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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6772064 | Methods and systems for determining a telecommunications service location using global satellite positioning Methods and systems are provided for obtaining information related to a customer service location and directions for routing a service technician from one customer service location to another. One embodiment includes requesting at least one set of coordinates associ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6714866 | Methods and apparatus for installation alignment of equipment A method for installation alignment of an inertial reference unit (IRU) with vehicle axes when the IRU is installed within the vehicle is provided. The vehicle axes include roll, pitch, and yaw axes. The method includes recording vehicle angular position data includ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6711500 | Method for vehicle dispatching system A method for a vehicle dispatching system for controlling dispatching communications between vehicles and a control center mainly includes a control center and at least one vehicle. Every vehicle is equipped with a car phone. The control center includes a control co... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6704645 | System and method for estimating impedance time through a road network A method and apparatus are provided for estimating an impedance through a node at an intersection between roads in a roadway network. The impedance may be measured in time or distance, for example. Characteristic information describes at least one feature... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6704621 | System and method for estimating ego-motion of a moving vehicle using successive images recorded along the vehicle's path of motion An ego-motion determination system is disclosed for generating an estimate as to the ego-motion of a vehicle moving along a roadway. The ego-motion determination system includes an image information receiver and a processor. The image information receiver... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6697716 | Remote control system for a locomotive using voice commands A remote control system for a locomotive. The remote control system includes a lead controller and follower controller connected to one another over a wireless communication link. The lead controller issues commands over the wireless communication link an... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6687582 | Control of idle speed in a hybrid powertrain configuration The present invention includes an apparatus and a method for controlling the idle speed of a powertrain. The possible idle speed control operating modes detailed are (1) engine-torque-control/motor-speed-control, (2) engine-off/motor-speed-control, and (3... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6678598 | Device and method for seat supervision in motor vehicles A device for seat supervision in motor vehicles has a pulsed monochromatic light source for the short-time illumination of a supervised space. An image sensor array (ISA) is also provided for recording an image of the supervised space. The ISA is provided... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6678610 | Method for obtaining a map representation, and a navigation device A method and arrangement for obtaining a card representation from sections of roads which are digitized (20) from a first data base and digitized three-dimensional objects (30) from a second data base are disclosed, wherein the geographical coordinations ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6668219 | Artificial intelligence diagnostic device for automobile and control device for the same An artificial intelligence diagnostic device is provided for performing concentrated management on electric devices and control devices of an automobile using a separate diagnostic central processing unit to diagnose the malfunction of the automobile in r... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6654686 | No preamble frame sync A navigation-satellite receiver uses a reference station accessible over a network to store NAV data subframes for pattern matching at a network client. Alternatively, the pattern matching is performed by the server when per-byte communication costs are h... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6650982 | Method for the restraint of a vehicle occupant A method for the restraint of a vehicle occupant with the aid of a vehicle restraint system. The method includes measuring a belt force transferred from a safety belt to the vehicle occupant in the event of an accident and a slackening of the safety belt ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6650985 | Skid steer vehicle having anti-rolling system A skid steer vehicle has sprung suspensions, variable displacement pumps and motors connected to those pumps that drive the wheels on the vehicle as well as an electronic controller that receives signals that indicate lateral acceleration of the skid stee... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647339 | Shared reference station A reference station system comprises a plurality of GPS reference stations that are distributed in different parts of the world to be able to simultaneously gather a complete set of satellite vehicle ephemeredes. Each reference station is associated with ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6643570 | Aircraft engine reliability business model A business model algorithm for maintaining aircraft engines in reliable and safe operating condition without the necessity of performing major engine overhaul in which engine manufacturers' maintenance procedures are enhanced and performed more frequently... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6643583 | Method for displaying a road map in an automotive vehicle In an automotive vehicle a road map is displayed that features an indicator of the actual vehicle orientation and position. Such orientation and position are on a long term basis maintained steady with respect to a display field. In particular, a geograph... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6640176 | Method for deploying a restraint system A method for deployment of a restraint system is proposed, the acceleration in the direction of driving being increased as a function of the acceleration at right angles to the direction of driving and/or at a given angle relative to the direction of driv... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6640177 | Method for determining a transmission ratio for an automatic transmission arranged in a drive train of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for determining a transmission ratio for an automatic transmission arranged in the drive train of a motor vehicle. Operating parameters of the vehicle and especially of equipment arranged in the drive train are made avail... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6636806 | Guide display method in on-vehicle navigator A link that is closest to a departure place of one's vehicle is detected by a route searching. When a U-turn route link to come back from the closest link by passing from the closest link through the U-turn route again to the closest link is detected, a U... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6633806 | Control for transmission system utilizing a centrifugal clutch A control system/method for controlling a vehicle drive-train system including an internal combustion engine, a transmission and a centrifugal clutch for drivingly coupling an engine output to a transmission input shaft. A system controller issues command... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6633800 | Remote control system An apparatus and method for a control unit which allows for autonomous, manual and tele-operation of mining vehicles. The control unit has a robust system design to withstand the harsh environment of underground mines. The control unit allows a tele-opera... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631315 | Aircraft signal definition for flight safety system monitoring system A system and method compares combinations of vehicle variable values against known combinations of potentially dangerous vehicle input signal values. Alarms and error messages are selectively generated based on such comparisons. An aircraft signal definit... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6629028 | Method and system of optical guidance of mobile body In order to set target positions in the case where mobile bodies such as mobile robots transfer in accordance with a manner different from that of the prior art, a method for instructing such target positions of at least one or more of the mobile bodies c... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6629023 | Method for performing an automated category a approach maneuver A method for automating a landing maneuver for an aircraft, comprising the steps of generating an approach profile comprising an initial approach fix (IAF), a flight path, a landing decision point, a balked landing route, a pre-landing point, and a landin... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6625532 | Solenoid control method and apparatus for automatic transmission In solenoid control method and apparatus for an automatic transmission, a current signal varied in a stepwise manner is caused to pass through a filter having a predetermined transfer function, the current signal being inputted to a solenoid to drive a co... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6622082 | Location-related WAP traffic jam map by associating map excerpts in a traffic information center Simple and multipurpose traffic information is made possible by a method for selecting traffic information which is to be sent to a mobile wireless terminal from a traffic information center and which pertains to a geographic area of a road traffic networ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6622074 | Vehicle motion control subsystem and method A vehicle control system (10) including a vehicle motion control subsystem (12) that has an input receiving an intended driving demand (14) and a plurality of coordinator subsystems (16) for coordinating actuators of the vehicle. The vehicle motion contro... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6622086 | Method of representing a location in a database for a vehicle navigation system A method of representing a point of interest, a destination, or an address in a database for a navigation system for a vehicle by a plurality of points to militate against a driver not being notified upon arrival at the point of interest, the destination,... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6622072 | Belt replacement timing annunciator for belt-type automatic transmissions To improve the maintainability of a vehicle by properly identifying a worn endless belt in a belt-type automatic transmission and informing a driver of the proper belt replacement interval. The belt replacement timing annunciator relies upon the radii of ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6618672 | Vehicle-applied rear-and-side monitoring system A vehicle-applied rear-and-side monitory system including an image taking means for taking an image of a rear-and-side view of the subject vehicle traveling in a lane; a characteristic point extracting device for extracting at least one point as a charact... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6618670 | Resolving time ambiguity in GPS using over-determined navigation solution The invention describes methods and apparatuses for determining a user position based on a minimization of the errors introduced into the GPS system because of clock bias, noise, multipath, or other uncertainties. By overdetermining position, for example,... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6615134 | Data communication system and method, and mobile body apparatus The present invention relates to a data communication system in which a first request signal containing position information is transmitted from a first mobile unit (6) to a base station (2), and in which the base station (2) searches for a second mobile ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6611744 | Steering assist apparatus for traveling in reverse A steering assist apparatus includes a camera for picking up the rear side of a vehicle, a monitor disposed in a driver's compartment of the vehicle, a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle of a steering wheel, and a display controlling uni... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6611741 | Method and device for mismatch recognition in a vehicle radar system or a vehicle sensor system A method for detecting misalignment in a motor vehicle sensor system, in which signals are emitted, signals reflected by a stationary object are received, and a relative angle and a relative distance or a longitudinal displacement and a transverse displac... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6611745 | Steering system and steering method The invention relates to relates a steering system and to a steering method which counteract a mistake that inexperienced drivers frequently make. The invention relates to a system (12, 14, 6) for determining the transversal slip that occurs at the steera... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609066 | Method and apparatus for activating a crash countermeasure in response to the braking capability of a vehicle A system for sensing a potential collision of a first vehicle (11) with a second vehicle (72) that transmits a second position signal. The first vehicle has a pre-crash sensing system (10) includes a memory (14) that stores vehicle data and generates a ve... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6609054 | Vehicle occupant classification system and method A vehicle occupant classification system classifies a vehicle occupant based on data from an array of sensors using a combination of weight estimation, pattern recognition, and evaluation of statistical characteristics. This occupant classification can th... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6606544 | Electronic flight kit and method A flight kit having a process and a set of software tools for: marking up and restructuring of flight information content such as manuals, checklists, aerodynamic data, and alerting information; converting and storing this content in an electronic form; d... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604037 | Circuit system and method of configuring an interface of a control or regulating device A circuit system for configuring an interface of a control or regulating device to a signal transmission system by an interface module includes a first memory which is dependent on the control or regulating device and has a first signal table which contai... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6604047 | Non real time traffic system for a navigator A system for improving the operation of a GPS based navigator. Statistical and/or time of day information is used to select the best route between a current location and a desired location. The statistical information may take into account anomalies, and ... | 08/05/2003 |
