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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8050887 | Method and system for determining a potential for icing on a wind turbine blade An embodiment of the present invention may provide a method and system for detecting icing on at least one wind turbine blade. An embodiment of the present invention takes the form of a software application and process that utilizes the measured wind speed to detect... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7962310 | Method for estimating the longitudinal speed of a motor vehicle A method for estimating longitudinal speed of a motor vehicle, including two drive wheels and at least one central electronic unit, based on rotational speeds of the four wheels two of which are drive wheels, such that, after arranging the rotational speeds in desce... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7925466 | Speed measuring system and speed measuring method thereof A speed measuring system for measuring the speed of a wireless communication terminal communicating with a base station includes an angle measuring unit, a distance measuring unit, a time measuring unit, and a speed calculator. The base station includes a signal tow... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7908112 | Dynamic observer for the estimation of vehicle lateral velocity A system and method for estimating vehicle lateral velocity that defines a relationship between front and rear axle lateral forces and front and rear axle side-slip angles. The method includes providing measurements of vehicle yaw-rate, lateral acceleration, longitu... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908111 | Sensor and method for measuring position and speed A sensor for detecting the position and speed of a part mobile along at least one measurement direction includes an estimator (38) adapted to provide estimation of position and speed based on a displacement model of the target during a period of observation T... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7895013 | Estimation of the speed of a mobile device A mobile device configured to estimate the speed at which it is moving. The mobile device includes a timing component configured to perform a plurality of Doppler shift measurements on a timing signal received by the mobile device. The mobile device also includes a ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7813890 | System and method for detection of stopped vehicle A system, method and computer program product is provided for detecting if a vehicle is stopped. A wheel speed, transmission output speed, and a vehicle state, representative of a plurality of vehicle dynamic parameters, is determined. The vehicle is determined to b... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7774156 | Portable apparatus for monitoring user speed and/or distance traveled A portable apparatus including an interface configured to input first motion data of a user from a foot-worn first self-contained activity determining unit is disclosed. The portable apparatus also includes a second self-contained activity determining unit configure... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7676345 | Method and system of determining the absolute velocity of a vehicle A method of determining the velocity (ν) of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has at least one pair of a front and a rear wheel which are spaced by a wheel spacing (B). Front and rear wheel speed signals (ω) are determined which are indicative of the time depende... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7668689 | Velocity detection apparatus This disclosure concerns a velocity detector comprises a memory storing preset tentative angles and a trigonometric function value corresponding to each of the preset tentative angles; a first register storing a first coordinate (x1, y1) of a body; a s... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7558695 | Self-powered vehicle speed sensor Sensing vehicle speed is disclosed. A speed sensor is self powered. The speed sensor measures a speed data of multiple vehicles with one Doppler pulse. A sample is taken of speed sensor data from the speed sensor. The sample of speed sensor data is processed to calc... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7505865 | Velocity detection, position detection and navigation system As an embodiment of the present invention, in a navigation system using an acceleration sensor, when position information cannot be obtained from a GPS processing section, a velocity detecting unit performs an operation using detected acceleration αG, a measurement... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505864 | Speed detection method in communication system, receiver, network element and processor The embodiment of the invention is related to a processor configured for determining a predetermined number of frequency estimates, determining an average of the frequency estimates for obtaining an averaged frequency offset, unbiasing received samples and/or impuls... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7499826 | Method of estimating mass for vehicle safety A method of estimating a mass of a vehicle. If a yaw rate is smaller than a reference value, a straight direction model algorithm is applied to obtain an estimated mass. If a measured speed and a measured steering angle are larger than reference values, a lateral di... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7460974 | Multiple-point smoothing method for motor-speed estimation A multiple-point smoothing method for motor-speed estimation. The output of an encoder is over-sampled to obtain over-sampled position differences according to an over-sampling factor M. The over-sampled position differences are averaged to obtain an initial speed e... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7451058 | Adaptive pace estimation device and method A device and method for estimating an adaptive pace depending on a user with a different pace. An adaptive pace estimation device includes a GPS receiver for receiving position information from a GPS satellite; an acceleration sensor for measuring vibrations due to ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7437931 | Medical application for no-motion sensor A sensor unit to detect a stillness event, the sensor unit including a gyroscope attached to a monitored person, a micro-controller communicatively coupled to the gyroscope, and a memory communicatively coupled to receive and to store the angular velocity data with ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428471 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot A user in locomotion on foot during an outing may identify a grade of a surface with at least one device supported by the user. A performance parameter of the user may be determined with the device based upon the grade of the surface, which may be based upon a measu... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428472 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot A device supported by a user while the user is in locomotion on foot during an outing may monitor a performance parameter of the user. The performance parameter may comprise a pace and/or a speed of the user. Prior to the outing, the device may be configured to spec... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426450 | Systems and methods for monitoring speed Systems and methods for measuring the speed and/or direction of a target such as a vehicle in a field of view. The speed of a vehicle is measured using distance measurements, phase measurements, or Doppler shift measurements using a single transducer side fire confi... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7415380 | Fall detection device In a fall detection device, when a first composite vector value of a first acceleration component obtained from a three-axial acceleration sensor is greater than a rotating fall determining value, or smaller than a free fall determining value, a possibility of a fal... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7405683 | Extending the dynamic range in an energy measurement device An apparatus for measuring energy usage. The apparatus can include an amplifier having a plurality of gain stages and the amplifier can be for receiving an input signal. The apparatus can also include an analog-to-digital converter that is coupled to the amplifier. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395177 | Method for monitoring tire pressure variation of automobile tire and system for realizing the same A method for monitoring tire pressure variation of automobile tires and a system of implementing thereof, which measures and obtains rotation speeds of individual automobile tires as reference values, and compares these reference values with the current rotation spe... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389198 | Land vehicle speed monitoring system The present invention is used for monitoring a land vehicle speed relative to a speed limit. An electronic transmit and receiver apparatus, a position location apparatus and a date and time apparatus may be positioned in the land vehicle and may be in communication ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389197 | Device for producing microwave signals A device for generating microwave signals, e.g., for use in a distance and speed sensor in a motor vehicle, is provided. To this end, two laser sources are operated, whose emitted radiations are distinguished from each other by a set difference in wavelength. The tw... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7373278 | Method of latent fault checking a cooling module A method of latent fault checking a cooling module of an embedded computer chassis may include prior to detection of an active fault in the cooling module, performing a fan controller latent fault checking algorithm and a full-speed latent fault checking algorithm. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363191 | Estimation methods for wave speed Robust methods are developed to provide bounds and probability distributions for the locations of objects as well as for associated variables that affect the accuracy of the location such as the positions of stations, the measurements, and errors in the speed of sig... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352171 | Paddlewheel speed correction A speed sensor for a marine vessel includes a correction circuit to correct any sensor non-linearities so that the sensor produces an output with a pulse stream having a constant pulse rate, and reduces the pulse-to-pulse variations of the pulse stream. The circuit ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353137 | Shoe-based weight measuring system A shoe-based weight measuring system, comprising: a shoe; one or more weight sensitive detectors constructed and arranged with the shoe to sense weight of a person wearing the shoe and walking or standing; a processor for processing signals from the detectors to det... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353135 | Positioning and aligning the parts of an assembly The invention is an apparatus and process for obtaining values for one or more alignment quantities using one or more transportable devices. The process consists of establishing and maintaining a transportable device in a reference position and a reference orientati... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349777 | Car display capture apparatus An in-vehicle information retrieval system includes a data generating module for generating data within the vehicle. A data capture module is in communication with the data generating module for capturing data from the data generating module. A printing unit is moun... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348770 | Electronic device for interrupt signal control to acquire encoder speed information and a method thereof An electronic device for acquiring encoder speed information and a method for implementing the same are provided, wherein the electronic device includes an encoder for electrically outputting an encoder signal corresponding to a driving speed, a processor unit for o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342848 | Lap timer The invention relates to an electronic timing device. The timing device has several modes including Basic mode and Lap mode. Additionally, the timing device computes the speed of an item being timed. Further, the outside of the device is designed to display informat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343261 | Underwater sensor transmitter probe An electronic apparatus for measuring water speed and water temperature then periodically transmitting said data during controlled depth fishing wherein an underwater probe is secured to and insulated conductive downrigger cable and gathers and relays data though th... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340368 | Determination of dynamic axle loads and/or wheel loads of a wheel vehicle For determination of dynamic axle and/or wheel loads of a wheel vehicle (20), wherein for said wheel vehicle (20), at least two linear transversally oriented with respect to each other accelerations and three rotation rates of a rotation movement aroun... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340380 | Method and device for the exchange and processing of data into fusion data A method and a device for the exchange and the processing in common of object data between sensors and a processing unit, position data and/or speed data and/or additional object attributes (size, identification, markings) of sensor objects and fusion objects being ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333634 | Method and apparatus for a velocity detection system using optical growth rate The present invention is a velocity detection system and method. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a series of still images of moving automobiles are taken at known intervals. An Image processor algorithm is used to determine local features of the m... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328121 | Vibration data collection method and apparatus The present invention relates to a vibration data collection method and apparatus. The invention includes processes of receiving electrical vibration signals from at least one vibration sensor, digitizing the electrical vibration signals to obtain digitized vibratio... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328122 | Speed sensor A speed sensor includes a magnetic pickup generating a cyclical output based upon passing teeth of a rotating gear. A counter counts the number of clock pulses that are generated during a measurement period of the cyclical output. The measurement period, in terms of... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313278 | Content generation, extraction and distribution of image region segments from video images The present invention provides methods for extracting an image region segment from a video image, a system for extracting an image region segment, a program for extracting an image region segment, a method for distributing an extracted video image, and a method for ... | 12/25/2007 |
