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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190363 | Driving support system, driving support method and computer program for setting and using facility entry difficulty levels When a vehicle enters a facility off a road on which the vehicle is traveling, information pertaining to an entry direction into the facility is sent to a probe center as probe information, and a current driving level of the host vehicle is identified. Meanwhile, th... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190320 | Efficient dual source battery pack system for an electric vehicle A method of optimizing the operation of the power source of an electric vehicle is provided, where the power source is comprised of a first battery pack (e.g., a non-metal-air battery pack) and a second battery pack (e.g., a metal-air battery pack). The power source... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190316 | Control apparatus for marine vessel propulsion system, and marine vessel running supporting system and marine vessel using the same A control apparatus controls a marine vessel propulsion system which is equipped with a propeller system to generate a propulsive force and a steering mechanism to determine a steering angle of the propeller system. The control apparatus includes a target propulsive... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190309 | Method and device for detecting a lateral dissymmetry of an aircraft Disclosed is a method and device for detecting lateral dissymmetry of an aircraft. A control parameter determination unit is used to determine a current value of a control parameter representative of all roll control surfaces of the aircraft, and a control parameter... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190359 | Situation-aware personal information management for a mobile device A technique for providing a mobile device user with a “when to leave” alarm on his or her mobile device. The user has scheduled an appointment at a given time and location in the user's personal information manager (PIM) executing on the mobile device. A represe... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190306 | Method and device for reducing on an aircraft the effects of a vertical turbulence Disclosed is a method and device for attenuating vertical turbulence on an aircraft. The method and device involve calculating, by a calculating unit, based on a determined vertical wind component a first control order to control movement of at least one first contr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185308 | Angular velocity correcting device, angular velocity correcting method, and navigation device Angular velocity correcting devices, angular velocity correcting methods, and navigation devices are disclosed. In some implementations, a first sensor sensitivity correcting method for considering variation of sensor sensitivity due to an oblique angle of an angula... | 05/22/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8185264 | Component vehicle According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for determining whether first and second components of a vehicle are physically coupled together, the method comprising: transmitting a first signal from the first component of the vehicle; receivin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180546 | Electronic brake controller A controller for electric trailer brakes that includes a three axis accelerometer for detecting deceleration of a towing vehicle and an interactive liquid crystal display controlled by a plurality of pushbuttons. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180520 | Electronic safing system The electronic safing system is provided with a safing sensor, a comparator, and a microcomputer. The microcomputer has a programmable analog I/O port which is connected to a built-in AD-DA converter. The programmable analog I/O port can be switched to an analog inp... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180529 | Electric power steering apparatus A microcomputer 17 (signal generating section 24) includes an attenuating section 31, which attenuates a specific frequency component included in an input signal. The attenuating section 31 receives a d-axis current value Id and a q-axis ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180512 | Efficient dual source battery pack system for an electric vehicle A method of optimizing the operation of the power source of an electric vehicle is provided, where the power source is comprised of a first battery pack (e.g., a non-metal-air battery pack) and a second battery pack (e.g., a metal-air battery pack). The power source... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8150575 | Plausibilization of sensor signals in the event of a collision A method for plausibilizing sensor signals of a vehicle system, the sensor signals being monitored with regard to compliance with one plausibility criterion or a plurality of plausibility criteria with the aid of a plausibilization algorithm. The function of the veh... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8121779 | Information processing apparatus, information providing method, program, and information providing system There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an information management apparatus storing service information including place information, service content information, and start time information; the information processing appar... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121762 | Method for automatically engaging a parking lock of an automatic or automated transmission of a motor vehicle A method of automatically engaging a parking lock of an automatic or automated transmission of a motor vehicle, which can be engaged by way of a selector device depending on a drive position selected by the driver of the motor vehicle and depending on other operatin... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108100 | Information processing apparatus When it is determined that a head light is turned on, the sunset time is calculated. Thus, the frequency of calculating the sunset time is significantly decreased as compared with that of continuously calculating the sunset time, thereby reducing the processing load... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8091679 | Electric power steering device A highly safe electric power steering device including a control device for determining the failure of a motor current detector based on the difference between the motor current estimate value and the detected motor current value is provided. The abnormality determi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086400 | System and method for monitoring the security of participants in a rideshare environment A system and method for monitoring the security of participants in a rideshare environment is provided. A rideshare transaction is monitored between two or more rideshare participants. At least one of the rideshare participants is associated with a rideshare partici... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082072 | Control apparatus for electric vehicles A motor control unit controls the input electric power of a MG unit to thereby suppress variations of a system voltage and stabilize the system voltage. The torque control of an AC motor and the input electric power control of the MG unit are executed independently ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073604 | Method and system for protecting a starting clutch A method protects a starting clutch. The method generates an estimated equivalent temperature of the starting clutch and performs an operation for protecting the starting clutch if the estimated temperature exceeds critical temperature, in order to prevent the burno... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060253 | Systems and methods for controlling a legged robot based on rate of change of angular momentum Systems and methods are presented that use the rate of change of a legged robot's centroidal angular momentum ({dot over (H)}G) in order to maintain or improve the robot's balance. In one embodiment, a control system determines the current value of {dot o... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055410 | Electric power steering system An electric power steering system in which a current command for a brushless DC motor is determined based on a detected steering torque, a voltage to be applied is determined based on a difference between the current command value and a current value flowing to the ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7966107 | Guidance system for manually guided vehicles A guidance system for manually guided vehicles such as reach stackers or straddle carriers is disclosed. In accordance with the disclosure, the position of the vehicles is permanently automatically detected and supplied to a guiding system for carrying out. Starting... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7869914 | Vehicle quality analyzing system and plural data management method Image data (44) assigned to a specific language is included in a second data file (28) at a specific position. A first data file includes a position information data specifying the position of the image data. A processing unit obtains the image data as... | 01/11/2011 |
| RE41492 | Traffic information output device/method and traffic information distribution device/method A traffic information distribution system includes a distribution device for synthesizing pieces of traffic information supplied from a traffic information center, an output device for outputting pieces of traffic information distributed from the distribution device... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7715966 | Method for creating spiral swath patterns for convex polygon shaped field boundaries A computationally efficient method for generating a spiral swath pattern for a region of a field bounded by a convex polygon, the method automatically generating curved portions for the swath pattern having radii of curvature greater than a minimum turning radius ba... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7693614 | Airplane emergency navigational system An emergency navigational system that monitors the navigation of an aircraft by comparing actual flight parameter data to predefined flight parameter data to thereby determine if the actual flight parameter data deviates beyond a defined value, and if so, activating... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7680551 | Method of adjusting origin of industrial robot An industrial robot includes a first member, a positioning member arranged to be attached to the first member, a second member arranged to rotate relative to the first member, and a first joint for coupling the first member with the second member. The second member ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7636628 | Map information display apparatus and method thereof A map information display apparatus that displays a map for a mobile object includes: a grouping unit (111) that divides a map included in an image displayed by a map display unit (115) into a plurality of areas; a display position determination unit (... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7529604 | Moving body system and moving body It is an object of the present invention to provide a moving body system which can determine a moved position of a moving body such as a guided vehicle or a stacker crane wherever it is on a moving path, which can stop the moving body anywhere, and which can quickly... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7474262 | Digital beamforming for an electronically scanned radar system Digital beamforming is provided for use with electronically scanned radar. In an aspect, the present invention provides enhanced sensitivity, wide angle or field of view (FOV) coverage with narrow beams, minimized number of receivers, reduced sidelobes, eliminated g... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7471996 | Control system for an aircraft engine In an electronic control system, three-dimensional data sets (data cubes L11-L14) for different power-limiting engine parameters are stored at different engine ratings for setting a respective maximum engine power in relation to flight altitude (ALT), ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7469168 | Rudder control system with adjustable solenoid on/off settings, solenoid burnout protection, and hydraulic system monitoring A rudder control system having adjustable rudder drive turn off and “turn on,” and component wear monitoring. The rudder drive “turn off” being adjusted in accordance with the rudder stop position relative to the rudder order stop position, thereby improving... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7469173 | Voice notification system for a vehicle A notification system for a vehicle includes at least a first and a second power source. The notification system also includes a controller that is operable with the first and second power sources and is configured to determine operating modes of the first and secon... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7468689 | System and method for determining position of radar apparatus based on reflected signals A system and method for determining position of, for example, a robot based on reflected signals comprises a transmitter for transmitting signals in a number of directions within a range of directions and a receiver for receiving echoes of the signals from any direc... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7463978 | Navigation apparatus and map-indication control program A display screen indicates a map on a first scale. After a vehicle passes a guide point, determinations are made as to whether or not an on-map position of a next guide point is outside a predetermined large-area indication deciding frame in the display screen, and ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463957 | Method for operating an aircraft A method for operating an aircraft includes the steps of receiving guidance instructions and guidance parameters at a navigation computer, and transmitting automatic pilot instructions from the navigation computer to a flight control computer. The method also includ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463167 | Electronic parking control device, system and method for this An electronic parking control device for displaying a parking time of vehicles should be easy to operate. This is achieved by a mobile electronic display device (10) which can be positioned in the vehicle and which is configured chargeable my means of a charg... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463139 | Method and system for driving a vehicle trailer tow connector In a method for driving electronic devices connected to a vehicle trailer tow connector a trailer electronic device control signal is receiving from a vehicle data communication network. In response to the received control signal, a solid state power control device ... | 12/09/2008 |
