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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359770 | Control system for operating long vehicles The present invention is directed to a system and method for optimizing the dynamics and energy usage of long vehicles such as freight trains by determining their operating conditions and calculating an optimal sequence of power and braking control actions. The sequ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7214111 | Position sensor for a gear shift assist mechanism in a marine propulsion device A shift assist mechanism is provided with a position identification device that incorporates one or more probes in association with one or more depressions that identify alignment between various positions on the piston and cylinder of the shift assist mechanism. El... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7178819 | Speed controller having a display device A speed regulator for motor vehicles, including a standard mode in which the speed is regulated to a desired speed set by the driver, and at least one exception mode in which the speed is regulated to a setpoint speed that may deviate from the desired speed, and a d... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7110988 | Automated system and method for creating aligned goals A method of aligning a new goal of an entity ensures that the new goal is a child goal of a parent goal. The method also ensures that a group is linked to the parent goal, and ensures that the entity is subordinate to the group. In one embodiment, selection lists co... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103466 | Method and an apparatus for predicting intake manifold pressure of an internal-combustion engine A method and an apparatus for predicting intake manifold pressure are presented, to compensate for a large lag or a large time delay without producing an overshot or discontinuous behaviors of a predicted value. The method comprises the step of obtaining a differenc... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6904357 | Method and arrangement for controlling the output the quantity of a drive unit of a vehicle A method and an arrangement control the output quantity (NMOTACT) of a drive unit (1) of a vehicle. The method and arrangement make possible a time-optimal control strategy especially during a shift operation of the vehicle. The output quantity (NMOTACT) is a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6836719 | Method and system for controlling a vehicle A method and system for controlling a vehicle includes receiving vehicle position information from a positioning system and combining the position information with information from a map database and a driver behavior model to control the vehicle's speed and braking... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6772055 | System, a vehicle and a method concerning the behavior of a vehicle The invention concerns a system for generating basis for decisions concerning the behavior of a vehicle and/or of a driver of a vehicle. The system comprises a supervising unit (10) which comprises at least one storage member (12). In the storage membe... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6721680 | Maximum payload speed manager A method is provided for promoting compliance by a vehicle operator with a payload standard for a vehicle. The payload weight of the vehicle is determined. The payload weight is compared with the payload standard to determine if the payload weight is compliant with ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6668218 | Method and system for target localization The present inventions comprise a method of estimating a minimum range for a target with respect to a first point of interest, independent of actual, range to the target, comprising obtaining three bearing data points; using the three bearing data points ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6546327 | Running control apparatus and method A running control apparatus and method control the state of running of a vehicle based on a relative positional relationship between the vehicle and a preceeding vehicle. In a case where a brake is actuated if the deceleration deviation obtained by subtra... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6487500 | GPS vehicle collision avoidance warning and control system and method GPS satellite (4) ranging signals (6) received (32) on comm1, and DGPS auxiliary range correction signals and pseudolite carrier phase ambiguity resolution signals (8) from a fixed known earth base station (10) received (34) on comm2, at one of a pluralit... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6480768 | Control apparatus for autonomous traveling vehicle and method thereof A control apparatus and method for an autonomous traveling vehicle having a teaching mode in which a vehicle position and a vehicle azimuth in respective points on a running path are memorized and a play-back mode in which the vehicle is operated autonomo... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6430506 | Fuzzy logic based vehicle collision avoidance warning device A vehicle collision avoidance warning device comprising a sensing module for detecting engine RPM, fuel throttle depress level, vehicle speed, and relative distance; a fuzzy logic controller coupled to the sensing module for receiving the engine RPM, thro... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6418370 | Apparatus and method for controlling a target distance and a warning distance between traveling vehicles and a recording medium for storing the control method A distance control is performed to maintain a target distance between two traveling vehicles by controlling an acceleration/deceleration actuator based on a physical quantity representing an actual distance between the two traveling vehicles. A temporary ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6339740 | Adaptive vehicle speed control system An adaptive vehicle speed control system includes a vehicle speed sensor detecting a vehicle speed of a host vehicle which is subjected to adaptive vehicle speed control including preceding vehicle following control and vehicle speed control, and an inter... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6275773 | GPS vehicle collision avoidance warning and control system and method GPS satellite (4) ranging signals (6) received (32) on comm1, and DGPS auxiliary range correction signals and pseudolite carrier phase ambiguity resolution signals (8) from a fixed known earth base station (10) received (34) on comm2, at one of a pluralit... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6240357 | Method and arrangement for controlling vehicle spacing A method and arrangement for controlling vehicle spacing produces driver-specific characteristic diagrams for vehicle speed and following time from which a mean target following time is determined. The characteristic diagrams are used to control the spaci... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6092006 | Hierarchy system for controlling a vehicle A control system for a motor vehicle has several components for carrying out different tasks to control the vehicle. The data, which are necessary from the components, are acquired independently by the components either via data interrogation or via reque... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6067496 | Automatic driver system, and a method of generating a speed reference in such a system The present invention relates to an automatic driver system comprising: means for recording a plurality of precalculated reference situations giving the time required to reach a target point as a function of the position of a vehicle on a track and of speed li... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5995737 | System and method for tuning a rail-based transportation system speed controller In this invention there is disclosed a system and method for tuning a speed controller that is used to keep a rail-based transportation system within a prescribed speed limit while providing a smooth ride. A fuzzy logic controller is synthesized to track ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5983161 | GPS vehicle collision avoidance warning and control system and method GPS satellite (4) ranging signals (6) received (32) on comm1, and DGPS auxiliary range correction signals and pseudolite carrier phase ambiguity resolution signals (8) from a fixed known earth base station (10) received (34) on comm2, at one of a pluralit... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5475591 | Shift control system for automatic transmission based on fuzzy control Sensors (20, 21) provide a degree of throttle valve opening (TVO) and an output shaft revolution speed (No) to CPU (10), respectively. CPU (10) carries out a fuzzy inference for each gear position based on two kinds of parameters referring to a driving fo... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5471559 | Method and apparatus for fuzzy knowledge reasoning Fuzzy knowledge stored in a knowledge base is written into a memory. When fuzzy reasoning is executed by a fuzzy reasoning unit based on the content of the memory, a control unit in a central processing unit may modify the knowledge base in the memory. Th... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5189619 | AI-based adaptive vehicle control system An AI-based adaptive vehicle control system which controls the speed of a vehicle in accordance with the driving characteristics of the driver. In effecting the follow-up driving which corresponds to the driving characteristics of the driver, the vehicle ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5099941 | Cruise control device for motor vehicles A cruise control device is provided with a vehicle speed sensor for detecting the actual vehicle speed, and an electronic controller for controlling the opening of the throttle valve based on the detected vehicle speed, to bring the vehicle speed close to... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5036936 | Cruise control device for motor vehicles A cruise control device is provided with a vehicle speed sensor for detecting the actual vehicle speed, and an electronic controller for controlling the opening of the throttle valve based on the detected vehicle speed, to bring the vehicle speed close to... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5021958 | Device and method for determining target value of controllable variable associated with vehicle running state Device and apparatus for determining a target value of a controllable variable such as a drive torque associated with a running state of a motor vehicle, so that the variable is controlled so as to coincide with the determined target value. Initially, a b... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5005133 | System and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruising speed An improved system and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruising speed are disclosed in which a vehicle speed is detected, a target vehicle cruising speed is set on the basis of a vehicle driver's intention, a driving char... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4970916 | Shift control system for automatic transmission The states of two solenoids which control four forward gears of a transmission, are toggled between ON and OFF states in response to the outcome of a comparative ranging of a ratio with limits derived from pre-recorded data. In the case of a power ON upsh... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4958288 | System and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruising speed A system for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruising speed and method therefor are disclosed in which a controlled variable for an actuator for actuating a vehicular engine output to run the vehicle at the desired cruising speed is... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4930084 | Vehicle control system A vehicle control system embodied as an autocruise control. Fuzzy Logic is introduced in the system such that an expert driver's operation or judgment made on an non-automated vehicle is able to be incorporated in the system as fuzzy production rules. In ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4922428 | System and method for automatically controlling cruising speed of vehicles A system and method for automatically controlling a vehicle speed to a desired cruising speed are disclosed in which learning of control parameters in an operating variable for an engine speed adjusting means such as throttle valve is inhibited when a dis... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4809175 | Vehicle control system and method therefor A system for electronically controlling vehicle operation vehicle and a method therefor applied to a cruise control, which utilizes fuzzy logic or approximate reasoning in determining a control output. Namely, vehicle operating conditions are assigned on ... | 02/28/1989 |
