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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7835858 | Method of creating a virtual traffic network A computer-implemented method of creating a virtual traffic network includes inputting map data representing a road system, inputting flow data related to traffic flow on the road system and integrating the map data and the flow data to produce a virtual traffic net... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826969 | Determining position of a vehicle with reference to a landmark A position determining system for a vehicle comprises an imaging unit for collecting image data. A wireless device reads or interrogates a radio frequency identification tag. An identification module determines whether the collected image data contains a visual land... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7777618 | Collision detection system and method of estimating target crossing location A collision detection system and method of estimating a crossing location are provided. The system includes a first sensor for sensing an object in a field of view and sensing a first range defined as the distance between the object and the first sensor. The system ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774108 | Front and rear wheel drive vehicle A front and rear wheel drive vehicle having a front wheel pair and a rear wheel pair, one of which is driven with an engine and the other one of which is driven with a motor. The vehicle includes an engine driving force setting section which sets a target driving fo... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774135 | Navigation system Disclosed are a navigation system and/or a point information display method and a program. The navigation system consists mainly of: a stream receiver that receives broadcast streams; a data decoder that samples a data signal from the received streams and decodes th... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765063 | Navigation system Disclosed are a navigation system and/or a point information display method and a program. The navigation system consists mainly of: a stream receiver that receives broadcast streams; a data decoder that samples a data signal from the received streams and decodes th... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7765023 | Robot controller and robot controlling method A robot controller according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a base; a first link; a first actuator which drives to rotate the first link relative to the base; a first torque transmission mechanism which transmits the torque of the first actuator... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7742864 | Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus and traveling control system incorporating the apparatus A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus inputs signals indicative of images from a stereoscopic camera, a vehicle speed, a steering wheel angle and a yaw rate and estimates a traveling path of an own vehicle according to vehicle forward information and traveling... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7734405 | Method for enhancing stability of prime mover having an auxiliary vehicle A method for providing enhanced stability, control and management for a prime mover connected to an auxiliary vehicle is disclosed. An auxiliary vehicle is connected to a prime mover with an auxiliary stability enhancing system and an electronic stability enhancing ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7734400 | Fault detection system and method using augmented data and fuzzy logic A system and method that provides improved fault detection in turbine engines is disclosed. The fault detection system provides the ability to detect symptoms of engine faults based on a relatively limited number of engine parameters that are sampled relatively infr... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729841 | Method and device for predicting the travelling trajectories of a motor vehicle In a method and a device for predicting movement trajectories of a vehicle to prevent or reduce the consequences of an imminent collision, in which for predicting the movement trajectories, only those trajectories are considered for which, because of a combination o... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729842 | Electronic four-wheel drive control A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine that drives a first set of wheels, a generator, wherein the generator is powered by the internal combustion engine, a inverter connected to an output of the generator, an AC motor connected to an output of the inverte... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729823 | Method and system for monitoring tyres A method for monitoring a tire fitted to a vehicle includes detecting data from the tire, sending the data to a central processing unit using a predetermined telecommunications protocol, causing automatic processing of the data by the central processing unit to obta... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725261 | Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus and traveling control system incorporating the apparatus A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus, comprises frontal information detecting means for detecting solid object information in front of an own vehicle, preceding vehicle recognizing means for recognizing a preceding vehicle based on the solid object informatio... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720600 | Navigation system Disclosed are a navigation system and/or a point information display method and a program. The navigation system consists mainly of: a stream receiver that receives broadcast streams; a data decoder that samples a data signal from the received streams and decodes th... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711480 | Differential GPS corrections using virtual stations Method and apparatus for providing GPS pseudorange correction and carrier phase correction information for navigation or surveying activities over a selected geographic region S of arbitrary size. In a navigation mode, a virtual reference station (VRS), positioned n... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711485 | Merge support system A merge support system includes a first detection unit and a second detection unit for detecting a position and a speed of an approaching vehicle in a traffic on a main lane and a position and a speed of a subject vehicle, an information provision unit for providing... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7706954 | Speed controller having several operating modes A speed controller for motor vehicles having an input device for the input of a desired speed Vset by the driver, and having a plurality of operating modes which are able to be activated in different speed ranges and differ in their functional scope. A ch... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7693639 | Vehicle dynamics control apparatus A vehicle dynamics control (VDC) apparatus for an automotive vehicle with a differential limiting device capable of limiting at least one of a differential motion between front and rear wheel axles and a differential motion between left and right wheel axles, includ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693643 | Fault detection system and method for turbine engine fuel systems A system and method is provided that facilitates improved fault detection. The fault detection system provides the ability to detect symptoms of fault in the fuel system of a turbine engine. The fault detection system captures selected data from the turbine engines ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693658 | Navigation apparatus A navigation apparatus includes a display control unit that displays a roadmap by using road data and an intersection arrangement at an intersection by using the intersection arrangement data. The intersection arrangement data include intersection coordinate data co... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689355 | Method and process for enabling advertising via landmark based directions A method, system, and computer program product that enables a direction service to automatically inform the requester or user of the directions of advertisement associated with the various businesses and/or landmarks situated on a directional map generated by the se... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689353 | Navigation system Disclosed are a navigation system and/or a point information display method and a program. The navigation system consists mainly of: a stream receiver that receives broadcast streams; a data decoder that samples a data signal from the received streams and decodes th... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7680569 | Automotive lane deviation prevention apparatus An automotive lane deviation prevention (LDP) apparatus includes a control unit connected to a yawing-motion control actuator for LDP control purposes. The control unit determines, based on information regarding a lane marking line detected based on a picture image ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7668649 | Display method and apparatus for navigation system A display method and apparatus for a navigation system which is capable of easily and quickly showing the existence of a large structure within which a specific point of interest (“POI”) is located. The navigation system searches a desired point of interest as s... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7660653 | Car navigation system A car navigation system includes: a vehicle-information acquiring means 14 for acquiring the vehicle information held by a vehicle 2; a setting-information generating means 15, 16 for generating setting information to be set in a processing prog... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7640103 | Multi-function appliance for a satellite navigation data distribution system A multi-function appliance for use in a satellite navigation data distribution system is described. A computer includes an input/output interface and a memory the computer is configured with a plurality of modules. The plurality of modules includes a satellite signa... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7613558 | Differential limiting control apparatus for a vehicle and the method thereof The differential limiting control apparatus having a clutch unit interposed between one rotational shaft and the other rotational shaft for variably transmitting a driving force between the one rotational shaft and the other rotational shaft, having: a feedback cont... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7571043 | Roll-over suppressing control apparatus and method for a vehicle A roll-over suppressing control apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed which can carry out roll-over suppressing control appropriately in response to the type of turning. Upon turning of the vehicle, if a parameter corresponding to the rolling behavior of the vehicle ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7561954 | Creep drive control device for driving vehicle at creep speed A creep drive control device according to the invention sets a target creep vehicle speed when a driver has neither one of an acceleration intention or a stop maintenance intention. An engine output is increased (or decreased) by a vehicle speed increase processing ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7561966 | Vehicle information display system A vehicle information display system includes a head-up display for reflecting an image on a windshield of a vehicle and displaying the image so that a driver recognizes the image as a virtual image. Information is collected for being displayed by the head-up displa... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7555383 | Target acquisition and tracking system Systems and methods are provided for identifying one or more targets of interest, and scheduling the tracking of at least one such target of interest employing one or more remote sensing/tracking systems. A target finder finds, describes, and provides a report conce... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7532962 | Internet-based vehicle-diagnostic system The invention provides a system for monitoring a vehicle that includes a wireless appliance in electrical contact with an in-vehicle computer. The wireless appliance features: 1) a data-collection component that supports communication software that collects diagnost... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532963 | Internet-based vehicle-diagnostic system The invention provides a system for monitoring a vehicle that includes a wireless appliance in electrical contact with an in-vehicle computer. The wireless appliance features: 1) a data-collection component that supports communication software that collects diagnost... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7512494 | Vehicle mounted image processor and method of use A vehicle-mounted detecting device and corresponding method for detecting a distance between the vehicle and an object outside the vehicle. The detecting device extracts edge intersection points from images of individual frames photographed by a camera. A set of edg... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7502672 | Wireless vehicle diagnostics with service and part determination capabilities An in-vehicle device data communicates with global network based data processing resources for the purpose of transacting e-commerce and e-business. The in-vehicle device and the global network based data processing resources can effectuate a wide variety of e-comme... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502674 | On-vehicle terminal system In an on-vehicle terminal system operating a plurality of operating systems, control of peripheral devices connected to the on-vehicle terminal system can be continued even if one of the operating systems is stopped. A second operating system monitors an oper... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7489996 | Antiskid control unit and data collection system for vehicle braking system A wheel speed transducer including a magnetic device associated with a wheel and a sensor device associated with the axle of the wheel provides data indicative of the velocity of the wheel. A processor located at the axle receives the wheel speed data and processes ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7480551 | Internet-based vehicle-diagnostic system The invention provides a system for monitoring a vehicle that includes a wireless appliance in electrical contact with an in-vehicle computer. The wireless appliance features: 1) a data-collection component that supports communication software that collects diagnost... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477968 | Internet-based vehicle-diagnostic system The invention provides a system for monitoring a vehicle that includes a wireless appliance in electrical contact with an in-vehicle computer. The wireless appliance features: 1) a data-collection component that supports communication software that collects diagnost... | 01/13/2009 |
