when a vehicle is stopped with an engine in an idling state. The clutch pressure is further reduced at a constant change rate and the amount of time is measured until th... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7204786 | Hydraulic pressure characteristic value setting method for automatic transmission A hydraulic pressure characteristic value setting method for an automatic transmission comprises processes; disengaging one of friction engaging elements, transmitting turbine rotation to one side of each of the friction engaging elements, securing the other side of... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194348 | High acceleration time shift control apparatus and control method for vehicle A high acceleration time shift control apparatus and method for a vehicle is provided. The high acceleration time shift control apparatus includes a transmission which achieves plural shift speeds whose gear ratios are different from each other; and a high accelerat... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189184 | Control system for continuously variable transmission of vehicle The control system comprises: an operating state changing mechanism for an operating state of the prime mover in response to a satisfaction of learning execution condition of the clamping pressure; a torque change suppressing mechanism for suppressing a change in a ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188016 | Method and device for modelling a mechatronic system in a motor vehicle A method and an arrangement are disclosed for modeling a mechatronic system in a motor vehicle in the context of an object-based ordering concept as a mapping in the unified modeling language. The elements of the CARTRONIC® with components and envelopes as their cl... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7177750 | System for influencing the speed of a motor vehicle System for evaluating the driving environment of a motor vehicle and for influencing the speed of the motor vehicle in its own lane, with an electronic control unit, which is connected to a signal generator generating a signal which is characteristic of the desired ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177710 | System and method for adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear processes A computer system for controlling a nonlinear physical process. The computer system comprises a linear controller and a neural network. The linear controller receives a command signal for control of the nonlinear physical process and a measured output signal from th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177743 | Vehicle control system having an adaptive controller The vehicle control system having an adaptive controller is provided that accomplishes unsupervised learning such that no prior extensive training is needed for every situation. The inventive controller system is based on a neural network evolved with genetic algori... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162353 | Automotive control apparatus and method An apparatus and a method for controlling an automotive vehicle are disclosed, in which a control amount for securing safety of the vehicle and the control amount for achieving a state intended for by the driver of the vehicle are switched in such a manner as to red... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146264 | Method and system for controlling an automatic transmission using a GPS assist having a learn mode A method and system for controlling an automatic transmission is disclosed. The method and system include obtaining positioning data using a global positioning satellite (GPS) and monitoring the automatic transmission to obtain transmission data. The method and syst... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146260 | Method and apparatus for dynamic configuration of multiprocessor system A multiprocessor system used in a car, home, or office environment includes multiple processors that run different real-time applications. A dynamic configuration system runs on the multiple processors and includes a device manager, configuration manager, and data m... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141001 | Load-variable engine control system A method and system for improving fuel economy in a vehicle. The vehicle is equipped with an internal combustion engine, and a suspension air-spring automatic pneumatic control system. The internal combustion engine is controlled by an electronic engine control modu... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7129716 | Circuit for motor vehicles with coding plug A circuit arrangement for motor vehicles for characterizing one of several variants of an electrically controllable subassembly is provided. A subassembly is connectable to a coding plug. The coding plug has at least one electric terminal which is directly or indire... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7115069 | Electronic adaptive swap-shift control for an automatic transmission for automotive vehicles A control system and control method for a swap-shift transmission having auxiliary and main gearsets wherein precise synchronization control of ratio changes of each gearset at the start and at the end of a swap-upshift progression is achieved using an adaptive cont... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111377 | Method for assembling power transfer apparatus The invention is related to a method for assembling a power transfer apparatus for selectively changing the speed of the output shaft relative to the speed of the input shaft. The method includes assembling an oil pump driving pin to the output shaft, assembling an ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108632 | Control apparatus of automatic transmission An automatic transmission including plural friction engaging elements configures plural shift ranges based on combinations of each friction engaging element being in engaging or disengaging condition and a controlling unit for controlling the friction engaging eleme... | 09/19/2006 |
